Chapter 624 - Chapter 624: Chapter 611: Unacceptable (1/2)
Chapter 624: Chapter 611: Unacceptable
“Now, no one can call me a weakling anymore.”
The speaker wore a faint smile at the corner of his mouth as he said this, clearly satisfied and grateful for the work at hand.
Zhuang Qingning saw the man’s joy and also cracked a friendly smile, “If you like it here, then you must work hard. The better you perform and more cloth you weave, the more money you will make.”
“Naturally.” The man nodded vigorously, “I’m looking to earn more money so I can take a wife in the future.”
His candor made the people around him, all busy with their work, raise their heads and share a cordial laugh. Someone even teased, “Apart from pursuing a wife, Ge Wu seems to have nothing else on his mind.”
As these words left his mouth, laughter erupted spontaneously from the crowd.
Ge Wu, feeling a tad embarrassed by the laughter, awkwardly scratched the back of his head in front of Zhuang Qingning.
“Get back to work.” Zhuang Qingning smiled.
“Yes.” He quickly resumed his work.
Zhuang Qingning glanced at him one more time, before she slowly moved on.
Zhuang Yutian, after a brief pause, followed step with Zhuang Qingning and left the workshop together.
After a careful look around to confirm no one was watching, Zhuang Yutian turned to Zhuang Qingning and asked in a hushed voice, “Was there something odd about that man just now?”
“How so?” Instead of answering, Zhuang Qingning countered with a question.
“You inspected the entire workshop, your expression normal while you looked at others, without your gaze lingering anywhere for too long. But you spent a considerable amount of time talking with that man. It felt kind of odd.” Yutian explained.
“Speaking of which, that man was hired recently when we needed more hands. He seemed dilligent and his weaving was efficient, so we kept him.” Yutian added.
“But there’s always something secretive about his gaze that makes one uneasy, like something is off. There’s no evidence though, and the work he does is acceptable, so we kept him on.”
“I didn’t notice anything off about him, but I did detect a peculiar scent on him.” Zhuang Qingning chuckled in response.
“Scent?” Zhuang Yutian was bewildered. “What scent?”
Zhuang Qingning touched her nose, lowered her voice and whispered something into Zhuang Yutian’s ear.
The expression on Zhuang Yutian’s face changed from initial surprise to solemn and finally to gloomy.
Around sunset, Zhuang Qingning left the weaving workshop. After seeing her off, Zhuang Yutian went to the cloth shop to inspect it. After dinner, he came back to the weaving workshop to check it again. After everyone else had left, he instructed the overnight watchman to keep a good eye on the workshop before he yawned and headed home.