Chapter 064 Jinjiang First Launch

Ke Ci was shocked: "What did you say? You actually thought I did this? No wonder you have been so resentful towards me all these years!"

Zheng Qiuyan was also shocked: "Isn't it you? I saw the letter with my own eyes that year, it was clearly written by you!"

Ke Ci said unconvincedly: "Why do you say that?"

Zheng Qiuyan: "When I became the director, the factory director called me to his office and personally handed me the letter. He told me that the letter was put in the report mailbox by a colleague and that there was a villain around me who wanted to harm me."

"I opened the envelope, and inside was a piece of light yellow letter paper with a strong floral scent. The handwriting on the paper was very beautiful - it was clearly your handwriting!"

Ke Ci was so angry that she laughed: "So you unilaterally believe that I reported you? Since you doubt me, why don't you come to me and ask for clarification?!"

Zheng Qiuyan counted on her fingers and said, "I think this matter has been confirmed. What else is there to ask? First, you were also an excellent employee in the factory at that time. The next director would be either me or you. If something happened to me, you would be the one who benefited the most. Second, that kind of floral-scented stationery was a specialty I bought when I traveled abroad. I gave you some. Only the two of us have it in the entire Qingshui town. Third, we have been classmates for so many years. I am very familiar with your handwriting. The words on the paper are obviously yours. Combining all the above, the person who wrote this report letter can only be you!"

Zheng Qiuyan covered her chest and said, "You know, when I saw that letter, my heart went cold. We have been together for so many years, and you actually stabbed me in the back just because of the director's position. How can I not hate you?"

Ke Ci sighed repeatedly: "So that's how it is. It's a huge misunderstanding. I should have explained it to you earlier. First, I want to be the director, but you should know me. I just want to compete fairly and won't do such tricks. Second, after you gave me the letter paper, I put it in the drawer of the office. I didn't expect it to be stolen after get off work one day. I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would be sad. Third, you said that it was my handwriting. I don't know what's going on, but I can swear to heaven that it was definitely not me. If I'm lying, then let me be struck by lightning!"

Seeing Ke Ci's sincere expression, Zheng Qiuyan fell into confusion. She asked Bai Mian hesitantly, "Master Bai, please help me calculate again. Who wrote the letter of accusation?"

Bai Mian chuckled and slowly said two words: "Factory Director."

"ah?"

The two old ladies cried out in surprise at the same time, and they looked at each other, both somewhat unbelieving.

Zheng Qiuyan was completely confused. She frowned and asked Bai Mian, "Master Bai, you are kidding, right? How could it be the factory director? The factory director is already the most important leader in the factory. He doesn't need to compete with me. Moreover, the factory director is a good leader who cares about the younger generation. He has always valued me. He promoted me to be the director. Why would he report me? Isn't this contradictory?"

Bai Mian shook his head: "He doesn't value you, but he covets your beauty."

Zheng Qiuyan's eyes widened in horror. Bai Mian continued, "You had just gotten married at that time, you were young and beautiful, and your factory director was attracted by your beauty. He knew that your relationship with your husband was cold, and he wanted to take advantage of it. That's why he always assigned you a lot of work, just to make you stay and work overtime, so that you two could spend more time together."

Lame brother couldn't help but sigh: "Tsk tsk tsk, the way to like a girl is to make her work overtime, what kind of train of thought is this, it's a wonder it can succeed!"

"Go, don't interrupt," Bai Mian continued, "Not only that, he also hinted several times with words, hoping that you could develop an extramarital affair with him, but you are a straightforward person and didn't understand his hints, so he had to give up."

Zheng Qiuyan realized belatedly: "No wonder he was always so caring towards me back then. He often called me to his office to give me guidance on my work, and sometimes he even sent me home. I thought this was the leader's concern for the younger generation, but I didn't expect..."

Lame Brother wrinkled his nose: "You were still young and too naive at that time. Let me tell you, men are not interested in anything unless it is beneficial. If he treats you well for no reason, he must have some ulterior motive!"

Zheng Qiuyan was a little scared: "I was scared to death. Fortunately, he only hinted and didn't do anything. After all, he liked me, so he promoted me to be the director. I can understand this, but why did he write that letter of denunciation?"

Bai Mian: "It was because you were an upright person and had ignored his hints that he came up with this idea. He stole the letter from Ke Ci's drawer when no one was in the office, and then imitated Ke Ci's handwriting to write the report letter, accusing you of having an affair with a strange man. He thought that by doing this, you and your wife would get a divorce, and then he would have his chance."

Zheng Qiuyan sneered, "He must not have thought that my husband and I don't care about each other at all. Let alone cheating, he wouldn't care even if I died on the street. When the news of reporting the case spread, a normal man would have been furious, but my husband acted like nothing happened, hiding in the study reading every day, and never said a word to me!"

