Chapter 10
"Juyong, don't you live alone? I thought I heard a woman's voice just now."
Zheng Juyong felt clear-headed and naturally did not turn off the hands-free function.
"That was Guan Ying just now."
Qiao Qi's emotions, which had paused, collapsed again in an instant: "If she leaves, won't all your efforts be wasted! Ju Yong, when will you be back? Since she's gone, please come back quickly!"
Zheng Juyong didn't want to mention his frustration at the freight yard to Qiao Qi, so he could only soothe her: "Qi Qi, get some more sleep. I'll call you later, okay?"
Qiao Qi insisted: "No! Do you understand? I am your fiancée now. How can I sleep with you being with her? Do you know what she said to me? She wants..."
No one knew when Guan Ying broke free from Xiao Weiyan. She suddenly squeezed behind him, snatched his phone, and said sharply and bluntly: "Miss! Are you done yet? Don't worry, I'll let him go at dawn! Also, it's the middle of the night here. You've had enough sleep, but you can't just ignore other people's lives!"
Guan Yingcai ignored Zheng Juyong's mood and hung up the call with a click. He threw the phone back and said, "Good fellow, you weren't anxious for four years, but you can't wait for three days?"
She had suddenly flown back to exchange Zheng Juyong, but fundamentally, it was because she was worried about leaving business matters to him. Zheng Juyong, a "useless scholar", was not cut out for foreign trade. The elders were willing to pay for his education at the expense of the business, but she couldn't bear to give up the hard work she had put in over the past six months.
Zheng Juyong was used to seeing her bandit-like behavior, but seeing his girlfriend being bullied by her, he couldn't remain indifferent: "Guan Ying! Why did you take my phone? Qiao Qi didn't do anything to you. At most, I'll go out and talk on the phone... You used to defend her, but now you've changed your attitude so suddenly! It's totally unreasonable!"
After growing up, it was the first time he dared to resist the little bully, and in front of Xiao Weiyan.
"Heh, am I unreasonable?" Guan Ying wanted to turn around and argue with him, but was dragged into the bedroom by Xiao Weiyan.
A few days ago, Xiao Weiyan thought Zheng Juyong was a rival. But now that he saw with his own eyes that Zheng Juyong was protecting another woman and that he and Guan Ying were as incompatible as water and fire, he was completely relieved. "It's too late, and you're tired. Don't argue with Juyong. I just made the bed next to you. You can go to sleep first. You have to get up early to work tomorrow... I think it's best for me to stay with you."
Guan Ying grumbled angrily: "No need, you leave too."
Xiao Weiyan looked at the two adjacent beds and still greedily wanted to stay.
Guan Ying pulled him up and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Go back and rest. Remember to drive slowly on the road."
Xiao Weiyan was almost pushed out the door by her.
Guan Ying was angry just now, but she didn't lose her temper on the spot only because he spoke up. She gave him face in front of Zheng Juyong, so Xiao Weiyan could only stop while he was ahead.
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Zheng Juyong rubbed his body in the living room for a while, probably typing those cheesy words to coax his baby Qiao Qi.
The sound of his keystrokes was very faint, but it still annoyed Guan Ying.
"Are you still going to sleep? The lights in the living room are on and it's disturbing me!"
Zheng Juyong finally turned off his phone and went into the bedroom. He already knew the importance of sleep for the next day's work, so he didn't feel any pretense about sleeping with her. Besides, they had plenty of experience sleeping together as children, and they were both familiar with each other's sleeping habits. He felt no wavering.
"Hey, where did you get the new bed?" His tone was natural and friendly, as if he was not the one who had just quarreled with her.
She was still angry with him at this time, which made her look funny. She replied calmly: "Uncle and aunt prepared this for you, and that big box is all yours."
Zheng Juyong was like a fool who never learned his lesson: "Do my parents know you're here?"
Guan Ying rolled over, too lazy to pay attention to him. He was relaxed and at ease when he left, but the burden was left to her. If it weren't for the fact that "aunts and uncles worry about their children when they are thousands of miles away", she wouldn't have bothered to be this human courier.
Zheng Juyong lay down in front of the opened box, rummaging through it, and then he became cheerful. "Hey, my mom is moving the kitchen over here. You know what? I haven't had enough to eat these past few days... I feel hungry every day. There's only instant noodles in the kitchen, which is too bland."
Oh, when Aunt Zheng heard Guan Ying was in a hurry to return to the UAE, she immediately gave Aunt Lin, the nanny, a long list of food. Even the grains were pre-packaged and divided into individual packages according to the portion size for each meal. Even if Zheng Juyong was scolded like a pig or a dog at home, once he left home, he was still the daughter of the Zheng family.
Guan Ying closed her eyes and still ignored him.
Zheng Juyong decided to go to sleep out of boredom. He walked to the bed frame and suddenly realized, "Hey, why are you sleeping on the four-piece suit that my family brought me?"
He was making as much noise as a green frog beside the bed. Guan Ying cried out, "Ah!" and rolled over, clenching her fists. "I'm not going to sleep in this new bed. Am I going to sleep in yours? Who knows if you wet the bed a few days ago?"
Zheng Juyong looked at her with disheveled hair, and the shadow of his childhood came back to him, and he unconsciously took a step back.
