Chapter 32 Who does he like? He didn't say
When they arrived at the garment factory office in the morning, no one was busy. While the department heads were not there, Wu Ya and Shi Meilan sat together, eating melon seeds and sour plums.
The melon seeds and sour plums were taken away from Hu Chengjun's mutton restaurant. Hu Chengjun bought a lot of these snacks - this was a trick Shi Meilan came up with. Mutton soup and game are both heavy-tasting foods. Buying some snacks and sending a table of them to the guests will make them like them more.
Wu Ya was greedy and couldn't bear to leave after eating the sour plums. He leaned over the table at Shi Meilan's workstation and asked, "Boss Feng? I know him. I've heard of him. He has a partnership with our factory. I saw him come to the factory to look at samples a while ago."
After a pause, Wu Ya gestured with his hand and said, "The clothes he ordered were designed independently by our designer. Our design department even gave this designer a bonus."
Wu Ya's network of relationships is slightly larger than Shi Meilan's because he is a native of Chunfeng Town and has many brothers and sisters. He knows more about local business news than Shi Meilan. As soon as Shi Meilan mentioned this person and described his appearance, Wu Ya immediately knew who he was.
"Sister Meilan." Wu Ya stuffed a sour plum into his mouth and asked, "Why are you asking about him?"
Shi Meilan made up an excuse: "I heard someone say before that his family is quite wealthy. I also heard that Boss Feng is divorced. I have two other girls who are not married yet and I want to introduce them to you."
This is pure nonsense, but the more nonsense it is, the easier it is to test the truth.
"How is that possible!" Wu Ya immediately took the bait, stuffed another sour plum into his mouth, and quickly retorted: "He already has a child."
"Really? They're already pregnant!" Shi Meilan gestured, imitating Boss Feng's appearance, and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Sure!" Wu Ya blurted out everything he knew in no time. He stuffed a sour plum into his mouth and refused to spit it out. His lips were bulging.
"His house is upstairs in the building at the east end of the town. It was one of the first buildings built in Chunfeng Town. His wife is a teacher, and his child is in his teens. He just finished the college entrance examination two days ago, and they are planning to hold a graduation banquet."
"Oh, that's a shame." Shi Meilan asked for a rough estimate and then put the plums away - they were not cheap! After asking, she could not even think of eating a single bite!
Wu Ya left with regret, his mouth full of sour plum pits.
Shi Meilan stuffed a sour plum into her mouth and looked around.
It was almost the last few minutes of work, and most people in the office had arrived, including Lin Xinran.
Lin Xinran was working at her workstation. After being in the office for so long, she was familiar with the office work and was not as awkward as before. She was concentrating on the work in her hands and did not notice Shi Meilan's gaze at all.
Shi Meilan withdrew her gaze and looked towards the sales department.
There are still few people in the sales department today. Except on payday, few people in the sales department come together, and Wang Yulian is not there either.
Shi Meilan was thinking about the bad things in her mind, thinking about how to take revenge on Lin Xinran for throwing the files at her, and slowly turned on the computer.
The weather is pretty good today, so let’s enjoy it first and then go out and cause trouble for others in the afternoon.
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While Shi Meilan was busy, Chen Chunxiang came in and went to the office to look for Hu Honghua. Shi Meilan said, "Hu Honghua is on the third floor."
Ever since they were assigned to work on two floors, Shi Meilan rarely saw Hu Honghua during working hours. They lived on one floor apart and only ate together at lunch and dinner. However, Hu Honghua sometimes had to work overtime, so they were both busy with their own things and sometimes didn't see each other.
Chen Chunxiang said "OK" and turned around and walked up to the third floor.
But when she reached the third floor, she found that there was no one inside. The office was empty. Neither Hu Honghua nor Yuan Yao was in the office.
Chen Chunxiang let out an "Ah" and walked around twice. Finding that there was really no one there, she had to go back to the second floor. Thinking that Shi Meilan didn't know either, she quickly went downstairs to the staff dormitory.
Hu Honghua only visited a few places: either the dormitory or the cafeteria, or the cafeteria or the office. These are the only three places. You'll definitely find her if you look around.
Chen Chunxiang walked out of the office building and hurried all the way to the dormitory.
She crawled to the door of Hu Honghua's dormitory and knocked a few times. Sure enough, there was a noise from inside. Hu Honghua, sleepily wearing pajamas, opened the door and saw Chen Chunxiang rushing in chattering from outside.
"I just went to the office building to look for you but you weren't there! Why didn't you go to work today?"
"Have you found out what I asked you to find out?"
"Where is Yuan Yao now?"
"Oh, I have something else to tell you. I found out why Yuan Yao went back to Baicheng that day."
Chen Chunxiang talked a lot and finally stopped, waiting with her eyes open for Hu Honghua to ask.
Ask quickly! Ask Yuan Yao why he returned to Baicheng.
Hu Honghua was so sleepy that she almost fainted. She had been taking care of Yuan Yao the night before yesterday. When she woke up in Yuan Yao's office yesterday morning, Yuan Yao had already left. He only left her a note asking her to come back and rest, take a day off, and not go to work today.
