The man kept calling her several times before she pointed at herself uncertainly, "Are you calling me?"
The person who called Uwa was Amandine, who was sitting at a table in front of Uwa. As soon as Uwa entered the store, he felt that the woman looked familiar. When he looked more closely, he found the tuft of hair beside Uwa’s nostril, which made him even more certain. There are really not many women in the world who have hair growing in such a place and are so unique. However, he still wanted to confirm it one last time, so he walked toward Uwa and asked, "Do you know a woman named Mags?"
"Do you know my mother?" Uwa asked back in surprise.
"Of course I know her, I’m her friend."
"Then can you take me home?"
"This…" Amandine was silent because he had been to Uwa’s home a long time ago. Her mother married an old man, who was her guest, the year after she disappeared. After getting married, she no longer lived in the original place. These were the news Amandine found out. Seeing that he didn’t speak, Uwa asked, "Why don’t you speak?"
Amandine had to tell her the truth about her family’s situation. Uwa couldn’t calm down for a long time after hearing it. She murmured, "Doesn’t my mother want me anymore?"
Amandine comforted her and said, "Then you should follow me in the future! Anyway, I am alone now."
Uwa looked up at him and felt warm in her heart. This was the first time someone took the initiative to say that they wanted to be with her.
"What’s your name?" Amandine asked.
"My name is Uwa!"
"Oh! My name is Amandine, you can call me…" After a pause, "brother!" He wanted to say uncle, but felt that calling him that made him seem old, so he changed his words.
"Why did you call me 'big buffalo' just now?" Uwa asked curiously.
"You were a big drinker of milk when you were little, so we call you 'Big Buffalo’." The two chatted more and more, and ten minutes passed before they knew it. Amandine remembered that Uwa hadn’t eaten yet, so he immediately called the waiter, "Order whatever you want!" Uwa asked for two bowls of noodles, which were ready and served in a few minutes. She was starving, and she ate two bowls in a few bites. Amandine laughed, "You are still as big an eater as before." "Brother, have you eaten?" Uwa asked. "I ate a long time ago," then he whispered, "You go out and wait for me, I’ll find you in a while." Uwa was very obedient, wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, and stood up and walked out. Amandine looked around in the store, and when he found that no one noticed him, he suddenly stood up and walked out. As soon as he went out, he took Uwa’s hand and shouted, "'Big Buffalo’, run!" Uwa didn’t know what happened, but she felt that listening to Amandine was right, and they ran forward hand in hand. After a while, someone chased after them and shouted, "Stop, you two, you haven’t paid yet!"
Amandine heard this and ran faster. The two of them ran for two kilometers before they stopped. Amandine was exhausted, panting and pale. "Brother, why are you running?" Uwa asked.
After a long while, he said, "Maybe it’s because I’m too handsome and like to eat for free, so they chased us so hard."
Uwa took out two hundred shillings from her pocket and stuffed them into his hand, "I have money, we don’t have to run."
"Ah!" Amandine was very surprised, and what he didn’t expect was that Uwa gave him the money, "Do you have any more?"
Uwa shook her head, "All for you."
Amandine thought, "It seems that she really treats me as her own, and she still has a conscience."
While he was thinking about his own things, Uwa asked, "Brother, where are we going now?"
Amandine didn’t know how to answer for a while. After he lost his invisibility cloak three years ago, he had been looking for it, but there was no clue, so he just wandered around aimlessly. He went back home, but his family thought he was dead and had moved away long ago. He had accomplished nothing in the past 16 years. He traveled all over the continents but couldn’t find anyone who could make a time machine. He was very disappointed. Maybe there was no one as smart as his father in the world. This was his final conclusion. He gave up and was ready to live in this era. Fortunately, there were two “Telomere Rejuvenation Liquid” that could keep him young, but now there was only one left. The effectiveness of one injection was only about ten years. After ten years, people would slowly age. If they didn’t continue to inject, they would become an old man again. He was now using it carefully. One injection would take about fifteen years. At this time, he still looked like a young man in his twenties.
Uwa saw that he had not spoken, so she stopped urging him and just waited quietly. "What do you think, Big Buffalo?"
"I’ll listen to you," Uwa smiled. This was the first time someone asked her what she thought. She was very happy.
Amandine thought, "It’s over, it’s over, how can I live with a person who has no idea?"
Time passed as the two of them stared at each other. Five minutes later, Uwa broke the silence first, "Brother, why don’t we find a job! This way we can have money to eat."
"What job?" Amandine never wanted to find a job. He used to have an invisible cloak, so he could eat and take things for free wherever he went. After losing it, he would eat a free meal or steal something.
"I worked in a restaurant, we can find work there."
"Are you a chef?" Amandine asked in surprise. He used to help in the kitchen for a few days and had an inexplicable respect for chefs.
"No, I washed dishes, served dishes, and did all kinds of odd jobs in the restaurant."
"You want me to wash dishes and serve dishes? It’s better to help in the kitchen!"
"I don’t know how to do other jobs," Uwa lowered her head.
Amandine saw that she looked pitiful and couldn’t think of any other way, so he agreed. The two began to look for restaurants to work for. They were rejected by five restaurants. Fortunately, two employees of the sixth restaurant resigned, and they successfully got the job. The monthly salary was 150 shillings per person, and food and accommodation were free. The restaurant was opened by an elderly couple. It was not big, and there were only two employees. The couple worked as chefs. There were only four people in the restaurant. Uwa and Amandine only did some rough work. At night, the old couple would return to their home, and only Uwa and Amandine were left in the shop. They lived in the attic on the second floor. The attic was very low, only 1.3 meters high. Every time they had to bend over to get in and out, it was very inconvenient, and they often bumped their heads.
They had been working in this shop for a week. Amandine hardly worked, and all the work was done by Uwa alone, but she never complained. Compared with her previous work with Rick, these jobs were quite easy for her. Amandine would only help when she was too busy. Looking at Uwa’s busy figure, he joked, "Big Buffalo, if you were prettier, I would definitely marry you." Uwa lowered her head in shame, her dark chocolate face blushed, and at the same time, a trace of affection grew in her heart. Then she began to take care of Amandine’s personal life and didn’t let him do anything. As a worker, Amandine actually acted like a young master, lying in the attic watching TV all day.