Zhou Li hadn't gone for a run today. After trading places with Huai Xu, he'd been lying in bed the whole time.
He'd gone to bed too late last night and had planned to catch up on sleep. However, once he lay down, he just kept playing with his phone, and before he knew it, faint wisps of cooking aroma began to drift in through the crack under the door.
Li Daimao: I'm off to eat.
Zhou Li: I'm going to eat too.
Li Daimao: What are you guys having?
Zhou Li: Don't know. Something delicious, I guess.
Li Daimao: Take a photo for me.
Zhou Li: Oh.
He turned off his phone.
Huai Xu was slumped in the chair on the balcony, not facing outside but toward the room, making eye contact with Zhou Li through the glass pane. His posture and expression were unmistakably those of an Abandoned Demon.
"Twice-cooked pork, and twice-cooked napa cabbage," the Abandoned Demon muttered.
"What did you say?" Zhou Li opened the window.