I didn’t sleep well the day before yesterday, and I didn’t sleep well yesterday either. Today, while I was sleeping, Chen Chunxiang came.
She didn't have the energy to speak, so she turned around and walked towards her bed. Once she climbed onto the bed, she wanted to continue sleeping. Chen Chunxiang followed her all the way, saying, "Ask me, ask me."
Well, it seems that he won’t stop until he asks Chen Chunxiang.
Hu Honghua pinched her tired brows and said, "Where has he been?"
"He went back to Baicheng City to attend his father's funeral."
Chen Chunxiang lowered her voice and whispered to Hu Honghua, "His father passed away some time ago."
There was a "crack" in Hu Honghua's head, and the string broke.
She remembered that day when Yuan Yao had been drinking alone in the office. She thought Yuan Yao was annoying and refused to leave work, which made her very uncomfortable. Now she knew that this was the reason.
Hu Honghua lay on the bed, feeling a little guilty. She wished she had treated Yuan Yao better at that time.
"So that's how it is." Hu Honghua said, "Then Yuan Yao must be very sad."
She no longer remembers how she felt when she lost her parents. She was too young at that time, and she feels very uncomfortable just thinking about it.
"He's not feeling bad!" Chen Chunxiang, who was standing by, widened her eyes and said, "You know nothing about their family!"
Chen Chunxiang pulled a chair over and whispered, "Their house is a mess."
Hu Honghua lay on the bed and listened to her.
The two little sisters started gossiping and could talk for half an hour.
Chen Chunxiang shared all the gossip she knew with Hu Honghua - she didn't know so much before, because her father went to the city after learning that his old friend had passed away, and then came back to tell her.
"Yuan Yao's father had an affair a long time ago. He found a mistress and had two children with her, one of whom was four years younger than Yuan Yao. Yuan Yao's mother was so angry that she died. After that, Yuan Yao kept arguing with his stepmother."
Hu Honghua squinted her eyes as she listened, thinking to herself, she thought Yuan Yao had always lived a good life, but she didn't expect that he was living such a miserable life.
"After Yuan Yao's father died, he went back home. It was said that his stepmother wouldn't even let him in."
As Chen Chunxiang was talking, she asked again, "Where did Yuan Yao go?"
Hu Honghua lay on the bed, shaking her head, and said, "I don't know either."
She woke up in the office yesterday, around eleven o'clock. Yuan Yao left her a note and gave her a day off.
"He said it might take a few days for him to come back," said Hu Honghua.
Chen Chunxiang thought for a moment and whispered, "I guess Yuan Yao is going to Baicheng City to grab the inheritance now!"
"Seize the inheritance?" Hu Honghua shuddered, raised her head and asked, "Can we seize it?"
She was very familiar with this matter. She had seen many cases of inheritance robbery since she was a child.
In their rural area, fights often break out over inheritance.
Many elderly people, before they die, only care about keeping their sons in the family and ensuring everyone lives a prosperous life. Before they die, they fail to divide up their inheritance properly. After they die, there's no one to control them, and the brothers will scramble for the property. Brothers will fight brother, sisters-in-law will fight sisters-in-law, and even the brothers' children and cousins will spit at each other. Some people, in order to seize the property, don't even hold funerals for their parents, but simply leave the bodies there, waiting for their brothers to compromise.
There's no way around it. Money is the most powerful word. It can make a man ruthless and a woman cold-blooded. No matter whether you're a man or a woman, in front of this word, if you're not careful, you'll become something not even human.
Hu Honghua was shocked by what she heard. They even used hoes to watch an older brother almost crush his younger brother to death. Her scalp tingles just thinking about it.
"Who knows?" Chen Chunxiang sighed and said, "My dad said that Yuan Yao went to Chunfeng Town because of his dad's idea. His dad didn't want to leave the things in Baicheng Town to him, and only gave him a garment factory in a small town like this. I guess he wouldn't be able to grab it even if he went back."
"His father and his mistress were very close back then. The mistress's two children have grown up now. They have all stayed in the factory. Yuan Yao was the one who was kicked out. Now that he's gone back, he probably has nothing left."
Hu Honghua also felt sad after hearing this. She remembered how Yuan Yao looked drunk that day and thought to herself, this man is really not an easy person.
At this time, Chen Chunxiang asked again: "By the way, have you asked what I asked you to do for me?"
Hu Honghua remembered. She raised her head, thought for a moment, and said, "He didn't say that."
He just said that her porridge tasted bad.
Chen Chunxiang got angry when she saw Hu Honghua looking so sleepy. How could this person just sleep all day?
"Go to sleep." She stood up and walked out again in her small leather shoes. Before leaving, she said, "Call me when Yuan Yao comes back."
Hu Honghua fell asleep in a daze.
She didn't wake up until the evening. The first thing she did after waking up was to go to the cafeteria to eat. On the way to the cafeteria, it was already time to get off work. Hu Honghua saw Wang Yulian actually bringing Li Tianbao from the village, walking in from the door of the garment factory and heading all the way to the office of the garment factory.
Hu Honghua:!!! What! Why is he here?
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