A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

After a sleepless night, Zhuang Qingxiang woke up the next day with red and swollen eyes.

Just as he was hesitating about whether to go out, he heard Xiao Qianyue's clear voice: "Uncle Lu, are you going to work so early?"

Zhuang Qingxiang subconsciously looked outside, but realized she couldn't see anything, so she lowered her head again.

Goodbye, Uncle Lu.

She heard Xiao Qianyue call out again, and immediately turned her head to look into the courtyard. Sure enough, she saw that familiar figure, but it quickly walked out the door and disappeared.

Lu Congyue usually doesn't leave this early.

After breakfast, I would take Xiaoqianyue to kindergarten before going to work.

He's avoiding her.

Zhuang Qingxiang felt suffocated and listless as she walked out of the inner room to the kitchen to make breakfast.

After breakfast, Xiao Qianyue went to kindergarten, and Zhuang Qingxiang was distracted while taking care of the two children.

Or, she could have a proper talk with Lu Congyue when he came back for lunch.

With that thought in mind, Zhuang Qingxiang began to look forward to Lu Congyue's return.

Instead of Lu Congyue returning, a man came, saying he was there to help Director Lu with his luggage.

Zhuang Qingxiang panicked: "Is Director Lu going to...?" move out?

"Director Lu is about to go on a business trip and won't be back in time, so I'm here to help him with this," the man said politely. "Could you help him pack? He doesn't need much; he's just going to the provincial capital for a few days."

Zhuang Qingxiang quickly responded and deftly packed Lu Congyue's luggage bag and handed it to the visitor.

After everyone left, she slumped down on the stool, feeling rather dejected.

Before we could even get things straight, he's going on a business trip for a few days. I don't even know if I'll still have the courage when he gets back...

After fidgeting for a while, Sun Yongxian suddenly arrived.

Zhuang Qingxiang was overjoyed and hurriedly asked Sun Yongxian to help take care of the two children before rushing off to find Lu Congyue.

However, when she finally found the factory office after making inquiries, she learned that Lu Congyue had already left.

"Director Lu left in a hurry, he just grabbed his luggage and left."

Zhuang Qingxiang recognized the person speaking as someone who had gone home to retrieve their luggage. She forced a smile, indicating that she understood, and then lowered her head and went back home.

"Sister Zhuang, Sister Zhuang? What's wrong? Why do you look so distraught?"

Sun Yongxian called out several times before realizing Zhuang Qingxiang wasn't responding. Something terrible had happened!

She immediately sat down next to Zhuang Qingxiang and tugged at her sleeve: "Hey, Sister Zhuang, snap out of it! Factory Director Lu is back!"

The next second, Zhuang Qingxiang suddenly turned her head to look at the front door.

Sun Yongxian chuckled, "Sister Zhuang, Factory Director Lu is away on a business trip and won't be back for the next few days. Didn't you know?"

Normally, when Sun Yongxian makes a fuss like this, Zhuang Qingxiang would blush with embarrassment, looking shy and adorable.

But today, Zhuang Qingxiang didn't react much; her face remained pale.

Sun Yongxian's smile faded, and she frowned as she asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Zhuang Qingxiang shook her head.

She couldn't tell outsiders what happened between her and Lu Congyue.

She still has a sense of shame.

"It's nothing, don't worry, I'm fine." Zhuang Qingxiang forced a smile and changed the subject, "By the way, what did Chef Jiang from the cafeteria say? Can I still go over and help out?"

Seeing that she wouldn't talk about it, and thinking about Director Lu's sudden business trip, Sun Yongxian figured that something must have happened between the two of them.

She was a little annoyed. She had given Factory Director Lu so many opportunities, and he ran away? What was going on?

Unfortunately, Zhuang Qingxiang didn't want to go into details, and Sun Yongxian didn't want to keep pressing her, so she changed the subject.

"I asked, and Master Jiang said you're welcome to come back anytime."

"And Master Jiang has always been thinking about you, saying he wanted to come and see you, but Director Lu has refused him every time."

"You don't know, whenever this is mentioned, Master Jiang scolds Young Master Jiang, saying he's a good-for-nothing who can't even handle such a small matter."

After saying that, Sun Yongxian took out a piece of paper from her pocket, which she didn't know she had torn from some notebook.

"This is from Master Jiang. He's asking if you can make it; we'll need it in a few days."

Zhuang Qingxiang looked at them and saw that they were two kinds of pastries. It seemed that someone would be getting married in a few days and they would need them.

We need to ask Jiang Weihai about this and get a clear answer before doing anything, so as not to delay things.

It was lunchtime, so Zhuang Qingxiang asked Sun Yongxian to watch the children for a bit longer before rushing off to the cafeteria.

The workers were getting their meals in the canteen when Zhuang Qingxiang spotted Jiang Weihai at a glance.

"Master Jiang!" she called out as she ran over.

Jiang Weihai was stunned, looking at her in disbelief: "Why did you come over? Are you better?"

Before Zhuang Qingxiang could speak, a commotion arose around them.

"Master Jiang..."

"Why did you come over? Are you all better?"

The deliberately affected voices and intentionally drawn-out endings revealed the playful banter among the audience.

Jiang Weihai blushed instantly and held up his spoon to tell the others to stop fooling around.

Zhuang Qingxiang also realized that she had been a bit reckless. She was a widow, and it was inevitable that people would misunderstand her for coming to find a widower and shouting his name in public.

"I'm sorry, have I caused you any trouble?" Zhuang Qingxiang walked to Jiang Weihai's side and asked softly.

"No, no one meant any harm, don't be afraid," Jiang Weihai said apologetically.

After saying that, he called others over to help, and then left the cafeteria with Zhuang Qingxiang.

Knowing that Zhuang Qingxiang had come to ask about the two desserts, Jiang Weihai explained the situation in detail and then asked Zhuang Qingxiang if he could accept the task.

"We can take it," Zhuang Qingxiang said excitedly, her eyes sparkling. "It's just that we're a little short on the raw materials..."

Jiang Weihai thought for a moment and said, "Then make a list for me, and I'll go buy them."

The wedding is in three days, so there's plenty of time.

Zhuang Qingxiang handed the completed order to Jiang Weihai, then went to the kitchen to say goodbye to everyone before hurrying home.

I was busy with things and didn't have time to think about Lu Congyue.

The next day, Zhuang Qingxiang delivered the snacks to Jiang Weihai and received two yuan from him as her reward for her hard work.

After finishing her work, Zhuang Qingxiang started to drift off into thought again, thinking about Lu Congyue.

But he hasn't come back yet...

Zhuang Qingxiang wanted to go to the office to ask the director, but she was worried that people would gossip about her, so she could only hold back.

Meanwhile, the office director was also in a state of utter chaos.

Lu Congyue said he had an urgent business to attend to and ran off, as if he had encountered a major crisis.

While he was away, something big happened at the factory.

The authorities contacted their factory and arranged for a foreign expert to come and guide them on how to use, maintain, and repair the new machines.

With Director Lu absent, only the office director and colleagues from the technical department can step in.

The technical department assigned Feng Wenhua to be in charge of receiving them.

Feng Wenhua went there happily and full of ambition, but after most of the day had passed, he felt like crying.

These foreign experts are too difficult to deal with.

He wanted to eat beef, so Feng Wenhua quickly went upstairs for a breather. After finally getting the beef and cooking it, the expert was extremely disgusted, saying that this was not what he wanted; he wanted steak!

Feng Wenhua had no choice but to endure it and went to the cafeteria to find Chef Jiang again.