During his meeting with the fifth woman, Xue Li finally couldn't take it anymore. He confessed he had a girlfriend and declared he would bring her home that very noon.
Mrs. Xue didn't believe him at all, but after his silver-tongued persuasion, she finally, tentatively, took him at his word.
When no one answered from inside the house, Xue Li reached in to open the courtyard gate, then stood in the middle of the yard and called out, "Doctor Yu, I'm here to pick you up!"
After a moment, Xue Li frowned and muttered to himself, 'They should be home. Did they already go to the state-run restaurant to eat?'
On the train, their diet had consisted entirely of the instant noodles Wen Ci had brought along.
Eating it once or twice was fine, but too many instant noodles would make anyone miserable.
Besides, state-run restaurants could only be found in large provincial capitals.
