Jiang Ruan tidied up a bit, then hopped on her bicycle and left the villa district on her own.
She was still not entirely comfortable being under the same roof with people she wasn't very familiar with, so she preferred to go back to her condominium by riding her motorbike.
Night had already fallen deep.
It was a dead silence.
Not a soul could be heard in the entire condominium, only the chilly gusts of the night wind were felt.
Once she got upstairs and into her home, isolating herself from the cold outside, she wasn't fearful of anything but the cold itself.
It's only mid-October now, she had already put on thick fleece clothing, yet her hands and feet remained icy to the touch, seemingly incapable of warming up no matter how hard she tried.
She quickly took a shower and emerged still clutching her phone, sinking back into the sofa to browse Weibo.
The trending topics were still listed at the top, each followed by an 'explosive' tag.