Chapter 3068: Just What He Wanted

"Brother Zhang, otherwise... otherwise why don't you take them off... and I'll use the electric heater to bake them for you?" For the sake of the business license being successfully inspected, Zheng Jie felt she must not offend Director Zhang at this time, so she stammered and proposed the idea of helping him bake his pants dry.

Zheng Jie's idea was just what Director Zhang wanted. He saw him furrow his brows slightly, soften his tone, and ask Zheng Jie: "Xiao Zheng, will this work? Look, we are a man and a woman alone here. It's not very good for me to take off my pants, is it?"

"Then... then why don't I go out and buy a pair of pants for you, Brother Zhang, and you can change them?" Zheng Jie thought of another way.

Fatty Zhang was definitely inclined toward the first idea. He shook his head and said hypocritically: "Forget it. You don't make money easily, Xiao Zheng, so don't spend it. Then... you just bake them dry for me..." As he spoke, Fatty Zhang deliberately turned his head to look at the open store door, appearing somewhat concerned.

Zheng Jie said understandingly: "Then Brother Zhang, I'll go close the door first. You go into the back room and take them off." With that, Zheng Jie walked toward the door.

Fatty Zhang was actually a big lecher. Don't look at his appearance; he was quite adept at using power to get money and women. Take the two or three female clerks in his station, for example—those who looked a bit better were almost all taken to bed by him, and those who were worse off had all given him thick gifts. Seeing Zheng Jie go to close the door, a wicked smile flashed across Director Zhang's face, and he stood up and walked into the back room.

After Zheng Jie closed the door, Fatty Zhang had already walked into the back room and said to Zheng Jie from inside: "Xiao Zheng, I've taken them off. Could you trouble yourself to come in and get them?"

"Coming." Zheng Jie promised, feeling a bit uneasy and walking into the back room with embarrassment to get the pants Director Zhang had taken off.

Zheng Jie walked into the back room, which had a single bed. She saw Director Zhang had already taken off the soaked pants and draped them over the armrest of a chair to the side, while he sat on the edge of the bed, wearing only a pair of oversized 'Three Guns' brand underpants on his lower body. Seeing Zheng Jie walk in, he smiled at her and said: "Then I'll trouble you, Xiao Zheng."

Zheng Jie only glanced at Director Zhang's almost naked lower body, then moved her gaze away, avoiding him, and said with embarrassment: "It's nothing, it was my carelessness that caused it. I'll go bake them for you, Brother Zhang."

Just as Fatty Zhang was finding topics to chat with Zheng Jie in the back room, not wanting her to go out, the door of the store was opened from the outside. Because the back room was relatively soundproof, Fatty Zhang and Zheng Jie inside didn't hear the movement outside. The person who came in was none other than Shanzhu, who had been working in the store. It turned out that Shanzhu had returned from his hometown early today. When he opened the door, he felt that something was wrong in the store, as if there was some sound. Shanzhu stopped vigilantly, pricked up his ears, and immediately understood: there was the sound of two people whispering in the back room.

Damn it! Could it be that the store was robbed? Shanzhu's first reaction was that the store had been robbed, and the thieves were a man and a woman. Thus, he grabbed a broom leaning against the corner of the wall, lightened his steps, and moved lightly toward the back room where the whispering sound came from...

When Shanzhu suddenly lifted the door curtain, he widened his eyes and looked at the room in shock, appearing extremely unbelievable. He saw a fat man with a big head and big ears sitting on the single bed. What made Shanzhu feel even more shocked was that this big fat man with a full belly was only wearing underpants on his lower body, and... and the other person in the room was none other than Zheng Jie. A man and a woman hiding in such a secret space in the back room of the store, and this fat man was disheveled—this naturally made Shanzhu think in the direction that the appearance represented...

The few people were stunned and looked at each other for a moment. Shanzhu looked at Zheng Jie with a piercing expression and said impolitely: "Alright, Sister Zheng, you... you actually did this behind Brother Liu's back. See if I don't tell Brother Liu!"

Zheng Jie hurriedly explained to Shanzhu with an anxious face: "Shanzhu, you... you misunderstood. It's not what you think..."

"A man and a woman hiding in the room, and he even took off his pants. If it's not what I think, then what is it?" Shanzhu interrupted Zheng Jie's explanation, tilted his head, and questioned her.

Fatty Zhang also didn't care about finding out who Shanzhu was at this time, but seeing him dare to ask Zheng Jie in such a tone, he knew their relationship must be very close. Thus, he hurriedly grabbed the pants from Zheng Jie's hand and put them on, saying to Shanzhu: "Brother, you misunderstood. You really misunderstood. Look at my pants; they were just soaked when Xiao Zheng gave me water to drink. Xiao Zheng said she would bake them dry for me, and then you came in. It's really not what you think."

Shanzhu looked at Fatty Zhang's leg and sure enough saw it was soaked. Thus, Shanzhu looked suspiciously at the blushing Zheng Jie and asked her: "Sister Zheng, is it as he said?"

Zheng Jie furrowed her brows, nodded affirmatively, and said: "Yes, Director Zhang came over, and I accidentally knocked over the cup and soaked his pants."

Fatty Zhang was very quick-witted. He didn't want to be in such an awkward atmosphere, fearing it would affect his reputation. Thus, he hurriedly walked out and said to Zheng Jie: "Xiao Jie, you explain it to him well. I'll go first. I'll remember the matter you mentioned." As he spoke, Fatty Zhang, feeling guilty, hurriedly walked out of Zheng Jie's building materials store and drove away.

After Fatty Zhang left, Zheng Jie painstakingly told Shanzhu the whole story. Shanzhu then believed her, and at the same time, looked at Zheng Jie with a suspicious gaze and said: "Sister Zheng, why didn't you ask Brother Liu to help you with this?"

Zheng Jie smiled bitterly and said: "I don't want to trouble him with everything. Besides, he works in the district, and he might not have any connections here. It's definitely not as useful as Director Zhang."

Shanzhu thought for a moment and nodded: "That's true."

Zheng Jie glanced at Shanzhu, changed the subject, and asked: "Shanzhu, didn't you say you would come back tomorrow? Why did you come back so early?"

Speaking of this, Shanzhu furrowed his brows, sighed, and said with a troubled heart: "Sigh, as soon as I went back, the people in my village talked about me and Zeng Jinlan, saying that I lured Zeng Jinlan away. Everyone in the village pointed at me, and I really couldn't stay there."

Zheng Jie laughed 'hehe', chatted with Shanzhu for a while, and still thinking about the scene that made Director Zhang embarrassed just now, she walked out of the store, picked up her phone, and dialed Director Zhang's number.

Before long, Director Zhang answered the phone, and Zheng Jie hurriedly apologized: "Brother Zhang, I'm really sorry about what happened just now. I'm sorry."

Fatty Zhang laughed magnanimously and said: "Xiao Zheng, don't be so polite. It's nothing. Oh, by the way, Xiao Zheng, who was that young man just now? Why does it look like your relationship with him is quite good?"

Hearing Director Zhang's interest in the relationship between Shanzhu and her, Zheng Jie realized that Director Zhang must have misunderstood their relationship. She smiled and explained: "His name is Shanzhu, a distant cousin of mine who helps me work in the store. He returned to his hometown in the countryside for the past two days. I don't know why he suddenly came over early today."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Director Zhang then felt relieved. When Shanzhu appeared, he thought Zheng Jie was lying to him when she said her husband was paralyzed in bed.