Financial success and romantic happiness

Lin Chuan immediately turned his head and saw Zhang Mingde's malicious face.

Lin Chuan, not wanting to alert the enemy, stood up and said with a smile, "Manager Zhang, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Mingde squinted, his gaze sweeping over Su Miao and Xu Ziqing like a searchlight, and asked, "Lin Chuan, who are these two beauties? You already have Wu Min, yet you're still flirting with other women. You've got quite the playboy."

Lin Chuan said, "Manager Zhang, you must be joking."

Su Miao suddenly looked annoyed and said, "Hey, are you done talking? Can't we be friends with Lin Chuan? It's after get off work hours, can you please stop disturbing our dinner?"

Zhang Mingde smiled, then, not wanting to say anything more, patted Lin Chuan on the shoulder and left.

As Lin Chuan watched Zhang Mingde's retreating figure, a chill suddenly appeared in his eyes.

He felt he was getting closer and closer to the truth.

Zhang Mingde, your death is near.

As soon as Zhang Mingde and the others left, Su Miao said with a displeased expression, "That guy is your boss? He's no good. He often eats with those kinds of people from the underworld. I've seen him several times. Once I even saw them go to a place like that. How could he be a good person?"

Lin Chuan narrowed his eyes: "Of course he's not a good person, but we shouldn't let him affect our mood for eating. People like him won't go far."

Su Miao said, "There's definitely something wrong with this person. Brother Lin Chuan, keep a close eye on him. I have a feeling he's not as simple as he seems."

Lin Chuan nodded.

Su Miao's ideas were very much in line with his.

Furthermore, Lin Chuan felt that if Zhang Mingde was indeed the mastermind behind the resale of precious metals and the sale of the workshop's production technology, then this matter must also be related to the Wenchang Association.

Things seem to be getting more and more complicated.

At 8:30 p.m., Lin Chuan, Su Miao, and Xu Ziqing finished their dinner. Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Alright, I had a great time today and learned a lot. I'll head back now, and you guys should head back early too."

Xu Ziqing smiled and said, "Brother Lin Chuan, thank you for the meal today."

Lin Chuan said, "What's this? It's a small matter; better to meet by chance than by plan."

Su Miao suddenly remembered something and frowned, saying, "Brother Lin Chuan, I think you could look up some dirt on that manager surnamed Zhang. Maybe if you can bring him down, you can become the manager yourself."

Lin Chuan smiled helplessly: "Xiao Miao, your idea... well, I'll try my best."

Although Lin Chuan said he didn't care, who doesn't want to climb the ladder?

He came to work at Longteng Company because he didn't want to be a low-level employee for the rest of his life.

If he really has the chance to climb up, he will definitely climb up.

Lin Chuan then said goodbye to Su Miao and Xu Ziqing and parted ways.

Then, he hailed a taxi on the roadside and headed towards his cousin's house.

Inside the car, Lin Chuan was also thinking that he must buy an electric car once he gets his salary, otherwise it would be too extravagant to commute to get off work by taking the bus or even a taxi every day.

However, just as the taxi was driving on a road where the streetlights were not very bright, Lin Chuan vaguely saw a girl who looked like Wu Min, pushing an electric scooter and walking forward alone.

Lin Chuan quickly told the taxi driver to stop the car. He got out and hurried after the girl. When he got closer, it was indeed Wu Min. Lin Chuan called out, "Sister Min?"

Wu Min turned around and saw Lin Chuan. She was surprised and said, "Lin Chuan, it's you? I never expected you to show up at this time."

Lin Chuan was also surprised: "Sister Min, what's going on?"

Wu Min looked frustrated: "I worked overtime for a while, and when I got off work, my stomach started hurting. It was already 7:30, and I was starving. To make matters worse, my electric scooter broke down. I had no choice but to push it around. I'm so unlucky."

Lin Chuan looked at the electric scooter: "Is the electric scooter broken? Is it out of power? Or is it a tire problem?"

Wu Min said, "It should be a bad connection. It happened once before and was fixed. I didn't expect it to happen again this time."

Lin Chuan then prepared to help Wu Min check out the electric scooter.

Wu Min laughed and said, "Lin Chuan, you can even fix electric bikes?"

Lin Chuan shook his head and said, "No, I'm just taking a look out of curiosity."

Wu Min covered her mouth: "Forget it, if there's a car repair shop on the roadside, let the mechanic fix it. Stop looking and go home early."

Lin Chuan then offered to help Wu Min push the electric scooter. He also remembered that there was a scooter repair shop nearby, so he said, "There should be a place to repair electric scooters up ahead, right? Let's go, I'll push it, and while we're getting the scooter repaired, we'll find a place to eat."

