Chapter 178 If you fall for her again, you're a fool.

"Factory Director, our Feiyan Textile Factory must strive to secure this opportunity to make a movie! This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, possibly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

"All the workers in the factory want to make movies!"

"If we can get into a movie, our factory will be famous all over the country! Before, it was just in the newspapers, but this time it'll be in a movie!"

Upon hearing that a director was coming to make a movie, all the workers in the textile factory went wild, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and couldn't help but imagine what they would look like on the movie screen.

Assistant He: "Factory Manager, I think we should have our factory's 'best' seamstress lead everyone in making this garment sample, so we can try to get selected by the director!"

Qin Xiangxiang agreed: "That's right. You, or Yang Zhixia, or Master Meng, should choose someone to take charge of this matter."

It doesn't matter how they handle the samples, as long as it has nothing to do with Qin Xiangxiang. Even if she is selected, the filming will have nothing to do with her, and she doesn't want to interfere at all.

"Salted fish flicking its tail" means giving up or abandoning one's responsibilities.

"Factory manager, when will you be selecting seamstresses?"

Qin Xiangxiang said, "Why should I be the one to choose? Shouldn't it be the best seamstresses in our factory who make the selections? We should find someone capable to lead the team."

"You're too modest," Assistant He said with a fawning smile. "Isn't you, the factory manager, the best seamstress in our factory?"

Qin Xiangxiang: "???!!"

"Who says I'm the best seamstress?"

"Factory Manager, it's always been you! Everyone agrees it's you! You're the best seamstress in our factory!"

"With you, the factory manager, leading everyone in garment production, our factory will definitely be selected!"

Qin Xiangxiang: "..."

“Li Jianzhi, every time I come home, I want to tell you about the workers in our factory, especially Assistant He. He’s gone too far! He’s actually learned how to set traps for me!”

He tricked me!

Li Jianzhi smiled and put his arm around her shoulder, "There are always troublemakers who want to get what they want."

Qin Xiangxiang: "?"

“Being a leader is not easy; everyone’s needs come to you for solutions.” Li Jianzhi understood his wife very well and thought about some games in the future, such as SimCity or other city-themed video games.

As the city is built day by day, the appetites of those "troublemakers" are growing, and their demands are increasing.

"That's it! They tricked me. Now I understand how ancient emperors were tricked by eunuchs."

"Su Peisheng told me that our factory was going to compete for the opportunity to make a movie, and that the best seamstress in the factory would lead everyone to make clothing samples."

Li Jianzhi: "Aren't you the best sewing worker in the factory?"

"How did you know?!" Qin Xiangxiang's eyes widened.

Li Jianzhi: "Isn't this obvious?"

He had said long ago that his wife's craftsmanship could one day be recognized as a masterpiece by a renowned artist at the World Expo.

"Wife, gold shines wherever it is."

Qin Xiangxiang: "..."

Qin Xiangxiang slyly kicked him, feeling like she had been tricked by the whole world.

She really wanted to say something like Cao Cao's famous line: "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me."

"Knock knock knock—" came the knocking sound from outside the door.

Qin Xiang went to open the door, and standing outside was He Xiuxiu, who had recently moved into the third floor. He Xiuxiu looked rather arrogant at this moment. "My husband asked me to come and ask if your textile factory needs my guidance? I know you also want to try to get the opportunity to make movies."

After speaking, He Xiuxiu pursed her lips, waiting to see the woman in front of her reveal a look of inscrutable joy.

Skilled people can thrive anywhere—this is a lesson He Xiuxiu learned at the Hongxing Textile Factory.

He Xiuxiu initially chose to go to Hongxing Textile Factory to learn the technology and experience more advanced machinery, but now she has come to understand what "the backstabbing and intrigue of a big factory" means.

Hongxing Textile Factory was dominated by Zeng Jinfeng, an eighth-grade female worker. Even the factory director, Zheng Jianguo, had to give her some face. Most of the other workers were Zeng Jinfeng's apprentices and followers.

When He Xiuxiu arrived at Hongxing Textile Factory, she believed that she was "exceptionally skilled" and that Zheng Jianguo's warm invitation would surely treat her, a skilled female worker, well.

Who knew that Zeng Jinfeng would make things difficult and trip me up as soon as I arrived!

They forced her to deal with the defective fabric; they deliberately gave He Xiuxiu a batch of clothes that required special stitching techniques, but didn't tell her the key points of the technique. When He Xiuxiu couldn't figure it out, they called her stupid as a donkey; Zeng Jinfeng used the same trick to cheat on the machine. He Xiuxiu saw the problem with the machine, but no one listened to her...

It wasn't until then that He Xiuxiu realized how much nonsense she had been thinking when she chose to go to the Red Star Textile Factory.

Everyone around her looked at her like she was an idiot!

She remained stubborn, believing herself to be a "visionary" person who could only learn something at the Red Star Textile Factory.

What's the point of her frequently leaving the island to work herself to the bone at the Hongxing Textile Factory? It's utterly self-destructive.

He Xiuxiu couldn't help but complain to her husband at home. Her husband asked her to go upstairs to Qin Xiangxiang's house to plead for her and find a way to transfer to Feiyan Textile Factory. He Xiuxiu couldn't bring herself to refuse.

It would be too shameful to volunteer to go to Feiyan Textile Factory!

Fortunately, an opportunity arose this time. The director was coming to shoot a movie and was selecting textile factories. He Xiuxiu guessed that Feiyan Textile Factory would definitely participate, and since their factory didn't have any senior female workers in charge, if she offered to help, the factory manager, Qin Xiangxiang, would definitely treat her like a savior.

