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"Thanks, but no thanks."

Xia Xing refused Linda's suggestion and sat in the shop for a while longer. After the rain stopped, she got up and left the shop.

The next morning, when Xia Xing woke up, there was no one by her pillow. There was only the sound of running water in the bathroom.

Xia Xing got up, tidied up her nightgown and stood at the door of the bathroom. She knocked on the door twice