Aunt Pang stood up and stretched her limbs, then sat down again.
With nothing else to do, they started gossiping.
"Xiao Lu! What did those people who came to the court want with you yesterday?!"
"They're here to inform me that I need to go to court tomorrow to complete the divorce proceedings!"
Lu Zhixia felt there was nothing to hide. In time, everyone would know who was who and what was going on.
It's better to say it yourself, so that people don't overthink it and the rumors that spread are even more frightening.
Fatty nodded knowingly. "No wonder you're renting a place to live. Was that soldier who came to see you a relative?"
“He’s not a relative of mine, he’s a friend. He needs to talk to me,” Lu Zhixia replied softly.
Aunt Pang looked at Su Lan and saw that she gave her a look, so she stopped asking. It was indeed not very nice to pry into someone else's wounds.
So she changed the subject, "The Zhou family on the first floor is the one whose child went missing. She went to report it to the police, but there hasn't been any progress. Then she came back and got into a fight with her husband. I heard it was a pretty bad fight, and they smashed a lot of things in the house."
Lu Zhixia seized the opportunity to express her opinion, "I think it's possible that it was someone who knew the perpetrator. Otherwise, the child wouldn't have followed them so easily. The children in our area are all quite sensible."
“I think so too. It must have been done by someone they know. But what would you do with a five or six-year-old child?” Aunt Pang said, puzzled. “If you’re going to steal a child, you should steal a younger one so you can keep him at home.”
"What if she stole the children just to make money?" Lu Zhixia looked at the fat aunt and said, word by word, "Be careful lately. I have a feeling that if it was someone she knows, she definitely stole more than one child."
Aunt Pang became alert after hearing this. "My goodness, if it's really as you say, then this person must be caught!"
She stood up and said, "I'll go downstairs and take a look around to find out what's going on."
The person came and went quickly, leaving behind fresh peaches on the plate on the table. The peaches looked delicious, with juice clinging to them.
Lu Zhixia picked up a peach, took a bite, and ate it. It was quite sweet, but not as sweet as grapes.
"Sister Lan, I suspect Liu Yue'e did it because when I made eye contact with her this morning, she turned her head away, which was obviously because she was guilty."
"No way! Stealing someone's child is illegal, why would she do that!"
"Because she had no money."
"What she did was utterly heinous; she deserves to die eight lifetimes in prison!"
"But I have no evidence. I can't let them arrest me just because I said something. So let's wait and see."
"Change to what?"
"It's just to observe her living conditions. Someone like her would definitely show off if she had money."
Su Lan nodded in agreement, while thinking of her own child.
“When your brother-in-law comes back from the factory, I’m going to have him keep an eye on the three kids.”
"Yes, that's the key point. Some people are wicked, and she will definitely not do it just once."
"I understand, people like that are born bad!"
Seeing that someone had returned to the corridor, they stopped talking about the topic and instead sat on a bench picking vegetables, which they would wash early in the morning.
"How many more days do you think we'll be selling this mala tang?"
“I was just about to tell you that we’re going to line up to buy pork the day after tomorrow. I’m planning to sell steamed buns, so you can come along and buy some too.”
"Okay, I'll do whatever you tell me to do."
Su Lan readily agreed, saying that if she hadn't known Lu Zhixia, she wouldn't have been able to buy a few pounds of meat from the butcher.
It's absolutely impossible unless it's Chinese New Year!
After they finished picking the vegetables, they each went off to do their own thing.
Lu Zhixia washed the clothes she had taken off over the past few days in the washroom and realized she really had nothing to wear except the set she was wearing. Fortunately, the weather was hot, so they should be dry by tomorrow.
At 3:40, she went downstairs early and stood at the intersection to wait for Gu Lingxiao. Not long after, the car arrived as scheduled.
After the car came to a complete stop, the door opened, and she quickly got in. At first glance, there were two bags of bananas on the seats.
"I thought the bananas looked nice, so I bought some for you. I was just thinking of bringing them up to you."
"Captain Gu, you don't need to do this. It's only right that I give you acupuncture. Don't buy me such expensive fruit."
"I'll make a note of it; I won't buy it tomorrow."
"Then remember that."
Gu Lingxiao didn't answer his question. He was thinking of buying something else for Lu Zhixia. Everyone said that women would be happy as long as you bought them things.
Why?
Lu Zhixia didn't seem too happy.
Or is this approach wrong?
He couldn't figure it out, so he decided to ask those people again tomorrow how to treat a woman well.
Lu Zhixia had no idea what he was thinking. Looking at all the bananas in the bag, she suddenly thought of making candied bananas. That dish was delicious.
Just then, she saw a familiar figure through the window.
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