Chapter 308

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

"Shen Technician, Shen Technician"

Shen Yao had just arrived at the Planting Garden when a person came towards her; it was the new Group Leader who had been transferred over.

The young man's spirit and bearing were enviable, especially since his temper was very good; before Shen Yao had even noticed, he had already won over the entire small group.

"Shen Technician"

"Wu Team Leader"

Shen Yao suppressed the thoughts in her heart and asked what he was looking for her for.

Wu Team Leader scratched his head, looking a bit embarrassed, "How are the results of Shen Technician's experimental field? Originally this was the Management's business, but recently the Management has been busy, so it's all being handled by my side," meaning that Shen Yao should have bypassed him to report, but now it had circled back again.

Shen Yao's expression didn't change upon hearing this, "The experimental field results are already out; since Wu Team Leader has taken it over, let's do it together."

This Wu Yong is capable; his name and his work ability are completely two different styles.

Shen Yao's experimental field results were recorded with the Management, so she wasn't worried that her labor achievements would be stolen and used by others.

And Wu Yong had also made it clear to her on the way that he was completely just doing intermediary work, merely saving the Management the time of coming over.

Shen Yao didn't ask how Wu Yong had gained the Management's trust to hold this matter in his hands; she praised Wu Yong for gaining the Leader's trust at such a young age, saying he would surely achieve great things in the Planting Garden in the future.

"That's not just 'great things'; who's as capable as him? Even wanting to be a son-in-law riding the dragon requires having your own ability."

"Hmph, stop talking first; with so many people listening, be careful of wearing small shoes."

"Afraid of what? Don't stop me; we rely on the tools in our hands to eat, not afraid of him."

"..."

Shen Yao listened to the gossip reaching her ears and somewhat understood Wu Yong's path to promotion, but this was also the other party's ability and had nothing to do with her.

Having heard the news, Shen Yao turned her head and threw this matter to the back of her mind, not caring about it; Wei Mingyu had gone out on a mission, leaving only her at home, and Shen Yao placed all her energy on herself.

On the fifth day after Wei Mingyu left, the sultry sky suddenly turned overcast.

The phone pushed notifications of the coming storm; apart from the crowds who had no choice but to go out, everyone else stayed home to carefully cope.

This time Shen Yao didn't stay in the residential compound, but went to Wei Father and Wei Mother's residence.

"You child, coming is coming, what courtesy?"

Wei Mother reached out and pulled Shen Yao over, urging her to go eat at the dining table quickly; having worked a whole day, even an iron man couldn't endure it.

Shen Yao smiled, "Mom, these dishes are all new varieties from the Planting Garden; some can't be kept long, they must be eaten as soon as possible."

Absolutely don't be reluctant to use them; my space has plenty, and currently Rimu City's fruit and vegetable gap isn't large; as long as a family is down-to-earth and willing to work, they can all rely on themselves to fill their bellies.

"Alright, I'll tidy things up with your dad in a bit; you'll stay in Mingyu's room, wait until this rain ends before going back," Wei Mother finished speaking and called Wei Father to hurry up and work.

Wei Father and Wei Mingyu look very alike, only his facial contours are more distinct than Wei Mingyu's.

He silently followed behind Wei Mother, patiently listening to Wei Mother's scolding; the two had lived together for several decades and had never reddened their faces at each other.

"Mom, where's Minzhi?"

Not seeing Wei Minzhi, Shen Yao thought this person hadn't gotten off work yet; "The weather forecast said this rain comes fast," if Wei Minzhi was blocked outside, it wouldn't be easy to return on time.

"Her, she's hiding in her room, complexion doesn't look good; asked but she won't say," Wei Mother was helpless, not understanding what was wrong with this youngest daughter; the older she grew, the more rebellious she became instead.

Clearly when Wei Minzhi was little she was lively and cute; Wei Mother held the washed clean vegetables in her hands, planning to pickle a portion into pickled vegetables and put a portion in the refrigerator to eat up quickly.

Shen Yao held her bowl, which still had some uneaten rice and vegetables; "I'll go check on Minzhi in a bit," after all she was her sister-in-law, she couldn't really not care at all.

Wei Mother hummed in agreement, telling Shen Yao to eat her fill first; Wei Minzhi was staying in her room not coming out, nothing major would happen for a while.

Perhaps because she was rather disappointed in her own youngest daughter, Wei Mother's gaze towards Shen Yao was very loving.

People fear comparison; often looking alone it's not bad, but if placed together with others, right and wrong, high and low are clear at a glance, without even an excuse to quibble.

Wei Minzhi is currently in this awkward situation; Shen Yao placed before her eyes is better in every way, yet Wei Minzhi is still unaware of it.

Quickly finishing the food in front of her, Shen Yao simply wiped her mouth corner and quickly went to Wei Minzhi's room, reaching out to knock.

