Chapter 100
Ye Manlin and Wu Tongyue met because of a very clichéd story of a hero saving a damsel in distress.
In Ye Manlin's opinion, it couldn't even be called a hero saving a damsel in distress. He was driving a horse-drawn carriage from the countryside back to the city, and on the way he ran into Wu Tongyue who was being chased by someone.
He didn't get out of the carriage to meddle, but just slowed down the speed without noticing. When the other party jumped on the carriage, he increased the force of the whip.
When the carriage reached the Anti-Imperialist Fair, he dropped the passengers off and left.
That's all.
After that, Wu Tongyue often came to the anti-imperialist rally to talk to him, but he didn't take it seriously.
He knew that he was good-looking, and there were girls who had been peeking at him since he was a child.
Ever since he was twelve years old and heard female classmates say in private, "Look at what's wrong, you're not getting married yet," he ignored all these overt or covert scrutiny.
A young lady like Wu Tongyue, who obviously has some background, is the type he wants to avoid as much as possible.
Apart from his good looks, he has no other strengths and can only be used as a form of entertainment.
But the girl Wu Tongyue has a gentle name but a wild temperament.
After trying to get close to him for a few days at the market, and seeing that he didn't respond, I proposed to do business with him.
She was a purchasing agent for the supply and marketing cooperative, and had access to many unplanned sources of goods from factories and agricultural cooperatives.
They can undermine socialism together!
Wu Tongyue didn't say it explicitly, but Ye Manlin understood it that way.
The other party is responsible for contacting the source of goods, and he is responsible for purchasing and selling goods, and the profits are split in half.
Perhaps it was because he inherited the money-loving nature from his father's bloodline, or because his disability made him lack a sense of security, Ye Manlin was extremely obsessed with money.
With the opportunity to make money right in front of him, he couldn't find any reason to refuse.
After demanding that profits must be split 70% to 30%, he teamed up with Wu Tongyue to undermine socialism.
However, Wu Tongyue's personality is different from that of most female comrades nowadays. Her wildness is reflected in all aspects.
After working together for half a year, on a dark and windy night, when both parties were dividing the spoils and he was most relaxed, Wu Tongyue kissed him without any warning!
Ye Manlin lived for more than 20 years and had some bad romances, but he was always well behaved and never even touched a girl's hand.
He suddenly kissed the girl. In fact, he was already prepared to take responsibility. He even counted his assets that night. He thought that Wu Tongyue's family conditions might be extraordinary. He didn't have a decent job, so he had to at least buy a decent house and marry a wife.
However, Wu Tongyue did not ask him to take responsibility, and within two days after the incident, her mother, who was the director of the Provincial Supply and Marketing Cooperative, came to find him.
Although Director Cai's attitude was condescending, his words at the time were still relatively polite and tactful.
He didn't say anything like "You are not worthy of my daughter, please leave immediately."
He maintained the demeanor of a cadre and apologized to him first.
Then he said that because of family reasons, Wu Tongyue was rather spoiled and did things without considering other people's feelings.
The implication of her words was that her daughter didn't take him seriously and was just making fun of him.
Director Cai's prediction was correct. People like Ye Manlin are sensitive and he will understand as soon as the other person shows the slightest hint of rejection.
Ye Manlin didn't quite believe that Wu Tongyue was serious about him. Since the other party's parents didn't agree, there was no need to talk about buying a house and getting married.
He told Director Cai that they were just business partners and there was no need to apologize.
If Wu Tongyue wants to withdraw her shares, the money can be given to her.
Of course it was impossible to withdraw the shares. Wu Tongyue simply didn't listen to her mother.
Afterwards, he told Ye Manlin directly about his family situation.
She is the second child in the family and was born to Director Cai and his second husband. After her biological father passed away, Director Cai took her and the inheritance, remarried his original husband, and gave birth to the third child.
Her stepfather never cares about her, and her biological mother can't do anything about her.
She can continue to do business with Ye Manlin.
No matter what, she is her biological mother. Ye Manlin completely gave up the idea of developing a further relationship with Wu Tongyue and focused on doing business and making money.
I can’t find a wife for the time being, but I can’t afford to suffer any more financial losses.
However, it was another dark and windy night. Just when Ye Manlin thought that they had resumed their relationship as money-making partners, Wu Tongyue forcefully kissed him again!
This time she went even further and almost took off his pants!
If Ye Manlin had not been so determined and held on to his last bottom line, he might not be a virgin by now.
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Ye Manzhi sat on a small bench next to the chicken coop, listening to her fifth brother introduce the general situation between him and Wu Tongyue as if she was listening to a story.
Then he asked with a gossipy look on his face: "Brother, is there really nothing going on between you two?"
The fifth brother said with certainty: "Nothing happened!"
"Then why is Wu Tongyue's mother so angry?" Ye Manzhi understood the situation and did not hesitate to talk about the scene that day. "Director Cai came to our house and told our mother that you are older than Wu Tongyue and should keep your distance..."
The fifth brother closed the door of the chicken coop and sighed, "After that day, our relationship became a little awkward. We haven't seen each other for a month, and I really don't know much about her family situation."
Ye Manzhi speculated, "Could it be that she lied and said you two were already in a relationship just to be with you? Otherwise, Director Cai wouldn't be so angry. Wasn't she quite respectful the last time she came to see you?"
