Xu Tingchuan rested at home for a few days before returning to work as usual.

The turmoil surrounding the factory explosion seemed to have gradually faded, and life seemed to have returned to its usual tranquility.

She initially thought it was true, as Xu Tingchuan said, that Li Rui was bedridden for a while and didn't have time to cause trouble. However, after Pei Yang mentioned it, she learned that Li Rui's two backers, Feng Nianyao and Tang Guodong, had recently run into some trouble, especially Tang Guodong, who was being investigated by the Discipline Inspection Commission. Therefore, he naturally had to keep a low profile now.

As for why Tang Guodong was investigated so suddenly, Pei Yang said that you should ask her father-in-law.

Ni Sitian didn't understand politics; all she knew was that she could live a peaceful life again for the time being.

She went to Wu Miaoshui's class as usual, and Wu Miaoshui began to teach her some basic painting skills.

Originally, she was only interested in painting, but gradually she fell in love with it, sometimes even more so than with writing.

Besides painting and writing, her biggest interest lately has been cooking.

Although she had no talent for it, she tried her best to do it well. She enjoyed watching Xu Tingchuan eat the dishes she made and seeing his expression of appreciation or joy.

In mid-January, Xu Tingchuan's abdominal wound finally scabbed over and fell off. To celebrate that he no longer had to watch his diet, Ni Sitian went to the supermarket to prepare a big meal for Xu Tingchuan.

She pushed her shopping cart, stopped at the seafood section, pointed to the red-spotted fish in the aquarium, and said in a crisp, pleasant voice, "Please give me this red-spotted fish."

Ni Sitian turned around and looked, her eyes widening in surprise. It was Su Yan.

No, it should be said that it was the woman she had mistaken for Su Yan.

"Ladies, there's only one red-spotted fish left," a supermarket employee said apologetically to the two women.

The woman looked at Ni Sitian and smiled, "I want to cook this fish for someone very important to me. Could I have it?"

If someone had said this to Ni Sitian normally, she would have given in without hesitation. But with this woman, she didn't want to give in. Moreover, she felt that this woman appeared around her frequently and had such a face, so she couldn't help but think that she wasn't innocent.

“Sorry, I need this fish too.” Ni Sitian smiled, her attitude unusually firm.

The two looked at each other, and finally the woman could only shrug and gesture for Ni Sitian to proceed.

After weighing, scaling, and bagging the fish, the supermarket employee deftly handed it to Ni Sitian.

Ni Sitian put the item in her shopping cart and pushed it to the checkout. Remembering that she also needed to buy a bottle of soy sauce, she parked the cart to the side and turned to the condiment section not far away to choose a bottle of soy sauce.

When I returned to my shopping cart, I found that the red-spotted fish was gone.

She checked the things in the car and confirmed that the fish was gone. She frowned in confusion and had no choice but to push the car to pay the bill first.

I saw the woman at the checkout area; she was putting a bag of fish into her shopping bag.

What's reflected in the water is clearly a red-spotted fish!

After paying, Ni Sitian quickly ran towards the woman who had already left the supermarket.

She grabbed the woman's hand at the supermarket entrance. The woman, slightly out of breath, looked at her and frowned, saying, "Miss, isn't it inappropriate to take things from someone else's shopping cart?"

The woman turned around, looking completely innocent and bewildered: "What do you mean?"

Ni Sitian looked at her shopping bag, her face serious, and said, "How much was that fish? I'll give you the money back, but you can give me back the fish."