It was very dark.
Of course, there were no neon lights out in the suburbs...
Thinking back to the way the driver had hesitated before speaking...
Xu Qizhen gave a wry smile.
Coming here in the middle of the night... If he were in the driver's shoes, he would also think these two passengers were strange.
The driver had said that if his home weren't nearby, he wouldn't have taken the fare at all.
Still, they were lucky in one respect: the driver said it would be hard to find a taxi back at this hour.
He'd given them his number and said they could call him when they were ready to go back.
He was willing to come out for another trip.
But only if it wasn't too late.
If it got too late, he wouldn't take the fare.
After all, the round trip between the suburbs and the city took quite a while.
So if they wanted him to come pick them up, it would cost extra.
At that, he looked at Student Xiao.
Since he didn't have a cent to his name, he was especially sensitive to the driver's mention of a surcharge.
Though he'd already decided to pay Student Xiao back once they got back—
This had been his problem to begin with.
If his phone hadn't been stolen, and if there hadn't been too little time to go home, then... Thinking about it, he suddenly felt that he was pretty unlucky. But Student Xiao, who'd run into him, was pretty unlucky too.
Otherwise, Student Xiao would be having dinner with his family right now.
Why else would he come all the way out to these pitch-black suburbs in such cold weather?
At that moment, Xu Qizhen felt incredibly guilty and uneasy.
He'd already