Chapter 91 You'd better not run away! If I'm so capable, why shouldn't I run...?
That evening, An Fusheng carefully studied the agreement He Zhi had given him, and also consulted a lot of information to revise and supplement some unreasonable details.
The next day, when An Fusheng gave the agreement to Xu Sannian, Xu Sannian exclaimed in admiration: "I watch you every day, how come I feel that you have secretly made progress in places I can't see? There are so many details in here that I didn't even notice. You not only marked them but also made revisions. You are amazing!"
An Fusheng has recently started to feel like he's really getting the hang of things in his studies. He's becoming more and more adept at creating tables and analyzing data, and he can even apply what he's learned to other simple formulas. He's even started reading the original owner's thick books before bed, and he feels like he's actually understood quite a bit of them.
However, An Fusheng attributed all of this to the fact that he had a brain transplant. A top student's brain is innate, and it works just as well even with a different brain.
An Fusheng felt that he was not yet worthy of such praise from Xu Sannian, and humbly said, "I still need you to check it out. There are many things that I know how to do but not why. I don't know if those additions and modifications should be made, and I also don't know if there are any errors or omissions that I haven't discovered."
Xu Sannian carefully reviewed all the changes An Fusheng had made. "I think there are no problems. We'll make the same changes to the electronic version later and send it to He Zhi for confirmation."
An Fusheng said, "Okay."
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After lunch, An Fusheng had some free time, so he made the corresponding modifications to the electronic version of the agreement and sent it to He Zhi.
Within minutes, He Zhi replied that there was no problem, and that he would be passing by the welfare home that afternoon on his business, and would bring the revised paper agreement to sign then.
Having solved a major problem, An Fusheng was overjoyed. In the afternoon, he flipped the wok with all sorts of fancy moves, and several times Xu Sannian was afraid that he would flip the food in the wok until it was all gone.
Around four o'clock in the afternoon, He Zhi brought the signed and stamped agreement to An Fusheng. However, the agreement for the restaurant needed Wen Min's signature, but Wen Min was not at home at the moment, so they could only wait for her to come back to sign it. An Fusheng said that he would send it to him after it was signed, and He Zhi said that there was no problem.
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Although video reviewers also have weekends off, it's difficult to combine rest time with weekends because they need to work in shifts 24 hours a day.
This time, Lin Yuanyuan finally got a day shift and even got to have a two-day weekend off, so she didn't need to sleep or adjust her schedule. As soon as she got to work in the morning, she started planning how to spend her weekend.
Lin Yuanyuan then asked Wen Yue with great interest, "Want to go out and have fun this weekend?"
"I'm not going. I still have to do my part-time job," Wen Yue said.
"You're working way too hard!" Lin Yuanyuan said in disbelief. "You finally get a break and you're still doing part-time work? Even if you're not going back to play, you should at least catch up on your sleep at home. You'll be staying up all night next week."
Wen Yue smiled but did not answer.
Lin Yuanyuan said with great regret, "It's a pity I have to go to dinner with my blind date tonight, otherwise we could go shopping for clothes together. Winter is coming, and I haven't bought any new clothes yet. I wear the same clothes from last year every day, and I always feel that last year's clothes don't match me this year."
Wen Yue smiled and said, "You can buy it online."
Lin Yuanyuan said, "No, my figure is too picky about clothes. I've bought clothes online many times but none of them fit. I have to go to the store to try them on."
Lin Yuanyuan is slightly chubby, which Wen Yue thinks is fine. Slightly chubby people always give people a feeling of being full of vitality. But Lin Yuanyuan doesn't think so. She talks about being fat all the time and envies Wen Yue for being thin. Wen Yue doesn't know how to comfort her. She always feels that whatever she says is like showing off.
These past few days, Lin Yuanyuan has gotten used to chatting with Wen Yue in a pattern where she talks a lot and Wen Yue replies with a few words.
