Chapter 37. All-Female Maintenance Team

"Well done! That's how he deserves to be slapped in the face!"

After listening to Ke Fan's retelling of the backbone meeting that day, Cao Xinyu on the other end of the phone seemed to have let out a gust of anger and spoke happily.

"Yeah," Ke Fan nodded, "It can be said that I have returned all the unpleasantness from the Tongshi case to him intact."

"It's more than just unpleasantness. He repeatedly tripped you up in that case, causing you so much trouble that you fell seriously ill upon returning to Hai City. You even refused to tell me. It was only after Senior Brother Lu finished the IV drip that he called me and asked me to go to your house and spend the night with you..."

Realizing that she mentioned Lu Qiaoyuan, Cao Xinyu's speech suddenly slowed down:

"Have you been in touch with Senior Brother Lu recently?"

"I haven't contacted you since I came back from the Jinshi case."

After answering, Ke Fan was slightly distracted.

It’s true that we haven’t been in touch for a long time. The last time we met was in Wanli.

In fact, after that night with Wan Li, Ke Fan wanted to find an opportunity to explain the current situation to Lu Qiaoyuan.

She thought that Lu Qiaoyuan used to send her a few messages every few days, so she would wait until he contacted her and then make an appointment to meet him.

But Lu Qiaoyuan never sent a message, and she almost forgot about it due to her busy schedule.

What is the reason for Lu Qiaoyuan's abnormality?

Did he forget too? Or did he know that she wanted to meet him?

Layers of thoughts emerged one after another, and she suddenly remembered the time when he accompanied her on an IV drip that year.

Because the next case was imminent, she was writing the report while receiving an IV drip in the hospital. She was not very familiar with the geological part and was stuck for a long time.

When she looked up, Lu Qiaoyuan was staring at her hand with a needle stuck in it, which was still trying to type on the keyboard.

"How about you dictate and I write it for you?"

"No need, Senior Brother. There are so many technical terms that it's hard to explain them orally."

Lu Qiaoyuan has beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and when he frowns slightly, he looks like the first snow on the distant mountains.

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

Ke Fan looked at him, his eyes drooping slightly, his eyes full of apology for not being able to help.

Intent on lightening the mood, she winked and said, "So, how about choosing a wind power-related major for your next few years? Then you can help me write reports."

It was originally just a half-joke, but unexpectedly Lu Qiaoyuan nodded seriously: "Okay."

"What's wrong?" She paused for too long, and Cao Xinyu asked on the other end of the phone with some confusion.

Something in her heart was about to break out of the ground, but it was interrupted and the feeling suddenly disappeared.

"Nothing." Ke Fan started a new conversation: "How are you and your sister doing lately?"

"Hehe," Cao Xinyu smiled before answering, obviously in a very good mood:

"Didn't I tell you last time that she was afraid the fainted girl would be exposed, so she took off her clothes and looked very cool? I asked a colleague in the emergency room for that dress, and rubbed it clean with my hands. I rubbed it clean with my hands~ And then I just made an appointment with her this weekend and returned the dress to her."

"Are you so happy just to return the clothes?" The light-hearted Ke Fan questioned the world of the thick-hearted people with confusion.

"Hehehe, more than that..."

*

Two days ago on Saturday morning.

Cao Xinyu arrived at the agreed location early, her heart pounding uncontrollably.

A black heavy motorcycle approached, the roar of the engine stopped abruptly, and it stopped steadily in front of her.

Tan Yue took off her helmet. She was wearing a tight black leather jacket with sharp shoulders and a silver zipper shining in the sun.

"Hi Dr. Cao, nice to see you again."

She stepped off the motorcycle with one leg nimbly, and the shadows of the trees on the street fell on her, swaying vaguely as she approached.

Cao Xinyu felt her face slowly getting hot, just like that day on the sofa at home.

Cao Xinyu handed over the clothes in a delicate paper bag: "I don't know if they got dirty that day, so I washed them for you."

Tan Yue took the paper bag and held it up to her nose: "It smells so good, thank you."

The wounds on the back of her raised hand had all healed, with only some shallow scars.

Cao Xinyu asked, "Is your hand okay?"

"Thanks to Doctor Cao's miraculous medicine, everything will be healed in a few days."

"It's just iodine!"

For some reason, Cao Xinyu always felt overwhelmed when talking to Tan Yue.

She looked up and saw a smile in Tan Yue's fox eyes, as if he was trying to tease her.

Her heart was even more moved.

Tan Yue put the paper bag into the trunk of the motorcycle, turned around and asked Cao Xinyu:

"Are there any plans for the future?"

"No...no, what's wrong?"

"Are you interested in doing some good deeds again?"

The corners of her eyes were slightly raised, her tone was seductive, and she stared at her with a smile.

Cao Xinyu felt that at this moment, even if Tan Yue invited her to do some bad things together, she would be willing to do it.

Tan Yue first took her to have a cup of coffee, and the two sat down and chatted.

Only then did Cao Xinyu know that Tan Yue had resigned from the system last year and created an all-female maintenance team.

