Under the moonlight

The car drove smoothly on the road. The journey, which should have only taken a few minutes, felt extremely long to Huang Meng. She pretended to be calm, but kept stealing glances at Zhao Meng, who was driving. His face had lost its childishness and become more defined and resolute, and the one-inch scar on his forearm was very conspicuous.

Huang Meng pretended to casually look away, unaware that her little thoughts had all been seen by Zhao Meng. He glanced at Huang Meng, who was sitting upright to the side, and smiled.

The car stopped outside a factory in the suburbs. Huang Meng got out of the car, glanced back at Zhao Meng, who locked the car, walked to her side, and gestured for her to follow him.

As he reached the entrance, he greeted the security booth. Someone handed them two sets of protective clothing. Huang Meng stared blankly at the protective suits that looked like white coats. Zhao Meng didn't say anything, but put on the protective gear one by one and looked at Huang Meng.

Huang Meng understood, and then took off her handbag, looked around, not knowing where to put it. Just as she was about to throw it on the ground, Zhao Meng caught it and held it in his hand.

Huang Meng glanced at him, a roguish smile on her face, looking right at him.

She hurriedly turned around and, following Zhao Meng's example, put on her gear one by one. Unfortunately, the protective suit that was slightly tight on Zhao Meng almost completely covered her.

After getting dressed, she looked at Zhao Meng and reached out her hand to him. Zhao Meng took two steps closer, bent down slightly, and hung her handbag neatly on her outstretched arm. Then he turned around and waved to her, signaling her to follow him.

Huang Meng stared blankly at the handbag still swaying slightly on her arm, just like her heart trembling slightly. He had been so close to her just now, and his smiling phoenix eyes seemed to be able to see through her thoughts.

Watching Zhao Meng's retreating figure, she quickly jogged after him.

"Go in from here, and you'll find our production line. All the products are manufactured here. This is the semi-finished product storage workshop, where all the semi-finished products undergo secondary quality inspection before final processing."

As Zhao Meng walked, he explained the situation inside. It was Huang Meng's first time encountering these things. She realized that even the common, ordinary daily necessities she used to use required so many complicated procedures to produce.

Zhao Meng took long strides, and she would stop to take a closer look at each place she passed. Zhao Meng was already several steps ahead of her, and she would jog to catch up with him.

Just as she finished watching the slipper production process, she lost sight of Zhao Meng out of the corner of her eye. She turned back to look at the assembly line as she jogged forward, and just like that, she bumped right into Zhao Meng's arms.

"Ouch," Huang Meng rubbed her forehead, which was throbbing from the impact. She thought she had bumped into a wall, but when she looked up, she saw Zhao Meng looking down at her with a smile in his eyes.

"Ah, yes, I'm sorry~ I didn't see it." Huang Meng was extremely annoyed. Why didn't she open her eyes and look? How could she have bumped into someone on such a wide road?

"Are you alright?" Zhao Meng looked at Huang Meng, who was rubbing her forehead with her head down. He turned around and saw that she was watching intently behind him, so he stopped to wait for her. But unexpectedly, she suddenly started jogging.

She bumped into me with quite a bit of force. I was alright, but looking at her flushed cheeks, I wondered if she had hurt herself!

"Oh, no, it's nothing, let's go." Huang Meng kept her hand on her forehead, not because it hurt, but because she felt too embarrassed and ashamed.

Seeing her waving her little hand forward, Zhao Meng checked the time and, without lingering any longer, continued his introduction.

Huang Meng listened to the introduction and looked at it carefully, especially when Zhao Meng said that many of the products here were to be sold to S country, her eyes lit up.

Zhao Meng was unaware of her experiences in country S, but he sensed that she seemed very interested in it, so he focused on explaining to her the information about the products the company exported to country S.

Inadvertently, he also chatted with her about the situation in S country. When talking about the recent war in their country, Zhao Meng noticed that she did not show any surprise or shock, but was very calm.

When he decided to take on Pixi's project, many people around him objected. Their consensus was that doing business with a country that had just experienced war was hardly profitable; it was more like doing charity. But she was different from the others.

