Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander-Chapter 1210 - 799: Breaking Through

First watch.

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In this era, toys are considered luxury items for most families. Adding on some orders that are processed externally, the toy factory has become one of the few places that operates only on a long day shift.

The workers are all locals, so the factory only has a few dorms for those on duty. By seven o’clock at night, the entire factory area appears particularly deserted.

The warehouse is at the back of the factory, easy to find even at night—only one room among a row of houses has the lights on.

From a distance, Zhao Yulan halted her steps.

"Mom..." Chuxia softly called out and held her hand, "It’s fine, we’re just going to take a look. If she’s nice, we’ll be nice. If she’s not, we won’t be either."

"Or..." Zhao Yulan hesitated as she looked at her daughter, "Or we can just go back. Actually... she hasn’t really done anything. Since we know about it, we can just let your dad stay away from her in the future."

Chuxia nodded: "Sure, whatever you decide, Mom." She really didn’t want to make decisions for her mom; such matters need to make mom feel comfortable. Just like mom said, there’s really no issue, and dad’s heart is only with mom, truly and sincerely. If we go over, it would make it seem like we care too much about her.

This thought had been spinning in her mind on the way here, but she worried that expressing it might make mom feel she wasn’t taking mom’s matters to heart, so she refrained from saying it.

"Just let it go like this?" Lin Mengran looked at the mother and daughter in disbelief, "People like her, if you don’t give them a scare, they’ll definitely take more and more liberties. Even if uncle is a decent person, what if she frames him?"

"Okay, you’re overthinking it..." Chuxia laughed as she ruffled her head, "Later, my dad and mom will come to the factory together to pick up and deliver goods, let’s see how she can take advantage of that."

"So we’re not going? Just going back?" Lin Mengran was still somewhat reluctant. It was hard to be a bodyguard once and didn’t even get to enjoy it, and now we’re going back; that’s too dull.

"Yeah, let’s just take it as a stroll." Chuxia laughed as she pulled her arm to head back, "Originally, it was all hot-headed decision-making, not thought through carefully. Thinking about it now, rushing over like this is really inappropriate, gives her too much importance, right?"

"Huh?" Lin Mengran blinked several times and quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, that’s the reason. So we won’t find her anymore. But since we’re here, can I go see what she looks like, is that okay?" She looked at the mother and daughter for confirmation, her face full of anticipation.

"Sure, go ahead, just don’t alert her..." After a brief pause, Chuxia said, "I’ll go with you, I haven’t seen her either."

Zhao Yulan looked helpless: "Keep it down, I’ll wait here for you."

"Don’t worry." Chuxia replied as she quietly led Lin Mengran over. The door was ajar, and they stood at the entrance, just able to see Zhang Yuzhen sitting under the lamp stitching a cloth doll.

Round face, not very big eyes, quite dark skin, hair a bit messy. Sitting down it’s hard to tell her height, but she seemed just over 1.6 meters at most. Compared to Zhao Yulan, in terms of height and appearance, there was a huge gap.

A woman like that, still wanting to covet my dad, really is a daydream!

"Tch!"

The woman suddenly blew her nose, flung it, then wiped it on the wall, causing Chuxia’s stomach to churn uncontrollably, leading her to dry heave. Lin Mengran got startled, quickly pulling her aside and patting her back while complaining: "I told you not to eat so much and you wouldn’t listen, uncomfortable now, huh? How should I say this, we’ve walked for half a day and it’s still like this, are we not sleeping tonight?"

The warehouse door opened, and the woman walked out, cautiously scrutinizing them: "How did you get in here?"

Lin Mengran smiled pleasantly at her: "Hello Auntie, we live next to your factory. My sister ate a bit too much for dinner and wanted to walk it off. We didn’t dare go far, so we wandered into the factory. The guard knows us, he agreed to let us in, saying the factory doesn’t have many people, and it’s quite safe."

Originally wanting to straighten up, Chuxia could only lean on her shoulder, playing dead—or not really playing; her stomach was still churning, too disgusting!

"Girls shouldn’t stay out too long, head back early." Zhang Yuzhen advised and went back inside.

Lin Mengran quickly replied: "Sure, sure, we’ll head back soon."

Zhao Yulan ran over, looking worriedly at Chuxia, lowering her voice to ask: "Are you okay?"

Chuxia let out a long sigh of relief, feeling much better in her stomach, and nodded at Zhao Yulan: "Mom, I’m fine, let’s go."

"Oh, isn’t this Yulan? What brings you here?" Before the three of them could take a step, Zhang Yuzhen came out, "I was worried, so I came out to have a look..." She swept her eyes over their faces and continued, "Yulan, you know these two kids, don’t you?"

