The next morning, Bai Xiaosheng and his two companions went to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. Jenny, who stayed in the room above them, did not come down and, as usual, ordered room service. Otherwise, they might indeed have run into each other.
The hotel restaurant was elegantly decorated and very quiet. The diners were all people of status who paid great attention to etiquette. Even if they conversed, it was in hushed whispers, so low that even those at the next table couldn't hear.
Bai Xiaosheng and his companions naturally kept their voices down as well.
Several men who were with Jenny were also staying at this hotel. They came down for breakfast shortly before or after Bai Xiaosheng and his companions, and their seats were only separated by a decorative screen.
Yet this screen kept both parties unaware of each other's presence the whole time.
