Chapter 72 - Chapter 72 - 72 Is She Your Girlfriend? (1/2)

Chapter 72 – 72 Is She Your Girlfriend?

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With Wang Qingshan’s help, the work sped up significantly.

And although Wang Qingshan looked as rotund as a small hill, he was all muscle.

A bag of flour weighed a hundred pounds, and Chen Yu usually found carrying one bag somewhat strenuous, but Wang Qingshan could effortlessly shoulder three at a time.

This scene genuinely left Chen Yu a bit dumbfounded.

The day was no different from any other, the only change being that Wang Qingshan’s arrival had given Chen Yu quite a bit of leisure time.

He could even have a decent conversation with the neighbors who visited the place.

In the past, Chen Yu would have been too busy to do more than offer a symbolic response to the neighbors’ chatter.

At half past eleven in the morning, Tong Ming sent someone to pick up a thousand pounds of marinated meat.

They also paid an advance and said they would take another thousand pounds in the afternoon, asking Chen Yu to keep it aside for them.

It seemed that Tong Ming’s company in Suzhou City was well established, and they had quite a few employees.

At half past four in the afternoon, Tong Ya came back to the store with Tuan Tuan.

Oddly, Tong Ya was wearing a hat and a mask, and also had sunglasses covering her face.

When she first walked in, even Chen Yu almost failed to recognize her.

“What happened to you? Why are you all disguised like this?” Chen Yu asked, somewhat worried that Tong Ya might be allergic to something.

Tong Ya still cautiously looked around the shop before she took off her mask and sunglasses.

“It’s nothing, just that the sunlight outside is too glaring.”

Right in the midst of their conversation, a small pickup truck and two vans suddenly stopped at the entrance.

These were Tong Ming’s company vehicles, here to collect the marinated meat.

Chen Yu did not dare to neglect his duties and quickly instructed the kitchen staff to get ready.

He had barely called out when Tong Ming, supported by two bodyguards, hurried into the shop.

When he saw Tong Ya standing with Chen Yu and Tuan Tuan, he looked utterly stupefied.

Tong Ya also opened her mouth wide, instinctively wanting to go upstairs.

Tong Ming immediately made a gesture akin to an eagle catching a chick, blocking her way.

“Why are you here?”

Chen Yu frowned, sensing that Tong Ming’s gaze toward Tong Ya was somewhat unusual.

Almost instinctively, Chen Yu pulled Tong Ya into his arms.

“Old Master Tong, do you know my girlfriend?”

Tong Ming’s eyes widened in shock: “She’s your girlfriend?”

Chen Yu nodded, looking at Tong Ming with a hint of confusion.

He wondered if the old man was seriously ill; why such a big reaction to learning Tong Ya was his girlfriend?

The next moment, Tong Ming suddenly shouted, “Heaven has eyes!”

He had been puzzled as to why Tang Xiaowei specifically instructed him to be at the shop personally between four-thirty and five in the afternoon.

Now he understood, his daughter had already become someone else’s stepmother.

Of course, she had to take up the responsibility of the child’s school runs.

It was the peak of the off-work rush, and the shop was filled with customers. Hearing Tong Ming’s sudden outburst, they all turned to look, puzzled.

Wang Qingshan, seeing this commotion from the kitchen, immediately grabbed a kitchen cleaver and rushed out.

“Master, is someone causing trouble?”

Chen Yu coughed twice, signaling Wang Qingshan to return to the kitchen first.

Even he wasn’t clear about what exactly had happened.

Tong Ya’s chest heaved violently a few times before she looked at Chen Yu like a child who had made a mistake.

“I’m sorry, I never told you, but he is actually my father.”

Chen Yu’s pupils suddenly dilated, and he looked at Tong Ming with a mix of astonishment in his eyes.