B5SB -Chapter 94 Cloth Reward

Yang Factory Director’s Office

“Knock, knock, knock.”

Gu Yihan stood at the door and heard a deep voice from inside: “Xiao Jiang, go open the door.”

Creak

After the door opened, Gu Yihan quickly glanced at Secretary Jiang’s face.

The Yang Factory Director’s eyes revealed a hint of admiration for Gu Yihan.

He stood up and said to her, “I never expected that our factory would actually have a top student among us.”

“Comrade Gu, thanks to you, the repairman last night was able to fix the machine directly using the material you translated,” he continued.

“This way, the textile factory’s machines could start working smoothly; otherwise, if the whole production line stopped, the task wouldn’t have been completed.”

Gu Yihan humbly replied, “This was all possible because of your and Secretary Jiang’s trust in me. That’s why the machines were repaired so quickly.”

Secretary Jiang sat on the wooden sofa. Upon hearing Gu Yihan’s words, his eyes darkened slightly as he looked at her.

Yang Factory Director laughed heartily at Gu Yihan’s words: “Xiao Jiang, take Xiao Gu to the logistics department and select two bolts of cloth as a reward.”

Secretary Jiang stood and opened the door. After Gu Yihan said goodbye to Director Yang, she followed him out of the office.

Walking side by side, a cool voice suddenly came from beside her: “Comrade Gu, how do you know about cardiac resuscitation?”

Gu Yihan shivered slightly, then relaxed and said, “I once saw a soldier use a special technique to save a drowning child.”

“Out of curiosity, I asked him, and that’s how I learned it was cardiac resuscitation.”

After explaining, Gu Yihan fell silent. She had already explained herself; whether Secretary Jiang believed it was up to him.

Secretary Jiang led Gu Yihan into the workshop, where the deafening roar of machinery filled the air.

Every so often, a female worker in a blue cloth uniform appeared, her clothes soaked through with sweat.

Their fingers flew nimbly around the cotton threads, smiles on their faces, showing no trace of fatigue or hardship.

The two walked through the workshop to the warehouse. Secretary Jiang handed the approval slip to the warehouse manager: “Sister Zhang, Director Yang approved two bolts of cloth for Cadre Gu.”

Warehouse manager Sister Zhang carefully checked the slip and then looked up, smiling at Gu Yihan: “Cadre Gu, what pattern would you like?”

Gu Yihan glanced at the various cloths in the room and immediately picked the undyed bolts.

She turned to Secretary Jiang: “Secretary Jiang, I’ll choose the plain ones with no patterns.”

Secretary Jiang looked at her seriously: “Are you sure? Once chosen, you won’t be able to exchange them later.”

Gu Yihan looked at Secretary Jiang calmly and firmly said: “No exchanges.”

She had already decided: one bolt would be for Lu Huailin’s shirt, the other she would dye herself.

Gu Yihan hugged the two bolts of cloth. She couldn’t just put them into her space yet; returning to the office would definitely raise questions, and she looked worried.

Then, with a determined gaze at Secretary Jiang, she hesitated slightly and said, “Secretary Jiang, could you keep the cloth in your office for now?”

Secretary Jiang’s eyes narrowed slightly. He nodded: “Alright.”

After leaving Secretary Jiang’s office, she walked briskly back to the accounting office.

Su Yonghong and Sister Min looked at her with complicated expressions.

“Xiao Han, are you being followed by some unlucky spirit?” Sister Min asked nervously.

Gu Yihan chuckled at Sister Min’s plaintive look: “Sister Min, spirits aren’t allowed after the founding of the country.”

Su Yonghong added, “Xiao Han, we feel like you might be bad luck for the two of us.”

Gu Yihan was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: “What? I’m bad luck for you?”

Sister Min and Su Yonghong nodded repeatedly.

Sister Min exhaled slowly and said, “We mentioned Secretary Jiang twice, and both times we got caught.”

“Every time it was because he came looking for you, and we were overheard.”

Gu Yihan: “……”

Wait, shouldn’t they be looking at their own actions first?

Seeing Gu Yihan silent, Su Yonghong quickly smoothed things over: “Hehe, we were just joking. We’ll never talk about Secretary Jiang in the office again.”

From the bottom of her heart, Su Yonghong thought Gu Yihan’s relationship with Secretary Jiang wasn’t simple; she would probably need him in the future.

Gu Yihan smiled lightly and nodded: “Then I guess it’s just your bad luck.”

She didn’t take it seriously. Sister Min was straightforward and easy to read, and Sister Su, while a bit crafty, wasn’t a bad person.

Textile Factory Bicycle Parking Area

Secretary Jiang helped Gu Yihan secure the bolts of cloth to the back of her bicycle.

Gu Yihan shook it with force; it was firm. She happily said to Secretary Jiang: “Thank you, Secretary Jiang.”

Secretary Jiang glanced at her: “Just don’t spread rumors about me again, and that will be thanks enough.”

Gu Yihan: “……”

“Xiao Han?”

A soft female voice came to Gu Yihan’s ear. Without turning, she knew it was Qiao Shuhui, the clingy one.

Qiao Shuhui walked up in front of them, her eyes sweeping over Gu Yihan and Secretary Jiang. Her voice was weak: “Xiao Han, you’re already married.”

Then she turned to look tearfully at the displeased Secretary Jiang: “Did Xiao Han make you angry? I’ll apologize on her behalf.”

The look in Secretary Jiang’s eyes darkened. He stared at Qiao Shuhui with ridicule: “Stop with that hypocritical face; it makes me sick.”

After saying that, he walked past both Qiao Shuhui and Gu Yihan.

Seeing Qiao Shuhui’s pretentious pose, he was reminded of his own stepmother at home, who was always nagging his oblivious father.

Gu Yihan looked at Qiao Shuhui with mischievous amusement, shaking her head and clicking her tongue: “Finally, someone noticed your fake performance.”

Then she pushed her bicycle along, humming happily past her.

Qiao Shuhui grabbed the bolts of cloth on the back of Gu Yihan’s bicycle: “You’re taking the factory’s property!”

Gu Yihan gave her a blank stare: “Are you stupid? Do you know who Secretary Jiang is?”

“He’s Director Yang’s personal secretary. If I were taking it without permission, do you think he’d let me go?”

Qiao Shuhui looked at her maliciously: “Who knows what shameful tricks you used to get Secretary Jiang to cover for you?”

Gu Yihan’s face suddenly turned cold. She sneered: “You think everyone’s like you, seeing themselves as worthless and assuming everyone else is worthless too.”

“But I have to thank you. If it weren’t for avoiding your harassment, I wouldn’t have met Secretary Jiang.”

Then she proudly gestured with her fingers: “And I even earned a little merit, showing my face in front of Director Yang.”

Watching Qiao Shuhui’s increasingly ugly expression, Gu Yihan laughed triumphantly: “I just love seeing you dislike me but can’t do anything about it.”

Without waiting for Qiao Shuhui to react, she rode off with her bicycle.

Hearing Gu Yihan’s last words, Qiao Shuhui froze for a moment. Her face turned pale, and a storm of emotions surged in her heart.