"What's so strange about it?! There's probably something dirty going on inside."
The woman Su Man called Sister Qin was named Qin Fang. She was the wife of a researcher in the institute. Two years ago, she retired early due to illness and stayed home to take care of the kids full-time. So now, just like Su Man, she was unemployed. She pursed her lips and said:
"I overheard some aunts chatting at the entrance to the compound before, saying that the woman Professor Luo was with before wasn't any good—spent all day dolling herself up, didn't take care of the kid at home, didn't do her job properly, always looking down her nose at people, never easy to talk to."
"Sister Qin, hearing the way you talk, sounds like you've got a pretty good impression of the one Professor Luo married afterwards?"
She asked as if it was casual, but Su Man was stewing inside, both annoyed and aggrieved.
