Every two days? Interesting.
It was reasonable enough. It was normal for an unpopular route to run every other day.
The regret on the Indomitable Man's face looked so real, as though he had spent half a year preparing for a postgraduate entrance exam only to learn that registration had closed yesterday.
"So they can't come today?"
Though Fu Qian deeply empathized, he did not blame him, merely asking for confirmation.
"They can't. I'm very sorry, this was my mistake."
The other man responded at once, expressing profound apology.
His apologetic posture was impeccable. He stared straight at Fu Qian's face without blinking.
"It's fine. This sort of thing happens all the time, so what should we do next?"
Fu Qian remained easygoing, waving a hand to indicate that he need not take it to heart.
Mm...
Yet judging by the other man's reaction, it was truly difficult to empathize in return.
Hope had been right before his eyes, only to be brutally cut off again. Anyone else would have gone mad.
But his reaction made it seem like he had simply forgotten lunch and could eat a little more at dinner.
"Are you sure? This sort of thing doesn't happen all that often, does it?"
After restraining himself a few times and failing, the Indomitable Man finally could not help but complain.
The implication was clear: he was once again questioning Fu Qian's motives, wondering whether he truly wanted to leave this place.
Not often?
Faced with that question, Fu Qian paused thoughtfully and recalled his work experience since taking up the position.
"It happens all the time."
He soon nodded, confirming that situations where one escaped a desperate predicament only to fall back into one were hardly uncommon.
"Anyway, what we need most right now is to hide