After a long while, a weak, powerless "come in" came from inside the room.

Shen Yao's expression paused, and she pushed the door open.

A faint fragrance drifted in the dim room; the curtains were drawn tight, the interior light dim, the bedding messy and at the same time there was a large bulge.

Wei Minzhi's whole person was curled up on the bed motionless, burying herself completely.

Helpless, Shen Yao could only pull open the curtains, then poured a cup of water and brought it to Wei Minzhi's mouth.

"What happened? Mom said you haven't eaten since you came back; is your belly hungry?"

Shen Yao spoke gently and softly, asking directly, making Wei Minzhi's eyes well up with tears, wanting to cry.

"Sister-in-law"

Wei Minzhi sniffed her nose; the little girl looked fragile and innocent. Big eyes carried glistening tears, looking at Shen Yao with a look of wanting to cry but not crying.

Shen Yao was helpless, "What's wrong?"

Wei Minzhi drank the water Shen Yao handed over, then sat up and poured out her grievances crying, "Zheng Cheng, Zheng Cheng wants to separate from me."

Zheng Cheng is the male lead Wei Minzhi traveled the world for love; a slightly handsome handsome guy, pity his family situation is quite complex, Wei Father and Wei Mother both don't like him very much.

"Why does he want to separate from you? You two are currently working at the Animal Husbandry Garden," it shouldn't be a work reason.

Shen Yao finished speaking and looked Wei Minzhi up and down again; she's still quite pretty, even more reason she couldn't have transferred her affections.

"Sister-in-law, he, he wants to go to the Planting Garden, already has a candidate," Wei Minzhi's complexion was ugly, her words vague, but Shen Yao still understood; the situation was that Zheng Cheng this person had found a next home, the next home had great ability and could transfer him to the Planting Garden, that's why he wanted to separate from Wei Minzhi.

Shen Yao:... whether to say it or not, it's not unexpected; this kind of thing happened often in the past too.

"What do you think? Unwilling or want to strive for it? Zheng Cheng's decision," is beyond reproach.

Although it's not very humane, if it's for a better life, using one's body to climb a high branch is indeed not unlawful.

Wei Minzhi shook her head, her expression lost; she didn't know what to do. She was certainly unwilling to accept it, after all, back then for Zheng Cheng she had almost fallen out with her family.

But what after being unwilling? Win Zheng Cheng back? Wei Minzhi wasn't that brainless; she couldn't win him back, and once a person had such thoughts, they were very hard to extinguish.

"I, I don't know, I like Zheng Cheng, I absolutely cannot be indifferent," Wei Minzhi frowned, recalling every bit of her time with Zheng Cheng, but there didn't seem to be anything particularly special.

Zheng Cheng, upon closer inspection, was just so-so; Wei Minzhi spoke haltingly, anyway it was hard for her to let go, and she felt it wasn't worth striving for; caught in all this turmoil, she could only lock herself in her room.

Shen Yao:...

Tsk tsk, it really had been a long time since she'd met someone like this in a natural disaster apocalypse.

Smiling, she pulled Wei Minzhi out to eat first, Shen Yao guiding the topic so Wei Minzhi could temporarily put Zheng Cheng out of her mind.

A young girl's feelings come fast and go fast; even though she had been willing to die for the other person before, she dared to pat her chest and guarantee that after some time, the two would be bridge to bridge, road to road, and definitely have no further entanglement.

Sure enough, Wei Minzhi's attention was diverted; although her mood was still somewhat bad, she looked much more cheerful.

That evening, a strong wind blew outside, and the windows were blown until they hummed.

Forget it, Wei Minzhi didn't have the heart to think about Zheng Cheng or not Zheng Cheng; the whole family of four went to the study to hide, and for safety's sake, they even slept on the floor.

"The internet signal is cut off," the phone couldn't load any pages or messages, especially the situation outside Rimu City.

"Someone in the group said the glass at home couldn't hold up and has already shattered."

The shattered glass couldn't withstand the coming storm, and might even implicate others in the whole building.

Wei's father took out tape, and took several wooden boards from the storage bag, "I'll reinforce the windows again, better safe than sorry," also worried the glass couldn't hold up.

Wei's mother went over to help, and Shen Yao and Wei Minzhi weren't idle either; they took the time to hurry to the kitchen, put away and hide all the fragile items, to prevent losses.

Including things in the refrigerator, like vegetables that wouldn't stay fresh were dealt with first, and the rest that weren't afraid of power outages continued to be kept in the refrigerator.

Fortunately, they were already used to power outages, and plus there was a generator at home, so they didn't need to worry about frozen food in the refrigerator going bad.

After a round of busyness, the four of them returned to the study again.

Shen Yao went to the window of the study, looking into the distance through the exposed crack.

Pitch black, occasionally one or two flashes of lightning fell down.

