Keeping an eye on things isn't a bad idea. Besides, Sun Yu was only implicated by Liu Ye; she herself didn't do anything wrong. So, after much deliberation, Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang finally agreed.
"Then I'll give you one more chance. My family's safety is my top priority. I absolutely will not allow anything to happen to them. If Liu Ye dares to have any more crooked thoughts, I will show no mercy!"
"Yes, yes, I know. This is Liu Ye's fault. I will keep an eye on him and make sure he stays in the countryside and doesn't come back."
Liu Ye has been sent back to his maternal grandmother's house. It takes two days to get there by train. It's a very remote and isolated rural area, so it's not easy for him to come back.
With Liu Ye's matter finally resolved, Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu felt a little relieved. Mainly, they were innocent victims; Yu Jiu hadn't done anything, yet a plain-looking man had taken a liking to her. He was determined to live off her, resorting to any means to get close to her family. In this whole affair, Yu Jiu was utterly innocent.
You can't blame yourself for being too rich, can you?
Of course not.
However, having money makes it easy to encounter some monsters and demons. Just after getting rid of the gigolo who was clinging to Yu Jiu and trying to live off her, Xu Zijiang also brought a formidable rival to Yu Jiu's side.
Here's what happened: they'd rested enough, so they started preparing to open a bar. First, they needed to find a suitable location to build the bar, recruiting people as they went.
The recipe for the wine was also derived from a small jade bowl containing leftover wine; it's unique, and they've tried it—the taste is excellent. With proper management, they're sure to build a nationally renowned brand.
The two had great ambitions, so they invested more money and energy into the distillery.
However, running a winery is different from running a clothing factory. If even one step in the process goes wrong, the resulting wine will taste off. And how can the wine recipe be kept secret? With so many people employed, how can we ensure the recipe won't be leaked?
To be on the safe side, Yu Jiu and Xu Zi decided to first visit other people's wineries to learn from their experience before applying it to their own. Their main references were state-run wineries; privately-run wineries were still few and far between, and most were in their early stages, so there wasn't much to visit. Their main focus was learning from the operational mechanisms of experienced wineries.
Yu Jiu stayed at the local winery, while Xu Zijiang went on a business trip to a winery in a neighboring city to learn.
The two of them got in touch with the factory manager through connections, giving him gifts and red envelopes, which is why they had this opportunity to learn and visit, which will last for about a week.
An'an and Yuanyuan were left in the care of Aunt Wu, Zhang Yan, and Gouzi. After only a week, Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang were quite relieved. The two children were very well-behaved, so they didn't have to worry too much. They were able to focus on learning at the winery and ask questions whenever they had any.
They stayed there for seven days, and when Yu Jiu returned, she felt she had benefited greatly. She was certain they could run the winery well! Xu Zijiang didn't return until the eighth day. Yu Jiu and her two children were overjoyed to see him, as it was rare for them to be separated for so long. The three of them rushed over to him, but upon getting closer, they realized there was someone else standing next to Xu Zijiang.
"This is?"
Yu Jiu looked at the beautiful woman next to Xu Zijiang with suspicion. Had Xu Zijiang lost his mind? He dared to bring someone with him?
"This is Director Wu's daughter. She said she wants to visit our winery and plans to open her own one later."
Xu Zi gave Yu Jiu a helpless look.
They had just visited and learned from someone else's factory, and that person wanted their daughter to come and visit their factory; they couldn't very well refuse.
"Oh, I see."
Yu Jiu nodded knowingly.
"Hello."
By now, the woman should have introduced herself, but she didn't. She simply nodded to Yu Jiu, said hello, and then fell silent. The way she looked at Yu Jiu was scrutinizing and appraising, which made Yu Jiu very uncomfortable.
The two of them had a mismatch in their auras, and Yu Jiu subtly realized that they couldn't get along, so she nodded lightly in response.
"Hello."
"Ms. Wu, our factory isn't finished yet, and we don't have dormitories. How about we arrange a hotel for you? How many days would you like to stay here?"
Yu Jiu would never take her home. Even if there were rooms at their house, she wouldn't let her stay there.
Wu Qianqian frowned at this moment and spoke to Yu Jiu unhappily.
"Don't you have any extra rooms? I'm not used to staying in hotels."
"Oh, I'm sorry, we're not used to having outsiders at home. If you don't want to stay in a hotel, I can find you a guesthouse or rent you a house."
Yu Jiu didn't back down at all. The guesthouse was poor, but it was nowhere near as good as a hotel. Wasn't this an insult to her? Wu Qianqian was very angry, but for Xu Zijiang's sake, she endured it for the time being.
"Okay then, rent me a place near your house. It needs to be big, nice, and clean, otherwise I can't live here."
She reluctantly agreed.
Yu Jiu nodded perfunctorily.
"However, this house can't be rented out in a short time. Let me take you to a hotel for a couple of days first, and we'll find you a place to stay as soon as possible."
In the end, Yu Jiu still left her at the hotel without even taking her out for a meal. As soon as Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang got home, she immediately began interrogating him, her hands on her hips, looking fierce.
"Tell me! What's going on with her! You've got some nerve, daring to flirt around outside!"
"No, I swear I have nothing to do with her, and I didn't want to bring her back, but she insisted on coming along. Director Wu just helped us, so I felt bad about refusing her outright. I thought I'd let her come along first, and then figure out a way to make her back down."
Xu Zijiang was wrongly accused and immediately explained to Yu Jiu that he really had nothing to do with Wu Qianqian!
"So, does she have a crush on you? Tell me in detail about what happened between you two!"
Yu Jiu snorted coldly, intending to continue questioning.
Confess and you will be treated leniently; resist and you will be treated severely.
Xu Zijiang dared not hide anything and began to recount his experience from the moment he arrived there. In truth, he shouldn't have chosen that factory in the first place. Factory Director Wu had taken a liking to him and wanted him to be his son-in-law, which was why he agreed to let him visit and learn at that winery. During his visit, Factory Director Wu's daughter accompanied him, introducing him to the factory's equipment and so on.
At first, Xu Zijiang didn't notice anything unusual and thought Wu Qianqian was just introducing him to the winery normally. But after two days, Wu Qianqian started asking him out to dinner and talked about how she was now divorced and single, without children, and her words and actions became somewhat unrestrained.
Xu Zijiang had no choice but to refuse her while keeping his distance. He finally managed to wait until the time was up and was about to return, but Director Wu stopped him again, saying that Wu Qianqian should come with him to visit his winery. He explained that the winery had been built long ago and had its own operating mechanism. He wanted Wu Qianqian to see how a winery was built from scratch and gain some experience so that she could eventually start her own winery.
Xu Zijiang couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to let her come back with him. However, the two barely exchanged a few words the entire time. Xu Zijiang kept his distance from her, and when he did speak, it was only about missing his wife and children. He made both explicit and implicit advances, but Wu Qianqian seemed determined to stay with him and didn't care about any of it.
So the couple got rid of one shameless person, only to have another thick-skinned one come along.
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"What kind of terrible luck with romance is this? Married couples don't need any more romantic entanglements!"
Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang wished they could hug each other and cry their hearts out. They were so annoyed! So annoyed!
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