Lu Heng had scheduled a meeting with the seller for five o'clock in the afternoon at Mao'er Hutong. By four, he had returned home to change into civilian clothes and pick up his wife. Instead of taking the car assigned to him by the military, he rode the family bicycle.
They arrived shortly before the seller. The man was middle-aged, wearing a black fedora, a suit, and dress shoes. He stepped forward to shake Lu Heng’s hand before turning his attention to Qiao Qingqing. "This must be your wife, then?"
Lu Heng nodded. "My wife is the one making the decisions regarding the house. Shall we go in and take a look?"
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