She was requesting nearly half a month off, but as just a team leader, she simply couldn’t get it approved.
Wang Yuemei went to ask the workshop director about it again.
"Comrade Wang, you’re a temporary worker, taking half a month off at once, do you still want to become official?" the workshop director said sternly.
Wang Yuemei also knew she was a temporary worker; it had been years, and she had never become an official worker.
"Director, I really need to take this leave."
Seeing that she insisted on taking the leave after so much discussion, what could the workshop director do?
"Then go ahead and take the leave, but if others become official and you find it difficult to do so, don’t blame me."
The difference between temporary and official workers was significant.
Despite doing the same job, the salary they took home was not the same.
The workshop director remembered that Wang Yuemei seemed to be married, and her husband worked at an appliance store.
Now that she was married, she was not as pliant as before.
She had been working at the factory for so long without ever taking leave.
But now that she was married, she was taking leave, and for half a month at that.
"Tomorrow, I’ll be heading back." She had arrived at the Courtyard House yesterday and stayed on the same kang bed with her future sister-in-law, but she hadn’t been able to purchase a train ticket.
Fang Chaoyang thought about not seeing his partner for half a month and felt a bit unaccustomed to it.
"Then I’ll see you off tomorrow."
I’ll buy him some food to take with him then.
Now wasn’t a good time to suggest, should he follow her back home?
They hadn’t been dating for long.
It also felt too bold to show up at her doorstep uninvited.
Moreover, after Third Brother and the others had left, only her family would be left in Capital City.
If he left, it would be just Grandmother and sister at home, feeling a bit lonely.
"Have you told your parents when you’ll be home? Will they come to the train station to pick you up?"
When Du Ruo heard him asking about this, she said, "When I get there, I’ll be fine; I can just carry my suitcase and go home."
There was absolutely no need for her parents to come pick her up.
Moreover, she had surgery, and her brother-in-law and sister might not be pleased with her.
"Then come back early after the New Year; I won’t return to my hometown this year."
That was indeed something she could do, arriving early in Capital City.
That was definitely not a problem.
Now, there were just the two of them in the living room.
Eeveryone else had gone back to their rooms.
"You can tell your parents about us if you want to, but it’s also fine if you don’t for now," Fang Chaoyang said, still feeling a little nervous about facing his future in-laws.
Wang Jianguo initially seemed so calm, but he too was nervous when meeting his future in-laws, right?
Teasing him, Du Ruo said, "Then I just won’t tell them for the time being."
She didn’t plan to keep it secret for very long.
She feared her parents would introduce her to potential suitors.
Her relatives would enthusiastically make introductions.
Even when she was still studying, they couldn’t wait to do so.
If she became too annoyed, she could reveal the fact that she was seeing someone.
The night was still a bit cold.
But she was leaving tomorrow, and Fang Chaoyang felt somewhat reluctant to let her go.
The man who had been so reserved and rational before was now sitting next to Du Ruo, even holding her hand, "Let me warm your hands up."
On reflection, it was true that men generated more body heat, and his hands were indeed warmer than hers, even if they were a little rough.
After being affectionate for a while, Fang Chaoyang reluctantly sent Du Ruo to go to sleep.
And then he himself knocked on Yun Xiaoxiao’s room door.