bestfiction After Chapter 73
After Chapter 73
Wang Manni understood. Chen Yu was afraid her appearance would disrupt his life and destabilize his stable harem, forcing her to accept her place as a kept mistress! Tears of grievance welled up and streamed down her cheeks, wetting the carpet. This was essentially no different from how Liang Zhengxian viewed her.
Chen Yu helped Wang Manni up. "Manni, you're a good person. If you don't like what you're doing here, you can choose to leave. I'll compensate you! I can give you 600,000 yuan for your mother's surgery. You don't need to pay back the previous 100,000 yuan. Let's consider this the end of the debt of gratitude for saving her life!"
"No, Chen Yu, don't send me away! I can do it, I can accept myself, I won't get involved in your family's affairs, I won't do anything reckless in the future, don't worry, I just beg you not to send me away!" Before tonight, Wang Manni might have hesitated, but now she wouldn't. The channel to her heart had been opened, and Chen Yu was already in Wang Manni's heart. Moreover, she knew that even without these loans and debts, without her mother's illness, she wouldn't have been able to achieve such a comfortable life. She was already over thirty, and no wealthy man would be interested in someone like her. She once thought Liang Zhengxian was a good match, but he turned out to be the worst! Chen Yu was the best outcome she could imagine!
Imagine if the original story had unfolded as it did: Wang Manni went abroad to study, and after six or ten months, she discovered her mother was seriously ill and needed a large sum of money for treatment, but Wang Manni couldn't afford it. What would she do? Parents wouldn't put their child in a difficult position; they would usually choose to understand their own situation. Chen Yu grew up in a small town and knew a woman who was always happily holding her puppy. She had two sons, and when her youngest son was only six or seven years old, he was diagnosed with liver cancer and committed suicide by drowning the next day!
Even assuming she didn't succeed in committing suicide, how could she possibly raise enough money for the surgery? If she couldn't, she would suffer a painful end to her life within two or three years. For an ordinary person, the only way to raise several hundred thousand yuan is to sell their house. Then, for decades, they would be unable to afford their own home, living a life of constant displacement. Or they could sell something else. But why sell to someone else, not to Chen Yu? Wang Manni didn't know when Chen Yu's image had taken root in her heart.
Wang Manni is a test-taker from a small town. She knows very well that she has lived to the age of thirty and has realized that her abilities are not yet enough for her to establish herself in Shanghai. She thought that by taking a step back, she could receive the same treatment from Chen Yu as Zhong Xiaoqin and Wang Wenwen. However, she did not expect Chen Yu to be so ruthless!
Zhong Xiaoqin and Wang Wenwen sat like quails in the corner of the room, not daring to say a word. Chen Yu patted Wang Manni's smooth back and said, "Okay, okay, I won't kick you out. Don't cry." He just wanted Wang Manni to face reality. If she really wanted to stay, they could still be good friends and running buddies who could run together often.
She hugged Chen Yu tightly, buried her head in his chest, and cried even louder! She lamented her tragic fate and hated her own weakness!
Zhong Xiaoqin hadn't expected Chen Yu to understand Wang Manni's personality so clearly. She also hadn't anticipated that such a hasty decision to let Wang Manni join the family might cause domestic discord. Fortunately, Chen Yu saw through Wang Manni's true nature and managed to keep her out of it.
After crying, the three of them went to sleep quietly, and no one moved. To comfort Wang Manni, Zhong Xiaoqin gave Wang Manni the seat next to Chen Yu.
Chen Yu glanced at the haggard-looking Wang Manni and the retreating Zhong Xiaoqin, and sighed softly. Chen Yu knew that Zhong Xiaoqin and Wang Wenwen had been working very hard lately, but he also had his own unspoken difficulties. His health was improving, and when he went to the hospital for a checkup, the female doctor simply told him in a complicated tone that he was perfectly healthy! Chen Yu didn't want to go out and cause trouble, nor did he want to add a third wife, which would shatter the harmony of his family. Unexpectedly, Zhong Xiaoqin brought in Wang Manni as an outside help, which solved the immediate problem for the three of them. Otherwise, Zhong Xiaoqin and Wang Wenwen would be exhausted, and Chen Yu would be suffering from unspoken resentment!
