Wu Wanying's gaze darted back and forth between her and Wu Huaiqing, as if she understood something.

The four of them walked together toward the factory's residential compound.

After arriving home, Wu Wanying pulled Yu Yao to the kitchen, glanced at Wu Huaiqing who was talking to Fang Qiaoqiao in the living room, and asked, "Does your good friend like Huaiqing?"

Yu Yao wasn't surprised at all. "I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

Upon hearing the affirmative answer, Wu Wanying's face lit up with joy. "Of course! Your mother was once the most beautiful girl in the textile factory. The line of suitors stretched all the way to the factory next door. How could you not recognize me?"

"However, your brother's personality is just like your dad's; they're both blockheads. I don't know when he'll come to his senses. Since you're at the factory, try to help match them up more often."

Yu Yao nodded.

Hearing this, Wu Wanying felt relieved. "By the way, didn't you say you wanted to dry mackerel? The radio said that after this weekend's sunny weather, it will be hard to see the sun again. If you want to dry them, you'd better hurry up. I'll come over and help you."

Yu Yao calculated the time and realized that the fishing season was now in its middle stage. This was the time when the mackerel caught were the most plentiful and the prices were the cheapest, making it a good time to dry them.

“Let’s do it this weekend. I’ll go to the dock in advance to order from the fishermen. Lu Ze said that if we order a lot, we can have them deliver it to the military compound, which will save us trouble.”

"That works too."

The mother and daughter huddled in the kitchen, cooking and chatting casually, creating a particularly warm atmosphere.

On the other side.

Zhou Qiang came out of the office, calmly returned to his office, and after closing the door, his face turned ashen. He piled everything on his desk onto the floor and smashed other things to vent his anger.

"Wu Huaiqing, Yu Yao, since you refuse to listen to reason and are now going to drink the penalty cup, then don't blame me for being impolite. The position of purchasing manager can only be mine."

Aren't you two deeply in love and unable to control your feelings? This time, I'll make sure you're completely disgraced and kicked out of the factory.

After Wu Huaiqing's matter was resolved, Yu Yao resumed her normal get off work schedule.

During the lunch break, someone from the call center came over: "Comrade Yu Yaoyu from the sugar water workshop, we have a phone call for you, sent from Guangdong Province."

Yu Yao put away the empty aluminum lunchbox and went to the call center.

Hello!

"Yu Yao, it's me."

The call was from Lu Ze, who said he was going back to the island on Friday and would be picking her up from get off work.

Yu Yao was very happy; she hadn't seen him for several days and missed him terribly.

On Friday, the purchasing department came to their sugar water workshop again to borrow people, saying that Hongxi Farm had a batch of sugarcane that needed to be inventoried and needed someone to go and help, preferably an experienced person.

Apart from Yu Yao and Zhao Shengli, no one else in the entire dessert workshop had any experience.

Zhao Shengli was busy overseeing the workshop, so he sent Yu Yao over to help.

When they arrived, a worker led Yu Yao to the warehouse where the sugarcane was stored. "All the sugarcane in here needs to be counted. Thank you for your hard work."

Yu Yao took the notebook and began working.

At the same time, Wu Huaiqing's office received a note from Yu Yao, asking him to meet at a certain place, saying she had something to discuss with him.

The note sounded urgent, and Wu Huaiqing thought something had happened to her, so he put down his work and went to the address on the note.

"Yu Yao, what happened? Why did you call me over in such a hurry?"

Yu Yao was completely confused. "When did I call you?"

Wu Huaiqing sensed something was wrong and took out the note to show her.

Yu Yao's expression changed. "Although this is my handwriting, I didn't write it."

As they were talking, the two heard a strange noise. When they turned around, they found that the warehouse door had been closed.

As the door closed, the temperature inside the warehouse continued to rise.