Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Karaoke Hall...
The karaoke room was dimly lit, with only the colorful neon balls around it emitting a dim and weak light, which rotated one after another, creating flickering light and shadows between the booths.
Lin Wan heard her own heartbeat, beat after beat.
The students, their curiosity piqued to the extreme, continued to ask, "Boss Fu, how hard was it to woo her? And how did you get her? Tell us in detail!"
Fu Xiuhuai held the wine glass in his bony hands and drank it all in one gulp. His dark eyes gleamed with a glint, softening the man's sullen aura. "Of course this is a secret."
"Ah~~~" Everyone sighed in disappointment. They all wanted to hear gossip about love stories, but to no avail. They turned around and directed their firepower at Lin Wan.
"Lin Wan, you can't be so secretive, tell me now!" Over the course of the night, many classmates who brought their families and partners openly talked about their love histories. Now, Lin Wan was forced to speak out, facing a pair of gossipy eyes.
But how could she know anything? She didn't remember anything. What happened a year ago was so strange to her.
Seeing Lin Wan unable to utter a single word, her pretty face blushing slightly under the light, everyone said, "She's shy!"
Lin Wan: “…”
How come you look shy? You are clearly confused!
"Forget it, forget it. Stop teasing Lin Wan. Let's drink."
Fu Xiuhuai treated everyone to a meal and covered all expenses in the karaoke hall. Everyone naturally thanked him and prepared to enjoy themselves.
Many of Lin Wan's classmates toasted Fu Xiuhuai, and the big boss also gave him face and took a sip. After all, people had different levels of experience in the world. These college students who had graduated less than a year ago didn't care, nor did they feel neglected. They just thought that being able to have a sip was already a respect, after all, he was the boss of Kaihua!
Song Qiangbing was sweating profusely. Who could have thought that the man Lin Wan married was Fu Xiuhuai, the boss of Kaihua Construction!
My family is in the decoration business, and our scale is a bit bigger than that of the decoration team. We started early in the past ten years, so naturally we had a good life. But in recent years, there are more and more decoration teams, and formal large-scale decoration companies have also emerged, so a lot of business has been snatched away. Recently, I heard that Kaihua is going to develop a boutique housing project, and directly decorate the buildings after they are built. The business here is huge, not just one or two households...it's hundreds of households.
The decoration of Song Qiangbing's house is a family business. Song's father and Song Qiangbing's second and third uncles are in partnership. Recently, they have been using Kaihua's relationship, thinking about giving gifts or using connections to get a share of the pie.
A few days ago, Song Qiangbing heard his father and third uncle talking about the boss of Kaihua who was aloof, not greedy for outside money, and not interested in women. No matter what you offer him, it won't work. It would be better to target the people around him.
The low-key boss of Kaihua seems to be married. I wonder if he can go to his wife's side and send it to her sweetheart. That would be the best thing.
Now that the gift had not been delivered, he had offended Fu Xiuhuai's wife first. Song Qiangbing felt panicky, as if he was drowning at sea, unable to find a stable place to stay, and didn't know how to explain to his father.
"Fu..." Song Qiangbing had done some business with his biological father before, so he tried to calm down and try to maintain a good relationship with him. "Boss Fu, Lin Wan, I want to toast you too."
Song Qiangbing gritted his teeth and drank the full glass of Heineken in one gulp, thinking that they were classmates after all, so he had to maintain appearances, and he was giving in.
Who would have thought that Fu Xiuhuai would glance at him coldly, his eyes drooping with contempt and disdain, without even giving him any face. He turned to squad leader Wang Kai and continued, "Jiangcheng is developing rapidly now, but the direction needs to be properly controlled..."
He actually completely ignored me!
Song Qiangbing's face flushed red and blue as he looked at Lin Wan again. Lin Wan had always been easy to talk to. He had tolerated the boss's bad temper, but Lin Wan probably wouldn't...
