After hearing this, Eileen remained silent for a while.
A moment later, she glanced at Egbert, then at the 2,500 yen in her hands, and finally put the money back into her bag, saying, "Let's save this for another time."
Egbert didn't object.
"Shall we go?" Eileen asked.
"Sure." Egbert replied indifferently.
The bus stop was close by.
There was a small cart selling Japanese pancakes nearby.
As they walked past the cart, Eileen suddenly felt the person next to her stop.
She turned her head and saw Egbert standing next to the cart, watching the vendor make the pancakes.
"We're about to go back and eat sushi. There's still a lot left from yesterday," Eileen said.
Egbert glanced at her hand holding his, then looked into her eyes and hesitated before asking, "Can you give me some pocket money?"
Eileen was at a loss for words.
In the end, Eileen bought Egbert a pancake, 150 yen each.
Egbert took the warm pancake, tore off a small piece and put it in his mouth. After chewing it, he handed the pancake to Eileen.
Eileen shook her head, saying, "No, thanks." And walked onto the platform.
The bus was late.
Five minutes later, Eileen was eating the pancake and nodded, "It tastes pretty good." She then tore off another piece and put it into her mouth.
Egbert didn't eat any more. He held the remaining pancake, occasionally offering it to Eileen to make it easier for her to eat.
After getting on the bus, they found seats next to each other. Eventually, the pancake ended up in Eileen's hands.
After she finished eating, she handed the empty bag back to Egbert.
Egbert took the bag and glanced at her.
When they returned to the hotel, they were surprised to find that Aurora and Hubery had arrived before them.
When Aurora saw them, she stood up from the sofa on the first floor and walked towards them with a smile.
Eileen glanced at Egbert, chuckled mockingly, and then walked straight to the elevator.
Unexpectedly, Aurora wasn't approaching Egbert, but blocked her, "Since the task is completed, Ms. Lopez, our small team should also return to the main team, right? I heard that the boys and girls used to share rooms separately. Hubery and I have already checked out of our hotel, we should also follow this rule, Ms. Lopez, tonight I will share a room with you and Bblythe."
Eileen was speechless.
When Bblythe came back in the evening and saw Aurora in the room, she was almost furious.
She threw her handbag at the couch and stormed into the bathroom, slamming the door behind her and glaring at Eileen who was brushing her teeth.
Eileen was forced to stop brushing, innocently saying, "I didn't want her to move in either."
Bblythe asked angrily, "So what are we going to do now?"
Eileen spat out the foam in her mouth, "I'll share a bed with you tonight. Actually, even if we don't live together now, the next episode should..."
"I'm not coming next episode." Bblythe cut her off.
Eileen didn't have much luggage, she picked up her bag and said, "Yeah."
Neither of them looked at Aurora directly from beginning to end. They picked up their luggage and walked out without looking back.
After they had left, Aurora realized that they had moved out to avoid her!
"Humph!" Aurora clenched her fists, feeling wronged. She got up from the bed and decided to go to the boys' room next door to complain about her troubles.
She wanted the boys to know that she was isolated.
But as soon as she left the room, she saw a hotel employee approaching her. The employee said a lot to her with a smile, occasionally pointing to the door of the room she had just left.
Aurora didn't understand a word.
The employee kept talking.
Aurora gestured to him to wait and quickly said, "Hold on a second."
Then she quickly knocked on the door of the room next door.
The door was quickly opened, and the person who opened it was Hubery. He looked very surprised when he saw Aurora and said, "Aurora?"
Aurora waved at him, noticing Egbert in the room, she said, "Mr. Reed, this staff here seems to be trying to tell me something, but I'm not getting it. Could you translate for me?"
Egbert was drying his hair. He gave a frosty glance at the two by the door, then redirected his gaze onto the staff member.
The guy repeated what he just said, Egbert, after hearing it, paused for a second, then lowered his head and let out a quiet chuckle.
Aurora asked in confusion, "Mr. Reed?"
Egbert nonchalantly said, "He wants you to leave room ASAP, 'cause it's been checked out. If you're still there in ten minutes, they're gonna call the police."
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