In the end, the three of them sat from afternoon to dusk, from dusk to night, waiting from when the lights first came on, as the night grew dark and the chilly wind blew, but the phone still wouldn't connect. The three finally understood panic and took a taxi to Grandma Shen's residence.
When Second Sister You opened the door for the three sisters, she smiled and said, "Just in time, we just finished dinner. Come in, have some tea, Elder Aunt, Second Aunt, Third Aunt."
The three hadn't eaten at all; saving money on the train at noon meant no food, and hoping to be treated to dinner in the evening meant they didn't eat again. Their stomachs were growling with hunger, and their growling stomachs were audible outside their bodies, no doubt You Erjie heard it.
"We haven't eaten yet," Shen Mao'an said with a dark face.
"You haven't? It's already nine o'clock at night," Second Sister You said, feigning surprise.
