Switched Marriage: The Coddled Little Wife

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 felt he had a bellyful of things to say to Lin Chuxia. During the meal, he had to deal with others and didn’t have time to bond with Lin Chuxia.

Hou Xiaobao always felt good about himself, thinking his relationship with Lin Chuxia was different from the superior-subordinate relationship others had with her.

Among these people, he had known Lin Chuxia the longest. Even Su Wensong only got to know Lin Chuxia because he helped Lin Chuxia beat him up.

If it weren’t for his appearance, could Su Wensong have clung to Mr. Lin like a big tree? Could he have married Sun Lanlan?

Not only did he and Mr. Lin get to know each other through an argument, but Mr. Lin also recognized his talent and led him onto the right path.

Mr. Lin taught him driving and business skills and helped him get married.

One could say Lin Chuxia was like a second parent to him.

The relationship between son and parent is naturally close and inseparable.

Lin Chuxia also noticed Hou Xiaobao still had words for her, but to be honest, she did enjoy chatting with Houzi.

Returning to the market, she didn’t hurry home but went to see the arrangement of Houzi’s office and also asked about Liu Na and her son’s situation.

This inquiry opened Hou Xiaobao’s chatterbox, and he talked with flying eyebrows and Lin Chuxia listened happily.

"Do you want me to help you find someone to arrange the house?" Lin Chuxia asked.

Hou Xiaobao had left Ancheng County over a year ago. During these years, various policies developed rapidly, especially in real estate, and private house transactions were much more casual than when she bought a house.

When the buying and selling opened up, various traps followed.

"No need, Mr. Lin. I’ll take my time. Nana knows the motorcade just got established, so I have a lot of work. She’s not in a hurry to come over. She said it’s better to wait until the weather gets warmer. The child won’t get sick easily with the change in environment as he grows, and also, I want to be neighbors with Brother Liang. Even if we can’t be neighbors, living a bit closer would be nice. You know I’m without any support here, only Aunt Jia and Brother Liang treat me like family, and now I have a sister-in-law too. Since I chose to live around here, I want to live closer so we can look after each other in the future."

Lin Chuxia smiled, "Jia Liang and they are not in An City now. Even if you become neighbors, how would you look after each other? I think it’s better for you to settle in Qin Family Village and let me take care of you."

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.

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."