By the time Mei Mengzhen got in the car, the sky had already darkened, and when the three of them returned to Auntie's house in Xincheng, it was well past 9 o'clock.
Even at this hour, none of the three had eaten dinner yet.
Since it was late, the younger ones didn't want to trouble Auntie to cook, so Fan Tianyu thoughtfully bought a bunch of late-night snacks downstairs before coming up.
The whole family sat around eating barbecue and talking about Mei Yongan and Mei Yifan's situation—it was a lively conversation, just like gossiping in the dorm, with no sense that these people were real relatives.
Though Mei Mengzhen already had a pretty good grasp of things from her brother, she couldn't let him be exposed, so she just listened quietly and occasionally fed her clingy little brother beside her.