"I don't drink, please feel free to do as you please." Lin Wan also declined and continued talking to He Qiumei.
Song Qiangbing's brain was about to smoke, but he couldn't lash out. He could only glare at the culprit Qin Xuan. This man really made things difficult for him!
......
The class reunion was filled with laughter and joy. When it was over, class monitor Wang Kai and several class committee members were quietly discussing whether it would be a good idea to let Lin Wan's husband pay for everything, otherwise these old classmates would really be a drag on Lin Wan. They were about to go to the waiter to ask, "How much is the total bill for the four booths?"
The waiter immediately replied, "One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five."
"Hiss!" The eyes of several class committee members widened. The average consumption per person in a karaoke hall is more than ten or twenty yuan. How did this total amount come out? It's almost fifty or sixty yuan per person.
The waiter knew what was going on and took the initiative to explain: "You guys ordered our most expensive whiskey in the karaoke room tonight, which costs 280 yuan a bottle."
"hiss!"
"Three bottles in total."
"hiss!"
Squad leader Wang Kai was a little unsettled. He had ordered that drink after Fu Xiuhuai arrived, and it was indeed delicious. He had already had several drinks himself. How could it be so expensive?!
Holding the partnership fee paid by everyone, Wang Kai thought about taking on part of it: "You take this money first..."
The waiter didn't answer: "Boss Fu has already put it on his account."
When the show was over, everyone took taxis home. At this time, the buses had basically stopped running. He Qiumei was invited by Lin Wan to get into Fu Xiuhuai's Santana, and the driver, Uncle Liu, drove away.
He Qiumei was in a good mood, especially when she saw Qin Xuan and Song Qiangbing like that, she wanted to laugh: "Did you see, when your husband came out, Qin Xuan and Song Qiangbing were stunned."
After drinking a lot of drinks and then having a glass of wine, He Qiumei was so bold that she dared to whisper to Lin Wan in the back seat while Fu Xiuhuai was sitting in the passenger seat.
"You seem quite happy." Lin Wan smiled at her.
"Of course! Listen to what they said before!" He Qiumei was a little drunk and forgot that she was a little afraid of Fu Xiuhuai. She just blurted out everything, "They also said you were greedy and that you married an old, ugly, short, bald upstart! Who are they slandering? How could you possibly marry someone like that!"
Lin Wan glanced at the rearview mirror in front of her and met Fu Xiuhuai's eyes, who was also looking into the mirror. She understood the smile hidden in the man's dark pupils, lowered her eyelids, and hurried to stop the drunk He Qiumei.
"Qiumei, stop talking. Just take a nap."
"Oh! Wanwan, don't worry, I understand you! You must have fallen for Boss Fu to agree to marry him!" He Qiumei patted her best friend's hand, looking understanding. "What's the point of not being a handsome guy, right?"
Lin Wan quickly covered her best sister's mouth and physically stopped her from continuing to say shocking things.
After sending He Qiumei home, Lin Wan and her group set off for Cuihu Villa. It was already 10:30 in the evening when they arrived home.
Doudou had already drunk the milk powder and fell asleep. Lin Wan took the child from her parents-in-law's room. Looking at her daughter's peaceful sleeping face, her heart couldn't help but soften.
The change of position did not disturb Doudou's sound sleep. Lin Wan gently covered the child with a small quilt. Not long after, Fu Xiuhuai, who had been drinking, came out of the bathroom, looking refreshed and the smell of alcohol had dissipated.
"Why did you suddenly come to our class reunion?" Lin Wan asked the question she had been curious about for a long time.
Fu Xiuhuai wiped his wet hair with a towel. Short hair dried quickly, and the water droplets disappeared in an instant. "I know the owner of the Golden Phoenix Karaoke Hall. I heard that some people there said some dirty things. I, an old, ugly, short, bald upstart, had to come and take a look."
