Seeing Lin Chuan sleeping so soundly, Zhou Rui felt a bit down. She had changed into the clothes she liked the most, guessing this guy probably wouldn't get the chance to see them. Zhou Rui sat down at the edge of the bed, curiously sizing up Lin Chuan. She just couldn't understand why she had fallen for this dude. When they were kids, she loved playing with Lin Chuan and always followed him around like a shadow, always having a special fondness for him. But back then, they were just kids, naive and ignorant.

Later, she went abroad for studies and gradually forgot about Lin Chuan. When she came back, she didn't exactly look forward to seeing Lin Chuan. But, upon seeing him, those unique feelings from her childhood seemed to have resurfaced as if crawling out of a forgotten corner of her memory.

Zhou Rui chuckled and then said, "Life is really strange, how did I end up liking you?"

With a trace of childish playfulness, Zhou Rui played with Lin Chuan's nose, eyebrows, and eyes, and eventually dozed off unknowingly.

............

In the morning, as sunlight poured in through the window.

The glaring sun made Zhou Rui uncomfortable. She hurriedly opened her eyes, and upon opening them, she was completely taken aback—she was lying in the same bed with Lin Chuan. Although she was clothed, Lin Chuan had taken off his clothes.

"Oh my God, what... what happened?" Zhou Rui was utterly dumbfounded.

At that moment, the door was kicked open.

Li Qiang, carrying a broom, walked in. It was compulsory for him to clean Mr. Zhou's room every day, and any laziness meant getting scolded. There was a time when he deliberately skipped sweeping to test Zhou Rui's reaction, and ended up being chased by her with a stick for three blocks. Ever since then, Li Qiang never dared to skip cleaning. As they say, a real man knows when to bend.

But the thing is, he could only bend, never stretch!

The moment Li Qiang kicked the door open, he was instantly dumbfounded because he saw Zhou Rui, who was halfway up from the bed.

"Mr... Mr. Zhou?!" Li Qiang was startled, thinking to himself that he was caught because of kicking the door open.

However, what happened next completely shocked Li Qiang. Lin Chuan, shirtless, wriggled out from under the covers.

"Ah!" Li Qiang was flabbergasted and confusedly said, "Chuan... Chuanzi bro... you... you guys!"

"Why are you here?" Lin Chuan asked groggily.

At this moment, a sharp scream echoed: "Ahh!!!"

"Sorry, sorry, sorry!" Li Qiang quickly shut the door and ran off rapidly.

Lin Chuan quickly covered his ears and turned to look at Zhou Rui, astounded, "Zhou Rui... why are you here? How... how did we end up sleeping together?!"

"You! You jerk, you bastard," Zhou Rui yelled furiously.

"What... what did I do?" Lin Chuan hurriedly dodged Zhou Rui's punches and accidentally rolled off the bed head. The shirtless Lin Chuan was puzzled as to why he had no clothes on; last night he was so drunk he nearly blacked out.

"Get out!" Zhou Rui roared.

Seeing the situation, Lin Chuan no longer dared to linger; he grabbed his clothes and rushed out hurriedly.

"Stop!" Zhou Rui yelled loudly.

"What do you want?" Lin Chuan hurriedly covered himself.

"Hmph, tell me, was what you said last night true?" Zhou Rui scolded angrily.

"What... what did I say last night?" Lin Chuan looked perplexed.

"You!" Zhou Rui was furious, cursing, "You bastard, last night you said you liked me, you said you loved me, was it all lies?"

"I... I... did I say that?" Lin Chuan suddenly felt his scalp tingle, wondering how he got involved with this fiery woman.

"You... get out!" Zhou Rui picked up a pillow and furiously threw it at Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan ran like the wind.

............

Transport market.

"What did you say?" Zhou Kai, wearing a safety helmet, was directing Lu Dapao to operate the forklift to shovel sand.

Li Qiang, panting heavily, said, "Kai bro, I... I've stirred up trouble."

"What trouble?" Zhou Kai hurriedly took off his safety helmet, untied the large water bottle from his belt—which was filled with goji berries and some liver-clearing medicinal herbs—took a drink and asked, "What trivial matter? Don't we have enough clout here in the eastern part of the city to cover for you?"

"The thing is... I... I freaking caught Chuanzi bro and the fiery girl sleeping together," Li Qiang said awkwardly.

As he sipped...----

Zhou Kai immediately spat out a mouthful of water onto Li Qiang's face.

Li Qiang, looking miserable, wiped his face while complaining, "What... what bad luck have I run into today? Why is everything going so poorly?"

"What did you say?" Zhou Kai widened his eyes and said, "You caught Chuanzi bro and the fiery girl sleeping together??"

"Yeah." Li Qiang dried off his face and hurriedly said, "I... I didn't mean to. Kai bro, you have to help me talk to Chuanzi bro, I... I really didn't do it on purpose. It's all because of the fiery girl; she made me clean her place every day, who knew... who knew this would happen!"

