Concert and Extra Cash
Zhang Heng had originally planned to visit the residential complex where Lin Sisi lived again, but considering he had already been out for long enough, he could only postpone it. Besides, interviewing Lin Sisi's parents would not be as easy as interviewing Teacher Li Yan. Even if they believed his fabricated identity as a reporter, they might not be willing to see him.
After all, every interview would reopen the wound of losing their daughter.
Zhang Heng returned home at around eight that evening. His grandfather was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, while the dishes on the table had not been touched.
"I sent you a message telling you not to wait for me."
"We had to eat anyway, so we might as well eat together." His grandfather folded the newspaper. He did not ask Zhang Heng where he had gone because he trusted Zhang Heng's self-discipline. This was how the two had always gotten along. His grandfather believed that the stricter one controlled a child, the more likely the child was to rebel.
Zhang Heng had later asked his grandfather where he had learned that principle. His grandfather told him he had learned it while raising Zhang Heng's mother.
"Then I'll go heat it up." As he spoke, Zhang Heng picked up the dishes from the table and carried them into the kitchen.
After realizing those things would not immediately make a move against him, Zhang Heng no longer used the Lego kitten to test whether his food had been tampered with. Still, he remained sufficiently vigilant in daily life. It could not be helped. What had happened to Lin Sisi and the college student kept reminding him that his surroundings were not safe. The people he thought he knew well might not