Qin Xiaoyu looked at him in confusion. Was this guy sick? His eyebrows, eyes, and mouth were all pursed up, and he was trying so hard to suppress them, his face turning bright red.

"Director Zhuang, are you alright?" Qin Xiaoyu panicked. Was his heart upset? Had she said something too harsh? But she didn't feel anything.

"No, no, hahaha!" Factory Director Zhuang suddenly covered his face, turned his head away, and burst into laughter.

"Are you really alright?" Qin Xiaoyu felt a chill run down her spine. Was there something unclean in this house? How could a perfectly normal person suddenly go crazy?

"No, it's nothing, you can go out now, I'll be right there..." Director Zhuang managed to finish his sentence.

Although Qin Xiaoyu was dissatisfied, it was too cold, and besides, he had said he wanted to go out, so why not run away?

She ran outside and, before Director Zhuang came out, stomped her feet and rubbed her hands together, busy as could be.

Two workers in tattered cotton-padded coats passed by. Seeing that she was a stranger, they glanced at her again. Suddenly, as if they had been struck by lightning, they jostled each other and ran towards the door, laughing all the way.

"Are all the people in this factory crazy?" Qin Xiaoyu muttered angrily.

At this moment, Director Zhuang came out. He seemed to have managed his expression, but he still had that indifferent, sour face.

But when he met Qin Xiaoyu's gaze, he started making hissing sounds again, and his face turned red.

"What kind of attitude is this!" Qin Xiaoyu was furious.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Factory Director Zhuang tried to control his emotions and avoid eye contact with Qin Xiaoyu as he asked, "What exactly is wrong?"

"I'm here to discuss an acquisition," Qin Xiaoyu said irritably.

"I refuse. The leather factory cannot be acquired," Factory Director Zhuang replied directly.

"Look at your employees, you..."

"Don't give me that nonsense. I won't look at anything. As long as I'm here, the leather factory will stay in business. I'm not selling."

"Why is that? You could just sell the factory and give the employees an explanation." Qin Xiaoyu couldn't understand how someone could be so stubborn.

"You don't need to ask, I definitely won't sell the factory." After saying that, Factory Director Zhuang turned around and went back to the office building. For some reason, he didn't dare to meet Qin Xiaoyu's eyes.

Qin Xiaoyu was rebuffed and felt that she couldn't get to the bottom of things today. She knew too little about the situation and needed to find the root cause.

She came out of the car in a huff. A Lei was waiting for her under the car. He was surprised to see her and then let out a hissing sound.

"You're all crazy!" Qin Xiaoyu said angrily.

"Come on, where have you been? Going to dig coal?" A Lei grabbed her by the collar and led her to the car's rearview mirror.

Qin Xiaoyu let out a scream and protested. Who was this woman? She had a black dot on her forehead, a black dot on her nose, and a line on her chin. Combined with her exquisite makeup, it looked utterly ridiculous.

"Go home!" Qin Xiaoyu roared.

Building number four was bustling with activity. Family members were all there, playing around Xiao Jiajia and Tang Long's child. When they returned, Zhou Xing's mother handed Xiao Jiajia to her cousin-in-law and greeted them at the door.

Unexpectedly, Qin Xiaoyu headed straight for Building No. 1, with A Lei following closely behind.

"What's going on?" Zhou Xing's mother sensed something was wrong and chased after her to the door to ask. Qin Xiaoyu had already gone inside the building without even touching the ground.

"It's okay, Mom," A Lei said, suppressing a laugh.

"Shut up!" Qin Xiaoyu couldn't help but turn around and scold him, afraid that he would say more.

Turning around, Zhou Xing's mother noticed the problem: there was no water in the car, and the black grime on her face hadn't been wiped off properly, so it had been spread evenly with a tissue.

"That face..."

Qin Xiaoyu rushed upstairs. Having received his pardon, A Lei, arm in arm with Zhou Xing's mother, headed towards Building 4 and recounted what had just happened.

