Chapter 409 Apology Fee

The air was filled with white steam and the smell of coal ash.

Chen Qing stared at the figure at the exit.

He was tall and thin, with no expression on his face, cold features, a tight jawline, and eyes that showed weariness from a long journey and a habitual sense of alienation.

Chen Qing saw that he didn't lose much weight, but he looked very tired, and couldn't help feeling a little distressed.

He Yuan was carrying a simple luggage, and he glanced calmly at the crowd. With a thin layer of frost around him, he walked slowly out.

"Uncle-in-law!"

Xiaoyu shouted excitedly, she broke free from her aunt's hand and ran towards her uncle.

He Yuxiang also took a few steps forward.

He Yuan suddenly followed the voice and saw Xiaoyu running towards him. A trace of disbelief flashed across his eyes. He squatted down subconsciously and steadily caught Xiaoyu who jumped into his arms.

After being held by her uncle, Xiaoyu pointed in the direction of her aunt: "Aunt is there!"

The two looked at each other.

When He Yuan saw her coming, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, with a hot and restrained joy hidden in his eyes.

When He Yuxiang saw him holding his sister, he took the suitcase for him.

He Yuan lowered his eyes and looked at He Yuxiang, smiling, "You've grown taller."

He Yuxiang nodded proudly.

The three of them walked towards Chen Qing. He Yuan looked at the person he had missed for a long time, and the smile and warmth in his eyes were almost overflowing.

Chen Qing felt his face getting hot when he looked at him, and glared at him, "What are you looking at!"

He Yuan chuckled: "You look very good today."

Chen Qing blushed: "I look good every day."

He Yuan agreed very much: "You are right."

Xiaoyu and He Yuxiang looked at the two of them sweetly. Xiaoyu smiled with her eyes curved, and He Yuxiang did not disturb them.

But neither of them was used to being treated like a monkey outside, so they took a car home. On the way, He Yuan secretly held Chen Qing's hand: "Why is it still so cold? Is the donkey-hide gelatin ineffective?"

"Yes, but I was outside for a while, so it's normal for my hands to be cold."

Chen Qing's cold hands and feet have improved a little this winter. At least as long as he uses a hot water bottle, his feet are warm when he wakes up in the morning. Unlike last year, his feet slowly became cold after the hot water bottle lost its effectiveness.

He Yuan thought about today's weather and advised: "It's so cold, what if you catch a cold? Don't take any calls from me on business trips in the future."

"I want it!"

When Chen Qing came home from a business trip last time, they came to pick her up, and she felt indescribably happy in her heart.

He was obviously very happy to pick up He Yuan this time. Anyway, in the future, as long as she knew the time He Yuan would be home, she would want to pick him up.

When He Yuan heard her angry words, he was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

The family of four returned home and He Yuan unpacked their luggage.

He Yuxiang came forward and asked, "Did you bring any food?"

"Well, but this is not New Year's goods." He Yuan emphasized.

He Yuxiang replied perfunctorily: "I understand."

Chen Qing saw Majiang and said, "You brought this back!"

He Yuan looked at what she was holding and nodded: "Sesame sauce is delicious. I'll make another small pot so we can cook it and eat it with sauce."

"Okay."

Chen Qing's eyes lit up at the thought of eating hotpot.

He Yuxiang thought that the sauce in his aunt's hand was a good thing, so he took it directly. At the same time, he quickly collected all the food that his uncle brought back and put it in a small cabinet specially for snacks.

He Yuxiang also locked it!

Xiaoyu held a box of cakes and said happily: "I finally grabbed a box of food!"

Chen Qing asked Xiaoyu to open it and take a look.

The pastry is donkey rolls.

In his previous life, Chen Qing thought that donkey rolls were a very delicious pastry. He ate them several times afterwards and they were so sweet!

But this time she still didn't give up, so she washed her hands and picked up a piece of donkey rolls.

