Chapter 1038

The night grew deeper. Jian Qiu sat on the sofa watching TV, while Zhou Andong lay on her lap, his ear pressed against her belly.

"It's been so many days, why is there no movement at all?"

Jian Qiu gave him a sharp look and hit him: "How could it be that fast?"

Zhou Andong rolled over and lay on the sofa: "Do you like boys or girls?"

Jian Qiu didn't even think: "We already have a daughter; having a boy next would be just right."

Zhou Andong asked: "What if it's a girl?"

Jian Qiu smiled and said: "As long as we can afford to raise them, then we'll keep having them."

Zhou Andong also laughed: "We'll have a whole litter, enough to make seven Calabash Brothers."

"Deal!" Jian Qiu, unable to contain her joy, lowered her head and kissed Zhou Andong.

The two chatted without a hint of sleepiness. Seeing it was past eleven and nearing twelve, Zhou Andong suddenly rolled over and sat up.

"What are you doing?" Jian Qiu asked blankly.

Zhou Andong pulled Jian Qiu: "Put on your clothes, we're going to find Old Wu for a midnight snack."

Jian Qiu said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "What time is it to be eating a midnight snack? Are you hungry?"

"I'm not hungry." Zhou Andong started putting on his clothes: "Old Wu is worried about us; he didn't even eat lunch, and he ate dinner early. I'm afraid he's hungry."

As he spoke, he shook his head with great emotion: "Old Wu is a good man."

The expression on Jian Qiu's face became very strange: "Why do I feel like you're up to no good again?"

"Wife!" Zhou Andong finished dressing and pinched Jian Qiu's cheek: "I really don't like hearing you say that. How am I up to no good? I feel bad for Old Wu; I absolutely cannot let such a good person go hungry."

By this time, Jian Qiu had also put on her clothes, and Zhou Andong continued: "Wait for me in the room."

Zhou Andong left the room, arrived outside Wu Hongkang's door, and raised his hand to knock heavily.

"Bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang!"

After a good while, Wu Hongkang's shouting came from inside: "Coming, coming! Who is smashing the door so late?"

Zhou Andong laughed: "Old Wu, it's me."

Wu Hongkang hurriedly opened the door: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

With Zhou Andong knocking on the door so late, he thought something had happened.

"Nothing!" Zhou Andong entered the room.

"If nothing happened, why are you knocking on my door in the middle of the night?" Wu Hongkang was furious.

"Did you forget?" Zhou Andong was very surprised: "In the afternoon, you said we'd go for a midnight snack at twelve. I waited for you until now, and you didn't come to find me, so I had no choice but to come find you."

Wu Hongkang almost cried. He had long since thrown that matter to the back of his mind; he never imagined that this "Old Six" Zhou Andong would really come knocking on his door in the middle of the night to take him for a midnight snack.

"Brother Zhou, Boss Zhou, Chairman Zhou, I beg you, hurry up and leave. I'm not hungry, go eat by yourself."

"How can that be?" Zhou Andong righteously refused Wu Hongkang: "You were worried sick for me and didn't even eat lunch. I feel too bad about it. Since I said I'd treat you to a midnight snack, we must go eat. Don't dawdle, hurry up and get dressed, Qiuqiu is still waiting."

Wu Hongkang clenched his fists, then realized he couldn't beat Zhou Andong, so he had no choice but to surrender and return to his room to change clothes.

"That's right!"

Zhou Andong nodded with satisfaction: "If I don't treat you to a midnight snack today, this hurdle will never be cleared in my lifetime. Do you want me to live in guilt toward you forever?"

"Sigh!" Wu Hongkang let out a mournful sigh: "I don't know what sins I committed in my past life for Heaven to arrange for me to meet you."

"Old Wu!" Zhou Andong patted Wu Hongkang on the shoulder: "It's not that you committed sins in your past life, but rather that you accumulated virtue, which is why you are so lucky to meet me in this life."

Wu Hongkang scrutinized Zhou Andong very carefully: "What do you put on your face every day?"

Zhou Andong touched his face: "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"No... nothing!" Wu Hongkang shook his head: "I'm just curious what skincare products you use. Even with Dabao SOD Honey, it's impossible to keep your skin this thick."

"I was just waiting for you to compliment me." Zhou Andong laughed and knocked on his own door: "Wife, let's go!"

Jian Qiu came out with her bag: "Brother Wu, you're really going with him?"

"Sigh!" Wu Hongkang sighed again: "If I don't go, he'll just loiter there and not leave."

"Hurry, hurry!" Zhou Andong urged: "I'm hungry."

Because it was too late, the three of them didn't go out, but ate a little at the hotel restaurant.

After all, it was a star-rated hotel, and the restaurant was open 24 hours.

October 10, 1993, the twenty-fifth day of the eighth lunar month, Sunday!

In Jingcheng, Zhao Hongxing woke up in a pretty good mood, but when he was about to go out to the hospital to find Song Ziyi, Jiang Yuping arrived.

"Your complexion isn't right. What happened?"

Seeing Jiang Yuping's ugly expression, Zhao Hongxing's heart jumped into his throat.

Jiang Yuping plopped down on the sofa, took a pack of women's cigarettes from her bag, and lit one.

Zhao Hongxing frowned: "When did you learn to smoke?"

Jiang Yuping held the cigarette between her fingers and exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Don't worry about when I learned to smoke. You'd better hurry up and contact headquarters to lower the price of Coca-Cola to two yuan."

Zhao Hongxing's heart gave a violent thump: "What happened?"

Jiang Yuping looked at Zhao Hongxing: "Ice Black Tea lowered its price. It was announced yesterday afternoon; it's down to two-fifty, and the giveaway promotion is continuing."

Zhao Hongxing took a deep breath and started walking out: "Notify them to have a meeting."

Jiang Yuping followed him out: "What's the use of a meeting? You'd better contact headquarters as soon as possible. If a decision isn't made quickly, Coca-Cola will definitely be driven out of China within a year."

"Damn white-skinned pigs, damn bureaucracy."

Zhao Hongxing cursed as he returned, grabbed the phone, and called headquarters.

"Yuyue!" Ma Xiaotong ran into Jiang Yuyue's office with a stack of newspapers: "Something big happened."

Jiang Yuyue had a performance in the morning and was just about to leave when Ma Xiaotong burst in in a flurry.

"What's wrong?"

"Bang!"

Ma Xiaotong slammed the newspaper in her hand heavily onto the desk: "Take a look at the Yangcheng Evening News first."

Jiang Yuyue picked up the newspaper suspiciously and saw the report on Zhou Andong's forum speech at a glance.

As she read, the corners of her mouth curled into a beautiful arc, and her eyes curved into crescents.

Ma Xiaotong hummed twice: "You can laugh now, but take a look at the Yangcheng Youth Daily and see if you can still laugh."

Jiang Yuyue put down the Yangcheng Evening News and picked up the Youth Daily. Just seeing the headline, the smile on her face vanished instantly.

The more she read, the colder her expression became, until finally, she was so angry she tore the newspaper in two and threw it on the table.

"Is what Zhou Andong said wrong? Is there no need for vigilance? I think this Xie Fusheng and Yan Qidong are the real traitors who are ruining the country and the people."