Chapter 154 Surveillance Has her rebirth been exposed?

Starting in mid-May, the factory's leaders, including Wang Ying, began being frequently called to meetings. Each time, they discussed the splitting of the factory, such as the allocation and relocation of the factory buildings, the assignment of employees, the distribution of equipment, and so on.

After several meetings, Wang Ying felt that the progress was still too slow. The longer it dragged on, the more uneasy people became. Now the defective rate in each workshop was higher than before the news of the factory split was exposed.

Wang Ying said at an internal meeting at their factory, "I think if we need to split things up, we should do it quickly. We can then solve problems as they arise. It's unrealistic to expect to solve all problems beforehand. Once the actual work begins, there will still be a constant stream of problems. We should first determine the general direction, then gradually refine it and work on the details."

"You're right, but don't rush. The main issue is that the higher-ups aren't unanimous about the factory relocation," Qian Tongsheng said. "They're planning to build an industrial park and move all the factories there."

Wang Ying knew that in his previous life, many factories in the urban area were gradually moved to the industrial park in the west of the city.

"I'm not in a hurry personally, but the employees are impatient and the error rate has increased a lot. Many comrades have been affected. I'm worried about a major production accident," said Wang Ying.

"That's true. Even the sealing machine can be operated incorrectly." Director Xiao continued.

"That's true. We can't change the decision from above, but we can still manage our own factory well," Qian Tongsheng said. "So, let's hold another radio conference today to reassure people. We'll increase the penalties for those who made mistakes, and then we'll strengthen supervision."

This was the reason why Wang Ying said what she had just said. She didn’t want the production accident at the cannery in her previous life to happen again.

At the current food factory, the workers' impatience is superficial, but the leadership is also restless. The higher-ups announced the split so early, yet progress is so slow. Who wouldn't be anxious? They're constantly moving around after work and on their days off.

Director Zhao also met with leaders he knew several times, mainly to pave the way for Wang Ying. However, many people, including those within the food factory, believed that Director Zhao was working for himself.

After returning from his supervisor's meeting, Director Zhao told Wang Ying that the various parties were still vying for the position, and that no one had yet decided on the personnel. The most contentious issue was the Panda Biscuit Factory. Director Zhao urged Wang Ying to prepare for a potential loss.

Director Qian had told Wang Ying essentially the same thing, and he'd been campaigning on her behalf recently. Some leaders were optimistic about Wang Ying, but some senior leaders seemed to have some opinions about him. Director Qian had a subtle feeling: the leaders wanted to use Wang Ying boldly, but seemed to have concerns.

Qian Tongsheng didn't tell Wang Ying about his superiors' apparent dissatisfaction with her. He himself wasn't sure what the superiors meant or what they thought of Wang Ying. After that, Qian Tongsheng couldn't advocate for Wang Ying anymore.

Wang Ying wasn't completely disappointed. Unable to change the higher-ups' decisions, she focused all her energy on production safety. She held meetings with all her production team leaders every morning, made surprise inspections of the factory floor, and even visited the warehouse daily.

"Director, why is Deputy Director Shao always following you lately?"

At noon that day, Wang Ying was eating in the cafeteria, and Zhou Qianjin asked her in a low voice.

Wang Ying had also noticed that Shao Pengyu had been following her around the workshop and warehouse lately. He'd become more talkative, often intentionally or unintentionally chatting with her. Sometimes, Wang Ying even felt like he was trying to trick her.

"Maybe he wants to study." Wang Ying said.

"I don't think so. Director, you're still the same." Zhou Qianjin said, "I feel like he's monitoring you."

After Zhou Qianjin said this, Wang Ying suddenly felt the same way. But why? Who sent Shao Pengyu to spy on her and trick her? Wang Ying looked up and found Shao Pengyu not far away, buried in his meal.

Wang Ying said a few words to him in a voice that only she and Zhou Qianjin could hear, and Zhou Qianjin nodded in agreement.

Before leaving get off work, Wang Ying went to the tea room and "happened" to meet Zhou Qianjin.

Zhou Qianjin told Wang Ying, "Director, he did ask a lot of people about your personal affairs. Now that I think about it, he also asked us about it frequently, but we didn't pay much attention."

Wang Ying frowned. Was Shao Pengyu really coming for her? Why?

"Director, you really have to be careful." Zhou Qianjin was a little worried. Now that the factory was going to be split up, he still wanted to do something big with Wang Ying, so he couldn't let anything happen to her.

Wang Ying nodded, holding the teacup, and walked back to her office thoughtfully. She had been wondering all the way why Shao Pengyu came to monitor her. No, she should be wondering why the higher-ups sent Shao Pengyu to monitor her. Had her rebirth been exposed?

