Guo Yujie was furious when she heard the news. A stream of curses poured from her mouth.
She'd been famous in college for her astonishing strength and her talent for swearing. Once, when she and a friend were walking back to their dorm late at night, a pervert attacked them. She cursed and fought back, waking up half the dormitory district and nearly beating the man to death.
The skinny guy and the fat guy looked awful, too.
None of us had imagined that two vicious serial killers were hiding so close by.
I didn't tell them what I'd discovered, afraid it would cause even more panic. I was already panicking myself, and I no longer had any interest in looking through the files on Greenleaf spread across the table.
Luckily, my younger sister's parent-teacher meeting was that evening, which helped take my mind off things.
"I'm leaving early today," I told the four of them. "My sister's got a parent-teacher meeting tonight."
"Okay. I'll leave early, too, and go see Uncle Wang and Wang Hui." Guo Yujie had stopped swearing. She sounded a little sad.
"You shouldn't go bother them," I said. "If you have time, talk to He Juan and Zheng Xinxin about this."
Guo Yujie nodded.
The skinny guy and the fat guy weren't going to Workers and Peasants Sixth Village to make an appearance today, either.
The office was unusually gloomy. Everyone kept their heads down and worked, searching for Ye Qing and Liu Miao.
That afternoon, I went home early and ate dinner ahead of time. My parents sighed beside me, saying they were old and unwanted. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so I kept my head down and ate without a word. My sister would have to handle this. Sure enough,