msmithbooks Chapter 207 is filled with emotions.
Chapter 207 is filled with emotions.
Chapter 207 is filled with emotions.
After finishing their business, Lin Yourong on the phone screen yawned and stretched elegantly.
Yu Huan originally wanted to tease her, talk to her about love and romance.
But thinking about the third wheel next to Lin Yourong, he could only sigh helplessly: "Sigh, even when my wife yawns, she is so radiant."
Two suppressed laughs, one after the other, came through the loudspeaker.
At the same time, Yu Huan heard a knocking sound coming from outside the bedroom door, accompanied by Yu Chengcheng's shouts.
"Huan-ge! Time to get up!"
He glanced at the time in the upper left corner of his phone screen: 9:34.
Didn't Yu Chengcheng say she was going to sleep until 10 o'clock?
Why are you up so early?
Yu Huan hurriedly said, "Yu Chengcheng is knocking on the door to call me. We're going to have a barbecue at the botanical garden."
Lin Yourong nodded gently, smiling brightly: "Darling, I'll hang up now, okay?"
"Mm." Yu Huan stood up.
Lin Yourong's tone was so natural, especially with other people around, that Yu Huan didn't immediately realize she was calling him "darling."
When I came to my senses, the video call ended with a "beep".
Yu Huan closed her laptop with a cheerful smile, stuffed her phone into her pocket, and quickly opened the bedroom door.
Seeing his energetic appearance, Yu Chengcheng, standing outside the door, yawned and said, "Brother Huan, you've been up for a while now?"
Looking at her sleepy eyes, Yu Huan asked curiously, "What about you? Why are you up before the appointed time? That's not like you!"
Yu Chengcheng rolled her eyes and took a step inside.
Seeing this, Yu Huan stepped aside.
Yu Chengcheng walked into the bedroom and looked around: "Your bedroom even has such a big balcony?"
She noticed a framed photo on the bedside table, containing a picture of a short-haired girl.
"Is this my sister-in-law?" she asked curiously, picking up the photo frame to examine it closely.
Yu Huan stood firmly by the door, unafraid that she would recognize her: "That's right, this is a photo of her from high school."
"Although she has short hair, her features are very delicate and refined. She's a real beauty!"
Yu Chengcheng held the photo frame in one hand and stroked her chin with the other:
"Not bad, not bad, the uniform of Nanmenkou Middle School, and it's for top students! Hmm, it looks familiar."
Yu Huan smiled brightly: "Forget it, she wouldn't dare to be called a top student in front of someone as academically gifted as you."
Yu Chengcheng put down the photo frame, yawned widely, and didn't respond to his words at all: "I originally planned to sleep until ten o'clock, but I forgot about Lei Yao. She called me at nine o'clock and woke me up!"
"Then why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Yu Chengcheng sighed and said, "She's waiting outside the residential area!"
"Driving here?"
“She didn’t know you had a car. She said she drove her dad’s because she thought a two-seater car wouldn’t fit everyone.”
"Oh."
Upon hearing this, Yu Huan immediately led Yu Chengcheng, who had also finished washing up, out the door.
Yu Chengcheng casually grabbed two rock sugar oranges from the plastic bag on the TV cabinet.
Accompanied by the warm sunshine and gentle breeze, the two walked and ate as they went, making their way briskly to the entrance of the dormitory complex.
A quiet Audi A8 with its hazard lights flashing waited by the roadside at the entrance of the residential area.
As they approached, the car horn sounded softly, as if greeting them.
Yu Huan saw that familiar face through the windshield, so she quickly stuffed the remaining candied orange into her mouth, walked past Yu Chengcheng, opened the back door and sat down.
As he closed the car door, he joked, "I'll sit in the boss's seat, you guys don't mind, right?"
Yu Chengcheng was opening the door and bending down to get into the passenger seat when she heard this and immediately burst out laughing: "So, does that mean we're now a female driver and a female secretary?"
"Haha, if you have this idea, I can't stop you!" Yu Huan shrugged easily.
Lei Yao asked with a smile, "Have you two had breakfast? I bought some bread and sandwiches at Rosa when I came."
After fastening her seatbelt, Yu Chengcheng immediately picked up the bakery's paper bag from the armrest.
Yu Huan raised her hand: "Ms. Yu Chengcheng, I'd like to apply for a sandwich!"
“No problem!” Yu Chengcheng took a sandwich out of the paper bag and turned to hand it to Yu Huan in the back row.
After taking it, Yu Huan quickly tore off the transparent plastic packaging and said to her in a foreign language, "Thank you."
Before he could finish speaking, he took a big bite of the sandwich.
The strong aroma of smoked meat filled my mouth, and I could also taste fried eggs, cheese, and tomatoes inside.
Yu Chengcheng pulled out a piece of honeycomb cake and breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness for this, I'm really sick of sandwiches!"
As Yu Huan chewed, she asked curiously, "Can't you cook for yourself?"
"I don't have time!" Yu Chengcheng sighed.
While driving, Lei Yao asked with a laugh, "I heard that pork in the US smells really bad?"
Yu Chengcheng's cheeks were bulging, stuffed with cake, and she mumbled indistinctly:
“Animal rights activists are making too much noise… Pigs can’t be castrated, slaughtering can only be done with high-voltage electricity… and they can’t bleed them…” As the Audi A8 slowly drove away from the roadside, the strong push-back feeling made Yu Huan silently fasten his seatbelt and grip the roof rails tightly.