The fifth brother said calmly, "Wu Tongyue may have lied to her mother, but it's not necessarily to convince her to agree to us being together. It's possible that she just spoke without thinking and used me to irritate her."
Director Cai's family is a combination of a woman who works outside the home and a man who works inside the home.
Her original husband didn't seem to be very capable.
Wu Tongyue always felt that her mother used her father's inheritance to support her stepfather's family.
The mother and daughter often quarreled over this.
Ye Manlin thought self-deprecatingly that her mother found a man who had no skills and spent her money, so she followed suit and found a man who had no skills and was disabled.
Maybe it was just to piss off her mom...
Ye Manzhi couldn't guess what Fifth Brother was thinking, but she felt that he was extremely vulnerable, so she stood up and gave him a hug.
The fifth brother patted her on the back and said, "You are pregnant and have to take care of your studies. Don't worry about my affairs. I am living a good life now. I have money, food and drink, and a big house to live in for five yuan a month. There is nothing to be dissatisfied with."
But Ye Manzhi always hoped that his life would be perfect.
According to the original development trajectory, the fifth brother would have died in the fire early on.
I have never been in love, married, or had children.
She hopes that Fifth Brother can meet a wife who loves him and have another healthy child.
It’s best not to have any regrets.
"Brother, if Wu Tongyue's mother agrees that you two should be together, would you let Wu Tongyue be my sister-in-law?"
Ye Manzhi felt that his fifth brother might like that girl, but from what he said, Wu Tongyue's personality seemed a bit difficult to deal with.
She had never had any contact with the other party, so it was difficult to draw a conclusion at the moment.
"Her mother won't agree." The fifth brother moved the little rooster from the chicken coop to the chicken nest, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, the chicken nest is done. I've completed the task assigned by our mother. I'm going back now."
"Wu Zhengrong went to the grocery store to buy some food and drinks. He wants to have a couple of drinks with you! Have a drink before you go back."
Ye Manzhi tried her best to keep him, but unfortunately Fifth Brother was heartbroken and had no intention of staying for dinner. He just cleaned up the yard and left.
The side dishes Wu Zhengrong bought became dinner for the couple.
"My fifth brother isn't really going to be with Wu Tongyue, is he?" Ye Manzhi said worriedly, crunching the crisp bones of a pig's ear. "You just complained to Director Cai. If our two families really become in-laws, it would be so embarrassing!"
"My complaint didn't hurt her at all, so what's so embarrassing about it?" Wu Zhengrong took the wine cup from her hand. "Will our parents beat you for someone complaining?"
"Won't."
"The Provincial Supply and Marketing Cooperative won't do anything to her just because she's affecting the work of other units. At most, they'll give her a verbal criticism. For a cadre like her, verbal criticism is nothing. She has to conduct criticism and self-criticism every month, at least eight times, if not ten times."
Wu Zhengrong knew that filing that lawsuit would not cause her any serious damage, but he still filed the lawsuit.
It's just to remind the other party to be careful.
If she came to the military industrial compound to cause trouble every now and then, Ye Lai Ya would be too busy dealing with all those troubles, so how could she study and take care of the pregnancy?
Ye Manzhi glanced into the wine cup and muttered, "It's okay to drink a little, right? Otherwise, this pig's head meat will be tasteless."
Wu Zhengrong strictly followed the doctor's advice. "The doctor said I can't drink alcohol."
"The baby wants to drink!" Ye Manyi pointed to her lower abdomen.
"Kids love soda, so you should have some." Wu Zhengrong opened a bottle and handed it to her. "Aren't we supposed to write our paper tonight? How can we write after drinking?"
"When I was pregnant with this child, I was either studying physics or writing papers. If this child doesn't get a PhD in the future, I will be sorry for the learning environment I created for him!" Ye Manzhi kicked the calf next to him under the table. "I have a paper to write tonight. Can you help me with the physics homework?"
"..." Wu Zhengrong glanced at her and asked, "You're already high before you even drink?"
“I can do it all, but I just don’t like writing!”
Wu Zhengrong complained in his heart, if he knew how to do it, how could he still get 61 points?
Just when he was about to refuse, he heard Ye Lai Ya put her arm around his and said, "You're the best~"
"..." Wu Zhengrong looked at her in silence for a moment, then said with a hint of self-loathing, "This won't happen again."
Ye Manzhi was just testing the waters originally, but she didn't expect that he would actually agree to help her with her homework.
Oh my god.
Is this a piece of cake?
She swallowed the pig's head in her mouth, feeling as if she had won the first prize in a savings account. She hurriedly added, "Just write casually, don't try too hard. If I get all the answers right, it won't match my actual level, and the teacher will be suspicious. Getting 70% or 80% right is enough!"
This was the first time Wu Zhengrong agreed to help someone with homework, and it was his wife's homework. He felt that he was probably drunk at the moment he agreed.
Now that the alcohol had worn off a little, he added, "I can help you write it this time, but you have to find time to do it again."
"Okay, okay!" Ye Manzhi said happily, "Hey, I can go to bed early today. I will definitely get up early tomorrow to study physics!"
She also felt that Wu Zhengrong was drunk, which was why he agreed to her outrageous request.
She quickly reviewed the previous conversation in her mind. What had she just said? Why did Wu Zhengrong agree so easily?
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