"I am not qualified to comment on their country or their government's actions, but the people are innocent. After the war, everything needs to be rebuilt. It is unlikely that you can take advantage of this opportunity to make a quick buck. However, I just saw that you have already produced a batch of goods ahead of schedule and are in such a hurry to ask me to be your translator, which means that you are not entirely in it for the money. That Pisi must be a good friend of yours!"

As Zhao Meng drove, he glanced at Huang Meng, who was looking out the car window, and her words from earlier echoed in his mind.

After many years, she was no longer the shy and timid girl I remembered. When I received her resume today, I was still a little incredulous looking at her photo and name until I met her.

As expected, girls change a lot as they grow up. Now, she is completely different from before. She is not only beautiful, but also has her own ideas.

The car quickly stopped at the company entrance after only a few kilometers. Zhao Meng got out of the car but did not rush inside. Instead, he waited for Huang Meng to get out of the car before they went inside together.

"Boss, please check if there are any problems with this order. If there are no problems, please sign it and we can start production immediately." As soon as he entered, someone came over with documents for him to sign. Zhao Meng stopped and carefully looked through the documents in his hand, frowning in thought from time to time. After a while, he nodded, picked up the pen, and signed his name.

After signing the papers, he glanced back at Huang Meng and beckoned him to follow him. At the conference room door, Zhao Meng shouted towards the office area, "Liang Yuanyuan, come here for a moment."

"Sit wherever you like," Zhao Meng said with a slight smile to Huang Meng. Huang Meng nodded in response, and a moment later, Liang Yuanyuan came in with some documents.

"Yes, hello. We've already completed the onboarding process yesterday. Today, the boss and I will confirm the specific details of your salary and benefits. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have!"

"Okay, sure." Seeing Liang Yuanyuan's smiling face, Huang Meng was also infected by her joy and said with a smile.

"The salary during the internship is four thousand. After the internship, you'll receive five social insurances and one housing fund. Our company also offers birthday and holiday benefits, which you'll receive after you become a full-time employee." Liang Yuanyuan finished speaking and looked at Huang Meng, "Do you have any questions?"

"Hmm, I have no problem." Huang Meng thought about it carefully but couldn't come up with a solution. It was her first time looking for a job, so how would she know what the market rate was or what salary was appropriate?

Zhao Meng kept looking her over, and seeing that she had no problems, he smiled and said to Huang Meng, "Since there are no problems, then today will be considered your first day at work. However, the nature of your job is rather special. Four thousand is the basic salary, and your actual salary will be determined based on the number of orders you translate."

"Okay, sure." Hearing his words, Huang Meng only grasped one key phrase: unstable wages! If they only paid per order, what if they didn't have any translation orders? Wouldn't she only get four thousand? Sure enough, those evil capitalists, don't even think about taking advantage of them!

"Okay, then my task is finished. Boss, I'll go get back to work now!" Liang Yuanyuan finished organizing the documents in front of her, smiled slightly at Huang Meng, and walked out.

"That's all for today. Tomorrow we'll have a batch of products that need to be inspected by the commodity inspection department. We'll send the products over this afternoon. Tomorrow morning, our company staff and representatives from country S will be there. Where are you staying? I'll come pick you up."

"Ah, oh, it's okay, I'll just take a taxi myself." Huang Meng was taken aback when he suddenly asked her where she lived.

“We still have some documents to take with us. We need to go to the company first tomorrow. Besides, you're not familiar with the product yet. Aren't you nervous going directly to the commodity inspection department tomorrow?”

Huang Meng saw Zhao Meng looking at her and thought about what he said, which made sense. "Okay then, I'll send you the location of the neighborhood."

"Okay, sure." Zhao Meng showed Huang Meng his WeChat QR code. She stared at it blankly for a few seconds before realizing that she didn't have his contact information. She quickly took out her phone and scanned it.

On the way back, he clicked on his WeChat profile picture. This scene seemed to have appeared in his dream. Now, he had actually added him on WeChat. Could all of this be a dream, just like he had dreamt about countless times before?

She turned off her phone and watched the street scenes flash by outside the car window, as if scenes from the past were playing out before her eyes like a movie.