He Yuping drove around Xuancheng with her daughter for a while before finally finding the place Lu Zhiheng had mentioned. The road there was relatively wide enough for their car, so He Yuping boldly shoved the car into the alley.

He was sitting in the car when he reached out and knocked on the door. Soon, a middle-aged woman's voice came from inside: "Who is it? It's lunchtime. Who would come to the door at this hour?"

These days, ordinary people dislike people who come to their door to freeload, especially when it's pitch black outside at dinnertime, and it seems very strange that someone would want to come and freeload.

The woman was startled when she opened the door by the car outside; no car had ever driven right up to her door before.

"Please...who are you looking for?" The woman was startled by the car and her speech was somewhat incoherent.

"Is this No. 22 Qingcao Lane?" He Yuping frowned when she saw that the person who came out to open the door was not a man.

"Yes, yes..." The woman nodded when she heard that she had given her own house number.

"Then take a look at the person behind me, do you recognize him?" When He Yuping heard that she said yes, she rolled down her back window so that the woman could see Lu Zhiheng in the back seat.

"Ah, I know him, I know him, he's my brother-in-law, Aheng. Excuse me, ma'am, may I ask what happened to my brother-in-law? His father, his father, come out quickly, my brother-in-law is back." The woman asked as she prepared to open the car door to help him out, but after opening the door, she didn't know how to get him out of the car, so she could only call out to her husband.

"He's here, he's here. What's going on? Let him in when he's here, why are you shouting here?" Although the man said this, his steps were not slow, and he was obviously a trained fighter.

"Thank you, madam. I'm so sorry for the inconvenience. I'll get the fare for you right away." After the man came out, he subtly observed the car and the mother and daughter inside. He breathed a sigh of relief after finding no danger and then decided to test the mother and daughter.

"No need. He was shot in the shoulder and abdomen, and they haven't taken the gunshot wound out yet. You still need to take him to the hospital to get checked out. Also, make sure he doesn't lose his shoes. That's all, we'll be going now." These were the only two reminders He Yuping gave to these people. She didn't want to get involved in these matters, but she offered these two reminders because she was afraid that if they found out too late, it would be too late for them to arrive.

After speaking, she stepped on the gas and drove off. The couple who had just come out of the house didn't linger either, as the person was still injured and needed to have their wounds treated first. It was fortunate that Bai Yuping's two words of reminder had prevented them from missing such an important message. Who would have thought that the message was actually sewn into the lining of the shoe insole?

When Lu Zhiheng woke up, it was already late at night. He was startled when he saw the time and quickly got up. However, this movement aggravated his wound, and the pain almost made him fall back down.

"Captain Lu, don't move yet. Your wound has just been stitched up. Don't reopen it. Old Zhou has already sent away the intelligence you brought back." Zhou's wife, the woman who had just opened the door, had already put the insoles on his shoes.

The others went on missions, leaving him to take care of the injured Lu Zhiheng.

"Sent it away? How did you know I put my things in the insoles?" Lu Zhiheng was somewhat incredulous. How could these people know that he had put the intelligence in the insoles this time?

"The lady who brought you here said not to lose your shoes, so we guessed what they were, and we actually found them! It's fortunate we did, and we sent them away early. If we had waited until you woke up to take them out, it would have been too late." Aunt Zhou knew this man was very cunning at hiding things; several times they hadn't been able to find what he'd hidden. This time, it was the lady who brought you here who reminded them; otherwise, they don't know how long they would have had to search for them themselves.

"What? She actually found out? Oh right, did Lao Zhou, whom I promised to pay for the ride, pay for me?" Lu Ziheng only remembered when he heard it was that lady that he hadn't paid the fare yet. Why did he faint? He's really useless.

"No, Lao Zhou offered to pay the fare, but the lady said she didn't need it and drove off. That car was really beautiful; I've never seen such a nice car in all my years of working. Captain Lu, do you know that lady?" Zhou's wife wanted to ask Captain Lu about the matter. How did that lady know? Perhaps they knew each other before.

"I don't know them. Yesterday I was chased by those thugs. There were too many of them, I couldn't fight them off, and I got shot twice. I thought I was going to die halfway up the mountain, but they saved me. I don't know how they knew I put my sign-in in my shoe insole. But I promised to give them fifty yuan for the bus fare. I haven't paid them yet, I'll pay them next time I'm lucky enough to run into them." Lu Zhiheng was helpless. He didn't know the beautiful lady or the cute child. They hadn't told him their names or where they were going.

He believed they would meet again.

After dropping Lu Zhiheng off, He Yuping and her daughter left. It would take about three days to get from here to the address her father had written down, and that would be if they rushed. If they stopped to explore or linger, it would take much longer.

Old Man He was extremely anxious. His daughter hadn't been able to buy train tickets, so he and his granddaughter were traveling south in a horse-drawn carriage. There were too many refugees on the road, and he was worried about potential dangers. He didn't even know which carriage company they were traveling with. He wanted to go and meet them on the road, but he didn't know where to go. The old man was truly troubled; he'd been so anxious and stressed these past few days that he had several blisters on his lips.

Five years ago, after his granddaughter was born, he began to rack his brains to find a way out for himself. The Qu family had too much power in Pingcheng, and Madam Qu was not one to tolerate people, so he thought that no matter what, he had to leave a way out for his daughter.

After thinking it through, he resolutely gave up everything he had worked hard for in Pingcheng for decades, and took his belongings all the way south to this city near the sea.

He originally wanted to buy a piece of land in the countryside and become a landlord, but nowadays landlords don't seem to be very well-regarded, so he decided against it and decided to register his household in the city instead. That way, he could buy a shop and open a small business, enough to make a living. He had quite a lot of things hidden away, but to shut him up and marry his daughter, Master Qu had given him a lot. He wouldn't have to work and could live a carefree life.

But he couldn't adapt to a life without working every day. So after settling down here, he bought two shops. He rented one to a couple who sold breakfast, and opened a small wine shop on the other.

Business was doing fairly well, and he was overjoyed when he received the letter from his daughter asking to come over. He was finally able to reunite with his daughter.