After dinner, Feng Chen went to collect the sheets that were hanging in the laundry room.
Yan Bubu put down his lunch box and wanted to follow, but Feng Chen stopped him, saying that he would be back soon and asked him to continue eating.
Yan Bubu sat alone on the bed facing the door, dangling his feet in the air and feeding himself with rice spoonful by spoonful.
He has never needed anyone to worry about his meals since he was a child, and he has always had a good appetite. Tonight's dishes were boiled tofu and stir-fried bean sprouts, a pale-colored lunch box, but he ate it all up with relish.
After putting away the empty lunch box, he stood at the door, facing the direction of the laundry room and waited for a while, but did not see Feng Chen coming back, so he simply closed the door and went to the laundry room to look for someone.
When he arrived at the laundry room, the sheets he washed that morning were still hanging on the wire, but Feng Chen was nowhere to be found. He searched the nearby bathhouse again, but still couldn't find anyone.
Yan Bubu stood in the corridor, looking around blankly until the door of the next room opened and Wu You walked out.
"Jingjing, what are you doing here?"
Yan Bubu saw him calling Jingjing to him, and after a few seconds of silence, he said, "I'm waiting for my brother, but I don't know where he is."
Wu You said, "I ran into your brother when I was returning to my room just now. He was walking towards the elevator and said he was going downstairs to find something. Go back to your room and wait. He should be back soon."
"Well, thank you Uncle Wu." Yan Bubu thanked him and turned to walk back. Wu You called him again and took out two candies from his pocket. "I was just looking for you. This was given to me by someone today. Uncle doesn't like candy, so I saved it for you."
Yan Bubu looked at the two candies in his palm, then looked at Wu You, but did not reach out to take them.
"Don't be afraid, take it." Wu You extended his hand forward.
Yan Bubu hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Thank you, Uncle Wu. Please keep it for me first. I will ask my brother and get it after he agrees."
Wu You laughed and said, "Okay, okay, I'll keep it for you. When your brother agrees, you can come to this room to get it from me."
After saying goodbye to Wu You, Yan Bubu returned to C68. He stood at the door for two minutes and then simply walked towards the elevator.
There was a man in the elevator. He glanced at Yan Bubu who came in and asked, "Where are you going?"
Yan Bubu: "Looking for my brother."
Man: "Well, I asked you which floor you were going to."
Yan Bubu remembered what Wu You said about Feng Chen going downstairs, so he replied, "Downstairs."
The man paused and said, "I'm going to the bottom floor. What about you? Which floor are you going to?"
Yan Bubu said: "… Then I am also at the bottom."
The man didn't ask any more questions and pressed the number keys. The elevator went down and soon reached the ground floor.
Yan Bubu stood on a wide square, with flat dark black rocks under his feet. Large machines were humming, and mine carts were moving back and forth on the rails, bringing out ore from the mines on the mountain wall and piling it in a corner of the square.
He walked around the spot but didn't find Feng Chen. However, he became interested in the small mine carts coming and going, so he stood nearby and watched for a long time.
After looking at the mine cart, he went to look at the excavator in front of him, and unknowingly walked to the northeast corner of the square, where a six-story building appeared in front of him.
There was light on in the building and people were walking in the corridor. He didn't know whether Feng Chen would be here, so he walked over after a slight hesitation.