Thinking about having to go on a blind date after get off work, she grumbled for a while, while Wen Yue listened quietly. Suddenly, Lin Yuanyuan asked Wen Yue with great curiosity, "You're already twenty-four and still don't have a boyfriend. Don't your family pressure you to go on blind dates?"
Wen Yue pursed her lips and said, "I have no family."
Lin Yuanyuan thought she had misheard. "How could you not have any family?"
“I grew up in an orphanage.” Fearing she might not understand, Wen Yue added, “I am an orphan.”
"Really?" Lin Yuanyuan asked in surprise.
Seeing Lin Yuanyuan's instant sympathy for her, Wen Yue smiled and said, "Actually, it's nothing."
Lin Yuanyuan patted Wen Yue and said, "From now on, we're friends."
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Before the holiday, workers are always extra eager to leave work. They put off whatever else they have to do until next week. As long as the sky isn't falling, they can't delay leaving get off work. So, as soon as it's time to leave in the afternoon, everyone rushes to pack up and leave in one go, showing their full respect for the weekend through their actions.
Wen Yue was no exception. She quickly packed her things and went downstairs without looking back. It wasn't until she walked out of the company gate that Ning Zheng caught up with her, panting, and pretended to complain, "You didn't wait for me again."
Wen Yue said, "I'll wait for you here." Otherwise, I would have gone far away long ago.
Ning Zheng said, "Alright."
The two not only went to see a movie yesterday, but Ning Zheng also shamelessly asked her to have dinner together, and Wen Yue agreed.
We arranged to eat at a Hunan restaurant near the cinema. Hunan cuisine is mostly home-style cooking, using common ingredients. Compared to other restaurants, the prices are generally not too expensive. They focus on small profits and quick turnover, and most of the restaurants have a nice ambiance.
The store Ning Zhengxuan chose has a very nice environment. The store is large and decorated in the style of the 80s and 90s. It is simple yet charming and has a great atmosphere.
Ning Zheng handed the menu to Wen Yue so she could order, but Wen Yue returned the menu to Ning Zheng, saying, "I'm not very good at ordering, you order, I can eat anything."
"Oh, then I'll order." Ning Zheng didn't stand on ceremony and looked at the menu seriously. "Many of the dishes here are similar to the takeout we ordered from, but I don't know if they taste as good as that one."
Hearing Ning Zheng say this, Wen Yue became interested and said with some anticipation, "We'll find out when we try it in a bit."
Ning Zheng ordered a few dishes and handed the menu to the waiter to place the order.
Wen Yue wasn't good at talking, and after Ning Zheng said a few words, Wen Yue couldn't respond. He also had nothing to say. The two weren't actually very familiar with each other. To cover up the awkwardness, Ning Zheng kept refilling his and Wen Yue's tea. As a result, before the dishes were even served, the two of them were already half full from drinking tea.
The two, realizing what had happened, couldn't help but laugh. The laughter eased the awkwardness, and although they still didn't talk much afterward, they were clearly much more relaxed and at ease.
Before long, the dishes were served one by one.
Ning Zheng used chopsticks he hadn't used before to put food on Wen Yue's plate, but Wen Yue quickly said, "You can eat by yourself, I can pick it up myself."
"I'm afraid you won't dare to take too much," Ning Zheng said with a smile, starting to serve himself some food.
Wen Yue felt a little embarrassed; it turned out he had noticed.
Ning Zheng ordered a cured pork trotter, a stir-fried beef with pickled cabbage, and a stir-fried green bean dish today.
The cured pork trotters were stewed with lettuce and bamboo shoots. The pork trotters were a very authentic dark red color, the lettuce was bright green, and there were white bamboo shoot pieces. There was also some milky white soup at the bottom, making the colors very tempting.
There was still a fire under the pot containing the cured pig's trotters, and the milky white soup was bubbling and boiling. The vegetables lying on the soup were squeezed and trembled slightly. White smoke kept rising from the vegetables, and the smoke was mixed with fragrance. Outside, the cold wind was blowing. This pot of food seemed particularly warm.
