"Sister Dongfang didn't come today."
"She'll definitely come tomorrow."
"We'll just come back tomorrow," Yu Yuer said easily...
"Mm-hmm." Yang Jialing nodded.
"That way, we won't have to spend the whole day worrying tomorrow." Most of the exhaustion from waiting today had really come from all the uncertainty weighing on them.
It felt like a cat was clawing at her heart, making her terribly uncomfortable. Her nerves had been on edge the whole time. After staring at her book for a while, she'd started to feel dizzy, almost as if she were carsick.
"Mm." Lu Xiaoxiao lifted her face. A smile spread across it.
"We'll definitely see Sister Dongfang tomorrow." She was saying it for Yu Yuer and Yang Jialing to hear. She was also saying it to reassure herself.
"You're leaving?" The shopkeeper looked up from behind his book. Then he checked the time.
"Mm."
"You're leaving."
"It's almost closing time."...
"Shopkeeper." Lu Xiaoxiao placed both hands on the counter and leaned forward.
"Sister Dongfang didn't come today."
"Then she'll definitely come tomorrow..."
"Right?"... Uh... The shopkeeper instinctively leaned back a little.
"...Unless something unexpected happens." The shopkeeper gave a cautious answer... Seeing the surprise and disappointment on their faces, he twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.
"Ahem~"
"As for coming to the bookstore..."
"She comes whenever she feels like it."
"You don't have a set time to visit a bookstore, like you do for work."
"Right?"
"People aren't that punctual."
"Besides, everyone has unexpected things come up..."
"Don't they?"... Yes. The shopkeeper made a lot of sense. Lu Xiaoxiao and the others had nothing to say... The silence made the shopkeeper feel a little awkward.
"Of course."
"I'm just saying this off the top of my head."
"Dongfang has been coming here on weekends for