After dinner, Chen Huihong created a family love group of four, suggesting that from now on, they should arrange dinners and tea parties directly in the group for convenience.
Then Chen Huihong started a group video call.
This is a video call that Qin Huai usually doesn’t participate in.
Since extending his working hours, the time Qin Huai spends on his phone has drastically reduced. From being a heavy phone-dependent user, he has become someone who occasionally forgets his phone in the locker. He only plays on his phone for a while before sleep and after waking up, where he scrolls through his moments and leaves some likes and comments.
In stark contrast to the busy Qin Huai is Chen Huihong.
Chen Huihong is even more idle than Ouyang. The reason she could spend such a long time vacationing with Chen Huixi in Gusu this time is that, like Ouyang, she went on strike. Upon waking up, Chen Huihong deeply felt that work was a constraint. After all, she has money and doesn’t need to be tied down by work. The committee she created isn’t a formal one; she funded it herself, making it more like an owner committee in some sense.
So, Chen Huihong threw her work to her dear brother, promising to bring enough flaky pastries back for her family for the New Year from Gusu, leaving with Chen Yingjun’s hopes and trust.
But Chen Huihong isn’t like Ouyang, who is a couch potato. While Ouyang’s specialty during work was sneaking out to Yunzhong Restaurant for a good meal, Chen Huihong is a well-known warm-hearted citizen in Yunzhong District known as Ms. Chen.
Trying to get Ms. Chen to idle around is even harder than having her pay out of pocket for fruits.
Huihui, on the other hand, is an obedient and sensible child, diligently completing her homework, playing happily, and strictly following the rules set by Chen Huihong to play on her phone for not a minute more. Her homework was spotless, leaving no room for Chen Huihong to control her if she wanted to.
After all, Chen Huihong’s philosophy of education is not to push her child too hard; as long as Huihui is happy, it’s enough. Their family has money, and all her money in the future will be left for Huihui, and if it’s not enough, she can ask her uncle for more.
In extreme boredom, Chen Huihong started focusing on Luo Jun.
She would initiate group video calls from time to time, with the excuse of checking in on the empty nester.
Qu Jing would join the call depending on the situation, and the three of them, like spirits, would come together to discuss Wang Gen Sheng, Gong Liang, and Cheng Gong now and then.
Everyone knew Wang Gen Sheng, even Luo Jun had seen him at Yunzhong Restaurant. Gong Liang was only met by Chen Huihong once when she went to pick up some snacks.
However, Gong Liang was a well-known person, and there were plenty of ways to learn about him. Any random time Dong Shi was off work, asking him about Mr. Gong would lead to at least two hours of continuous chatter.
Only Cheng Gong remained mysterious.
Mysterious to the point where all that is known is he is the life assistant to a domineering CEO, with no other details, only abstract side missions.
This known mission seems to be Cheng Gong’s wish, but for those who don’t know might think it’s his boss Han Guishan’s wish. He truly lives up to the urgency of his boss, making his boss’s desires his own.
This mysterious spirit only showed up twice, piquing the curiosity of the trio greatly.
In truth, it was mainly Chen Huihong who was curious, as she was just too bored.
Chen Huihong hoped to get some information about Cheng Gong from Qin Huai, but Qin Huai expressed his inability to help. Although Cheng Gong’s profile was unlocked and there were side missions, he was indeed not familiar with Cheng Gong.
The only way Qin Huai could foster a relationship with Cheng Gong was by liking his moments when he posted on his social media.
Annual summary of good flavors, exemplary figures from each department, A City’s sales setting new highs, President Han personally attending XX meeting, these kinds of posts, normal people wouldn’t even click on, let alone give a like. Yet, Qin Huai liked each one without missing any.
Occasionally, he would comment, posting a few thumbs up.
But he couldn’t comment too much, as excessive comments might give Cheng Gong the impression that he wants to join Good Taste.
Time swiftly moved to the Sunday dinner gathering.
Actually, it wasn’t a dinner gathering; it was a thank-you dinner specifically organized by Huang Shengli to thank Qu Jing for introducing him to a doctor.
Then, through a series of unexpected and bizarre events, the number of people attending this thank-you dinner increased slightly.
Participants included Qu Jing, Director Liu, Director Liu’s daughter, the till-now-unnamed Dr. Zhou, Qin Huai, Huang An Yao, Ouyang, Chen Huihong, Chen Huihui, Wang Gen Sheng, Chen Juan, Xu Tuqiang, Grandpa Qian, and Grandma Ding.
A total of 14 people!
Seeing this, some sharp friends might have already noticed who the most conspicuous person on this list is. Yes, it’s Huang An Yao!
As for how Wang Gen Sheng, Chen Juan, Xu Tuqiang, Grandpa Qian, and Grandma Ding ended up joining, everything had to start from Friday.
After being reminded by Qu Jing, Wang Gen Sheng felt that spending half a month to a month in Gusu was a pretty good choice, so he swiftly contacted an agent to rent an apartment in the community opposite Huang Ji Restaurant, which happened to be Qin Huai’s residential area.
Then, on Friday morning, Uncle Wang and Chen Juan encountered Chen Huihong at the entrance of the community.
The encounter left all three of them a bit bewildered.
Everyone felt something was off with this scene, as under normal circumstances, the three should meet at the entrance of Yunzhong Restaurant, not at the entrance of a Gusu community.
The idle Chen Huihong suggested that since they were already there, instead of queuing at 7:49 AM at Huang Ji for a meal that was unlikely to be served right away, they should line up to buy some buns, which they are more likely to get their hands on.