Jiang Cheng and a few others left the Hua Family, chatting leisurely as they walked.

"Ms. Jiang Cheng, whenever you’re in our F City, come find me, my treat!"

Manager Qu extended an invitation, but before Jiang Cheng could respond, Manager Guo’s overly sensitive recruiting instincts kicked in immediately.

"What’s there for you to treat! When our shop workers go on business trips, we provide ample travel expenses, so there’s no need to worry about food or lodging."

"We aren’t like you, being so stingy!"

Manager Qu, hearing this, pointed at Manager Guo with disbelief in his tone.

"You? You really provide ample travel expenses? Give me a break!"

"Last time you came to the provincial capital, you were eating steamed buns with cold water, and now you’re pretending to be all extravagant to me!"

Exposed on his previous modesty, Manager Guo reluctantly wanted to prove himself.

"I did that on purpose for you! Otherwise, seeing our shop so wealthy, wouldn’t you be envious!"

Manager Guo insisted on proving their shop’s wealth, while Manager Qu remained doubtful.

Zhao Chengde, being straightforward, thought the two would really start fighting and moved forward to intervene.

Jiang Cheng stopped him and said, "They won’t actually fight."

"Really? They’re practically at each other’s throats."

Jiang Cheng glanced and said, "Is that so? To me, it looks more like a love-hate relationship."

Zhao Chengde: Love-hate relationship? Can that term be used here?

However, Jiang Cheng was indeed right; the two managers didn’t end up fighting.

Not only did they not fight, Manager Guo even took out fifty yuan from his own pocket, giving Jiang Cheng and Zhao Chengde twenty-five each.

As Zhao Chengde looked bewildered, Manager Guo suddenly shouted.

"Alright—Qu Bantu, you tricked me!"

Manager Guo finally realized Manager Qu’s intention.

Two men in their forties chased each other down the street, hollering along the way.

Zhao Chengde blinked.

They argued, and he got money?

Such a surprising feeling!

The group cheerfully returned to the guesthouse, where someone was sitting at the entrance.

"Translator Li?"

Jiang Cheng recognized the person sitting at the entrance was Translator Li, who worked with her on translating the R language.

Translator Li stood up, scratching his head in embarrassment at Jiang Cheng.

"Um—I—I actually—"

Translator Li hesitated.

Jiang Cheng spoke frankly, "We’ve fought in the trenches against little R together, so just say whatever you need."

"Hey!"

"Comrade Jiang, I’d like to learn some translation techniques from you."

Upon Translator Li’s words, Principal Wang and Manager Guo both breathed a sigh of relief.

They thought they were about to encounter another romantic affair today.

Exchanging a glance, the two read a unified message from each other’s eyes: When did they start worrying about Shen Que?

Upon hearing Translator Li’s request, Jiang Cheng didn’t hesitate to reply, "Of course, I can write down the list of books I’ve read, and you can start with those."

"Translation isn’t something you’re new to; there’s no shortcut, just read more, memorize more, and practice more."

Translator Li nodded repeatedly, expressing a lot of gratitude.

He originally thought that skilled people wouldn’t want others surpassing them.

But Jiang Cheng was different.

Translator Li waited downstairs while Principal Wang voluntarily took on the role of companion.

Jiang Cheng headed upstairs and quickly wrote down her book list and some personal insights.

An hour later, Jiang Cheng came downstairs.

Translator Li was already in Principal Wang’s room.

She went over, knocked on the door, and handed the thick stack of paper to Translator Li.

As Translator Li held the paper, he could still feel the wet ink of pen strokes with his hand.

The few pages of paper in hand instantly felt heavier.

"Thank you, Ms. Jiang Cheng."

"No need to thank me; you can copy them when you go back, and if you meet anyone who needs them, you can tell them."

"I will!"

Translator Li promised solemnly, carefully storing the pages and left.

Jiang Cheng and the group hadn’t had dinner.

But at this time, there was nowhere to buy food.

In the end, a few people indulgently opened a bag of Taotou, each having two pieces.

Early the next morning, the four got up early to catch the bus.

As they went downstairs, they saw Translator Li from yesterday.

He came to deliver breakfast.

Meat buns, two for each person.

After expressing their gratitude, Jiang Cheng and the group quickly finished the large buns and hurried to the train station, hauling their luggage through the train window.

No choice, too many people, couldn’t get in through the door.

Meanwhile, Shen Que received a call from the provincial machinery factory.

The provincial machinery factory was coming to assess whether their factory could produce the parts needed for foreign exchange orders.

Shen Que completely busied himself.

Around five thirty in the evening, the train carrying Jiang Cheng arrived in S City.

At this time, the sky was nearly dark, and after exiting, the group temporarily didn’t leave.

Principal Wang and the other’s thoughts were simple: wait for Jiang Cheng to leave first.

Jiang Cheng looked around at the entrance and smiled in one direction.

"The one’s picking me up are over there, you guys don’t need to see me off, go back and rest."

Principal Wang and others followed the direction of Jiang Cheng’s gesture and saw two men and a woman.

The three were enthusiastically waving, running over with their bicycles.

Those who came were Sun Jiandong, Sun Aiguo, Li Chunxiang.

Li Chunxiang and Sun Jiandong both worked in the machinery factory, arranged openly by Shen Que’s connections.

As for Sun Aiguo, he joined because he saw Li Chunxiang heading out and asked briefly before following.

After saying goodbye to Principal Wang and others, Jiang Cheng sat on the bike ridden by Li Chunxiang, and the four returned together.

"Li Chunxiang, you even remembered to put a sponge on the back seat, your intuition has improved."

Pedaling the bike, Li Chunxiang’s words fluttered back with the wind.

"Director Shen specially told me, I’m afraid he’ll dock my pay!"

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng, with no sense of embarrassment, said, "Oh, that must be my Shen Que."

Riding alongside, Sun Jiandong couldn’t help but shiver at the thought of Shen Que’s face.

"Sister Jiang, I really admire you! How do you manage to face Director Shen without flinching?"

Jiang Cheng thought carefully.

"First of all, you need to be me."

Sun Jiandong, eagerly awaiting an answer, found himself fed with heavy affection.

Sun Aiguo watched and laughed heartily.

"Brother Shen Que smiles whenever he sees Sister Jiang Cheng, my mom says smiles are worthless!"

Hearing this, Sun Jiandong’s interest was piqued, persistently seeking gossip from Sun Aiguo.

The feeling afterward: too full!

Jiang Cheng didn’t let Sun Jiandong follow them back to the collective housing, parting ways at a crossroad in between.

After the three returned, Jiang Cheng was warmly welcomed again.

She greeted everyone enthusiastically for a while before carrying her things back home.

Upon pushing the door open, a surge of warmth surprised her.

Grandma Shen followed behind, pointing to the newly built small heated kang bed, "It’s been burning for days, now sleeping is cozy."

"Let me tell you, nothing beats sleeping on this thing, it’s comfortable!"

"The stove is also installed, but we don’t need to light it just yet, it isn’t that cold."

Grandma Shen helped to make the bed, put things away, and busied herself non-stop.

Jiang Cheng followed Grandma Shen, wanting to help but couldn’t.

After tidying up, Grandma Shen and Jiang Cheng sat on the kang bed with a small square table between them.

"New neighbors moved in across."

Jiang Cheng acknowledged and waited for Grandma Shen to continue.

"That family has quite thick skin, adults and children alike, stick to you and hard to shake off."

Jiang Cheng understood, the other party endlessly seeks for bargains.

"Don’t worry, meeting me is their fortune, I’ll teach them all the life’s principles they missed learning as kids!"