On Saturday, Xu Ye and Chen Qingqing went over to Yang Lin's house again.

The plan had been to leave at noon, but Yang Lin's warmth was more than the two of them could hold out against, and they stayed until the afternoon.

A light rain started up right about then.

Neither of them had figured out where to go, so they simply went back to the hotel, lay on the bed and watched Go Fighting! to pass the time.

At the same time.

Over in Jinling it had been raining for several days straight.

Chen Hansong paced back and forth in his hotel room with his phone in his hand, unable to sit still.

Other weekends when he came the weather was good, and he and Jiang Meilin would go out for a walk and look around. But it had been raining without a break, and apart from having dinner with her last night he had not so much as laid eyes on her all day. He was going back tomorrow, and he was trying to decide whether to go upstairs to Jiang Meilin's room and simply see her face to face.

He agonized over it for a long time without working up the nerve to decide, so he got his phone out and called his daughter first.

Chen Qingqing saw her dad calling, made a shh gesture at Xu Ye and picked up fast.

"Hello, Qingqing."

"Dad. Is something wrong?"

Chen Hansong was too embarrassed to come out with it, so he beat around the bush first. "What are you doing?"

Chen Qingqing answered honestly. "It's raining out. I'm watching a variety show to pass the time."

"It's raining in Shanghai too?"

"Mm."

"That, uh… has your mom called you this week?"

"No."

Chen Qingqing asked quickly, "Didn't you go to Jinling to see my mom this week?"

"I'm here now."

Chen Hansong followed the opening. "Ask her for me. Find out what your mom's doing right now."

Chen Qingqing frowned. "Aren't you in Jinling? And you're asking me."

"Uh…"

Xu Ye could hear the whole conversation between…