"I just paid close attention, and that military man walking beside Professor Luo's spouse seemed, from his whole demeanor, to be at least a regimental cadre. What do you think, Sister Wang?"
The 'Sister Wang' referred to by the woman was actually Deputy Director Wei's wife, Wang Chan.
Having nothing much to do at home over the weekend, Wang Chan had gone over to the Zhang Family to chat with her distant cousin Loo Ping. Just minutes before, Loo Ping had seen her out the gate, and coincidentally, she saw Kang Li holding Xiao Ming Rui's hand, walking by with Guosheng and their twins.
Perhaps driven by a penchant for gossip, she didn't think of going home immediately but stood at her cousin's gate, chatting with the woman who came over to greet her.
Unbeknownst to Kang Li that others were gossiping about her background and family, she poured everyone in her house glasses of cool boiled water, and said to her sister-in-law He Hui: