Chapter 27: Happy Accident
Those who were watching the commotion and being questioned saw that the two had come out of the inner city and looked as if they had been roughed up. Unsure of the situation, they didn't dare say much, only mentioning casually, “They say someone was caught stealing in the inner city and was personally executed by the Jailer.”
Another thief? Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang exchanged glances, both feeling a chill down their spines. They had been arrested on charges of theft.
The public interest surrounding the female corpse's cause of death meant most people didn't pay much attention to the two coming out of the inner city.
Most people coming and going from Zhixu City were in a constant state of flux; those who had seen the two arrested earlier had long since come and gone in waves.
Few would wait here continuously for them to emerge, and those who were here weren't waiting for them.
“Oh, Chief Shi is out, are you alright?”
Someone asked in surprise, looking very concerned.
Shi Chun found the person familiar but couldn't recall who it was. He shrugged, giving a helpless gesture, then led the equally ragged Wu Jinliang away from the scene.
He saw Lan Qiaoyan in the crowd.