Meanwhile, he frantically winked at Xu Ningyan to block the others' gazes. Seeing Xu Ningyan pulled aside, he lowered his voice and said, "Siya, I'll beg you, okay? You've given me face today! I'll remember this favor. You'll definitely need to ask me for help in the future! Otherwise, I'll give you another twenty yuan! You should know when to stop, or you might end up with nothing!"
Although Xu Zhenzhu was quite wary of Xu Ningyan after being threatened by him last time.
But in her heart, she looked down on Xu Ningyan and always had an inexplicable sense of superiority.
She's only being patient now because she hasn't married Lu Kai yet, and she's trying to maintain her image in the Lu family.
But in her heart, she kept thinking that once she married Lu Kai and Lu Kai became the richest man in the provincial capital, she would definitely trample Xu Ningyan into the mud, so that she would never be able to turn her life around and could only live by relying on Xu Ningyan's charity!
That'll be really satisfying!
Therefore, when he said he was asking for help, his attitude made people think he was giving alms!
In Xu Zhenzhu's view, Xu Ningyan had severed ties with his family and left home, becoming penniless.
Gu Zhiyuan has some money; I heard he's used it to repair houses and furnish them.
Looking at Xu Ningyan and Gu Zhiyuan, they were both wearing the most ordinary clothes, with patches in inconspicuous places, indicating that they were definitely not well-off.
Living in a county town is not easy.
She paid for it and treated them to good food; even a fool would know to agree.
After saying that, he waited for Xu Ningyan to nod in agreement.
Xu Ningyan sneered and yanked Xu Zhenzhu's hand away from her arm: "Stop trying to get close! We've severed ties and separated our families. We have absolutely no connection with you or your Xu family. Who are you to call your aunt?"
"If you want to be an aunt so badly, I'll buy two pigeons and have them call you 'aunt' every day! I'll let you have your fill!"
Some people couldn't hold back their laughter and burst out laughing, while others who managed to hold it in turned red in the face and trembled with laughter as if they had the tremors.
When Lu Kai saw that Xu Ningyan didn't listen to Xu Zhenzhu at all, he realized that the relationship between the two was even worse than he had imagined.
Frowning, Lu Kai stepped forward and shielded Xu Zhenzhu behind him: "Comrade Xu, no matter what, Zhenzhu is your elder. Isn't it inappropriate for you to speak to her like that? As an elder, even if she did something wrong before, she has already apologized to you and wanted to invite you to dinner to strengthen your relationship. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"No matter how young she is, she's still your elder. You've already gone this far, what more do you want?"
Gu Zhiyuan stepped forward and pulled Xu Ningyan behind him, but he couldn't move her.
Xu Ningyan brushed Gu Zhiyuan's hand away and sneered, "Can't you people understand human language? I've already said we're severing ties. The brigade secretary and brigade leader personally wrote the letter of severance, and the household registration has been transferred out. We have nothing to do with the Xu family anymore. Why do you insist on claiming kinship?"
"Even if we put it another way, this is a matter between me and the Xu family, what's it to you? Why are you acting all high and mighty? What elder? If I don't acknowledge you as my elder, what right do you have to act like? What do I want? I want you all to stay far away from me, do you understand?"
Xu Zhenzhu was already used to being teased and scolded by Xu Ningyan.
But Xu Ningyan's confrontation with Lu Kai was unacceptable to her, and she immediately shouted angrily, "Xu Siya, how dare you speak like that! You—"
"Get lost—" Xu Ningyan rolled her eyes without any politeness.
"Comrade Xu Ningyan, you—" Lu Kai was so angry that his face turned pale.
"You get out of here too!" Xu Ningyan said even less kindly.
After saying that, he got on the back of Gu Zhiyuan's bicycle and patted him on the shoulder: "Alright, brother, let's go home!"
Amidst the astonished and incredulous gazes of the group, Gu Zhiyuan pushed off with his foot, and the bicycle sped off into the distance.
