The residential area where Welder Zhao lived was built before the SOE Reform. Many residents had been living there for 20 to 30 years, some even longer. They knew each other well, always stuck together, and took care of each other when something happened. Even if someone had to leave their child home alone, the neighbors would help out. It was unlike the new residential areas, in which the next door neighbors didn't even know each other.
However, there was one disadvantage to an old residential area: When there was gossip, everybody knew it the following day.
Welder Zhao saw Carpenter Wang taking the trash out and tried to hide his bag behind his back, but Carpenter Wang saw it anyway.
"Wow, a bobbit worm? Zhao, you have some guts in you to keep such a thing in your tank!" Carpenter Wang said in surprise.
Welder Zhao wondered if Carpenter Wang knew marine creatures really well, since he seemed to know what a bobbit worm was.
