"Uncle, I can get back on my own later. It's really close to the apartment complex from here; a taxi would just be the base fare."
"That won't do. President Jiang instructed me to bring you here, so I have to stay with you the whole time. Otherwise, if something were to happen, I'd be in big trouble…" The driver stood by the car, wringing his hands a little nervously.
"But Uncle, don't you need to buy a gift for your kid? Shengda is probably about to close."
'If I go now… I should be able to make it,' the driver, Old Yan, thought, troubled. The trip to the East City Outskirts and back would take a little over an hour without traffic. He'd originally figured he'd have plenty of time to go after dropping off Chen Yuan.
But he hadn't expected the problem with the elevator at the complex, which caused another delay.
He didn't strictly need to buy this Snowman gift, but his daughter had mentioned it, and he'd taken it to heart.