He forgot that although she had slept in the original bunk, she had given it to him after all, and he had not washed and dried it in advance, so of course she was unwilling to use it again.
"Book a flight back tomorrow!" Guan Ying resisted the urge to jump out of bed and slap him.
"Why should I go back? Oh, you mean Qiao Qi? She's actually fine. I think she just missed me too much." What was Zheng Juyong laughing at?
"Who said it was for Qiao Qi? Have you forgotten that your aunt is still in the hospital?!" Guan Ying felt that he was the one who was "unreasonable".
"My mom? Of course not. Didn't you see that this box of food is enough for the two of us to eat for three months? And they even stuffed four sets of food in it. It's obvious that they don't want me to go back."
Eh? She was so busy cleaning up the mess at the warehouse that she hadn't noticed this. Her mind was suddenly a little confused... Was this what her uncle and aunt were planning?
Guan Ying was even more upset: "Master Zheng, this is the condition of our dormitory. You can't sleep well and you can't eat enough. A few days of experience is enough. You are not needed for the rest of the matter. You should return home quickly and stop talking nonsense to me!"
"If you don't need me, then who do you want? Xiao Weiyan, Daniel, oh, there are six more?" Zheng Juyong regretted it as soon as he finished speaking. Why did he say it so carelessly? It was too hasty.
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"Uh... it was Hassan. He pulled me to take a photo. I think he was going to send it to Daniel... It's because you always use me as a pretext. I'm innocent too... I didn't react at the time, and no one told me what was going on. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let Hassan take the photo!" He tried to make amends awkwardly.
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"Well! If I stay, at least I can help you run errands and cook. You know I'm good at cooking. I can also make vinegar fish... I have more time than Xiao Weiyan... In short, I can't give up halfway. It will be better for everyone after I finish this mess and go back!" She didn't say anything, and he was so panicked that he started to talk incoherently.
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"Guan Ying, say something." It would be better to scold him immediately than for her to be so terribly silent now.
Furthermore, what was that look in Guan Ying's eyes? Shock, confusion, shame and indignation—he could understand all of that, but why did it also evoke a sense of loneliness, desolation, disappointment, and even a hint of… pity? It didn't seem like pity for herself, but rather for him.
His understanding of women over the years was limited to his mother and Qiao Qi. The boundaries between their arrogance and fragility were as clear as black and white, so he never knew that there could be so many complex and colorful changes between the two.
To men, these changes are like poppies, gorgeous and dangerous.
When Zheng Juyong was distracted, the familiar little bully had already returned. Guan Ying gritted her teeth and said, "If you don't sleep, believe it or not, I will kick you out right now and let you live with those wild dogs outside!"
Two lower bunks, two people sitting feet to feet.
Guan Ying used to grind her teeth when she slept, and Zheng Juyong used to snore when he slept, but tonight, the bedroom was quiet.
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"Jiawei, how are you doing?"
"Yes! Brother Liu, Brother Qin, and their crew have worked all night to unload the remaining goods. The next batch of trucks has also been loaded. They are now on site to sort out the defective goods. I think the defective rate is close to 20%, which should be more than you estimated."
"20%..." Guan Ying had originally estimated the defective rate to be at most 10%, which would have allowed her to make at least a 10% profit on this shipment of Southern Steel. While a million or eight hundred thousand wasn't much, it would be enough to give the West City Steel employees a year-end bonus, making all her hard work worthwhile. However, at the current level, while she wouldn't lose money, it was probably a waste of effort, with no profit to be made.
She didn't want Jiawei to look so sad, so she cheered up and said with a smile, "Yes, not bad, he's been saved. Thank you for your hard work this time, Jiawei."
"Hey, why are you still saying these cheesy things to me~ And I didn't stay up all night last night. Brother Liu and Brother Qin were very particular. I saw that there was no problem at the cargo yard, so I went back to the hotel before 12 o'clock. I also got a good sleep for a few hours. Ha, how did you sleep? You two, did you sleep in separate beds? Hehe~"
After Zheng Juyong escorted the truck away last night, Jiawei stayed at the cargo yard to watch the workers continue unloading the goods. She was busy until late at night before returning to the hotel. Now that it was dawn, she rushed back to the cargo yard, preparing to escort the truck to Hassan to deliver the remaining batch of goods according to the plan she and Guan Ying had agreed on in advance.
Guan Ying looked up at the bedroom door. Zheng Juyong seemed to be still asleep. She tiptoed from the living room to the kitchen to talk on the phone: "You've only slept for a few hours, and you still have the energy to make fun of me! If I had known this, I wouldn't feel sorry for you. I would have moved to a hotel to make trouble for you!"
Jiawei: "Haha~ Okay, I know, you care about me the most~ Oh, right, I just contacted the team, we'll be leaving in a while, and we'll probably be back from Hassan in the afternoon. I'm afraid I won't be able to see him off in time. Remember to say goodbye to Juyong for me! Also, he'd better come over as soon as possible to settle the workers' wages. The workers need to go back and rest for a day."
Guan Ying glanced down at the half-cooked pot of rotten noodles that Zheng Juyong had used but hadn't had time to clean up. She put her hands on her hips and sighed deeply, "Alas, Jiawei, we need to change our plans."
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