Chapter 134: Taking Over
The next morning, as soon as the first truck of the factory's early shift left, Tian Xin went to the stone factory along the main road.
The breath of early spring is already in our air, and the sun is particularly dazzling.
A sweater seemed appropriate, matching the temperature of the season. She chose a loose blue sweater, paired it with denim overalls, and walked into Li Baiwan's office full of energy.
Li Baiwan seemed to have just arrived at work. He hadn't even brewed his tea yet and was frantically searching for something. When he saw her come in, he raised his eyes and greeted her: "Are you here?" Then he lowered his head and continued searching.
"What are you looking for?"
Li Baiwan didn't even raise his head and complained, "Where did Zhang Yuan put the tea?"
He was fat to begin with, and the only places in the office where tea could be stored were either cabinets or his desk drawers. The space was very narrow, and his big round belly squeezed between the cabinets and the desk, making his forehead sweat.
Tian Xin wanted to laugh when she saw it: "I know where it is. You come out first and I'll find it!"
"You know?" Li Baiwan was a little unconvinced: "How could you know?"
"How many times have I come to your place? How many times have I made tea for you?" She walked over with a smile and sat in Li Baiwan's boss chair. She reached out and opened the second drawer of the desk. She took out the tea leaves from the innermost corner and placed them on the table: "Isn't it here?"
"Hey!" Li Baiwan looked at the tea leaves and laughed, "I just looked in that drawer, but I couldn't find it."
"Don't you think about how expensive your tea is? Does Zhang Yuan dare to leave it out in the open? It's all hidden!"
Tian Xin stood up, gave up her seat, picked up Li Baiwan's cup, opened it, and threw a handful of tea leaves into it.
"What's there to hide?" Li Baiwan smiled and said, "This kid is so thoughtful and loves to hide things!"
Tian Xin thought: I'm used to the hard times!
There was a water dispenser in the office, but Tian Xin liked to use hot water from the boiler outside to make tea, so she took the kettle and went out.
The washroom was to the right of a row of offices, next to where the leaders parked their cars. She walked over, set the kettle down, and turned on the tap, waiting for the water to flow in, her eyes darting towards the office. Just as she was passing by, she saw Zhang Feng enter Zhang Xiaomei's office in the Human Resources Department.
The water was just filled up and she turned on the faucet and prepared to leave when Zhang Feng came out of the office. He saw her but didn't say hello and drove away angrily!
It was just past 9 o'clock, so he should have just arrived for work. Tian Xin pondered for a moment, then smiled.
She walked back with the kettle in her hand when a message came on her phone: [Has he left?]
She quickly replied: [Let’s go, what are you doing? 】
【I don't trust you, so I'll send him away】
What if he suddenly comes back and asks?
【I probably won’t be able to come back today! 】
Can’t come back?
She frowned slightly and replied, "Don't be too..."
Before I finished typing, the phone rang.
She walked quickly into the garden carrying the kettle and answered the phone: "Hello——"
"Don't worry, just go and check it out! As long as he goes into the hospital, he won't be able to return to the factory today!" Lin Zhou stood in front of the glass window of the office, watching people coming and going downstairs, and rubbed the plush scarf in his hand.
Tian Xin looked around and made sure no one was around. She lowered her voice and said, "Don't be too ridiculous. Zhang Ni is a girl after all. I don't want anyone else to know about this!"
"Well, don't worry, as long as Zhang Feng doesn't say anything, no one will know!" Lin Zhou paused, seeming a little hesitant: "This Zhang Ni..."
"What's wrong?"
"She... was pestering the person I was looking for, saying..." Lin Zhou hesitated, as if he couldn't put it into words.
"What's wrong with you?" Tian Xin said anxiously: "Tell me!"
"In short, stay away from this person."
"Okay, I get it, hang up!"
"Don't be impatient..."
Before Lin Zhou could finish speaking, the person on the other end of the phone hung up!
"Oh..." He sighed: It's like this every time, I can't even say a few more words!
This might be true at other times, but today he had wronged Tian Xin. Just as he was hesitating and stammering, the cleaning lady came towards the garden.
If Tian Xin hadn't left, she would have overheard their conversation. With that aunt's big mouth, within two days, Tian Xin's words would have spread a dozen different versions around the village.
What’s more, it’s such explosive news that Zhang Ni is pregnant before marriage. How outrageous is that?
Li Baiwan was sitting in the office waiting for tea. When no water was brought back for a long time, he poured himself a cup from the water dispenser.
When Tian Xin came in with the water, he was spitting out tea leaves: "Pooh, pooh, pooh! This water is no good for making tea, it's so cold!"
She walked over, took the teacup, and brought it to the door under the tree to pour it out. She then made him a new cup and said, "Why are you so anxious? I just called back, didn't I?"
After making tea, she put the kettle back in its place, took a rag from the clothesline at the door and started cleaning the office.
Li Baiwan looked at her for a long time, and seeing that she had no intention of leaving, he asked, "What are you doing here today?"
She was still thinking about what Lin Zhou had just said, so she didn't respond. After wiping the table, she rinsed the mop and mopped the floor.
"Xiaotian!" Li Baiwan saw that she didn't respond and called out again.
“…”
Tian Xin lowered her head and worked, still without responding.
"Xiaotian!" The voice was so loud that it shook the earth, and Tian Xin was startled.
"What happened?" She was still in shock and shuddered with fear, causing the straps to slip off her shoulders.
"I'm asking you a question. What are you doing here today?" Li Baiwan lowered the volume and asked again.
Tian Xin rolled her eyes: "Uncle, just ask me questions, why are you so loud? You scared me!" She straightened her straps and continued mopping the floor.
Li Baiwan was speechless: "I just asked you twice, and you didn't respond. What are you thinking?"
"Nothing." She buried her head in mopping the floor and replied with her back turned: "Why didn't Zhang Yuan come today?"
"Oh! The woman said she had something to do at home and asked for a few days off!"
"Ask for leave?"
"oh!"
"Did you say what it was?"
"She said she was going out of town with her sister to get married to a distant relative."
"Oh!" Tian Xin slowed down and asked tentatively, "Now that Zhang Ni has taken leave, Li Meng is the only one left in the weighing room. Can she handle it?"
Li Baiwan was confused: "Don't we still have Zhang Feng? It doesn't matter if one person is missing!"
"Oh! Then I will help you here today, feel free to ask me for anything I want!" She turned around and smiled at Li Baiwan, then continued mopping the floor.
Li Baiwan didn't know what she wanted to do, and it was not easy to ask, so he said: "I dare not order you around. The village committee has a lot of things to do. If you are busy, go back quickly. I don't have anything to do here!"
"I'm fine..." Before Tian Xin could finish her words, the phone on the desk rang.
Li Baiwan took a look and picked up the phone: "Hello - what's going on?"
"What? What's going on?"
"Oh! Okay, then you decide on the arrangements!"
"What do you do all day?" Li Baiwan was furious: "You're asking me about such a small matter? Go cover for him!"
Without waiting for a reply from the other end, he hung up the phone with a "click"!
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