The rain had stopped.
Tu Hengsha left Su Ronggui's car lights far behind, hopped on a bus, and went home. At the snack shop by the school entrance, she bought some fried buns for Mom's late-night snack.
She grew up eating the fried buns from this shop. The owner was a bald Grandpa Pang who loved to tease her and had been doing so for over twenty years.
Grandpa Pang gave her an extra half serving, "Little Sha, get home quickly! This rain is coming back!"
"Okay! Thanks, Grandpa!" she quietly added money for the extra half serving and ran off.
As Grandpa Pang picked up the money, he shook his head with a smile, "That girl!"
Tu Hengsha, holding the still warm buns, poked her head through the door. She found Mom counting cash and remembered she needed to visit the man she called her father.
Hearing the door, Shu Hui turned and said, "Little Sha, are you free this weekend?"
"Yes!" she replied quickly.