My Dongguan Love Story

The next day, the courtyard of Dingsheng No. 2 Factory was bustling with noise.

A large group of workers huddled together, whispering about yesterday's arson attack on the factory. Their eyes were fixed on the charred and blackened corners of the factory wall, and they pointed and gestured amongst themselves.

Huang Jingyi crossed her arms and coldly looked at the noisy crowd. Her eyes were devoid of warmth. She glanced at them casually, then turned and went back to her office.

The workers were reluctant to start work, so Supervisor Zhang rushed over and sternly urged them for a long time before finally forcing them to slink away and return to the workshop to resume work.

In a corner not far away, Li Jie and Chu Xiuyan stood quietly. Seeing that the workers had returned to their posts in an orderly manner and had not taken the opportunity to cause trouble, the two of them finally felt relieved after a night of worry.

The security department is now extremely deserted. In the huge duty room, apart from Old Li who guards the door, there are only Li Jie and Chu Xiuyan left.

Zhou Zhengtao's confidants were all taken away by the police for investigation after last night's incident, leaving the huge security department almost empty.

Today, all three of them were assigned to the early shift. Li Jie felt uneasy and anxious, glancing out of the factory area every now and then, his eyes darting around, wondering repeatedly why Dazhuang hadn't arrived yet.

Without realizing it, he had already come to regard Dazhuang as his pillar of support. Whenever Dazhuang was not around, he always felt uneasy.

As he anxiously looked around, the roar of a motorcycle approached from afar. He saw Dazhuang slowly riding his motorcycle into the factory area, heading straight towards the bike shed.

Li Jie's eyes lit up, and almost instinctively he rushed over, calling out urgently, "Dazhuang!"

I parked my motorcycle, turned around to look at Li Jie, who was running towards me panting, raised an eyebrow, and asked with a hint of doubt, "What's wrong?"

Li Jie abruptly stopped, panting heavily, looking flustered. He looked up at me and hurriedly said, "Dazhuang, Zhou Zhengtao and his gang have all been arrested. Our security department is now empty. What are we going to do?"

I glanced at him indifferently, my tone flat and emotionless: "Back then, Zhou Zhengtao and his gang were always slacking off and never did any work, yet the security department still operated as usual, didn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Li Jie was stunned for a moment. He scratched his head and thought about it carefully. It made sense, and his tense expression relaxed a little.

But then he thought about it and realized something was wrong. Seeing me walk towards the security guard's office, he quickly caught up, explaining rapidly, "Dazhuang, it's different! At least they have slots available, enough people to take turns on the afternoon and evening shifts! Now the three of us are all on the morning shift, and there's no one to guard the afternoon and evening shifts at all!"

I paused, turned my head to look at him calmly and confidently:

"Then we'll just hire more people. I've already coordinated with the security department of Factory One and arranged for temporary staff to fill in for the next few days. Once the new security guards are hired, the shifts will be all sorted out."

Upon hearing this, Li Jie's brow relaxed instantly, and he quickly nodded in response, "Oh, that's good, that's good."

The news spread throughout the factory this morning, and he knew that I had been promoted to security captain of the second factory. Now that he knew everything was in order and I had arranged everything, he was no longer anxious or conflicted. He turned around and quickly went to the factory gate to stand guard.

Not far away, Chu Xiuyan witnessed the entire conversation between the two. He walked to a secluded corner, took out his phone, and dialed Zhang Xiaoqian's number.

The phone rang for a long time before Zhang Xiaoqian's sleepy, husky voice finally came through the receiver: "Feed?"

Chu Xiuyan sensed the annoyance in her voice from being woken up in the morning. A calculating smile played on his lips as he spoke softly, "Xiaoqian, I've prepared all the documents you requested. And the money we agreed on, is it ready?"

"Data? What data?"

Zhang Xiaoqian was still sleepy, her head was throbbing, and she lazily rubbed her fluffy hair with her fingertips. Her mind was a mess, and she couldn't recall it at first.

Chu Xiuyan rolled his eyes inwardly, suppressing his irritation, and patiently reminded him in a gentle tone, "I have already compiled all the evidence of Dazhuang's entanglements with other women that you asked me to provide."

Zhang Xiaoqian, who had been half-lying on the bed, still half-asleep, stiffened abruptly upon hearing this. She sat up abruptly, her messy hair draped over her shoulders, her sleepy eyes widening instantly, all drowsiness gone. She raised her voice in disbelief and exclaimed, "What? You really got a picture?"

"That's right." Chu Xiuyan said slowly, a sinister smile playing on his lips.

"Then hurry up and give me the things!" Zhang Xiaoqian said urgently, her voice filled with barely suppressed urgency.

Chu Xiuyan slowly toyed with the silver lighter between his fingers, clicking it open and closing to light it. His gaze lazily drifted towards the factory area, his tone carrying an uncompromising calculation: "Xiaoqian, my rule has always been cash first, then goods, you know that. Pay now, and I'll send the photos to you immediately."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaoqian's face instantly darkened, her anger surging within her, almost causing her to shout at him on the spot. However, thinking of the readily available evidence that could completely destroy Dazhuang, she forcefully suppressed her anger, unwilling to escalate the situation now. In any case, this reward was due anyway, and there was no need to lose sight of the bigger picture for a small gain.

She suppressed her impatience, quickly completed the transfer, and said coldly, "The payment has been made. Where are the photos?"

