After school let out at noon, Lin Anning packed up her bag and left through the school gates.
She didn't rush home but instead made her way to Zhang Shengnan's house.
It was only when she went to school this morning that she found out, during the two days she was taken away, Sister Shengnan hadn't been to school either.
Come to think of it, I owed her one that day; otherwise, Huo Shen definitely wouldn't have found help so promptly.
Zhang Shengnan's home was ten or so miles outside the town, nestled by the mountains, in a small three-room red brick house, which wasn't hard to locate.
Just as she arrived outside the yard, she heard a torrent of scolding coming from inside the house.
"Which other woman in the village is like you? Never home, always fixated on attending that damned school?"
"I'm telling you, if anything happens to my eldest grandson, I'll make Tianbao beat you to death."
Zhang Shengnan cradled the child in her arms, pleading earnestly.
