At seven o'clock, the sky was already dark. Meng Si waited for a long time in the largest private room of the Red Gate Restaurant, but Tan Rou didn't come. She waited for another hour and ate two plates of snacks, but Tan Rou still did not appear.
"What happened?" Meng Si couldn't wait any longer. She paced around the room and kept asking her assistant where Tan Rou was. "Go outside and see if Tan Rou is here."
"Miss," the assistant replied helplessly, "You ask me to go out every three minutes. I've already checked dozens of times. Tan Rou didn't show up. Maybe she won't come."
Meng Si refused to give up. "I've prepared so many things. How can she not come? Give her another call. I don't believe that she won't pick up."
Ever since Meng Si had called Tan Rou in the morning, she had been unable to get through. Either no one picked up, or the call was hung up after it rang.
