Bai Li looked at the dark mall.
"Always."
She got off the motorcycle.
Yan Cijin stood beside her.
They faced the entrance together.
The doors waited.
The darkness beyond them waited.
And somewhere on the top floor, hidden among the dead shops and shattered glass, the golden fruit waited too.
Bai Li took one step forward.
Yan Cijin matched it.
Another step.
Another.
They were only a few meters from the entrance now.
Neither woman looked afraid.
They had no reason to.
Behind them, the city remained silent.
Ahead of them, the abandoned mall opened its dark mouth.
Bai Li stopped at the edge of the entrance.
Yan Cijin stopped beside her.
Neither crossed the threshold.
