The water delivery station wasn't busy every day. Apart from deliveries to places on fixed dates, Bai Congming spent most of his time in the shop, waiting beside the landline for customers to call.
After work, Bai Congming would deliberately take a detour to the building where Ding Ding's company was.
With no water to deliver, Bai Congming didn't dare go upstairs. He only circled the entrance, waiting for that nice-smelling man to come out so he could ask if he would be his wife.
How would he answer? Bai Congming didn't know.
After all, he was an idiot. The man might not agree.
But... but he was a good idiot, the kind who could earn money. His mother had said before that Little Bai was very capable and would definitely find a wife someday.
If only he'd agree, Bai Congming thought. He would definitely treat him well.
Day after day, the elevators kept running, unfamiliar faces emerging one after another, but never the person he was waiting for.
But Bai Congming wouldn't get discouraged. Back at the Flower Nursery, he had been the most patient gardener.
Bai Congming had little sense of time. When his stomach started growling, he knew he had come up empty again that day.
Kicking a stone on his way home, Bai Congming thought perhaps he could bring something to eat tomorrow, so he could wait a little longer.
Bai Congming didn't know that some people left through the underground parking garage instead of the main entrance.
For three days straight, as Ding Ding turned his steering wheel, he always spotted that lingering figure, quietly hiding behind a tree at quitting time and peering at the crowd as though searching for someone.
He couldn't even hide properly. His eyes were behind the tree, but half