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The bright yellow car flashed its lights, and the two doors opened like bird wings. Xu Weixia looked at his boss in confusion, "When did you buy a car?"
"Right at noon," Xu Weihua replied as he locked the car. "It's my fault for being careless. I only noticed Kamila was cold when her nose turned red sitting in the back seat. So, I went and bought it. That shop had a car available right then. I'll go get a tint for the windows tomorrow."
Xu Weixia rolled his eyes, thinking he had gotten ahead of the game, and headed back to their apartment with his boss. This place was a spacious two-bedroom unit provided by the company, with each room having its own bathroom, plus a recreation room and a gym.
Initially, Xu Weixia had been careful around his single boss while hanging out with Angelina, but now that his boss was off the market, he felt liberated as well.
The summer sun was somewhat scorching. Irina had completely resolved her inner turmoil and was riding a chestnut horse across the vast grassland, her shotgun firing continuously as she popped balloons tied to distant wooden stakes. She waved her weapon joyfully, shouting, "Yay!"
By the small riverbank in Xu Li's backyard, scattered horses drank water freely. Xu Li, shirtless and smoking, stared intently at the bobber on the water's surface. "Damn it, why aren't the fish biting?"
Beside him, Valery laughed heartily. "Is it possible you forgot to prepare bait?"
"I specifically bought red worms; what bait do I need?" Xu Li shot him a disdainful glance. "You clearly haven't seen red worms before."
With a splash, a crucian carp weighing about one or two pounds flopped onto Valery's line. Maozi smirked sideways and said, "Makarov, you should stick to hunting; fishing isn't your thing."
Xu Li's eyes darted around before he reached out to Valery. "Let me see how big that fish is."
"Here," Valery said as he removed the hook from the fish and held it up for Xu Li.
Xu Li chuckled mischievously and tossed the crucian carp into his net. "I'm taking this home to make soup."
"I was planning to make fish soup for my granddaughter," Valery added.
Ignoring his mumbling, Xu Li got up and headed to his smart greenhouse, picking a watermelon of just the right size and placing it beside Valery. "Take this home for Xiao Lisa; watermelon is better than fish soup."
"Hey, you're generous," Valery said with a grin as he held the watermelon while weaving through the low fences that separated their yards. They were old neighbors who had left gates in their low fences for mutual help during labor in the past.
However, Maozi was more considerate; he brought over two bottles of chilled kvass. The two of them sipped leisurely as Valery remarked, "My dad's health is getting worse; I don't know if he'll pull through."
Xu Li lit a cigarette for him and exhaled smoke himself. "Take it easy, Valery. Life is just like this; we will all face this hurdle eventually. It's something beyond our control."
"I know, it just feels heavy in my heart."
Valery sighed, "Just think how chaotic this world would be without death."
"Without death? Then our world would be in complete disarray."
He chuckled and suddenly yanked the fishing rod. A large carp was hooked, and he happily reeled it in, placing it into the net. He threaded on another red worm and continued chatting until the sun began to set. The two of them packed up their things and headed home.
They had visited four elderly people in succession, and now Pushkin's health was deteriorating rapidly; it was likely he wouldn't survive this winter.
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