Jinge City, Sunshine Convenience Store.
"Boss, I'm going to make a delivery."
With a white towel draped over his shoulder, Zhao Guoan carried a box of washing and personal-care products and placed it on the electric delivery tricycle.
The shopkeeper, Xu Xiuying, did not forget to remind him, "Guoan, be careful on the road."
"Got it." Zhao Guoan answered and drove away.
Only then did Xu Xiuying walk into the store, where she saw Zhou Lijuan smiling at her from behind the register.
Her face flushed slightly. "Sister Juan, why are you looking at me like that? I was just worried that Guoan might drive too fast and get into an accident."
Zhou Lijuan laughed. "How fast can an electric tricycle go? Your feelings for Zhao Guoan are written all over your face."
Xu Xiuying was startled. "Is it really that obvious?"
She hesitated, then asked, "Sister Juan, do you think he can tell?"
Zhou Lijuan picked up the account book. "How would I know? I'm not Zhao Guoan. If you want to know, why don't you ask him yourself?"
Xu Xiuying wiped the shelves with a rag. "I'm just not confident. What if I say it and he doesn't have any feelings for me? Wouldn't that be awkward?"
Zhou Lijuan put on a pair of reading glasses. "You're not some girl in her early twenties. What are you afraid of? If it doesn't work out, you can always find someone else."
"Three-legged frogs are hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere."
Xu Xiuying continued wiping the shelves. "That's true, but finding someone you can entrust your life to is incredibly difficult."
"I'm not young anymore. If I were as young as your son's girlfriend, I wouldn't have to worry so much."
After saying that, she seemed to remember