Chapter 1242
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Although there wasn't anything in the room to begin with, Jiang Yao and Lu Xingzhi still noticed that someone had been in the room and rummaged through their belongings the moment they opened the door.
Although the person had placed her and Lu Xingzhi's belongings far away as usual, and the money that Lu Xingzhi had placed in his suitcase was still there, the two of them still noticed it as soon as they entered the room.
The quilt had been folded properly, but the pattern had been changed. It was clear that the person who had entered the room had searched meticulously, even the quilt. It was very likely that the person had opened the quilt and checked it thoroughly before putting it back after confirming that there was nothing there.
"Wait in the room. I'll go next door to get something." Lu Xingzhi asked Jiang Yao to sit in the room and wait, but after thinking about it, he was still worried. "You should come with me."
Then he carried the empty bucket in one hand and held Jiang Yao's hand with the other as they walked next door.
The door next door was closed. Lu Xingzhi placed the empty bucket on the side and raised his hand to knock on the door.
The person who opened the door was a man in his fifties or sixties. When he saw Lu Xingzhi coming over, he had a kind uncle smile on his face, but there was a different emotion in his eyes. He was on guard.
"Little brother, what are you doing?"
"My wife and I just arrived today. We didn't have time to buy coal, so we wanted to borrow a few from you first. We'll buy them tomorrow and return them to you." Lu Xingzhi pushed the empty bucket forward.
Jiang Yao followed up at the right time. "Uncle, we don't need a lot. Just five or six will do. Can you also give us two red coals? Or you can buy them! I'm new here, so I'm really not used to the food here. It's too spicy, so my husband wants to make me some dinner. "
"Oh, that's a small matter!" When the man heard this, he had a look of realization. Then, he turned around and went back into the room to carry out six coals with his bare hands. He placed them into Lu Xingzhi's empty bucket. Then, he took out the second and third coals from his burning coal stove and placed them into Lu Xingzhi and Jiang Yao's coal stoves.
After that, the uncle was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he called for another person in the house to come out and introduce her to Jiang Yao and Lu Xingzhi. "This is my wife. We just moved here not long ago. From now on, we will be neighbors. Let's get to know each other so that we can take care of each other in the future."
"Uncle, Auntie, you're not locals of Shu City, right?" Jiang Yao was shocked when she saw the old woman come out, but she hid it quickly and did not let anyone notice. "Judging from your tone and skin color, you don't look like you're from Shu City."
"Hey, we're not." The uncle waved his hand. "We're from the north."
"What a coincidence. So are we." Jiang Yao responded with a smile. Then, she watched Lu Xingzhi skillfully squat down and fanned the coal stove with a paper box.
Although the smile on her face did not stop for a second, her heart was burning with anger at this moment.
Jiang Yao had never seen this old woman in person, but she had seen her photo!
From the newspaper that Wen Xuehui gave her, she saw a photo of this old woman on the day she was released from prison!
This old woman was the person who had caused Zheng Xinyi so much pain for many years! It was the old woman who had disfigured Zheng Xinyi.
Jiang Yao was really shocked to meet this old woman in Shu City, so this uncle and this old woman obviously could not be an old couple.
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