The hot pot restaurant where they had dinner was nestled in an alley of a food street, and it was peak dinner time—the open space outside was already filled with parked cars.
Chu You stopped the car at the entrance of the alley and looked through the rearview mirror at the young couple in the back, "You two go ahead, I'll find a parking spot."
Liu Jianwei and Zheng Tianyu responded in unison, opened the car door, and got out.
Nian Yuyu also wanted to get out and was about to unbuckle her seat belt when she heard her boyfriend's clear voice ring out again, "You help me look for a parking space, I'm afraid I won't be thorough enough on my own."
She silently withdrew her hand, uttered an "okay," and watched as Liu Jianwei and the others' figures got farther and farther away.
She quietly started a countdown in her heart, 3...2...