Chapter 356 - Who Helped?
Translator: lav
Editor: llikia
After Shi Lei got back in the car, Sun Yiyi asked, “Brother Shitou, are you going back home for Chinese New Year?”
Shi Lei ruffled her hair. “Mhm, I’m going back to Runzhou. I spoke with my parents. You and your mom will spend the new year at my place.”
Sun Yiyi was hesitant and asked timidly, “Is that fine? Mom said that a company was willing to accept her. Perhaps she will start working before the new year, maybe in the next few days.”
“Has Aunt completely recovered?”
“The doctor did a check-up and said that she’s fine. As long as the job isn’t too intense, there shouldn’t be any problems.”
“Oh, that’s good. The earlier she starts works, the sooner the pressure on both of you will decrease. Idiot, why is it bad to spend the new year at my place? Our families are close anyway. My dad’s leg isn’t recovered yet, and there would be an extra person to help look after him if aunt goes back.”
Sun Yiyi nodded, but asked worryingly, “Well, Mom wants to go back to Runzhou for the new year. She said that there is less pressure in a smaller city. The housing prices aren’t as high as in Wudong and she can’t possibly afford a house here with her salary. But she also thinks that she doesn’t have the face to go back and is scared that people from Dad’s factory will talk about her behind her back.”
“Are you stupid? Isn’t your dad’s factory my dad’s factory? It’s been so many years. Who would talk about it again? Not to mention that your mom is the victim. She didn’t know that she would be scammed. My dad’s the union president now and he’s a leader in the factory. Who would talk bad about a leader’s friend?”
Sun Yiyi thought about it for a while. “Okay, I’ll talk to my mom after I go back. If she doesn’t agree, then there’s nothing I can do.”
Shi Lei smiled and drove her home. Her mother wasn’t asleep yet and he talked to her about spending Chinese New Year at his place.
As Sun Yiyi had said, her mother was indeed unwilling to go back. Shi Lei persuaded her to go. Perhaps she thought that what he said was reasonable. She was the victim anyway, and it was normal to want to find another companion after her husband had been dead for so long. No one could talk bad about it.
Plus, Sun Yiyi’s mother really hoped to see Shi Lei and Sun Yiyi become a couple. She knew that she hadn’t seen Shi Lei’s parents for many years. Whether it was the Shi family or Shi Lei himself, they had all developed. If Sun Yiyi married him, then she would be climbing to a higher social status. Sun Yiyi’s mother could also use the chance to probe Shi Lei’s parents’ opinion on marriage and so eventually agreed to go.
Shi Lei asked, “Aunt, are you going to work in a few days?”
“Yes, a company is willing to accept me as a financial officer. It wasn’t easy. My register isn’t local and I didn’t expect to find such a fitting job. They told me to start working on the first of next month and that it was better since I can get a red envelope for the new year, which is beneficial to me. The boss of the company is really nice. I was too ashamed to work before the new year because it’s the least busy time.”
Shi Lei was surprised. Usually, people left before the near year. He rarely heard about companies hiring new people. He couldn’t help but suspect that someone he knew also knew about his relationship with Sun Yiyi and had secretly helped him.
There weren’t too many people who could possibly do this. He could ask them one by one. They won’t hide it from him.
“If that’s the case, then I won’t be in a hurry to drive you back. Tell Yiyi to call me whenever you are on holiday and I’ll come to pick you up.”
“We are already troubling you by spending the new year at your place. Yiyi and I will go back by ourselves.”
“Aunt, don’t be so polite with me. It’s the busiest time during the Spring Festival and I doubt you can get tickets. A return trip is only a hundred kilometers or so, so don’t worry about it. I will pick both of you up.”
Sun Yiyi’s mother could only agree and felt even more satisfied when she looked at Shi Lei. She was happy for her daughter for being able to meet a good guy like him.
After it was decided, Shi Lei left Sun Yiyi’s house and returned to his apartment.
Of course, Wei Xingyue had already left. In fact, she had gotten up not long after Shi Lei left—since she had never really fallen asleep—and helped Shi Lei make the bed before leaving.
It was late, so Shi Lei didn’t disturb anyone. He sat on the couch, opened a bottle of wine, and drank slowly while thinking about a few things.
First, perhaps someone had secretly helped Sun Yiyi’s mother.
Companies were rarely willing to hire a non-local as a financial officer, especially an unfamiliar non-local resident. After all, they had to deal with a large sum of cash every day. It was an even more important job than being the boss’ accountant.
Based on what Sun Yiyi’s mother had said, the company wasn’t really that big. Its structure was simple, so the importance of the post was magnified even more.
He first excluded the people without the ability to do something like this. It was impossible for Yu Banzhi. He was so superior that he couldn’t possibly do such an unnoticeable thing. If he was going to arrange a job for Sun Yiyi’s mother, then the biggest possibility would be an ordinary accounting job in the finance department of a big company.
