Chapter 63 - 062 Tail Cutting Second Watch
At six in the evening, Li Xianglu and her aunt made lamb stew with sliced noodles that delighted everyone. There was originally a piece of lamb weighing about two jin that was meant to be saved, but Grandpa Lan insisted on not taking it, claiming he could eat anything he wanted in the city. So, Li Xianglu went ahead and cooked it, to avoid Grandpa Lan feeling like he owed too much to the Lan family.
Just before nightfall, the jeep returned to take the three of them back, as the two elders had discussed earlier. It was less conspicuous to travel back during the day, so it was decided it was better to leave after dark and just drive slowly.
After exiting the cadres’ rest house and onto the main road leading to Jigu County, they encountered a bicycle ahead of them.
It was getting dark, but they could still clearly see a woman sitting on the back of the bicycle, who quickly let go of the arms she had wrapped around a man’s waist, and lowered her head as though she did not want her face to be seen.
However, Li Xianglu widened her eyes in recognition—it was none other than Qin Miao.
Qin Xi, sitting beside her, looked on with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile before turning her head.
Li Xianglu stealthily shook Qin Xi’s arm and blinked her eyes.
Qin Xi, amused, nodded solemnly as if to confirm.
Only then was Li Xianglu sure she wasn’t mistaken.
The man riding the bicycle had caught a serious look from her earlier, appearing to be about forty years old, she recalled hearing that Qin Miao was just seventeen this year—how could she be involved with a man so much older than herself?
But these were not the things she should be thinking about. The situation did, as the two elders had guessed, start to tense up shortly thereafter.