Lin Wan couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard Fu Xiuhuai teasing her seriously: "Don't listen to their nonsense, Qin Xuan is mentally..."
It was not good to say bad things about classmates behind their backs, so Lin Wan comforted the man: "It's purely a rumor spread about you."
Fu Xiuhuai raised his eyebrows slightly: "Oh? So, this is not the image of me in your mind?"
"Of course not." Frankly speaking, anyone with eyes can see what Fu Xiuhuai looks like. Lin Wan felt that it was her classmates who made up the story about him, and she felt very guilty. She blurted out, "Of course you are..." handsome.
Lin Wan almost said what was in her heart, but she immediately stopped talking and smiled.
"What's wrong with me?" Fu Xiuhuai leaned closer, supporting himself on the bed with his outstretched arms, and whispered, "Is what He Qiumei said true?"
"No." Lin Wan hurriedly got out of bed and went to the bathroom, "I'm going to take a shower and go to bed."
***
The class reunion passed quickly, and Lin Wan didn't take it to heart. She was preparing to return to work after her maternity leave.
In early April, spring was in full swing and the weather in Jiangcheng was warming up. Lin Wan packed up her things and put the notebooks, pens, enamel water cups that had been with her for many years into a cloth bag one by one, and walked back into the garment factory.
After a few months' absence, the garment factory had undergone considerable changes. Lin Wan looked around as if she was watching a show of interest, and heard a lot of jokes in the factory office.
"Xiao Lin, how come it's like you didn't give birth at all?"
“You can’t tell at all.”
"It's good to be young. I can recover just like before."
Lin Wan agreed to all their requests with a smile, distributed candies to her colleagues, and listened to everyone praising her daughter from afar. They had a very pleasant conversation.
When Qin Fang saw her dining companion finally come back, she almost cried with joy. At noon that day, she dragged Lin Wan to the cafeteria to get some food and had a big meal.
"My food tastes more delicious today." Qin Fang sighed.
The food in the company cafeteria was quite greasy after eating too much, but after not eating it for a long time, I suddenly missed it. Lin Wan ate with relish: "Let me see if you have lost weight? If you really lose two taels of meat, it will be my fault."
"That's right." Qin Fang joked with Lin Wan for a while, then quickly told her about a recent major event. "Did you hear that the fake Hong Kong businessman was caught?"
"Ah?" Lin Wan hadn't heard about it yet, and was surprised and delighted at the same time. "That Wang Yuanzhong? No, it should be Wang Tianwei."
"That's right!" Qin Fang named a city far from Jiangcheng. "He ran away quite far away. I heard he changed his name and identity and started scamming people there again. Luckily, our factory reported it to a large number of people, so someone there noticed something was wrong. After some investigation, they confirmed it was the same person, so they arrested him."
Lin Wan thought about the "Hong Kong businessman" she had contacted a few months ago who had now been arrested, and sighed: "Finally, they can't cheat people anymore. I don't know if we can get back the over 2,000 yuan that our factory was defrauded of."
"Hahahaha, I guess Deputy Director Wang is also most concerned about this." Qin Fang agreed deeply.
Lin Wan returned and was responsible for the liaison with Hong Kong investors. After all, they had worked together for some time and had a good relationship.
Upon learning that Lin Wan had returned from giving birth to a daughter, He Min, a native of Gangcheng who had come to Jiangcheng Garment Factory for technical guidance, was pleasantly surprised over the phone: "Congratulations! If you come next time, I must bring a gift."
Lin Wan didn't want to discuss personal matters over an expensive international call, so she hurriedly thanked him and went about confirming the details with He Min. "Last month's financial statements have been faxed over. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Also, our first batch of spring clothing has been released, and the response has been quite good."
He Min asked Lin Wan for details on the phone, and subsequently communicated mainly through fax and phone calls, which ended the expensive international long-distance calls.
