"Would you like something to eat?" Heath asked, looking at Kailunya. He had just checked his phone, and the news on it said the case was still under investigation, with no conclusion yet.
"Just a Jianbing Guozi." Kailunya smiled shyly, then stood outside Heath's food truck with both hands resting on the counter, watching Heath cook intently.
Heath said nothing more. For the moment, he put aside his tangled thoughts and focused on cooking for Kailunya, making a few small adjustments to the Jianbing Guozi to suit Kailunya's tastes before handing him the appetizing-looking food.
Seeing Kailunya's red-rimmed eyes after he paid, as though he had been crying for a long time, Heath remembered his earlier suspicion.
"...Kailunya, you worked until after two yesterday afternoon, didn't you?" Heath looked at Kailunya and spoke with certainty. Kailunya ignored him, taking a bite of his Jianbing Guozi instead. He chewed for a while before slowly swallowing.
"Heath, aren't you remembering it wrong? When you filled out my community work report yesterday, didn't you write that it was after three in the afternoon?" Kailunya smiled shyly as usual, but Heath found something strange about his expression.
"After you left, I checked my phone, and I remember it was after two in the afternoon," Heath said calmly. A faint smile appeared on Kailunya's face as he looked at Heath. At some point, the shyness and bashfulness in his eyes had slowly turned to puzzlement.
"Huh? Really? Then maybe I remembered it wrong. Still, it's really amazing that you can remember the exact time yesterday afternoon, Heath." Kailunya smiled at Heath, who scratched his head.
"Did you do it?" Heath decided to ask outright. He did not much like this roundabout way of communicating. Anyone who did not know better might think the two of