Only once they were some distance away did A-Guang ask quietly, "I heard a few rumors before. What Lin Jishang does doesn't seem all that legitimate."
"Shh, why worry about what he does? It's none of our business. We're just ordinary people. Let him do whatever he wants."
"I was just curious, so I asked. There's nobody else around anyway."
A-Zheng asked curiously too, "What's he doing that's shady? Didn't they say he helps his uncle, on either his father's or mother's side, receive and unload goods at the town pier? That's why he has a few regular laborers hauling sacks for him."
Xiao Xiao said, "That's what I heard too. That's why nobody thought it was strange when they kept seeing him coming and going with his workers before."
"Maybe. No need to guess. What does it matter to us whether his work is legitimate? We've got our own business to take care of right now. We're almost there. Stop talking."
Ye Yaodong looked at the houses in the distance and eased up on the pedals, changing the subject.
A ruthless man who could chop someone's hand off was already far beyond the sort of fights ordinary people like them got into. It was better to keep their distance if they could. His friends were better off having less contact with him, or none at all.
Keeping a respectful distance would save them trouble too. He himself only needed to maintain a nodding acquaintance with the man.
A-Guang slowed down at the same time, riding beside him. The two bicycles traveled side by side, then stopped one after the other by a bend in the road a short distance away rather than outside the Wang family's door. They planned to walk over to be safe.
Who parked right outside