After reaching a consensus, the group left the restaurant and headed towards the service area shop, which was actually a small supermarket. Looking through the floor-to-ceiling glass doors, the shop appeared well-stocked.
As soon as they entered, they smelled the aroma of instant noodles and heard someone munching on them. They called out, but there was no response. Lü Yang and a few of the bolder men followed the sound and found a bearded man in his thirties sitting by the instant noodle shelf, eating a bowl of noodles.
The noodles were still steaming, suggesting the man had found hot water.
"Hey! Are you the owner of this shop? We'd like to buy something," one of the men asked the bearded man.
The bearded man didn't answer, just continued stuffing noodles into his mouth, as if he wer
