"I know," Liuxian said. "I'm sorry."
Guiying said nothing for a moment. The eggs went into the pan with a soft hiss.
"Next time leave a note," he said finally. "Or take your phone. One of the two."
"Both," Liuxian said.
Guiying nodded and placed two packs of ramen inside the broth, he added the seasoning, greens, sausages and then covered it.
He moved to the pan, oiled it and tossed about ten dumplings into it.
"When did you get the time to make these?"
Didn't say he had woken up hungry? Then it hasn't been too long since he got up, probably a few minutes before he arrived.
"I didn't. Uncle Li had some left overs. I'm just warming them up.."
"Ah. That makes sense.."
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The ramen came up first.
Guiying divided the noodles between two bowls and spooned the broth over them until steam curled up from the surface. Greens and slices of sausage floated on top, while the dumplings followed a moment later, five on each plate with their bottoms still golden from the pan.
