After Fang Yi escaped to Taiping Lake, he was taken in by Old Man Zou, secretly beginning a secluded life shared by three people, a pigeon, a monkey, and a flock of white geese.
Old Man Zou would never have dreamed that Zou Xiaoqing would actually tamper with the meat buns and encourage Fang Yi to escape! Still, it was for the best, as it saved him from worrying and panicking over Fang Yi at home every single day. Fang Yi was not the real killer anyway, so even if Chief Cao really came looking for them one day, there was nothing he could truly do to him.
Despite Fang Yi's repeated determinations to sneak back to Jincan Temple to scout out the situation, he was firmly and repeatedly blocked by Old Man Zou. "Do you call this walking right into the lion's den, you understand? Everyone thinks you're still locked up in a cell, but not you—you want to deliver yourself right to their doorstep so they can see you've broken out. Have you ever thought about the consequences?"
Chapter 172