Seeing his girlfriend's keen curiosity, Wang Peng pressed the speakerphone button on the phone.
"Hello, I am Wang Peng."
"Mr. Wang, I am Xu Lili."
"Oh, it's Sister Lily. Please speak."
"..."
Xu Lili began to recount what she had seen and heard that day.
From Huang Ran's plan to fire Wang Cheng, to Huang Yueling's use of a mysterious document to turn the tide, all the way to Huang Yueling coming out of the boss's office wearing a gold necklace, looking as happy as a little girl.
"Boss Wang, Wang Cheng has been promoted to assistant manager of the gold shop area. He has only been with the company for half a month, so it is almost impossible for him to be promoted."
"Yes, please continue."
“We all suspect that Huang Yueling is being kept by the boss; he's just too good to her,” Xu Lili said, her voice tinged with jealousy.
Li Mingzhu rolled her eyes. "You spread rumors just because the two people involved are of the opposite sex. You're really something."
"Mr. Wang, that's all," Xu Lili said.
“Okay, I’ll give the things to Liu tomorrow,” Wang Peng said. “Hang up now, be careful.”
After hanging up the phone, Wang Peng stretched and lay down on his girlfriend's lap.
Li Mingzhu gently massaged his temples and said softly, "Xu Lili is a clerk at Huihuang Store, responsible for monitoring Wang Cheng and Huang Yueling."
Wang Peng nodded. "Wang Cheng does have some skills."
Wang Cheng is good at reading people and has already won Huang Yueling's favor. Without Huang Yueling pleading for him, he would definitely have been expelled.
Even getting a letter of understanding wasn't enough.
In his past life, he married the daughter of the education bureau chief by reading people's expressions and using sweet talk.
"Brother, who is Liu? Is he from our school?"
"Liu Hongzheng from the School of Literature, Xu Linlin is his cousin."
"Brother, how did you manage to find out about this kind of relationship?"
Li Mingzhu was very surprised and said with a smile, "You must have used Uncle Feng's connections."
"Don't be silly, girl. I don't have the ability to use police information. I just happened to see Xu Linlin visiting her brother at school."
"Oh, I see," Li Mingzhu said. "Brother, I mailed Writer Liang's preface to the comic book publisher."
Wang Peng sat up from the sofa. "Do you want me to go to Beijing with you?"
"No need for now, just wait for news." Li Mingzhu yawned. "Brother, pick me up and take me to bed."
The next morning, Wang Peng received a call from Du Lei. He first took his girlfriend to school, then drove to the tobacco and liquor store.
The tobacco and liquor store is under renovation. The smoke and dust have been cleaned up, and the workers are painting the walls.
The renovation workers are tidying up the billboard; the foreman is Du Ming.
"Xiao Peng, long time no see." Du Ming hugged Wang Peng with a smile.
“Uncle, we’re both in the provincial capital, but you’re too busy to have a drink,” Wang Peng said with a smile.
"Come on, you're the one who's always busy." Du Ming patted his shoulder forcefully.
Du Ming is Du Lei's biological father, but the two don't get along, and Du Lei doesn't bother with him.
"Uncle Ming, you go ahead with your work, I'm going to find Brother Lei." Wang Peng looked towards the warehouse across the street.
"Hmph!" Du Ming sneered, "Du Lei is getting more and more outrageous. He didn't even acknowledge me when he saw me just now."
“Really? I’ll go talk to him.” Wang Peng walked across the street and went to the second-floor warehouse.
Du Lei was the only one in the warehouse; his father-in-law and Lao Hong had gone to deliver drinks to the restaurant.
Du Lei peeked through the curtains at his father, a flash of disgust crossing his eyes, before quickly pulling the curtains shut.
Wang Peng knew the father and son didn't get along, but he didn't expect it to be this bad. He was already disgusted with each other.
"Brother Lei, you and Lao Du..."
"He wanted me to marry a forty-year-old woman who had two daughters, the older of whom was three days older than me."
"What? You're not kidding me, are you?"
Wang Peng was completely dumbfounded, staring blankly at his poor good brother.
Du Lei shook his head and gave a wry smile. "That woman is a leader in the Construction Bureau."
"Oh, I see." Wang Peng sighed softly.
The Construction Bureau is one of the governing bodies for the construction and decoration industry, and it certainly has many decoration projects under its jurisdiction.
If Du Lei marries that older woman, Du Ming will be able to secure big projects and make so much money that he'll be overwhelmed.
"You can marry her eldest daughter," Wang Peng patted his good friend on the shoulder and joked.
The father sacrificed his son's future for his own benefit, so Du Ming could become Wang Song's apprentice.
"Brother Peng, let's not talk about my mess." Du Lei became serious and said in a deep voice, "I just called Qinghe Winery and wanted a hundred cases of Red Qinghe, but the salesman, Lao Lin, said they were out of stock. How is that possible? How could the best-selling Red Qinghe be out of stock?"
"Heh heh, it seems Huang Ran has already made his move against us." Wang Peng sneered.
The two sides are already enemies, so blocking the supply of goods is an expected tactic.
The letter of understanding was merely a transaction between Wang Peng and Huang Yueling, and it did not affect Huang Ran's ability to act.
"Brother Peng, what are you planning to do?" Du Lei asked in a deep voice.
"We'll deal with whatever comes our way, like soldiers coming and water coming," Wang Peng said with a smile. "Don't worry about that. Tell me your thoughts. Actually, marrying a forty-year-old female cadre isn't such a bad idea."
"No! Don't be disgusting!" Du Lei got goosebumps and quickly lit a cigarette to calm himself down.
"Haha, just kidding," Wang Peng said. "But who do you want to marry? Sister Shishi?"
Du Lei was taken aback, then shook his head, "You're not married yet, so I'm not in a hurry at all."
"Damn it, how did this get dragged into me again?" Wang Peng smiled slightly, then said seriously, "Don't pay attention to your dad. Your own happiness is the most important thing. Don't let family responsibilities ruin you."
Du Lei nodded. "I know. He always says it's for the Du family, but it's really for his own money."
Just then, the telephone on the table rang.
Du Lei checked the caller ID and pressed the speakerphone button to answer the call.
"Mr. Zhang, may your business prosper."
"May your business prosper, Mr. Du. Send me fifty cases of Hongqinghe liquor urgently."
"Brother Zhang, is tomorrow afternoon okay? I only have ten boxes left in my shop."
"No way, bro. The customer's truck will be here to pick up the goods by noon tomorrow at the latest, around 3 p.m."
Du Lei looked at Wang Peng with a tearful face. When Wang Peng nodded, he hurriedly said, "No problem, you can see the goods tomorrow morning."
“That’s right, that’s more like it.” Boss Zhang said with a smile, “There are so many people in the provincial capital who do business in alcohol, why do I patronize your business? It’s not because you’re cheaper than others, but because you never run out of stock.”
"Thank you for thinking so highly of me, Brother Zhang, haha." A layer of fine sweat appeared on Du Lei's forehead.
"Xiao Du, I'm not kidding you. If you can't come by tomorrow morning, then don't bother coming."
"Please rest assured, Mr. Zhang, the goods will definitely arrive by noon tomorrow."
The two chatted for a few more minutes before finally hanging up.
"Brother Peng, what should we do?" Du Lei asked anxiously. "Old Zhang is no joke."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Wang Peng patted his shoulder and whistled as he went downstairs.
Du Lei pulled back the curtains, watched him get into the car, and watched the car drive away.
"Brother Peng, you must solve this problem!"
Without goods, customers will be lost, and the customer base built up over two years is at risk of collapsing in an instant.
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