A batch of cardigans, light jackets and satin shirts produced by the garment factory for spring sales were selling well in major department stores, and as a result, the wages of the factory workers also increased.
On the first day back at the factory, Lin Wan quickly integrated into the work and had no difficulty getting started. However, when she was waiting to get off work, she heard a commotion outside. When Sister Yang came in, Lin Wan asked casually and learned that the factory's new housing allocation list had been posted.
Housing is a big deal, affecting the lives of several families. Who wouldn't care? Those with or without houses all joined in the excitement, some rejoicing, others worried.
Lin Wan glanced from afar at the factory office entrance and saw Lin Guofu and Chen Qiuhong in the middle of the crowd stamping their feet in disappointment and anger. It seemed that it was not their turn.
It had nothing to do with her, Lin Wan shrugged her shoulders and left work with a relaxed look on her face.
After returning to work at the factory, Lin Wan goes home at noon every day. It is quite convenient with Fu Xiuhuai's monthly taxi subscription. There is enough milk powder at home, but it is only used to replace breast milk in emergencies. Most of the time, Lin Wan still feeds her baby herself.
When they got home in the afternoon, Doudou played with his grandmother for a while after lunch, and then fell asleep. He slept until after dinner. Lin Wan fed the child and told Fu Xiuhuai about the arrest of the fake Hong Kong businessman Wang Tianwei.
"I remember that Mr. Yang was quite concerned about this matter. Should I inform him?" Lin Wan still remembered a phone call a few months ago. Mr. Yang Minghui mentioned that his boss was quite concerned about this and pointed to the following text as gossip.
Fu Xiuhuai hadn't expected this: "Then give them a call."
Lin Wan shook her head: "Go ahead and fight, it just so happens that you have good relationships with so many people."
Lin Wan got up and left, told Fu Xiuhuai all the news she had heard, and continued to go to the living room to entertain Doudou.
Fu Xiuhuai's phone call lasted about twenty minutes. Lin Wan, holding her little baby, estimated the time silently, thinking that this big boss really didn't care about money and made international long-distance calls as if they were local calls.
Starting with the gossip about Wang Tianwei's arrest, Lin Wan heard Fu Xiuhuai and Mr. Yang on the other end of the phone discussing the progress of the construction of Xitian Commercial Building and some subsequent cooperation projects.
After the call ended, Fu Xiuhuai walked over in his leather shoes and heard Lin Wan teasing him, "You've been making international long-distance calls for quite a while. It seems you've made a lot of contributions to the country's communications industry."
Fu Xiuhuai smiled faintly: "Mrs. Fu has given me and Yang Minghui a good opportunity to communicate, and I definitely can't let this thought go to waste."
"I didn't." Lin Wan turned her back to Fu Xiuhuai, and swung her ponytail, drawing a beautiful arc in the air.
***
Lin Wan has been back at the garment factory for almost a week and has adapted well to her postpartum work. Seeing the factory getting better and better, she feels relieved.
The workers were working overtime, with truckloads of raw materials being shipped in and truckloads of clothes being shipped out. Lin Wan was counting the items and the specifications, and when she was looking for someone to sign, she suddenly heard a noise not far away.
There was a tug and pull at the factory office gate. Yan Shuqin, who was in charge of registering the list of people requesting housing, was being pulled by Chen Qiuhong. The work clothes on both of them were torn into a twist, making it look very ugly.
Several workers nearby helped to persuade him, pulling him one by one, and finally they managed to persuade him to stop.
Chen Qiuhong grumbled in dissatisfaction: "Yan Shuqin, you took our things, why don't you include us in the housing division?"
Yan Shuqin's face was grim, and her thick black eyebrows were twisted into crooked shapes. "Chen Qiuhong, when did we ever tell your family that we could definitely help you with the room allocation? You're so short-sighted!"
Lin Wan listened and thought about what Qin Fang saw last time. This was indeed because of a problem with the house.