It was impossible for Song Miaomiao to do it since that crazy woman wouldn’t be so sensitive and considerate.
Wei Xingyue.
That young lady tended to do things on the extreme end. He couldn’t exclude the possibility of her finding a job for Sun Yiyi’s mother, but the possibility wasn’t high for the same reasons as with Yu Banzhi.
It was even more impossible for Chen Yanü to do it. With her personality, she would definitely talk to Shi Lei first before she did something like this because she wouldn’t want him to feel like he owed her a favor.
Wei Qing.
This was very likely. He got along with Shi Lei extremely well—Of course, he didn't know why. However, whether it was his style of handling things or his sensitive thoughts, it was possible. The incident in Runzhou was an example of this. Song Miaomiao went to help, but she directly showed up at the door, even if it was at the police station. However, Wei Qing was different. He didn’t even tell Shi Lei anything. If it wasn’t for an incident that happened and Shi Lei using the Millionaire Card to make Hu Xiaohua help, perhaps he wouldn’t have known who had helped him. Or he wouldn’t even know that someone had helped him if the problem had been solved according to Wei Qing’s plan.
Then, there were Hu Xiaohua and Jiang Yuanchao. Those two had a higher chance because they wanted to build a good relationship with him, especially Jiang Yuanchao, who had somewhat offended Shi Lei. It was very possible that he did something in secret to make up for it.
There was no one else. Perhaps Yao Er would have the ability to do so, but Shi Lei didn’t think that he would look into him and help him so abruptly like this. After all, their friendship wasn’t on the same level as with the others, and abruptly helping Shi Lei may make him feel displeased.
Shi Lei wrote two names down on the paper. “Wei Qing” and “Jiang Yuanchao.” Then he drew a dark circle around them.
The next morning, Shi Lei called his parents to tell them that he would leave immediately.
Shi Lei’s father, Shi Zhongping, was still recovering at home. He went to the factory every Monday for a meeting as the new union president and spent the rest of his time at home.
Shi Lei’s mother’s unit wasn’t busy with work either. Now that everyone knew that her husband had become the union president of Dahua Electronics, they weren’t as strict with her on her work attendance. Although they didn’t want to be generous to her because of a third party, the two companies already had business deals. The leader even told her secretly that she could just sign in in the morning and go home if she needed to take care of anything. The workload she was assigned had decreased as well. Hence, she also spent the majority of her time at home looking after Shi Zhongping.
Chapter 356 - Who Helped?
Translator: lav
Editor: llikia
After Shi Lei got back in the car, Sun Yiyi asked, “Brother Shitou, are you going back home for Chinese New Year?”
Shi Lei ruffled her hair. “Mhm, I’m going back to Runzhou. I spoke with my parents. You and your mom will spend the new year at my place.”
Sun Yiyi was hesitant and asked timidly, “Is that fine? Mom said that a company was willing to accept her. Perhaps she will start working before the new year, maybe in the next few days.”
“Has Aunt completely recovered?”
“The doctor did a check-up and said that she’s fine. As long as the job isn’t too intense, there shouldn’t be any problems.”
“Oh, that’s good. The earlier she starts works, the sooner the pressure on both of you will decrease. Idiot, why is it bad to spend the new year at my place? Our families are close anyway. My dad’s leg isn’t recovered yet, and there would be an extra person to help look after him if aunt goes back.”
Sun Yiyi nodded, but asked worryingly, “Well, Mom wants to go back to Runzhou for the new year. She said that there is less pressure in a smaller city. The housing prices aren’t as high as in Wudong and she can’t possibly afford a house here with her salary. But she also thinks that she doesn’t have the face to go back and is scared that people from Dad’s factory will talk about her behind her back.”
“Are you stupid? Isn’t your dad’s factory my dad’s factory? It’s been so many years. Who would talk about it again? Not to mention that your mom is the victim. She didn’t know that she would be scammed. My dad’s the union president now and he’s a leader in the factory. Who would talk bad about a leader’s friend?”
Sun Yiyi thought about it for a while. “Okay, I’ll talk to my mom after I go back. If she doesn’t agree, then there’s nothing I can do.”
Shi Lei smiled and drove her home. Her mother wasn’t asleep yet and he talked to her about spending Chinese New Year at his place.
As Sun Yiyi had said, her mother was indeed unwilling to go back. Shi Lei persuaded her to go. Perhaps she thought that what he said was reasonable. She was the victim anyway, and it was normal to want to find another companion after her husband had been dead for so long. No one could talk bad about it.
Plus, Sun Yiyi’s mother really hoped to see Shi Lei and Sun Yiyi become a couple. She knew that she hadn’t seen Shi Lei’s parents for many years. Whether it was the Shi family or Shi Lei himself, they had all developed. If Sun Yiyi married him, then she would be climbing to a higher social status. Sun Yiyi’s mother could also use the chance to probe Shi Lei’s parents’ opinion on marriage and so eventually agreed to go.