Wang Ying felt that apart from this incident, there was nothing else about him that was worthy of the leader sending someone to monitor him.

After thinking about it, Wang Ying only thought of this possibility.

Back in the office, Wang Ying glanced at Shao Pengyu. Shao Pengyu also looked at her, seeming a little guilty. He greeted her and continued working.

Wang Ying returned to her seat and discovered that her work notes had been tampered with. She made a soft "tsk" sound, deliberately letting Shao Pengyu hear.

Wang Ying didn't tell her family that she might be under surveillance by her superiors. She wondered if her superiors arrested her and tortured her, would she admit it or not?

Ever since Wang Ying suspected Shao Pengyu was spying on her, she'd been paying extra attention to him. The more she watched, the more certain she became that he was indeed watching her. Shao Pengyu had come to the food factory not to pick her peaches, but to spy on her.

In early June, Wang Ying and his team attended another meeting and learned that the industrial park's district had been drawn. Just like in their previous life, it was located in the west of the city. Of the four factories of the food factory, the soy products factory would be relocated from its original site to the industrial park, while the remaining three factories would remain untouched for the time being.

The soy product factory had low requirements for factory buildings and warehouses, and relatively few machines and employees. There happened to be a ready-made factory building in the industrial park, so they moved in shortly after receiving the notice. Their former director, Xiao, was directly promoted to factory manager.

After the soy products factory moved away, the number of people eating in the cafeteria didn't seem to have decreased, but there were fewer soy products in the food.

After Wang Ying weaned Yueyue, she went back to the cafeteria to eat.

"Director, Director Xiao can directly become the director of the soy products factory. I think you can also be the director of the biscuit factory. Everyone knows that without you, there would be no Panda Biscuits." Xu Lili said.

"I think so too," Tian Yulan said. "If another factory director comes, I won't accept it."

Wang Ying smiled and said, "Thank you for your recognition. I also hope that I can be one, but everything depends on the arrangements made by the leadership. By the way, Yulan, how are your studies going? The college entrance examination is coming up soon."

"Don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem this time!" Tian Yulan was full of confidence.

Xu Lili was a little envious and said, "If I had known earlier, I would have reviewed with you."

"What are you thinking about? How can you bear to leave your lover?" Tian Yulan said.

Xu Lili got married in the spring. She once had a beautiful dream of love. After waking up from the dream, she saw the gap between herself and her partner, and followed her family's arrangement to go on a blind date and get married.

Xu Lili blushed: "I don't believe you will never get married."

"Then you'll see, I will definitely never get married in my life," said Tian Yulan.

The topic was quickly changed and they started talking about Luo Wenshu who went to college. They said that after he left, there was no news from him and he didn't come back to see them.

Wang Ying was talking to them with a smile on her face. She subconsciously looked up and saw Shao Pengyu looking at her. After she noticed him, she immediately lowered her head to eat.

Wang Ying decided to let him monitor her. She hadn't done anything wrong to the country or the collective. If they ever caught her and the evidence was thrown in her face, she would just confess. At most, her life would be a little more difficult, but she believed the country wouldn't do anything to her.

One day at the end of June, Wang Ying came home from get off work and Li Fenju came with Huanhuan. Huanhuan was playing with Yueyue. Li Fenju, with a worried look on her face, was picking leeks while talking to Chen Xiuqin.

As soon as Wang Ying got home, she heard the word "pregnant".

"Who is pregnant, Wang Hui?" Wang Ying parked his bicycle and walked to Li Fengju and asked.

"It's good that she's pregnant," Li Fengju said. "It's her sister-in-law Wenli!"

"Ah? Du Wenli?" Wang Ying was surprised. "Isn't she a student? The college entrance examination is coming up in a few days, right?"

"That's right! She's pregnant, three or four months!" Li Fengju sighed. "She was staying out all night before, saying her classmates were helping her with her studies. Who knew she was with a male classmate, and she's pregnant."

"So what do we say now?" Wang Ying said.

"The little girl is very idea-oriented. She wants to take the exam first. If she is admitted to university, she will abort the child and go to study. If she fails, she will get married with the baby. This way, no matter what, she won't have to stay at her parents' home to take care of her mother." Li Fengju said.

Wang Ying remembered that in her previous life, Du Wenli did not get into university, and later she did marry a male classmate, but there was no news of pregnancy before marriage.

"A girl can't live without a mother. Once Qiaoling fell ill, the Du family was in chaos," said Chen Xiuqin.

"Will Wang Hui agree?" Wang Ying said. She remembered that the Du family said that if Du Wenli failed the exam, she would stay at home to take care of her mother and let Wang Hui go back to work.