Donkey rolls are wrapped in thick fried soybean powder, and the aroma is quite rich. Chen Qing took a bite and found that the donkey rolls had the fragrance of soybean powder, the toughness of glutinous rice skin, and the sweetness of red bean paste. The layers are progressive and the taste is very good: "This is delicious!"

It tastes much better than what she bought in her previous life!

Xiaoyu also nodded repeatedly: "Delicious, delicious."

Chen Qing asked He Yuan and He Yuxiang to try it as well.

He Yuan: "You eat it, I've eaten it."

He doesn't like cakes.

He Yuxiang came over and tasted a piece. It was so sweet.

He used to like sweets, and a little bit of sweetness would make him ecstatic, but now that there is no shortage of food and drink at home, he doesn't feel anything sweet anymore.

"You guys eat."

He really still likes eating.

Chen Qing and Xiaoyu ate three pieces each and agreed to eat more tomorrow.

After eating glutinous rice products and drinking water, Chen Qing felt very full. He said to He Yuxiang: "I will just eat half a bowl of rice tonight."

Xiaoyu also agreed.

He Yuxiang: “Got it.”

Seeing that Chen Qing was full, He Yuan pulled her back to the house.

Chen Qing just sat in the room, watching someone fold all the clothes and then clean the room.

Her main role is a companion.

She thought He Yuan couldn't wait to pull her back to the house because he wanted to... forget it, the child was outside, and it was indeed not good to indulge in debauchery in broad daylight. It was her dirty thoughts.

He Yuan cleaned up and finally felt comfortable, then he took out an envelope from his pocket and gave it to Chen Qing.

"What's it for?" Chen Qing asked as he unpacked it, then couldn't stop smiling, "Money, how much is in it?"

He Yuan said: "Two hundred, not a business trip allowance, but a special bonus for my breakthroughs in some projects."

"That's great, keep up the good work, hahahaha..."

Chen Qing was overwhelmed with joy.

He Yuan smiled and held her face and kissed her: "Did you miss me?"

"Yes." Chen Qing met his gaze: "I really want to."

He Yuan felt as if something hit his heart, it was very sweet.

"I miss you as well."

"If you think about me anymore, it's only after you finish cleaning." Chen Qing complained.

He Yuan was stunned.

Chen Qing sneered.

He Yuan was silent.

Seeing that he had nothing to say, Chen Qing spoke compassionately: "The two hundred yuan is an apology fee, it's confiscated."

"good."

He Yuan raised his tone.

I secretly decided to kiss her first when I come back from the next business trip!

Chen Qing stood up to get the money box, but He Yuan grabbed her wrist and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Take the tin box to put the money in."

"Oh." He Yuan watched her put the money away, then held her in his arms again and asked, "Has anything happened to you recently?"

Chen Qing: “No.”

"Really?"

He Yuan didn't believe it.

Chen Qing hesitated for a moment and said, "I just had two arguments with Director Liu and Secretary Deng."

Director Liu's plan to build a branch factory is good, but he promoted his daughter-in-law's family and ignored the opinions of the old people in the machinery factory. That's fine, Director Liu is still thinking about letting her go to the new factory, and he said it's for her own good...

She couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks. Director Liu couldn't save face, so he retorted to her. A fight broke out, and Chen Qing directly scolded Director Liu from head to toe.

Director Liu was so angry that he didn't attend the meeting for two weeks.

The reason for the quarrel with Secretary Deng was that Secretary Deng always liked to involve her in everything he did.

Others scold her for firing people.

Secretary Deng said that so many people from the factory committee should be dismissed, but Chen Qing didn't care.

It would be fine if it happened once or twice, but she was targeted again and again, and people's firepower was focused on her.

If Secretary Deng had discussed the matter with her or given her benefits, she would have endured it.

But she didn't get any benefits and was targeted everywhere she did things. Chen Qing couldn't stand it anymore and had a quarrel with Secretary Deng during the meeting. It was obvious to tell everyone that their relationship was just average.

After the quarrel, Deng Meihua treated her as if she were air.

Chen Qing commented: "This term's factory director and secretary are not magnanimous."

(End of this chapter)