Shen Lu didn't look through Liu Chunhua's bag. She just told Zeng Xiaodao to hurry and return it.
"Don't be scared," Zeng Xiaodao said. "Even if you took it, she wouldn't know it was you. She'd just blame me."
"If she's that much trouble, it's better you don't take it either. Put it back exactly as it was so you don't make an enemy of her."
"If you're not taking anything, then I'm not playing around," Zeng Xiaodao said, picking up the bag again. "I can't chat for long, or Granny Liu will be after me."
"Bye."
Zeng Xiaodao was gone in a flash, quick as the wind.
Shen Lu shook her head and decided to walk a bit farther away.
Even by the time she got back to her rental unit, she hadn't seen Liu Chunhua come looking for her.
Her scavenging run that morning hadn't gone smoothly, and it took longer than expected. Shen Lu didn't even have time to go to the public bathhouse.
'I'll just close up early this afternoon.'
