My Dongguan Love Story

Hearing Lin Guilian's teasing words, my heart skipped a beat. I felt like I'd been caught red-handed doing something wrong, and my face was filled with embarrassment. To be honest, I had really fallen asleep, and my hand had only reached out unconsciously. Who knew someone would catch me like that? It was so incredibly embarrassing.

Seeing my flustered state, Lin Guilian couldn't help but laugh. Shufen and the nurse, seeing her tender eyes and beaming smile, knew it was inappropriate to stay any longer and quietly left after a short while.

Now that it was just the two of us in the room, she completely let down her guard, sat up, and threw herself into my arms, wrapping her arms tightly around me. She was like a clingy kitten, rubbing against me and igniting a fire in every way.

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Chu Xiuyan stopped his motorcycle at the entrance of Dingsheng No. 2 Factory, handed the admission notice to the gatekeeper, and said with a smile:

"Hey handsome, I'm the new security guard, could you open the door for me?"

"New here?" The security guard looked puzzled, took the notice and looked it over. After confirming that it had the signature and official seal of the personnel department, he returned the document and said, "Go inside and turn right to report to the captain."

"Okay."

Chu Xiuyan nodded to him, smiled, and rode his motorcycle into Dingsheng No. 2 Factory. He looked around, found the parking shed, parked his motorcycle, and then walked towards the building not far away.

Hearing the footsteps getting closer, Li Jie rubbed his eyes and looked over. Seeing that the person was an unfamiliar face, he immediately stopped him and asked what he wanted. After confirming that he was a newly arrived security guard, he let him pass, pointed out the location of the inner room, and told Chu Xiuyan to go find the captain to register.

After pulling all-nighters and working shifts all day, Li Jie was overcome with drowsiness. His eyelids were so heavy he could barely lift them, and he finally couldn't stay awake any longer and fell asleep on his desk.

Chu Xiuyan slowly walked into the inner office. Upon entering, he saw two security guards huddled together reading a storybook. Looking further in, he saw a burly man with his legs crossed, engrossed in playing a game on his phone called Snake; he appeared to be the security captain. Chu Xiuyan approached with a smile and handed him his employment notice.

"Captain, I'm the new security guard who's reporting for duty."

"New here?" Zhou Zhengtao looked up at Chu Xiuyan, reaching for the induction documents when his right arm wound was suddenly pulled, sending a sharp pain through his body, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead. He quickly switched to his left hand to take the documents, checked the personnel signature to confirm they were correct, and then looked up to give the instructions:

"Okay, you'll be working the afternoon shift today."

As he spoke, he reached for the cigarette pack on the table, patted it, and seeing that it was empty, he smiled and looked at Chu Xiuyan, saying, "Chu Xiuyan, right? Go to the convenience store and buy me a pack of cigarettes. I'll pay you back later."

Hearing Zhou Zhengtao's words, Chu Xiuyan nodded without giving it much thought. After all, it was perfectly normal for the team leader to send his subordinates to run errands and buy things. Especially since he had just started working and wanted to gather information, he definitely wanted to make a good impression at the beginning. So he smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Xiuyan turned and walked out of the office, where he saw Li Jie, who had stopped him earlier, sleeping soundly by the table, snoring loudly. He frowned slightly, but ultimately did not make a sound to wake him.

I stopped by the factory store and asked the price. A pack of Furongwang cigarettes was priced at 240 yuan. I was secretly surprised that the factory price was much higher than outside.

The woman behind the counter glanced at Chu Xiuyan impatiently: "Buy it or not?"

Chu Xiuyan thought to himself, "Anyway, the captain will pay for it if it's expensive," so he nodded and said, "Buy it."

But he was cautious and didn't intend to pay for it himself, so he said, "Oh, the captain bought it, you can just keep track of it."

"Keep it on the tab?" The woman frowned upon hearing her words and snatched the cigarette from Chu Xiuyan's hand. "We don't allow keeping tabs here. You have to pay first if you want cigarettes."

Upon hearing her words, Chu Xiuyan feigned anger and slammed his hand on the table: "What do you mean? Are you disrespecting our captain?"

His imposing manner startled the woman, leaving her stunned.

To be honest, she was already wary of Zhou Zhengtao, and usually bought things on credit at the convenience store, settling the bill at the end of the month. Now, intimidated by Chu Xiuyan's feigned anger, she felt uncertain. She looked Chu Xiuyan up and down several times before hesitantly asking, "You're the new security guard, right?"

Zhou Zhengtao usually tricked the new security guard into buying cigarettes at inflated prices, pocketing the extra forty yuan. If Chu Xiuyan were truly a newly arrived security guard, Zhou Zhengtao would never have allowed him to buy on credit.

Upon hearing the landlady's question, Chu Xiuyan immediately became alert and quickly shook his head, saying, "No, I'm a factory worker. Stop dawdling, the foreman is waiting to smoke."

After Chu Xiuyan finished speaking, he snatched the cigarette back. Before the woman could react, he turned and walked out of the convenience store.

The woman opened her mouth as the cigarette was snatched from her hand, but seeing Chu Xiuyan's determined gaze, she swallowed her words and did not stop him.

Chu Xiuyan returned to his office with the cigarettes and handed them to Zhou Zhengtao, saying, "Captain, I've bought the cigarettes."

Hearing the sound, Zhou Zhengtao looked up and saw the cigarettes Chu Xiuyan was offering. He immediately smiled, took them, and then casually pulled out a pack and tossed it over: "Brother, this pack is yours."

"Thank you, Captain." Chu Xiuyan smiled as he accepted the cigarettes, took out a few and distributed them to the people present, then lit one for himself.

After smoking for a while, he asked the captain with a puzzled look, "Captain, I heard that the Second Factory was robbed last night, and the police were called?"

Upon hearing Chu Xiuyan's words, Zhou Zhengtao's alarm bells rang in his mind. He turned to look at Chu Xiuyan in a panic, but seeing his unpredictable expression, he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that Chu Xiuyan knew about his and Li Jianzhong's theft of things last night.

He pondered to himself, then shook his head. This was Chu Xiuyan's first day on the job; how could he possibly know the ins and outs? He was probably just curious and gossipy. So he took a deep drag of his cigarette and exhaled.

"Yes! It was quite a commotion last night, and someone even got stabbed and bled."

Chu Xiuyan had people stake out the entrance of Dingsheng No. 2 Factory yesterday. They only knew that police and ambulances were going in and out, but didn't know the specific details, so he inquired:

"Oh? Are you alright? Was one of our security guards stabbed?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes lit up slightly as he looked at Zhou Zhengtao.

Yesterday, Dazhuang was supposed to be on the middle shift, but the accident happened during his shift. Today, he has not been seen for a long time, so he had some doubts and decided to take the opportunity to find out what was going on.

Zhou Zhengtao took a deep drag on his cigarette, reminiscing about how he had just gotten a free pack of cigarettes from the other party. Without mincing words, he began to speak seriously:

"Oh, the injured one wasn't a security guard, but the woman Chen Dazhuang brought. She was stabbed in the abdomen. To be honest, Chen Dazhuang was really reckless. He brought someone in without permission while on duty, which almost resulted in a death and caused our entire security department to be disciplined."

Upon hearing his words, Chu Xiuyan's eyes lit up immediately: "Oh? Is Chen Dazhuang alright? Why does he bring a woman to work? Is she his girlfriend?"