Chapter 25: Blank
Translator: Kim Guo Editor: Tehm
Everything went smoothly at the anniversary. Except for the routine arguments, nothing
bothered Huang Xuan. The kids took care of their own business, just as in the past years.
Huang Jianxuan was still in the hospital, and nothing had been heard about Huang Liming.
Huang Xuan’s mom returned his bank card. Besides the 16 million, 100,000 yuan had been
deposited in it as pocket money.
Huang Xuan was supposed to be happy, but the atmosphere in the family was getting weirder
and weirder—his mom seldom went to her office; his dad spent a lot of time staying at home,
and even lived in the ancestral residence, which had never happened before. Huang Qunsheng
was a scholar, who knew nothing about politics and had chosen to be away from the power
center of the family, but now, everything was unusual.
Zhang Xinyi shuttled between the company and the ancestral residence several days in a row.
Even the butler Zhou Lian was barely at home. Nobody told Huang Xuan what had happened.
He was confused when Huang Xuan demanded, “I need more energy.”
Huang Xuan was glad that he had something to do, although it would cost more money.
Zhang Haoji seemed to be busier than before. He used to travel to different cities with new
female companions; however, he had stayed in Nanjing these days and hadn’t been able to
make time for Huang Xuan.
Huang Xuan had to take a taxi to Fuxin construction site, which was as busy as before and
didn’t change a thing because of the depression of the family. Li Shenggang had become a
manager and had his own office, but Huang Xuan only cared about the generators.
Hearing that his young boss would come, Li Shenggang had been long waiting at the entrance
to the construction site, wearing a suit. The busy trucks threw up a cloud of dust as they roared
by, which fell slowly and stuck to Li Shenggang’s suit. The noises of the generators could be
heard clearly. Huang Xuan got out of the taxi with his brows knitted. Li Shenggang’s face had
been covered with dust by then, and there were heavy bags under his triangular eyes. It seemed
he hadn’t slept well last night.
“Didn’t sleep well?” asked Huang Xuan casually. To some extent, Li Shenggang had almost been
his immediate subordinate, maybe his first subordinate, although he loathed those triangular
eyes.
Li Shenggang blinked his eyes and said, “The generators are too loud at night.”
“Can’t they be put farther from the residential area?” Since the noises could be heard from here,
Huang Xuan could imagine how annoying they were during the night.
“There are 30 generators on the site.” Li Shenggang was embarrassed. “The construction is
rapid. Although the generators have been set at the foot of the mountain, the noises are still too
loud.” At this point, he peeked at Huang Xuan and continued, “I have stifled some complaints of
the workers, but I am afraid it won’t work for long.”
Huang Xuan could understand, but it was impossible to stop the generators, which Rolin would
oppose. Besides, there must be a place for them, anyway.
He stopped, looked around with his hand shading the sunshine, and then said, “Increase the
workers’ salaries as compensation.”
Li Shenggang seemed indeed under a lot of pressure. He didn’t decline. “It’s the only option
right now.” He peeked at Huang Xuan again. One month ago, he had been just a secretary,
whom could be bossed about by anyone, but now, he could almost boss everybody on the site
around, which all was attributed to this bigwig he had attached himself to. Nevertheless, since
Li Shenggang hadn’t done a satisfying job recently, he was worrying that this teenager might
Hearing this, Huang Xuan was shocked. He had gone out twice and left these things to Rolin. He
moved his lips and said to Rolin, “Rolin, what happened? Did anybody find out?”
“No records of the authority’s interference, but you can move the energy chain to a new spot.”
“Where?”
“How about a run-down factory?”
Rolin had never talked with Huang Xuan in a tone of discussion. However, Huang Xuan didn’t
notice the difference.
Huang Xuan looked at Li Shenggang, who was playing with ants. “It seems that he is suspicious,
but it’s Rolin’s business.” Huang Xuan believed Rolin should be able to protect himself and said,
“The electricity is supposed to be transmitted to the factory over the public circuit. Now that
some people have asked, I will have it connected in several days.”
As to how the electricity will be transmitted to the factory over the public circuit, Huang Xuan
thought it was none of Li Shenggang’s business. Anyway, he had given him an explanation. He
didn’t care whether he believed it or not. Leaving Li Shenggang in the dust, Huang Xuan got in a
taxi quickly.
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