Yue Shuzhen's move effortlessly dealt with two people—no, three people—and the businessman who had been trying to buy the patent never dared to mention it again.
Not only that, because of such a big incident, everyone trusted Jiang Wanqing's moisturizing cream even more, and the business was visibly more prosperous than before. After clearing up the misunderstanding, Yue Shuzhen returned to the team and shook hands with Molly to make peace.
In just one month, Jiang Wanqing saved up nearly 10,000 yuan, which means that she can not only pay off Zheng Yuan's "debt" but also have money left over!
This good news made her happy for several days. She originally wanted to ask Zheng Yuan to repay the money, but when he heard this, he said that he had gone on a business trip to another city and would not be back for a week, and asked her to think it over again.
Cheng Ran was beside her when she made the call in the phone booth, and took the phone upon hearing this.
"Should I ask someone to check if you're out of town?"
After he finished speaking, there was silence on the other end of the phone, leaving only one sentence.
"See you at the state-run restaurant at 2 PM tomorrow." Zheng Yuan said and then hung up the phone.
Cheng Ran paid the phone bill and took Jiang Wanqing home.
"I'll go with you to pay back the money tomorrow."
"Okay, the sooner I pay it back, the sooner I'll feel at ease."
Factory building —
Jiang Xiu stood in front of Zheng Yuan's desk, waiting for him to finish his phone call, before tentatively asking him a question.
"Director Zheng, are you angry about Jiang Wanqing again? She's just ungrateful, she..."
"Shut up!" Zheng Yuan took a cigarette from the drawer, lit it, took two deep drags, and frowned: "You're not qualified to talk about her!"
Jiang Xiu's expression changed, she clenched her hands tightly, swallowed hard, and gave an awkward laugh.
"But only I can help you get her."
"When have you ever succeeded? All your ideas are terrible! You're useless!"
Zheng Yuan behaved in a completely different manner from his usual gentle and refined self. He was smoking, crossing his legs, and ignoring Jiang Xiu with a look of disdain.
"Give me another chance, and I'm sure I can make you get what you want."
She cautiously observed Zheng Yuan's expression, but he didn't react. She gritted her teeth, gradually becoming impatient, and turned to leave.
Before she even left the house, Zheng Yuan suddenly called out to her again.
"Stop! Tell me, besides Cheng Ran, who is the person Jiang Wanqing cares about the most?" He flicked off his cigarette ash and asked, squinting his eyes.
His gaze was extremely dangerous, as if Jiang Xiu wouldn't be able to leave the office unscathed if she couldn't answer the question.
Her eyes darted around quickly, and she soon came to a conclusion.
"Of course, it's her parents!"
"Oh? Do you have any way to get her to spend a large sum of money on her parents in one day? And it has to be the kind of money she absolutely has to spend."
"this……"
Jiang Xiu fidgeted with her fingers, mainly because she was in the Beijing area, not in Xiyang Village, which made things difficult. She opened her mouth to speak.
"I can't do it in one day."
"Can't do it? Hmm?"
His voice was sinister and terrifying, and Jiang Wanqing's heart raced. She knew all too well that the man in front of her was not as kind as he appeared; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to enter the factory area so easily in the first place.
"I can...I can do it, I'll give it a try."
"I don't want to try, I want to succeed!"
"Okay, I understand."
She had no choice but to accept this uncertain task, but fortunately, she was quick-witted and her eyes lit up after a few minutes.
"Got it!"
...
The next afternoon, Jiang Wanqing put away her wallet and went to the state-run restaurant with Cheng Ran. However, before they could even leave the residential compound, they received a message that there was an emergency call coming from her home at the phone booth.
Her parents wouldn't bother her unless there were special circumstances, and they rarely wrote letters. This time, the phone call must be urgent. Without thinking, she went to the phone booth with Cheng Ran.
But although the call was from home, the person on the other end was not her parents, but the brigade leader.
"Wanqing, you need to take leave and come back right away. Your house caught fire last night, and your parents almost burned to death. They're both seriously injured and in the hospital. The doctor said it will cost a lot of money. Our village has covered some of it, but your parents' money has all been spent. We really have no other choice..."
"What did you say?!"
The news came so suddenly that Jiang Wanqing didn't even dare to think about it and almost collapsed to the ground, but fortunately Cheng Ran caught her.
"what happen?"
The captain explained the situation over the phone, and then hung up, explaining that the call was expensive.
Her eyes welled up with tears as Cheng Ran pulled her into his arms.
"My house caught fire, and my parents were burned and hospitalized. I need to go back to see them."
"Don't worry, it's good that everyone is alright. Calm down first. What we need to do now is ask for leave."
Having weathered many storms, Cheng Ran quickly arranged what needed to be done.
With an hour left until 2 PM, Jiang Wanqing had no time to spare, as there were priorities in everything she did.
“Zheng Yuanna…”
She just said on the phone that the hospital needs a lot of money, and she doesn't dare to pay back the money she has on hand right now, in case she needs it to save someone's life...
"I'll take you home to pack your things first, and buy you the fastest train ticket. I'll take care of Zheng Yuan's situation."
"good."
Jiang Wanqing sniffed and accepted his suggestion; given the urgency, this was the only way to proceed.
She forced herself to calm down, went back to pack her things, and prepared to go to the train station.
Cheng Ran rushed to the state-run hotel as quickly as possible.
Zheng Yuan arrived before him and feigned surprise when he saw him coming alone.
"Why are you the only one here? Wasn't it Comrade Wanqing who was supposed to pay back the money?"
“She has something to do, I’ll pay it for her.”
Fortunately, Cheng Ran had made two preparations. He took out all the money he had saved and barely managed to pay it back.
But when he pushed the money over, Zheng Yuan shook his head and pushed it back.
“I know you are a couple, but she is the one who borrowed the money. To be precise, she advanced her own salary. So, I will only accept her repayment in person. Otherwise, I will not acknowledge it.”
He picked up his teacup and took a sip, showing no intention of settling the bill. Cheng Ran's temples bulged with veins.
"I'll give you extra interest. Take this money, and from now on, the two of you will have nothing to do with each other!"
"Hmph, Comrade Cheng makes it sound so simple. I helped her out of her immediate crisis. What she owed me wasn't money, but more of a favor. Even though you're her husband, you're not entitled to repay that favor on her behalf."
An unnamed fire raged within him, and Cheng Ran angrily slammed his hand on the table, causing the teapot to bounce.
"Don't go too far!"
"I didn't want this to happen either, but you all forced me to. The value that Comrade Wanqing can provide me is far more than what you've given me. Now that she's become my employee, how could I let her leave so easily!"
Zheng Yuan stood up, his hands braced against the edge of the table. In front of Cheng Ran, he stopped pretending.
He refused to accept the money, but the debt remains; he acknowledged that he couldn't force the money on him.
He walked around the table and put his arm around Cheng Ran's shoulder.
"Comrade Cheng, no one can stop me from doing what I want to do. That's one thing that Wanqing and I have in common, hahaha..." He laughed and left.
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