CHAPTER 414: CHAPTER 107: SUFFERING LOSS IS A BLESSING (PART 2)

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"It’s nothing good, just some leftover sweet potatoes from the farmers’ market," the man said before picking up his bowl and eating slowly and deliberately.

"Do you really think so? Yu Gang, I’ve known you for so long, and I’ve never seen you at a disadvantage. Usually, when you apply for funds, you’re so eloquent with the officials, not letting a single thing slide." The woman smiled, but her chopsticks were unapologetically shuttling between the soy-braised pork knuckle and braised pork, she had bought it, after all, and not eating would be a waste. Besides, she wasn’t afraid of greasy food.

"Mei Nian, how have I not been at a disadvantage? My loss is because of one person." After the man finished speaking, he put down his chopsticks, leaving more than half of the sweet potatoes in his bowl.

Yu Gang normally didn’t like sweet foods, whether sweet fruits, vegetables, or sweet potatoes. He only bought sweet potatoes because the one in front of him liked to eat them.

Without looking up, Mei Nian continued eating her meal, and only after a moment did she raise her eyelids and glance at the man, "Is this what you say to your old colleagues?"

Indeed, Mei Nian and Yu Gang were old colleagues, among the first batch of academicians from the Agricultural Science Academy to go rural after the reforms and opening up. Yu Gang’s family had landlord status, and he suffered a lot during the Cultural Revolution. Later, after being rehabilitated, he went to college and, with his solid agricultural knowledge, had a successful career and made his way into the Agricultural Science Academy.

At the age of thirty-eight, Yu Gang, due to his personality, didn’t seek a political career and was purely engaged in research work.

Aside from regular institute meetings and field research around the country, he spent the rest of his time in the small apartment provided by the research institute.

Whenever he felt tired or bored, he would go out for a walk, and in the evening, he would stroll around the neighborhood. That was his day.

The security guard at the door knew that Yu Gang’s daily routine was mostly like this, with the only slight difference being on Sundays at noon, a young woman would come to see him, and everyone guessed she was Yu Gang’s girlfriend.

After hearing Mei Nian’s rhetorical question, Yu Gang just smiled and didn’t continue on the topic of "being at a disadvantage," "Alright, enough joking, let’s talk business. What happened with that car accident in Meijia Village?"

"Why are you the one asking this? Shouldn’t it be the Public Security Bureau or the Ministry of Transportation? The case is closed, it was just a traffic accident." Mei Nian cleared the dishes on the table, let out a satisfied burp, and conscientiously started searching for some digestion pills in the kitchen.

"If it were just a traffic accident, then why did the eldest son of the Xu Family come all the way to Beijing?" Yu Gang didn’t go out much, nor did he pay much attention to trivial matters, but that didn’t prevent him from knowing some things.

Just like when he first saw Mei Nian, he knew she was not an ordinary person.

Those who understand agriculture are those who should understand the laws of nature the most. Such people, when faced with someone like Mei Nian who defies natural laws, either love them excessively or are extremely afraid of them.

Unfortunately, Yu Gang belonged to the former group.

"The Xu Family’s eldest son?" Mei Nian swallowed a few digestive pills and asked curiously; she did not know this piece of news. Just yesterday, she had obtained the names of the people who participated in the underground car race on the night of the accident, and ironically, she saw another familiar name on the list.

A person she had searched for all over Beijing City without success.

Yu Gang stood up and began cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks.

"Let me do it, it looks awkward when a man does these things," Mei Nian snatched away the bowls and chopsticks from Yu Gang’s hands and started washing them in the sink, "You should have found a woman to take care of you by now. Haven’t your parents been urging you for many years?"

Yu Gang did not join in the conversation. He had been asked about this matter repeatedly over the past decade; even the organization had clearly indicated that he needed a stable family for better career development. However, Yu Gang hadn’t agreed at the time, which is why he was assigned full-time research at the Agricultural Science Academy.

"The eldest son of Xu Changfu, Xu Song, you should be familiar with that." Yu Gang put the two bags of sweet potatoes he had cleaned up in front of Mei Nian. After dinner and washing the dishes, it was time for her to leave. It was always like this.

"Just a junior, not worth my trouble. But it’s none of my business anyway, let him find the real murderer," Mei Nian dried her hands and took the two bags of sweet potatoes, glancing at them casually. She was lazy; carrying such big bags of sweet potatoes was troublesome, but the sweet potatoes did taste really good at noon.

So, she picked out a sweet potato and took a closer look. Hesitantly, Mei Nian noticed a very faint spiritual power on the surface of these few sweet potatoes. Although faint, it was indeed Spiritual Power, and it felt familiar.

"Where did you buy these sweet potatoes?" How could such sweet potatoes end up in Yu Gang’s hands?

"Near the Yanqing Milk Feed Factory. They were grown by some farmers there, who frankly don’t look like farmers. Nowadays, young people seldom face the soil and have the spirit of enduring hardships in farming," Yu Gang somewhat knew about Mei Nian’s affairs but never asked in detail, just as he never told Mei Nian about his feelings for her.

"Today’s meal was really worth it. Next week, I’ll treat you to some freshly picked cherries from Meijia Village. I’ll give these sweet potatoes to uncle as a gift. Sweet potatoes are good stuff, good for the body. I’ll personally take a trip to Yanqing and settle the account in one go," Mei Nian cheerfully curled up the corners of her mouth and hurried out the door.

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