"No, not really. Officer Gao, you're here to get food, right? Let's go, it'll get crowded soon."
"Oh, right, let's go."
The two walked into the cafeteria talking, and Gao Jin lowered his voice, "Thanks to you, we can still have enough to eat now."
"What kind of food is available at noon? I wanted to go to the state-run restaurant to buy some food to take back and celebrate with my younger siblings, but it was already closed."
"You wanted to buy some good food to celebrate? Hey, why didn't you say so earlier? What good stuff can you find at this window? Come with me."
Gao Jin led Chen Ke mysteriously around the cafeteria to the door of an office room. Chen Ke looked up and saw: Logistics Director - Wang Fugui.
Gao Jin said quietly, "I'm going to see Director Wang to see if I can get some good stuff. He's in charge of logistics and procurement. You wait here, I'll go ask him."
Chen Ke: "Then I'll have to trouble Officer Gao."
"What are we talking about? Just wait and see."
Chen Ke waited patiently at the door. More than ten minutes later, Gao Jin didn't come out, but Wang Jingjiang did.
Wang Jingjiang, holding the lunchbox, paused, glanced nervously at the office behind Chen Ke, and strode over. "What? Old Wang still managed to find you?"
Chen Ke was completely confused by this. "What do you mean?"
"You, you weren't sent by my dad?"
Chen Ke suddenly realized, "The logistics director is your father?"
Wang Jingjiang nodded. "Aren't you off today? What are you doing at the factory? Did you come to visit me?"
While the two were talking, Wang Fugui escorted Officer Gao out.
Gao Jin, still unwilling to give up, asked, "Impossible, right? Not even a little bit?"
Wang Fugui looked distressed. "Officer Gao, why would I lie to you? What's the situation now? Aren't you just making things difficult for me?"
"Where am I—"
"Officer Gao." Chen Ke called out to Gao Jin, then shook his head to indicate that he should forget it, since he was just passing by and wanted to try his luck anyway.
Gao Jin was extremely frustrated; he had intended to help, but things had turned out this way.
Wang Jingjiang's eyes darted around, and he leaned closer to Chen Ke, asking, "Do you need to see my dad?"
Just as Chen Ke was about to say that it was nothing, Wang Fugui saw Wang Jingjiang and frowned. "Wang Jingjiang, what are you doing over there?"
Wang Jingjiang's eyes darted around. Chen Ke clearly wanted to talk to his father, so he pulled Chen Ke over.
Upon seeing this, Gao Jin asked, "Section Chief Chen, what... what is this...?"
Chen Ke thanked Gao Jin, saying, "Thank you, Officer Gao. It's too much trouble for you to make this trip. Aren't you going to eat? Go ahead, I'll be back in a bit."
Gao Jin hesitated for a moment, "Then, then I'll be going now?"
"Goodbye, Officer Gao."
"Oh, right, remember to come over early tomorrow morning to sign." After saying that, Gao Jin winked at Chen Ke, indicating that he knew what to do, and then jogged away.
Wang Jingjiang pulled Chen Ke to stand in front of Wang Fugui. "Dad, Chen Ke is our family's great benefactor." As he spoke, Wang Jingjiang leaned closer to Wang Fugui and lowered his voice, "The rice I brought back was bought with his help."
Wang Fugui's calm expression suddenly turned to surprise. "You rascal, why don't you invite them in and have a seat? What are you doing standing here!"
After finishing his sentence, Wang Fugui said to Chen Ke in a very affectionate manner, "Come, come, Chen Ke, right? I'm Wang Jingjiang's father, Wang Fugui. Just call me Uncle Wang. Oh, thank you so much for what happened last time. Wang Jingjiang's grandparents have always had stomach problems..."
Wang Fugui gestured for Wang Jingjiang, who was the last to enter, to close the door before continuing, "Thanks to those rice that saved our lives, thank you so much. I'm truly happy for Wang Jingjiang that he has a friend like you."
Chen Ke smiled and said, "Wang Jingjiang is a very good person, and I am happy to be his friend."
"Wang Jingjiang, hurry up and pour me a glass of water."
"I'm pouring it now, what's the rush?" Wang Jingjiang poured the water and placed it in front of Chen Ke. "Chen Ke, you can tell me now what you need my dad for. I'll make sure he helps you."
"You little rascal, if you ask me, I would definitely help if I could—" Wang Fugui said, then suddenly remembered that Chen Ke should have come with Gao Jin. Was the thing Gao Jin wanted for Chen Ke?
"Chen Ke, are you trying to buy some mountain delicacies from me?"
"Yes, of course, if it's not available, then forget it."
Wang Fugui hesitated for a moment, while Wang Jingjiang urged from the side, "Dad, do you have any here? If you do, give some to Chen Ke."
Wang Fugui really wanted to give Wang Jingjiang a good whack on the head. If he had something to say, why was he hesitating? He's not a stingy person.
"Tomorrow, come and get it tomorrow. I need to go and ask."
When Chen Ke heard that this meant someone would have to find it for him, he was about to say no when Wang Jingjiang grabbed him and said, "Okay, then come to my dad tomorrow to get it. I could have helped you get it, but I'm on vacation tomorrow, so you'll have to come by yourself."
Actually, no—
"Hey, we're all brothers. It's rare for me to be able to help out, so don't be shy."
Chen Ke could only thank him and say, "Then I'll have to trouble you."
"What trouble? My dad has been looking for a chance to thank you. He keeps asking me to thank you, and here's the opportunity."
Wang Fugui was so angry at Wang Jingjiang's straightforward and blunt personality that he wanted to teach Wang Jingjiang a lesson in front of Chen Ke.
When Chen Ke suggested leaving, Wang Jingjiang had a bad feeling and offered to see Chen Ke off, so he quickly slipped away as well.
Wang Fugui put his hands on his hips and took two deep breaths, feeling that he would be sent away by his son sooner or later.
On the way, Wang Jingjiang casually asked Chen Ke, "What do you need those mountain delicacies for? You might as well buy some meat to satisfy your cravings instead of eating that stuff."
Chen Ke: "The professor who helped me get into the research institute's night school was a great help, and I would like to give him something to express my gratitude."
Wang Jingjiang suddenly realized, "Oh, it's for the professor? You should give him delicacies; giving him meat would seem vulgar—"
Wang Jingjiang stopped in his tracks. "No, what did you just say? You're going in, going in what?"
"I've joined the research institute. I'll start working tomorrow after I finish the formalities."
"...You, what are you going in?" Wang Jingjiang asked in disbelief.
"Research Institute".
"The research institute? Is it the one I know... the research institute?"
"If there's only one in the city, I think it should be."
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Wang Jingjiang was dumbfounded.
He thought Chen Ke wouldn't be stuck in a textile workshop forever, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.
Moreover, he went from being a textile worker to a scientific research leader in one fell swoop.
Wang Jingjiang was so shocked that he couldn't come to his senses for a long time. It wasn't until Chen Ke patted him on the shoulder that he came to his senses.
"!!!"
"My God, Chen Ke! You've joined the research institute!" Wang Jingjiang's shocked expression was as if he had witnessed something incredible.
Chen Ke nodded helplessly, "Yes, I've joined the research institute."
"Hahaha! I knew I hadn't misjudged him! Hahaha, Chen Ke is really amazing!"
Seeing Wang Jingjiang's face flushed with excitement, Chen Ke was worried that he might just collapse.
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