Xu Lan might even ask Xia Mao's guards to come over and surround Qiao Mei's courtyard house. They would be given instructions that no living thing that could threaten Qiao Mei's life was allowed to enter! Not even a bird in the sky!
"It's better not to tell mother about this. It's fine as long as the few of us know about it. Let's leave this matter at that. I don't think there'd be any more trouble," Qiao Mei said.
After discussing the countermeasures, everyone went home. Qiao Mei went home to take another nap since she had tossed and turned in bed the entire night. Xia He stayed behind to help Li Gui pack the popcorn.
The business got better and better. After Li Gui returned the three-wheeled vehicle they borrowed from the small shop at the entrance of the alley near the cinema, she bought two new three-wheeled vehicles. She rode one herself. The other one was relatively smaller so that Zhang Wei and the other children could use it.