The pickled cabbage and beef were stir-fried over high heat, giving them a wonderful wok hei (wok aroma). The green beans were stir-fried until slightly charred, with wrinkled skin, which also made them look quite appetizing.
Wen Yue began to understand why people liked eating out. When you eat out, you don't have to do anything; you have hot and delicious food in front of you, along with a perfect environment. You don't have to worry about whether your cooking is bland or salty. You can just relax and enjoy the food. This is probably the most suitable comfort in a tiring life.
Seeing that Wen Yue was still in a daze, Ning Zheng urged her, "Hurry up and try it, see if this place is better or the one we ordered takeout from."
Ning Zheng had already eaten there, and he thought the takeout place was better, but he didn't want to give Wen Yue a bad conclusion before she had even tried it, thus affecting her opinion.
Wen Yue picked up a piece of cured pork knuckle and put it in her mouth. The cured meat was a little salty at first, but only a little. The more she chewed, the more fragrant it became. Although it wasn't as fragrant as the one from the takeout restaurant, different dishes can't be generalized. Besides, this place was pretty good overall. Wen Yue smiled and said, "It's pretty good."
"Eat more if you like it," Ning said happily.
Wen Yue: "Mm."
...
For dinner, Ning Zheng was unwilling to split the bill with Wen Yue, so Wen Yue insisted on treating Ning Zheng to a movie. Ning Zheng couldn't persuade her otherwise, so he had to let her buy the movie tickets.
The popcorn stand is right next to where you buy movie tickets; its sweet and fragrant aroma is so strong that you can't ignore it.
Wen Yue watched TV and saw other people eating big buckets of popcorn while watching movies, but when she glanced at the price, she found it was expensive. A small serving cost thirty or forty yuan, so she silently looked away.
She never expected that after buying her ticket and going to the restroom, she would come back to find Ning waiting for her with a bucket of popcorn.
Today wasn't a special holiday or summer/winter break, so there weren't many good movies to watch. When the two bought tickets, they just randomly selected the nearest showing. But it was Wen Yue's first time entering a movie theater, and everything seemed new and precious. The pretentious romance film made her feel bittersweet, but the popcorn she ate every now and then was especially sweet.
The dark atmosphere of the movie theater gave her a sense of security. Wen Yue sat in the soft sofa chair, and her heart, which had been calm and still for a long time, was suddenly stirred by the wind, with ripples spreading in circles. She began to yearn for a life that she had never dared to imagine before.
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After dinner, An Fusheng gave the agreement to Wen Min to sign and stamped it with a bright red seal. The restaurant had successfully secured its first regular business deal. Although it wasn't a large one, it represented a new breakthrough in the restaurant's development.
An Fusheng has been busy studying and reading lately and hasn't had time to play with everyone. Today, something good happened, so he decided to take a break for the night.
With the weather getting colder, the outdoor open space is no longer suitable for playing, so everyone has moved their play area to the second-floor living room.
Although the welfare home consists of only one building, it is different from ordinary residential villas. It is much larger than ordinary residences. It consists of three villas of different sizes squeezed together like flower petals, with three roofs. From the outside, it looks more like a small castle.
Apart from a few rooms and offices made of petals, the rest of the second floor is a living room, so the living room on the second floor is very large, and the children can play in the living room without any restraint.
Presumably to make it more comfortable for the children to crawl around, the living room has solid wood flooring and underfloor heating has been installed. Recently, the weather has been cold, so Lou Lan has turned on the underfloor heating, and the children can sit and crawl on the floor without feeling cold.
An Fusheng loved the warm feeling in winter. After a hard day's work, he was too tired to move after dinner. As soon as he got to the living room, he lay down on the floor in a starfish position and pretended to be dead. When Wen Xinglan saw him lying down, she thought it was time to go to bed and lay down next to him.