Then she'll show that she's willing to transfer to another position—Qin Xiangxiang begged her to go!

He Xiuxiu raised her chin: "I can take some time during my vacation to lead the female workers in your factory to make this batch of movie costume samples."

"No need," Qin Xiangxiang immediately refused, thinking to herself, "What did I think it was? How unlucky!"

Another movie costume.

He Xiuxiu's eyes widened: "?"

“Our Feiyan Textile Factory doesn’t need her.” Qin Xiangxiang closed the door, snorted, and muttered to Li Jianzhi in a low voice, “What a big mouth she has, who wants her help?”

"Who does she think she is? Leading us?"

Li Jianzhi nodded: "Ignore her."

"I want to eat shumai tomorrow morning, let's cook some glutinous rice first..."

This Hongxing Textile Factory is a persistent nuisance. Yesterday, He Xiuxiu came looking for me, and the next day, Zheng Jianguo called to brag.

Zheng Jianguo: "Director Qin, your factory is also participating in the film costume competition? Don't you have any senior female skilled workers? Oh dear, what a pity! You've even gone to He Xiuxiu for help? Oh dear, you're really looking for outside support!"

Qin Xiangxiang said, "It's over, Director Zheng. Finding He Xiuxiu is useless, but I found you! You are our Feiyan Textile Factory's 'lucky charm.' Every time I hear you say something like this, our factory is about to receive a big order."

"I'm so afraid that our textile factory will be selected again."

"Then I'll have to call you again to thank you properly! I can't accept that."

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Jianguo stared at the receiver in his hand, furious. Qin Xiangxiang's words were truly infuriating.

Just as distressed as Zheng Jianguo was Xiao Ye, who lived on the first floor of the family compound. She had visibly lost a lot of weight, was not eating or sleeping well, and was always having nightmares.

In her dream, it was Jiang Changtian's tender gaze towards Gou Qiang, Jiang Changtian's joyful smile when facing Gou Qiang... Her former husband, with whom she shared a bed, held Gou Qiang from next door in his arms, and the two of them knelt down, pleading with her:

"Ye Zi, my true feelings are for Gou Qiang."

"I will keep my promise to take care of you for the rest of your life. Qiangzi and I will take care of you together, but we will never be separated."

"Please help me keep this a secret! I only feel truly happy when I'm with him."

...

When Xiao Ye woke up from her dream, she looked at her husband on the pillow, his head covered in cold sweat. Rather than Jiang Changtian falling in love with Gou Qiang, Xiao Ye would rather he fell in love with her own younger sister, Xiao Zhi'er.

At least others could see some signs in the latter case and sympathize with Xiao Ye.

With Xiao Ye as his wife providing cover in front of outsiders, even if Jiang Changtian and Gou Qiang were to be "loving" for a lifetime, others would only see it as "brotherly affection."

Is she destined to suffer for the rest of her life, forced to watch her husband be affectionate with someone else?

Xiao Ye felt like her world was collapsing! She couldn't accept that her husband liked men.

Xiao Ye went to Lin Xiuqin in great distress, tears welling up in her eyes, and asked, "Lin Xiuqin, tell me... what happens after two men have a relationship? What if that man is your husband?"

Lin Xiuqin was dumbfounded: "Huh?!"

Are you serious?

Does Li Jianzhi really like men?

Xiao Ye wiped away her tears, but then felt she shouldn't show weakness in front of Lin Xiuqin. She sniffed and drawled, "Even if our Zhang Tian falls in love with a man, no one has any proof. I am still his legal wife, his only wife! A man like him will definitely support me for the rest of my life."

Lin Xiuqin was completely dumbfounded: "Huh?!!"

Wait, what's wrong with these sisters? What's going on here? She was clearly referring to Qin Xiangxiang and her husband. Did Xiao Ye suddenly discover that her husband likes men?

Is this so magical?

Are you serious?

Xiao Ye used to brag about how wonderful her husband was, but now she's discovered he's a gay man's wife?

This is simply the most surprising and dramatic reversal Lin Hsiu-chin has ever witnessed.

“This… Xiao Ye… this, I, I don’t know what to do either, but I think you absolutely must not bring up divorce first. You can’t let those two really get what they want.”

"If you abandon your husband, he'll run off with his mistress."

Lin Xiuqin suppressed her burning desire to gossip and stammered, "What does your husband like...?"

Xiao Ye's eyes were red: "It's Gao Rong's husband. Gao Rong told you a long time ago, didn't she?"

Lin Xiuqin was completely dumbfounded: "?"

Right now, she wanted to slap Xiao Ye a few times. She thought to herself, "Gao Rong is taking advantage of me and treating me like a sucker. Could this girl be deliberately making fun of me too? What kind of bastard is Gao Rong's husband?"

She's met Gou Qiangren before!

He's an uneducated and incompetent man, and his looks are just average. He'd even risk everything for an imported watch. He's the son of Political Commissar Gou, a real scoundrel. He has a peculiar wife, Gao Rong, and a peculiar old lady named Gou who pretends to be lame...

This guy's character isn't even fit to be the bottom in old-school BL novels! He's not even qualified to be a cannon fodder bottom!

Could it be that Xiao Ye made this up on purpose, just to trick Gao Rong into inviting her to dinner, just like she did?

Lin Xiuqin's face turned green: "I'm leaving, I have nothing to do with your awful affairs!"

You'd be a fool to fall for her again.

This entire residential compound is full of the absolute best! Absolutely the absolute best!