The next day at noon, the group met up as planned. They didn't head to the North Pool area, but after grabbing a bite to eat, they went to the courtyard house where they had stayed before.
It was the courtyard belonging to He Liben—Shen Weimin's eldest maternal cousin and He Liping's older brother. Shen Weimin's aunt was there, waiting for the younger generation to arrive.
Aunt was an exceptionally shrewd woman.
In Xu Changqing's opinion, not only did the woman intentionally hide the fact that her precious nephew owned property in Beijing from their relatives, but she was also wary of the younger generation visiting them at the government compound.
It wasn't that Aunt disliked having relatives from her hometown visit her and her husband at the compound. Rather, she was worried—then as she was later—that the younger ones wouldn't know their place and would learn to throw their weight around.
