May 2.
The clear sky let the sun beat straight down on the ground. The heat island effect was especially pronounced in densely populated areas of the Pearl River Delta.
Pingzhou's temperature was considerably higher than Ma Gong Town's.
Jiang Miao and his group had arrived in Guangzhou by high-speed rail that morning and checked into the Fuyi Business Hotel.
In the guest room, he casually pulled back the curtains and looked outside. Across Yong'an Road was a small park, while diagonally opposite stood the Pingzhou Community Police Squad.
He sat down and took a sip of bottled green tea.
Shu Ya, who was sharing the room, put away her suitcase and reapplied her lipstick. "A Miao, let's go downstairs! Don't keep Sister waiting too long."
"Are you really not going back to Panyu for a look?"
"What was there to see?" Shu Ya had no desire whatsoever to see the faces of her two brothers.
"Up to you." Jiang Miao smoothed her hair, then linked arms with her and walked out of the room.
The bodyguards who had arrived ahead of time had brought two pickup trucks. For safety, Jiang Miao, Shu Ya, Li Zixuan, and Ke Yong rode in one vehicle; his sister, An Ning, and the other two bodyguards rode in the other.
They headed west along Yong'an Road, turned south onto Xincun Avenue East, then continued straight to Pingdong Avenue, entering Pingzhou's Jade Street, where hundreds of jade-related shops and businesses lined the surrounding area.
The group did not go to Jade Street, instead entering Kungang South Road.
Before long, the vehicles stopped at the entrance to the Pingzhou Jade Rough Trading Market.
Jiang Miao, Shu Ya, his sister, Li Zixuan, An Ning, and Ke Yong got out and proceeded on foot, while the two bodyguards