"Why are you lying down? Go read a book." An Fusheng pushed him: "You've learned to lie flat at such a young age? Get up, or you'll be punished by the family."
"Go to sleep," Wen Xinglan said. "Be a good boy, brother."
An Fusheng: "You don't need to be so obedient, it's not time to sleep yet."
Wen Xinglan looked at An Fusheng with her big eyes, but you're already asleep? Don't we sleep together?
A moment later, An Shisi also lay down, saying, "I'm going to sleep with my older brother and younger brother tonight too."
"Ahhh, me too!" Wen Xingmou also lay down, not wanting to be left behind.
Wen Xingrui crawled around the corner of the wall and found everyone lying on the ground. Although he didn't know what was going on, he crawled over and obediently lay down.
Lou Lan brought in fruit and saw children of all sizes lying on the floor. Confused, she said, "Why are you all lying on the floor? You just ate and you're lying down. Be careful not to get indigestion."
An Fusheng couldn't lie still any longer, so he rolled over, got up, and patted the floor. "Get up, everyone."
The children rolled over and got up one by one to look at him.
"Let's play a game," An Fusheng said.
"What game?" Wen Xingmou asked.
An Fusheng: "Horse riding game."
"Ah! I know!" An Shisi exclaimed in surprise, "It's when we ride on our eldest brother's back and he crawls on the ground!"
Who taught you to interpret it this way?
The others became interested after hearing what An Shisi said, and their eyes lit up as they looked at An Fusheng.
An Fusheng thought for a moment and said, "I can't be the only one acting as the horse, that would be too much of a loss, I'm not playing."
Wen Xingmou got anxious and crawled over to hug An Fusheng's neck, pleading, "But I want to play, big brother! We won't let you be the only horse, okay? I'll be the horse for everyone, okay?"
Seeing this, the others rushed to An Fusheng, saying, "Yes, yes, we can be horses too! Let's play! We really want to play this!"
"Hey hey hey!!! We haven't even started yet, and you're already riding! Get off, get off!" An Fusheng took the calves off his back one by one. "Then you can be the horses for now!"
All the cubs: "Okay!"
An Fusheng grinned mischievously as he pulled out Wen Xinglan's scooter. He found a few cloth ropes, tied one end of each rope to the waists of the cubs, and the other end to the scooter's steering wheel. Then, without hesitation, he got on the scooter himself, patted the cubs lying on the ground, and shouted, "Giddy up!"
At the command, the cubs instantly transformed into horses, pulling on the ropes and crawling forward.
But there were too many horses, each with its own ideas and direction, and An Fusheng struggled to move forward on the scooter, unable to control the direction at all.
"Hey, hey, hey! Wen Xingrui, don't go that way! Go straight ahead!"
"Xiao Ba, are you sure you can handle this? Hahaha!"
"An Shisi, as the horse's leader, you need to control the direction carefully, don't let it go astray!"
...
The group was having a great time when the horse, after crawling along, ended up lying on the sofa. An Fusheng looked up and saw Lou Lan watching him quietly. He quickly patted An Shisi on the back and whispered, "Quick, quickly change direction, don't disturb the mothers watching TV."
Lou Lan glanced at An Fusheng, who was grimacing, and then at the children whose faces were red and covered in sweat. The idea of corporal punishment popped into her mind for the second time.
She looked around and then set her sights on a feather duster.
Seeing that Lou Mama's expression was not right, An Fusheng quickly abandoned the carriage and ran away.
"If you're so capable, then don't run away!" Lou Lan shouted from behind.
If I'm capable, why shouldn't I run? Anyone who doesn't run is a fool!
An Fusheng rushed into Wen Min's office and slammed the door shut.
Just before he closed the door, he heard Xu Sannian's gloating laughter: "Hahahaha, the great adventurer who walks between happiness and getting beaten up."
