After spending 50 Star Coins on a new outfit and another 7 to bathe and do laundry, a clean and refreshed Shen Lu returned to her rented room.
In the last rays of the setting sun, Shen Lu knocked on Granny Jin's door, holding a bowl of marinated radish peels.
"Little Deer?" Granny Jin's nose twitched, and her eyes fell to what Shen Lu was holding. A hint of resignation crossed her face. "I've told you before, you don't need to bring me food."
Having lived alone for so many years, Granny Jin was happy about Shen Lu's friendly overtures, but she also found them deeply unfamiliar.
She knew Shen Lu wouldn't be in the Seventeenth District forever. Since the girl wasn't going to stay permanently, why should they get too close?
When she eventually left, it would only leave an old woman like her heartbroken.
