Chapter 94
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Luo Xin, Guo Chen, and Shen Mei had spent the entire day with Jiang Li.
They had arrived early enough to fill the apartment with the kind of noise he had once found exhausting, and stayed long enough for the afternoon light to fade from the windows. Luo Xin had fussed over his meals, Guo Chen had tried to distract him with ridiculous stories, and Shen Mei had quietly kept an eye on him whenever his laughter faltered. For a few hours, the apartment had felt less like a place where he was hiding from the world and more like somewhere he was allowed to live.
By the time they finally left, darkness had settled beyond the windows. Shen Yu was only a few minutes away from returning from work, and Jiang Li had waved his friends off with a smile that lasted until the door closed.
The silence afterward was immediate.
