Winter in Magic City was not warm either, yet a rare light snow had fallen around noon.
But the south was ultimately more fervent than the northern frontier. The snowflakes melted the moment they hit the ground, turning into standing water all over the streets as traffic swished through it.
With the change in weather, the traffic on the streets kept increasing, and soon it became congested. Now and then, horns blared—beep, beep, beep—announcing the hectic pace of the big city.
The pedestrians were lively. Quite a few people were taking pictures on their phones to commemorate the first snow of the year.
It had snowed—the post of the day on everyone's social media feed...
An S8 pulled smoothly to a stop in a side street. Wang Yan got out, dressed casually beneath an overcoat and wearing a baseball cap. After turning out of the alley and walking more than two hundred meters, he arrived at the mala tang shop.
Affected by the rain and snow, the students nearby had grown lazy and did not want to come out for food. There were not many dine-in customers in the shop. Correspondingly, delivery orders were doing quite well.
Riders from several delivery platforms had gathered together, chatting as they waited for their orders. How many deliveries had you made, how much had you earned, where had there been an accident, which friend had fallen over... In short, it was all the idle chatter of everyday life to pass the time...
After picking out all kinds of ingredients, ordering it spicy and salty along with a big bowl of rice, and opening a bottle of soda, Wang Yan went inside and sat at the table in the farthest corner.
"Mala tang with erguotou? You're pretty hardcore."
A half-bottle of erguotou sat beside