I'm In Pains
Author: Paul_okito
last update2025-04-06 22:21:58

The automatic doors of the Shanghai Pudong International Airport whooshed open as Hannah stepped into the city.

Her boots hit the wet pavement with a squish. Rain had just passed.

She looked around at the streams of people—tourists with luggage, businessmen tapping furiously at phones, taxi drivers shouting over the noise. It was chaos. Fast, unfeeling, uncaring.

She had no plan. No address. No one waiting.

She held her suitcase as she whispered to herself

“I just need to find a place to stay. I’ll figure the rest out later.”

Her phone was already dying, but she managed to open a travel app and search for cheap motels nearby. She found one on the outskirts and tried to book.

Declined.

She blinked. Tried again.

Declined.

“No… no, no, no…” she muttered. She checked her account balance.

Just under 250 yuan. Maybe enough for food, maybe one night if she was lucky. Not enough for security deposits or ID checks.

Before she boarded the flight to Shanghai, Hannah used a third-party agent to
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