1337 Our Contradiction

Tan Rou didn't immediately check her phone; it was only after finishing her soup and returning to her room that she took it out for a glance.

It wasn't just Zhuang Liu who had sent her messages—there were others as well—but Tan Rou didn't look at them, she only opened the message from Zhuang Liu.

Zhuang Liu had sent only one message, asking if Tan Rou had made it home yet.

Tan Rou, lying on her bed, replied to Zhuang Liu, "I'm already home. My mom made some soup, and I was just having some soup." The reason she told Zhuang Liu was that Mother Tao had asked her to come over, and since she was just having the soup prepared by Mother Tao, she hadn't replied to Zhuang Liu's message, and it wasn't intentional.

Yes, a perfectly reasonable explanation.

Zhuang Liu responded instantly, "Okay, then you have a good rest," and even clumsily used a very cute bear emoji.