Chapter 61 : This… This… What a big mistake

Xu Haifeng glanced at him sideways, “You’re not an honest boy. He invited you to his home after you met just once? I’ve dealt with him several times and we even live in the same building, but he never invited me to his place.”

“Brother Xu, what I said is true. I don’t know why Director Chen is so enthusiastic, but I really only met him once.”

Han Zhenyu was also puzzled. In fact, he couldn’t understand it either.

Then why did Director Chen invite him to his home for no reason and with such an arrogant attitude?

He thought the man might be mentally ill.

Although Xu Haifeng found Director Chen’s attitude strange, he also knew Han Zhenyu had no reason to lie.

Even though Chen Dongsheng was the director of a workshop, he had no authority over their transport team.

Han Zhenyu was not the type to flatter an official.

He said, “Are you here to apply for a permanent position? Go ahead, the director is in the office.”

Han Zhenyu smiled and nodded, “Okay, Brother Xu, I’ll go over first. When I get my salary next month, I’ll treat you all to a meal at the state-owned restaurant.” After saying that, he walked toward Li Chong’s office.

When Xu Haifeng heard him mention treating them, he immediately leaned out of the car and shouted, “We can’t miss the braised pork.”

Han Zhenyu raised his arm and waved without turning his head, “No problem, I’ll give you plenty.”

“What a brotherly guy,” Xu Haifeng said with a smile.

In fact, he admired Han Zhenyu a lot. He remembered when Han Zhenyu first came to the transport team.

Except for Li Shaohua, who occasionally spoke to him, none of the veteran drivers paid him any attention.

A few of the older drivers had heard that Han Zhenyu came from the countryside and had no background, and that he was lucky to be admitted to the transport team.

Those drivers would often try to trip him up, provoke him, and come up with all kinds of tricks to play on him.

If someone with a weaker ability to withstand stress had been in his shoes, they would have collapsed long ago from bullying and exclusion.

But Han Zhenyu acted like nothing had happened. He fought back using his own skills, countering their moves with his own tactics.

He handled all kinds of conspiracies and open schemes, and seven or eight times out of ten, he could fiercely fight back, leaving those people suffering in silence.

Han Zhenyu was also mentally strong. He had a fight with someone the day before, but the next day, he still greeted his enemy with a smile and asked them for advice on car repair techniques.

Those experienced drivers were both laughing and crying because of him, mocking him for being thick-skinned, for looking for trouble right after a fight, and for having no ambition at all.

Han Zhenyu wasn’t angry at all. Instead, he mocked them back.

“Isn’t it normal for brothers to fight? You’re making a big deal out of such a small thing. You’re more petty than a woman. What’s the point of being so tall if you’re going to act like this?”

He beat those people up and also made fun of them for acting like old women.

In the end, he had to teach them his car-repairing skills. They were simply disgusted with him.

I don’t know when it happened, but Han Zhenyu, who had no foundation at first, had now firmly established himself in the transport team. No one dared to bully him anymore, but he didn’t bully others either.

Han Zhenyu had good relationships with everyone now, but Xu Haifeng knew that the only person in the transport team he could truly confide in was probably Li Shaohua.

I suppose I can be considered one of the people he trusts, but our relationship isn’t as close as his with Li Shaohua.

Li Chong looked at Han Zhenyu, who had just entered. He was momentarily surprised, then immediately smiled and joked.

“Zhenyu, your father-in-law just left, and you arrived right after. You look so anxious, like you can’t wait any longer.”

“My father-in-law?” Han Zhenyu was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out when he heard this.

He hurriedly asked, “Director, has my father-in-law arrived? Where is he?”

Although Su Xieqiu had said that she had a bad relationship with her family, he figured that her father must still care about her since he came all the way here.

So no matter what, he had to take care of the person or find a place for him to stay, then notify Su Xieqiu and ask her how to handle the situation.

Han Zhenyu thought that Su Xieqiu must have told her family that he worked in a machinery factory, so her father came to find him.

Therefore, he had no doubt that Chen Chong wasn’t talking about anyone else.

Seeing his big reaction, Chen Chong laughed and said, “Zhenyu, I never thought that you, who are usually so steady, would get so excited when talking about your father-in-law. You must really love your girlfriend.”

Han Zhenyu listened to the joke and smiled embarrassedly, “Director, my wife didn’t tell me that her father was coming over. I was just so surprised.”

“Oh… oh… you’ve even called her ‘wife’ now,” Li Chong pointed at him and laughed, “Zhenyu, Zhenyu, I really didn’t realize you’re so shameless.”

Han Zhenyu originally thought that calling his wife “wife” was no big deal, since most men in the village did the same. But when he heard the director teasing him, he felt a little embarrassed.

He coughed and explained with a smile, “Director, we country folks all call her that. I’ve been hearing it since I was a child, so I can’t help but follow the habit.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay, don’t mind me, I’m just joking. It’s fine as long as your partner has no objection,” Li Chong said, laughing again.

Han Zhenyu had always been mature and steady, and rarely did anything that would make him blush or feel embarrassed.

Now that the opportunity presented itself, Li Chong was making the most of it.

Han Zhenyu looked at the director, who was clearly enjoying himself, and helplessly touched his forehead.

If it were other colleagues or friends, he could easily tease them back.

But the director was much older and was their leader, so they rarely joked with him.

So Han Zhenyu couldn’t say anything and could only stand there, letting him tease him.

Then he asked helplessly, “Director Li, can you tell me where my father-in-law went? He came from so far away, and as his son-in-law, I can’t just ignore him.”

After hearing this, Li Chong slowly put away his smile.

Why did he feel like something was off?

He picked up his teacup and took a sip of water, frowning as he thought about their conversation.

How could Han Zhenyu, such a sensible person, call his girlfriend “wife” in front of others when they were still in the dating stage?

Even if the word “wife” was blurted out earlier.

But now, calling her father “father-in-law” in front of him seemed very strange.

This was completely unlike his usual cautious style.

He had just said that his father-in-law came from such a far place.

But they were all from the same factory. It only took seven or eight minutes for the transport team to walk to a workshop. How could that be considered far?

Is this kid messing with him?

Thinking of this, Li Chong cursed in his heart, then pointed to the chair opposite his desk and said, “Zhenyu, sit down.”

Although Han Zhenyu wanted to know the whereabouts of Su Xieqiu’s father as soon as possible, he saw that Director Li looked like he had something to say and decided to ask later.

After sitting down, Li Chong didn’t keep him in suspense and got straight to the point “Director Chen from the first workshop came over just now. It seems he’s very satisfied with you. Since you and his daughter have been dating for such a long time, have you thought about when to settle down?”

Han Zhenyu was stunned when he heard this. After a long while, he asked incredulously, “Director, what did you just say? I’m dating someone?”

Li Chong frowned at his reaction and told him everything that Chen Dongsheng had asked him to do as a matchmaker.

“Aren’t you dating Director Chen’s daughter? That’s Director Chen from the labor union. Director Chen from Workshop 1 is her father. He came to ask me to be the middleman, saying that he wanted to settle the relationship between you two as soon as possible.”