Chen Yu's dislike for Wang Manni mainly stems from her materialistic nature—talking about money with the poor and about feelings with the rich! Putting aside this major flaw, Wang Manni does have some other merits. If she could be obedient and not cause trouble, she might be worth keeping around.
With her medical expenses covered, Wang Manni's mother was able to get a kidney donor quickly, and the hospital also helped her coordinate pre-operative preparations. Wang Manni's father and grandfather also hired more professional caregivers to assist with her care.
Seven days later, amidst Wang Manni's anxious prayers, her mother emerged safely from the operating room. The surgery had gone very smoothly, and all her vital signs were within a reasonable range! Wang Manni breathed a heavy sigh of relief!
Post-operative recovery is normal, but even at its best, it takes a long time. Wang Manni hasn't gone to work during this period. Since she has a long-term meal ticket, going to work seems optional.
A month later, Wang Manni's mother was finally discharged from the hospital. Although she still needed caregivers, she didn't need two people by her side all the time. The elderly mother started urging Wang Manni to go back to work, as it wouldn't be good for her to just sit around doing nothing. She thought Wang Manni was doing very well in Shanghai! The hospital arranged a special ward for her and assigned three caregivers.
Wang Wenwen also advised Wang Manni to return to her old profession, but she could only help her get promoted to assistant store manager, and then store manager in a year or two. That would be the limit; if she wanted to rise further and become a regional manager, that would depend on Wang Manni's own efforts.
Wang Manni was already quite content. She had worked hard for ten years without being promoted to assistant store manager, and had even lost her job due to being framed. Now, with connections, she could rise to the top in one step! It was truly astonishing; unless you're a beneficiary, you wouldn't understand the intricacies of the system!
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Lin Youyou and Xu Huanshan lived happily together for a long time.
Although Xu Huanshan didn't want to listen to Chen Yu's warning, he was still worried about potential problems, so he gave Lao Yan a few more instructions. Lao Yan, seeing that Xu Huanshan had spoken up, naturally took it seriously. Unexpectedly, he actually discovered a hidden danger in the inventory, which prevented the accident that occurred early in the drama from happening. Even though Chen Yu felt he had saved two lives, Xu Huanshan's fireworks factory still had an accident.
Humans are inherently lazy, and even the most steadfast safety standards can slacken. Xu Huanshan only reminded the factory about this for a while, and then stopped paying attention to this "minor matter." Workers lacked awareness of safety, management lacked a sense of responsibility for production safety, and safety procedures were not adequately explained. Even the management themselves didn't know where the safety boundaries lay! An occasional mishap might not be a big deal, but safety accidents are all about probability; violations of operating procedures or management practices significantly increase the probability of accidents!
This time, the management lacked safety awareness and failed to adjust inventory conditions in a timely manner. Although continuous rain had caused excessive humidity in the factory's storage areas, Xu Huanshan and the factory leaders did not anticipate that the excessive moisture would trigger a chemical reaction in the blue fireworks. The internal heat accumulated, reaching the ignition point and igniting the fireworks. Ultimately, all the fireworks in the warehouse exploded, resulting in an explosion.
Two workers paid the price for the mistakes of Xu Huanshan and the factory safety manager with their lives. Xu Huanshan, as the company's legal representative and the person directly responsible for safety, also knew that he would eventually be punished by law!
Immediately after receiving Lao Yan's call, Xu Huanshan was completely disoriented, as if he had been terrified! Lin Youyou asked from the side, "What's wrong? What's wrong?" Xu Huanshan didn't respond at all. After staring blankly for a long time, the first thing Xu Huanshan did was pick up the phone and dial Gu Jia's number!