"Okay."
Wu Haishan agreed with a smile, untied the paper wrapping in his hand, and stuffed it into her hands. "Eat it while it's hot. It won't taste good once it gets cold."
"Mhm."
Su Ya Ni really was hungry. In just a few bites, she stuffed the Roujiamo into her stomach, still looking somewhat unsatisfied.
*
The next day, Su Qiao went to the bus station and bought a ticket for the long-distance bus departing the following day. She then returned home to pack her luggage, planning to take the bus back to her hometown early the next morning.
She had originally wanted to take the train back, but there were simply too many people heading south to find work at this time. Not only were the train stations packed with people, even the aisles and restrooms on the trains were filled with standing passengers.
Rather than squeeze onto a noisy and foul-smelling train, she might as well take a bus straight home.
Besides, if she took the train, she would have to transfer three times before reaching the small town in her hometown. The bus, however, would take her there directly.
However, just as she had finished packing and was about to go out to buy some vegetables and cook lunch, she received a call from an unfamiliar number.
A strange man's voice came from the other end of the line.
"Are you renting out a house?"
"I'm sorry, but that house isn't available for rent for the time being."
It turned out that the man had heard from someone else that her house in the city center had become vacant because the previous tenants had moved out, so he wanted to rent it.
As if afraid she would hang up, the man hurriedly pleaded, "Please, just rent