Liang Mao gave a dry smile, but said nothing more.
Gu Qiaoqiao grinned at the supportive Du Shuang, “Sister-in-law is right.” She then turned to Liang Mao, hiding the unusual color in her eyes, and spoke lightly, “Asking me for help would be a disservice. You might as well ask your childhood friend Choo Lan. She has pretty good connections around here, right, Choo Lan?”
Choo Lan was at a loss for words.
To say her relationships were poor was embarrassing; to admit they were good meant that Liang Mao, like an annoying plaster, would surely pester endlessly.
She darted a sullen glance at Gu Qiaoqiao and said, “It’s not like you said. The relationships are just average.”
Liang Mao naturally didn’t believe her.
He wasn’t unaware of Choo Lan’s family background.
And the local people probably knew it too, so currying favor was definitely a given.
However, it wasn’t good to press her too urgently.
Impatient, Du Shuang started to leave, pulling Gu Qiaoqiao with her.
Liang Mao was a stranger to her, and she wasn’t inclined to meddle in his troubles.
As Du Shuang pulled her by the hand, Gu Qiaoqiao smiled at her, thinking how foolish she must have been in her previous life to have quarreled with someone as good as Du Shuang.
She couldn’t help but sigh internally.
Some people don’t need to be reborn. They are naturally smart, know what they want, and can distinguish good from bad.
Just like Du Shuang.
A loving marriage, a harmonious family, although there were minor conflicts, that was normal.
And some people need to face setbacks and hardships again and again before they gradually mature.
Just like herself after the age of twenty-four in her previous life.
Watching Du Shuang decisively pulling Gu Qiaoqiao away, Choo Lan also pretended to hurry and said, “Then I’ll leave first.”
Speaking thus, she didn’t wait for Liang Mao to respond and quickly followed the other two.
The rendezvous point with the logistics department’s driver was at the grocery store.
And the grocery store was just one street away from the guest house.
By this time, Choo Lan had caught up.
Turning her head back, Gu Qiaoqiao saw Liang Mao still standing at the entrance of the guest house.
But he was already chatting and laughing with a nearby waiter.
Small stones were everywhere along the roadside.
The three of them walked side by side.
Suddenly, Gu Qiaoqiao said, “Go ahead without me, sister-in-law. I’ve got sand in my shoe. Don’t wait for me; it would be bad if the driver can’t wait for us. I’ll catch up with you later.”
Du Shuang suspected nothing, nodded her head, and continued walking.
She was also anxious, cursing her soft heart for complicating an originally simple plan of splitting up.
Hoping they wouldn’t keep the logistics department’s driver waiting for long.
Choo Lan glanced at Gu Qiaoqiao squatting down and pursed her lips, then followed Du Shuang around the street corner.
Without hesitation, Gu Qiaoqiao pinched a stone, and with a thought, hurled it at Liang Mao’s knee from a hundred meters away.
The distance was considerable, and Gu Qiaoqiao was not even facing him directly.
She wasn’t sure.
But she wanted to give it a try.
To her surprise, the stone, carried by a fierce force, accurately hit Liang Mao’s knee.
He cried out in pain and collapsed to his knees with a thud.
Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t hear the sound; as she turned around the corner, she looked back and saw from a distance that Liang Mao at the guest house door had dropped a notch.
It turned out he had knelt down in her direction.
Gu Qiaoqiao curled her lips upward, he deserved it!
A man who follows Choo Lan’s words to harm an innocent girl is nothing but scum!
She briskly walked toward Du Shuang with a cheerful step.
As for Choo Lan, that would come later.
Meanwhile, Liang Mao was kneeling on the ground, the pain in his knees causing him to collapse with a thud.
The sudden turn of events startled the nearby waiter, who quickly rushed to help Liang Mao, only to see blood streaming from under his nose.
He hurried inside to get him some tissues.
Liang Mao sat on the ground, rubbing his knee, looking around the empty surroundings, no one was nearby.
But he had just felt a sharp pain in his knee, which made him unable to resist falling.
It couldn’t have been someone hitting him.