Chuxia quietly tugged Zhao Yulan’s sleeve, motioning for her to lie and say she didn’t know them. On the other side, Lin Mengran already quickly blurted out, "Don’t know, don’t know..."

"I know them!"

With Zhao Yulan’s acknowledgment, Lin Mengran was suddenly at a loss and looked to Chuxia for help, not knowing what to do.

"This is my daughter."

Another confirmation stopped Chuxia’s fast-moving brain. Her mom had already admitted it, and explaining would be useless—it was clear that for her mom, lying about her daughter was absolutely out of the question.

Alright, deeply touched, but it’s also quite frustrating. Weren’t they supposed to not meet? Yet here they were, meeting in such a manner. Alas, curiosity really does kill the cat. If only she hadn’t been curious about Zhang Yuzhen’s appearance, it would have been fine.

Forget it, there’s no point in thinking about it, might as well use this opportunity to ask some questions. Even if the other side lies, something might slip out.

"Your daughter is truly beautiful!" Zhang Yuzhen scrutinized Chuxia a few times and praised her, smiling at Zhao Yulan, "You are truly blessed to have such a beautiful daughter. Now you get to bask in her glory, unlike my son, who still needs me to take care of him."

"Auntie..." Chuxia stepped forward with a smile, "How old is your son?"

Zhang Yuzhen looked proud: "He’s twenty-four this year, studying at B University."

"Then why does he still need you to take care of him?" Chuxia stared directly at her, "B University has dorms and allowances. In other words, he has food, clothes, and a place to live while studying. Why did you come to the Capital City, missing food, clothes, and shelter? How exactly are you taking care of him?"

"..." Zhang Yuzhen was dumbfounded as she stared at Chuxia for a long time without uttering a word.

"Auntie, my father helped you out of village camaraderie because he is honest and kind. But there are times when one should help and should not help—someone like you should absolutely not be helped.

I came to the factory tonight on my initiative. My mom trusts my dad and also thinks it’s no big deal for him to help you, but I dislike you. What gives you the right to criticize my mom?

What does it matter to you whether my mom is content or grateful? What right do you have to interfere if there is something between my mom and dad? My dad has helped you, just earn your money honestly through your work, and what’s with all the boasting in front of my mom?

Actually, when I saw you working under the lamp just now, I intended not to stoop to your level, but since you insisted on showing up, don’t blame me..." Chuxia turned to Zhao Yulan, "Mom, does dad know you came after me?"

Zhao Yulan, knowing her daughter was acting like this to protect her, certainly couldn’t let her daughter take the fall for her. She looked at Zhang Yuzhen: "My daughter is angry because she saw me and Baohe having an argument and insisted on knowing what’s going on. The issue with you pestering Baohe after your marriage has always been a knot in my heart, and I couldn’t get over it so I told her the truth. She’s here to find you because she cares about me, and I also wanted to come ask you face-to-face. These years we haven’t been in contact, and suddenly you come out like this, what’s your plan."

"Which one of you is telling the truth?" Zhang Yuzhen’s gaze swept back and forth between the mother and daughter; Lin Mengran, disgruntled, stepped forward and shielded Chuxia, "What does all this concern you? You don’t look like a good person. Better explain it all clearly, otherwise, you can pack up and get out tomorrow!"

"Who is this?" Zhang Yuzhen turned to Zhao Yulan, "I remember you only had one daughter. Why is there another one now?"

"This is my daughter’s classmate and a good friend." Zhao Yulan looked at her calmly, "Initially, arriving here, I wasn’t planning to question you, thinking since you haven’t done anything.

The two kids came over just curious to see what kind of person would do such disrespectful things. Now that we’re face to face, we should all be clear about it.

What Xiao Ran said reflects my own thoughts. Clear the air, stop doing anything unnecessary, and you can continue working here. Otherwise, pack up and leave."

"Yulan, I remember you weren’t like this before. Seems like having a good life has made you ruthless?" Zhang Yuzhen sighed, turning to Chuxia, "Girl, you misunderstand me because you don’t understand our past grievances.

Honestly, your dad and I had nothing going on. I’m grateful for his help, so when I saw your mom, I thanked her. The extra words I said were out of genuine desire for them to get along well.

You don’t know, they argued quite a lot when they were young. Back then, my husband and I were always bickering too; when I returned to my parents’ home and saw your dad, I’d chat a bit. Really, there wasn’t much more to it; your mom always overthought things.

Now that I’m so much older and my son has made it to college, once he starts working, I’ll be waiting to enjoy life. How could I still be pining for your dad? It’s just your mom, with her excessive suspicions. Look at me, do you think your dad would look at me twice?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)

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