Right in that spot was a puddle, the masterpiece of some person or stray animal with a bad case of diarrhea from earlier that morning. It had splattered over a considerable area. Since the "crime" had been committed after the sanitation workers had gone home, it was still brazenly emitting a nauseating stench.
People heading to work or taking their kids to school would cover their noses and mutter a few curses every time they passed by, but not a single one stopped to go home, grab a shovel, and get rid of it, or even just to sprinkle a layer of dirt over it.
Now, the two of them lost their footing and stumbled right into it...
Ren Taoning fell sideways into the mess, while Tong Yuxiang toppled straight back. Both of them were covered in it!
Once the stuff was smeared around, the smell became even more overpowering!
