Qin Dahai looked at the large and small bundles of goods on the ground and said sheepishly, "Investigator Qin, you are too kind. We really have nothing at home to repay you with."
This was precisely why Qin Dahai, as well as Qin Laogen, had never felt entirely at ease. There is a saying: those who offer courtesies for no reason harbor either craft or thievery. In this world, free lunches practically always have traps hidden inside them.
Qin Laogen had lived through everything from the late Qing dynasty down to the Republic of China, and through the War of Resistance and the Liberation—he had seen every crooked trick in the book. The greater the benefits bestowed now, the deeper the pit awaiting them further down the line.
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