He took a bite of his sandwich, looked out the window at the rapidly passing street scene, and listened to the gossip of the two ladies in front of him.
About twenty minutes later, we arrived at the open-air parking lot at the north gate of the provincial botanical garden.
Go in from here, and you'll be closer to the barbecue area.
Despite it being the New Year's Day holiday, there were still plenty of parking spaces available at this time.
Lei Yao had just parked her car when Yu Chengcheng received a phone call: "Hey, Song Nian...we've arrived...um...at the North Gate..."
After the three of them got off the bus.
Standing in front of the car, Yu Chengcheng stretched and said, "Let's go inside first. They haven't left yet, and waiting here isn't going to help."
Yu Huan and Lei Yao readily agreed.
Although it is early winter, there are still flowers to admire in the botanical garden, especially in the camellia garden and plum garden, which are in full bloom right now.
However, there aren't many flowers nearby after entering the park from the north gate.
However, the colorful foliage trees and plants that catch the eye are like an overturned palette, vibrant and colorful, enough to bring joy and refresh the mind.
Amidst such beautiful scenery and the fresh air, worries and anxieties seem to vanish.
Yu Huan walked to Yu Chengcheng's left. He glanced at Lei Yao to Yu Chengcheng's right and asked with a smile, "I heard from Chengzi that your family makes batteries?"
Lei Yao placed her crossbody bag in front of her, her right hand gripping the chain tightly, and nodded slightly: "Yes, we're mainly working on cathode materials now."
Upon hearing this, Yu Huan was taken aback—
Is it so high-end?
At first, he thought it was some small battery factory!
This older sister is too quiet; she doesn't have any of the airs of a second-generation rich kid.
Yu Chengcheng put her arm around Lei Yao's shoulder and said with a grin, "That's high-class now! You used to say your family collected used batteries!"
"Don't touch me, your hands are too heavy!"
Lei Yao gently pushed Yu Chengcheng's arm away, then continued the conversation:
"This is a new business in recent years. My family used to be involved in the recycling of waste batteries and scrapped cars."
Lithium-ion batteries are mainly composed of four main materials: separator, electrolyte, negative electrode material, and the crucial positive electrode material.
The latter directly determines the performance and cost of batteries, making it the core of the new energy industry.
One thing may be hard to believe: Changsha, on the surface, is a city of entertainment to the death and a city that stays up all night, but in reality, it is a hardcore heavy industrial city...
Its manufacturing sector ranks among the top in the country, and it is one of my country's most important industrial bases.
Although there will be a large number of new energy listed companies in the future, too many to count on two hands, the businesses run by her family are already becoming clear when combined with the old businesses Lei Yao mentioned.
Yu Huan seemed to be deep in thought.
Just as I was about to talk to her, my phone rang in my pocket.
I took it out and saw it was a call from Lao Lin.
"Xiao Yu," came Old Lin's gentle voice from the other end of the phone.
“Dad,” Yu Huan replied immediately.
"Come over for dinner if you're free tonight."
“Dad, my cousin is going to see the fireworks at Orange Isle tonight, and then she’ll go straight back to the county. My cousin is here too, and I’m planning to keep them company.” Yu Huan politely declined.
"I see." Old Lin paused for a moment, then laughed. "Was it you who had someone follow up on the Huang Guanzhong New Year's Eve party being forgotten?"
Hearing this, Yu Huan chuckled and stopped in her tracks, saying, "I didn't have anyone follow up. I was watching TV and scrolling through Weibo when I saw this, so I just did some reporting on it."
Yu Chengcheng and Lei Yao noticed that Yu Huan had stopped and both turned around.
Yu Huan waved to them, signaling them to go first.
"Do you feel wronged?" Old Lin asked.
“Dad, I was just reporting based on objective facts, without any personal emotions involved.”
"You're not even showing any emotion? Do you think I don't know you? I read those reports you posted, and every word was full of emotion!"
Yu Huan heard the laughter in Lao Lin's tone and simply responded with a light laugh.
"I made several related calls today, not only to the director of Lantai, but also to the chairman of Canwen, though I'm not familiar with the latter," Lao Lin continued.
"What did they say on the other side?" Yu Huan put one hand on her hip, turned around, and looked up at the fiery red maple leaves.
"The chairman of Canwen said that his son, Zhi Mu, became jealous after learning that Lin Su was married and impulsively did something wrong. Last night, when he saw that Lin Su did not go on stage, he realized the problem in time and said that fortunately, she did not make a big mistake. He has already made his son resign and go home to reflect."
Old Lin's slow and deliberate words continued:
"I just went along with him and said that I had treated my colleagues to a casual meal and had a few drinks last night. I went to bed early this morning and didn't notice the call because my phone was on silent. I only saw the news when I woke up. My son-in-law, who works in the new media department, was following up on the Wong Koon Chung New Year's Eve blunder."
His humor made Yu Huan smile.
Old Lin chuckled along.
"Actually, after I finished playing cards with Lao Xu and Lao Li, and your mother and I were having a late-night snack outside, not long after you started your job, the phone rang directly with Lao Xu. We discussed it and decided to leave it for now."
(End of this chapter)