Uncle Song started from scratch in Hong Kong, a place where he knew no one, and his business was inextricably linked to the underworld from the very beginning.
In Hong Kong during that era, a big boss with assets of over ten million needed to have a few capable henchmen.
During his inspection tour of Beijing, Song's cousin carefully selected a local henchman named A-Kuan to bring along because the area was too sensitive.
According to Ah Kuan, before he went to Hong Kong, he was a down-on-his-luck nobleman from Beijing. He spent the first half of his life in Beijing. After many years, although he could not be said to know the place like the back of his hand, he was still better than a bunch of henchmen who had never left the south.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Xianglan's enrollment in night school has been temporarily interrupted.
Song's cousin's second wife suddenly gave birth prematurely, producing his first grandson.
He had to go back no matter what, and he would also take Xianglan with him.
Ah Kuan took the person to the airport, bowing and scraping, his attitude overly obsequious.
The secretary was left behind, and he took charge of the work during this period.
The secretary frowned slightly. Was Ah Kuan really from a noble family before?
Tsk tsk.
The secretary was somewhat distrustful of A-Kuan. Unless absolutely necessary, A-Kuan's cooperation was generally not required for work. Therefore, A-Kuan suddenly had a lot of free time after returning to the capital.
The secretary was busy working at the company from morning till night, and the Song family members were all away, so the entire mansion gradually became A-Kuan's domain.
After observing for a few days, it was confirmed that the secretary was only focused on work.
Ah Kuan, itching for a meeting, finally couldn't resist driving his cousin Song's luxury car to see his old friend.
*
Ning Huilan came to the store to patronize the business again.
Compared to last time, she looked at the new, beautiful clothes and didn't know what to do. She liked them all and wanted them all!
But I've run out of my allowance for this month!
Ning Huilan reluctantly put her favorite clothes back in their place, then her eyes swept around and landed on Lu Manman, who was quietly working in the corner.
She and Lu Manman usually don't hang out together.
However, every time she invites Lu Manman to the store to buy clothes, she receives a 100% positive response.
What's annoying is that she always gets carried away and buys more and more, but Lu Manman only cares about chatting with Zhou Hongyu as soon as she enters the store. It's not until Zhou Hongyu has spent all her money and is about to leave that Lu Manman casually grabs a piece of clothing to pay for it.
This time was different from before. Lu Manman was able to work quietly in the corner because a new batch of goods had arrived at the store, and Zhou Hongyu couldn't pay attention to her.
Ning Huilan particularly liked the dress she put back; to be precise, she liked almost all the clothes here.
Ning Huilan walked to Lu Manman's side.
"Lu Manman, can you lend me some money? I want to buy clothes. I'll pay you back when my parents give me lucky money for the New Year!"
Lu Manman threw her wallet at him, frowning slightly: "Where's your money? You get a hundred yuan a month for pocket money. You didn't use it all to help your sister who has nowhere to live and is temporarily staying at your house, did you?"
Ning Huilan happily opened her wallet to take out the money, then shook her head: "It has nothing to do with her, it's my parents. They suddenly found an excuse to reduce my allowance to twenty-five yuan this month because of a small matter!"
Twenty-five yuan, a precise amount, just enough to cover Ning Huilan's limit of only being able to buy one new piece of clothing per month.
Lu Manman shook her head uninterestedly. Director Ning and his wife doted on their daughter, were open-minded, and never did anything without a reason.
She guessed that the reason behind this must be related to her good older sister, Ning Huilan.
However, this has nothing to do with her.
Ning Huilan adores that kind older sister!
After finishing her work, Zhou Hongyu came out of the back warehouse and immediately saw Lu Manman sitting in the corner.
She stepped forward: "Manman, what's going on with your engagement party?"
Before she started working, Lu Manman insisted on telling her the news and even invited her to the engagement party, so much so that the first thing she thought of after finishing her work was this.
Lu Manman immediately put away her work and smiled brightly.
Ning Huilan was standing by the counter waiting to pay when she saw this scene and was almost blinded by its brilliance.
Is this Lu Manman?
Lu Manman was indeed treating people differently; she was always only thinking about pleasing Zhou Hongyu!
Oops! Ning Huilan slapped her forehead.
She had clearly planned to treat Zhou Hongyu better than anyone else in order to drive a wedge between the two of them, but how could she have forgotten all of that?
Every time I think of Zhou Hongyu, I subconsciously conjure up a huge pile of beautiful clothes and then forget about the important matter at hand!
Now she wondered if she should start working...
Over here, Lu Manman briefly told Zhou Hongyu about her fiancé.
In conclusion, let me summarize in one sentence.
"All men look the same, so it doesn't matter who you replace them with!"
Zhou Hongyu rested her chin on her hand; in her dream, she knew nothing about Lu Manman's affairs.
Because of Lu Manman's sister-in-law, who was also her second brother's first love with whom he had been entangled for many years, the relationship between the two families was extremely awkward, and they tried to avoid contact with each other as much as possible.
"Are you eating at home or at a hotel?"
"Wait for further instructions!"
Lu Manman knew nothing about it and had no intention of getting involved in such trivial matters.
Zhou Hongyu: "..."
I don't quite understand what young people are thinking these days!
I don't understand, but I respect it.
"Okay, then we'll wait for your notification."
Ning Huilan walked over carrying a large bag of clothes and accused, "Lu Manman, you actually hid the truth from Sister Hongyu!"
Lu Manman's expression instantly turned serious. Did she have one?
She didn't!
She would tell Sister Zhou anything she wanted to know, even about how she used to wet her pants when she was three years old.
“Ning Huilan…”
"Stop making excuses, you do have it!"
Ning Huilan carefully put the clothes aside and pointed at Lu Manman: "You're in such a hurry to get engaged because you're thinking of getting a spot for subsidized housing before us! No, before Sister Hongyu!"
Lu Manman was filled with questions. Was her workplace going to allocate subsidized housing?
It doesn't matter, Sister Zhou can have whatever she wants!
Welfare housing!
Upon hearing these words, Chen Zhaodi suddenly blurted out, "Hongyu, is there finally news about my subsidized housing?"
Zhou Hongyu impatiently pressed her face down and pushed her away, her attitude cold: "No!"
"But I heard you talking about welfare housing..."
"Sister Chen, we're talking about the company-provided housing!"
Lu Manman explained very seriously on Zhou Hongyu's behalf.
Chen Zhaodi was shocked and jumped to the side: "This is impossible! Is the Housing Management Bureau out of its mind? Why are they allocating welfare housing to your unit first!"
A small cultural center can't compare to a machine factory that's like a miniature society!
*
At the train station, Sun Yanxia eagerly awaited the arrival of Chang Guofu, who was carrying a suitcase as he stepped off the train.
She rushed over and snatched the suitcase from him.
Chang Guofu uncomfortably stepped aside: "I'll do it!"
Before he returned, Cai Xinran helped him pack his luggage. He knew all too well the little thoughts between women. There was no guarantee that Cai Xinran wouldn't try to show off to Sun Yanxia, and he would never let that happen.
Nothing is more important than his future!
Sun Yanxia touched her hand that had been pushed away and smiled foolishly, thinking sweetly that absence makes the heart grow fonder and that Guofu was becoming more and more affectionate towards her!
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