"How can I agree to this? They've been making trouble for several days. I've been there several times, and they're making trouble every day." Li Fengju was really worried about Wang Hui.

Chen Xiuqin said: "Huihui is having a hard time too. Taking care of a patient is not easy. And now my sister-in-law has this problem again..."

Just when Wang Ying and others were discussing the Du family's affairs, Du Weimin, the head of the Du family, arrived home.

Du Weimin was called home by telegram, which told him to return immediately. He thought Sun Qiaoling was dying. When he got home, he saw that although Sun Qiaoling's condition hadn't improved much, she didn't look like she was going to die.

"What's the matter that you called me back?" Du Weimin came out of the room and asked Du Jianguo who had just got home from get off work and Wang Hui who was looking angry.

Wang Hui said directly: "Wenli is pregnant, and we don't know what to do."

"Wenli? Not Wenxiu?" Du Weimin was a little dumbfounded.

"Du Wenli, a senior high school student, is having an affair with her classmate and is four months pregnant." Wang Hui said sarcastically.

Du Weimin immediately became furious: "How can you control her?"

"It's not my fault!" Wang Hui retorted immediately, "I told your son she wouldn't be back at night! If you want to blame someone, blame him."

"Where is she? Did she go to school?" Du Weimin said.

"Yeah." Du Jianguo responded, "Dad, she said that if I get into university, she'll abort the baby and go back to school. If I don't get into university, she'll just marry a classmate and have the baby."

"Nonsense!" Du Weimin said angrily.

"Everyone in your family is really calculating. Du Wenli is so young, but she's so cunning. She doesn't want to stay at home and serve her mother for even a single day. I don't care about your family anymore. I want a divorce," said Wang Hui.

"Don't make trouble! Dad is back, he will take care of it." Du Jianguo glared at Wang Hui.

"I'm causing trouble. You know who's causing trouble, but you're just bullying me, an outsider!"

Du Weimin ignored Wang Hui and her husband and rode his bicycle to Du Wenli's school to wait for her.

Du Wenli and several of her friends walked out of the school and saw Du Weimin with a dark face. She subconsciously touched her belly and looked at her boyfriend.

"My dad is here to pick me up. See you tomorrow." Du Wenli said hello to her classmates and walked towards her dad.

"Get in the car!" Du Weimin said coldly, glancing back at the classmates Du Wenli had just walked with. One of the boys lowered his head guiltily; it must be him.

Du Wenli got on the back of the bicycle and nervously went home with Du Weimin.

After the father and daughter arrived home, Du Wenli followed Du Weimin. As soon as they entered the main room, Du Weimin slapped Du Wenli hard in the face.

"Shameless thing! Who did you learn this from?" Du Weimin said viciously.

This was the first time Du Wenli was beaten by her father in her life. Tears immediately fell from her eyes, and she cried at Du Weimin: "Why do you hit me? You are out all year round, and you have never cared about me for a few days! You don't care about me normally, but now you come to care about me! I don't want you to care about me!"

Du Wenli wanted to rush into the room, but Du Weimin grabbed her and said, "Stand still! If you dare to take a step forward, I'll break your legs! You're not going to leave this house!"

Du Weimin got angry, and even Wang Hui was a little scared. She was originally standing at the door of her room, wanting to watch the fun, but now she went back to her room.

"Tell me! What's going on? Who is that bastard? Tell me the truth. If you tell a lie, I will go to the police tomorrow and sue him for hooliganism. He can be shot!" said Du Weimin.

Du Wenli was very scared and told her everything about herself and her boyfriend. There was nothing special about it. It was just a campus romance. They tasted the forbidden fruit and didn't know how to use contraception, so they got pregnant.

"What do the boy's parents do? Do they know about this?" Du Weimin asked again.

"I don't know yet...his father works in a meat processing plant, and her mother is a teacher at a government primary school," said Du Weili.

When Du Weimin heard the man's conditions, he felt a little relieved. The man's conditions were pretty good.

"Where did you two have sex, and who took the initiative?" Du Weimin asked.

"Dad! Stop asking!" Du Wenli's face flushed.

"You have the nerve to do it, but you're too embarrassed to admit it! Say it quickly!" Du Weimin slammed the table.

"Yes, at his house...he took the initiative." Du Wenli admitted.

"You said you'd abort the child if you got into university, and if you didn't you'd marry him. Did the man know that?"

"Um……"

"What if you didn't pass the exam, but he did?"

"He said, if I go to college, he will go too, and if I don't, he won't go either..."

"You're dreaming! How can he make the decision?" Du Weimin snorted coldly, "What are his parents' names? Tell me."

"Dad, what do you want to do? Can you please just stop worrying about us and let us finish the exam..." Du Wenli cried anxiously.

