After An Ning and An Guoming arrived in the county town, they went their separate ways.
An Guoming returned to the textile mill, while An Ning took her blueprints and went to the machinery factory.
When she arrived at the machinery factory, as luck would have it, she ran into An Guocheng—her Third Brother from her eldest uncle's family.
"An Ning?"
An Guocheng recognized An Ning at a glance and ran over to her from the gate.
"Third Brother."
An Ning pointed at the truck by the gate and asked, "Are you heading out, Third Brother?"
"No, no, I'm just helping load some things."
An Guocheng reached out to help An Ning with her things, but she refused, saying, "There's no need. I'm just here to drop something off. I'll be leaving in a bit."
"Alright, then you can go on in. I'll finish up this job."
"Okay."
After speaking with An Guocheng, An Ning greeted the old man at the gate and went inside.
