Xia Xi ate alone in the cafeteria and then returned to the dormitory. Before she had time to share the latest developments with her roommates, her cell phone rang. It was the reminder ringtone of a WeChat video call.

She answered the phone and smiled brightly at the camera: "Sister! Why are you calling me?"

Xia Yue smiled: "You call home every weekend. I was worried about you when you didn't call today."

"It's only Saturday today. I was planning to call you or Mom later." Xia Xi noticed that Xia Yue was in her mother's house, so she asked, "Where are Mom and Grandma?"

Xia Yue flipped the camera to the rear camera, showing her her mother and grandmother, and explained, "They were making dumplings while chatting about family matters. Dad went out for drinks with an old friend. My sister recently signed up for a painting class and goes there every weekend. She hasn't come back yet, so I'll drive to pick her up later."

On the screen, grandma and mom held up the freshly wrapped dumplings to show Xia Xi. The dumplings they made at home had genuine fillings and the dumpling skins were puffed up into round shapes.

On the long sofa next to them, Xia Yue's husband Zhou Hongsheng was lying watching the game, with his legs crossed on the armrest of the sofa.

Xia Xi said, "I really want to eat the dumplings that mom and grandma made...cough cough cough...cough cough cough."

Xia Yue quickly turned the camera back to the front and frowned slightly: "Why are you coughing?"

Xia Xi coughed for a long time before she stopped. Grandma and Mom dropped the dumpling wrappers in their hands and came over to Xia Yue. The three faces were squeezed into the small screen. Grandma said, "Did you catch a cold from the change of seasons?"

Knowing he couldn't hide it, Xia Xi nodded and honestly admitted that he had a cold: "Don't worry, I'm almost well now, I just have a slight cough."

"Kid, why don't you take good care of yourself? It's cold now, so put on more clothes and eat less raw and cold food." Su Jinru was so worried that her face was wrinkled like a bun. "You've been like this since you were a child. Other symptoms are okay, but the cough is the hardest to cure."

Xia Yue: "I'll buy two bottles of loquat paste and send them to you. That one is more effective. When you drink it, lie on the bed, pour one bottle cap at a time, open your mouth, and pour it directly into your throat, letting the loquat paste slide down your throat. Don't mix it with water, it won't be as effective if you mix it with water."

"Ah, that stuff is the hardest to drink." Xia Xi had drunk it as a child and had a vivid memory of it. She shuddered at the thought of the taste, her face filled with resistance. "Can I not drink it?"

"No!" Xia Yue refused.

Xia Xi pouted, but her protest was futile and she had no choice but to obey and promised her that she would drink it.

Xia Yue didn't believe her and had her own way of dealing with her: "I will supervise you and make a video call to watch you drink."

Xia Xi: “…”

After hanging up the phone, Wang Qiuyu and Wu Qinglu, who had been listening to the entire speech in the dormitory, looked at Xia Xi with envy. Wu Qinglu said with emotion: "Xixi, the atmosphere in your family is really great."

Xia Xi smiled and said that they did quarrel sometimes, but they just hadn't seen it.

The door was pushed open at this moment, and Zhao Lei came in from outside, holding a bag of snacks in her hand and a small express box in her arms. She handed it to Xia Xi: "Here, your express delivery. Leave it with the dormitory auntie. I brought it up for you."

"Mine?" Xia Xi pointed at herself, looking confused. "Aren't couriers usually picked up at the school gate? When was it delivered to the dormitory? I didn't fill in the dormitory address."

"I don't know. The dorm manager said it was yours. When I looked at the name on the list, it was indeed yours." Zhao Lei put the carton on her desk. "You can open it and take a look. If you made a mistake, return it."

Xia Xi pulled out a utility knife from the pen holder, cut open the tape on the express package, and opened it to see two bottles of loquat paste.

What kind of courier did my elder sister use? How come it arrived in such a short time?