Chapter 661 The Passing of Time 26

Therefore, she had to time her thefts perfectly, and Boss Feng also had to time his thefts perfectly to move the goods away.

They ate lunch at the private residence. Qiu Juncheng has been busy again these past two days, spending all his time with Kawasaki Itō.

She overheard him relaying information to Aunt Wang twice. It's no wonder she eavesdropped; her hearing was exceptionally good. The two were only talking in the kitchen, so it was impossible for her not to hear.

In the evening, Qiu Juncheng drove home and stopped at a sesame seed cake stall, saying, "Four sesame seed cakes, please."

Looking up and diagonally behind the pancake stall, I saw a two-meat shop with a sign hanging at the door: "All kinds of offal are available today, good quality and low price, welcome to buy."

The pancake stall owner recognized the person in front of him: the newly appointed Director Qiu of the East Bureau!

He immediately greeted her in a fawning manner, deftly packed four sesame seed cakes into his hands, and carefully handed them over, saying, "Director Qiu, here are your sesame seed cakes. If you enjoyed them, please come again next time."

The sesame seed cake was free, of course, but he didn't even dare to offer to invite Director Qiu to eat it; he was quite humble.

Qiu Juncheng took the sesame seed cake, took out a silver dollar from his pocket and threw it into the stall owner's hand, saying, "Keep the change."

"Director Qiu, aren't you slapping me in the face? I can't accept this! You're doing me a favor by eating my sesame cake..."

"Alright, enough nonsense. Just take what's yours. We're all paying protection money, why would I take advantage of you for something like this?"

He got into the car with the sesame seed cake in his hand, and Xiao Futian slowly drove away.

After he left, several small business owners couldn't help but sigh, "Director Qiu is such a good person! When I had a stall outside the police station, he never ate anything from me when he was still the deputy director."

But that Director Luo was different. He didn't care whether we paid protection money or not; he treated us like innocent victims, never giving us a single penny!

"Haven't you noticed that the police patrol the streets more frequently lately? They're not taking our food for free anymore either."

"I know that. My third uncle's youngest son works at the police station. I heard that as soon as Director Qiu took office, he set a rule that patrol officers would not be allowed to take bribes or demand favors. If they were caught, they would be fired immediately!"

"Wow, really?"

“Keep it safe!”

"Oh Mom, God must bless Director Qiu so that he can rise through the ranks and stay in charge of this area forever."

They don't care that working for the Japanese makes you a traitor; all they care about is Director Qiu's promotion and their improved lives.

Ordinary people only ask for a stable life with enough to eat and drink; they really can't care about anything more.

When Qiu Juncheng arrived home, Ning Yan was reading the newspaper in the living room.

Recently, the editor-in-chief of Xinmin Daily has also become a lackey of the Japanese, publishing an article praising the Japanese every two days. Today's report is even more outrageous, basically telling the Chinese people to obediently become slaves to the Japanese.

She figured the old man wasn't far from death.

The Kuomintang's anti-traitor squads were truly ruthless in their killing of traitors.

Especially when the Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) couldn't obtain any important military intelligence, it would frequently carry out purges to deter those with wavering beliefs.

"You said you have amnesia and don't remember anyone, so why can you still recognize words?"

When Luo Siyuan was investigating his marriage, the person he sent happened to be on good terms with him, so he told him about it and gave him a copy of his wife's basic information.

It's clearly written above that his wife has never been to school.

It wasn't that the Ning couple didn't want her to study; it was just that they simply didn't have the means to support her education.

Before the age of twelve, his family lived with the people in the old house. Not to mention that the Ning family's grandparents favored boys over girls, even the boys in their family didn't have the opportunity to go to school, let alone the girls.

Later, when the Ning family split up, Ning Xiasheng's family left with nothing. They even had to borrow money to rent a house. In addition, they had to pay for the stall. They were basically in debt year after year and it took several years to pay off the debt. By then, Ning Yan was already old enough to go back to first grade.

So at most she can write her own name and recognize a few common characters; she absolutely cannot read a newspaper.

But now that people are watching so intently, and haven't denied that she can't read, it seems really amazing.

Ning Yan: ...That's a good question. Don't ask it again next time.

"I actually got off work on time today, that's really rare."

Qiu Juncheng plopped down next to his wife and handed her the sesame seed cake he was holding. "Try it. I bought it on the way back."

Ning Yan took the sesame seed cake, and immediately felt a warmth in her hand, indicating that it had just come out of the oven.

I tore open the paper package, picked up one, and took a bite. The sesame seed cake was bursting with sesame flavor the moment it entered my mouth. "Delicious, you should try some too."

Qiu Juncheng glanced towards the kitchen and saw that the people inside were still busy. He leaned down and kissed his wife on the cheek before quickly leaving. Then he picked up a sesame seed cake, took a bite, and said, "Mmm, it's really delicious, quite fragrant."

Ning Yan tilted her head slightly, opening her large eyes to look at the man in front of her. "Which one smells better?"

Qiu Juncheng looked at her with a smile, his voice soft and gentle, "You smell good."

How much longer until dinner is ready? My wife looks so tempting, what if I can't resist?

"How's dinner preparation going?"

"It'll probably take a while. Aunt Wang bought four raw pig trotters today, and they'll need to stew for at least an hour before they're ready. What, are you hungry?"

Originally intending to wait a little longer, Qiu Juncheng heard that it would be a long time before dinner, so he put down the sesame seed cake, scooped the person up with his strong arms, and carried them straight upstairs.

Ning Yan was still holding half a sesame seed cake in her hand, her fingertips still covered in sesame seeds. Startled by being suddenly picked up, she hugged the man's neck tightly. "You, it's almost time to eat!"

"Didn't you say the pig's trotters needed to be stewed for an hour?"

Ning Yan clicked her tongue. "That's true, there's plenty of time."

"Where is the ample supply? It's barely enough!"

Ning Yan clicked her tongue again, thinking to herself, how could she not know what kind of rotten men are?

This guy can go three to five days without doing anything, but the first time he does it incredibly fast.

He hadn't been home for three days already; he'd be lucky if he could hold on for fifteen minutes.

Yes, she was right about some things.

The battle ended in about ten minutes.

But there were some things she didn't guess right. The wilted sweet potato vines would immediately revive after being given a little water.

Aunt Wang, who had prepared dinner, came out to call for people to eat, only to find no one in the living room. On the rosewood coffee table in the living room were several sesame seed cakes, one of which had been bitten twice.

Aunt Wang quietly took off her apron and put it away, put the food back in the pot, then picked up her small cloth bag and left work early.

Ning Yan didn't eat her belated dinner until almost nine o'clock, but she noticed that the man was eating exceptionally fast. "Is something wrong?"

Qiu Juncheng didn't hide it from her, "I have to go out for a bit later, but I've never been out before."

Ning Yan nodded, understanding; they were about to go out for a rendezvous.