She remembered the apartment; back then, Philip Shaw had accompanied her to look at it and finalize the decision. Now, returning to the familiar place, it felt both familiar and strange.
Ellen Candi checked the kitchen and came out saying, "The kitchen is quite spacious, just right for a hotpot meal."
Aldana Candi laughed, "You're always wanting to eat hotpot."
Ellen was practically a hotpot fanatic.
"It's still early," Ellen glanced at her watch, "Do you know where the nearest supermarket is? Let's go buy some groceries together."
"I know." Aldana nodded, "There's one nearby."
*
While Aldana and Ellen headed to the supermarket to shop, someone had already sent a message of their whereabouts to a man.
The man, with a head full of white hair, looked down at the message on his phone. Upon seeing the address Aldana had chosen, his gaze gradually deepened.
Putting down his phone, he released a lonely smile, sitting silently on the sofa, staring into the void.
