Chapter Twenty-Three: Rumors Spread
It was the most exciting morning ever in Longmen Town.
Zeng Qin, a mean old woman with a long nose, was the first to spread the intoxicating news. She visited her neighbors and her friend, Aunt Xia.
"Sister Xia, I'm sorry, I came so early. There's nothing going on today, do you want to go out on the streets with me? ”
"I don't want to go. Aunt Xia shook her head, her voice low.
"I heard that Shuqing brought a man from the city to town. ”
"Oh, yes. That man came to find his wife, oh, and said he wanted to help Zhu Hui!
Shuqing has not come back from the town for so many years, and this time she comes back, the town will die. Zeng Qin tried her best to hide the pleasure in her heart.
"Shuqing is nothing, but the man who came with her is quite strange!"
"The man in the city who said he wanted to help Zhu Hui?" Zeng Qin smashed his mouth and commented meanly: "I saw Zhu Zhilong take Li Mao to Shuqing's house this morning. I don't think that man is a good person, Shuqing is with such a person, I really don't understand what she thinks. You have to keep your distance from men—anytime—anytime!" Zeng Qin repeated through gritted teeth.
"What did the police say?" asked Aunt Xia.
said that she jumped off the building, but her brother didn't believe that Zhu Hui would jump off the building. He reported the man from the city to the police. ”
"Oh. It's really bad! When I went to Braincase's house to help a few days ago, I said that a man in the city wanted to give Zhu Hui a large sum of money! I'm afraid it reached Zhu Zhilong's ears. ”
"Didn't you also say that the man from the city was strange, how could he give Zhu Hui money?"
"I think he's strange because—because his wife is the wife who ran away from Hu Sheng!" Aunt Xia said meaningfully.
"Oh, that's big news. Hu Sheng has just come back from prison!"
Aunt Xia nodded.
"Oh. ”
In this moment of silence, the two women share with relish another country scandal.
"What an evil woman. The indignant Zeng Qin shouted this sentence like a tweeter.
Aunt Xia said excitedly:
"You see when she followed Hu Sheng, wasn't she beaten every day? ”
The director's wife was the last to hear the news. She is a wealthy and domineering woman, and her husband is the head of the town police station. The person who reported the news was the owner of the toy store downstairs in her house.
"You mean, Shuqing is back? and a young man?"
"Yes, they said Sook-cheong lived with the man. In the house left to her by Shuqing's parents. ”
"Who do you listen to, how is this possible. ”
"Zeng Qin, but everyone said that, saying that the man was not a good thing, saying that he was looking for his wife, and he was looking for Zhu Hui, and he just met Zhu Hui, and Zhu Hui died. Oh, by the way, Zeng Qin said that you and Shuqing are friends, let you persuade her. ”
"There are many things in this world that are not necessarily true, let alone heard. Boss Li. The director's wife said, "Don't spread these unsubstantiated rumors everywhere. ”
"Of course, I'm just saying that to you. ”
"That's good. The director's wife said.