"Hello, may I ask where Director Zhang Zhitiao's office is?"
Little Zhu had just walked a short distance out of the office when he was stopped and asked for directions.
He looked up and saw a man and a woman in front of him.
The man was sunny and handsome, and as for the woman, she was so beautiful that one couldn't look away, even more beautiful than the actresses on television.
Little Zhu stared for a good while before he finally reacted. He then pointed at the building behind him, "See that building? Go in to the second floor, room two hundred and five is Director Zhang's office."
"Okay, thank you."
Her gentle voice was very pleasant to hear.
Little Zhu's mood, which had just been soured by Zhang Zhitiao, improved a bit.
However, when he thought that these two beautiful people were looking for Zhang Zhitiao, he couldn't help but worry for them again.
"Forget it, why am I thinking so much? I just need to take care of myself. There's a large group of workers waiting for me to start work and eat."
Little Zhu clipped his bag and hurried away.
The man and woman asking for directions were Du Fei and Liu Shishi.
The reason they came to the development zone was to consult about setting up a factory.
The idea of opening a factory was proposed by Liu Shishi.
According to general practice, for a newly established company like Liu Shishi's, products would be outsourced to factories for production and then branded with their company's name.
However, firstly, Liu Shishi's company intended to focus on the high-end market, and it was difficult to control quality if they outsourced production to a factory.
Secondly, the formula provided by Du Fei was very precious. If it were leaked, it would be a big problem. After all, nowadays, people would go to extreme lengths to make money, even to the point of harming competitors and resorting to dirty tricks.
Moreover, there was another point: the formula Du Fei provided was not like the one he had given to Gong Chengbin, which required mass production. Therefore, Liu Shishi felt it would be better to take a proactive approach and build their own factory, keeping both quality control and the formula firmly in their hands.
Although it would be more arduous in the early stages, once it got on track, it would be vastly different from relying on outsourced production.
Of course, Liu Shishi had discussed this idea with Du Fei beforehand. After all, in her words, Du Fei was the largest shareholder.
After the two discussed and conducted some preliminary investigations, they finally decided to choose the development zone of Rongcheng as the site for building the factory.
Because Rongcheng's industrial development had been booming in recent years, building a factory here offered both excellent geographical advantages and policy support.
Du Fei and Liu Shishi, having found out who was in charge of factory approvals, headed towards the building.
Knock, knock, knock.
After knocking, they heard a voice from inside say "Come in." Du Fei pushed open the door and walked in with Liu Shishi.
"What..."
Before the word "thing" had even left Zhang Zhitiao's mouth, he was frozen in place as if he had been cast under a spell.
Next, Zhang Zhitiao's expression as he stared at Liu Shishi was exactly like that of an old lecher, with only a little drool missing.
"Director Zhang! Director Zhang!"
Just as Liu Shishi was feeling very uncomfortable under Zhang Zhitiao's gaze, Du Fei stepped in front of her, blocking his view.
Then, Du Fei deliberately raised his voice and called out twice.
"Ahem, who are you? Do you need something?"
Zhang Zhitiao coughed lightly, pretending that nothing had happened.
After asking, Du Fei explained his intention to build a factory in the development zone.
When Zhang Zhitiao heard that Du Fei wanted to build a factory in the development zone, his face immediately lit up with a smile. "Great, that's excellent news. On behalf of the development zone, I welcome you to invest here. Please let me know if there's anything I can help with. Come, come, please sit down and let's chat."
They chatted for a full hour.
It wasn't until someone knocked on the office door and informed Zhang Zhitiao that it was time for lunch that he finally stood up.
Seeing that they had asked most of what they needed to and that Zhang Zhitiao was also going to have lunch, Du Fei and Liu Shishi proposed to take their leave.
Zhang Zhitiao smiled and saw them to the door.
"I initially thought Director Zhang was a… It seems I judged him by his appearance. I didn't expect him to be such a warm-hearted person."
Liu Shishi said this in the car on the way back after leaving the development zone with Du Fei.
Previously, due to the way Zhang Zhitiao looked at her, Liu Shishi had subconsciously felt that Zhang Zhitiao was a lecher.
But she hadn't expected that during their conversation, Zhang Zhitiao had been very supportive of their plan to build a factory and had offered many helpful suggestions.
This made Liu Shishi feel that she had been biased and had wrongly accused him.
"There's no help for it, though. Who can blame anyone when my girlfriend is so beautiful? Everyone's eyes are drawn to her."
Du Fei, who was driving, teased.
Liu Shishi playfully slapped Du Fei's shoulder. Then she remembered that Du Fei was driving, and this wasn't quite appropriate.
However, she couldn't help but playfully chide him, "Du Fei, I find you're becoming more and more glib. You weren't like this when I first met you."
Du Fei, hearing this, burst into laughter.
Just as the two of them parked the car, they saw Du Yunyun walking towards them from a distance.
"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
When Du Yunyun walked up to him, Du Fei noticed she was scrutinizing him from head to toe and couldn't help but ask.
Du Yunyun said, "Brother, I can't believe you guys have such big hearts. None of you waited at the entrance for your sister to take the college entrance exam? All those students had their aunts and uncles, a whole group of people eagerly waiting at the entrance."
Du Fei thought it was something serious and realized it was just this.
He said helplessly, "Little sister, I told you before you went into the exam hall that Sister Shishi and I had something to do. Besides, didn't you repeatedly say not to have us wait at the entrance? If you insist on saying this, then this afternoon, Sister Shishi, Mom, and I will all three wait for you to come out. Will that be okay?"
"Yunyun, your brother and I did have something to attend to this morning. I'm sorry," Liu Shishi, who was beside them, hadn't expected Du Yunyun to say that and wore an apologetic expression.
"Hahaha!" To their surprise, Du Yunyun suddenly burst into laughter. "I was just teasing you."
"You little rascal, you even played a trick on your brother!"
Du Fei was stunned, then realized he had been tricked by Du Yunyun. He immediately reached out to tickle her.
The moment Du Yunyun saw Du Fei reach out, she tried to dodge.
But how could she dodge Du Fei's speed?
"Haha, haha, Shishi, Sister Shishi, help me."
Du Yunyun was tickled by Du Fei until she couldn't stop laughing and immediately called out to Liu Shishi for help.
However, Liu Shishi, who usually sided with Du Yunyun, deliberately didn't help because Du Yunyun had played a trick on her too.
Du Yunyun couldn't bear the tickling anymore, and with Liu Shishi not helping, she had no choice but to beg Du Fei for mercy.
"Will you dare to play tricks on your brother again next time?"
"I won't, I won't! I'll never dare again. Brother, please let me off."
Seeing that Du Yunyun's attitude of admitting her mistake was decent and that he had 'punished' her enough, Du Fei stopped tickling her.
Then, the three of them walked home together.