“How is it?” Su Wensong also asked.
“Not bad, it’s just that the steering wheel is a bit heavy.”
The steering wheels in the future would all have power assistance, so unexpectedly having to wrench the steering wheel without it, Lin Chuxia really felt her arms couldn’t take it after one turn.
“That’s called heavy?” Su Wensong’s old classmate said with a chuckle, “Ms. Lin has never driven a Jiefang truck; now that steering wheel really takes some muscle to turn.”
“Speaking of which, can Mr. Zhang manage to get hold of a Jiefang truck?”
Su Wensong’s classmate’s last name was Zhang.
Zhang Mingwei hurriedly waved his hands, “That’s really not possible.”
Lin Chuxia just went with the flow and casually asked; after all, Jiefang trucks and ordinary trucks were different in nature, and it wasn’t easy for ordinary people to get their hands on one.
The car was chosen, and the price had been agreed upon long ago, so several people went to handle the paperwork.
The paperwork was processed quickly, especially since the car was registered under the name of Xiyang Food Factory, it was all done in less than an hour.
Lin Chuxia had the car keys in hand and was ready to drive it back for a bit more fun after leaving, when over there, Su Wensong and Zhang Mingwei were saying goodbye.
Zhang Mingwei, looking at the woman in the car at a distance, pulled out a cigarette and offered one to Su Wensong.
“This woman is not simple. She just asked me if a 212 truck is easy to get. What kind of powerful woman are you following?”
A car is bought as easily as saying it, and one is not enough.
If buying a 121 is for hauling goods, then wanting a 212 indicates strength.
“You lucky fellow, you might not have luck in love, but fortune seems to follow you. All those who returned from the countryside back then were arranged for jobs, how come it’s just you who ends up working for yourself and even landed a plant manager position? Who wouldn’t be envious of you?”
Su Wensong didn’t explain much. What had happened in the past was in the past, and now he was even grateful to Su Wenmao for taking his job, which led to his intersection with Lin Chuxia.
No matter what he thought in his heart, he said something else on the surface.
Zhang Mingwei took a drag on his cigarette, patted his shoulder, “Just do your job well. These days, who can say for sure, maybe one day this brother will be out of luck and come to you for help.”
Seeing it was getting late, the two men didn’t talk much longer.
On the way back, Su Wensong brought up Cai Jun’s matter, knowing that today Cai Jun had gone to the Qin Family to propose.
“He’s been given a job in the workshop, won’t clash with Sun Bingnan.”
Lin Chuxia was indifferent, “I think it would actually be better if there was a clash. Third Brother Sun can’t stand anything underhanded, and he cherishes Lanlan the most. For what Cai Jun has done, if Third Brother Sun has anything against him, it’s no more than he deserves.”
Without mentioning anything else, Cai Jun’s visit to the Sun Family during the Spring Festival was quite telling, wasn’t it?
What followed were just his excuses, but by this stage, more talk was useless.
Su Wensong pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment, “Can Sun Bingnan decide Sun Lanlan’s marriage?”
“Not really,” Lin Chuxia drove the car, glanced at Su Wensong, and continued to look forward, “It’s just about giving Lanlan more choices. When her family introduced Liu Dahui, Third Brother Sun disagreed. But, after all, it’s about marriage; they can’t delay her forever. Women are different from men, as you know the rural mindset.”
Speaking of this, Lin Chuxia sighed inwardly; she had thought that Sun Lanlan and Cai Jun would end up together, only for things to turn out this way.
“Do we have any eligible bachelors in our factory? Speaking of which, Qin Yang has two coworkers who are still single. I need to write to Qin Yang tonight for more details. It’s just that I don’t know if Lanlan is willing to live a life separated by distance.”
Lin Chuxia was already pondering in her heart; this time, she would definitely personally vet the suitor for her girlfriends.
Su Wensong’s face changed slightly after hearing her words.
“Mr. Lin, I have a favor to ask of you.”
Lin Chuxia smiled when she saw his serious expression, “What’s the matter that’s got you so serious? Let’s hear it. As long as I can manage, I’ll definitely help you out.”
Her relationship with Su Wensong was more than just that of superior and subordinate; from the opening of the first bun shop to now, they were more like friends united by a common purpose.
Su Wensong cleared his throat, shifted his body slightly, and spoke to Lin Chuxia with great solemnity, “I’d like to be in a relationship with Sun Lanlan, and I’m hoping you could help me arrange the match.”
With the screech of an abrupt stop, Lin Chuxia’s body jolted, and before she could stabilize herself, she turned her head, eyes wide, “What did you just say? Say it again!”
Su Wensong also swayed with the motion of the car. Although he felt that Lin Chuxia’s reaction was a bit over the top, he repeated his words, “I like Sun Lanlan. Mr. Lin, could you please help me arrange the match?”
This time Lin Chuxia listened clearly, “Alright, Old Su, since when has this been going on? You’ve kept it quite tight.”
Su Wensong was certainly not someone who acted on a whim. On the contrary, based on Lin Chuxia’s understanding of him, every step he took was part of his own plan.
He wouldn’t make such a significant decision as dating and marriage hastily.
Su Wensong’s ears turned a bit red, “It hasn’t been very long. Back when Su Wenmao and his son came to cause trouble at my place, Lanlan helped my grandmother out many times, and I’ve always been very grateful to her…”
“Stop, stop, stop!”
Lin Chuxia cut him off.
“If it’s because you feel Lanlan was wronged due to Cai Jun’s issue and now you want to repay your gratitude, I’m sorry, I can’t help you with this. Not to mention that Cai Jun and Lanlan aren’t over yet, even if Lanlan really was abandoned by a man, she doesn’t need this kind of gratitude.”
Feelings should be pure and simple. Su Wensong is a good man, but if he approached Sun Lanlan with this mindset, Lin Chuxia felt it would be unfair.
She knew that Sun Lanlan didn’t need this kind of sympathy and gratitude.
“It’s not like that…”
Upon hearing what Lin Chuxia said, Su Wensong grew anxious.
“Mr. Lin, I truly like Sun Lanlan. I’m grateful for what she did back then, and it’s precisely because of that incident that I think Sun Lanlan is a good person. I want to date her, to marry her as my wife, not out of pity or compassion, and it has nothing to do with Cai Jun, that’s not right either, it’s not that it has nothing to do with Cai Jun – if it weren’t for him, I would have pursued her long ago. Mr. Lin, you can’t be so arbitrary…”
Lin Chuxia had never seen Su Wensong lose his composure like this. Listening to his rambling explanations, she also knew he was really anxious.
“Old Su, Old Su, what am I to say about you? Had it not been for the matter with Cai Jun and Qin Lihua, would you have just given up on the one you like to another man?”
A hint of coldness flashed across Su Wensong’s face.
Originally, upon hearing Third Brother Sun’s words, he thought Sun Lanlan liked Cai Jun and chose to step aside and let her be, bridging the gap between her preference and his own.
But he hadn’t expected that Cai Jun, failing to behave and protect Sun Lanlan, nearly let that scum Liu Dahui take advantage of her. Not only that, but Cai Jun also got involved with another woman, causing Sun Lanlan such disgrace.
Had he known earlier, he would never have let go, never pushed the girl he loved towards such a man.
Lin Chuxia restarted the car, hitting the road with a remarkably good mood.
By the time they returned to Ancheng County, it was already dark. Lin Chuxia asked Su Wensong to take her straight home.
The next morning, she went straight to the bun shop at the train station.