Looking at the woman sitting opposite Sister Chen, Wang Qiang saw a young woman, probably in her early twenties. She had two long, thick black braids on her head.

He thought to himself that he had never seen this girl before, and wondered when a pretty girl had joined the finance department without his knowledge.

Thinking of this, he walked in with a grin and came to the girl's side.

"Let me ask Sister Chen?"

What was that girl busy with? Hearing someone ask her a question, she looked up and saw a tall, thin young worker.

"Sister Chen is sick and hasn't come to work for several days. Is there something you need from her?"

Wang Qiang looked at the girl's big, blinking eyes, which had long eyelashes.

"Oh, is that so? I'm Wang Qiang, the purchasing agent for the factory. You don't recognize me, do you? Are you new here?"

Wang Qiang spoke without any politeness, pulling over Sister Chen's chair and sitting down directly next to the girl.

"Ah, yes. My name is Li Man, and I'm a recent graduate who was assigned here this year."

"Oh, that's a nice name."

Wang Qiang offered a compliment.

What do you want?

Li Man blushed and asked in a soft voice.

"Here's a reimbursement form. It's for purchasing things for the factory. Take a look."

Wang Qiang handed the form to Li Man.

"I don't know how, I've never done it before."

Li Man looked at the list and felt extremely overwhelmed. She had only been there for a few days and Sister Chen had already fallen ill.

"You're doing this..."

Wang Qiang said he would teach him how to get reimbursed step by step. Because Wang Qiang came often, he was very familiar with Sister Chen and knew all the procedures by heart.

"Oh, thank you so much, you're such a kind person."

Li Man was unaware that Wang Qiang was behind her, half-embracing her shoulder and holding her hand.

"Once you learn this, you can do the same for anyone else who comes."

"Yes, thank you so much."

Li Man was somewhat excited; after all these days, she had finally met someone willing to teach her. She repeatedly thanked Wang Qiang.

"You're not being honest, girl."

Wang Qiang's words left Li Man completely confused.

"Just words, thank you." As he said this, Wang Qiang was still holding Li Man's hand.

"Then I'll treat you to lunch. Order whatever you like."

Li Man was somewhat excited.

"You're still so rich?"

Li Man nodded shyly, "My family gave me some money to use at the factory."

"Oh, okay then. Keep your money safe."

"What?"

Before Li Man could react, Wang Qiang had already taken the reimbursement money and turned to leave, leaving a stunned Li Man behind. Watching Wang Qiang's retreating figure, she touched the hand he had just grabbed, her heart pounding wildly.

"Hey, Xiaoman, what are you looking at?" It was Cao Xiaojing, a girl from the same office. She came in from outside carrying a kettle of water and saw Li Man staring blankly at the doorway.

"It's nothing, I'm just waiting to see when you'll be back."

Disturbed by Cao Xiaojing, Li Man quickly came to her senses and awkwardly tried to cover it up.

"That's not right. Why are you blushing? And why are you stuttering?"

"Oh, it's nothing, don't be so gossipy, okay?"

"I could guess even if you didn't tell me."

"Ugh. How annoying."

Like Li Man, Cao Xiaojing was assigned to the finance department of a steel rolling mill right after graduation. They were classmates and knew each other well, so they often joked and played around together.

Without wasting a moment leaving the finance office, Wang Qiang returned to the courtyard house.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Lou Xiao'e, who had found a few people to lay bricks.

"How are you? Do you need any help?"

Wang Qiang's voice was quite loud. He knew that everyone who was supposed to be at work had already left, leaving only a few people who weren't working in the yard.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the door to Uncle Er's house, which had been tightly closed, suddenly opened.

The second aunt peeked in this direction.

"Hey, Auntie. How are the three kids?"

Wang Qiang glanced at his second aunt out of the corner of his eye and casually asked her a question.

"Oh, it's alright, thank you anyway."

"Well, this matter needs to be addressed properly. Once it involves outsiders, it becomes much more complicated."

"Yes, you're right."

Aunt Er nodded repeatedly, fidgeting with the hem of her clothes as if she had something to say.

"What's wrong? I think something's wrong with you."

"Oh, is that so? Then we'll have to pay 2,000 yuan in compensation, right? We don't have that much money at home. Do you think we can help?"

At this point, Auntie Er paused for a moment.

The meaning is clear: she wants to borrow money from Wang Qiang.

"Hey, Auntie, don't you know me? I spend as much as I have, I'm broke every month."

"Oh dear, what should we do? What if we can't make up the money?"

As she spoke, tears welled up in Aunt Er's eyes. She knew that Jia Zhangshi was the type of person who would not give up until she had paid compensation.

Who knows, her three sons might end up in the police station.

"Why don't you ask your second uncle to think of a solution, or ask your first and third uncles? They all have money, with a monthly salary of over 100 yuan."

Wang Qiang was giving his second aunt some advice.

"Well, that's just how it is."

Aunt Er sighed. She looked up and saw Lou Xiao'e building a wall inside the house.

What happened?

"You three hurry up and go help..."

Second Aunt originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but then she thought that Lou Xiao'e's family was rich, so she might as well help them out and see if she could borrow some money.

He shouted at Liu Guangfu, Liu Guangtian, and Liu Guangqi.

The three men had sobered up after a night's sleep and were filled with remorse for what they had done the previous night. When they got back, they were beaten again by the second aunt.

Hearing the Second Aunt's shout, the three of them rushed out in a panic.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go help. You're so old and you can't do anything. You only cause trouble."

The three quick-witted individuals ran towards Lou Xiao'e's house to help.

"Okay, having these three helpers is not bad. It will definitely be built soon."

"Second Aunt, isn't my Second Uncle good enough yet?"

Wang Qiang asked, feigning concern.

"Who says otherwise? I've already seen a doctor, but they couldn't say what it was. They just told me to rest and recuperate. I'm still lying down now."

The second aunt said helplessly.

"Hi, it's nothing. I know an old Chinese medicine doctor. I can take you to see him when I have time."

"Really? Thank you so much. How can your family survive if your second uncle doesn't work?"

Auntie Er sighed repeatedly.

"Don't be discouraged, the better days are yet to come."

Wang Qiang's words were neither hurtful nor pertinent, so the second aunt didn't know what to say.

Second Uncle had heard everything clearly inside the house and knew that it was Wang Qiang outside.

I was both anxious and angry. I wanted to speak but couldn't, and I just stammered and shouted something I couldn't understand.

Hearing the commotion inside, Aunt Er said to Wang Qiang.

"I don't know what's wrong, I'll go check on you, don't mind."

After saying that, he turned and went back into the house.

"Old man, what's wrong with you? What are you trying to say?"