"Wait a moment." After verifying the payment information, Chu Xiuyan dialed Hou San's number and issued an order in a detached voice: "Send the photos you have to Zhang Xiaoqian's villa immediately and give them to her."

"Okay." Hou San hung up the phone and slowly walked out from the shadow of the green plants behind Zhang Xiaoqian's villa, raising his hand to ring the doorbell of the villa.

Zhang Xiaoqian was filled with doubts. She rubbed her still sleepy temples and slowly went downstairs.

At the gate, a middle-aged man in a dark suit stood holding a leather document bag. He glanced at Zhang Xiaoqian coming downstairs, smiled politely, and without saying a word, placed the document bag on the ground by the door, turned, and quickly disappeared into the depths of the villa's green belt.

Zhang Xiaoqian stared at his hurried departure, feeling a little puzzled. She stepped forward, opened the courtyard gate, bent down, picked up the file bag, and quickly tore open the seal with her fingertips.

The moment she saw the photo inside the bag, she froze, a raging fire ignited in her chest, her eyes widened in shock, and she gripped the photo tightly until her knuckles turned white.

In the first photo, the night is dark, and Da Zhuang's hand is naturally placed on the back of a beautiful woman, in an intimate posture; the second photo is a front-facing photo of the two of them, standing close together.

Even though the footage was shot at night and the image quality wasn't very clear, the ambiguous and intimate atmosphere between the two was palpable, and anyone who saw it would assume that they were a close couple.

Jealousy and resentment instantly overwhelmed Zhang Xiaoqian. Her fingers, gripping the photo, trembled slightly, her chest heaved violently, and her eyes were filled with rage.

Zhang Xiaoqian gripped the photo tightly with her fingertips, her heart filled with bitterness and jealousy, and she cursed wildly in her heart.

Dazhuang, you're such a complete scumbag!

He was stringing my mom along while dating another woman, and he was also hooking up with that vixen at the hospital. Now he's even hiding a third woman!

Most people might try to have their cake and eat it too, but you're doing it all – three people at once! You're really something else!

You're such a scumbag, always surrounded by women, yet you've never even given me a second glance!

Why!

Her chest heaved violently, her eyes blazing with a mixture of anger and resentment, the fury completely overwhelming her reason. Her hand clutching the photo trembled slightly as she immediately pulled out her phone, her fingertips frantically and forcefully scrolling to find Dazhuang's number and dialing it directly.

She couldn't wait to answer the phone and launch into a tirade against the scumbag, demanding to know if he had deceived her mother's feelings.

The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered.

Undeterred, she pressed the redial button hard with her fingertips, but all she heard was a cold, urgent busy tone; the call could not be connected at all.

Zhang Xiaoqian immediately realized that Dazhuang had blocked her.

Hearing the jarring busy tone in her ear, Zhang Xiaoqian's face turned ashen, she trembled with anger, and the veins on the back of her hand gripping the phone bulged.

The last vestige of composure in her eyes vanished completely, and the last shred of hope in her heart shattered. Since Dazhuang had been so ruthless and showed no mercy whatsoever, she no longer needed to give him a kind look.

Zhang Xiaoqian gritted her teeth, a fierce glint in her eyes, determined to take these photos directly to her mother, tear off Dazhuang's hypocritical mask, and let her mother see the true face of this scumbag.

But then she thought again, and her brows furrowed tightly; she couldn't suppress the anger in her heart. Simply exposing Dazhuang wasn't enough; it wouldn't quell her hatred! She also wanted to find out the identity of the woman in the photo, go to her door in person, and give this homewrecker a good dressing down!

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaoqian suppressed her surging anger, quickly swiped her finger across the screen, and dialed Chu Xiuyan's number.

The call was quickly answered, and Chu Xiuyan's calm voice came through the receiver: "Feed?"

Chu Xiuyan keenly sensed the gloomy, suppressed, and resentful tone in Zhang Xiaoqian's voice, but he didn't care at all. He knew perfectly well that Zhang Xiaoqian was obsessed with Dazhuang, and now that she had obtained these ambiguous photos, her fury was to be expected.

Before Chu Xiuyan could speak, Zhang Xiaoqian suppressed her overwhelming anger and coldly questioned the identity of the woman in the photo.

Chu Xiuyan stood under the shade of a tree in the factory area, casually shrugged, and replied in a flat tone: "This woman is an employee of Dingsheng Factory No. 1, and her name is Tang Yan."

Zhang Xiaoqian was stunned upon hearing this, her pupils suddenly contracted, and the next second her face turned ashen, her anger surging: "An employee of Dingsheng Factory No. 1? Tang Yan?"

She stood there, stunned, her heart filled with shock and resentment. She never imagined that the woman hooking up with Da Zhuang was also an employee of Dingsheng Factory.

Since they both belong to the Dingsheng Group, finding and controlling each other would be incredibly easy.

Da Zhuang ruthlessly blocked her, showing her no mercy or compassion. Today, she's determined to give this mistress a good beating.

"Fine, let's settle all our old and new scores today!"

She turned and hurried back to her room, quickly washed up, and then deliberately chose the most beautiful and eye-catching clothes from her wardrobe to change into. Tang Yan looked very pretty in the photo, and she couldn't lose face; she absolutely couldn't let the other woman outshine her during their argument.

After a meticulous makeover, with exquisite makeup and a bright and eye-catching outfit, she exuded a powerful aura.

After getting everything ready, she put on her high heels, went out, got into her Volkswagen, and drove straight to Dingsheng Company.