"Big brother, why are you closing the door?" Bai Mangmang looked up from his homework.
Wen Xinglin looked at An Fusheng with a completely bewildered expression.
An Fusheng coughed to ease the awkwardness and said, "You can only concentrate on your homework if the door is closed. Otherwise, your younger siblings are playing outside. How can you concentrate on your homework if you hear the noise?"
Bai Mangmang and Wen Xinglin: "Oh."
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Monday is fast approaching.
Lin Yuantang and his colleagues usually don't want to leave work at night and don't want to get up for work in the morning. They usually don't arrive at work until after 10 o'clock. So He Zhi had arranged to deliver lunch to An Fusheng at 1 o'clock.
When An Fusheng heard He Zhi say this, he was actually a little envious. It turned out that working at He Zhi's company was so free and the salary was high. Why did he resign so impulsively back then?
Xu Sannian disagreed: "Let me tell you, this is a conspiracy. Working in technology is not like working on an assembly line. Arriving at work a little earlier or later won't make a difference. But the more freedom he gives you and the higher your salary, the more embarrassed you will feel to slack off. You'll want to work overtime for him 24 hours a day. Over time, you'll give all your time and energy to the company and be grateful to the boss. The boss will reap both fame and fortune with just a little trick."
An Fusheng: "..." Never mind, I'd better just cook properly.
An Fusheng had asked He Zhi and the others about their taste preferences beforehand. He Zhi said that they could eat anything as long as it wasn't poisonous, but they hoped that the vegetables wouldn't all be leafy greens.
So today, An Fusheng prepared for them braised beef with tomatoes and potatoes, home-style tofu, and a seaweed and egg drop soup. For kimchi, An Fusheng also used pickled radishes, but this time it was shredded radishes. He added a little bit of dried chili pepper and stir-fried it. They were all standard dishes. Although He Zhi could eat anything, he was afraid that the flavors were too strong or too special and some people wouldn't be used to them.
The delivery was scheduled for 1:00 PM, and they had to leave by 12:30 PM. An Fusheng had to cook, so the delivery work was given to Xu Sannian. Moreover, only Xu Sannian had a car. Watching Xu Sannian drive her three-million-dollar car to deliver food, An Fusheng felt that he should find an opportunity to buy a used electric car. Otherwise, if Xu Sannian's car got damaged one day, no amount of food delivery would be enough to cover the damage.
The welfare home is in the old town, and He Zhi's new company is also in the old town. The roads in the old town are narrow, and it is past 12 o'clock when there are many people. Xu Sannian drove around and stopped frequently, and it was almost 1:30 when he arrived at He Zhi's company.
Hezhi's company had walls and a security room, but no security guards. Xu Sannian honked the horn a few times at the door, and someone poked their head out of the second-floor window, glanced at it, and then withdrew.
Xu Sannian had no choice but to get out of the car, put his hands on his hips and shouted, "Is anyone here to open the door? I'm here to deliver food!"
Almost instantly, four heads popped out of the window in a neat row. "Holy crap, they really did come to deliver food!"
A short while later, the large iron gate in front of Xu Sannian opened.
"Niannian? How is it you?" Lin Yuantang asked in surprise.
"Why is my cousin here too?" Xu Sannian also found it strange, but considering that he used to often play with He Zhi, it was normal for them to work together now.
"I'm working for Boss He here," Lin Yuantang said with a smile, then introduced the others to Xu Sannian and asked, "Why are you delivering takeout? Boss He is so generous in ordering me a staff meal at a fancy hotel?"
Xu Sannian said, "No, I'm not interning at a big hotel anymore. The restaurant I'm interning at now is just an ordinary small restaurant, but it uses high-quality ingredients and the taste is just as good as that of a big hotel."
"I know." Lin Yuantang nodded repeatedly. "We ate at your place last week. I worked overtime all night to make sure we could eat here. Actually, our door is ajar. Delivery people usually just come in, but you didn't know that since it's your first time here."