After Chen Qiuhong was dragged away, Lin Wan and Yan Shuqin returned to the factory office one after another. Yan Shuqin suddenly turned around and stopped, and Lin Wan almost bumped into her.
"Sister Shuqin?" Lin Wan was a little curious when she saw someone staring at her.
"Comrade Lin Wan, your uncle and aunt are being very dishonest." Yan Shuqin, regarding Lin Wan, Lin Guofu, and Chen Qiuhong as on the same side, complained bitterly, "They insist on stuffing some random food into my hands and then expect to get a big house. How can such a good thing happen?"
Lin Wan forced a smile: "Indeed."
Yan Shuqin didn't expect Lin Wan to be so unhelpful towards her uncle and aunt. She immediately hinted, "If you could really help my son find a job... I'd consider it and report your uncle and aunt's family's housing difficulties to the higher-ups."
Yan Shuqin was really worried. Her son couldn't find a decent job after graduating from high school. He couldn't get into a regular government unit or a large state-owned factory. As for setting up a street stall to do business, that was impossible and too undignified.
She has no connections around her, and looking around, only Lin Wan's in-laws are powerful. She heard Director Feng mention that they are from Kaihua.
If Lin Wan had any desire to help her uncle and aunt, she should have expressed it.
"Sister Shuqin." Lin Wan's smile widened. "Then you have to hold on. If they don't help you find your son's job, you must not give in."
Yan Shuqin didn't expect Lin Wan to be so careless and resolute in her departure, without caring about family affection. "Comrade Lin Wan, do you really not care about your uncle and aunt at all?"
"We are not familiar with each other." Lin Wan found that her heart was getting harder.
I had so much anticipation when I was a kid, but now it’s gone.
When getting off work, Lin Wan caught a glimpse of Yan Shuqin being called away by Lin Guofu to talk. She was too lazy to care about any more trouble this family caused, so she hurried out. Taxi driver Li Mei was parked outside waiting for her.
The red Xiali was bright and eye-catching, parked right next to the wall at the factory gate. Lin Wan walked towards that end, but was stopped by two women coming towards her.
The gorgeously dressed woman looked wealthy, like a lady from a wealthy family, and the gold rings on her hands were dazzling.
"This is Mrs. Fu, right?"
When Lin Wan heard this, her alarm bells rang. Thinking of Fu Xiuhuai's previous instructions, she became mentally prepared.
"My name is Zhao Honglian, and my husband is Song Jianguo, the boss of Qingshan Decoration Company. He's very familiar with your husband."
The other woman next to her was also wearing gold and silver, and looked unusual. She was introduced as Zhao Honglian's sister-in-law.
Lin Wan nodded at the two of them: "Is there something wrong? I'm in a hurry..."
Zhao Honglian interrupted Lin Wan directly: "You just got off work, right? Let's treat you to a meal. After dinner, we can go play cards or sing karaoke."
Lin Wan felt a little headache. This was still a set of procedures to find her: "No, I have something to do at home, I'm in a hurry to go home, bye."
"Hey!" Zhao Honglian watched Lin Wan get into a taxi that was waiting on the roadside. After all, she was not as quick as the young man and did not catch up with her at all. She just watched her run away and did not even have time to give away the gold necklace in her bag.
The companions beside him were dumbfounded: "This Fu Xiuhuai's wife ran away too fast, Sister Honglian, we haven't even given away the gift yet."
"Let's try again another day." Zhao Honglian wanted to help her man find connections. Women are better at dealing with women. Her man went to Fu Xiuhuai to seek cooperation, and she came to whisper in his ear. If Fu Xiuhuai's wife could help him, there would definitely be a chance!
This was the first time that Lin Wan faced such a situation. Fu Xiuhuai inevitably dragged herself into this business, and was really sending a gift to her.
Lin Wan, who was still not used to it, waited until Fu Xiuhuai came home at night and told him the whole story: "I didn't agree and left immediately."
