210: Chapter 210 Smoking Cessation Card! Shall we go to Happy Valley?

Chapter 210: Smoking Cessation Card! Want to go to Happy Valley?

Because this was a matter of a salary increase, and it was personally ordered by the big boss.

Jiuxiang Food moved very quickly; by the next day, the entire salary increase plan was reviewed and approved by Su Yang.

On Friday the 5th, Jiuxiang Food held a general staff meeting.

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At the meeting, Su Yang briefly summarized the excellent performance achieved by Jiuxiang Food.

He also gave high praise to the outstanding employees and management of Jiuxiang Food.

This included some high-performing employees, production lines with stable quality, and the hardworking management team. Finally, he announced the good news of a company-wide salary increase!

Things went exactly as Su Yang expected.

When he announced the news of the raise, the entire food company's staff erupted in excitement, with thunderous applause!

The overall employee loyalty at Jiuxiang Food began to rise, and the magnitude of the increase was not small.

Nearly ten more employees saw their loyalty break through to 90!

Most of them were workers with little education and simple, honest personalities.

Ding Weichao, who was working in the maintenance department, also looked excited upon hearing about the raise.

He hadn't expected to catch a salary increase so soon after graduating and becoming a regular employee.

After this raise, he would be able to take home seven thousand a month.

Working nine-to-five, weekends off, social security and housing fund included, plus free room and board, and taking home seven thousand a month.

He felt this job wasn't any worse than those with a monthly salary of over ten thousand!

He estimated that if he posted the salary and benefits of Jiuxiang Food in his class group chat, those who hadn't found jobs would die of envy!

Who told some of them not to even participate in the spring recruitment?

Among the ordinary workers, many were also laughing quietly:

“Those people who went to Tunyun Food probably regret it now!”

“That's for sure. The main thing here is no night shifts, and the work is relatively easy!”

“I heard Old Wang can't hold on over at Tunyun Food anymore. He's already in his forties, working twelve hours a day on shifts—does he really think he's a young man?”

“They probably didn't expect a salary increase!”

“But it's probably going to be very hard to come back now!”

“Exactly. Before the raise, many friends were asking me if the factory needed more people. Now that there’s a raise... a whole crowd will probably want to squeeze in!”

“This is the big boss's promise. He said back then that as long as we work hard and the company performs well, he would definitely increase our salary and benefits!”

“...”

[Ding~ Jiuxiang Food employee Chen Wanggui's loyalty has reached 90. You have obtained a Smoking Cessation Card.]

Uh?

Smoking Cessation Card?

Su Yang took slight note of it, finished explaining the new merit and award system for Jiuxiang Food, and then sat back in his seat.

While it was Tan Yanghong's turn to speak, Su Yang took the opportunity to properly check the special reward dropped by Chen Wanggui.

[Smoking Cessation Card: After use, the target will have a persistent and extremely strong repulsion to cigarettes, will never relapse, and will have physical damage from long-term smoking repaired within one month.]

[Hint: Forty-four-year-old Chen Wanggui has had an unremarkable life. The only two things he is proud of are his daughter getting into university and securing a government job, and quitting a twenty-year smoking habit all at once when he was thirty-five!]

[Usage: Imagine in your mind who you want to use it on!]

This reward was a bit useless again; Su Yang didn't even smoke!

However, there were people around him who did.

Then he thought of his father.

He was also an old chain smoker who had tried to quit in the past.

But he wasn't as impressive as Chen Wanggui.

Looking closely, this Smoking Cessation Card could actually repair damage caused by long-term smoking.

It was still very valuable!

“Sorry, Dad!” Su Yang lowered his head, pursing his lips to stifle a laugh. “I’m going to have to strip you of this hobby!”

With a thought, the 'Smoking Cessation Card' he had just obtained from the system dissipated.

A hundred kilometers away, Old Su was holding a teacup with a cigarette in his mouth, leisurely strolling through his own kiwi orchard.

He had this habit: after every meal, if the weather was suitable, he would go out for a stroll.

The few acres of kiwi orchard by the door were his first choice.

Recently, his son's business had been doing quite well.

At first, he would send home ten or twenty thousand yuan a month. Recently, he had been sending home fifty thousand a month...

It was so much that both he and his wife felt quite a bit of pressure!

Doing business really was the way to make money!

He had even advised his son not to send too much money back and to save up to buy a house and get a wife.

But his son told him that he had already saved enough for a house in the city.

However, he didn't care for ordinary houses in Rongcheng.

He wanted to buy a big villa, the kind where he could plant a few acres of vegetables in the city, and then invite them to live in Rongcheng!

To be honest, with their son being so capable, he and his wife felt a bit helpless.

Because the money in the bank account was growing, combined with their son's persuasion.

Both he and his wife had started to become lazy.

The weather was too hot, and they no longer had any desire to go out and work.

It seemed the family wasn't short on money anyway!

Every day they just enjoyed the air conditioning and listened to audiobooks.

The grade of cigarettes he smoked had even gone up a level!

His wife had also become lazy.

As soon as the weather got hot, she would lie in bed watching TV dramas on her phone, and she was putting on more and more weight.

She had also learned how to shop online, buying things that were cheap but strange...

They weren't even fifty yet, but it felt like they were living a retired life!

Just then, he suddenly felt a nauseating, pungent odor fill his mouth!

“Blech~”

He lowered his head and opened his mouth, unable to stop himself from gagging.

The cigarette in his mouth fell onto the weedy ground.

What was going on?

Old Su almost threw up his lunch.

