Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife novel Chapter 706

Chapter 706: Chapter 706: Could It Be Him?

The Qin Family Village was originally a village within the city, and the restaurant wasn’t far away, so the group walked over.

As they entered the main road of the city, Lin Chuxia was listening to Hou Xiaobao talking when a figure in the distance suddenly caught her attention.

"You guys go ahead," Lin Chuxia said, putting down this sentence and quickly dashed over.

However, that figure had entered an alley, and when Lin Chuxia chased over, there was no one there.

Lin Chuxia walked further inside, surrounded by residential houses, and further ahead there wasn’t a dead-end but a small market.

Just as she was hesitating whether to continue inside, Hou Xiaobao caught up with her.

"What’s wrong, Mr. Lin?"

Lin Chuxia saw that he had come alone. "Where are they?"

"Manager Wang took them to the restaurant first. Mr. Lin, is there something going on?" He glanced towards the end of the alley, then continued, "That’s West Street’s small market over there; they sell everything, and all kinds of people are there. Are you looking for something?"

Lin Chuxia had heard about this small market; before the economic reform and opening-up, the black market used to be here.

The alleyways here were crisscrossing, making it easier to escape when the inspectors came.

Later, when the market was opened, people openly went to the government-designated markets to sell things, but here it never calmed down. Some people would still trade things here that were inconvenient to sell openly.

She shook her head, "Nothing to look for, let’s go."

While saying this, she glanced again at the end of the alley.

Could it be him?

That glimpse earlier wasn’t clear, but she felt that figure looked a lot like Gu Peng.

Has he already arrived in An City?

Lin Chuxia thought it was possible since she had met Gu Peng in An City in her previous life.

Then she thought maybe she was mistaken. How could it be such a coincidence that she just wanted to find him, and he appeared in front of her?

Arriving at the restaurant, Lin Chuxia put those thoughts behind her.

She would be staying in An City for a while, so she’d have time to look for him later.

When she looked up, she saw those people looking at her nervously, especially the young ones, who didn’t even dare to sit. She smiled slightly.

She asked Qin Jianshe to help take care of the group, and she tried not to interfere.

Having a meal was meant to be relaxing and comfortable.

You could chat idly or even talk about work at the table, but it shouldn’t make people uncomfortable.

Hou Xiaobao clearly knew Lin Chuxia’s temperament and was the most at ease during the meal.

He would be the team leader of the motorcade in the future. These people were his subordinates, and he indeed needed to oversee the situation.

No work was mentioned at the table; it was all emotional exchanges.

After finishing lunch and on the way back, Hou Xiaobao was still not satisfied.

His dissatisfaction wasn’t towards others, but towards Lin Chuxia.

You see, Hou Xiaobao hadn’t seen Lin Chuxia in a while. Even his promotion to team leader was communicated to him by Lin Chuxia over the phone.

Hou Xiaobao laughed along, "That sounds great, but I’m not an agricultural household, can’t settle in your village. Unless you talk to the village chief and see if I can get an agricultural household registration in the Qin Family Village. Then I can be a member of the Qin Family Village."

Of course, no one took this seriously.

Not to mention the current policy doesn’t allow it, even if an exception was made and his household registration was moved to the Qin Family Village, living and settling there wouldn’t be as easy as adapting to city life.

Villagers have lived there for generations, with connections and relationships intertwined. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

It’s indeed difficult for an outsider to integrate into such an environment.

It takes several generations of effort.

This situation doesn’t occur in the city, especially in newly developed areas, where people buy a piece of land and build houses, and everyone is an outsider, so no one looks down on anyone.

On the contrary, for convenience in future living, neighbors would look after each other.

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As Lin Chuxia was returning home, she happened to meet Zhang Guilan, who was coming back from work.

Even though it was already evening, the Bun Shop business usually closed after 8 PM.

Zhang Guilan rarely came back this early.

Seeing her somewhat unusual expression, Lin Chuxia couldn’t help but ask, "Sister-in-law, did something happen?"

Zhang Guilan was also quite surprised to run into Lin Chuxia here and eagerly pulled her aside to talk.

"Yes, something did happen. Today at noon, I overheard customers at the shop talking about how last night the police caught a lot of people on West Street. Guess what? I heard Zhang Wenbin was also among those people. Upon hearing this news, I had the store staff go outside to ask around. Just now, the young staff member returned and told me that it’s confirmed. That grandson Zhang Wenbin was apprehended by the police last night. I heard it was for smuggling something, whatever the case, he’s committed a crime and might be going to jail for a few years."