"Since you're back now, you must be more careful in the future!"
Mrs. Li chattered away at Jiang Ling while helping her comb her hair with a fine-toothed comb. Mrs. Li stirred the soap-bean water in the wooden basin until it splashed noisily, testing the temperature with her fingertips before she dared to pour it over Jiang Ling’s head.
The dense teeth of the comb moved through Jiang Ling’s damp hair, and with every stroke, Mrs. Li carefully inspected it for lice. Although Jiang Ling had told her that the officials at the Court of Judicial Review had been very considerate—knowing she was being framed and having arranged for her to stay in a converted interrogation room—Mrs. Li insisted that the Court of Judicial Review was full of men who wouldn't know the first thing about keeping a place clean.
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