Zhan Lan patted Little Black on his hamstring, and Little Black immediately got up from the ground with a serious dog face.
"Miss!"
Xiao Tao and Liu Xi had been waiting at the door all along. Seeing them, Zhan Lan smiled and said, "You both seem to have lost weight, what happened? Is the food not good enough?"
Xiao Tao ran over and supported Zhan Lan's arm, saying, "Miss, we've missed you so much!"
Liu Xi smiled faintly, covering her lips and coughing lightly to hide the urge to cry.
Her young lady's hands bore scars; no maiden awaiting marriage should have such scars on her hands.
"Lan'er!" Zhan Lan heard a voice she didn't like.
She lifted her eyelids and saw Mrs. Li standing at the door, smiling at her.
That smile was complex, conveying both pride that Zhan Lan was making a name for herself, giving her mother some glory, and jealousy as to why it was Zhan Lan who was successful.