"Lin Yan isn't home?"
Lu Chenyuan, who had specifically changed all his plans that morning to come home and treat Lin Yan to a meal, found himself greeted by an empty house.
"She's gone out to eat with friends." Lin Guoping, who was watching TV, turned it off.
Friends? Lu Chenyuan didn't know which of Lin Yan's friends it was. He tried calling Lin Yan, but couldn't get through.
Ye Guoping took out the bulk-bought white liquor he had just purchased today from the shoe rack at the door, and the glasses on the table were also set up.
It was to celebrate his landing a respectable job, and he was dressed to the nines.
"Have a few drinks with me!"
Lu Chenyuan was still trying to call Lin Yan, but the line was unreachable.
"No thanks." Lu Chenyuan didn't take the glass Ye Guoping offered him—he barely touched white liquor.
Ye Guoping felt deflated. Since coming to Hai City, he had no one to talk to, nobody to drink with.
