For the last two days, Feng Qingqing had been busy making medicinal pills. Mid-morning on both days, she dropped her two little treasures off at the Fang Family, troubling Old Madam Fang to keep an eye on them. The children were growing older and much more sensible now, so they were no burden at all to look after. While Feng Qingqing went about her business in a methodical, orderly rhythm, life for Tian Xingzhu over at the Lanshan Production Brigade was far from easy.
It had been several days since Tian Xingzhu’s luggage was stolen. She had been waiting anxiously, but the Nanjiang County Public Security Bureau had not provided her with any of the notifications she was hoping for. A deep, gnawing anxiety took hold of her. She began to suspect that her luggage, including all the valuables and cash inside, might truly be gone forever. The thought of losing everything left her seething with a rage she didn't know how to vent.
On the day the theft occurred, Tian Xingzhu had reported it to the Public Security Bureau immediately. Afterward, she had accompanied the officers to the post office to investigate, hoping to gather information on everyone who had been there at the same time she was. Initially, she had pinned great hopes on this. In her mind, because the theft happened so shortly after she had withdrawn her money, anyone present at the post office at that time was an obvious suspect. She could sense that, even if the officers didn't state it explicitly, they were consideri…
Chapter 518