When Song Xi woke up, it was already past two in the afternoon. She discovered she was alone in the bed; Huang Liuer had gone out early.
She sat up and found a note on the nightstand:
"I went out to look for work. There’s some food cooked in the pot, and there’s rice in the rice cooker. Just heat it up when you want to eat."
After washing up, Song Xi ate, marking the start of a new day. For the first time in a long while, she was able to eat a proper meal right after waking up. Usually, she’d just grab a biscuit to tide herself over, order takeout, or spend a significant amount of time cooking something herself.
Chapter 18