There's a saying, "Enemies are bound to meet on a narrow road". It probably referred to that night.
Jiang Su had agreed to meet Lin Cen in the evening, and the meeting location was chosen by Lin Cen, an open-air food stall near their house.
They were on vacation at that time and would often meet up late at night to play games, so they would sleep more during the day.
That day when he woke up, it was already 6 p.m. After getting dressed and heading to the meeting place, it was nearly 8 p.m.
He remembered clearly that it was the end of the twelfth lunar month, and in about a week, it would be the Lunar New Year.
Many migrant workers who came to the city had already begun to return home one after another. The open-air food stall, which was usually packed at night, had quite a few empty seats that evening.
