Chapter 170: Understanding

Meanwhile, Yuan Hongfei was sulking in her dorm room, growing more and more resentful the longer she thought about it.

Why did Qin Wenhuo get married?

She had been willing to marry him herself.

She was even willing to accept those two adopted kids of his.

So why didn’t he marry her, and instead chose someone else?

And who was that woman who swooped in and stole him away?

No, she couldn’t just accept defeat like this.

She had to find out who that woman was, and what tricks she used to marry Qin Wenhuo.

Taking a deep breath, she thought of someone who might know.

She dug out a bag of fruit candies she’d brought from home and took out half of them.

Then she went to Zhu Xiaohong’s place.

Raising her hand, she knocked on the door.

“Who is it?” Zhu Xiaohong came out to open the door.

When she saw Yuan Hongfei standing there, she was a little surprised, but not entirely.

She instantly guessed why Yuan Hongfei had come.

“Well, if it isn’t Comrade Yuan! What brings you to my place? Need something?”

“Jie Zhu! Sorry to bother you. These are some fruit candies I brought from home—please, have some with your child.”

Yuan Hongfei handed over half the bag of fruit candies.

Zhu Xiaohong’s face immediately lit up with delight.

She took the candies right away.

“Oh, Hongfei, you’re too kind! Come in, come in, have a seat.”

Fruit candies like these weren’t always available, not even at the supply store.

Yuan Hongfei looked down on Zhu Xiaohong’s eagerness for such a small gift, but didn’t show it on her face.

She stepped inside.

She noticed the yard was a mess, but simply followed Zhu Xiaohong into the main room.

“Hongfei, sit down, I’ll pour you some water—”

But Yuan Hongfei wasn’t here for water. She quickly reached out to stop her. “Jie Zhu, don’t bother, I’m not thirsty.”

“I actually came because I wanted to ask you something—”

She looked a bit embarrassed and uneasy.

Zhu Xiaohong understood right away and said, “You want to ask about Qin Wenhuo’s wife, right?”

Yuan Hongfei’s face darkened and she nodded. “—Yes.”

She still couldn’t accept anyone else being called Qin Wenhuo’s wife.

“Ah, that woman is really something, let me tell you. She’s as pretty as a fairy, and both she and her daughter are quite capable. No wonder Qin Wenhuo brought them both here to live the good life—”

Zhu Xiaohong went on and on, even mentioning Fu Mingxue’s job situation.

The more she talked, the angrier she got. “All I did was ask her to keep an eye out for any job openings for me—what’s wrong with that? And she actually got Qin Wenhuo to come threaten me—”

The more Yuan Hongfei listened, the heavier her heart felt.

She felt worse and worse.

From Zhu Xiaohong, she learned a few things about that woman:

First, she was very pretty.

Second, she was very skilled and clever.

And third, she’d just arrived and already got Qin Wenhuo to arrange a job for her.

She really was a formidable rival.

Since she couldn’t get any more information out of Zhu Xiaohong, Yuan Hongfei left.

—

Fu Mingxue sneezed.

She didn’t think much of it.

“Master Yang, could you take a look at this blueprint? Is it possible to make something like this?”

The “Master Yang” Fu Mingxue mentioned was a level-eight machinist, very skilled.

He took the blueprint and studied it for a while, then said, “I’ll give it a try.”

Seeing this, Fu Mingxue didn’t leave, but stayed to watch.

The part she needed required precision grinding on a lathe, with measurements accurate to the millimeter.

Ordinary level-eight machinists wouldn’t be able to manage it.

Only this one could.

He’d been introduced to her by Director Geng.

She was supposed to get off work at nine that night,

but because of this matter—Fu Mingxue completely lost track of time.

She’d also forgotten that Qin Wenhuo had said he’d come pick her up."