Chapter 94: We Were Family Before

The Hummer drove south along Docklands South Road until it reached the border between Liverpool’s southern suburbs and the Riverside District, an area the locals simply called the Riverside. Then it made a sharp left turn, bypassing the suburbs entirely and cutting directly into the Riverside District. After winding through the buildings for more than ten minutes, it turned onto College Lane, headed north, and finally stopped at Triton Court, a mid-range residential complex situated next to the University of Finance and Economics dormitories.

Don wasn’t unfamiliar with the area. Wade’s barbecue restaurant was less than ten minutes away on foot, and there was a large Costway supermarket next door, along with several upscale internet cafes. The largest of them was Skyrise, currently the biggest chain cafe in Liverpool, owned by Tian Ge, though Tian Ge himself was living in Argentina now, with Don’s old brothers managing both the booth and the Liverpool branch. He remembered Tian Ge calling him after the final battle of Battle Online, wanting to hand the College Lane branch over to him. Don had refused. Uncle Owen had been too ill, and there had been no room in his head for anything else.

Vera slipped a pair of sunglasses from her collar, settled them on her face, and stepped out of the Hummer. "Come on. The little girl is getting impatient waiting inside."

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