Chapter 43: Demonstration once and for all...

Wang Ying and Xu Lili beside her introduced him: "This is my husband Zhao Yunsheng."

"Hello, Comrade Zhao." Xu Lili greeted with a smile, thinking that Wang Ying's husband was really handsome and thoughtful to come pick her up from get off work.

"This is my colleague Comrade Xu Lili." Wang Ying introduced again.

"Hello, Comrade Xu. Our Wang Ying will be at work from now on. Please take care of her." Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile.

"You're welcome, you're welcome. Take care of each other," Xu Lili said with a smile. "I'll be leaving now. You two should go back too. See you tomorrow, Wang Ying."

"See you tomorrow."

Xu Lili's house was not far away, in the opposite direction of Wang Ying's house. The two said goodbye, and Xu Lili waved and left.

"Let's go." Wang Ying said.

"Wait a moment." Zhao Yunsheng stood still.

"What? Waiting for dad?" Wang Ying felt that Director Zhao would definitely wait for a while before going home.

"No, I saw an acquaintance and said hello," said Zhao Yunsheng.

"An acquaintance?" Wang Ying looked in the direction Zhao Yunsheng was looking and saw three male colleagues from their office pushing bicycles towards them. Wang Ying was speechless. "The acquaintance you're talking about, could it be Wu Haiyang? When did you become acquaintances with him?"

"Hehe." Zhao Yunsheng laughed.

Wang Ying rolled his eyes at Zhao Yunsheng and said, "Go away, don't be crazy."

"Just say hello." Zhao Yunsheng said.

Wang Ying was a little angry, thinking Zhao Yunsheng had gone too far. But the three male colleagues were right in front of him, so it would be inappropriate to pull Zhao Yunsheng away at this time. Instead, he glared at him.

Zhao Yunsheng looked at her with a smile.

Wu Haiyang and the others also saw Wang Ying and his wife. Luo Wenshu whispered, "That's Director Zhao's son, right?"

"That's Wang Ying's husband." Wu Haiyang said almost at the same time as Luo Wenshu.

"They're probably waiting for Director Zhao," Zhou Qianjin said. "Should we go say hello?"

"Stop glaring at me, your colleagues will see it." While Zhao Yunsheng was talking to Wang Ying with his head down, Wu Haiyang and others had already walked up to them.

"Hello, Comrade Wu." Zhao Yunsheng took the initiative to greet Wu Haiyang.

"Hello, Comrade Zhao is here to pick up Comrade Wang Ying from get off work." Wu Haiyang said.

"Yes." Zhao Yunsheng smiled.

Wang Ying had no choice but to introduce him to two colleagues, Zhou Qianjin and Luo Wenshu. Zhao Yunsheng and the male colleagues were male greetings, so he did not ask them to take care of Wang Ying. He just said hello politely and showed his handsome smile.

After the introductions and greetings, the three male colleagues rode away on their bikes. Wang Ying glared at Zhao Yunsheng again: "Why don't you go home!"

"We'll be back soon. Come on up." Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile as he got on his bicycle.

Wang Ying had been a bit angry at first, but as she sat on the back of her bicycle, looking at Zhao Yunsheng's broad back, her anger gradually subsided. He was just like that, his nature. He'd come to pick her up right after work, and even if she was rude to him, he'd just smile. Thinking about the gift he'd prepared for her that morning, what else could she ask of him?

When the bicycle arrived at the door of his house, Wang Ying's anger subsided, but even though he was relieved, he still had to say what he needed to say.

Wang Ying jumped out of the car, took out the key from her bag and opened the door, and Zhao Yunsheng pushed the bicycle into the yard.

Wang Ying put her bag in the main room and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Zhao Yunsheng parked the car and followed her.

"I'm angry." Zhao Yunsheng said.

"Yeah, I'm angry!" Wang Ying said as he went to get the sieve.

"Are you really angry?" Zhao Yunsheng leaned over to Wang Ying and gently nudged her with his arm. "Good Yingzi, don't be angry. I'll apologize to you."

"Don't do this next time. Do you have to demonstrate in front of every male colleague of mine? I'm not a fairy," said Wang Ying.

"What kind of demonstration? It's just a greeting." Zhao Yunsheng laughed.

"Then I'll go to your workplace too..." Wang Ying didn't finish her words. She remembered that Zhao Yunsheng had already brought her to his workplace and introduced her to everyone he met. Furthermore, she felt that given Zhao Yunsheng's personality, he might be even happier if she went to his workplace and demonstrated in front of his female colleagues.

"Go ahead, you're welcome anytime," said Zhao Yunsheng.

"Hmph, I'm not going..." Wang Ying scooped up the rice and went past Zhao Yunsheng to wash it.

Zhao Yunsheng emptied the vegetables from the basket and asked Wang Ying, "How was your day at work?"

"It's okay, pretty good." said Wang Ying.

While the couple was cooking dinner, they were talking about things at their respective units. Ten minutes later, Chen Xiuqin and Director Zhao arrived home one after another.

Chen Xiuqin came to the kitchen and saw the couple cooking. She asked with a smile, "Do you need help?"

"No need, Mom, it will be ready soon." Wang Ying said.

Chen Xiuqin didn't stay and went back to the main room with a smile.

At the dinner table, Chen Xiuqin asked Wang Ying how things were going at work today. Wang Ying simply said it was fine, without going into detail. Director Zhao, who had been eating his meal in silence, then said, "Their mission this year wasn't going to be easy."

Chen Xiuqin and Zhao Yunsheng both put down their chopsticks and looked at Director Zhao.

