Fu Zhengzheng looks back and gets excited instantly. She runs over, holds the person and shouts with excitement.

No wonder the license plate looks familiar. It’s Sun Qiubo’s car.

“Bad Qiubo, when did you come back? Why didn’t you call me to pick you up?”

Sun Qiubo winks and acts cute, “I meant to, but I was afraid I would interrupt your intimacy with your husband, because it was early. If his certain capacity is lost because of my call, I can’t take the responsibility.”

Fu Zhengzheng pats Sun Qiubo’s shoulder, “It doesn’t sound like what a maiden is supposed to say.”

Sun Qiubo rubs her shoulder with an injured expression, “It has been a long time since I saw you last time. Are you still as savage as before? Hasn’t Han Siqi taught you how to act gently?”

“I will only be gentle to my Siqi. Why shall I be gentle to you? Moreover, Menghuai is gentle to you. Isn’t it enough?”

Sun Qiubo snorts, “I came here to see you once I arrived in B City, but you are ungrateful.”

“Do you really come to see me? Are you sure you don’t come here to check if Menghuai behaves well?” Fu Zhengzheng glances at the nearby building intentionally. He Menghuai is working in that building.

Sun Qiubo curls her lips, “I can’t be bothered to check. If he can’t make me at ease, I will disqualify him from promotion.”

“Promotion?” Fu Zhengzheng’s eyes light up, “You have persuaded your parents successfully, right?”

“It’s a must.”

“Yes. Your parents are so smart that they can find something. They can do nothing but to agree.” Fu Zhengzheng can’t help laughing.

Hearing Fu Zhengzheng’s implication, Sun Qiubo kicks her, “What can they find? I’m better than you. You went around with a ‘ball’, but you even didn’t know who the baby’s dad was.”

Before Fu Zhengzheng and Fu Xing found Han Siqi, Sun Qiubo and Tian Xin didn’t dare to joke with her about it for fear that it would break her heart. However, after they find Han Siqi, he loves them deeply. Thus, Sun Qiubo and Tian Xin joke with her without scruple.

Sun Qiubo has joked about it for several times. Fu Zhengzheng doesn’t’ take it to heart. She laughs deliberately, “Do you come to see Menghuai to create a chance of running with a ‘ball’?”

“Bah! No wonder it’s said that girls are completely different from women. Look, each word is dirty. Hey, hey, keep away from me. Don’t sully my pure girlish heart.”

“Bah! When did you ever have a girlish heart?” Then Fu Zhengzheng laughs loudly.

Sun Qiubo looks at the building and turns to ask, “Aren’t you supposed to be working? Where are you going?”

Remembering the important task assigned by Director Lu, Fu Zhengzheng says at once, “I have to send something and can’t talk with you anymore. Let’s eat out with Tian this evening.”

“OK.”

“See you.”

“See you. I’m going to see Menghuai.”

Fu Zhengzheng gets into the car, rolls down the window, starts the car while teasing her, “You tell the truth finally. I know I’m not so attractive as Menghuai.”

Sun Qiubo makes a face at her. Then she laughs and drives off.

After she takes the material to the affiliate, she returns at 10:30. On the way, she receives a message from Zhu Ting. It reads briefly, “Not bad. Contact later.”

Though there are only a few words, Fu Zhengzheng feels glad. She knows Zhu Ting won’t call her back until she is sure it’s very safe.

After returning to the police office, she continues to work. When it’s the time to be off duty, she drives to a nearby bank to withdraw money from the ATM. She wraps the money up in a plastic bag, puts it into her bag and then heads for Li Yin’s shop.

She parks the car by the roadside. Then she sees from afar a group of people surrounding Li Yin’s shop. She is startled, gets out of the car quickly and rushes over. It turns out that they are customers buying bargain fruit. She sighs with relief.

Li Yin sees Fu Zhengzheng and greets her at once, “Zhengzheng, please take a seat. Wait till I finish the work.”

Fu Zhengzheng puts her bag into a cupboard and hurries to help Li Yin.

After about half an hour, the last customer leaves. Li Yin stops for a breather. She sits down slowly and points to the two boxes behind, “Zhengzheng, I keep two boxes of fresh fruit for you. Please take them home.”

Fu Zhengzheng waves, “Thank you, but please sell them. There is a lot of fruit in my house.”

“It’s on sale now and can’t fetch much money. Please accept it. I also keep some other boxes of fruit and will take them to the countryside tomorrow. By the way, aunt says we will leave tomorrow.”

Fu Zhengzheng is surprised, “So soon? Everything is ready?”

“Look, only a little fruit remains. Rotted ones will be thrown. Better ones will be given to neighbors. They always take care of me, especially after my cousin died. One friend sells fruit too. Hearing I was going to transfer the shop, he came to tell me that he wanted to take over and renew the contract with my landlord. The things in the shop have been sold to him at a discount. It saves me from trouble.”

Fu Zhengzheng thinks Li Yin transfers the shop too suddenly, so she has an indescribable feeling. When she wants to ask her, Liu Lin’s aunt enters from the back. seeing Fu Zhengzheng, she says at once, “Miss Fu, you are here. Li Yin, dinner is ready.”

