Good news stays indoors, while bad news travels for miles.
Yan Bugui had been doing his utmost to keep his dismissal a secret at home. Yet, by that very evening, a number of residents in the compound already knew about it. After all, quite a few children from the compound attended the Red Star Elementary School. What would children know? To them, Yan Bugui’s firing was just amusing; they had no concept of how significant it was to the man himself.
The next morning, Yan Bugui put on a brave face. He went about his routine, watering his beloved flowers and plants as usual, before preparing to head to "work." But as he watered his plants, every "beast" who passed through the Front Courtyard would give him a strange, knowing smile, never forgetting to throw in a remark before heading off:
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