Mandarin Duck Tea

Tangtang eyed Sun Xiaomei suspiciously. “Sister Xiaomei, have you really made up your mind?”

Sun Xiaomei gazed at He Yicheng, who was sitting by the window. “Yes. I’m going to take a good rest. I’ve had a wonderful time all these years, but I’m tired.”

“But I was hoping to, um...” Tangtang bit her lip, unable to finish.

“That’s why I’m leaving the shop in your hands~~~” Sun Xiaomei said reassuringly, patting Tangtang on the shoulder.

What am I going to do? Tangtang thought. This really is the end for me. I’d meant to ask for time off, but now the proprietress has handed the shop over to her and gone off to enjoy herself with her sweetheart. Meanwhile, Tangtang has to face an uncertain future, especially since she’s run into him.

She had imagined a thousand different ways they might meet again, and fantasized about a reunion like one of those romance novels she’d read, full of melodramatic twists. But she never imagined it would happen like this, in a setting like this.