Just outside the factory gate, around the corner of the path, a figure with a lowered head and hurried steps suddenly bolted out, nearly crashing straight into them.
"Hey! Brother Dongxu?" Shazhu recognized the newcomer and called out. It was none other than Jia Dongxu.
Jia Dongxu abruptly halted, raised his head to see Shazhu and Su Changshun—especially Shazhu's beaming, high-spirited face—and his facial muscles twitched in an extremely peculiar way. His eyes darted away evasively, as if he had been scalded. He couldn't even squeeze out a single "hmph," but merely nodded in a panic, then instantly buried his head extremely low again. Tucking in his arms, he darted deep into the lane in a rush, as if a ghost were chasing him from behind.
Chapter 18