There was a school at the eastern end of town.
Right outside its gates was a three-way junction leading to three different villages.
Over time, it had become the unofficial "bus stop" for the villagers nearby.
The young policeman was right. She should save herself whatever trouble she could.
Registering for the National College Entrance Examination was her top priority.
With Yao Qianjin away, going back to find Yang Yindi was the simplest option.
But the village was still several miles away.
The villagers either took an ox cart or walked when they went to the market.
But she wasn't the body's original owner, and she didn't particularly feel like walking right now.
Song Ning stood beneath the large tree outside the school gates, looking around for some other way...
A bicycle came wobbling toward her.
The rider was a young man with a coconut-shell haircut, and a girl was sitting behind him.
They were probably still in the courting stage.
Something the young man said sent the girl behind him into peals of coy laughter.
But why did that laugh sound so familiar?
Song Ning slipped behind the tree. Once the bicycle had passed, she couldn't help smiling.
Talk about falling right into her lap!
Wasn't that girl in the back, with her thickly drawn eyebrows and red lipstick, her very own Paternal Cousin, Song Caijuan?
She hadn't heard anything about this Paternal Cousin having a boyfriend.
Who would have thought she'd already be riding on his bicycle?
Judging by their direction, the two were heading back to Yakou Village.
Song Ning went into the nearby commission shop and spent four fen on two burlap sacks.
Then she took a shortcut at an unhurried pace and waited beside the main road back to the village.
Soon, the bicycle came