Qin Zheng ignored her and pulled Ye Yun's hand to walk out, saying in a hurry, "Wife, this is too small, it's not good. I'll go to the market to buy you one tomorrow. Come on, let's go back to the room to sleep."
"..."
...
In the middle of the night, Ye Yun and Qin Zheng were asleep when they heard a series of urgent knocks on the door.
"You're asleep, I'll go check on you."
Qin Zheng got up, called Gu Jin from next door, and without daring to light the lamp, the two of them grabbed their tools and crept towards the shop in front.
These days, petty thieves are rampant, and there are quite a few robberies in the middle of the night, so they have to be careful.
When they crept into the pastry shop, the muffled knocking was clear, and they could also hear the familiar shouts mixed in with the anxious knocking.
"Open the door! Captain Qin! Ye Yun!"
"Open the door! Is anyone home?! Wake up! Something's happened to Director Chen!"
Liu Wan?
Gu Jin and Qin Zheng exchanged a glance, then hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door. Liu Wan, who was frantically banging on the door outside, almost fell into the shop.
Her hair was soaked by the heavy night rain, and she was dressed in a shabby coat, her face pale and shivering from the cold.
Upon seeing Qin Zheng, she immediately broke into a sob, clutching her collar tightly as she cried, "Captain Qin, is Factory Director Chen here?"
"No, why would he be here with us?"
"Something happened to him!"
Liu Wan's sobs grew louder as she hurriedly pulled a letter from her bosom, trembling as she said, "The gatekeeper just gave me a letter. Look! It says that Director Chen is in their hands. I didn't believe it at first, so I took the gatekeeper to look for him, but we found out he really hasn't come back yet!"
Qin Zheng frowned and opened it to take a look.
—At Zhongxinglou, Director Chen asked Secretary Liu to inform Deputy Director Ye that he wanted to meet with him privately.
...?
Was he after his wife?
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