Wu Min nodded. Seeing how hard Lin Chuan was working to push her electric scooter, she took out some tissues from her pocket and wiped the sweat from Lin Chuan's forehead.

Wu Min's toilet paper smelled wonderful, and Lin Chuan helplessly changed the subject: "Sister Min, call me next time something like this happens. Even if I'm already home, I'll come over to help you."

Wu Min said helplessly, "How can I accept this? I've just had a really unlucky day. If my stomach hadn't suddenly started hurting, all this trouble probably wouldn't have happened."

Speaking of stomach, Lin Chuan couldn't help but look at Wu Min and ask, "By the way, your stomach shouldn't hurt anymore, right?... It wasn't affected by... that... thing, was it?"

Wu Min said, "Mm."

She felt a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Lin Chuan didn't continue speaking, feeling a little awkward.

An hour later, Lin Chuan helped Wu Min fix her electric scooter and even ate a bowl of fried noodles with her. After they got back, Lin Chuan sat on the back of Wu Min's electric scooter again.

Wu Min was naturally grateful to Lin Chuan, so she chatted with him a lot along the way, and the two became more familiar with each other.

Half an hour later, after Wu Min dropped Lin Chuan off at his apartment building, she smiled at him and said, "See you tomorrow then."

Lin Chuan smiled at Wu Min and said, "See you tomorrow, Sister Min."

Wu Min smiled slightly, then rode away on her electric scooter.

Lin Chuan waited until he could no longer see Wu Min's figure before going upstairs. Unexpectedly, as soon as he pushed open the door, he saw his cousin-in-law Qin Rou sitting on the sofa, dressed in a light white tank top and shorts, smiling at him: "Which girl brought you home again tonight?"

Lin Chuan was surprised that his cousin-in-law would ask such a question.

But he didn't want to lie to Qin Rou, so he nodded and said, "Yes."

Qin Rou smiled and said, "Xiao Chuan, you're not as nervous about women now, but I also want to remind you that you can completely conquer a woman, but you must never completely trust her. That girl named Wu Min is not that simple, so you should be careful."

Lin Chuan was taken aback.

He never expected Qin Rou to say such a thing.

Is Wu Min not that simple?

What do these mean?

Qin Rou said mysteriously, "Alright, don't think too much about it. Go wash up and go to bed. You've worked hard these past two days."

Lin Chuan was puzzled. Why would his cousin-in-law say such a thing?

Before he could ask, Qin Rou had already gone into the bedroom.

Helpless, Lin Chuan had no choice but to take a shower first, and then lie down on the bed to rest.

Soon, the night passed.

The next day, Lin Chuan arrived at the company office at 8:30 a.m. as usual, but to his surprise, he heard Zhang Mingde and Chen Qiang talking quietly in Zhang Mingde's small office.

Lin Chuan frowned. It was only 8:30 in the morning. Since Longteng Company's working hours started at 9:00, there weren't many people in Workshop 1.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Chuan mustered his courage and went to the door of Zhang Mingde's office, where he eavesdropped on the conversation inside.

He vaguely heard words like "newcomer" and "scapegoat," and his heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that they're after him?

Lin Chuan was deep in thought when he suddenly heard someone walking towards the door. He quickly walked behind his desk and sat down in the chair.

Just then, the door to Zhang Mingde's office opened, and Chen Qiang, the smiling tiger, came out and greeted him warmly: "Lin Chuan, you're here so early? You're working really hard."

Lin Chuan laughed and said, "Team Leader Chen arrived earlier; you came before I even arrived."

Chen Qiang smiled with disdain: "Hey... we're all just working beasts of burden. Have you eaten yet? If not, I happen to have a few hot buns."

A glint of light flashed in Lin Chuan's eyes.

The saying goes, "Those who offer unsolicited kindness are either treacherous or thieves."

Adding to the fact that he had overheard them using words like "newcomer" and "scapegoat," he became even more convinced that Zhang Mingde and Chen Qiang were after him.

Lin Chuan felt a chill in his heart, but remained outwardly calm, smiling as he said, "No need, I already ate before I arrived."

Chen Qiang smiled faintly: "Then I'll go and get back to work."

Lin Chuan nodded.

Chen Qiang left immediately, while a cold, eerie light flashed in Lin Chuan's eyes.

Just as Lin Chuan saw Chen Qiang off, Zhang Mingde suddenly came out of his office and said coldly, "Lin Chuan, come here for a moment."

Lin Chuan nodded obediently on the surface, but inwardly he thought coldly, "Zhang Mingde, it really is you and Chen Qiang. You're not far from your doom."