After seeing Huang Gang off, the Zhuang family started cleaning up the newsstand together. Perhaps because they had many hands, the newsstand was cleaned up in no time.

Just as everyone was getting ready to go home, Zhang Min came out of the house again. She was a little surprised to see that everything was packed up and said to Zhuang Tunan, "You guys packed up so fast, I couldn't help at all!"

Zhuang Xiaoting smiled and said to her, "Alright! Aren't you usually busy enough? Are you not used to not having to do anything today?"

"No, I just wanted to help Brother Tu Nan."

Zhuang Xiaoting took Zhang Min's arm and said, "We're done. Let's go home and rest. You'll be busy tomorrow!"

Seeing that the two of them were about to leave, Zhuang Tunan said, "Xiaomin, wait a moment!"

Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying both glanced back at Zhuang Tunan, but neither of them spoke. Instead, they followed Zhuang Xiaoting into the alley.

Zhang Min turned to Zhuang Tunan and asked, "What's wrong, Brother Tunan?"

Zhuang Tunan took out the money Wu Shanshan had given him and said, "This is what your sister Shanshan asked me to give to Xiaojun!"

"For Xiaojun?"

Zhang Min hesitated for a moment, then said, "Why didn't she give it to Xiao Jun herself? Why did she ask you to give it to him?"

"She said Xiaojun has a misunderstanding about her, so she asked me to pass this on to him!"

"Right! Although I believe you, I don't know if Xiaojun will accept it or not, because Xiaojun has a temper too, and if he gets stubborn, I can't handle him!"

"It's okay. If he doesn't want it, just give it back to Wu Shanshan. I won't handle it!"

"Okay! I'll give it a try!"

After Zhang Min finished speaking, she turned around and went home. She went to Wu Xiaojun's bedroom, where Wu Xiaojun was studying books on politics and law. He was probably preparing for the exam.

Zhang Min said to Wu Xiaojun, "Xiaojun, come out here for a moment!"

"What's wrong, sister?"

"Come out here!"

Wu Xiaojun came to the door and said to Zhang Min, "What's wrong, sis? Tell me!"

Zhang Min casually handed the money to Wu Xiaojun. Wu Xiaojun looked at the two thousand yuan and said, "Sister, what are you doing? Why are you giving me so much money?"

Zhang Min laughed and said, "You're going to the police station for a week. Consider this your living expenses!"

"Really? Thank you, sis!"

Perhaps fearing that Wu Xiaojun wouldn't want her, Zhang Min didn't mention Wu Shanshan at all, and turned around to go back to her bedroom to rest.

Before they knew it, it was past two o'clock again. Zhang Min got up and went to the newsstand as the alarm clock rang. She tidied up the things next to the stand and then turned to push her tricycle away.

"Xiaomin, I'll go today!"

Xiaomin turned her head and saw Huang Ling at the alley entrance. She said to Huang Ling, "Auntie, you should rest a bit more! Although you look fine, you just had surgery and your body hasn't fully recovered yet!"

"How about this, Xiaomin, let's go together. I can't always let you go alone. I feel like I owe you too much, and I feel terrible about it!"

"Alright! Auntie, let's ride side by side and gallop together!"

So the two of them chatted and laughed all the way to the post office.

As the two reached the street corner and were about to turn, Zhang Min suddenly turned around and saw a white figure dart away and disappear without a trace, which startled her.

Huang Ling noticed Zhang Min's change instantly and asked, "What's wrong, Xiao Min?"

Zhang Min looked slightly frightened, too scared to turn around, and said, "I feel like someone is following us!"

"Is that so?"

"yes!"

"Don't be so paranoid. There's no one around at this hour."

"I just turned around and saw a shadow! Long flowing hair, wearing all white, it was so scary!"

Huang Ling laughed and said, "You should know that ghosts don't have shadows. If you saw a shadow, how could it be a ghost? You must have been seeing things, or it could be a person that you saw when you turned a corner!"

"Oh, never mind, let's go then, ma'am!"

The two stopped talking and continued walking until they reached the post office, where nothing else happened.

The two of them were busy at the post office again, but it was a familiar business for them, and they were quite adept at it. They quickly filled the tricycle with newspapers and magazines.

On the way back, Huang Ling wanted to follow behind and help Zhang Min push the cart, but Zhang Min said, "Auntie, you should get on the bus. That way, although it will be a little more strenuous for me, I can walk forward with peace of mind. If you follow behind, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep up and will get lost!"

Huang Ling laughed and said, "Silly girl, I'm not a three-year-old. How could I get lost?"

"Auntie, it's only a little past three in the morning, and there are still large trucks coming and going on the road. Aren't you a little worried?"

"Okay, okay, I'll sit down!"

So Huang Ling got back on the tricycle, but she dragged one leg on the ground to help Zhang Min pull. After all, the tricycle was mostly loaded with newspapers, plus herself, weighing almost 300 pounds, which was very heavy.

Soon they crossed three main streets and made a sharp turn, and were back on the main street where they lived.

For some reason, Zhang Min felt a wave of fear as soon as she entered the street. It was probably because she had seen that figure when she went there, which made her a little scared.

Huang Ling also clearly felt that the tricycle was slowing down, so she said to Zhang Min, "Xiao Min, are you tired? Do you want me to pedal for a while?"

"No need, ma'am, I'm fine!"

Just as Zhang Min was speaking, she suddenly heard two roosters crowing. It was already four o'clock, so in some places, roosters had started crowing.

Upon hearing the rooster crow, Zhang Min felt much more at ease and pedaled the tricycle with greater effort, increasing its speed considerably.

To her surprise, the tricycle had only traveled a third of the way down the street when Zhang Min saw a person in white standing motionless in the middle of the road. Startled, Zhang Min immediately stopped the tricycle.

Huang Ling hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, Xiao Min?"

Xiaomin pointed timidly ahead and said, "Auntie, what's that? A ghost?"

Huang Ling, who was sitting backwards on the tricycle, turned around and saw a person in a long white coat with disheveled hair standing in the middle of the road ahead. It was impossible to tell whether the person was male or female.

Huang Ling was naturally a little scared, but to reassure Zhang Min, she said to the man, "Who are you? Don't play tricks! We're not afraid of you!"

But the people standing in the middle of the road neither paid attention to them nor moved; they just stood there in the middle of the road.

Zhang Min was so frightened that her body was trembling. She asked Huang Ling, "What should we do, auntie?"

Huang Ling said somewhat fearfully, "I, I don't know either! This is the first time I've encountered this."

Just as the two were hesitating and unsure of what to do, a few clear bicycle bells rang out.

Then they saw several members of the joint defense team patrolling over. As soon as they saw Zhang Min, they greeted her and said, "What's wrong? You two!"

Zhang Min pointed ahead and said, "Look, isn't that a ghost?"

The four members of the joint defense team looked ahead and saw the person in white. One of them, upon seeing the person in white, screamed "Oh my god!" and ran away on his bicycle.

The other three, perhaps the bolder ones, raised their guns and pulled the safety. One of them said to the man in white, "Who are you? If you don't speak, we'll shoot! Killing you would be pointless!"

The three joint defense team members began to walk forward in a triangular formation.

They walked, but actually very slowly, because they were also afraid.

Just as the three people were about to approach the man in white, he suddenly turned around and saw a pale face with a blood-red mouth, grinning.

Two of the three members of the joint defense team shouted "Oh my god!" and ran away.

Fortunately, one of them mustered up the courage to say, "I'm going to shoot, aren't I?"