Speaking of stability, Zheng Yuan's hand trembled. Ever since he met Molly at the market, he had been planning to sell his mountain products in a different place. But if he changed locations, would the customer base he had worked so hard to build be destroyed? Would he have to start all over again?
He's short of money right now and wants stability, but he'd rather stay and work as a laborer...
"It's okay, you can think about it."
Seeing that he was wavering, Zheng Yuan took a step back and went back to his desk, gave him the money for buying mountain products, and handed him a contract.
He took the money, but looked puzzled at the pieces of paper: "What's this?"
"This is the employment contract, which I have already signed. If you've decided to work for me, sign it and give it to me, and I'll arrange for you to start work immediately."
"This speed..." Hong Xing hesitated, swallowed hard, and didn't take it. Zheng Yuanqiang stuffed it into his hand.
“Take it and go back. It’s okay if you don’t want to come, but it’s an opportunity. If you’re ever desperate, my door is always open to you. I have great respect for soldiers and don’t want to see you living in poverty.” He patted Hung Hing on the shoulder.
"Knock knock knock..." A knocking sound came from outside the office door.
"Enter."
The door opened and the assistant came in: "Factory manager, you have a meeting later."
“Okay, I’m coming.” Zheng Yuan nodded, then turned to Hong Xing with a smile tinged with apology: “Then I won’t keep you any longer. You’re welcome to come again next time.”
After he finished speaking, he extended his hand, and Hung Hing shook it politely before accepting the contract. After all, it was a token of their goodwill.
"Thank you, Director Zheng. I'll be going now."
"Okay, take care on your journey."
The assistant stood at the door and watched him walk away before entering the factory manager's office and closing the door behind him.
"Factory manager, I've found out everything you asked me to investigate. This is his information. His relationship with Cheng Ran is indeed unusual."
After glancing at the document, Zheng Yuan's face showed no surprise, but rather excitement.
"Interesting. These people are really quite interesting, so entangled and never-ending, haha."
...
After Molly saw someone who looked a lot like Hung Hing at the market, she went to look for him several more times, but he was never there, which deepened her suspicions.
By inquiring with other stall owners and regular customers in the market, it was learned that the man's surname was Hong.
She was almost certain it wasn't a coincidence. She had originally wanted to find an opportunity to have a proper talk with Jiang Wanqing, but after thinking it over, she couldn't resist and hurriedly took the initiative to go to her door.
The four roommates were discussing selling moisturizing cream when Molly, who was used to coming over, pushed the door open without knocking. The others all looked towards the doorway.
"Oh, you're here. Please have a seat. We can discuss the sale of the moisturizing cream later."
"Wanqing, I have something to tell you."
Molly didn't even look at the other three people, and her expression was slightly different from usual. Shen Huan and the others exchanged glances.
"Ahem... Well, you guys chat, we're going out for some fresh air, we'll come back when you're done talking."
"Yes, yes, you guys chat first."
Yue Shuzhen rolled her eyes haughtily: "Don't you two start fighting. We can talk, but we have a share of the dorm room. Hurry up."
She was as straightforward as ever, so Shen Huan quickly pulled her away, almost covering her mouth, and closed the door behind her.
The dormitory returned to silence, even a little eery. Jiang Wanqing watched Molly sit down, her eyes filled with complex emotions.
"What’s wrong with you……"
As soon as she finished speaking, Molly, as if afraid of being too late, quickly added, "Hung Hing is in the Beijing area, right? That's the man I saw that day. You must have something you haven't told me, right?"
When she questioned Jiang Wanqing, she stared into her eyes. They had known each other for so long, and she didn't want to be deceived, but she also felt that there was more to the story. When she saw the other woman lower her eyes and not dare to look her in the eye, she knew that she had guessed correctly.
An overwhelming sense of loss and depression welled up inside me, and my face fell.
"really……"
“Molly, we didn’t mean to hide it from you. I only found out a few days ago myself, I…”
Seeing her friend's sad face, Jiang Wanqing's heart was also touched. She reached out her hand, unsure how to comfort Molly, yet she couldn't bring herself to withdraw it either, and hesitated, frozen in mid-air.
Molly lowered her head, tears welling up before she could speak, dripping onto the brown table and spreading into tear stains.
She wiped away her tears with her hand, sniffed, and when she looked up again, her nose was red and her eyes were also red.
"I know you must have had your reasons for not telling me, or you didn't want me to get hurt. But now? I've already seen him, are you still planning to keep it from me?"
"Of course not."
Jiang Wanqing shook her head. Things had come to this point, and continuing to hide it would only backfire. She sighed and began to recount the situation of Hung Hing.
The hands of the small round clock on the table kept turning, and a gust of wind blew in from the window, making Molly shiver.
The emotion in her eyes slowly turned into heartache...
“Hong Xing originally intended to keep his trip to Beijing a secret from everyone. Cheng Ran only found out by chance encountering him at the market, just like you did. As for his injury and discharge during a mission... we did indeed keep that from you. We're sorry. At the time, we were afraid you wouldn't be able to handle it and didn't want to affect you.”
"I knew it..."
She rested her elbows on the table and sobbed softly.
“I’ve been going to the market a lot these past few days when I have nothing to do. People who know him say he hasn’t been selling his mountain products there lately, so I don’t know where he went.”
"What? He hasn't shown up yet?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wanqing exclaimed in surprise, tightening her fingers and muttering to herself.
Where could he go?
"You and Cheng Ran didn't know either?"
This time they really didn't know. Jiang Wanqing looked at her apologetically and shook her head.
"To be honest, after I found out he was selling mountain products at the market, I'd been planning to have Cheng Ran bring him home for a meal and a good chat. We went several times but didn't see him, and we thought we just happened to miss him, but what you said..."
Jiang Wanqing's eyes were very sincere, without a trace of deception. But the more sincere she was, the more worried Molly became. If even they didn't know where Hung Hing was, how would they find him in such a large area as Beijing? Would something happen to him? Was he hiding from her?
"If I had known this would happen, I would have pretended I had never seen him."
She was somewhat annoyed, but then she realized with a clear mind that it was no wonder Cheng Ran had kept it from her; he probably knew Hong Xing's personality, and that once they met, they might never see each other again.
"Don't blame yourself. Hongxing isn't a child, and he won't do anything rash. Maybe he'll show up after a few days. Shen Huan and I were just talking about setting up a factory. Once our own factory is up and running, we can have Hongxing work there. I believe everything will be alright, okay?"
"Really?" Molly was a little flustered.
"How will you know if you don't try? I'll go back and ask Cheng Ran to help me find him. There won't be any problems. Don't overthink it."
She kept comforting Molly, originally thinking that their relationship would be more subtle and reserved, but she never expected it to escalate to this point.
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