"Zong Yue, what's going on between you and Xiao Min?"
"Do you know that her parents just called home, saying you're harassing a shop owner? How old is that owner, thirty or forty?"
"What were you thinking? You're giving up your young aunt to go after that old woman."
In Gao Juan's mind, someone who can run a shop on their own must be quite old.
"Also, what are you trying to do by not going to work for so many days? Your dad pulled a lot of strings and I spent a lot of money to get you this job. If you lose it, our family will suffer a huge loss."
Gao Juan chattered on with a dark expression. Her cheekbones were already high, and when she slumped over, her face looked even longer.
Chen Zongyue listened for a while before he realized, "How does Xiaomin know all this?" He clearly always went during class to make sure he wouldn't run into Xiaomin.
Today, because Cheng Yue arrived late, he waited a little longer. Thinking of Xiao Min who rushed over, Chen Zongyue had a bad feeling. Could it be that Xiao Min had discovered him at that time?
No, she shouldn't have. If she had noticed, she should have chased after me, but Xiaomin clearly ran into the store.
Gao Juan was furious, but her son acted as if nothing had happened.
"Zong Yue, you have to explain to me clearly today what you're thinking."
"Mom, please don't be angry." Chen Zongyue had no choice but to comfort Gao Juan first. "Xiao Min and her family are just talking nonsense, saying they're harassing the shop owner."
"That boss is my high school classmate, so it's normal to talk to him and say hello."
"Your high school classmate?" Gao Juan was so surprised she forgot she was angry. "Isn't she a woman in her thirties or forties?"
"He's only twenty-one."
She's only twenty-one and she's already able to open a shop; she must have some skill. Thinking this, Gao Juan's anger subsided a bit.
But~
"So what do you mean? You don't want Xiaomin anymore, and you want to be with your high school classmate?" Gao Juan guessed.
Chen Zongyue shook his head, and Gao Juan became anxious. "This isn't it, that isn't it, what are you thinking?"
Compared to Zhou Sui and Cheng Yue, Xiao Min was too ordinary in terms of both family background and appearance, and Chen Zongyue looked down on her.
Zhou Sui is beautiful and can make money now, but her attitude is what it is. Chen Zongyue isn't inflexible; if one path doesn't work, there's always another.
"Is the Cheng family really as powerful as you say?" Gao Juan still harbored a sliver of doubt after hearing Chen Zongyue's words.
It's not her fault. Although she went to work in the city, she spent most of her time in the factory and didn't have time to get to know them.
Chen Zongyue only mentioned one thing: "Do you know the newspaper that interviewed you at your factory a few days ago?"
Gao Juan nodded. It was a big deal for the factory. To prepare for the interview, the entire factory had been renovated, and even the iron gate with a rusty corner had been replaced.
"Cheng Yue's mother is the editor-in-chief of that newspaper. I saw in the newspaper that she was the person in charge of your factory who was interviewed."
You might not know Cheng Song and Gao Juan, but you'll definitely know Ding Shuya and Gao Juan.
"I didn't expect that girl's family to be so powerful." Gao Juan was also a shrewd and calculating person, and she immediately understood her son's thoughts.
Compared to Cheng Yue, Xiao Min is really nothing.
But Gao Juan is still clear-headed. "But with their family background, can we really pull this off?"
"Besides, isn't it said that your classmate is the Cheng family's biological daughter? Why doesn't she go back to the Cheng family? Is it because the Cheng family doesn't want to take her back?"
Chen Zongyue was unaware of the intricacies of the situation, but he managed to extract information from Cheng Yue that Zhou Sui herself did not want to go back.
"Mom, your son is just as good as me. Although our family background is quite different from others, with the help of the Cheng family, it won't be a problem."
That makes sense; the students Cheng Song taught already have a considerable network of connections.
Chen Zongyue knew he was good-looking, so he wanted to make good use of his face. Cheng Yue was a silly girl, and as long as Zhou Sui didn't interfere, she should be easy to fool.
"What about Xiaomin?" Gao Juan looked at her son and asked him how to handle the problem.
Actually, if Xiaomin hadn't taken him to Zhouji Snack Shop, he wouldn't have discovered Zhou Sui, and thus wouldn't have waited for Cheng Yue.
Of course, if none of these things were there, he might have continued to be with Xiaomin.
But the fact that we have such a smooth road now is all thanks to Xiaomin.
"I'll talk to Xiaomin." Even if I don't apologize to Xiaomin, I should at least say thank you.
"What about your job?" This was Gao Juan's biggest concern, since that job was indeed hard-won.
Chen Zongyue gets angry when he talks about work. "Every day there's a ton of miscellaneous tasks that I can't finish. They just take advantage of me because I'm new and young, and they dump all the dirty and tiring work on me."
"Mom, didn't they say it was an easy job?" The thought of wearing a perfectly ironed shirt and having to move those dusty boxes made Chen Zongyue not want to go to work.
Gao Juan said helplessly, "Even an easy job takes time to earn. Back when my mother first entered the factory, she started from the bottom and worked her way up to supervisor after many years, drinking tea and reading reports in the office."
She knew that her son had always been spoiled at home, and she felt sorry for him when she saw him doing hard labor. "How about this, Mom will ask you for a long leave, and you can focus on developing your relationship with Cheng Yue during this time."
"Ideally, the Cheng family could find you a job that pays well and is easy. We won't do the previous one anymore."
In Gao Juan's view, this kind of thing was just a matter of talking to the Cheng family, it was very simple.
"Hmm," Chen Zongyue responded sullenly, though in reality, the hardships he endured at work were far more severe than he described.
Everyone knew he got in through connections. If he had been assigned a less demanding position, people would have treated him differently. But he ended up with a menial job.
The people in this workplace are all shrewd; don't they understand what this means? They have connections but no powerful backing.
In addition, Chen Zongyue was somewhat arrogant. He was nice to his female colleagues, but he offended quite a few male colleagues.
This put him in a very difficult position, so he could only have a brighter future by clinging to the Cheng family.
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