Chapter 28: Recruiting Subjects
A young malnourished boy navigated around the backstreets of Xiang Yang with ease. He had grown up here and knew all the shortcuts in the city. He soon arrived at one of the poorer neighborhoods to chase after a rumor.
The young boy easily avoided the less savory people hanging out in the back alleys and arrived at the address he had gotten. He knocked at the flimsy wooden door and within a few seconds, a middle-aged woman answered.
“Yes, boy? What do you want?”
“Hi there, I h-heard someone in y-your family is very sick and I wanted t-to help.”
The woman put a hand on her hip and glared at the little boy.
“Who told you this? We don’t appreciate being disturbed if that’s all you have to say.”
“I—”
Before Wei Ping could continue, a man’s voice called out from behind the woman.
“Dear,” the man coughed violently as he appeared from behind his wife. “What has got you so worked up?”
The two adults exchanged looks before glancing down at the young boy.
“Hi, I’m Wei Ping. I-I wanted to talk about the c-condition of the person who is s-sick in your family.”
“Dear, why don’t you go take care of little Yun while I talk to this young man?” the man said with a gentle smile.