Qiu Guangming was the last to leave, and as he was heading out the door, he said: "It's not like you need to make a call and double-lock the door, right? Are you afraid we'll hear you saying mushy things to your sister-in-law?"
Then he ran off laughing.
This earned him a teasing reproach from Lu Yichen: "I think you're just itching for a beating."
After that, Lu Yichen remained in high spirits. It didn't take long for the whole department to know that the director's five-year-old twin daughters had advanced to the final round of an international piano competition.
Regardless of whether they would place in the finals, getting that far indicated that the children were quite skilled.
At noon, Qiu Guangming and a few others were discussing where to go for lunch, seeing a rare opportunity to milk Director Lu for a meal when Qiu Guangming's distant cousin Chu Lingyan overheard. She was a new colleague assigned to the household registration department this year.
