"I'll go to the store to look for you. You be good and wait for me in the room, okay?"
...
It wasn't until he stepped outside that he realized the rain was actually quite heavy; it was just blurred and diminished behind the glass.
The first thought Zhou Jingwei had when he left the guesthouse was: it's good that I didn't let Cheng Weiyue come out with me.
People with injuries should never run around in heavy rain.
What Cheng Weiyue referred to as "the record store next door" was actually across the street.
The owner of the record store was about to close for the day. With such heavy rain, who would come out to buy records?
Just as the owner pushed the door open, intending to bring in the "Open for Business" sign, he saw a man in a black trench coat, tall and with a pale complexion, crossing the street towards him.
The man held a black umbrella with a bamboo handle, revealing only half of his clean-lined face.
