As for the Miao Family, the father-in-law and son-in-law exchanged a few thoughts and then dropped the topic. Just from the cardboard box you could tell the other party was clever—raking up that history would do no one any good.
Plenty of second-generation warlords, once they lost the protection of their factions, were blackmailed abroad and threatened into becoming enemy agents. What does it mean to have a brother-in-law in such a high and powerful position? You can pretty much guess what choices they'd make.
By the time Zhang Guoqing returned to the room, it was deep into the night and everything was quiet. On the kang in the outer study, Ping'an was sound asleep. After checking the ice tray and mosquito net, he slipped quietly into the bedroom.
—The twins were placed on the kang, with Zhou Jiao in the middle reading a book.
