After dinner, Xia Chu and Ye Xueming let Ye Shuhua pick up the tab.
They then split into two groups, with Ye Xueming's family heading home first, while Xia Chu and Huo Xiyao took Ye Shuhua to look for a short-term rental apartment.
—Ye Shuhua not only refused to stay temporarily at Ye Xueming's house, but also declined Lin Aiqun's offer to stay in another vacant property they owned.
Huo Xiyao then suggested she could stay at Jinyun Terrace since everything was already set up there.
She declined that as well, "Living alone in such a big house would scare me. It's better to find a standard room in a short-term rental apartment; it's simple and convenient."
Seeing her insistence, Xia Chu and Ye Xueming realized she did not want to trouble them, and there were probably other things she was avoiding.
So, they did not press further.
They had talked about letting go, so they might as well start with these small matters.
