He could only drag his exhausted body along the dimly lit streets.
His rented apartment was still a long way from here, and he needed to walk for forty minutes.
By the time he got home, it would be nearly one in the morning.
Fortunately, he started work relatively late the next day. Otherwise, his lack of rest might put him at risk of suddenly dropping dead at any moment.
Beep beep!
Hm?
He Yi passed a bus stop.
A bus had actually pulled up here?
He could not help raising his hand to check the time on his watch. It was indeed 12:10. At this hour, most bus routes had already stopped running.
This route in particular had completely ended service at eleven thirty.
He usually drove his own car to and from work, so he had never really noticed when the buses here stopped running. Had there been some recent changes?
Or had they added night buses?
He walked toward the bus.
The doors opened.
He got on, tapped his card, and casually found a seat near the back.
There were several other passengers on the bus.
A high school student was sitting in the seat opposite him.
Was a high school student only just heading home at this hour?
He had not expected students to be more overworked than a corporate drone like him.
He Yi rubbed the space between his brows and yawned.
He was getting sleepy.
Ding dong!
"Next stop, Ancient Creek Town."
As He Yi struggled not to close his eyes from drowsiness, a hazy thought crossed his mind. Ancient Creek Town?
Was there a stop like that around here?
A town?
Weren't the nearby stops all named after roads and places?
Had he misheard?
Or had the route changed because he had not