Chapter 113: Scattered
Ten minutes later, Koning came back to report.
"Mr. Huo, Miss Chi is on the plane to Qingcheng."
Huo Yunting frowned and said coldly, "What is she doing in Qingcheng?"
"I don't know either."
"I understand. You can go out first."
…
As soon as Chi Muzhen got off the plane, she received a call from Zhen Yan.
"Zhenzhen, did you forget that you had to accompany me to have dinner with Liang Zixuan?"
Zhen Yan went to attend an event yesterday. It was too late at night, so she just found a hotel to stay in.
Now that I'm back at the villa and see the note Chi Muzhen left for me, I realize that she was on a business trip.
Chi Muzhen was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Zhen Yan had indeed told him about this matter before.
"Yan Yan, I'm sorry. I've been so busy these past few days that I forgot about this matter. Now I'm on a business trip to Qingcheng. When I get back, I'll treat you to a meal to make amends, okay?"
"It's okay. I was planning to ask him out for dinner tonight. Since you're on a business trip, I'll wait until you get back. Be careful out there, and call me if you need anything."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Chi Muzhen took Xu Qing and Bai Ruru out of the airport.
Outside the airport, a middle-aged man was holding a sign with Chi Muzhen's name on it.
He was wearing a gray jacket that had turned white from washing, and a pair of army green canvas shoes. Although they were worn, they were clean.
Chi Muzhen saw the sign with her name on it and walked towards him quickly.
"Hello, is this Village Chief Chen?"
Chen Wen nodded quickly and put down the sign.
"Is it Miss Chi?"
"Well, hello, Village Chief Chen."
"Hello, the car that's waiting for you is parked at the door. Let's go back first."
As he spoke, he reached out and took Chi Muzhen's luggage, "Let me take it."
"No, I can do it myself."
The van that came to pick them up was an old-fashioned one that looked shabby and as if it would fall apart at any moment.
Xu Qing and Bai Ruru looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.
Aren't they here to see the fabric factory? Is the owner of this fabric factory so poor?
There was no change in Chi Muzhen's expression. After putting down the luggage with the two of them, he got in the car and started chatting with Chen Wen.
On the way back, Chi Muzhen had basically understood the situation in Shili Village.
The car stopped at the entrance of the village. Chen Wen looked at Chi Muzhen a little embarrassedly and said, "Miss Chi, I'm sorry, the car can't go up in our village. We need to walk up."
Chi Muzhen nodded, "Okay."
She took down her luggage, looked at Bai Ruru and said, "Can you leave?"
Bai Ruru is wearing a pair of high heels today, so it might not be convenient for her to walk around the village.
"Sure, I brought flat shoes."
She took out a pair of flat shoes from the suitcase and put them on, then followed Chi Muzhen dragging the suitcase.
Chen Wen originally wanted to help Chi Muzhen with the suitcase, but she refused. "Village Chief Chen, you help her with it. I can do it myself."
Seeing that Chi Muzhen looked relaxed and didn't seem to be being polite to him, Chen Wen nodded and said, "Okay."
He turned and walked to Bai Ruru, "Miss Bai, let me help you with your suitcase."
Bai Ruru was really struggling, so she handed the suitcase to Chen Wen without hesitation.
"Excuse me, Village Chief Chen."
Chen Wen smiled innocently, "No trouble."
It took them half an hour to reach their destination. Xu Qing and Bai Ruru were sweating all over and looked a little embarrassed. On the other hand, Chi Muzhen had a steady breathing and didn't look like she had just climbed a mountain for half an hour.
After putting down Bai Ruru's suitcase, Chen Wen looked at Chi Muzhen and said, "Miss Chi, this is the accommodation our village has prepared for you for the next few days. It's a bit simple, I hope you don't mind it."
Chi Muzhen nodded. "Well, thank you, Village Chief Chen. By the way, how do we solve the problem of eating every day?"
"You can eat at my house. You can rest today. I will bring you lunch later. Starting tomorrow, I will take you to visit the village fabric factory."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Village Chief Chen."
"It's not hard. I'll go back first. If you have any questions, feel free to call me."
"OK."
After Chen Wen left, Chi Muzhen looked at the house in front of him. It was an old-style earthen-walled house. As he walked along, Chi Muzhen knew that this was the best house in their village.
From the moment Bai Ruru found out that this was where they would be staying for the next week, she couldn't help but look at it with disdain.
She had never seen such a dilapidated house. How could anyone live in it?
"Boss Chi, how do we live here?"
Chi Muzhen glanced back and said calmly, "I just checked. There are three rooms. We can each have one."
Bai Ruru frowned, her expression full of dissatisfaction, "That's not what I meant. I can't live in a house like this!"
"So what do you want?"
"I need to find a hotel. At least there should be a place to take a shower, right?!"
If she had known that the conditions at the place where she was going on a business trip were so bad, she would have pretended to be sick and not come yesterday.
"Secretary Bai, you seem to have made a mistake. We are here on a business trip, not to enjoy ourselves!"
Bai Ruru bit her lower lip and said unhappily, "I can't live in a house like this for even a day. If you insist on forcing me, Mr. Chi, I'll have no choice but to resign!"
"what ever."
After saying that, Chi Muzhen turned around and dragged her luggage into the room.
Bai Ruru gritted her teeth in anger, but she was unfamiliar with the place and didn't know who to turn to even if she wanted to leave.
Xu Qing, who was standing by, noticed her embarrassment and said, "Ruru, since you're here, just bear with it for this week. Even if you really want to resign, you have to wait until you return to Chengdu."
Under Xu Qing's persuasion, Bai Ruru reluctantly said, "Okay, I'll resign as soon as I get back to Chengdu. I'm here to be a secretary, not to suffer this kind of hardship!"
When Bai Ruru dragged her suitcase into the living room, Chi Muzhen had already made the bed.
When she saw Bai Ruru, her expression was indifferent. There was neither anger in her eyes nor happiness that Bai Ruru agreed to stay.
Xu Qing noticed the awkward atmosphere between the two and quickly said, "Boss Chi, Ru Ru already knows she was wrong. Don't take what happened just now to heart."
Chi Muzhen looked calm. "I don't take it to heart. It's just a job. If I want to do it, I do it. If I don't want to do it, I don't do it. It's that simple."
Bai Ruru looked a little embarrassed and her eyes were full of grievance.
Xu Qing was afraid that Bai Ruru would quarrel with Chi Muzhen again, so he quickly said, "Ruru, you go pick a room, and I can take the remaining one."
"Um."
After Bai Ruru chose a room, the two of them went to put their suitcases away.
By the time the two of them had tidied up and walked out of the room, Chen Wen had already brought the food over.
"Miss Chi, I'm sorry, we don't have anything good to treat you in the countryside. I hope you don't mind."
Bai Ruru took a look at the food on the table: a braised chicken, a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and a vegetable and meatball soup.
It's very simple indeed.
Chi Muzhen shook her head and said, "It's already very sumptuous. You don't need to prepare so much in the future. Just stir-fry two vegetarian dishes for us. Are all the vegetables in your village grown by yourself?"
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