126: News

Wang Cheng recently met with Chu Yifeng more often. With the springboard of the jam factory, he sometimes lived directly in Chu Yifeng's apartment. Papa Wang and Mama Wang thought he lived in his elder brother’s apartment. Sometimes he returned to Chengping. Some people had come to ask about the job advertisement posted a few days ago. In the end, Papa Wang recruited a middle-aged man named Youshan Liang who lived in Chengping, not far from their shop. Papa Wang heard that he was an honest man and was rest assured. Because he could drive, his salary was higher.

The other employee was a young man. His name was Song Hai, and he also lived in Chengping. His previous job was at a restaurant. After the restaurant closed, he was unemployed. He couldn't find another job for more than a month—the salaries were too low—until he saw the job advertisement of their household and wanted to try it out. Although the delivery was a little tiring, the salary was relatively satisfactory, so he stayed.

When Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng walked into the shop, Song Hai mistakenly regarded them as customers and asked them what they would like to buy. Guan Ying called Wang Cheng so he could realize he made a blunder.

"Cheng Ge, Uncle Wang called me in the morning and said he wasn’t coming. Now in the shop, it’s only me and Song Hai. Jiahe Ge and Uncle Youshan went to deliver goods and will be back at four or five."

Guan Ying didn’t know how to drive. After recruiting new employees, she didn’t need to follow Guan Jiahe to deliver goods anymore. Papa Wang now gave her the shop to watch, and Song Hai temporarily followed her to study. After a while, he would follow the car to deliver.

"You don’t need to greet us, you guys are busy." Wang Cheng stopped Guan Ying from making tea for them and went in with Chu Yifeng. Anyway, this was his shop, and he started it.

Guan Ying smiled embarrassedly. She was used to it and wanted to entertain as soon as guests came. The little boss didn't appear in the shop for a long time, so she suddenly used her formed conditioned reflection.

"Guan Ying, who is the man who followed the little boss?" Song Hai was a little curious.

"Cheng Ge’s friend. I don't know exactly who he is. Anyway, I have seen him many times since I started working here." Guan Ying shrugged and turned to work.

Wang Cheng found a packet of tea under the tea table. He rarely drank tea because the old monk did not drink tea. However, after returning home, Papa Wang liked to drink tea, so he occasionally drake with him. Although the tea was bitter, Chu Yifeng drank coffee to refresh himself; coffee without sugar was even more bitter, drinking tea that was a bit bitter was not difficult at all.

"How's the jam factory going?" Chu Yifeng knew about his recent work in the jam factory, but never asked, so he didn't know how it was going.

Wang Cheng was about to answer when the phone in his pants suddenly rang. "Wait, I'll take the call."

The call came from Lu Dade. His relative Xiao Ma asked him what happened last night. He was also surprised, so Lu Dade told him that he was not clear. The new factory director told him to do nothing and that he would handle these things, he didn’t know that the director hadn’t moved at all. When he told Xiao Ma, Xiao Ma suddenly said nothing and hung up the phone. Lu Dade just wanted to call the director to know of the situation.

"Director Lu, don't you understand yet?" Wang Cheng said.

"What should I understand?" Lu Dade remained confused.

"The news is false. Your relative should have been bought by the Du Brothers long ago, and deliberately passed on the fake news to us. Actually, there was no problem with the truck last night, but the Du Brothers wanted to teach us a lesson. They probably guessed that we would report a raid in their factory when the Health Bureau went."

Lu Dade was speechless.

"Wealth can make ghosts grind, not to mention that you don't see that relative much." Wang Cheng was skeptical when he heard what Lu Dade had said. The Du Brothers' factory was investigated by the Health Bureau, and immediately, someone from the factory sent good news. Therefore, he didn't do anything, and it turned out that the other party was lying.

Lu Dade carefully recalled his relative's behavior and realized it was indeed a bit strange. He had not heard anything from him before. Now that the new factory director took office, he sent the news. It seemed that he believed the other person too much. There was a flash of guilt in his heart.

"Director, I'm sorry, I didn’t know Xiao Ma was such a person.”

"Head Lu doesn't need to apologize to me, this incident did not cause any loss to our factory. The only benefit is that you could recognize the true face of Xiao Ma. You won’t be fooled if he says anything in the future." Wang Cheng comforted him.

