Pretending

The following morning, everyone was pretending that everything's normal. They all showed up for breakfast.

"You're up," Qing Lok commented when he saw Wuming at the dining table. "And you already took a bath."

Wuming was busy spooning pancakes in his mouth. "What do you mean? I'm always up at this hour. YOU'RE the one who was not supposed to be up yet. Where are you going?" he asked, taking in his brother's nice clothes.

"I'm going to school." Qing Lok was not the person who regularly attended his classes. That was his sickness. But the professors were that easy to bribe. He already knew what they were talking about. He bet, he could even do a better job than his teachers. They agreed that he would only need to come to school once a week and submit the weekly requirements on that day. "And where are YOU going?"

Even Feng Xuan and Qing Chen turned to look at Wuming, waiting for an answer.