Chapter 34 Returning a Favor

After getting the permit, Chen Feng of course told his family the good news as soon as possible.

They had been under a lot of pressure these past few days, because in their eyes, this car detailing shop was holding the entire fortune of the two brothers.

If it was really sealed, the investment of hundreds of thousands would be wasted.

Now that they heard Chen Feng say that the matter had been resolved, they were of course very happy and greatly relieved.

Chen Feng did not go home immediately. Taking advantage of the fact that it was still early, he went to the shopping mall to buy some fruits and went to Teacher Zheng’s house.

The first time he bought a gift for his visit was of course more grand. It had only been a few days, so there was no need to buy anything expensive anymore. Otherwise, it would seem distant.

Seeing Chen Feng visit again after a few days, Teacher Zheng and her husband were very happy. Of course, they didn’t think that Chen Feng’s two bags of fruit were too light a gift. On the contrary, they felt a little closer.

After some small talk, it was dinner time again. This time, Chen Feng did not refuse and naturally stayed to eat with the two of them.

Feng Xiaoying did not come over today, but she called during dinner. When she knew that Chen Feng was visiting, she even said a few words to Chen Feng to express her gratitude.

After dinner, the sky darkened, and Chen Feng took his leave. Teacher Zheng was probably a little reluctant because no students had visited her for a long time.

After returning home, he inevitably had to explain a little under the questioning of his family.

However, Chen Feng did not say too much, only that his classmate helped him solve it.

He went upstairs to his room, and the WeChat notification sound rang.

Chen Feng picked it up and saw that it was still from Fang Xiaoyue.

When he was eating at Teacher Zheng’s house earlier, she had sent him a WeChat message asking if he was free tonight.

Chen Feng didn’t reply at the time, and now she sent another one: [Are you there?]

This time, Chen Feng couldn’t not reply.

[I just saw it. I was eating at an elder’s house earlier and didn’t see it.]

[Oh, are you free tonight?]

[I just drove back to Qingpu and just got home.]

[Okay, then you’ll be free tomorrow. I’ll treat you to lunch tomorrow.]

Chen Feng knew that he couldn’t avoid it. After all, he owed her a favor. She did want to help him at the beginning, but she just didn’t succeed in the end.

[I’ll treat you instead. The same old place as last time.]

[Okay, twelve o’clock noon, be there or be square.]

[Okay.]

After setting a time with Fang Xiaoyue, he went to the bathroom to take a shower. When he came out, he saw a WeChat message from Wang Fang.

Since Chen Feng had clearly rejected her last time, Wang Fang had not contacted him much.

He opened it and saw that it was a text message.

[How did you get in touch with Fang Xiaoyue? I remember you two didn’t even talk in high school.]

Only then did Chen Feng know that Fang Xiaoyue had not told Wang Fang about his matter. However, this was also understandable. Although the two of them seemed to have a good relationship now, it was not necessarily to the point where they would talk about everything.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Feng replied: [I asked her for help, so I got in touch.]

[Oh, it seems that she is quite interested in you. She asked me a lot about you, including your family matters. I told her roughly. Do you have any objections?]

Chen Feng thought to himself, you’ve already said it, what’s the point of asking for my opinion? However, he still typed back: [It’s okay. I happen to know her unit leader, so she may have some misunderstandings about me.]

[Oh, I see. But I have to remind you. Fang Xiaoyue is very difficult to deal with. If you just want to play with her and then dump her, it won’t work. She is still single now because her standards are a bit high, but once she falls for someone, she will be very stubborn. It’s not that easy to get rid of her.]

This can be considered a well-intentioned reminder… right?

[She’s still single?] Chen Feng was a little surprised. He had always thought that even if Fang Xiaoyue was not married, she should have a boyfriend. After all, from the looks of it now, her appearance and temperament were not bad, and she was almost thirty years old.

[Yes, you don’t know? She had a boyfriend in college and they broke up. She has been single ever since. Her family has arranged many blind dates for her, but none of them have worked out.]

[Oh. I have no feelings for her. I’m going back to Xiuzhou in a few days.]

[But I think she has feelings for you. If you’re not interested in her, don’t harm her. And don’t cause trouble for yourself. After all, you have a wife. If you want to have an extramarital affair, you can’t find a single woman like her. You can find other women.]

Seeing her last paragraph full of suggestive words, Chen Feng was very speechless. It seemed that Comrade Wang Fang still had some feelings for him.

Chen Feng pretended not to understand the meaning of her words and replied: [I’m taking a call, so I’ll leave it at that.]

After that, Chen Feng ignored her.

The next day at noon, Chen Feng arrived at the restaurant after twelve o’clock. At this time, Fang Xiaoyue was already waiting.

Fang Xiaoyue did not show any dissatisfaction with this.

Chen Feng called the waiter. After the two of them ordered their food, they first drank tea and chatted while waiting for the dishes.

After chatting for a while, Fang Xiaoyue finally got to the point and said, “Yesterday afternoon, our section chief even specifically talked to me and said that he would help me get promoted to deputy section chief at the end of the year. Speaking of which, this is all your credit.”

Hearing her say this, Chen Feng was also happy for her and said, “What credit do I have? I can only say that you are lucky.”

Fang Xiaoyue giggled and said, “It’s good luck to meet you. Otherwise, I would have to wait a few more years to be promoted to deputy section chief.”

Chen Feng smiled and didn’t say anything. If you really think about it, she wasn’t wrong.

“Can you tell me what your relationship is with our Director Feng?”

Fang Xiaoyue blinked her eyes and asked with a curious face.

After hesitating for a long time, Chen Feng finally revealed, “She is Teacher Zheng’s daughter.”

“Teacher Zheng?” Fang Xiaoyue’s eyes widened, “Our high school homeroom teacher?”

Chen Feng nodded slightly.

Fang Xiaoyue was so shocked that she couldn’t speak for a long time. At the same time, she was filled with regret.

She graduated from college and passed the civil service exam at the age of 23 and entered her current unit. She has been there for six years and is still at the same level.

And some of the people who came in later than her have already climbed above her.

Of course, there are many reasons for this, but in her opinion, the main reason is that she has no one above her.

Otherwise, with her education and ability, she felt that she was no worse than anyone else. Why couldn’t she be promoted?

“I didn’t want to tell you at first. Do you know why?” Chen Feng stared at her and asked.

Hearing this, Fang Xiaoyue quickly broke free from her annoyance and said with some shame, “After graduating from high school, I never went to visit Teacher Zheng again.”

Chen Feng nodded, “That’s secondary. The most important thing is that Teacher Zheng was paralyzed two years ago. Only a handful of our classmates have visited her. I am one of them. I just visited her a few days ago. However, I was in Xiuzhou for the past few years and didn’t know about this. I went to see her as soon as I came back and found out. You are in the local area, didn’t you know before?”

Chen Feng’s words were a bit impolite. Fang Xiaoyue lowered her head in shame and annoyance. She had indeed heard about Teacher Zheng’s paralysis a long time ago, but she had no intention of visiting her before.

It was just that she didn’t know that Feng Xiaoying was Teacher Zheng’s daughter before. Otherwise, would she need Chen Feng to tell her now?
“The reason I’m telling you now is because I’m going back to Xiuzhou soon. I can’t visit Teacher Zheng often anymore. In the future, you can help me visit her often. It’s also good to talk to her. In addition, of course, it’s also to return your favor.”

Chen Feng’s words were very direct, but Fang Xiaoyue had to accept his kindness. But in this way, the little bit of ambiguous feelings that had been brewing in her heart before could not help but disappear.

(End of Chapter)