I slowly opened my eyes and lazily got out of bed. Clock slowly woke up, clock ticking at 11:30 am.

I entered the living room and briefly washed my face. Gui Guzi and Du Thirteen sat on the sofa drinking water. The blistering summer heat required a ton of water to rehydrate and those two camels went through a plastic barrel of water every two days.

“I’m not going to have lunch at the workshop,” I said as I put on a light shirt after seeing the hot sunshine outside.

Gui Guzi nodded. “Then Brother B and I will have the boxed meals downstairs.”

“Where’re you going for lunch, Lu Chen?” Du Thirteen asked.

“Oh, I have an appointment…”

“Who’s treating you to lunch?”

“Lin Yixin.”

“Ah?!”

Du Thirteen immediately stood up with, and said excitedly, “We’re brothers for life that share blessings and misfortunes together. You have to bring us along.”

I said helplessly, “You want to hang out with Lin Yixin?”

Du Thirteen answered sheepishly, “I just want to eat a good meal…”

I smiled as I spread my hands out. “You can come if you’d like but I’m pretty sure Lin Yixin’s not going to treat you. Up to you.”

“Then let’s go!”

“Whatever…”

Ten minutes...