"I wanted to ask you, do you know anyone in the Industry and Commerce Bureau?"
Xia Lan looked at Du Qiang and asked.
"The Industry and Commerce Bureau? Yes, they have one!"
Du Qiang nodded.
"What does my sister-in-law want to ask?"
"I'd like to know their plans for the department store. Do they intend to keep it running, or are they looking to take it over?"
Xia Lan said slowly.
"Sister-in-law, you're asking this? Do you have an idea?"
Du Qiang looked at Xia Lan and asked expectantly.
“Brother, I won’t lie to you, I just met with the director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau yesterday, and he is also worried about this matter.”
"The factory is in a terrible state and full of problems; no one wants to take over!"
"The department store was originally part of the factory's economy, but now that the factory is in this state, they need to find a new person to take over the department store!"
"But now these factories and shops are like hot potatoes; nobody wants to take them over, nobody wants to manage them!"
Du Qiang repeated everything Chen Qing had said yesterday to Xia Lan, explaining the current situation.
"If you have any thoughts, I can ask around for you."
Du Qiang looked at Xia Lan again; he was willing to help her negotiate whatever she wanted to say.
“I want to take over the department store, I want to take it over.”
Xia Lan looked at Du Qiang and said seriously.
"Sister-in-law, are you serious?"
Du Qiang looked at Xia Lan, shocked.
Does my older brother know?
Xia Lan's words really startled Du Qiang.
"You don't know, do you? But I told him about it before."
Xia Lan smiled and said that she and Qin Yu had discussed this topic.
Qin Yu's exact words at the time were: "You just do it, leave the rest to your man!"
"Why don't you call your brother and ask, sister-in-law?"
Du Qiang looked at Xia Lan, who blinked and nodded.
"OK."
Xia Lan nodded; this was indeed a significant matter.
Seeing that Xia Lan agreed, Du Qiang quickly picked up his landline and dialed the number for Shanghe Village.
"Hello?"
Qin Yu's voice came through the phone, and as soon as Xu Fulin heard the phone ring, he immediately ordered someone to call Qin Yu back.
The phone rang, and it was only for someone looking for Qin Yu.
"Big brother!"
Du Qiang called out.
"What's up?"
Qin Yu looked at the phone and frowned.
"It's me."
Xia Lan took the phone from Du Qiang and smiled at Qin Yu.
"Honey? What's wrong? Did something happen at home? I'm coming right back! Don't worry, wait for me!"
When Qin Yu heard Xia Lan's voice, he thought something had happened at home, otherwise why would Xia Lan call him using Du Qiang's phone?
"Don't worry, I'm fine, and everything's fine at home!"
Seeing that Qin Yu was about to hang up, Xia Lan quickly said...
I need to talk to you about something!
"you say."
Qin Yu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the phone gently, and asked with a smile.
Xia Lan told Qin Yu everything that had happened in the past few days, and after listening to Xia Lan's words, Qin Yu had a rough idea of what to do.
"Are you looking to take over that department store?"
It's no wonder that Qin Yu and Xia Lan are like family; as soon as his wife spoke, Qin Yu guessed what Xia Lan was thinking.
Xia Lan smiled as soon as Qin Yu said that.
"They're practically mind readers now? I barely finished speaking, and they already know what I'm going to say?"
Xia Lan smiled.
Du Qiang, who was standing to the side, felt his teeth ache.
"Just do it, and let Du Qiang ask around over there for you."
Qin Yu's voice came through the phone, and Du Qiang, who was standing next to him, had already heard it.
"Understood, brother."
Du Qiang replied.
"good."
"I'll hang up now?... When are you coming back?"
Xia Lan wanted to hang up, but she couldn't help asking.
Qin Yu smiled slightly, his hoarse voice reaching Xia Lan's ears through the phone.
Xia Lan blushed.
"I miss you too, my wife."
Qin Yu's words made Xia Lan's heart skip a beat, and she pursed her lips.
"I can go back the day after tomorrow!"
"good."
Xia Lan nodded, then hung up the phone with a blush on her face.
"I'll call Old Chen right now."
Du Qiang, whose teeth were aching, silently took the phone and dialed Chen Qing's office number.
It rang for a while, but Chen Qing didn't receive a call.
Du Qiang put down the phone and said to Xia Lan.
"He's probably busy with something. Call him again later!"
Xia Lan nodded.
He looked at Du Qiang.
"How are things between you and Xiaoxue?"
Xia Lan asked with a smile, "Now Du Qiang can be considered a man with a wife."
When Du Qiang heard Xia Lan ask this, he quickly replied.
"Great, very good! What problems could we possibly have?"
Du Qiang's hurried explanation made Xia Lan realize that something was wrong.
You'd better tell the truth.
Xia Lan looked at Du Qiang.
Du Qiang sighed heavily.
"I...we...we live together."
Du Qiang glanced at Xia Lan and sighed inwardly.
"So, you weren't actually together, you just lived together? But you didn't sleep in the same room?"
Xia Lan asked.
"Yes and no..."
Du Qiang didn't know what to say.
"Well... Xiaoxue has nightmares at night, and then she sleeps next to me, but nothing happens between us!"
Du Qiang looked at Xia Lan and answered in a low voice.
"So you two dated for three months, calling yourselves a couple, but you never even slept together? You didn't even touch each other? You just chatted under the covers?"
Xia Lan stared in astonishment, knowing the purity of this era.
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