"Yeah, that's true. It'd be a waste to let them spoil. Taking them to exchange for some pocket money would be pretty good, too."
Seeing that she agreed with her, Auntie Li's smile returned. "Exactly! Those flowers filled the whole yard, and then they were left to spoil in that ground. What a waste."
"Auntie Li, was it raining when you picked the flowers? Was the rain heavy?" Seeing that she was starting to ramble again, Su Qiao quickly steered the conversation back on track, coaxing her to reveal what had happened that night.
As for exactly which night it had been, Su Qiao actually had no idea. However, she knew one thing: Auntie Li definitely wouldn't have dared steal the flowers during the day.
Besides, it had rained on most nights these past few days, so there was nothing wrong with asking that way.
"The rain was really heavy that night, and the wind was strong too. The lightning was frightening as well." Auntie Li seemed to recall the scene from that night.
"I couldn't sleep at the time. I thought that if the flowers in her yard kept going like that, they'd all be ruined. It just so happened that all the lights at her house were off, and it seemed like no one was inside, so I took an umbrella and a basket and quietly went over."
"After I'd picked more than half a basket, I saw Ding Peixin hurriedly open the door and enter the yard. She wasn't even holding an umbrella. She was drenched from head to toe, like a drowned rat."
Su Qiao's eyes flickered. "Wasn't she driving?"
Auntie Li shook her head and mimed putting on a hat. "No, but she had the hood of that black windbreaker pulled over her head."
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