Chapter 42

The directors of the fifth factory took turns to come on stage with great enthusiasm, and then encouraged everyone to find a revolutionary comrade who was suitable for them and could promote their progress, as if finding a partner today would mean they would be able to become successful tomorrow.

"Okay, now, I declare that the five-factory friendship event, hosted by the textile factory, the machinery factory, the garment factory... has officially begun!"

Amidst applause and cheers, the much-anticipated social event finally began!

Bi Chunliu feels that he can participate in more such work in the future. Apart from the initial speech by the leader, the others are really quite interesting. If you step out of the perspective of the person involved, you can discover many interesting things.

For example, the gay man she is observing now...

This man, dressed in a sleek green military uniform, with thick eyebrows and large eyes, was handsome, perfectly in line with the aesthetics of the time. Furthermore, he was carrying a brand new crossbody bag with a bright red five-pointed star. He was clearly a "good" man.

So far, five, no, six, lesbians have either passed by or approached him. The ones who passed by would have their friends call out "XXX," and the lesbian would turn around with a youthful and beautiful smile and glance at the gay man. The ones who approached were more direct, but only one of them had the guts to do so. Unfortunately, the goddess was interested, but the king was ruthless. The gay man smiled and shook his head, and the lesbian decisively turned around to look for the next one.

Wang Xiaojun whispered in Bi Chunliu's ear, "You noticed that guy too, didn't you?

Bi Chunliu whispered, "Who is he?"

"That's Gu Pengfei from the Machinery Factory radio station. I heard a lot of women have a crush on him, but he's been saying he wants to find someone he likes. Half of the unmarried women at the Machinery Factory are still waiting for Gu Pengfei."

Bi Chunliu praised him, "Wow~ He's so talented, where does he come from?"

Wang Xiaojun nodded at Bi Chunliu, still smiling. "I can tell you weren't listening carefully to the leader's words. Isn't the factory director's surname Gu? His biological father! The director of the women's department of the machinery factory is his biological mother."

Bi Chunliu understood. It was like a movie he had seen in a previous life. My father was the district chief! In the case of Comrade Gu Pengfei, he was my father the factory director and my mother the director.

"How do you know so much?"

"Hey! Gu Pengfei and I went to the same high school. He was quite a celebrity back then." Wang Xiaojun gestured, then stroked his chin and said, "Although many people like him, I'm quite annoyed by him. He's not a good person and he's very pretentious!

Huh? Someone else is going over there. Isn't that Sui Ran?! Chun Liu, do you want to go and see her? She's a famous figure in our school, and many boys are interested in her. I heard that Sui Ran's family has always wanted to match her up with Gu Pengfei!

Campus belle and campus hunk? Family marriage? Hmm... then you can go and take a look.

So the two men pretended to check if there were any errors on the paper with the personnel information and sneaked over.

"Classmate Gu, I listened to your radio script yesterday. Classmate Gu is as outstanding as ever, and your script is insightful and thought-provoking. My aunt urged me to study hard with you. I wrote an article recently. I wonder if you are free, so we can discuss it together." The girl spoke in a clear voice, with a hint of shyness and closeness.

Bi Chunliu looked at Wang Xiaojun, hoping that she could explain to him who this aunt was.

As expected, Wang Xiaojun whispered, "A deputy editor-in-chief of the provincial newspaper, and seems to be friends with Gu Pengfei's mother."

Bi Chunliu gave a thumbs up, saying, "You are worthy of being me, Xiaojun!"

Gu Pengfei held his head high, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Bi Chunliu felt that he must have been a big shot in school, with a nice voice!

He spoke in a clear, standard Mandarin, with clear pronunciation and rhythmic intonation. "Auntie Sang is very talented, you can just ask her, I'd better not show off my skills in front of an expert." Gu Pengfei held his forehead and shook his head. "My level is still far from Auntie Sang, you should ask her."

Sui Ran blushed, "Student Gu, please stop underestimating yourself. I think you're great." She hoped her encouragement would cheer Pengfei up...

Gu Pengfei: “…”

Mom is right. I should avoid interacting with people with such poor brains. They don’t understand what they are talking about!

"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Gu Pengfei said this and turned to leave.

Sui Ran looked at Gu Pengfei's back in a daze, opening his mouth, as if he couldn't react to what was going on.

Bi Chunliu and Wang Xiaojun also turned around and left. They were so confused.

Wang Xiaojun tutted his words and said, "Gu Pengfei is still like this!"

Bi Chunliu: "What's it like?"

Wang Xiaojun: "Hypocritical! He's not a fool. Even if he didn't realize what Sui Ran's family was thinking before, his parents must have told him. He and Sui Ran used to have a pretty good relationship. They often studied and recited on our school playground."

Bi Chunliu opened her eyes wide in shock. She couldn't tell at all. She thought the girl was secretly in love with him. These two people looked very unfamiliar now.

"Didn't you see?" Wang Xiaojun shook her braid, getting angry at the memory. "That Gu Pengfei wasn't this close before he and Sui Ran. At the time, he was close to a girl named Wang Yue. Wang Yue's uncle was a general in the army, an official anyway. When he found out, he got close to her. Later, he found out that Wang Yue's family and her uncle's family didn't have much of a relationship, so he stopped paying attention to Wang Yue."