Director Zhao also put down his chopsticks and said, "They are going to develop new products as a gift for this year's Chinese New Year."

Chen Xiuqin said, "Is that what the higher-ups said? Developing some new product?"

"That's of course unnecessary. We can't make the decision," Director Zhao said. "What did Zheng Liancheng tell you today?"

Wang Ying repeated what Deputy Director Zheng had said that morning. Director Zhao snorted, "You're only saying nice things. He hasn't told you yet, right? The task has been assigned, but there's no sign of the funds or raw materials."

"Why is that?" Chen Xiuqin said, "Then why recruit them? They're just staring at each other."

Director Zhao muttered, "There's still a fight going on. The higher-ups are still wrestling with each other."

After these words were spoken, everyone at the table, including Wang Ying, fell silent. No wonder Director Zhao had that expression and said that when she saw him that morning. A good cook cannot cook without rice; everyone knows that. Unity is strength; everyone has shouted that slogan, but now is the time for disunity. Trying to accomplish anything is met with layers of obstacles and difficulties. But she knew it would be soon, very soon...

"No more talking, let's eat first," said Director Zhao.

The family continued to eat, and after a while, Chen Xiuqin suddenly said, "By the way, Yunfang came to my class today and said she didn't pass the factory exam."

"With her temper, she always quarrels with people at work. It's better for her to stay at home and live in peace," said Director Zhao.

Chen Xiuqin glared at him: "You are the only one who has a good temper! Her temper just follows yours."

Director Zhao snorted and continued eating. After dinner, Director Zhao went out without saying where he was going.

Wang Ying and his wife cleaned up the dishes and the kitchen, and prepared breakfast for tomorrow morning in advance. After washing up, the couple went upstairs.

When Wang Ying went upstairs, she remembered that her bag was still downstairs. Just as she was about to go downstairs to get it, Zhao Yunsheng stopped her, ran downstairs and brought it up for her.

"Do you still have to work at night?" Zhao Yunsheng handed the bag to Wang Ying.

Wang Ying took the bag, pulled out a notebook, and said, "Just take a look."

Wang Ying sat down at the desk and began to look through today's notes. Zhao Yunsheng also stood behind her and watched.

After a while, Wang Ying saw Zhao Yunsheng just standing there watching, so she didn't say anything or urge her. She sighed and closed her notebook. As soon as she closed her notebook, Zhao Yunsheng picked her up from the chair and walked towards the bed...

Wang Ying was frightened by him and punched him in the chest: "You want to scare me to death!"

Zhao Yunsheng put Wang Ying on the bed, chuckled softly twice, and went to unbutton her collar.

"Aren't you tired after a day's work?" Wang Ying said.

"It's mental work, not tiring." Zhao Yunsheng said, kissing her ear. Wang Ying shrugged and said, "I'm really tired. I've been walking around the factory for a long time today."

"Just once, you don't have to move." Zhao Yunsheng kissed Wang Ying's earlobe and said in her ear.

Zhao Yunsheng kept his word and did what he said. He was gentle and considerate this time, serving Wang Ying completely. Wang Ying really didn't feel tired...

The next morning, Zhao Yunsheng held Wang Ying in his arms and insisted on asking her if she had a good night. He wouldn't let her get out of bed unless she answered. Wang Ying had no choice but to admit that she had a good night and wasn't tired. Only then did Zhao Yunsheng let her go.

As soon as Zhao Yunsheng let go of Wang Ying, she kicked him.

"If you bother me again in the morning, I will sleep in a separate bed from you!" Wang Ying kicked Zhao Yunsheng and got out of bed.

Zhao Yunsheng sat on the bed and laughed, then got dressed and got out of bed.

On the second day of work, when Wang Ying arrived at the office, Zhou Qianjin and Xu Lili had already arrived.

"Good morning!"

"morning!"

After exchanging greetings, Wang Ying sat down at his workstation and took out the materials he'd been given yesterday. Director Zhao said the funding for this year's project hadn't arrived yet, but Wang Ying wasn't worried. He decided to organize his thoughts first, hoping he could get the funds later.

Wang Ying saw that the funds and materials had been allocated in mid-to-late November in previous years, so it was normal that they hadn't arrived yet. The most important thing for them now was to come up with a plan, and she already had some ideas.

Zhou Haiyang and Luo Wenshu arrived together. As soon as they arrived, people from the logistics department also arrived with their office numbers.

The logistics staff installed their doorplate in two minutes. The five people gathered at the door to look at the "Food R&D Group" sign. Deputy Director Zheng came over at this time.

After greeting each other, the five people entered the office. Deputy Director Zheng followed them in and took the seat they had reserved for him. He held a morning meeting with them. The content of the meeting was simple: they were asked to write a summary of the materials they had prepared and submit it to his office before leaving work that evening.

Deputy Director Zheng didn't mention the funding issue, and Wang Ying didn't ask either. Just as he was about to leave, he remembered and pulled out a long, signed and stamped slip from his pocket, telling them to go get the office supplies. Zhou Qianjin, who was closest to him, hurried forward to take it.

After Deputy Director Zheng left, Zhou Qianjin took the note and said, "I'm going to get office supplies. Who wants to go with me?"

Xu Lili raised her hand: "I'll go, I'll go!"

"Let's go!" Zhou Qianjin said with a smile.

As soon as the two of them walked out, Luo Wenshu started again: "Oh..."

As Luo Wenshu uttered the word "ouch", Wang Ying pretended to cough. Luo Wenshu looked back at Wang Ying and held back the rest of his words.

Wu Haiyang tried to hold back his laughter while stealing glances at Wang Ying from behind.