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The two didn't know that their absence from the usual lunch gathering would lead to gossip; they hurried to catch the bus and managed to get on the number three bus at 12:05 PM, arriving at the publishing house at 12:40 PM.
Zhang Miao and her group had just finished lunch when Sister Qin and Zhao Youcai saw them and teased, "Look, the university students have arrived."
"Sister Qin, Editor Zhao, long time no see."
"How's college life?"
"Pretty good."
Yang Bo came over at that time with a smile on his face. When they had worked together before, he was always very careful around the two female comrades, afraid of inadvertently offending them. Now that he was alone, he still felt out of place.
"It was better when you were here, more lively. Now that I'm on my own, all I do every day is draw and draw."
Lu Jingqiu couldn't help but laugh, teasing, "Alone in your office, you must be secretly happy."