In the following days, Xue Yue didn't see Gu Yuwei again. She did, however, see that man from Hong Kong once more. He came to her workplace regarding the same matter as before.
Xue Yue didn't go to the meeting room, but she later heard that the higher-ups had already approved their plan to build a factory in Beijing City, though it still required further review.
Life went on like this, and in the blink of an eye, it was summer.
By June, Yang Wenxiu's belly was already very large. Shitou didn't dare let her continue working and wanted her to stay home to await childbirth, which was only natural.
Xue Yue bought some gifts and went to Shitou's house.
This was Xue Yue's first time visiting Shitou. She entered a courtyard where another family lived in the front. You had to walk down a small path to the back of the courtyard to reach Shitou's house.
At that moment, Shitou's mother was in the courtyard washing clothes, her hands ceaselessly scrubbing a garment on a washboard.
