Ye Ling hadn't been standing for long before Zhao Guodong, Zhang Linong, and Wang Ping arrived. Zhao Guodong glanced at Ye Ling, but without the grumbling from the last two days, though he didn't speak either.
When they reached the bookstore, it was almost noon. Zhao Guodong suggested eating before looking at books, so the three of them found a noodle shop near the bookstore. It was a Lanzhou noodle shop and tasted slightly better than the one in the city. The four didn't sit long before two people walked in. One of them they recognized: it was Shen Bin, and there was a woman by his side they didn't know, around twenty-two or three years old.
Ye Ling was sitting with her back facing the entrance, so she didn't see Shen Bin and the woman come in. However, Wang Ping, the gossip, nudged the other three, and they looked over. Since they were sitting in a corner and the noodle shop was crowded, Shen Bin didn't look their way, which made them think he hadn't seen them.