When Qin Xiaoyu came down from the shower, she was still puffing out her cheeks and trying to breathe, so no one dared to laugh.

"Is this difficult?" my cousin-in-law asked.

"Go find out why tomorrow. He won't let go no matter what, something must be wrong." Qin Xiaoyu is definitely not the type to back down when faced with difficulties; the more difficult it is, the more challenging it becomes.

However, I made a fool of myself today for no reason, and I just can't stand the sight of A Lei.

"Don't glare at me. It's not like I'm the one who embarrassed you," A Lei said, dissatisfied.

"I'll glare at you, take it or leave it!" Qin Xiaoyu retorted, displaying her usual spoiled and willful nature.

Knowing that she was carrying some evil spirits today, no one dared to provoke her, so A Lei carefully coaxed her upstairs.

"This girl has such a bad temper, I didn't dare to breathe loudly," Commander Zhou said after watching the young couple enter the corridor.

"What did you say, Big Brother?" Qin Xiaoyu had just forgotten something and came back to get it. She heard this and quickly asked.

"I said I need to go out for some fresh air!" Commander Zhou stretched, turned around and fled the scene, and the others scattered in a panic.

The next day, Qi Si was to return to Guangzhou. He re-handled things here and transferred all the properties under his fourth sister-in-law's name to his youngest sister-in-law.

No one could have imagined that this was Fourth Sister-in-law's idea. Her son and daughter-in-law's reaction after Qi Si's accident had chilled her heart. Afraid of causing trouble for her son-in-law after her death, she decided to transfer the money now.

Hearing that her brother-in-law was coming back to switch businesses, Fourth Sister-in-law's brother and sister-in-law panicked. They brought a big bag of things to pick up Fourth Sister-in-law's mother, but Qi Si threw them out.

"If you dare come back again, I'll break your legs!" Qi Si threatened, half-jokingly, but it was effective against this kind of person; they ran faster than rabbits.

Fourth Sister-in-law wanted to laugh but also felt heartbroken, so she wiped away a tear.

“There are four of them here, why are you getting so worked up over them?” Zhou Xing’s mother quickly advised.

"That's it, from now on I'll follow you. I'm going to Guangzhou. What use is a son!" Fourth Sister-in-law said bitterly.

“Okay, come with me later. If you don’t like flying, I’ll take the train with you.” Qi Si readily agreed.

During the crucial moment he was inside, his mother-in-law held on.

“Traveling by train for dozens of hours is not something you young people are used to. Let’s take a plane. I’ll try it too.” Fourth Sister-in-law was willing to compromise.

"Hey sis, do you want me to handle that? I'll get that guy surnamed Zhuang here, I bet he'll sign it." Qi Si was still thinking about the leather factory.

"No! Brother, you go back to Guangzhou right now. I don't need you. You just need to leave." Qin Xiaoyu was so scared that her hands went numb. She was afraid of causing any more trouble, sir.

After seeing Qi Si and the other man off, Qin Xiaoyu started thinking about how to investigate Factory Director Zhuang. Factory Director Fei wasn't very useful; it would be better to find Little Fatty, who was the smartest.

A Lei drove to Tang Long's pawnshop, which was Xiao Pang's stronghold. Now Tang Long spends his days at home taking care of his son, and Xiao Pang mostly looks after the shop. Tang Long is only called over to take charge when there's something important.

Just as their car turned the corner, a bicycle suddenly darted out and collided with Qin Xiaoyu's car. Fortunately, A Lei wasn't driving fast and reacted quickly, slamming on the brakes and causing the bicycle to fall to the ground.

A Lei and Qin Xiaoyu quickly got off the bike. Lying on the ground was a thin girl whose leg was trapped under the bicycle, and she couldn't get up. A Lei rushed over and lifted the bicycle, while Qin Xiaoyu went over to help her up.