### "Maybe if she doesn't come this afternoon..."
"Then it'll have to be tomorrow." Zhang Bo shook his head. Sure enough, things weren't going smoothly. Both Little Deer and the others, and their group, had hoped the woman named Dongfang would come to the bookstore today.
Well, they still had a chance. There was still the afternoon...
"It's almost noon." Yang Jialing checked the time.
"Let's go have lunch first." It seemed unlikely that Sister Dongfang would come during lunchtime...
"Mm." Yu Yuer covered her neck and twisted it. She kept turning her head to look out the window. Her neck had been working hard.
After a while, it started to feel sore.
"Let's go."
"I'm hungry."
"Once we've filled our stomachs, we'll come back and keep waiting." Honestly, waiting for someone was exhausting.
They were always wondering when the person would arrive, so they couldn't focus on anything else. After a while, the mental fatigue started to wear them down physically, too.
They were exhausted in body and mind...
"Mm." Lu Xiaoxiao set down the book she'd barely read.
"Let's go eat first." She smiled, but felt a little disappointed. Sister Dongfang hadn't come in the morning.
She wondered... would Sister Dongfang come today?... For a moment, Lu Xiaoxiao felt anxious.
But she quickly pushed the feeling down. She'd expected this might happen. If it wasn't today, it would be tomorrow.
There was no need to rush. She would see Sister Dongfang eventually... Lu Xiaoxiao and the others hurried through their meal, preoccupied.
They didn't enjoy their food much. Once they returned to the bookstore, they headed straight for the counter.
"Manager."... The manager was sitting with his legs crossed, a toothpick in his mouth. Startled by Lu Xiaoxiao and the others calling out, he dropped it.
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