In the end, Tang Youxin had no choice but to pick one of the options Xia Xu offered.
Shopping.
It really was just browsing, in the most literal sense. They bought nothing.
After all, Tang Youxin had little money and was frugal to begin with. Even if she wanted to buy clothes or something, she would never come to a bustling area with such high prices.
As for Xia Xu, he certainly had no shortage of spending money, but taking out his money to buy things for Little White Flower while she was feeling sensitive would have been a little inappropriate too.
So they browsed the whole way without buying a single thing-or rather, without even taking a proper look at their surroundings.
They threaded their way through the crowds shoulder to shoulder. Little White Flower kept her head lowered, looking at her toes the entire time, silently holding on to a corner of Xia Xu's shirt as though afraid she would get lost.
With anyone else, the silence might have made both people feel intensely awkward, but for the two of them at that moment, it held a surprisingly peaceful sense of quiet contentment.
The endless stream of people seemed to have been relegated to another dimension, leaving only the two of them, walking in step, drifting farther and farther away.
"How about we go mooch a free meal today?"
They had walked all that way without buying a thing, and Xia Xu probably felt a little sheepish too. Just then, they passed a hotel that seemed to be hosting a wedding banquet, and an idea struck him.
"Mooch a meal?"
Little White Flower looked up blankly. Only after seeing the wedding banners and other decorations outside the hotel did she understand what Xia Xu meant. "Do you know