"Why don't you let Brother Chaobei accompany you on this occasion?"

Du Juan sneered as she fixed her messy hair in front of the mirror. "You know him. He can't drink much and can't talk. He'll just cause trouble if he comes. It's better for me to do it myself."

Shen Hongmei nodded in understanding and started to care about Du Juan's factory.

“Can we start work before the New Year?”

"I can't say. I hope so."

Although the tone is optimistic, this optimism is mixed with a hint of confusion and fatigue.

Shen Hongmei wanted to ask the reason, but Du Juan smiled and changed the subject, showing concern for the baby in her belly.

After chatting for a few words, assistant Wu Yongmei came over to urge Du Juan to go back to the box, as several leaders from the Environmental Protection Bureau were waiting.

Shen Hongmei stopped Du Juan who was about to leave: "Do you regret it? If you had chosen to stay in the food factory, you wouldn't have to work so hard."

Du Juan turned around and smiled at Shen Hongmei, "My mind is now full of thoughts about how to get the factory started as soon as possible, and I can't think about anything else."

Not giving a direct answer is the answer.

But seeing through things but not speaking them out loud is the decency and tacit understanding of adults.

"come on."

"Thanks."

On the way back to the box, looking at Du Juan's pale face, Wu Yongmei couldn't help but comfort her:

"Everything will be fine. The factory has been built, and the equipment and personnel have arrived. Now all we need is a piece of paper. Once the approval comes, we can start work immediately."

"Yeah, that's why I can't give up."

Du Juan turned and smiled at her assistant. Inexplicably, she suddenly remembered the time when she accompanied Shen Mingzhu to establish the food factory.

She at that time was no different from Wu Yongmei now, following Shen Mingzhu closely.

Be close to each other, work together, and always have each other's backs.

But she also knew that she and Shen Mingzhu could never go back to the way they were before.

A dense, dull pain arose in her heart, making it difficult for her to breathe.

She finally realized how important the things she had given up were.

A dizzying pain came over him and he lost consciousness.

…

"Your sister-in-law just had surgery and hasn't woken up so quickly."

In the ward, Shen Chaobei explained in a low voice to Shen Mingzhu and Pei Yang with a tired face.

Shen Mingzhu nodded, signaled Pei Yang to put down the gifts and fruits, and then called Shen Chaobei to talk outside the ward.

"The gastric bleeding caused by drinking has stopped. It's not life-threatening. I just need to rest for a while."

Shen Chaobei looked very worried.

It is certainly a good thing that my wife is in good health, but now is the critical period for starting a business. Every day of delay means money is lost like water.

What Du Juan needed right now was rest. After comforting Shen Chaobei with a few words, Shen Mingzhu left first.

…

After get off work the next day, Shen Mingzhu brought the tonic soup cooked by Cui Lianying and went to the hospital to visit again.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the inpatient department, I met Jia Yuemei who was about to leave.

"You were so good to her in the beginning. You brought them from the countryside to the city to make a fortune together, and supported her to become the general manager. But she wanted to leave you behind and fly on her own when she grew up. Now she is embarrassed, right? Without you, she is nothing. She even made herself sick. God is really merciful."

While Jia Yuemei was complaining about her sister-in-law Du Juan, she was observing Shen Mingzhu's expression.

Although she was gloating over Du Juan's misfortune, she wanted to take the opportunity to please Shen Mingzhu.

Shen's business is now prospering more and more, and it has become a hot commodity that lays golden eggs.

She was hoping that Shen Mingzhu would be happy and give Shen Ji to her man.

Even if she doesn't give the entire Shen Ji to her man, giving him some more shares would be good, as that would be money.

How could Shen Mingzhu not see through Jia Yuemei's wishful thinking?

Together with what Shen Xiangnan already had, he now held a total of 20% of Shen Ji’s shares.

But obviously, this cannot satisfy Jia Yuemei.

"Second sister-in-law, we are all family, so don't say such polite words in the future. It's understandable that the eldest sister-in-law wants to start her own business. Similarly, if you and the second brother also have your own ambitions and plan to leave Shen's to start your own business, I also support it with both hands."

Jia Yuemei was shocked and denied it repeatedly, "Little sister, Xiangnan and I are determined to follow you and have no intention of leaving Shen's."

Are you kidding? Shen Xiangnan is now the head chef of Shen Ji. Not only does he have a generous salary, but he also gets a considerable dividend every year.

Although she is ambitious, she also knows her own limitations.

Without Shen Mingzhu, they would never be able to earn as much money as they do now.

"It's okay, second sister-in-law, just tell me when you want to leave. I will treat everyone equally and spend money to buy back the shares held by second brother."

Seeing that the flattery had paid off, Jia Yuemei quickly slipped away under the pretext of going home to cook.

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…

In the ward, Du Juan had already woken up and was drinking porridge under Shen Yan's care.

Seeing Shen Mingzhu coming, Shen Yan stood up and gave up her chair sensibly.

"Auntie, please sit down."

"Be good, take a seat. I'll just sit on the bed."

Shen Mingzhu smiled and patted her niece's shoulder, put the soup pot on the bedside table, and expressed her concern for Du Juan's health.

"The thermos contains a stomach-nourishing soup made by Aunt Lian Ying. You can drink it later."

"Thank you, please come, I'm fine."

Du Juan smiled gratefully, but there was a hint of disappointment in her smile.

She had been ambitious and vowed to do something big, but ended up like this. She couldn't help but feel ashamed and depressed.

Shen Mingzhu left after not staying for long.

It was the end of the year and there was a lot of work to do in the factory, so she was very busy.

Although she was busy, she still asked Xia Wushuang to find out why Du Juan's factory could not start production.

After some inquiries, we learned that there was a problem in the environmental review and approval process.

As early as the beginning of acquiring land and building the factory, Du Juan's factory passed the environmental protection registration and approval.

However, after the factory was built, it was reported. After the Environmental Protection Bureau conducted an on-site inspection, it was determined that some of the building materials did not meet environmental protection standards and that rectification was required within a specified period of time.

To put it simply, non-compliant areas need to be demolished and rebuilt.

But it is easier said than done.

Demolition and reconstruction is time-consuming, labor-intensive and financially expensive.

Besides, this is not a big problem. Similar hidden dangers exist in most factories. The root cause is that those people are just taking advantage of the situation to get something for free.

But there are tricks to giving money, and not everyone will accept it just because you want to.

During this period, Du Juan had been running around for this matter, attending drinking and social events, but in the end, she did not get anything done and instead drank herself to the point of gastric bleeding.

After understanding the whole story, Shen Mingzhu called Shen Chaobei and gave him some advice.

The next day, Shen Chaobei brought specially made tea gift boxes and delivered them to the families of several persons in charge of environmental impact assessment for the factory.

The day after the gift was given, the factory received approval from the Environmental Protection Bureau.

…

When Shen Mingzhu got home from get off work, she was not surprised to see Du Juan and Shen Chaobei sitting on the sofa.

"Why were you discharged? Didn't the doctor say it would be best to stay in bed for a week?"

"That's what I said. Your sister-in-law insisted on being discharged from the hospital."

Shen Chaobei took over the conversation, his tone full of dissatisfaction and heartache. (End of this chapter)