With the people brought by Factory Director Xiao, Shiyue and Shen Ningning were instructed by the old man to go home and tidy up the house.
After all, we need to carry all these boxes home, and it's snowing outside, so we can't put them in the yard.
If we don't go back and rearrange the furniture, there's simply no room left.
"Even if we move them, there's still not enough room!" Shen Ningning said, walking along with a worried expression.
“The house is only so big. It was already cramped when we lived here. Now that we’ve brought those boxes back, there’s not enough room to fit them all. I don’t know how we’re going to pack them up.”
"Ningning, is the food factory far from here? Can't we just ship it over there?"
"Sigh, if only there were houses over there!" Shen Ningning sighed.
Shiyue was surprised.
She couldn't help but stop in her tracks.
"Didn't the food factory allocate an apartment to Uncle Shen?"
This can't be possible!
No matter what, Uncle Shen is going to be the Party Secretary, which is a very important position!
"It's not that we don't want to separate them, it's just that the food factory doesn't have a building right now."
Through Shen Ningning's explanation, Shiyue learned that Shen Yuanbai was going to the No. 2 Food Factory in Donglin City, a newly built factory in the city.
The factory is located in the suburbs and has only been built and started production for two months. The supporting facilities are simply not up to par.
There are indeed staff dormitories, but they are still under construction. It will be at least April or May before they are completed.
Logically speaking, Pingjiang University should have taken care of the elderly comrades in this situation, delaying the handover of the house by six months to give the Shen family a transition period.
However, because the leader Yang Jianye was fawning over happened to be the enemy of Shen Yuanbai's old leader, this confrontation ended in defeat for Shen Yuanbai's old leader once again.
Yang Jianye and Shen Yuanbai were already at odds, so why not take advantage of this situation?
That's why they suppress and bully us in all sorts of ways.
Shen Yuanbai was thus put in a passive position.
Shiyue felt even worse after hearing this.
She always felt that she bore a large part of the responsibility for Uncle Shen being made things difficult for him.
Shen Ningning saw through her thoughts and comforted her, "Don't think too much about it, it has nothing to do with you. Yang Jianye is just a petty person, and petty people always act arrogantly when they get ahead."
Regardless of whether Sun Chengcai or not, he and my father are not on the same side, and the conflict between them is irreconcilable.
So this has nothing to do with you. To put it bluntly, Sun Chengcai doesn't hold a very important place in Yang Jianye's heart.
Yang Jianye wouldn't do anything specifically because of him.
Shen Ningning's meaning was very clear—
A snobbish person like Yang Jianye will not do anything for anyone unless there is something in it for him to gain.
So what if he's his son-in-law? He wouldn't even give him a second thought.
Although Shiyue still felt guilty, she had to admit that Ningning's words made her feel a little better.
After walking for a while, Shiyue suddenly saw a familiar figure ahead, and she couldn't help but squint her eyes.
Sensing her movement, Shen Ningning followed her gaze and saw that it was Director Feng, who had visited her home before.
At this moment, he was carrying a heavy bag in each hand, and walking quickly toward the detached house with his head down.
She couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
"It seems to be someone who just went to my house," Shiyue said, glancing at her.
"Yeah, he's going to curry favor with Yang Jianye again. He got his position as head of the general affairs department by sucking up to Yang Jianye," Shen Ningning replied casually.
Upon hearing this, Shiyue glanced deeply in that direction once more.
It was lunchtime, and with the strong winds and heavy snow outside, there was practically no one around in the residential area.
Director Feng kept his head down and walked quickly along the edge, sneaking around as if he didn't want to be discovered.
Shiyue kept staring at him.
He walked to a small courtyard, stopped, and then, as if familiar with the place, pushed open the gate and went inside.
"That courtyard is the Yang family's? Why don't they lock their door?" Shiyue asked.
"This is a school, and there are guards at the gate. You can't get in unless you're a familiar person leading an outsider. Usually, no one would lock the courtyard gate as well," Shen Ningning explained to her.
Shiyue thought about the scene when that man surnamed Feng pushed the door open and entered, and couldn't help but say, "This is a bad habit. It's not like anyone can just come into the house whenever they want."
Shen Ningning had obviously thought of this as well, and nodded in agreement: "I'll have to talk to my dad about it later."
At this point, she seemed to recall her current situation and gave a self-deprecating laugh: "There's nothing more to say. I won't be staying here for many more days. When I move again, I'll be moving to a large, temporary tenement house rented by the food factory. My parents will remember to lock the door without me having to tell them."
Shiyue pursed her lips and remained silent.
The two walked home talking, and stopped at the same time when they were almost at the door.
"He Lixuan?"
Looking at the man standing in the snow, covered in a thick layer of snowflakes and almost turning into a snowman, Shiyue could hardly believe her eyes.
"Why did you come here at this hour?" she said, walking quickly toward the man.
“I went to Song Wen’s house to get acquainted with the place, and then he went out. I had nothing to do, so I came to see you.”
As he spoke, his gaze shifted from Shiyue to Shen Ningning, who was standing not far away, and he asked, "Where did you go? I knocked on the door just now, but no one was home."
Shen Ningning realized what was happening and quickly went to push open the courtyard gate: "Oh dear, it's snowing so heavily, let's not talk outside, come inside and sit down!"
He quickly stepped forward and used the key to open the door.
Shiyue accompanied He Lixuan into the house.
He Lixuan had been walking outside for who knows how long. He was covered in snow, and even his face and eyelashes were covered in snowflakes.
Shiyue quickly went inside, took out her towel from her bag, and handed it to him.
Having traveled together for two days, He Lixuan naturally recognized the towel.
He glanced at it, then smiled slightly at Shiyue, took it, and wiped his face with it.
Shiyue didn't think about it when she took the towel, mainly because she had just arrived and it wasn't appropriate to take other people's things at this time.
Seeing He Lixuan so naturally wiping his face with his towel, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and her face felt slightly hot.
Just then, Shen Ningning started complaining, "Hey, Xiao He, why are you being so polite! You're already here, why did you bring things? Such expensive things... You didn't use all the money your parents gave you, did you? Oh no, no, you have to take it all back with you!"
Shiyue was stunned by what Ningning said and couldn't help but look at the table.
She then realized that while she was inside getting a towel, He Lixuan had already placed a handbag on the table.
The bag was open, and even from a distance, Shiyue could see that inside was a tub of malted milk powder, two bottles of canned oranges, two packets of pastries, and even a packet of whole milk powder!
She was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at He Lixuan in shock, not quite understanding what he was trying to do.
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