Chapter 392: Can You Stop This Madness?

"Mom, would I ever hurt you? I didn’t even give this to Qin Wenhao; I saved it just for you!"

Fu Mingxue’s words left Mrs. Fu speechless.

’What kind of pill is it that she’s so insistent I take?’

"I’m not eating it."

Fu Mingxue: ...?

She took a deep breath. "Fine. If you’re not going to eat it, then I’ll just eat it myself."

With that, she made a show of popping the pill into her own mouth.

The next second, Mrs. Fu snatched the pill from her hand and quickly tossed it into her own mouth.

She smacked her lips. "How did it disappear so fast? And it’s not even bitter?"

’It wasn’t sweet either. Definitely not a piece of candy.’

Fu Mingxue: ...?

She chuckled. "Mom, don’t worry, it’s not poisonous. It’s really good stuff; you’ll find out in time. Alright, hurry up and eat your dumplings! They won’t taste good if they get cold."

Dumplings were best eaten hot.

Mrs. Fu shot her a look.

"Stop buying this kind of junk in the future."

’Other things, maybe, but medicine? You can’t just buy that randomly!’

Fu Mingxue had wanted to say that she definitely wouldn’t, since it wasn’t something you could just buy.

’But then again,’ she thought, ’what if the system glitches out and gives me this kind of reward again?’

The mother-daughter duo finished off the dumplings.

The two little ones had also cleaned their plates.

They loved dumplings, too.

After dinner, Fu Mingxue remembered her task.

"Alright, darlings, it’s study time! Come on over."

Mrs. Fu: ...?

’Here we go again.’

’Why must you torture them like this?’

’Shouldn’t children this young be playing happily?’

’The neighbor’s kid is nine years old. The second he’s out of school, he runs off to play until he’s drenched in sweat, and his mother doesn’t even bother him about studying.’

’And her two kids—they aren’t even two years old!’

’Isn’t this that... what-you-call-it... "pulling up the shoots to help them grow"?’

Unfortunately for her, the two little ones were quite willing.

The moment their mother called, they waddled over eagerly—

After all, Mommy said there were rewards for studying.

And they liked Mommy’s rewards.

The next day, Fu Mingxue rode her bicycle to work.

"Mom, don’t wait for me for dinner. I might be back very late."

Mrs. Fu nodded. "Okay, I got it. Just focus on your work!"

’The work might be hard, but the pay was great! It wouldn’t feel right if she didn’t put in the extra effort for that kind of money.’

Fu Mingxue arrived at the factory gate on her trademark bicycle.

The security guards hadn’t seen her in over a month, so when they saw her arriving for work, they hurried to greet her. "Group Leader Fu, you’re back!"

"Yep, back to work!" Fu Mingxue tossed the words over her shoulder and entered the factory.

She had to report to Director Geng first.

Luckily, Director Geng had already been in for a while.

He was pleasantly surprised to see her.

"Why didn’t you rest at home for another day? I thought you were coming back to work tomorrow."

"Now that I’m back, it’s only natural I’d come to work, especially after being away for so long. By the way, Director Geng, is there a man at our factory named Gu Qingyun?"

Director Geng froze for a moment when he heard that.

His expression turned a little strange. "—Gu Qingyun? We do have one, but *she’s* a young woman."

Now it was Fu Mingxue’s turn to be shocked. "Huh? A young woman?"

’Thinking back on the letter... it never actually said Gu Qingyun was a man.’

’Looks like I just jumped to conclusions.’

"That must be the one, then. Which workshop is she in?"

Director Geng asked, "Are you sure she’s the one you’re looking for? She’s in the assembly workshop. I can have someone get her for you."