"No matter who I am, I'm just asking you, is what Chen Ming said wrong?"
"Do you want Chen Ming to praise you in public before you're satisfied? You've already lost all shame, yet you expect others to give you face?"
Chen Liang and the others wanted to refute him, but Xu Weiguo was telling the truth, so they could only silently suppress their anger.
Distracted by Xu Weiguo, Chen Ming stopped thinking about whether there was anything wrong with what he was doing.
"Brother, let's go back. It's getting late. If we stay any longer, we might not make it in time for sister-in-law to cook."
Chen Ming glanced at the basket on Xu Weiguo's back and reminded him that Zhang Yumei was waiting for the fish to cook.
......
When Huang Qinqin and the others came out of the food factory, it was almost time to get off work.
Before they left, Manager Gao said that if they finished their business and it was almost time, they could leave work directly without having to go back to the department store.
This made everyone feel very relaxed, after all, they had been busy all day and could finally take a break.
Huang Jianmin and Zhu Min planned to go straight back to their dormitory to rest for a while, and then go to the cafeteria for dinner.
Huang Qinqin also planned to go to the cafeteria to wait for Xu Junhui to get off work together, so now only Fang Chuchu was left.
Fang Chuchu: .....
"Why are you all staring at me? I can go home by myself. I go home by myself every day."
Fang Chuchu felt a little depressed because she was all alone. But it was only a tiny bit.
Since she said it was okay, everyone went home. Huang Qinqin hummed a little tune as she headed towards the cafeteria.
This was Huang Qinqin's second visit. Xu Junhui had already shown her the way last time, so this time she went straight to the office.
The office door was closed, so Huang Qinqin gently knocked on it.
Knock knock, knock knock
Hearing a regular knocking sound at the door, Xu Junhui put down what he was holding and went to open it.
After opening the door and finding no one there, I thought I must have misheard, so I closed it again.
Before he could even take two steps back, he heard another knock on the door. Xu Weiguo quickly turned around and opened the door, wanting to see who was so bored as to play a prank.
Then he saw Huang Qinqin standing in front of the door, looking at him with her eyes crinkled.
"Honey! What brings you here? Are you here to pick me up from get off work?"
This was the first time Huang Qinqin had come to see Xu Junhui. The last time didn't count; he had already walked out of the cafeteria last time.
So he was especially happy this time, and pulled Huang Qinqin towards the office. Anyway, he was the only one in the office.
"I happened to be at the food factory today discussing some business. After I finished, I didn't need to go back to the department store, so I came to find you~"
Huang Qinqin looked at Xu Junhui's desk with curiosity and asked, "What do you usually do at work? Why is your desk so 'clean'?"
Xu Junhui touched his nose sheepishly: "I mainly check the purchase details every week, and then at the beginning and end of the month, I'm responsible for handing over the canteen's income and expenditure details to Section Chief Zhang in finance."
“I don’t need to do anything during the day…” He was afraid that Huang Qinqin would think he wasn’t working hard enough.
Xu Junhui quickly changed the subject: "By the way, do you still remember Section Chief Zhang?"
"He's the guy who found the money and food coupons before, and he was going to give you a few cents as a thank you gift."
Before Huang Qinqin could even remark on how easy his job was, he diverted her attention.
Recalling that scene, Huang Qinqin felt speechless: "Of course I remember. My first feeling at the time was that he was 'humiliating' me."
"Who gives someone a few cents as a thank you gift? I've never seen anything like it before, even though I'm a grown man."
Xu Junhui defended Section Chief Zhang, saying, "He didn't mean to humiliate you. Section Chief Zhang being able to come up with a few cents is actually quite generous."
"He had a nickname at the food factory: Zhang the Stingy."
"Almost no one can get an extra penny from his budget. But he is very generous to his family."
"Moreover, he has a very good character. Over the years, everyone has witnessed his character."
Huang Qinqin nodded: "I know, because later when I looked at him, I felt a special longing in my eyes."
"I reckon if I had actually taken the money back then, Section Chief Zhang would have been heartbroken for a long time."
Xu Junhui thought it was very likely, after all, given how frugal Section Chief Zhang was, those few cents would be enough for him to eat for several days.
Just then, the bell rang, signaling the end of the workday.
Xu Junhui asked as usual, "Would you like to order some food to take home and have a second meal? We're already here."
"No need, Mom said she'd cook sauerkraut fish for me tonight, I'll just have sauerkraut fish~"
After Xu Junhui locked the office door, they prepared to go home.
They had only taken a few steps when they ran into the central figure of their conversation—Section Chief Zhang.
Xu Junhui and Huang Qinqin both stopped in their tracks, feeling somewhat guilty.
It's true what they say: don't talk about people during the day, and don't talk about ghosts at night...
Although they didn't speak ill of Section Chief Zhang, they had just been gossiping about him behind his back, so they felt a little embarrassed now that they had run into him.
Section Chief Zhang also saw them and came over to greet them.
"Ahui, are you off work?"
"Hey, isn't this...that...Comrade Huang Qinqin? What brings you to the food factory?"
Xu Junhui and Huang Qinqin: ......
Huang Qinqin glanced at Xu Junhui silently, her eyes conveying: Section Chief Zhang didn't know you were married?
Xu Junhui replied with his eyes: "Yes, I know. I even gave him wedding candy. But I guess he doesn't know that I'm married to you."
"Section Chief Zhang, this is my wife. She's here to pick me up from get off work."
Section Chief Zhang nodded: "Oh, so she's your wife."
As they were talking, Section Chief Zhang sensed something was wrong and suddenly exclaimed, "What?! This is your wife?!"
Xu Junhui nodded and repeated very seriously, "Yes, this is my wife. Didn't I give you wedding candy when we got married?"
"Why are you acting like you don't know I'm married?"
Section Chief Zhang looked up at Xu Junhui and thought to himself: "Don't pretend you're stupid. You know what I'm surprised about."
He explained awkwardly, "I just didn't expect you two to be married. Did you know each other before?"
Xu Junhui realized that everyone at the food factory who had met Huang Qinqin asked this question as soon as they learned of their marriage.
"We didn't know each other before; that day was the first time we met. Yes, yes, it was all fate."
Xu Junhui guessed that Section Chief Zhang would say something like, "That's really fate," so he just said it first.
Having said all he could say, Section Chief Zhang could only manage a forced smile.
Xu Junhui asked, "Section Chief Zhang, are you going to get your food to take home today?"
"Yeah, it's my wife's birthday today, so I was thinking of not making her work so hard cooking. I'll just get some takeout from the cafeteria and take it home."
Xu Junhui nodded after listening, then asked, "Are you in a hurry to go back?"
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