Shi Lei asked, “Aunt, are you going to work in a few days?”
“Yes, a company is willing to accept me as a financial officer. It wasn’t easy. My register isn’t local and I didn’t expect to find such a fitting job. They told me to start working on the first of next month and that it was better since I can get a red envelope for the new year, which is beneficial to me. The boss of the company is really nice. I was too ashamed to work before the new year because it’s the least busy time.”
Shi Lei was surprised. Usually, people left before the near year. He rarely heard about companies hiring new people. He couldn’t help but suspect that someone he knew also knew about his relationship with Sun Yiyi and had secretly helped him.
There weren’t too many people who could possibly do this. He could ask them one by one. They won’t hide it from him.
“If that’s the case, then I won’t be in a hurry to drive you back. Tell Yiyi to call me whenever you are on holiday and I’ll come to pick you up.”
“We are already troubling you by spending the new year at your place. Yiyi and I will go back by ourselves.”
“Aunt, don’t be so polite with me. It’s the busiest time during the Spring Festival and I doubt you can get tickets. A return trip is only a hundred kilometers or so, so don’t worry about it. I will pick both of you up.”
Sun Yiyi’s mother could only agree and felt even more satisfied when she looked at Shi Lei. She was happy for her daughter for being able to meet a good guy like him.
After it was decided, Shi Lei left Sun Yiyi’s house and returned to his apartment.
Of course, Wei Xingyue had already left. In fact, she had gotten up not long after Shi Lei left—since she had never really fallen asleep—and helped Shi Lei make the bed before leaving.
It was late, so Shi Lei didn’t disturb anyone. He sat on the couch, opened a bottle of wine, and drank slowly while thinking about a few things.
First, perhaps someone had secretly helped Sun Yiyi’s mother.
Companies were rarely willing to hire a non-local as a financial officer, especially an unfamiliar non-local resident. After all, they had to deal with a large sum of cash every day. It was an even more important job than being the boss’ accountant.
Based on what Sun Yiyi’s mother had said, the company wasn’t really that big. Its structure was simple, so the importance of the post was magnified even more.
He first excluded the people without the ability to do something like this. It was impossible for Yu Banzhi. He was so superior that he couldn’t possibly do such an unnoticeable thing. If he was going to arrange a job for Sun Yiyi’s mother, then the biggest possibility would be an ordinary accounting job in the finance department of a big company.
It was impossible for Song Miaomiao to do it since that crazy woman wouldn’t be so sensitive and considerate.
Wei Xingyue.
That young lady tended to do things on the extreme end. He couldn’t exclude the possibility of her finding a job for Sun Yiyi’s mother, but the possibility wasn’t high for the same reasons as with Yu Banzhi.
It was even more impossible for Chen Yanü to do it. With her personality, she would definitely talk to Shi Lei first before she did something like this because she wouldn’t want him to feel like he owed her a favor.
Wei Qing.
This was very likely. He got along with Shi Lei extremely well—Of course, he didn't know why. However, whether it was his style of handling things or his sensitive thoughts, it was possible. The incident in Runzhou was an example of this. Song Miaomiao went to help, but she directly showed up at the door, even if it was at the police station. However, Wei Qing was different. He didn’t even tell Shi Lei anything. If it wasn’t for an incident that happened and Shi Lei using the Millionaire Card to make Hu Xiaohua help, perhaps he wouldn’t have known who had helped him. Or he wouldn’t even know that someone had helped him if the problem had been solved according to Wei Qing’s plan.
Then, there were Hu Xiaohua and Jiang Yuanchao. Those two had a higher chance because they wanted to build a good relationship with him, especially Jiang Yuanchao, who had somewhat offended Shi Lei. It was very possible that he did something in secret to make up for it.
There was no one else. Perhaps Yao Er would have the ability to do so, but Shi Lei didn’t think that he would look into him and help him so abruptly like this. After all, their friendship wasn’t on the same level as with the others, and abruptly helping Shi Lei may make him feel displeased.
Shi Lei wrote two names down on the paper. “Wei Qing” and “Jiang Yuanchao.” Then he drew a dark circle around them.
The next morning, Shi Lei called his parents to tell them that he would leave immediately.
Shi Lei’s father, Shi Zhongping, was still recovering at home. He went to the factory every Monday for a meeting as the new union president and spent the rest of his time at home.
Shi Lei’s mother’s unit wasn’t busy with work either. Now that everyone knew that her husband had become the union president of Dahua Electronics, they weren’t as strict with her on her work attendance. Although they didn’t want to be generous to her because of a third party, the two companies already had business deals. The leader even told her secretly that she could just sign in in the morning and go home if she needed to take care of anything. The workload she was assigned had decreased as well. Hence, she also spent the majority of her time at home looking after Shi Zhongping.
