It was not until the evening, after taking an ibuprofen capsule, that the bone-deep ache finally began to dissipate.
It was also at dinnertime that she learned from Xia Rindong that Jin Shengshi had gone to a neighboring city on a business trip, with no set date for his return.
After dinner, she went upstairs. To distract herself from the lingering, phantom pains in her bones, she threw her energy into binge-watching shows and playing video games. However, she could have sworn she barely played at all; when she finally picked up her phone to check the time, she discovered it was already past midnight.
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