184 TO THE BEACH

"Are we there yet?" Xue Guangxi asked impatiently. He was grinning ear-to-ear as he looked at the window of the van.

The group of friends decided to arrange an outing to the beach. It was May, and the weather was too inviting for a trip to the beach.

The neighbors – the Chen couple, Mo Wenbin, Xue Guangxi were the original planners of the trip. Especially Mo Wenbin thought that they needed a trip to somehow rekindle the bond between them after all that had happened. Xue Guangxi seconded that, while the Chen couple was also amenable to the idea. The Chen couple extended their invitation to Zhu Li Qiang and Teng Man Rui.