Making a living in Dongguan, her fiery red lips offer me tenderness.

Aunt Tian left, and Ding Yang felt a little lost. This place was probably not a good place to stay. He had lied about doing something in Songgang, but in reality, he hadn't done anything. If he continued to work here, it would be difficult to keep up the lie.

How should we proceed from here?

After waiting for more than two hours, Dawei returned on his motorcycle, with a large CRT television strapped to the back.

"Ding Yang!"

"Dawei, why are you setting up a broken TV?"

"Oh, I just bought it at the second-hand market for 400 yuan. It's 29 inches, which is big enough. It's an original Sony, and I haven't opened it yet. The picture is clear."

"Help me lift this!"

Ding Yang helped him lift the television down.

"Dawei, LCD TVs are all the rage now, why are you buying this thing? And for 400 yuan?"

"A 32-inch LCD TV costs several thousand yuan, and this one is still quite new. I can check it out in the store and it seems fine. The shopkeeper offers a one-year warranty, and I'm offering 380 yuan, but the bastard won't sell it to me."

"Has the founding of the nation not arrived yet?"

"I didn't see it!"

"He told me yesterday that he would come today, probably in the afternoon."

The two lit up a red double happiness candle.

"Dawei, I'm going to drive to the parking lot to wait for business later."

"What do you mean?"

"You don't have a driver's license now, and the car is just sitting there empty. You and Jianguo can handle selling cement and sand. I need to take a break for a while. I broke up with Tan Yan, and I'm a bit panicked. I'm not in the mood to work right now."

"I drive around waiting for business. If there's any business, I'll pick up some goods. If there isn't, I'll rest in the car. I need time to calm down and think about what to do next."

"Why bother looking for anyone? Just work with me. The clients are yours too. Business is booming right now. Old Chen has been getting work every day lately."

"My heart isn't in this, so I have no motivation to do anything. Just leave it at that, don't try to persuade me otherwise."

"Alright then, it's almost lunchtime, let's eat before we leave."

"OK!"

……

At the headquarters of Tan Sheng Group in Futian CBD, Shenzhen

Liu Cuicui and Qinghe officially started work on their first day and received their work uniforms and name tags.

Liu Cuicui was also assigned a separate workstation, and HR Director Tian treated her with great respect. Her colleagues noticed this and knew that she was someone important.

At that moment, the supervisor walked over.

"Xiao Liu, Ms. Tan wants you to go to her office."

"oh!"

Liu Cuicui wondered, what is Tan Yan up to now? She has already broken up with Ding Yang, is she taking her anger out on me?

Liu Cuicui arrived at the door of Tan Yan's office.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Please come in!"

Liu Cuicui went inside.

"President Tan!"

"Sit down!"

"How's it going? Are you settling in well on your first day at work?"

"Fortunately, I just received my uniform and was assigned a workstation. Ms. Tian is very kind to me; she said she would personally train me this afternoon."

"That's good. Focus on your work. If you need anything, feel free to come to my office!"

"Thanks!"

Liu Cuicui devised a plan.

"Mr. Tan, Xiao Yang went back to Dongguan yesterday afternoon. When he left, I noticed he didn't look well. I asked him what was wrong, but he wouldn't say. Also, he seemed to have drunk quite a bit, and his breath reeked of alcohol."

"Oh, didn't he tell you anything?"

"No, he just told me to focus on my work and come see me again when I have time. He didn't say anything else. But I felt like his expression was a little off. Did you two have a fight?"

"Yeah, we argued for a bit, then he ran off and abandoned me."

"That brat deserves a beating, Mr. Tan. Don't worry, I'll definitely teach him a lesson next time I see him."

Tan Yan never expected Liu Cuicui to say that.

"Have you found a place to rent yet?"

"We've rented a one-bedroom apartment with a private bathroom and some furniture. It's just right for Qinghe and me. It's also close to here, in Gangxia Village."

"That's good!"

"Cui Cui, Xiao Yang said his father passed away when he was 5 years old, and his mother's whereabouts are unknown. Have you ever seen his mother?"

"I met him when I was a child. After my uncle passed away, Xiaoyang's mother actually stayed at home for two years before going out to work. In the first few years, she would occasionally come home and send money back home."

After Ding Yang started junior high school, she never came back. My grandparents told me that she stopped sending money back either; perhaps she remarried.

"Do you know where her mother married?"

"I don't know. I heard a few years ago that they were smuggled into the United States. There are a lot of rumors about it, but I don't know if it's true or not."

How far is his mother's family from Xiaoyang's family? Do they have any other relatives?

"His mother's family home is more than ten kilometers away from Xiaoyang's home, separated by a town. It seems that he didn't have many relatives there, and there was not much contact between the two sides. I don't know the specifics, because I was still young at that time."

"However, Xiaoyang should have an uncle, but I have never seen his uncle come to visit Xiaoyang."

"oh!"

"Mr. Tan, Xiao Yang seems to have some lingering confusion about his mother, and he doesn't want to talk about these things. Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"It's nothing, just asking casually."

"Alright, Cui Cui, go to work now. No need to rush, take your time. If you need anything, you can come to me directly."

"Okay, I'll be going now."

"Um!"

Tan Yan leaned back on the sofa and suddenly touched her stomach.

You brat, where do you think you're going? Your son's in my belly, you think you can just abandon me? No way!

As he thought about it, Tan Yan smiled again.

……

At noon, Jianguo also came to the cement shop.

The four of us had lunch together. Wang Chang cooked the dishes; she's a pretty good cook.

"Jianguo, are we officially getting to work now?"

"What else can we do if we don't work? We have to earn money."

"Oh, Ding Yang, I've also signed up for driver's license lessons. I'm going to learn to drive with Dawei."

"Okay, you should have gotten your driver's license a long time ago. It's inconvenient not having one now, and you can't drive the small truck anyway."

"Ding Yang, how are things going with that rich woman?"

"Yesterday I was telling Dawei that I broke up with her and returned all my bank cards and stuff to her."

"From now on, I'll be penniless again, a true proletarian."

Wang Chang asked, "Are you going to return this laptop to her?"

"What's the point of paying it back? If we're not going to pay it back, we still have to get something out of it."

Jianguo said, "What a pity. You'll regret giving up on such a rich woman."

"It's not that I gave up, it's that they gave up on me. You can't be sure about some things."

"You should have made more money when you were with her; now you haven't gotten a single penny."

"We didn't find a single hair, but we've at least left a mark, right? Ding Yang was here."

"puff!"

Everyone laughed.

"You have this kind of hobby, kid?"

"Actually, it's not like she got nothing at all. The money she lent to Dawei was all hers, and the money she used to buy this little six-wheeler and pay back Lao Li was also hers. So, it's not like she got nothing at all."

David said, "Oh, there's another job this afternoon, are you guys going?"

"Jianguo, you go with Dawei, I won't go. I'll drive to the side of National Highway 107 and wait for some business to see if there are any goods to pick up."

"Alright, you just broke up with your boyfriend, it's good for you to rest for a bit."

"Damn it, I'm eating ibuprofen like it's food now, but it still doesn't relieve my pain."

"Alright, the moonlight casts frost on the ground, which hero doesn't get hurt? What's this? Aren't there plenty of women? There are plenty of rich women too, we can just find another one later."

"You've had it tough too!"