After the couple finished eating and cleaning up, the tenants upstairs came back.
They were a young couple who both worked in Shuntian City and only returned to their suburban rental after getting off work.
Both of them appeared very frugal, dressed simply and ordinarily, just looking a bit tired and awkward, likely young people who had just entered the workforce after graduating from college.
Seeing that new neighbors had moved in downstairs, the two smiled at Yan Junze and Zhang Xiaomo, who sat in the outer room, but neither side spoke.
As soon as it got dark, Zhang Xiaomo closed the door.
Although the air in the suburbs was very good, for the moment, taking a walk after dinner was strictly off-limits.
In the bedroom inside, Yan Junze pretended to review his lessons, but his mind was already elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Zhang Xiaomo laid out new sheets on the only bed, switching out the bedding.