Seeing her furrow her brow, Lu Ze asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
Yu Yao gestured with her chin toward Wan Xiaozhen's departing figure. "That was Wan Xiaozhen. She came out of Zhou Qiang's office. This woman's relationship with Zhou Qiang is not simple."
Yu Yao didn't explicitly state their relationship, but Lu Ze understood what she meant. "Don't worry, I'll have someone keep an eye on her."
Yu Yao nodded. "Let's go."
When they arrived at Wu Huaiqing's office, Yu Yao first asked him to have a meal.
Wu Huaiqing opened the lunchbox, a hint of surprise in his eyes. "This is a sponge cake? The cafeteria is actually willing to make such a complicated dish?"
Workers' canteens usually serve quick and easy dishes. This kind of time-consuming and labor-intensive steamed egg cake not only requires a lot of ingredients but also takes a lot of time and effort, making it the type of dish that the canteen hates to make the most.
"This wasn't made in the cafeteria; Aunt Lei made it for Qiaoqiao. She said it's an orange-flavored sponge cake. Orange sounds like 'good fortune,' so it represents turning bad luck into good and driving away misfortune. She gave us the sponge cake hoping that we would embody the symbolism of oranges."
Yu Yao pointed to the food in the aluminum lunchbox and mentioned, seemingly unintentionally but actually intentionally, "There's also this braised pork with preserved mustard greens and braised Qingyuan chicken, both of which Qiaoqiao helped you choose."
Wu Huaiqing looked down at the contents of the aluminum lunchbox, a hint of tenderness flashing in his eyes. "When you see Comrade Fang, please thank her for me."
"Of course, you should express your gratitude in person to show your sincerity. You should go yourself." Yu Yao's original intention was to create an opportunity for the two of them, so she naturally wouldn't agree.
Wu Huaiqing thought about it and agreed, "I'll go myself. Yu Yao, do you know what Comrade Fang likes? How can I thank her?"
He hasn't had much experience interacting with women and isn't very good at how to get along with them.
Yu Yao thought for a moment, "Besides eating, her favorite thing is watching movies."
Wu Huaiqing silently made a note of it and then ate the piece of sponge cake.
In many places, steamed egg custard is called steamed chicken cake. The chicken cake that Aunt Lei made is a kind of dessert, more like the steamed cake of later generations.
Sponge cake. (Image included)
This is a delicacy made with eggs, flour, sesame oil, sugar, and fresh oranges. It is soft, sweet, and has a rich egg flavor, along with the sweet and sour aroma of oranges.
Fang Qiaoqiao brought four pieces, each about half the size of her palm. It was Yu Yao's first time eating them, and she was amazed by the taste.
It's hard to believe that sponge cakes could be made so fluffy and soft without the baking tools of later generations.
Even Lu Ze, who is usually not one to show his emotions, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow when he ate the sponge cake, clearly indicating that he liked it very much.
After Wu Huaiqing finished eating, Yu Yao and Lu Ze went to the bike shed first to push their bicycles. When Wu Huaiqing rode over on his sidecar, the three of them headed home together.
On the other hand, in order to avoid suspicion, Zhou Qiang called all the staff in the purchasing department to strengthen their safety training.
After completing the ideological education task assigned by the factory's Revolutionary Committee, he glanced at Niu Sha and said, "Your name is Niu Sha, right? You stay here for now; I have something to ask you."
Bull Shark scratched his head sheepishly. "Director Zhou, what's the matter?"
As soon as the others left, Zhou Qiang immediately closed the door.
Bull Shark, his previous憨厚傻傻 (simple and foolish) expression gone, sat on the wooden sofa, his eyes sharp, and asked, "What do you want?"
Zhou Qiang ingratiatingly brewed him a cup of tea. "Comrade Bull Shark, you were absolutely right. Wu Huaiqing and Yu Yao didn't suspect it was an accident at all. What do you think we should do next? Shouldn't we move that batch of canned goods?"
Bull Shark's eyes flickered. "Wu Huaiqing's men have found the black market, and the canned goods have been exposed. We'll leave this batch of canned goods alone for now and wait until things calm down. Wu Huaiqing and Yu Yao are lucky to have survived this time."
He just didn't expect that Yu Yao was actually Lu Ze's lover.
If you were to ask which island troop smugglers around Guangdong Province fear the most, it would undoubtedly be the Third Regiment led by Lu Ze.
This team consists of elites, brave and skilled in battle, especially their leader Lu Ze, a man whose name alone strikes fear into the hearts of smugglers in the surrounding area.
Once he sets his sights on you, you won't escape no matter how hard you try.
Black Shark has been avoiding confrontations with island forces for the past year or two, especially Lu Ze, but unexpectedly, despite all the avoidance, they still ran into each other.
Bull Shark felt a sense of unease. With Lu Ze's intelligence, he might have already discovered the problem and was only claiming it was an accident to mislead them.
However, there's no need to explain this to Zhou Qiang.
Zhou Qiang glanced at Bull Shark and asked in a low voice, "What about the batch of goods in the warehouse? Recently, Wu Huaiqing's men have been going to the warehouse a lot. I'm worried that we'll be exposed."
"You don't need to worry about this. I've already arranged for someone to persuade the factory manager that the final of the canned food R&D competition will be held earlier. Wu Huaiqing, on the other hand, is busy with canned food R&D and won't have time to manage the warehouse for the time being. This is our opportunity to get this batch of sugarcane out first."
"Where will it be delivered this time?" Zhou Qiang's eyes darted around. "To the same place as last time?"
Bull Shark sneered, "Zhou Qiang, I advise you not to have any ulterior motives. If you behave yourself, you'll get your share of the benefits, but if you dare to try anything funny, don't blame us for being impolite."
Zhou Qiang's expression changed drastically, and he quickly denied it: "Brother Bull Shark, my loyalty to the organization is beyond question, and I would never dare to have any disloyalty."
Bull Shark didn't want to waste his time arguing with him. "My people say Wan Xiaozhen is pregnant with your child?"
Zhou Qiang was sweating profusely. He used to be reckless and it was difficult for him to get women pregnant. Wan Xiaozhen was probably carrying his only son in his life.
Unexpectedly, Bull Shark even knew this. Not daring to lie, he could only admit it.
"In that case, let her go to the air-raid shelter in the eastern suburbs of the dock the day after tomorrow. Someone will tell you what to do." After he finished speaking, he returned to his honest and harmless appearance, opened the door and left.
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