Two years later.

“Crackle, crackle…”

Amid the deafening sound of firecrackers, Shen Mingzhu, Du Juan and Shen Chaobei covered their ears and laughed at each other.

Today is a great day for the establishment of the Central China Branch.

During these two years, Shen Mingzhu mainly devoted her energy to product innovation and research and development in the first year, with the goal of creating high-quality and safe products, and achieved very good results.

In the following year, Shen Mingzhu began to plan and develop new markets.

After nearly a year of field research, it was finally decided to set up the second branch in Jiangcheng.

Jiangcheng is located in the eastern part of the Jianghan Plain. It is not only a famous historical and cultural city, but also an economic center of central China.

A year ago, after learning that Shen Mingzhu intended to establish a central China branch, Du Juan took the initiative to volunteer to take charge and came to central China to develop the market.

After these years of experience, Du Juan has grown into a career woman.

Shen Mingzhu is also willing to fulfill the other party's ambitions.

As expected, Du Juan did not disappoint her. She quickly opened up sales channels in central China and established a branch company.

After the opening ceremony, there was a celebration party.

The branch has grown from the original couple Du Juan and Shen Chaobei to a small business with fifty employees.

Although Shen Mingzhu was not in charge of the branch's business, she came almost every month over the past year to understand the business situation and oversee important decisions. As a result, she became familiar with the employees. After being coaxed into drinking a few glasses of wine, she quickly found an excuse to leave early.

"After all these years, your drinking capacity hasn't improved at all."

In the taxi, seeing Shen Mingzhu leaning against the seat with a flushed face, Du Juan couldn't help but tease her.

Shen Mingzhu glanced over with drunken eyes, "Sister-in-law, you have changed a lot."

She wore her hair in a high bun, a light blue silk shirt, wide-leg trousers, black high heels, and exquisite makeup. Her whole body, even her hair, exuded the maturity and competence of a strong woman.

Du Juan laughed and sighed, "Time is merciless. When I washed my face this morning, I found another line at the end of my eye. I can only put on makeup to cover it up and deceive myself."

Shen Mingzhu is already 28 years old, and Du Juan is 5 years older than her.

Men are in their prime at 31, but women start to go downhill at 30.

The body's functions decline, metabolism slows down, the skin becomes loose and loses elasticity, and the body shape becomes distorted.

There is no woman who is not afraid of aging, and Shen Mingzhu is no exception.

I often fall into unreasonable anxiety and uneasiness because I am about to enter my thirties.

"It's nothing, actually. Everyone gets older, and every stage has its own beauty."

It seems like he is comforting Du Juan, but in fact he is also comforting himself.

The taxi driver was also a woman, who looked older than both of them. After hearing their conversation, she joined in.

"What's there to worry about? People live their lives with their attitude. No matter if you are thirty or fifty, you should eat well, drink well, live forever, and be free from illness, disaster, and worries!"

"You're right, elder sister is the one who sees things clearly." Shen Mingzhu replied with a smile.

Du Juan also agreed.

With the two people's support, the driver lady also opened up and talked about everything from all over the world to astronomy and geography, without stopping.

After asking around, I found out that the driver used to be a teacher, teaching geography and history, and she changed her career to drive a taxi to make a living.

Du Juan and the driver exchanged pager numbers.

Shen Mingzhu knew clearly that Du Juan kept the driver's contact information not only for the convenience of using the car in the future.

For those who have just arrived from other places, having a driver who knows the locals well to guide them can often help them get twice the result with half the effort.

Return to hotel.

As soon as you open the door of the room, you will see a large bunch of bright red roses, and the air is filled with refreshing floral fragrance.

Shen Mingzhu's lips curled up unconsciously. She closed the door, walked to the bouquet, put down her bag, and picked up the square paper box next to the bouquet.

Before I could open it, the mobile phone in my bag rang.

"Are you done yet?"

As soon as the call was connected, Pei Yang's familiar voice came over.

Shen Mingzhu tilted her head and held the phone while her hands continued to open the box.

Hearing that her voice sounded a little strange, Pei Yang asked with a smile: "What are you doing?"

"Guess."

The box opened quickly, revealing a citrine key pendant.

When I picked it up, the crystals collided and made a crisp ding-dong sound.

"Have you returned to the hotel yet?"

"Um."

"The celebration party is over so soon?"

"It's not over yet, but I ran away first. Young people nowadays are too good at dealing with things. If I don't leave now, I will be drunk."

"Did you drink a lot? Are you feeling unwell?"

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"It's okay, I just feel a little dizzy, I'll be fine after a good sleep."

Shen Mingzhu kicked off her shoes, climbed onto the bed and lay down, shaking the crystal keychain in her hand at the crystal chandelier above her head.

Under the refraction of light, the crystal beads emit a crystal clear light.

"Are you going to sleep? I want to talk to you a little more."

Listening to the mumbling on the other end of the phone, Shen Mingzhu raised the corner of her mouth, "What is there to say? Wait until I get back and you can talk about it slowly."

"Okay, by the way, did you receive the flowers and opening gift I sent you?"

Before returning to the hotel, Shen Mingzhu could still stay awake, but now she was lying on the soft bed, feeling dizzy all over, and the man's voice seemed to come from far away.

She didn't even bother to reply, she just threw the phone next to her pillow and fell asleep.

On the other end of the phone, Pei Yang was still waiting for Shen Mingzhu's answer.

"Hello, are you there, wife?"

"Wife? Wife?"

He ignored me without even saying hello.

After calling out several times and getting no response, he muttered in dissatisfaction.

"Brother Pei, did you have a fight with your sister-in-law?"

Turning around and seeing the female employee who had come into the office at some point, Pei Yang regained his composure and said, "Xiao Dai, what's up?"

"I have a document for you to look over."

Dai Mingfang walked up to him with a smile and placed the documents in front of him.

As she approached, the sweet scent of citrus flowers filled my nose.

Pei Yang tilted his head to look at Dai Mingfang, flipping through the documents and saying, "From now on, you can just leave these trivial matters of delivering documents to Xiao Shen."

"It doesn't matter who sends me. I'm new here, so I should learn more and do more."

Hearing her say this, Pei Yang didn't waste any more words and lowered his head to look through the documents carefully.

After he signed the document, Dai Mingfang jokingly asked about the topic that had been ignored before, "Brother Pei, when I came in, I accidentally heard you talking to your sister-in-law on the phone. Did you make your sister-in-law unhappy? Do you want me to help you think of a solution..."

Pei Yang interrupted her, "Xiao Dai, you have been in the company for more than half a month. What do you think?"

Dai Mingfang was quick to respond. He talked about everything from the company's business philosophy to management models and systems, and also offered some personal opinions and suggestions.

"...Brother Pei, what do you think of my idea?"

"Okay, very good."

Dai Mingfang couldn't help but feel happy to receive his praise.

"Xiao Dai, I think you are not qualified enough to be a clerk. So, starting tomorrow, you will go to work at the Renmin Road store. They need a reserve store manager."

Dai Mingfang was immediately surprised and delighted, "Brother Pei, I will definitely do my best and live up to your cultivation."

"Well, go out and get busy." (End of this chapter)