Chapter 2598: Heartfelt Words

Tang Lin said with an unbearable itch in his heart, "What is it? Just say it! Do you know how wicked it is to say half and leave half?"

"Ha!"

Gu Bing, who had been lazily reclining on the sofa with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, couldn't help but laugh when he heard Tang Lin. The cigarette fell onto his body, scaring him into jumping up with a start, then hopping around while frantically patting himself with both hands.

"Damn it!" When he saw the cigarette fall to the floor, Gu Bing cursed, then stepped on the butt and ground it out fiercely.

"Brother Dong!" Tang Lin's voice came through the phone, "Is Gu Ban-jin in your office?"

"Pop, pop, pop..."

The office door was knocked on. Zhou Andong said, "Alright, I have things to attend to here. Let's talk tonight."

After finishing, Zhou Andong hung up the phone and shouted, "Come in!"

The office door was pushed open, and Wang Wentian, Shen Mingwei, and Lian Kai walked in.

"Factory Director!"

"Secretary!"

"..."

The three of them greeted Zhou Andong and Gu Bing one after another.

Seeing them, Zhou Andong smiled, grabbed the cigarette case from the desk, and tossed it to Wang Wentian: "Sit down and talk."

Gu Bing sized up the three of them and said with a smile, "Looking at how radiant you three are, the food at the police station must be pretty good."

Lian Kai gave a 'heh' of a laugh: "Mingwei didn't even want to come out, saying it felt pretty good staying in the detention room."

"Get lost!" Shen Mingwei cursed, then laughed as well: "But, to be honest, aside from the small space, the food was actually quite good. They asked us what we wanted to eat every day, and even bought us beer."

Gu Bing looked at Zhou Andong: "It seems Huang Youmin is also afraid of offending us too deeply."

"I really didn't expect Huang Youmin to be stupid to this degree." Zhou Andong tapped his head with his finger: "Anyone else should have understood that from the moment they detained my people, they had already offended me. Is that something that can be solved with a few meals and a few bottles of wine? That's valuing me, Zhou Andong, too cheaply."

Gu Bing sat down and looked at the three of them: "Tell me, what's the situation over there?"

Wang Wentian detailed the events, starting from when they went to the police station to report the case and met Huang Youmin, to Feng Hanzhong talking to them, and even the last words Shen Mingwei said—nothing was left out.

"About what I expected." Zhou Andong nodded: "I'll give you ten days off. Wentian, you haven't seen Yali for a long time; it's a good time to go back to Jiangzhou to keep her company. As for Mingwei and Kaizi, you two can go wherever you want. Whether it's sleeping at home or going out shopping and watching movies, I won't interfere."

Shen Mingwei said with a bitter face: "Chairman, Kaizi and I are both grown men. You want us to sleep at home or go shopping and watch movies?"

Lian Kai also looked aggrieved: "Exactly, Chairman. Originally, Yu Zhan was a 'single dog' just like us, but you specifically introduced a girlfriend to him. Do you have any other female classmates? Can you introduce some to Mingwei and me too?"

Shen Weiming's spirits lifted the moment he heard this, and he looked at Zhou Andong with eyes full of anticipation: "Chairman, you must still have other female classmates, right?"

Zhou Andong said irritably: "Everything exists in dreams. You two hurry back and dream about marrying wives."

"Chairman!" Lian Kai said aggrievedly: "What's wrong with Mingwei and me? Why did you introduce a partner to Yu Zhan but not to us?"

"Look at the bear-like appearance you two have." Zhou Andong scolded with a smile: "Are you as handsome as Yu Zhan?"

Lian Kai and Shen Mingwei looked at each other, then immediately turned their faces away with looks of disgust, saying in unison: "He is definitely not as handsome as me."

Gu Bing laughed out loud: "You two are equally ugly; you should love and cherish each other. Why are you so disgusted with each other?"

Actually, Lian Kai and Shen Mingwei weren't ugly; it was just that due to long-term training, their skin was relatively dark. Yu Zhan was different; perhaps it had to do with his constitution—no matter how the sun scorched him, Yu Zhan wouldn't tan, but instead had that very healthy wheat-colored skin. So, compared to Yu Zhan, Lian Kai and Shen Mingwei appeared much uglier.

"Factory Director Zhou!" Gu Bing suddenly said: "I remember Yao Jun saying that his wife has several best friends looking for partners, and you even said you were going to organize a group blind date. It's been almost a year; did you forget about this?"

"I didn't forget!" Zhou Andong really hadn't forgotten this: "Look at this past year; where was there time to deal with these things?"

"True!" Gu Bing nodded: "Too many things happened this past year. The wool mill reform couldn't be completed in a year, so there really wasn't time for this."

Zhou Andong pondered for a moment, reached out to pick up the phone, and dialed Wu Huilin's office: "General Manager Wu, are you busy?"

"Boss, asking me if I'm busy is heartless." A very dissatisfied voice came from the receiver: "Don't you have any idea whether I'm busy or not?"

Zhou Andong rubbed his nose and immediately changed the subject: "Do you remember me saying I wanted to organize a group blind date?"

"I remember!" Wu Huilin said: "At the time, I thought this was very meaningful, but I've been busy and haven't found the time to handle it."

"How about this!" Zhou Andong pondered and said: "Hand this matter over to the Propaganda Department. Our group, whether it's the liquor factory branches or subsidiaries—especially employees of Yao Jun's security company—can sign up to participate. Also, employees from other factories can participate, but only female employees are allowed to sign up."

"That's possible." Wu Huilin chuckled: "Allowing female employees from other factories to sign up while refusing male employees—will we get scolded?"

"Let them scold us; it won't cost us a piece of meat." Zhou Andong said with a smile: "For female employees, our group must protect them well. We can only bring them in; they absolutely cannot go out. This is a matter of principle."

"Good!" Wu Huilin agreed, then asked: "When should we arrange it?"

Zhou Andong said without hesitation: "Arrange it for National Day; everyone will be on holiday. As for which day, you decide."

Wu Huilin thought for a moment: "You and Qiuqiu are getting married on the 1st, so let's arrange this group wedding for the 3rd."

"That works!" Zhou Andong said: "If one day isn't enough, then arrange for two days. The location will be in the Dongfang Yipin residential area. All men and women who sign up for the group blind date will be issued an admission ticket; only those with a ticket can enter."

"That's about it, right?" Gu Bing was leaning on Zhou Andong's desk listening. Seeing that the matter was mostly settled, this guy very impolitely snatched the phone away, then pinched his voice and said with a face full of smiles: "Wife, have you missed me?"

There was silence on the phone for a moment: "Speak like a human."

Gu Bing immediately cleared his throat: "Wife, I missed you. I missed you so much I couldn't sleep at night. What should I do?"

Wu Huilin said helplessly: "If you miss me, come back. Anyway, you're just a mascot at the wool mill. Whether you're there or not doesn't affect anything."

"Wife!" Gu Bing's heart shattered into pieces, and he said with a mournful face: "Is your man really so useless in your heart?"

A chuckle came from the receiver: "Alright, alright, I have a mountain of things to do here. If you really miss me, come back. If you're just saying it, then forget it."

"Good, I'll return to Jiangzhou tomorrow." Gu Bing didn't dare to hesitate at all, because once he hesitated, it would prove that saying he missed his wife was just lip service and not his heartfelt words. This was a matter of life and death. ===== CHAPTER 2599 =====