"Have you decided, sir?"
Seeing Li Xian fall silent for a long while after picking up the candy, the cashier prompted him.
Only when Li Xian set the candy on the counter did the cashier begin calculating the price.
"Eight yuan in total."
The cashier opened his Wristband. Already wary of that gesture, Li Xian instantly fixed an alert gaze on him.
But the cashier merely tapped it twice, then smiled.
"Your candy purchase has been registered."
Li Xian took his forty-two yuan in change and his purchases, then turned and gave Ji Xie a meaningful look.
Ji Xie immediately understood what he meant and bought a piece of candy from the checkout as well. Then they walked out together.
Lin Shiming was standing beside a bench not far from the supermarket. Li Xian hurried over and told him what had happened earlier.
"...So, just to be safe, you'd better keep smiling."
Having delivered his conclusion, Li Xian looked up at Lin Shiming. He had listened quietly throughout, but offered no reaction once Li Xian finished.
Assuming Lin Shiming was thinking something over, Li Xian stayed quiet for the moment. They ended up staring at each other for a long while, gradually finding confusion in each other's eyes.
"...President Lin?"
Li Xian broke the silence first.
Lin Shiming's response was:
"I'm smiling."
"..."
Li Xian stared in silence at Lin Shiming's smile, which seemed to have lifted the corners of his mouth by a single pixel, and struggled to find a tactful way to put it.
But Ji Xie couldn't hold back.
"...Why don't you buy a mirror?"
Lin Shiming pushed up his glasses, seemingly giving the suggestion serious thought, then answered:
"I'll wait until tomorrow and buy a mask at the general store."
As he finished speaking, music began