Before Gu Pengfei and Wang Yue became close, she and Wang Yue had always been good friends. She had just given Wang Yue a few reminders to clarify who Gu Pengfei was, and Gu Pengfei had been secretly driving a wedge between her and Wang Yue. After Wang Yue broke up with him, she would come to him every now and then to complain about Gu Pengfei. The key point was that when he asked her why they broke up so easily, she agreed. What did she say? Gu Pengfei said they weren't dating, they were just good friends.

Ugh! Who would secretly kiss their best friend of the opposite sex?!

That idiot Wang Yue said he shouldn't have disobeyed me.

Hey! You know to shake off the snot in your mouth. I warned you, but you believed me.

Now I meet a man and dive into it again.

It's really hard to persuade a dying ghost with good words.

"What a scumbag! Ugh! So disgusting!" Bi Chunliu cursed. Sooner or later, he would fall into a coercive "river of love" from which he could never escape.

Wang Xiaojun also nodded and cursed a few words.

Bi Chunliu: "Let's see what happens to other people. When I think of this scumbag, I feel like I can't even eat lunch."

"That's true." Wang Xiaojun agreed. But he was thinking that Gu Pengfei actually came to the social gathering. There must be someone new among the participants who he wanted to meet... Did he ruin it for him, or did he ruin it...

Among those who attended the party, unreliable people like Gu Pengfei were still a minority, and the vast majority of people present were good workers with a good family background.

Bi Chunliu followed Wang Xiaojun around the social venue twice and found that the comrades who were socializing basically did the following: they would first observe the surroundings to see if there was anyone they liked. If so, they would go up and talk to the person, take out the information they had prepared in advance, and exchange information between the two parties.

After reading each item one by one, I found out the age and family situation. Salary is not confidential nowadays. Although it is not written in the information, there is nothing to be afraid of by asking.

Looking at the couples with blushing faces or silly smiles, Bi Chunliu sighed, "It's really the simplicity that is the most beautiful..."

"Chunliu, I didn't see my sister when I was walking around just now. I'll go look for her." Wang Xiaojun found an excuse. She saw Gu Pengfei talking to a female comrade, and she couldn't get over the anger in her heart if she didn't let him interfere!

Bi Chunliu nodded in agreement and sat down. She looked around the work table. Sister Hongxia and Sister Mei had disappeared. Now, on the other side of the table sat a woman she didn't recognize. She had almond-shaped eyes, a flat nose, and thin lips, and she was stamping her foot impatiently. This girl didn't look approachable. Bi Chunliu thought for a moment and didn't respond.

Sun Xiaoyan frowned and glared at Bi Chunliu on the other side of the table, saying unhappily, "What are you looking at? What's so good about this? This is a shabby factory. There's not even anyone to serve you water! Otherwise, it wouldn't even be the best factory!"

Bi Chunliu: “…”

Are you okay? A textile factory is the top factory? How can you let those steel mills and machinery factories put their heads down?

Tsk! Any dog that passes by this girl would probably get scolded. Better go somewhere else.

"Why are you leaving? Where is the toilet in your factory?" Sun Xiaoyan finally saw someone coming, but he was leaving without saying a word. If her brother-in-law hadn't told her to be quiet, she would have left long ago!

Bi Chunliu turned and glared at her: "Which factory are you from?"

"From the thermos factory, do you have any objections?"

"Your thermos factory has a big entrance to its restroom? Can't you just talk things out nicely? Since you're sitting here, you're here to work. Why aren't you working properly during working hours? At the very least, you're neglecting your job. At the worst, your work attitude is questionable. And you still want to be served? These are all our fellow workers, brothers and sisters, the masters of this country. Tell me, who are you going to let serve you? Are you here to work, or to cause trouble?"

When Bi Chunliu mentioned the thermos factory, she thought it was Director Zhu's sister-in-law, Director Sun. But she wasn't afraid of her in her own factory. Director Dong of their textile factory liked to organize events, but he was a protective person. How could she let an outsider intimidate her in her own territory?

Sun Xiaoyan was completely stunned by what she was saying. No, what on earth is going on? She remembered what her brother-in-law had said to her yesterday and quickly softened. "Sister, no, comrade, you're being serious, aren't you? It's all my fault for being quick-witted. I can't hold it in. This person has three urgent needs, and no one can tolerate it, right..."

Bi Chunliu looked at her seriously, as if to see if she was really not interesting.

Sun Xiaoyan quickly added with a wry smile, "Sister, I'm really anxious too. How about you show me the way? Thank you so much, sister."

"Just ask if you need to go to the bathroom. Who can talk to you properly with that attitude?" Bi Chunliu rolled his eyes. "Let me take you there. I need to go to the bathroom too."

"Ah? No need... Don't delay your business."

"It's okay, on my way."

She was almost at the toilet, and seeing that this person was still looking at her warily, Sun Xiaoyan laughed dryly. She had just made up an excuse, but who would have thought that she would follow her here? She should have found another excuse earlier. Now she was at the toilet, and what should she do if she had no urine?

Seeing the man's guilty and anxious look, Bi Chunliu suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the other side, asking, "Hey? That looks like Director Zhu from your thermos factory. Why is he chasing after a woman?"