Xia Chuyi felt that since they were dating and already met so seldom, if they stopped writing letters to each other, it would be no different from being single.
So, since Huo Shiqian hadn’t suggested they stop writing, she never brought it up.
By now, Xia Chuyi had grown accustomed to exchanging letters with Huo Shiqian.
Of course, she always reported the good news, not the sorrows.
Upon receiving this letter, I hope all is well... Today, I met an old acquaintance of yours. He said that you are "calculative, scheming, sinister, and cunning." I was quite surprised and sighed deeply.
By the way, your old friend goes by the name Guo Jiacheng.
X Year, X Month, X Day.
After finishing the letter, she looked at it satisfiedly, this one somewhat tattling in nature, sealed it, and prepared to head out to mail it.
After placing the letter in the mailbox, Guo Jiacheng’s subordinate, Xiao Zhen, coincidentally brought over the train ticket.
She checked the train time, which was for tomorrow morning.
Thinking it over, Xia Chuyi said, "Comrade Xiao Zhen, hello, could you possibly take me to a place?"
"Sister-in-law, no problem!" Xiao Zhen was very enthusiastic.
"Ahem." Xia Chuyi held her forehead slightly. Did everyone in the military like to call others ’sister-in-law’?
Never mind, let it go.
Eventually, she had Xiao Zhen take her to where her former master used to run a private dining restaurant and their residence.
The private dining restaurant had not even kept its storefront.
The residential house had turned into a slum area.
Disappointed, Xia Chuyi finally had no choice but to use the excuse of wanting to learn from a court cuisine chef and asked Xiao Zhen to keep an eye out for such a person in the city G.
When Xiao Zhen was taking Xia Chuyi back to the guesthouse, Xia Chuyi suddenly said, "By the way, Xiao Zhen, the person who was caught committing adultery and taken to the Police Station, how is he?"
Xiao Zhen knew whom she was referring to and said, "Sorry, sister-in-law, I don’t know, should I ask Deputy Director Xiong?"
Upon hearing this, Xia Chuyi shook her head and said, "Never mind, no need to ask specifically, I was just curious."
Rather than being curious, she wanted to know to what extent Xia Lan’s fate had twisted.
However, since Xiao Zhen didn’t know, she didn’t pursue it further and dropped the topic.
The next day, Guo Jiacheng came to see her off.
"Little sister, here are some specialties from G city that I bought for you, take them all back with you!" Guo Jiacheng and his Xiao Zhen came to the guesthouse with a lot of items.
After packing the vehicle, Guo Jiacheng wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead and said to Xia Chuyi, "Little sister, don’t be polite. I’ll put these expenses on Huo Shiqian’s account!"
She felt like her visit to G city was about to bankrupt Huo Shiqian.
"By the way!" Guo Jiacheng suddenly exclaimed, "Weren’t you asking Xiao Zhen about that woman caught in adultery?"
"I asked Deputy Director Xiong, and she got into an altercation with the fat woman at the Police Station."
"The fat woman pushed her into a wall, and she had to be hospitalized."
"I heard it wasn’t too serious, but when she woke up, it seemed like her brain was damaged."
"She kept talking nonsense, uttering a bunch of strange gibberish."
"What?" Xia Chuyi exclaimed in surprise, "Her brain was damaged?"
Guo Jiacheng nodded and said, "That’s what Deputy Director Xiong told me based on the doctor’s assessment."
"It can’t be helped, the things she said were just too strange."
"Strange?" Xia Chuyi raised an eyebrow, unable to hold back her curiosity, "How strange?"