Huihui's expression changed slightly. She said it, but she had no intention of getting involved in the guests' affairs. She might get herself into trouble and lose her job.
"Comrade, you misheard me. I didn't say anything. I have work to do, so I'll take my leave now."
After saying that, Huihui left in a hurry.
Gu Nanzhi sneered inwardly: "Won't talk? I have plenty of ways to deal with that."
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The second floor of the pharmacy.
Su Wantang untied Lu Huai'an's hospital gown and glanced at the wound. It hadn't reopened, so she guessed that the movement had aggravated the still-unhealed wound, causing the bleeding.
Holding alcohol and cotton balls, she skillfully cleaned the wound. After washing, she took out a small medicine bottle from the medicine cabinet next to her, poured in high-quality wound powder, and began bandaging.
Throughout the entire process, Lu Huai'an didn't even frown, his eyes almost glued to Su Wantang.
Su Wantang suddenly leaned closer, and Lu Huai'an's breath hitched: "Should I bandage it up, or should Gu Nanzhi do it?"
Lu Huai'an was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Su Wantang to ask this.
Su Wantang tightened the bandage slightly: "Is it hard to decide?"
Lu Huai'an truthfully replied, "I have no recollection of it."
Before going abroad, Gu Nanzhi worked at a military hospital. At that time, Lu Huai'an was still in the Beijing military region. When he was injured, he would occasionally go to the military hospital, and the two would sometimes run into each other.
But in Lu Huai'an's eyes, apart from being the girl next door, Gu Nanzhi was no different from other medical staff, so he naturally didn't pay any attention to her.
Clearly, Su Wantang was not satisfied with this answer.
"No recollection, or do you simply not want to talk about it?"
Wasn't it Gu Nanzhi who performed the surgery this time?
Su Wantang wouldn't care about Lu Huai'an's life, but she would still feel jealous if necessary.
Lu Huai'an vaguely sensed that this question was crucial; if he didn't answer it well, everything he had done before would probably be in vain.
He said carefully, "It's not that I don't want to; apart from you, everyone else makes no difference to me."
Seeing Su Wantang frown, Lu Huai'an grabbed Su Wantang's hand and placed it on her newly bandaged chest, saying firmly, "It will only want to jump out if you are here."
His gaze was intense, and Su Wantang was instantly burned by it, feeling much more at ease, but she did not let it go so easily.
She continued, "You even know Gu Nanzhi's birthday?"
The questions were getting increasingly suffocating, and Lu Huai'an was sweating profusely: "I know."
His chest tightened, and he quickly said, "Chi Ye often talks about it in my ear, and he has such a good memory."
Su Wantang: "Who is Chi Ye?"
Lu Huai'an's tone was tinged with sadness: "My brother who risked his life for me."
"he…"
—How come I've never seen it before?
Before she could even ask, Lu Huai'an interrupted her.
"Dead."
"Die because of me."
"Gu Nanzhi is the girl he likes."
Su Wantang remained silent for a few seconds, not continuing this painful topic.
"How did the mission go?"
Lu Huai'an: "Mm."
To avoid suspicion, Lu Huai'an stopped staying at the hospital and Su Wantang took over his care.
Half a month passed in a flash, and Gu Nanzhi behaved herself without causing any trouble. Lu Huai'an recovered well from his injuries and returned to his unit. Su Wantang's new factory was also completed and officially started production.
In the past two weeks, Su Wantang has been busy nurturing Xia Bao.
The pharmaceutical factory had just started operating, and there was a lot to do. Su Wantang often spent the whole day in the factory. This is when the benefits became apparent, as Xia Bao helped her a lot.
Even so, it took another half month before the pharmaceutical factory slowly got back on track.
The first batch of whitening cream produced by the pharmaceutical factory also appeared on the shelves of Friendship Store.
The product was new and had no reputation, so for three days in a row, it sat on the counter and no one paid any attention to it.
Manager Xu from the Friendship Store came looking for us.
"Comrade Su, even if something is excellent, it's a waste if nobody buys it, don't you think?"
Su Wantang understood his meaning; he wanted her to voluntarily remove the product from the shelves, since the order came directly from above and he couldn't refuse.
"Manager Xu, give me some time, I will solve this problem."
Xu Dong didn't give in easily: "Comrade Su, you need to give a specific timeframe, don't you?"
"Ten days."
Xu Dong pondered for two seconds, then reluctantly agreed, but added, "Comrade Su, this is your word. If it doesn't work, I'll tell the higher-ups directly."
"good."
After seeing Xu Dong off, Su Wantang began to ponder.
She had a general idea in mind.
First, we can let customers experience it for themselves. They'll know whether it's good or not once they try it. In two days, it will be Women's Day, so we can hold a promotion.
Secondly, we encourage existing customers who have made previous purchases to buy more, creating a sense of urgency and further promoting the product.
Having made up her mind, Su Wantang turned to the military.
Li Jia led Su Wantang to the cultural troupe.
During a break from the dance practice, Li Jia went up on stage and clapped her hands.
"Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. I need to take up some of your time to talk about something personal."
As the group leader, Li Jia was used to being authoritative, and once she said that, everyone shut up.
Upon hearing this, Gu Nanqiao closed her mouth, which was halfway open.
She wanted to see what this capitalist's daughter was up to!
But whatever it takes, it's like a toad dancing, only to humiliate itself.
Her sister has returned to China!
Moreover, as soon as her sister returned to China, her brother from Huai'an abandoned this mistress at the wedding and ran away. Doesn't that prove something?
"I won't go into details about the whitening cream I recommended before, but today, the owner of the whitening cream, Su Wantang, has some good news to share with everyone."
Gu Nanqiao pouted: "I've never seen such a heartless merchant. Five yuan for a box of whitening cream? What good things could a swindler like you possibly have to say? You can't possibly be giving us five or ten boxes of whitening cream for free, can you?"
Cultural troupes are also divided into different types.
Previously, Gu Nanqiao wasn't in Li Jia's song and dance troupe; she was in a drama troupe. I don't know what went wrong with her, but she would practice basic skills every day and scream like a ghost, yet she refused to leave.
Li Jia's expression suddenly changed. She was so happy that Wan Tang came to see her that she had completely forgotten about this.
Just as he was about to speak, Su Wantang spoke up.
Gu Nanqiao, Gu Nanzhi's younger sister, was someone Su Wantang had met on her first day at the compound, so they weren't strangers.
She said gently, "Is Comrade Gu a capitalist?"
Gu Nanqiao began to wonder if her hearing was failing her. What was she hearing?
A capitalist's daughter, I say, a son of a soldier with impeccable revolutionary credentials, a capitalist's daughter?
It was such a huge joke, she was laughing so hard her mouth was practically raw.
Under Gu Nanqiao's shocked gaze, Su Wantang continued, "Otherwise, how could they exploit me, their good comrade? Five boxes, ten boxes? Even if they were taking advantage, there's no way they'd say they'd eat and take at the same time. Tsk, their skin is thicker than a wall..."
Gu Nanqiao blushed so much her neck turned red: "Who are you calling shameless?"
Su Wantang exclaimed, "Eh? Comrade Gu doesn't admit to being shameless, but that means he admits to exploitation."
Is that what she meant?
"You capitalist's daughter, stop talking nonsense! This is just spreading rumors!" Gu Nanqiao gritted her teeth.
Su Wantang didn't even bother to pretend; she directly admitted, "Yes! I am a capitalist's daughter!"
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