Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 574: The Speaker is Unintentional, but the Listener Takes it to Heart

Chapter 574: Chapter 574: The Speaker is Unintentional, but the Listener Takes it to Heart

The next day, Song Yunuan mentioned Lin Qing’s unusual behavior to Gu Huai’an.

"...Have someone follow her and conduct a thorough investigation, you might uncover something significant."

Even if there was no significant discovery, it could at least keep Lin Qing quiet for a while.

Song Yunuan sensed herself, but it seemed like there was no change.

The glass in Lin Qing’s room had been repaired, and she also sensed herself, but it seemed like there was no change either.

The police station people came again and told her that the glass likely shattered naturally, as they found no stones or tiles in the room.

Because Lin Qing suspected someone was taking revenge on her.

She guessed it was one of the neighbors whose homes had been burned.

But she had already compensated them, so why would they still seek revenge on her?

After a thorough investigation, the police station confirmed that it wasn’t shattered by a stone or a similar object.

There were no strange footprints in the yard either.

Moreover, when the glass shattered yesterday, Uncle Woodblock was the first to rush out, and the yard was empty.

If someone had smashed the glass, they couldn’t possibly have escaped that quickly.

After all, even though the small courtyard was small, it was surrounded by walls covered with glazed tiles; unless someone had wings and could fly, there would definitely be some noise.

And that was that.

Lin Jia told Lin Qing, "You’ve already taken two days off recently, you should go back to work. These days, places are not like before, they’re overcrowded.

Our unit’s leaders have told people they plan to downsize, creating something like a service brigade to do cleaning, housework, carry bags, and the like.

Qing’er, all the dowry items we prepared for you burned up, but you can’t go to the Su family empty-handed.

I’ve saved some money for you, so when the time comes, you can buy some things. And as for Junze’s mother, let her say whatever she wants to say, and live together if you have to. Things might be tough for a while, but once we’ve saved enough money, we’ll rebuild the villa. Then, everything will be fine.

Don’t be disheartened. Comparatively speaking, we’re much better off than most people. At the very least, we still own a villa. Even if we don’t live in it, selling it would bring in a nice sum of money."

Lin Qing shook her head, not optimistic.

Anxiously, she said, "Right now, the main worry is grandpa’s condition. If he starts to improve, my cousins might not eye our villa."

"But if there’s no sign of improvement, those people might set their sights on our house, especially since grandpa bought it for mom back in the day."

If that were to happen, she and her sister would truly have nothing.

So, what good is this system anyway?

Right now, she has two Luck Points.

The system says they’ve been added to her.

But she doesn’t feel any different, and the system encourages her to keep accumulating Jealousy Points.

But it’s not that simple.

The relationship with Song Yunuan is complicated, but it’s a circle she currently has no access to.

And it doesn’t have much to do with whether or not she’s jealous.

Two points is too little, she needs to come up with a plan.

The next day, Song Liang called Song Yunuan to tell her that the new overlock and sewing machines had arrived and another workshop had been added.

The orders from three months ago are now complete, the workers have been working hard, but with the bonuses distributed, everyone is motivated.

Business is good these days.

There’s little competition; essentially, it’s a seller’s market.

Song Yunuan emphasized that quality must be up to standard, and Song Liang from the county said the manager of the garment factory in Nanshan County Town sought him out.

The garment factory in Nanshan County Town isn’t big, but it’s staffed with a surplus of workers, barely keeping it afloat.

A few master craftsmen who had gone to support Zhilan Garment Factory returned grudgingly to save their jobs.

However, the monthly salary subsidy and bonus suddenly decreased by more than eighty yuan.

It was like cutting flesh.

But Zhilan was currently just a collective enterprise, they still looked down on it a bit.

This was not something to insist on.

Song Yunuan said to Song Liang, "Dad, you can do this. Isn’t there a batch of fixed models for jeans? You can entrust a clothing factory in the county to process this order. After passing inspection, you pay them the processing fee. If they agree, that’s fine; if not, then forget it."

Song Liang turned to find the factory manager, not expecting that the latter would agree gladly.

Thus, the order for a thousand pairs of jeans was given to a clothing factory in the county.

Thus, they became busy as well.

Although some people felt uncomfortable about it, Nanshan County Town was different from other places, with many aspects surprisingly leading ahead of other cities and counties.

If they didn’t accept it, they’d have to slowly learn to accept it.

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Jin Ju was called to the office by the chief editor.

The chief editor poured Jin Ju a cup of tea and said, "I’ll just say it outright, someone asked me to, you should indirectly inquire Xia Xindong about whether he has any ideas for developing new drugs?"

Jin Ju frowned.

"Is this for official or personal reasons?"

"It’s both. Just ask him, mainly whether he has any thoughts of researching drugs that can make people healthy and live longer?"

Jin Ju said, "I actually do know about this. Little Nuan told me, she said it at the time just to deliberately provoke Shangguan Yunqi, and also to see if she was really crazy or faking it.

If you don’t believe it, you can go to Erdao River Village to see if Little Nuan’s grandmother really has become younger.

How did this actually get taken seriously? Is this the kind of thing you can just casually ask about?"

The chief editor wasn’t embarrassed, having been prepared before saying this.

"That’s what I thought too. Song Yunuan is such a clever and quick-witted girl. If her uncle really developed such a drug, it would be top secret. How could it be possible to talk about it everywhere? It’s just that some people think too much because they’re too cunning. Alright, there’s nothing else, you can go."

Still, Jin Ju called Xia Xindong to meet with him.

Since she had arranged to meet with Xia Xindong, she also called out Little Nuan.

However, Little Nuan was occupied and couldn’t make it.

Jin Ju brought up the matter the chief editor had mentioned to her with Xia Xindong.

"I have no other intentions, just a heads-up for you."

Xia Xindong smiled.

Jin Ju noticed that this man was always gentle and his features always scholarly, but if he smiled at you, he could make you lower your guard.

It seemed like at that moment, you could share a lot of secrets with him.

Xia Xindong said, "You’re not the first to come asking. It’s always the case that the speaker might not mean anything, but the listener reads too much into it. It’s fine, you can tell your chief editor that at the moment, I have no such thoughts. The common saying goes, ’all medicines have their poison’, so developing new drugs is a long process that involves endless clinical trials, accumulating various data, addressing individual differences and coming up with solutions for specific issues... However, in the future, there might be consideration in this direction..."

It was the first time Jin Ju had heard Xia Xindong say so much.

She was surprised deep down.

And there was another indescribable feeling.

Xia Xindong glanced at Jin Ju who was listening intently, his eyes still carried a hint of a smile.

Song Yunuan went to see Shangguan Yunqi again but didn’t get to meet her.

She had been given a sedative and was resting.

The vice-president of this hospital had a good relationship with Second Grandpa, and from him, Song Yunuan learned that Shangguan Yunqi did indeed have an unstable mental state.

Unstable was the normal state!