This was a sign of the coming storm; according to the weather forecast, it would last two or three days, and Rimu City would likely have water accumulation problems.

Sigh

When will natural disasters be fewer, so she wouldn't have to live so hard.

Dealing with natural disasters daily was truly flustered, just like now, they could do nothing but wait for the storm to pass.

"Sister-in-law, Brother and the others are outside, who knows what will happen."

Wei Minzhi finally remembered she still had an older brother, and walked to Shen Yao's side with slight unease, worrying.

Shen Yao gestured for Wei Minzhi not to think too much; Wei Mingyu had far more high-tech products on his side, if something happened here, he wouldn't have trouble there.

"Don't go near the windows these two days; who knows if the wind will be too strong and blow the windows open."

By then, whoever stands by the window will be miserable, like some people's big balconies, clatter clatter, directly sweeping the people inside out; a storm is not ordinary rain.

Wei Minzhi was reminded by Shen Yao, scared out of her wits, and hid by Wei's mother's side, behaving honestly.

Wei's mother took the opportunity to ask Wei Minzhi what exactly was going on; this time Wei Minzhi didn't hide it, and told her about her and Zheng Cheng's matter.

Wei's mother was naturally indignant, and complained to Wei's father that their daughter had poor judgment in men; breaking up was good, otherwise getting mixed up with such a person, the one who would suffer would definitely be Wei Minzhi.

Wei's mother and Wei's father had never approved of Wei Minzhi's relationship from the start; now they could be considered united against a common enemy, together listing Zheng Cheng's problems.

After staying with Wei's father and Wei's mother for three days, Shen Yao finally waited for the storm to pass.

But after it passed, Rimu City was once again a scene of devastation.

Water and power outages were routine; also, some families had personnel casualties, and the hospital became their new home.

Shen Yao bid farewell to Wei's father and Wei's mother and went back to work, but on the first day of work she ran into Zheng Cheng.

Zheng Cheng appearing here? Could it be that the planting garden he was transferred to is this one right in front of me?

Zheng Cheng also saw Shen Yao and was somewhat surprised, but this person easily withdrew his gaze, pretending not to be familiar with Shen Yao as he walked around looking.

Shen Yao didn't cling to the other person; since they had already separated from Wei Minzhi, they were strangers.

Like some revenge method mentioned in novels, such a thing doesn't exist in this real world, because this isn't a deadly blood feud, and hasn't reached the point of killing.

"Group Leader Wu, is that person a new employee?" It's not easy for the planting garden to take in people; either ability or backing, one of the two must be produced.

Wu Yong pushed his glasses, "A new group leader, responsible for the second floor from now on."

They are currently on the third floor, neither high nor low.

Shen Yao made an "oh" sound, seeing Wu Yong's complexion was bad, she didn't continue to ask.

Smiling and bidding farewell to the other person, Shen Yao turned to find others to inquire about Zheng Cheng's situation.

As it turned out, Zheng Cheng didn't hide it at all; he openly displayed why he came, and wasn't afraid of others blaming him at all.

The key is the other party involved; Wu Yong was dumped!

Shen Yao:... Truly a shocking big melon, I need to eat a mouthful to calm down.

Never expected the plot to develop like this; Shen Yao felt her circle was still too small, look, she could always encounter oddballs.

Wu Yong's complexion looked bad, as if he had an explanation; who would have a good face if their wall corner was pried open?

Rubbing her eyebrows and eyes, Shen Yao looked at the spirit vegetables planted in the experimental field, and decided to let Wei Minzhi stay away from this dog-blood gossip story; absolutely must not think too much and jump in to meddle, that would truly be fatal.

The rumor of Wu Yong's promotion became weaker and weaker with Zheng Cheng's arrival. He properly served as his group leader, and had daily contact with Shen Yao; although his expression was more silent, at least he was still a normal person.

During this period Shen Yao experienced another insect disaster and rat plague; when she came to her senses, the time had come to September, and as the weather turned cool, it also meant Wei Mingyu, who was out on missions, would be back soon.

This is truly good news, worthy of celebration.

Shen Yao stared at the calendar with longing eyes, hoping Wei Mingyu would come back soon.

During this time, the planting garden she was in had quite the air of putting on a big show. Like you finish your part and I appear, anyway a group of people were all drama queens, letting Shen Yao eat melons to her heart's content.

Even Shen Yao maliciously broadcast the situation of the planting garden to Wei Minzhi, so Wei Minzhi could completely give up heart, and abandon every bit of her and Zheng Cheng.

Wei Minzhi:...

Wei Minzhi turned back to the shore; the Planting Garden's commotion slowly settled flat — after all, life still has to go on living, a person walks forward day by day, it is impossible to have too much time immersed in the past.

In early the tenth month, two days before the Cold Wave arrived, Wei Mingyu appeared at the Home doorway carrying a pack on his back; after several months, he had finally returned.