Zeng Rou Returns (7)

"Those things are rather expensive… My neighbor Wang Guihua has one. Her husband did part-time jobs to buy it for her."

"Oh…" Huo Mian nodded as if she had something on her mind: she was thinking of how she could borrow a phone without any suspicion. 

"Young girl, where are you from?"

"S City."

"Oh my, a big city eh?"

"It's alright." Huo Mian smiled. Then she picked up the plate of vegetables and smelled the delicious scent.

There wasn't meat or much oil. It smelled a lot more delicious than those from restaurants. It might also be because she was hungry from all the exercise.

Just like that, she chatted and ate with the old grandma.

"Why did you come to this unfamiliar place? Who's that relative you're looking for? Why don't you take a car and leave first thing in the morning tomorrow?" 

"Why grandma? Is there a problem?"

She sighed as she sat on the door still and said, "Karma. I don't even know how to tell you."