SAYE [Run Freely]

Chapter 4

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Gu Fei parked his motorcycle in front of the shop and Gu Miao swiftly climbed onto the backseat with her skateboard pressed against her chest. Then she held onto his waist and put her own face against his back.

"Let me see your face," Gu Fei said as he turned his head around.

Gu Miao lifted her face for him to look.

"There're still some tears, wipe them off," Gu Fei said.

Gu Miao used the back of her hands to rub her eyes and then used her sleeves to rub under her nose.

"Ei," Gu Fei sighed. "Even if you were a boy, you would still be considered the crude kind."

Gu Miao smiled and stuck her face against his back again.

Gu Fei drove his bike out, with a clear destination that was directed toward the downtown shopping mall. According to Gu Miao, the idea of a feast referred specifically to the barbeque buffet located in there.

This little girl was abnormally persistent on some matters—only willing to eat in that one restaurant when they go out was just one of many.

The most prominent benefit of living in a small city was perhaps the fact that there was only one downtown area. Moreover, it was within reach, taking only a short amount of time no matter which area you were arriving from.

The only thing was, this was also the time of day when the restaurant was the busiest. There were basically no available tables left when they arrived.

"Are there any deals today?" Gu Fei asked the waiter. He pulled out his phone to search for any possible availability of coupons and then gave Gu Miao's head a flick. "You can go find a table."

When Gu Miao put her skateboard on the floor and placed one foot on it, Gu Fei immediately placed his foot on it as well. "Walk."

"Do you want the skateboard behind the counter for safe-keeping?" the waiter asked with a smile.

Gu Miao shook her head and quickly bent down to pick up the skateboard before she hugged it against her chest.

"She'll take care of it," Gu Fei said.

Gu Miao ran inside with the skateboard in her arms.

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"Fuck, I'm getting hungry from hearing you talk," Pan Zhi swallowed some saliva. "For real though, I'll go over and visit you tomorrow, and while we're at it, you can take me out for food. Here... there's no way we can get that much food with that cheap of a price."

"Did your family help with poverty alleviation over the New Year?" Jiang Cheng had his phone wedged between his ear and shoulder, while one hand was occupied by a plate and the other by chopsticks as he sluggishly picked up pieces of pork belly, sliced beef, pork belly, sliced beef... to him, there was actually no point in having a large variety of food since he only liked eating these.

"How can that be the same," Pan Zhi said with a rather dejected tone. "We had planned to eat barbequed meat together last semester, but now, not only did we not get to eat the meat, even the person is gone as well."

"Go stay in a hotel once you get here," Jiang Cheng put down his chopsticks and picked up a plate before he continued to pile on more meat. "You also have to book it yourself, I don't have the energy to do anything right now."

"I'm fine with staying at your place," Pan Zhi said matter-of-factly.

"No you can't," Jiang Cheng knitted his eyebrows. He doesn't even wish to stay any longer in the room he was currently living in. "Book a standard room, I'll go over."