The evening breeze carried their voices from afar: "Brother, shall we have cold noodles again today?"
"Add more garlic water and cucumber strips!"
"Okay!"
...
Lu Kai's face was ashen as he watched the two figures disappear into the distance without uttering a word.
Seeing that things were not going well, none of the colleagues dared to speak. They exchanged glances and then slipped away as if their feet were greased.
Only Xu Zhenzhu remained, standing beside Lu Kai with a bewildered expression...
After Gu Zhiyuan and Xu Ningyan left the machinery factory and walked along a less crowded road, Xu Ningyan finally spoke up: "Big brother, I didn't hold back at all with Lu Kai and Xu Zhenzhu today. Will Lu Kai try to trip you up behind your back?"
Gu Zhiyuan pedaled his bike in silence. When he heard Xu Ningyan's words, he calmly said, "Even if you show him mercy, he won't show me any mercy when he tries to trip me up."
Xu Ningyan understood immediately.
He couldn't help but mutter, "That Lu Kai doesn't seem like a good person. He's trying so hard to get close to us, there's definitely something fishy going on! Brother, you'd better be careful around him!"
Gu Zhiyuan nodded: "Lu Kai is a very shrewd person. He was the one most affected when I joined the technical department, but he was able to pretend that nothing happened, which shows how calculating he is. You don't need to worry about me. He insisted on inviting us to dinner today, but I suspect he might have other motives."
"Be more vigilant these next few days and try to stay home as much as possible!"
Xu Ningyan then told Gu Zhiyuan, "I'm going to participate in the department store's internal training the day after tomorrow. Uncle Jianguo signed me up, saying that if I do well in the assessment after the training, I might be able to get a permanent position!"
Gu Zhiyuan was taken aback, not expecting that Li Jianguo was already planning to officially promote Xu Ningyan.
This only highlights his incompetence. He's been busy with the A03 project lately, and since he's not short of money, he's completely forgotten about getting a permanent position.
He immediately apologized: "I'm so sorry! I've been so busy lately! I forgot that you were only a temporary worker initially because of my family background. Now that I've been exonerated, you really should be promoted to a permanent position. I'll go talk to Sun Zhou about this—"
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Ningyan interrupted him: "No need! Whether I become a permanent employee or not doesn't make much difference to me! Temporary workers are more free and can go wherever they want. Once I become a permanent employee, I'm afraid I won't be so carefree."
"I only agreed to participate in the training because I didn't want to let Uncle Jianguo down! I go to the training in the morning and won't be back until evening! Starting the day after tomorrow, I won't have time to cook."
Gu Zhiyuan hurriedly said, "Then you can focus on the training! You don't need to worry about cooking! If I come back early, I can at least cook two bowls of noodles."
The two chatted and laughed as they went home to cook, not taking Lu Kai and Xu Zhenzhu's matter to heart at all.
I went to work the next day.
The two entered the office one after the other. The colleagues who had been chatting and laughing suddenly stopped talking and looked at each other.
Gu Zhiyuan remained expressionless as always.
Lu Kai remained as gentle as ever, and neither of them seemed to be affected by yesterday's events.
Lu Kai, in particular, not only took the initiative to greet Gu Zhiyuan, but also spoke very sincerely: "Young Engineer Gu, I'm really sorry about yesterday! I meant well, but I didn't expect the misunderstanding between the aunt and niece to be so big. I ended up making things worse!"
“Yesterday I went back and asked Pearl carefully, and I found out that my niece had indeed suffered a lot of grievances at home. Now she is holding her anger in and her attitude is not good, which I can understand!”
"I criticized Pearl too, and she regretted it! She's just being stubborn and won't admit it! Even if my niece doesn't acknowledge me as her future uncle-in-law, I still acknowledge her! In the future, if there's anything I can do to help, just ask! Consider it my way of apologizing on behalf of her aunt—"
That's well said!
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