Xu Sannian chuckled and said, "Thank you for your patronage."
After saying that, Xu Sannian turned around to get his food.
Lin Yuantang quickly stopped her, saying, "We'll do it ourselves. There are so many of us, why should it be your turn to do it?"
Before Xu Sannian could even make a move, the others had already taken away the food and soup.
Xu San Nian was very curious about He Zhi's company. Lin Yuantang invited her in and told her to feel free to look around, so she followed him in without hesitation. "Isn't He Zhi in the company?"
“He went out to discuss business,” Lin Yuantang said. “He’s elusive, we don’t need to worry about him.”
Xu Sannian looked at the four of them and asked, "Then why did he order five meals?"
Lin Yuantang said casually, "I don't know, but we can finish the food even without him, so there won't be any waste."
The group couldn't wait to eat, so they let Xu Sannian tour the place on his own. Xu Sannian didn't understand their machines, and it wasn't appropriate for him to go into the office alone. He looked around and prepared to go home for lunch, only to find the four of them fighting over an extra portion of food.
"We each have one piece of beef, why do you have two!"
"What can we do with just a few pieces? I'll bite off half and you can have it."
"Give me more tofu, I love it."
"Go away, you think you're the only one who likes to eat this? I like it too!"
"Lin Yuantang, you'd better divide the pickled radish shreds evenly!"
Xu San Nian: "..." When we get back, I'll have to suggest to my master that we get a big bucket, put each kind of dish in a bucket, and scoop it out with a spoon so that there won't be any extra.
However, before An Fusheng could buy the buckets, Lin Yuantang arrived with several insulated buckets in the afternoon.
“We can buy these ourselves,” An Fusheng said. Who brings their own cutlery when eating at a restaurant?
Lin Yuantang said, "It's alright, Boss He will pay for it. He said I lack exercise and that I should come and get my own meals from now on."
An Fusheng: You drove here to get your food, right? What kind of exercise is this, just carrying food? But that's good, then Xu Sannian won't have to deliver it.
At first, Lin Yuantang didn't quite understand why He Zhi wanted him to get the food himself. When he arrived, he found that this was actually the orphanage's shop, and only An Fusheng and Xu Sannian were busy running around. Lin Yuantang instantly realized that he had been judging others by his own petty standards. Boss He had a great vision!
An Fusheng was already cooking their dishes, and Lin Yuan was too lazy to go back, so he waited in the shop. However, he couldn't cook and couldn't help much, so he just played on his phone out of boredom. When he looked up by chance and saw two furry human cubs trembling as they came to the kitchen to eat, he finally found something to pass the time.
Lin Yuan put his phone in his coat pocket and walked towards the two cubs holding pumpkin cakes.
Wen Xinglan and Wen Xingrui felt a sudden darkness before their eyes, and the pancakes they had just put in their mouths disappeared.
"Hmm?" Wen Xingrui looked down and searched around on the ground.
Wen Xinglan stared blankly at Lin Yuantang.
“It’s not with me,” Lin Yuantang said.
Wen Xinglan: "..."
"It's really not here with me, it's mine." Lin Yuantang knew that Wen Xinglan had discovered it, so he didn't bother to hide it anymore and took out two pumpkin cakes and waved them in front of the two children without any scruples.
The two children stared intently at the pancake in his hand, their eyes following his every move.
"Baby." Wen Xinglan opened her arms and asked him for it.
Wen Xingrui looked at him and nodded: "Okay!"
Lin Yuantang couldn't help but laugh: "You two are putting on a show, hahaha."
The two clowns tried to find the pumpkin cakes after a few tries, but to no avail. Wen Xinglan angrily ran to An Fusheng to complain. He hugged An Fusheng's leg and pointed at Lin Yuantang indignantly: "Bad, brother."
Wen Xingrui nodded very affirmatively.
An Fusheng: "..."
Lin Yuantang: "..."
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