Sitting on the ridge of the field, he rested for a long while. Once the smell in his mouth dissipated, he habitually took a cigarette out of the pack and put it in his mouth.

He lit the cigarette and took a gentle puff.

The expected feeling didn't come; instead, that nauseating, pungent taste instantly filled his mouth again!

“Blech~”

“What's wrong?”

Seeing her husband return home looking a bit disheveled, Su Yang's mother asked in confusion.

Old Su said in a serious tone, “Something seems to be wrong with my body!”

Su Yang's mother put down her phone and asked nervously, “What's wrong?”

“I feel nauseous as soon as I smoke!”

“Isn't that normal? I feel nauseous when I smell smoke too!”

“...”

“Do you have any other problems with your body?”

“Doesn't seem like it!”

Su Yang's mother laughed and picked up her phone to watch her drama again. “Isn't that great then?”

“Uh...”

“This might be your body protesting against you!”

“You can put it that way?”

“You can go to the hospital for a check-up!”

“...”

Su Yang didn't know how much trouble a casual action of his had caused his father.

After grabbing a meal at the Jiuxiang Food canteen, he still called home to ask about things indirectly.

His mother didn't suspect anything and just said his father felt nauseous when smoking and suspected something was wrong with his body.

Su Yang also encouraged his parents to come to the hospital in Rongcheng for a comprehensive physical examination.

Eventually, his parents agreed!

After leaving Jiuxiang Food, Su Yang thought of Hao Yue again.

He didn't know the specifics of the girl's family situation or if the lawyers from Hongyu had helped her.

Of course, it wasn't appropriate for him to ask Hao Yue directly.

So he dialed Liu Fengshan's number.

“In July, has a girl named Hao Yue come to look for a lawyer recently?”

“Boss, I need to check. I'll call you back in ten minutes!”

“Alright!”

Ten minutes later, Su Yang received a reply from Liu Fengshan.

Hao Yue hadn't been there, and no one with the surname Hao had either!

After all, it wasn't a very common surname.

“Okay then!”

Hanging up the phone, Su Yang felt a bit helpless.

He had thought Hao Yue would seek legal advice!

After all, for matters involving economic disputes, consulting a lawyer is more helpful.

Many experienced lawyers have seen it all.

They are much more sensitive to cases than Su Yang and have a richer store of legal knowledge.

Since the Hao family wasn't in a hurry, there was no need for him to pay too much attention.

Receiving a call from Zhan Qingfei, Su Yang went along to a bar for some fun.

At the bar, he listened to Zhan Qingfei recount his recent embarrassing story.

It was roughly about taking a girl to a hotel for a room at night.

The result was that the next morning, he heard the girl talking on the phone with her boyfriend, so he quickly got dressed and ran!

Ou Xiaoning said sourly from the side, “Aren't you afraid of catching something!”

“There were protective measures!”

“But it's not 100%!”

“...”

“Brother Su, let's go dance!”

Huang Quan couldn't listen anymore and invited Su Yang.

“Okay!”

Amidst the deafening music, men and women were going wild on the dance floor.

Mingling on the dance floor, Su Yang noticed that Huang Quan was acting a bit strangely today.

Her body was making subtle contact with his, seemingly even more obvious than before.

It even caused Su Yang to have a slight reaction.

Su Yang caught Huang Quan and said, “Be careful, don't just rub against me!”

“What? I can't hear you!”

“Don't rub against me!”

Su Yang said in her ear.

Then, he felt his mouth get wet.

Under the dim lights, Su Yang couldn't see Huang Quan's expression clearly.

But he knew she must be looking at him.

In this situation, how could Su Yang possibly hold back.

He pulled her directly into his arms, lowered his head, and kissed her on the nose.

After finding the right position, he moved down.

Huang Quan's small but somewhat firm body stiffened slightly, then went soft.

She let Su Yang do as he pleased!

Subsequently, she began to respond actively to Su Yang.

She even used force to press her body tighter against Su Yang's!

Others on the dance floor didn't pay much attention when they saw this.

In this kind of bar atmosphere, this kind of situation was quite common.

They had seen even more outrageous things!

About ten minutes later, Huang Quan suddenly widened her eyes, grabbed Su Yang's wandering hand... and then broke free from his embrace!

Su Yang found it a bit funny; this girl had no experience yet dared to make a move on him!

With his arm around Huang Quan's waist, Su Yang helped her leave the dance floor.

However, when they were about to reach the booth, Huang Quan gently pulled Su Yang's hand away.

Su Yang didn't mind!

Huang Quan sat quietly on the sofa, her legs together, sitting very properly—she actually had a bit of a ladylike air!

It was just that every time she met Su Yang's gaze, she would avoid it!

At eleven o'clock, when everyone was breaking up, Su Yang took the initiative to offer to take Huang Quan back.

Zhan Qingfei naturally sold out Huang Quan with a chuckle!

The atmosphere in the car was a bit silent; Huang Quan's face was still red.

It was unclear if it was from the alcohol or from shyness.

When they were almost home, Huang Quan suddenly called out, “Brother Su!”

“Yeah!”

“Are you free this weekend?”

“I think so!”

“Do you want to go somewhere to play?”

Su Yang was a bit puzzled; was this an invitation?

So he asked, “Where do you want to go?”

“I don't know!”

Su Yang asked casually, “Want to go to Happy Valley?”

Huang Quan suddenly turned to look at Su Yang: “How did you know I wanted to go to Happy Valley?”

“Just a guess!”

He had purely lucked out with that guess!