"Thank you, director. This time, I’m really grateful."

"Head Lu doesn't need to thank me. I will rely on you for things in the factory in the future. I can't take care of it alone."

The two sides flattered each other for a long time before hanging up.

Chu Yifeng asked, and Wang Chengcheng told him that the Du Brothers probably thought he could be bullied as the new factory director, that he could be reached by this childish method.

"What are you going to do?"

Wang Cheng said: "Of course, I can’t let go of these black-hearted businessmen, not to mention that they maliciously compete, daring to use rotten fruit to make harmful food. I can't ignore now that I’ve seen it." In addition to making jam, the Du Brothers' factory also had canned fruit, fruit juice, etc.. If even the jams used a lot of rotten fruit, those long-lasting fruit products must also use it.

Chu Yifeng said nothing about it. In fact, black-hearted businessmen in China could be said to fill the streets. If many foods on their market were carefully inspected, hardly anyone could pass customs. However, as Wang Cheng said, since he’d seen it, he couldn’t sit idly by.

At night, Chu Yifeng stayed as usual.

During the evening, the jam shop became a small world for the both of them. They didn’t worry about being discovered by Papa Wang or Mama Wang, because they wouldn’t come until the next morning, so Chu Yifeng blatantly stayed overnight, even changing into clothes that were put together with Wang Cheng’s. Sometimes he didn’t come with Wang Cheng but came back at night. Just like that, the two did their work separately during the day, and snuck together at night. For a while, no one found out.

Nine o'clock in the evening, the Zheng family mansion.

Father Zheng knocked on the door of his son's room, and when he got an answer, pushed in. Zheng Jingen had just taken a shower, and he was wearing a thick bathrobe. His hair was still dripping. Seeing Father Zheng, he tossed the towel from his hand to the bed. "Dad, why are you here?"

"I want to tell you something, is it fine now?" Father Zheng pulled a chair and sat down, in a posture that said he was scolding him.

Was there anything else he could say in this case?

"Just tell me what you need to."

"Your grandfather called me over this morning and told me something about you. You seem to be absent lately, and ran to Shanhai City several times for some reason. Dad doesn’t know what important things you were doing. But since your grandfather has spoken, you still have to pay more attention. You also know your grandfather. He values ​​you and does not want you to be led astray. "

Father Zheng’s words had a profound meaning. Zheng Jingen didn’t understand at first, but understood after hearing that. He knew that his actions could not be hidden from everyone, but he didn’t expect to be misunderstood. He felt a dull emotion.

"Dad, you know what kind of a person I am."

"I know just what kind of a person you are, so I’m reminding you that no matter how important things are, the most important thing is not to leave a handle."

"What if it's something related to the younger brother?" Zheng Jingen blurted.

Father Zheng froze, staring blankly at his son and not saying a word. He spoke a few seconds later, but his voice was trembling a little, "You, what are you talking about?"

"I said I found my brother. This time I went to Shanhai City for his business." It was not clear before. Zheng Jingen didn't dare to tell them, because he was afraid to let them rejoice too early. Now that it had been determined, there was no need to hide it. And with the help of his dad, the chances of recognizing his younger brother would be even greater.

Father Zheng suddenly stood up, clutching his son's shoulders tightly with his hands, his fingertips pale because of the force, "Really, are you sure that the person you are looking for is your brother?"

"I'm pretty sure, he looks a bit like me. I started investigating for this reason, and now I’m quite sure that he is." Zheng Jingen spent a lot of time to find the villagers who once lived in the Wang’s Village. With strength, it was not until a few days ago that he finally found an informed family. The old man was over eighty years old, and his qualifications in the Wang’s Village were not low. Through his mouth, he finally learned that Wang Cheng was not the biological son of Wang Hongxin, the third oldest of the Wang family, but was picked up twenty-five years ago.

Few people knew this. Wang Cheng's father was a good person. His reputation in the Wang’s Village was much better than his two brothers, so the villagers rarely talked about this matter, let alone discuss in front of Wang Cheng or some strangers. Speaking of this incident, Zheng Jingen also spent a lot of effort to dig out the news from the old folks.

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