"Any updates recently?" Ning Xi leaned in to nose around.
"A little, I guess! Actually, I don't know if it counts!" Ning Tianxin looked troubled like a woman who had completely fallen in love.
Ning Qiutong smiled at the two girls, sighing as she thought how nice it was to be young again. "I have to leave for a while. The two of you chat along!"
"Okay, bye bye, Aunty!"
"Aunty, don't worry about us!"
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"What does 'a little' mean? Be more concrete! Let me analyze for you!" Ning Xi could not bear the way the girl looked so confused and suppressed herself from losing her patience.
Ning Tianxin hesitated for a moment. When she saw no one was nearby, she weakly said, "We...we did it!"
"Whoa! What!?" Ning Xi almost cried out in surprise. She looked shocked at her usually obedient, traditional, and conservative cousin. "Sis Tianxin, how is this 'a little'? You're really usually quiet and now you're amazing me with a single shocking feat!"