Time flew by. Perhaps it was because of all the trips up and down the floors of the No. 1 Department Store, shopping nonstop. When they finally came out, they were surprised to find it was already four or five in the afternoon.
Xu Changqing didn't even have a chance to suggest they first visit the nearby No. 1 Pharmacy and then find a restaurant for dinner to rest their feet before she suddenly heard a certain someone's bold declaration.
'If I remember correctly,' she thought, 'all these years, even now in '77, the restaurant at the International Hotel shouldn't be open to the public.'
"Don't worry, I've arranged everything." Shen Weimin said this with great confidence. "After dinner, your man will bring you back here to buy a cream cake."
Xu Changqing guessed he had probably contacted his second uncle beforehand, or perhaps one of his uncle's close friends worked at the International Hotel. In any case, she decided to just go along with him.
