The following day, late at night.
The quiet streets were nearly deserted, save for the flickering glow of a cigarette in an alleyway and the lights of a vending machine flashing with each spoken word.
"After returning to the hotel yesterday, Huai Shi slept through the night and well into the next day. He then ordered a ten-person family bucket through room service and holed up in his room to watch two movies and half a new anime series.
After six in the evening, he searched online for discount coupons for the latest FPS game. He also got into a two-hundred-plus-post argument over the balance of a mobile game on a forum. Then, he asked on Zhihu whether he should wear a suit to a formal event. When he decided to buy one, he discovered it was too late. Most stores in Jinling had closed for the evening. Ah, now he's looking up the phone number for the nearest suit rental shop..."