"Hurry up! Don't ask me to do it again!" Du Weimin looked at Du Wenli coldly, without a trace of fatherly love in his eyes.

Du Wenli dared not to say it.

Du Weimin asked for the man's home address and went out directly.

As soon as Du Weimin left, Du Wenli burst into tears in the main room. She was crying outside, and Sun Qiaoling in the room was also crying. She hated her illness and hated herself for not being able to take good care of her daughter.

Wang Hui glanced at Du Jianguo and asked, "What is your father going to do? He's not going to ask the man to pay compensation or something, is he?"

"How would I know? It's so annoying." Du Jianguo said.

"Du Jianguo, I tell you, if your father doesn't give me an explanation this time, I will definitely divorce him," said Wang Hui.

"Divorce, divorce, divorce at every turn. Do you think you will have a good life after divorcing me? Stop dreaming!" Du Jianguo said.

"It won't be worse than it is now!" Wang Hui sneered.

"Then I will not leave you! Don't even think about living a good life without me." Du Jianguo acted like a rogue and deliberately put on a playful smile.

Wang Hui was so angry that she wanted to hit him.

Du Weimin didn't return until after ten o'clock in the evening. When he came back, he said to Du Wenli, "No matter who of you passes the exam or not, you and Liu Wei will get married as soon as the college entrance examination is over."

Du Wenli originally thought that her father was going to settle accounts with Liu Wei, but unexpectedly he was going to discuss marriage on her behalf.

"Dad, is that true?" Du Wenli's eyes lit up with joy.

"Really, you better study hard on the exam first and stop thinking about this," Du Weimin said.

Du Wenli was so happy that she couldn't express it in words. Her father really loved her the most. She went back to her room happily.

Wang Hui's face was cold, and she was about to get angry when she heard Du Weimin say, "Huihui, just think of Wenli as going to college. If you can bear with me for another two years, I'll give you some extra money and then hire someone to come and help you with the cleaning two days a week."

"Who can we hire?" Wang Hui asked. "Can we hire a nanny?"

"We help each other. There's no need to be a nanny or not. We are not capitalists," said Du Weimin.

"Then how much subsidy will you give me?" Wang Hui asked.

"Thirty yuan." Du Weimin said.

Thirty yuan was not a small amount at that time. With Du Jianguo's salary, Wang Hui had a lot of money every month.

But Wang Hui felt that it was not enough and could not agree so easily, so she said: "Thirty is not enough, the government has started to adjust the price now, at least forty yuan!"

"Wang Hui, don't push your luck!" Du Jianguo said angrily.

Wang Hui glared at Du Jianguo.

Du Weimin gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"

Wang Hui compromised again, promised not to divorce, and happily took her clothes to take a shower.

In the main room, only Du Jianguo and his son were left.

"Jianguo, you are not a child anymore. You can't always rely on me for things at home. You don't have any ideas at all." Du Weimin also disliked his son. He could not play any role at home. He was spoiled by his mother.

"I understand." Du Jianguo responded.

"Can you do it now?" Du Weimin asked directly.

Du Jianguo was a little embarrassed and said, "Yes, sometimes."

Du Weimin knew Du Jianguo was no match for him when he saw his face. He cursed him in his heart, calling him a useless person, and then said, "Are you guys still seeing the doctor?"

"I haven't seen any treatment. I took a lot of medicine, but it didn't work," said Du Jianguo.

"Then you don't want a son?" Du Weimin said.

"I think about it, of course I don't. It's no use thinking about it. Wang Hui is always in conflict with me now. Sometimes I can't be in a good mood because of her," said Du Jianguo.

"It's not easy for her either. Try to coax her." Du Weimin said, "If she really divorces you, where can you find someone else? Even if you do, she won't be younger or prettier than her. I'm supporting you every month. If you can't coax her, you'll be useless."

Even though his own father told him it was useless, Du Jianguo still felt embarrassed. He nodded and said, "I understand. I will coax her. She is just fussing and has no real intention of getting a divorce."

"Anyway, you must keep Huihui at home and not let her get divorced," said Du Weimin.

"I understand." Du Jianguo certainly didn't want to divorce. He was mainly afraid that if Wang Hui divorced him, she would definitely tell everyone that she was not good enough...

Du Weimin whispered to Du Jianguo about some male-dominated topics, and Du Jianguo listened intently. Ever since his father took him out to find a woman, he'd known his father had someone else. Du Jianguo felt a little envious of his father; his relationship with that female classmate had only ever been verbal; they'd never even held hands.

The two of them had been talking in the main room until Wang Hui came out of the kitchen after taking a shower. Du Weimin glanced at Wang Hui subtly, and neither Wang Hui nor Du Jianguo noticed.