By the time they returned to Phoenix Bay, it was nearly ten o'clock.
On their way home, they had also swung by a supermarket to purchase some household essentials and cooking ingredients.
When they arrived home, Li Shi checked the time, got some sports drink and water from the refrigerator, and as he prepared to leave, he said to Wang Yue Lan, "Sister-in-law, please make yourself at home. Feel free to tidy things up. I have an errand to run and should be back around one-thirty for lunch."
"Oh, alright, alright," surveying replied.
Although she knew that when Li Shi said to treat this place as her own home, it was merely being polite, she was still grateful. Her anxious mind eased a bit.
After bidding Li Shi goodbye at the front door, she stood still in front of the heavy wooden door for a bit. She wandered back into the living room, looking out of the exaggerated floor-to-ceiling windows towards the river view and felt a little overwhelmed.