What Are They Doing 2022 Chapter 2

1

Liu Sang checked the weather forecast. He could already see the cumulonimbus clouds up ahead, which meant that it would probably start storming around nine o’clock that evening.

As his car slowly approached the rain, he looked at the dozen GPS devices in the car and speculated on which village the thunderstorm would fall in.

Fortunately, it happened when he drove into Pingli town.

He was very experienced so he knew that the rain would fall for about eight hours, and the thunder would disappear after one hour.

He parked on a mountain road right outside the town and crawled into the back seat of the car.

He lay down, listened to the rain, and quickly fell asleep.

He had to be in a heavy downpour in order to fall asleep completely because that was the only time all other sound would be muffled.

To him, these sounds were like excessive trash that left devastation in their wake, but the rainstorm could temporarily wash everything away. It had to be a real rainstorm, though, in order cover up all the sounds within a few kilometers.

He slept soundly.

As far as he could remember, he had only had a good night’s sleep a few times.

It was that person who had taught him to fall asleep like this. He wondered where they were now.

2

Wang Guo was watching the news as it rained heavily outside.

This was Longmen Town, where the first generation of directors made films and gained some fame, so there were some scenic spots around town.

A woman in the town had died—well, was murdered actually.

During this period of time, it had rained heavily and only stopped for one day. It was on that day that they had found the woman’s body.

Wang Guo always felt that it was strange that this woman had died between two rainy days.

It almost seemed like there was some meaning behind it.

Wang Guo was a policeman here. All of his classmates were big-time policemen in major cities who handled big cases but he had come back here because of his parents.

But in an unexpected turn of events, there was a murder in his hometown.

His wife served him dinner, which he hurriedly ate in a few quick bites. He knew that he had to get back to the station quickly.

3

Wang Meng closed the shop and locked it.

It was another quiet day. As he stretched, he found that his waist felt a little uncomfortable.

He was at that age where he would start feeling aches all over his body.

At this time, he noticed a middle-aged man standing by the door.

Wang Meng knew him and immediately felt his face fall.

The middle-aged man—in fact, Wang Meng wasn’t so young himself anymore—came over and the two people started walking side-by-side, as if they had a tacit agreement.

“About your father…” the middle-aged man said to Wang Meng. “He’s getting out soon. You should go and pick him up.”

“I have nothing to do with him,” Wang Meng replied.

The middle-aged man lit a cigarette. “You haven’t answered the prison’s phone calls. His mind isn’t very clear anymore. What will he do if you don’t pick him up?”

“Die on the side of the road.” Although Wang Meng said this, he still obviously felt a little soft-hearted when it came to his father so his expression was a little uncomfortable.

The middle-aged man tried to hand Wang Meng a piece of paper but Wang Meng didn’t take it. In the end, the middle-aged man had to force it on him.

“I won’t take care of it for you this time,” the middle-aged man said to him. “If you really want him to die, don’t show up.”

Wang Meng stopped and looked at the note. It had the address to the prison written on it, along with the corrections officer’s phone number.

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I’m guessing Wang Guo is a new character because I don’t remember him at all (whether it be drama or books). Could just be me though.