Jiang Shaozhen pulled her to sit on a chair outside the tin house, holding a lunchbox. While eating, he said with a hint of longing in his voice, "Engineer Ye and I applied to the army for a piece of land to be our office, not far from your Baoli."
"So you won't be using this tin shack anymore?" Shen Mingzhi's eyes crinkled with a smile.
"We'll still use this tin shack in the future, it'll be convenient to use it on the construction site, but we'll have our own office building now, so we can register a company." Jiang Shaozhen felt that he finally had a formal identity.
He moved closer to Shen Mingzhi, tilted his head and asked her, "You're Deputy Factory Director Shen, so what am I?"
“You’re President Jiang,” Shen Mingzhi joked.
“You can’t call that out like that…” Jiang Shaozhen said immediately.
“What’s wrong with shouting? Maybe the policy will change in a few years, and we’ll all be some kind of general manager or something,” Shen Mingzhi said.
Jiang Shaozhen, recalling what she had said before, said with absolute certainty, "I believe what you say."
"Eat quickly," Shen Mingzhi urged softly.
"Okay." Jiang Shao Chen smiled.
After finishing their meal, Engineer Ye informed Jiang Shaozhen that she had an important phone call to answer.
Shen Mingzhi offered to wash his lunchbox.
Zhuang Chufan was with her.
As the two stood by the pool, Shen Mingzhi was diligently washing her lunchbox when Zhuang Chufan spoke up, "Engineer Jiang is very good to you."
"Yes, I know." Shen Mingzhi's womanly intuition told her that Zhuang Chufan might be interested in Jiang Shaochen.
Zhuang Chufan looked at her, saw her calm expression, and asked, "How old are you this year?"
"What's it to you?" Shen Mingzhi asked in an unfriendly tone. "Why are you asking so many questions?"
Zhuang Chufan was taken aback by her directness and then said somewhat awkwardly, "I was just asking."
"You seemed to dislike me just now, so why ask so many questions now?" Shen Mingzhi originally wanted to ask her if she had feelings for Jiang Shaozhen, but then thought better of it, since it involved the girl's reputation.
"I don't want to ask either, but I've heard a thing or two about what happened between you and Engineer Jiang. He's retired now, probably because of you, right?" Zhuang Chufan persisted.
"So what? Don't you feel sorry for your boyfriend? Do you feel sorry for him and plan to stand up for him?" Shen Mingzhi asked with a half-smile.
"I'm standing up for him, not because I feel sorry for him, but because I don't understand why you take it so for granted that he's retired. You know, the Jiang family has three generations of military service. That honor is gone just like that, and it will have a huge impact on his future. If I were you, I would hide my talents for now, and wait until the Song family falls before taking the child back to her side," Zhuang Chufan said.
Shen Mingzhi looked at her for a while before smiling and saying, "It's a pity he's already retired from the army."
"If you're willing to get a divorce, you can get your military rank reinstated. He was innocent to begin with. As long as you explain the situation, you might even get a promotion after being reinstated. He was almost promoted anyway," Zhuang Chufan continued.
Shen Mingzhi looked at her for a while and then asked, "Are you very familiar with him? Or did you specifically investigate his background to understand him?"
"Ye Jianhua told me. I just asked him casually, and he told me. You should know that Ye Jianhua is my boyfriend." Zhuang Chufan paused, looking Shen Mingzhi up and down. "I heard you didn't even finish elementary school, yet you're a factory manager... That's really interesting."
"Right now, Engineer Jiang might divorce you because you're beautiful. But when you get old and lose your looks, you won't have anything in common with him anymore. We kids from this compound have seen this kind of thing a lot."
After saying this in a sarcastic tone, she left with the aluminum lunchbox.
Shen Mingzhi looked at her back, a contemptuous smile appearing on her lips.
If Jiang Shaozhen really does what she says in the future, she will run away without stopping. Who would want to serve her like that!
When Shen Mingzhi returned to the courtyard house, Jiang Qing had just returned from shopping.
She was showing off her new clothes to her child in the yard. When she saw her child come back with a lunchbox, her face lit up with joy. "If you didn't work, wouldn't it be great if you could do this every day? The child would be happy too."
Shen Mingzhi was already in a bad mood because of Zhuang Chufan's words, and now that she heard Jiang Qing's words, her mood worsened.
"If I don't work, what if I get old and lose my looks, and he doesn't like me anymore, and I have no money? Then I'll be finished." After saying that, Shen Mingzhi put the lunchbox on the table and went inside.
After listening to her words, Jiang Qing looked at her back, was stunned for a moment, and asked Wang Sao beside her, "Who offended her?"
"She came back from the construction site. Maybe some of the women there are getting close to Shao Chen, and she's jealous," Wang Sao whispered.
Jiang Qing smiled and said, "She should be made jealous. She's so engrossed in her work that other girls are eyeing her men. Let's see if she gets anxious."
Aunt Wang said, "Be careful she doesn't cause trouble with Shao Chen tonight."
"It's good for the young couple to bicker. Maybe it will make Shao Chen angry and get her pregnant again," Jiang Qing said with a smile.
Aunt Wang couldn't help but say, "Oh dear, please don't say these things in front of the child."
Jiang Qing laughed along, "What do children know? Look at this floral dress, doesn't it suit our Niannian? It's not even warm yet, I can't wait to dress them in floral clothes."
"When it gets hot, those two little devils will start causing trouble, and we'll be in for a world of hurt." Aunt Wang was terrified of the two little ones.
After walking for a short while, Mom stopped watching TV and insisted on going outside.
Shen Mingzhi came back earlier and hugged her from behind, and she was thinking of playing with her a second time.
The sounds of their laughter and conversation outside drifted into the house. Shen Mingzhi snorted and refused to let Jiang Shaozhen have any more children.
It's his fault for working outside and attracting so many women.
When Jiang Shaochen came home in the evening, he washed his face and wanted to kiss Shen Mingzhi.
Shen Mingzhi pushed him away, "You smell bad, go take a shower first."
"You're disgusted with me?" Jiang Shaochen asked with a smile.
"I don't mind you now, but you'll probably mind me when I'm old and faded," Shen Mingzhi said indifferently.
“Then you’ll get old, and I’ll get old too. We’ll grow old together. It’s not like I can stay young forever,” Jiang Shaozhen said, before heading towards the restroom.
Shen Mingzhi followed behind him and asked, "When you were at the construction site, did you talk about everything with that Zhuang Chufan?"
"What's wrong? Did she say something that upset you today?" Jiang Shaozhen immediately realized what was going on.
Shen Mingzhi thought to herself, "He's quite clever; he even knows what Zhuang Chufan said in front of me."
"Hmm, she's saying I made you retire from the military, that I dragged you down with me. If it were her, she would take the child and stay away until things are stable on your end, then she'd come looking for you again. Tell me, what is she implying to me?" Shen Mingzhi's tone was sarcastic.
"Why do you care so much about her? My decision to leave the army was voluntary. She looks down on my work on the construction site. What is she doing following Ye Jianhua?" Jiang Shaozhen's tone was somewhat disdainful.
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