Ye Qingqing went to the kitchen to get some rice, sat opposite Ye Zhiguo, and slowly ate with her head down, but she couldn't taste the food at all; it was like chewing wax.

Because Ye Zhiguo lost his job, the standard of the Ye family's meals dropped several levels. Minced meat was no longer visible, and the number of dishes was cut in half, with only two dishes in total.

A plate of stir-fried greens, and a plate of pan-fried tofu.

The oil stains were no longer visible, but even more salt was added.

The thrifty old lady has lived a life that is exactly like that of the 1960s and 70s, with little oil and lots of salt. I guess after a while, she will be eating porridge when she has nothing to eat and dry food when she is busy!

"Zhiguo, I think you should go and plead with the factory manager. Buy some more things; he's always been so good to you before, there's bound to be some consideration. He's probably just angry this time. If you say a few nice words to him, you might be able to get back to work!"

The old lady patiently and earnestly persuaded her.

She's been very worried these past few days. If her eldest son loses his income, he won't even be as well off as her second and third sons. At least her second and third sons have land and fields, so they don't have to worry about food and drink. Her eldest son has already lost his land in the countryside, and everything in the city costs money. If he has no income, he'll just have to wait to die!

"Okay, I'll definitely go back to work, don't worry about it!"

Ye Zhiguo's tone was very impatient.

He knew his mother would nag him endlessly, so he didn't want to come back for the past three days and stayed at the guesthouse to give himself some peace and quiet.

Ye Zhiguo thought a lot during these three days, and he was determined not to give up on his work easily.

The factory manager shouldn't think he can get rid of him easily. Tomorrow, he'll go to the factory manager's house and wait for him, and have a good talk with the factory manager about all the womanizing things he did in the past. If the factory manager doesn't agree to let him go back to work, he'll talk to the factory manager's wife.

Ye Zhiguo was still very confident. The factory director had always been afraid of his wife, so as long as he brought up those things, the factory director would definitely not refuse!

Ye Zhiguo wasn't too worried about work; what he couldn't understand was why the man had suddenly gone mad.

He is definitely not mentally ill, without a doubt!

But during those two days, he really acted like a madman, and his emotions were obviously very wrong. Ye Zhiguo thought back and realized that he had already shown signs of trouble when he went to work those two days!

He is very irritable and easily agitated by the slightest thing, and he is particularly prone to fighting!

Ye Zhiguo frowned deeply. He was very confident in his health and was certain there wouldn't be any problems, so—

He must have been set up!

Ye Zhiguo quickly guessed the reason and began to suspect Ye Qingqing.

The old lady would never harm him; Ye Hua has no reason to. The only remaining suspect is that girl, Ye Qingqing!

Most importantly, Ye Qingqing has been acting very strangely lately, especially her attitude towards him, which is completely different from before!

Ye Zhiguo kept glancing at Ye Qingqing, trying to figure out something.

Ye Qingqing felt Ye Zhiguo's probing gaze, and her heart was pounding. She tried to appear calm and ate her meal slowly and deliberately, as if nothing was wrong. But she couldn't taste what she was eating at all.

Ye Zhiguo looked for a while but found nothing amiss. He then looked away and continued to think about the matter.

Ye Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief and continued eating with a blank expression.

But judging from Ye Zhiguo's tone just now, he seemed certain that he could go back to work. What makes him so confident?

The old lady spoke again, "Are you going to see the factory manager? Buy more things, don't worry about spending money!"

"There's no need to buy anything!"

Ye Zhiguo sneered, a ruthless glint in his eyes, "You took so much from me before, weren't you afraid of being overindulged!"

Ye Qingqing's heart skipped a beat; it sounded like they were going to cause trouble for the factory manager!