Fu Xiuhuai had just come out of the bathroom and saw his wife running away as if being chased by some terrifying monster. He couldn't help but chuckle, "They were the ones who needed your help, so why are you the one running away?"
That little face was full of righteousness, and the way he refused to accept the gift was really adorable.
Lin Wan still had the purity of a college student untainted by the complexities of society, and she immediately said righteously, "I can't make any mistakes."
Fu Xiuhuai curled his lips and lay down next to Lin Wan. Doudou was with his grandparents tonight and was not here, so the big bed finally felt a little more spacious. "What if one day I go to discuss business with someone, will you go and give gifts to the other party's wife on my behalf?"
Lin Wan was unsure about the extent of the gift: "Does this count as bribery?"
Fu Xiuhuai pinched the chin of the woman who was lost in thought with his slender fingers and lifted it up. He leaned over and sucked it gently: "You are good at thinking."
Lin Wan was serious. She hadn't been exposed to many businesses, but she had heard of various social practices. Giving gifts was probably a minor issue, so she immediately became worried: "You're not going to jail, are you?"
Fu Xiuhuai chuckled twice, held Lin Wan's face and kissed her twice, a smile flickering in his eyes: "Are you worried about me?"
Lin Wan shook her head and then nodded: "I don't want Doudou's father to go to jail."
"Don't worry." Fu Xiuhuai vowed, "I can't bear to leave you and your daughter."
Changing the subject, Fu Xiuhuai stared at Lin Wan and said in a gentle and persuasive manner, "Are you starting to care about me, worry about me, and can't bear to leave me now?"
Lin Wan couldn't stand the anger in the man's eyes and looked away: "Don't think too much... I'm considering Doudou, my parents, my brother and his wife..."
"Yeah." Fu Xiuhuai slowly approached, his tall nose touching Lin Wan's nose, "I just didn't consider you."
"I'm going to sleep." Lin Wan's heart was pounding, and her first reaction was to escape...
But where can a person escape in bed? Another person broke into the thin quilt covering Lin Wan, and the kisses that were unfamiliar to her before seemed to become commonplace. Lin Wan learned how to breathe in Fu Xiuhuai's strong kisses, and she could also satisfy him with a light response without any instruction, so that she could get a chance to breathe sooner.
Fu Xiuhuai placed his hand on the area he had rubbed recently and asked in a low voice, "Does it still hurt?"
Lin Wan moved the man's hand away with one hand, and learned her lesson by directly refusing: "No, it's not uncomfortable."
Every time after giving birth, the normal physical discomfort would be relieved under the man's palm, but her body would produce other unfamiliar discomforts, and she thought it was Fu Xiuhuai's problem.
For example, at this moment, Fu Xiuhuai's kiss can also make people uncomfortable.
Lin Wan's cheeks flushed, her fair skin seemed tinged with spring's color, and her almond-shaped eyes were hazy, making Fu Xiuhuai tense up. His body, having endured for too long, began to burn, devouring his will and determination.
The man's slender fingers moved away from Lin Wan, but he didn't climb up to the top of the snow again, but went in the opposite direction...
"What about this? Is it uncomfortable?"
Lin Wanxing's eyes widened. The innocent woman in her memory didn't understand this, but she could sense the approaching danger. Her straight legs subconsciously tensed, and her voice was slightly hoarse: "You..."
"Be good." Fu Xiuhuai moved his hands, and his thin lips also covered Lin Wan's red lips, whispering softly, "This is normal, I will help you."
Fine beads of sweat oozed from Lin Wan's forehead, soaking the strands of hair on her forehead. The blush on her cheeks spread all the way to the corners of her eyes. She was like a captivating little fox, bewildered, dizzy and dazed.
Lin Wan had long known that Fu Xiuhuai had long fingers with distinct joints, but this time, she truly felt how slender, flexible, and powerful his long fingers were.
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