“OK. Fruit has been sold out. Zhengzheng, let’s go to have dinner.” Li Yin stands up smilingly. Fu Zhengzheng goes forward to help her immediately.

“Be careful.”

“All right. It has been a long time since we had dinner together. It may be the last meal you eat with my baby. Let’s eat slowly and talk enjoyably.”

“Nonsense.” Hearing what Li Yin says, Liu Lin’s aunt changes her face and glares at her unhappily, “You will eat every day. How can you say it’s the last meal?”

Li Yin corrects herself instantly and explains smilingly, “I mean it’s the last time for my baby to eat with Zhengzheng while it is still in my belly. We will go to the countryside tomorrow. It will be difficult for Zhengzheng to see me. She can’t see us until the baby is born.”

Knowing Liu Lin’s aunt is superstitious, Fu Zhengzheng echoes smilingly, “Yes. You will live in the countryside. I don’t know how to get to your house. At least, we need to wait until Brother Liu comes out. Then he can take us there. Therefore, it’s indeed the last meal I eat with the baby before he or she is born. Next time, I will sit face to face with the baby.”

Liu Lin’s aunt looks happier. She doesn’t any anything and goes to the back.

When she walks past Fu Zhengzheng, Fu Zhengzheng hears her sigh clearly and feels more curious.

“Hey! What are you doing? Put it down!”

Li Yin’s scream makes Fu Zhengzheng turn around quickly. A short man is running out with her bag. She rushes out to chase him.

“Put down the bag!” Fu Zhengzheng roars while running.

Li Yin shouts behind her too, “Thief. A thief stole my friend’s bag. Help.”

The man runs into the front lane swiftly with the bag.

People in nearby shops hear the sound and stick out their heads. When they see Li Yin shouting, they run out to help chase the thief.

“Li Yin, Li Yin, stop running. Take care of the baby!” Liu Lin’s aunt runs behind.

Fu Zhengzheng is afraid that Li Yin will feel discomfort. Seeing many people helping, she turns around instantly and stops Li Yin, “Don’t run. There are so many people here. I’ll chase for him.”

Li Yin puts her hand on the waist breathlessly and points to the front lane. She can’t speak anything.

After Li Yin stops, Fu Zhengzheng chases into the lane with others. They run and shout. At the end of the lane, the thief runs into a man like a duck in a thunderstorm. The man pushes and the thief falls aside staggeringly.

“Catch him. He is a thief!” A neighbor running ahead shouts.

“Thief?” The man frowns slightly, grasps the thief and lifts him like a chick.

The thief looks at the man much taller than him in panic. Finding others are close to him, he throws Fu Zhengzheng’s bag onto the ground and implores the man.

“Brother, please let me off. I have no other choice.”

The man says coldly, “Shut up! Who is your brother? Can it be your excuse to rob others? Do you have less arms and legs than others?”

The thief is frightened by the deterrent words of the man. He shudders and keeps begging for mercy, cupping one hand in the other before his chest.

“We can’t let him off. Take him to the police station!” A neighbor picks up Fu Zhengzheng’s bag and shouts.

Others agree, “Right! There are more and more bad guys. We can’t wink at what he has done!”

Hearing that, the man swings his fist. The thief is thrown one meter away and lies prone on the ground.

Fu Zhengzheng rushes here at this moment. The neighbor that picked up her bag once saw her come to Li Yin’s shop. He returns the bag to her, “Ms., please check if anything is lost?”

Fu Zhengzheng takes the bag, opens it and checks. Her cellphone is still there. Then she sighs with relief. It’s her tool to communicate with Zhu Ting.

Seeing her expression, others know nothing is lost. But they are unwilling to let the thief off and insist on taking the thief to the nearby police station.

The thief kneels down suddenly and begs, “It’s the first time that I have stolen money. Please forgive me. I promise I won’t steal again. My wife and I come to B City for the first time. Once we got out of the train, the wallet was stolen. We have suffered hunger for two days. I had no choice but to rob someone.”

He kneels there and kowtows.

Someone in the crowd scorns, “Don’t believe him. We have seen many frauds like him.”

His lips are pale, and his face is sallow. His forehead is sweaty because of weakness. Besides, he is shuddering. Seeing that, Fu Zhengzheng doesn’t think he is lying. She feels sympathetic to him. She looks up at the man catching the thief and sees the man frowning too.

Stealing and robbery are serious crimes.

The man asks suddenly, “Where is your wife?”

Hearing the question, the thief points ahead as if he is likely to be rescued, “In a place to withdraw money at the front corner.”

The man looks at Fu Zhengzheng, “Shall we go to check if what he says is true?”

Fu Zhengzheng nods. If he is really driven into a corner, she will let him off, so long as he won’t do it again.

The neighbors find the lane is deep, and it will take about ten minutes to reach the end. They have to do business in the shops, so they exchange their glances, say goodbye to Fu Zhengzheng and then go back.

The thief walks ahead to lead the way. The man signals Fu Zhengzheng to walk between them, while he walks behind.

Fu Zhengzheng shoulders the bag diagonally and walks after the thief. After four or five minutes, other people can hardly be seen in the lane. She looks sideways and finds both sides are flanked by high walls instead of shops. A sense of foreboding sweeps over her instantly…