After another bumpy journey, Wang Yan finally returned to Yan City.
Rather than leaving right away, he strolled over to the furniture shop the city had arranged for them.
The location could not be called especially good, but it was not particularly out of the way either. There were state-run stores, restaurants, a post office, clothing shops, hardware stores, and all sorts of other businesses nearby.
What pleased Wang Yan was that directly opposite the furniture shop stood a mutton soup shop. Its sign, black lettering on a white background, read "Harmony River Mutton Soup." Clearly, the matter had been pushed through and put into place during his absence.
When he arrived, it was right in the middle of the lunchtime rush. Not only was the mutton soup shop packed inside, but they had even put up a canopy outside and set out tables, making the place just as lively.
The fragrance of mutton soup, carrying a faint gamy scent, drifted through the air and stirred up one's appetite from far away.
Wang Yan wandered inside and headed straight for the kitchen in the back.
"Hey, the kitchen's off-limits..." A young girl saw someone heading toward the kitchen and hurried over to stop him, only to find Wang Yan smiling at her.
"Ah... hello, Director Wang." The girl quickly let go of him and greeted him politely.
In Forest County, few people did not recognize Wang Yan. Mainly because he was quite active—besides regularly showing up at the county's mutton soup shop, he also liked carrying a camera around and taking pictures everywhere.
He used to ride his bicycle around, but after returning a few months ago, he had started driving a sedan, going everywhere, looking everywhere, photographing everywhere.
Coupled with Wang Yan's enormous reputation, even those who did not