Bai Mian nodded: "The factory director originally thought that the accusation letter could separate you and your wife, but he was wrong. Your marriage is very stable. Seeing that things did not achieve the effect he wanted, the factory director had to give up in disgrace. He pretended to investigate and then restored your job. In order to get rid of his suspicion, the factory director specially called you to the office and showed you the accusation letter. As he expected, you pointed the finger at Ke Ci."

Ke Ci was very confused: "No, Master, he stole the letter paper, that makes sense, but what about the handwriting? The factory director writes in a big and thick handwriting, and I have always written in a delicate handwriting. How could he imitate my handwriting?"

Bai Mian: "You don't know, the factory director's hobby is calligraphy. He is actually a half-master of calligraphy and knows more than a dozen fonts. It's easy to imitate someone's handwriting, but he has never revealed it in front of you."

Ke Ci suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. No wonder. When Qiuyan was promoted to director, the factory director was transferred to work in the supply and marketing cooperative. He was doing well there, but suddenly one day he was fired. It was said that he was fired because of promiscuous relationships. He had an affair with a female subordinate who was much younger than him. The female subordinate was married, and her husband reported it to the factory director. We were surprised at the time. The factory director was so kind and didn't seem like that. Could it be that we made a mistake? It turns out there were clues long ago!"

Lame Brother laughed and said, "He reported others first and spread rumors about them, and then he was reported by others. This is really justice, retribution is inevitable!"

After knowing the truth, Zheng Qiuyan felt extremely regretful. She blamed herself and said, "Aci, I am such a fool. I have hated you and been against you for so many years. Only now do I realize that I hated the wrong person! We had such a good relationship back then, but now it has become like this. I am so ashamed. Why didn't I come to you to make things clear back then? We have been misunderstood for so long, forty years, a full forty years! If there had been no misunderstanding, we should have been friends all these years. It's all my fault that I am so stubborn. I believe everything I hear and never think twice..."

Ke Ci held her wrinkled hand and said, "It's okay, Qiuyan. If you weren't such a stubborn person, you wouldn't have rushed into the fire to save me. I'm alive today because of your character, isn't it? Don't blame yourself anymore. The years that have been missed are missed, but we can still cherish the future. I haven't finished playing mahjong yet. Do you want to go back to the chess and card room to play mahjong together?"

Zheng Qiuyan shook her head and shed two lines of tears: "It's already this late, and you're still talking about playing mahjong. You should go to the hospital as soon as possible. Didn't the doctor recommend that you have a gastric resection surgery?"

Ke Ci smiled awkwardly and said carefully: "Well, I have something to tell you, don't be angry."

Zheng Qiuyan nodded while crying: "Tell me, it's already this time, why should I be angry?"

Ke Ci lowered her head in embarrassment: "Actually...actually I don't have cancer at all. I don't have any disease. I made up the stomach cancer thing, hehe."

"Ah?" Zheng Qiuyan was stunned. She looked into Ke Ci's eyes and confirmed again and again, "Are you serious? You are not sick at all? You are too frivolous. Can you joke about such a thing?"

Ke Ci quickly explained, "I was wrong. I didn't want to do this. At first I wanted to have a fake wedding because my daughter found a job in the south with a good salary. The company signed a long-term contract with her and she will settle down in the south. I plan to move to the south with her. Since I am leaving Qingshui Town, I want to get back the money I have given out over the years before I leave."

"Since we were going to have a wedding, I hired a handsome actor to show off in front of you. Who knew you would expose me in advance? There were so many people surrounding me at the time, and I couldn't get off the stage. I was so anxious that I made up such a lie. I didn't expect you to reveal your past just to comfort me. To be honest, I was really touched!"

Zheng Qiuyan raised her eyebrows and punched Ke Ci: "I'm not moved! You made me talk about my ugly deeds in front of 100,000 people in the live broadcast room. Now the whole town knows about our family's troubles. I can't forgive you!"

Originally, Zheng Qiuyan wanted to expose Ke Ci in the live broadcast room, but unexpectedly, she backfired and exposed her own family scandal in front of everyone.

Seeing Zheng Qiuyan angry, Ke Ci hurriedly advised her: "Qiuyan, stop being angry. You already have lung cancer, and you are still so angry. How can your body bear it!"

Zheng Qiuyan rolled up her sleeves and jumped up from her chair. "Bullshit, I don't have cancer at all. I said that to encourage you to continue with your treatment. You are such a heartless bitch. You are making a fool of me. I will beat you to death today!"

Hearing her say this, Ke Ci's face lit up with joy and she started running. Zheng Qiuyan followed her with big strides. The two old ladies ran out of the store one after the other and disappeared into the street like the wind.

Lame Brother exclaimed in amazement: "It runs so fast. By the way...it seems that the leader forgot to take his crutches."

A cane lay alone on the ground. Bai Mian smiled and said, "It seems that she doesn't need it anymore."

Seeing this scene, Weng Xuhua nodded with satisfaction: "That's great. When people reach old age, the only ones who can accompany them are their old friends and spouse. Now that they are reconciled, I believe they won't be lonely in their old age."

