Ding Xue's affectionate kiss had sent Long Fei scurrying back home, avoiding contact with her for the entire day.
"Even a rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow," Long Fei felt that, as a decent man, he should keep his distance from his wife's best friend.
The next day, the police award came through.
Long Fei won the title of "Outstanding Citizen" and even received a bronze medal.
Ding Xue had repeatedly tried to contact Long Fei, but he had not answered any calls, nor had he replied to any of her WeChat messages.
Seething with annoyance, Ding Xue picked up the award for him and, once home, she put the medal on the dog.
The case involved four provinces, the destruction of two drug processing factories, the arrest of nearly a hundred drug traffickers, and the seizure of several billion in various drug assets.