"Are all the teachers female? How cool is that? How did you come up with this brilliant idea?"

"Initially, some of my female friends who live alone suggested that it would be better if the repairmen who came to their homes were of the same sex, especially at night or even late at night, so that people wouldn't be so worried about safety. Later, as we grew, I inexplicably felt that we could alleviate some of the prejudices against women in the profession. Who says women aren't good at repairs? Our female technicians work quickly and effectively, are good communicators, and are very attentive. They generally receive five-star reviews."

When talking about her team of female masters, Tan Yue praised them highly.

Cao Xinyu nodded. "I also feel that the female doctors in the hospital are more attentive and take better care of me when working together. Unfortunately, there are still far more male doctors."

She frowned and continued, "It's actually quite strange. When we were in school, there were more women in medical school. But after graduation, men had an advantage when it came to finding jobs, which eliminated a wave of women. Then when they got married and had children, another wave of women was eliminated. In the end, there were far fewer women than men who could actually stay in the workplace and work hard."

Tan Yue also sighed. Similar difficulties exist in every industry, and this was also her original intention to organize an all-female maintenance team.

Since it is impossible to reverse the prejudice and unfairness against female masters in the industry, we should cut the root of the problem and organize a platform that provides 100% opportunities for women.

If someone prefers men, someone else needs to prefer women.

Slowly, it will become more balanced.

She hopes.

"So what are our plans for the afternoon?" Cao Xinyu took a sip of the dense foam in her latte and felt a little better.

"Go and volunteer." Tan Yue said with a smile.

"Volunteer?" Cao Xinyu asked with a hint of curiosity: "What kind of job?"

"We female doctors regularly volunteer in several communities with a large number of elderly people, helping them check for problems with door locks, plumbing, electricity, or furniture. We also have several doctors who provide free medical consultations with the elderly. How about joining us this afternoon?"

"Yes!" Cao Xinyu said with fascination: "Then can I meet those female masters?"

"Of course, there will be five or six female masters here in the afternoon. I'll introduce them to you then."

When Cao Xinyu saw a group of female maintenance technicians wearing clean, uniform, custom-made work clothes and carrying full tool boxes, the first word that came to her mind was "security," followed by "vitality."

Tan Yue also changed into work clothes and introduced her names one by one: Sister He, Xiaowen, Shu Rui, Aqiu, and Misha.

And introduced her to the other side:

"This is my friend, Doctor Cao, who is also here to help with the free clinic today."

Sister He and her friends greeted her very kindly and asked how the two knew each other.

"I met you by doing good things for you."

Tan Yue and Cao Xinyu answered in unison, then looked at each other and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Cao Xinyu joined the free medical consultation team, and common instruments such as stethoscopes and blood pressure monitors were readily available.

Together with the female masters, they began to follow the neighborhood committee members to knock on the doors of the elderly people from house to house.

Many elderly people sounded a little wary when they answered the door, but they immediately smiled happily when they saw Tan Yue and the others.

Tan Yue remembered the name of every elderly person and greeted them familiarly.

"Auntie Li, how's everything going lately? ...Oh, is the kitchen socket broken? It's okay, Sister He, go take a look. ...This is Doctor Cao, she can take your blood pressure."

Cao Xinyu took Aunt Li to sit at the dining table and put a pressure belt on her arm.

"Auntie, relax."

She turned on the blood pressure monitor, and the humming sound of the machine filled the quiet living room.

While waiting for the results for dozens of seconds, Cao Xinyu suddenly felt it was magical.

Before going out today, she never thought that she would meet so many new friends in the afternoon, and now she is sitting in a strange aunt's house, doing the volunteer work she has always wanted to do since college.

And all this happened because of meeting a person.

The sliding glass door of the kitchen was open, and the voices of Tan Yue and Sister He could be heard discussing quietly.

Tan Yue rolled up her sleeves neatly, and the afternoon sun shone through the window next to the kitchen, casting a halo on her smooth, wheat-colored skin.

She was concentrating on turning something with a screwdriver.

At times like this, she is truly charming.

Equally attractive are the abdominal muscles beneath the neatly-knit uniforms that pop up in someone's mind from time to time...

Cao Xinyu turned her face away uncomfortably.

*

Ke Fan listened to Cao Xinyu's story about her meeting with Tan Yue that day.

She couldn't help but sigh that it was really meaningful, whether it was an all-female workforce or the free home repairs for the elderly.

He seems to be a very nice person, very similar to Xinyu.

"When you have time, can you give me their team's business card? I'll pass it on to the little sister at the wind farm."

"Of course."

After hanging up the phone, the phone was already hot.

After talking passionately for more than an hour, Cao Xinyu felt empty for a moment.

Some things that have been deliberately suppressed and that one is unwilling to face suddenly come to the fore.

Cao Xinyu clicked on the avatar of the Big Dipper pinned to the top of WeChat.

There was a message that she read over and over again, and then marked as unread again and again:

"Little one, Uncle Wu's son has returned to China. Daddy thinks you two should meet. What if there's a connection?"