"What exactly happened?" Zhou Kai asked excitedly.

Helplessly, Li Qiang could only recount the situation at that time. However, some of the guys around had just caught a glimpse of the scoop, so they curiously gathered around. There were at least a dozen people who came over to watch. After hearing it, they all exclaimed in surprise.

"Damn, Little Chili is really going all out to be our sister-in-law," Lu Dapao said, dumbfounded.

"So what should we do?" Liu Cheng cursed from the side: "Little Chili is a year younger than me, I'm not calling her sister-in-law."

"It's a matter of seniority, not age," Zhou Kai glanced at Liu Cheng and said: "Looks like, we all have to change how we address her."

"Really, really have to change how we address her?" Huang Bo asked.

"Of course!" Zhou Kai nodded and said, "We can't call her Little Chili anymore, she might become our sister-in-law."

"Damn, what about Secretary Tang?" Lu Dapao asked: "I think having Secretary Tang as our sister-in-law would be truly prestigious. Little Chili means nothing."

"Exactly." Huang Bo nodded.

"In my opinion, we should act as if nothing happened," Liu Cheng hurriedly said. "If we really have to change how we address her, then Brother Chuan must acknowledge it himself, otherwise who would accept it?"

A group of people discussed for a long time and seemed to have no solution.

From a distance, Zhou Rui walked over.

"What are you all gathered here for, not getting back to work?" Zhou Rui glared at the group and scolded: "Be careful, I'll deduct your performance bonuses, your salaries."

"Little Chili!!" Zhou Kai, annoyed, said since Little Chili became the general manager, she has been arrogantly ordering people around every day.

Zhou Kai helplessly put on his safety helmet, waved his hand, and said: "Brothers, back to work."

Zhou Rui was extremely furious, one could tell, this group must have just been gossiping about her and Lin Chuan. Thinking of this, Zhou Rui was even more enraged. That bastard Lin Chuan had slept with her and refused to admit it in the morning. This made Zhou Rui very annoyed and infuriated.

............

Early in the morning, Lin Chuan returned home.

As soon as he got home, Mrs. Lin had already dressed in her Sanitation Bureau reflective jacket and headed to work.

"Chuan, you didn't come home again last night?" Mrs. Lin asked.

"Yeah, there was something," Lin Chuan nodded and said: "Mom, if I don't come home, don't wait for me. Look at you, your eyes are swollen. Don't stay up late anymore."

"Am I not just worried about you?" Mrs. Lin furrowed her brows.

"I'm already such a grown man, and you still worry about me," Lin Chuan laughed.

"The day you get a wife is the day I'll stop worrying," Mrs. Lin chuckled: "When you get a wife, let your wife worry about you."

"Mom, listen to you," Lin Chuan laughed and said: "Go to work, I came home to pick up some stuff and then I'll leave."

"Okay," Mrs. Lin nodded.

Back at home, Lin Chuan plopped down on the sofa, the memories of last night gradually surfacing in his mind. This made Lin Chuan very depressed and unwilling. However, Lin Chuan was also puzzled, weren't Yumeng Tang and Bai Yifan supposed to have dinner? After dinner, how could they show up at Night Color Bar? Night Color Bar is so far from Extraordinary Bar, and Bai Yifan, who always prides himself on being aloof and extraordinary, how could he go to such a chaotic, filthy bar?

Lin Chuan suddenly felt a sense of conspiracy.

Also, why would Fang Yuan come to find him that night? And specifically come to Changlin Factory to find him. The wine was tasty, but it was nothing extraordinary. After getting drunk, why would Fang Yuan suddenly make him kiss her? Knowing that it's easy to lose control when drunk, Fang Yuan is not a particularly reckless woman. Why would she do such a thing?

All in all, Lin Chuan felt as if he had fallen into a trap.

Bang...

Lin Chuan slapped the table and immediately stood up, quickly heading towards the door.

The military green jeep immediately rushed towards the door. Very fast, in no time it sped towards the direction of the City Committee.

City Committee.

Lin Chuan didn't bother to clock in, he just ran upstairs.

"Lin Chuan," Luo Guoqing greeted.

However, Lin Chuan didn't even turn his head but rushed straight upstairs.

When Lin Chuan pushed the office door open, Xiao Xue was inside tidying up some files.

"You... why didn't you knock on the door?" Xiao Xue glared at Lin Chuan.

"Where is Secretary Tang?" Lin Chuan asked.

"She left," Xiao Xue replied.

"Where did she go?" Lin Chuan asked.

"To the United States," Xiao Xue said while organizing files, "The City Committee organized a trip abroad for research. Secretary Tang is leading the team, Deputy Secretary Song also went with her. It's said that they are going to inspect an ecological farm in Texas. This year, our city's main task is to create several large ecological farms. What's up? You came in such a hurry to find Secretary Tang, is there something urgent?"

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