Gao Jin coughed beside him and said, "Ahem, old man, be quiet and don't imitate others and do some square dance. Do you hear me?"

Weng Xuhua smiled helplessly: "With my old arms and legs, how can I dance? I didn't learn to dance when I was young, and it's even more impossible now."

Lame Brother sighed sincerely: "Little God of Fortune, I think you really helped a lot of people, like these two elderly people. If they hadn't come to you, they would have misunderstood each other for their whole lives and might have resented each other until they died. It was you who resolved the misunderstanding between them. It's really a good thing."

Bai Mian became alert: "Hey, why are you complimenting me all of a sudden? Do you have any purpose?"

Lame Brother pretended to be sad: "Why, you can't even praise you, is this the kind of person I am in your eyes?"

Bai Mian shrugged: "You're the one who said it just now, men won't get up early unless there's something profitable. Tell me, do you want a raise again?"

Lame Brother chuckled: "Hehe, you figured it out. It would be great if my salary could double every month. Four thousand this month, eight thousand next month, sixteen thousand the month after that, and the next..."

Bai Mian immediately stopped him: "That's enough, if you keep counting, you will become the richest man in the world."

Weng Xuhua quietly covered her ears, pretending not to hear their conversation.

After finishing the third hexagram, Bai Mian said goodbye to the audience in the live broadcast room and then turned off the live broadcast.

After get off work, Lame Brother and Little Sister Yang left, and only Bai Mian and his family of three were left in the store. Yin Yin had a good business today. Since coming to Qingshui Town, her meat buns have gradually become famous locally, and the store is crowded every day. In order to celebrate for Yin Yin, Gao Jin made his specialty brown sugar pancakes today.

Knead the kneaded white flour into a ball, fill it with plenty of brown sugar, roll it into a cake with a rolling pin, brush both sides with golden oil, put it in a pan and bake it over low heat. The golden brown sugar cakes are ready.

Gao Jin brought a plate of brown sugar pancakes to the table. Weng Xuhua had already cooked the dishes, and everyone started eating.

Having not eaten her mother's baked cakes for many years, Yinyin took the lead in picking up a cake, brought it in front of her and smelled it. The aroma of the baked cake filled her nostrils. She took a small bite, the crispy crust was bitten open, and a large amount of brown sugar syrup came out, which made her shudder. Everyone at the table laughed.

After dinner, everyone returned to their rooms upstairs. Bai Mian picked up his phone and checked the Ci Xin Tang account. The account currently has 350,000 followers, and it seems that a million fans is just around the corner.

Bai Mian casually flipped through the backend of her account. Among the various private messages, one caught her attention. It was a private message from a gold V account, which meant that the other party had more than five million fans.

Bai Mian clicked on the private message and found that the sender was Qin Yujun. She said in the private message:

"Master Bai, I was too busy during the day, so I only have time to send you a message now to tell you the good news. I have signed the contract. I am the leading actress in "The Female General Who Restores the Nation". I will play this role well! I was in a hurry during the day and didn't have time to thank you properly. This is my WeChat: QYJXXX. Let's add each other as friends. If you encounter any problems in the entertainment industry in the future, come to me and I will definitely help you!"

Bai Mian searched for this WeChat account and added Qin Yujun's WeChat. Bai Mian has only been in the human world for a short time, but she has learned a saying: more friends mean more paths.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Bai Mian closed the medical book and prepared to go to sleep. The system's voice sounded on time:

"Report to the host, you have gained thirty points of good karma today. The current good karma value is: 220."

Since Bai Mian had prepaid the system for the second ability in advance, the system did not awaken any new ability for her after calculating the points today. This was also within Bai Mian's expectations. She did not say anything and just nodded lightly.

In the bedroom, Gao Jin was swatting flies by the window when he suddenly saw Weng Xuhua walking around the room with his cell phone. Gao Jin immediately picked up the fly beater and waved it at him:

"Old man, are you possessed by evil spirits? Listen, no matter who you are, get off my body right now! We have a master of metaphysics here, I'm going to call my little apprentice over now!"

Weng Xuhua hurriedly stopped her and showed her the screen of her phone: "No, no, no, you look so scared, I'm not possessed, old woman, I'm just learning to dance from a short video. Look, this is called waltz, look how beautifully people dance in the video!"

Gao Jin took a look at the video and couldn't help laughing: "Why are you studying math at your age? I think you are an old fool painting green paint, with no good intentions!"

Weng Xuhua frowned: "Oh, look at what you said, I just remembered after listening to you, it seems that we haven't danced in our lives, other old people have started to enjoy life, and we are still working hard for this store. This is not fair to you. I just want to be romantic and dance with you!"

Gao Jin was surprised: "Dancing? We are so old, can we dance well?"

"You look good," Weng Xuhua coaxed her softly, "You look good in my eyes at any age."

Gao Jin smiled shyly and put down the fly beater in her hand. Weng Xuhua gently hugged her waist. The two of them clumsily imitated the steps in the short video. Under the moonlight, the two old people danced silently in the bedroom on the second floor...