After dropping Jiang Yu back at the dorm, Xu Ye and Chen Qingqing went back to the hotel.

The next morning, the two of them drove over to Qin Zhiwei's rental. When they got to the door, Xu Ye didn't text Qin Zhiwei. He just stepped up and pounded on it.

The second Shen Xinyi opened the door, Xu Ye "barged" right in. "Caught you!" he yelled. "Caught you in the act!"

Shen Xinyi rolled her eyes. "Xu Ye, keep it down! The walls in this place are paper-thin!"

"What are you worried about in the daytime? It's the two of you who need to keep it down at night."

"You!"

Chen Qingqing smacked Xu Ye on the back. "Stop talking nonsense, or I'll beat you up."

Qin Zhiwei was in the bedroom reading. It had been a while since they'd seen him, and he'd actually lost a little weight, but he looked healthy. When he saw who'd shown up, he finally closed his book and got up. "What do you want?"

"Nothing. I just missed you."

"Don't be gross."

"I've picked up two new projects lately. You're staying in Shanghai over the summer, and I want to put you in charge of one of them."

"Me?" Qin Zhiwei couldn't believe it. "Can I even handle that?"

"It's a game company. You should be into that. Give it a try first. If it doesn't work out, I'll switch you to something else."

Qin Zhiwei brightened. "If everything goes smoothly, I'll have all my school stuff wrapped up before summer break. Once break starts, I can work full time."

Xu Ye listened as he wandered into the kitchen to take a look. They had all of it: oil and salt, soy sauce and vinegar. He grinned. "Not bad. So you two cook for yourselves now?"

"Mm."

Shen Xinyi smiled. "He's actually a pretty good cook. And making our own food saves a lot of money."

"Qingqing~"

"Hm?"

"Let's eat lunch here with them today."

"Sure."

Shen Xinyi spoke up right away. "We haven't bought groceries yet, but the market's right by…