Chapter 239: How can you fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow?

"Where is the place to take a bath?"

Zhou Wanting picked up the leather jacket, draped it over herself, stood at the bedside, and asked.

Wang Yingna, having regained her composure, quickly pointed to the shower room diagonally opposite.

At that moment.

Zhou Wanting's stomach suddenly growled a few times.

That night's meal was hard to swallow, so she ate a few mouthfuls of rice and dumped the rest.

"Unlucky."

Zhou Wanting muttered a sentence.

She turned and walked out.

After washing up.

She braved the cold wind and darted back into the dormitory.

As soon as she lay down, she felt something hard poking inside the pillow.

She reached in, pulled it out, and saw it was a bag of scallion-flavored crackers.

Zhou Wanting immediately glanced at the person beside her.

"Did you give this to me?"

All she saw was Wang Yingna turning over, facing away, and saying, "Don't misunderstand—I'm a light sleeper; any little noise keeps me awake, so keep your stomach quiet, stop growling!"

If it were according to Zhou Wanting's usual temper,

upon hearing these words she would have erupted on the spot.

But this life is different from before.

In this damned place, even her temper is useless.

Any grievance can only be swallowed by gritting her teeth.

No one takes her seriously.

Zhou Wanting hesitated a moment, sat up, tore open the bag of crackers, and ate a few pieces to stave off hunger.

By the time she lay down again, that guy beside her had already fallen asleep so deeply it was as if heaven and earth were dark.

"Tch, didn't you say you sleep lightly?"

"How can you fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow!"

Zhou Wanting complained a few sentences.

Likewise she turned over, facing the dormitory door, closed her eyes to rest.

The day's experiences really left her feeling angry and depleted.

So she must not give up.

She has endured the grievances; if she gains nothing, wouldn't that be for nothing?

The next day.

A sound of machinery operating came from outside.

Zhou Wanting groggily opened her eyes and felt a tightness in her chest.

She pushed aside Wang Yingna's arm resting on her chest, turned over, and sat up at the bedside.

Knock knock knock.

At this moment, a knocking sounded.

Li Jiaci stood at the doorway, urging, "Get ready, come out for breakfast!"

Zhou Wanting's brain hadn't fully started up yet.

At first hearing, she thought it was telling her to make breakfast.

Annoyed and restless, she walked to the doorway.

She flung the door open.

Li Jiaci inadvertently glanced at her.

In an instant he closed his eyes again.

He raised his hand and stepped back several steps, then reminded, "Um, you should put on some clothes!"

Zhou Wanting tugged at her sleepwear.

She said unhappily, "Isn't this already wearing clothes?"

"Then put on a few more pieces!"

Li Jiaci added some weight to his tone.

Without waiting for her reply, he sighed and left.

"Problem!"

Zhou Wanting glared at him.

With a bang, she shut the door.

Wang Yingna sat at the bedside putting on her shoes, leisurely saying, "Here are all big shots; if you don't want them staring at you all day, listen to advice and wear some clothes!"

"My clothing style is my own decision; it's not up to you to worry about me!"

Zhou Wanting gave her a look.

Then she puffed out her chest.

As if showing off.

Wang Yingna felt speechless.

The two each finished changing clothes.

But Zhou Wanting's preparations weren't finished yet.

She sat at the table, took out some cosmetics, laid them out, and began applying them to her face one by one.

Wang Yingna stood at the doorway and said, "Hurry up, breakfast is ready!"

"What's the rush? I made it, that's good enough—don't take advantage and act innocent!"

Zhou Wanting pursed her fiery red lips and said impatiently.

Unexpectedly, Wang Yingna looked at her and snorted a few times.

"Hehe."

"You made that stuff you can't even eat yourself!"

"Just don't waste it on us!"

Having said that, she pushed the door and walked out.

A moment later.

Zhou Wanting and Shanshan arrived late.

Looking at the lavish breakfast spread on the table, she felt a bit dazed.

Hong Bo was eating a big meat bun, laughing as he said, "Manager Zhou, don't just stand there—have something to eat!"

"Oh."

Zhou Wanting's stomach had been empty for a while.

She immediately served herself a bowl of noodles.

Li Jiaci said, "She's not even a real manager—from now on she's just a gofer; let me know anytime you need anything!"

"You're the one who's the gofer!"

Zhou Wanting was annoyed.

At that moment, Zhang Chuqiang put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth.

"Brother, I'm heading to Bei Bang to haul cargo first!"

Li Jiaci nodded: "Drive slowly on the road, no rush!"

"Got it!"

After Zhang Chuqiang left,

Only then did Zhou Wanting notice that a large number of middlemen had already gathered outside the factory.

Even before dawn, their business was already in motion.

She just didn't know what Wu Jiangshan's purpose was in assigning her here.

Was it to let her learn how to sell timber?

Zhou Wanting secretly sighed.

All morning, Li Jiaci was so busy he wasn't seen.

It was around eleven o'clock.

Zhou Wanting sat by the office door, yawning repeatedly.

But she saw Wang Yingna beside her, face tense, staring fixedly at the time on her phone.

Zhou Wanting asked, "Are you waiting for your man?"

Hearing that, Wang Yingna shook her head.

"No, I'm waiting for Qiangzi's car fleet."

"According to schedule, they should have been back half an hour ago!"

Zhou Wanting yawned again.

She said lightly, "It's your man who told them to drive slow, and now you're urging them to come back!"

"If you don't understand, don't chatter!"

Wang Yingna shouted sternly.

This attitude made Zhou Wanting a little angry.

But just as she was about to retort,

Zhang Chuqiang's car fleet appeared.

Wang Yingna sprang up instantly and hurriedly went to meet them.

"What's going on with you guys?"

"Why are you late by over half an hour?"

In the lead vehicle of the fleet,

Zhang Chuqiang sat in the passenger seat, rubbing his face vigorously.

Seeing Wang Yingna's anxious look, he then opened the door, got out, and said, "Sister-in-law, something's happened!"

"What happened?"

Wang Yingna asked.

At the same time, she noticed that the vehicle's cargo compartment was completely empty.

Not a single log was inside.

Wang Yingna walked forward a few more steps.

She found that the other trucks were the same.

There wasn't even a speck of hair in the cargo area.

Zhang Chuqiang said with a grim face, "When we passed the customs checkpoint, we were suddenly stopped; someone reported that our cargo contained contraband, so they seized everything outright—without even giving us an explanation!"

Upon hearing that,

Wang Yingna anxiously grabbed a handful of hair and asked, "What about Xiao Cui? Didn't he help you?"

"How come he didn't help? Xiao Cui's lips are all cracked from talking!"

"But that's the regulation at the checkpoint; he can't do anything about it!"

"Any goods related to contraband are not allowed to be taken out of the checkpoint, not even a thread!"

"Xiao Cui told me to come back first and explain the situation!"

"He will consult with the colonel on his side, see if we can use connections to smooth things out for us."

"But I think this matter is uncertain."

Zhang Chuqiang spoke frankly.

Zhou Wanting looked at the situation in the distance, slightly furrowing her brows.

She couldn't hear very clearly, but she also realized something was wrong.

Suddenly.

A minivan drove into the timber factory.

Wang Yingna hurriedly brought Zhang Chuqiang and ran over.

The person who got out was Li Jiaci.

He had already heard about this on the way.

Looking at the empty car fleet.

Li Jiaci clenched his fists and asked, "How long will the checkpoint take to inspect?"

"I don't know; they only told me to wait for news."

Zhang Chuqiang looked like he had done something wrong, hanging his head.