"Xiao Chen, you've arrived. Your master is waiting for you inside."

Not long after Chen Yuqi got off the train, she came to the factory to see her mentor, surnamed Yang, who was a serious woman.

"You're back." Seeing him return, Master Yang's face showed a rare smile.

Master Yang's real name is Yang Hua. She and her lover participated in the revolution before she was transferred to the machinery factory. She already knew about Chen Yuqi's family situation.

Chen Yuqi smiled and skillfully assisted her master.

The two didn't talk much about Chen Yuqi's family affairs. Before he went back, he asked his master to take care of his younger sister, and now they were talking about her.

"Xiao Shu has been worried about you these past few days. Spend more time with her after school."

Master Yang stood up, put away the wrench, and gave Chen Yuqi a deep look.

She had a bad reputation in the factory; everyone said she was ambitious and opportunistic, seizing every opportunity to climb the corporate ladder.

Yang Hua never denies this; she is ambitious.

The reason she was able to climb from an ordinary staff member to her current position as deputy factory director over the years is due to both her professional skills and her ambition.

The reason she took Chen Yuqi as her apprentice was because at that time, several workshop directors were vying for the position of deputy factory director. In addition to fighting with them, she also had to manage the work of her own workshop.

Furthermore, the higher one climbs, the more one needs to have their own people in key positions below.

Although he has trained several apprentices over the years, they are still a long way from being able to work independently. Yang Hua trains his apprentices to be competent and assigns them positions in the factory according to their abilities.

She took on apprentices one after another like steps on a staircase, and Chen Yuqi happened to appear just when she was about to take on new apprentices.

It was fate, really. Yang Hua never expected that his trip to the countryside would lead him to discover a promising young man who was a high school graduate, highly capable, and quick to learn.

It's a pity that this apprentice was about to be trained and would definitely become her capable assistant, but she's leaving now.

However, Yang Hua was also happy for him. She couldn't make him a permanent employee because of his status. Now that this constraint is gone, he will definitely go further in the future.

“Xiao Chen, you have a great talent for engineering. If you have the opportunity to go back, try your best to get into the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. You shouldn’t just stay in the factory repairing these machines.”

Chen Yuqi's eyes welled up with tears. That's how his master was; her help to him was genuine, and she never looked down on him because of his status.

Encourage Chen Yuqi when he is most doubtful of himself.

Yang Hua is in her fifties this year. She had children late in life because of her revolutionary cause, and her child is a year younger than Chen Yuqi.

She once joked that perhaps it's because she's getting old that she's so lenient with these kids now; if it were her first batch of apprentices, she would definitely have been stricter with them.

She showed rare tenderness towards Chen Yuqi and his sister, who were about the same age as her own children.

"...Master, thank you."

Chen Yuqi always knew that his master chose to train him because he was capable and didn't want to bury his talent.

In addition, his mentor had a bad reputation in the factory, so he thought he should grow into his mentor's right-hand man as soon as possible.

But now he has to go back.

He may never be able to repay the kindness his master showed him.

Yang Hua smiled dismissively, "I didn't do anything. When you get back, seize every opportunity to improve yourself and don't pay attention to what outsiders say."

She had always thought highly of this apprentice. Now that his family's case had been cleared, if he was still willing to stay at the machinery factory, Yang Hua could definitely make him a formal worker.

But having been separated from his family for so many years, he probably won't stay here.