Hunter

Saturday, early morning.

The sky was a deep blue, with a few white clouds drifting leisurely by.

Next door at Chu Chu's house, wisps of smoke rose from the chimney.

The other neighbors in the single-story homes, such as Teacher Qian and Uncle Tang, were older and tended to sleep less. They were each sitting outside their own doors with bowls and chopsticks in hand, eating and chatting.

Uncle Tang praised, "Hua Fengmei's daughter really is something. Ever since they moved here, she's been getting up early to cook every day."

As if wary of something, Teacher Qian lowered his voice. "Hua Fengmei isn't simple!"

When she had first moved here, he had relied on being an old resident and tried to throw his weight around, only for Hua Fengmei to give him no face at all.

Uncle Tang sighed. "They used to live in the countryside. There's no man in her family, and her daughter is pretty. If she weren't tough, wouldn't people bully them to death?"

Teacher Qian understood and nodded. "That's true."

"If you ask me, a daughter like that shouldn't be born into an ordinary family," Uncle Tang said.

Having lived through those times, he knew all too well that pretty daughters from poor families rarely ended well.

Teacher Qian had once been a teacher. "Getting past the little thugs alone would be hard enough!"

Then he added, "Tongtong from the Gu Family is better. She's not likely to attract trouble."

Uncle Tang chuckled. "Even if she does now, it's no big deal. That Jiang Ning doesn't seem simple to me. He's never been at a disadvantage."

Teacher Qian's face darkened slightly.

Jiang Ning extinguished the Soul Submergence Incense. His Spiritual Sense detected Chu Chu busy in the kitchen, so he got up and pushed