Meeting the Family
Despite being in the middle of the day, there didn't seem to be much activity. He could see some housewives gathering in a group as they talked, their young children running circles around their legs. Further ahead, a flock of school children wandered around eating popsicles.
How quaint.
"Wow, you used to live here?" Jingwei asked wonderingly.
"Go straight on the road till the traffic light, then turn left," was Xue Ning's tense reply. "You'll see a bunch of houses."
Jingwei eagerly obeyed and sure enough, houses came into view. The roads got even narrower, and Jingwei paid more attention to driving, just to make sure the car didn't bump against the motorcycles parked along the side of the road.