Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 510 is about a daughter, not a son.

In reality, there wasn't much actual loss.

He Qiancheng essentially paid for all the Qian family's corruption himself.

As for reputational damage caused by the material replacement, there hasn't been any yet. In this day and age, consumers haven't developed a concept of the quality of materials, and it's only been replaced for a month, so there's hardly any loss to speak of.

After careful consideration, Lin Qingping put He Qiancheng's question aside and chose the deputy factory director first.

Let them vote themselves, and each person should write down three names.

The candidates with the most votes were Wei Zhonghua, Shen Hai, and Zhong Xiaoxiao. He Qiancheng also had three votes, but his vote count was still behind Zhong Xiaoxiao's.

So, the three of them were appointed as deputy factory directors. No one objected. Even though Zhong Xiaoxiao was a woman, no one looked down on women in the slightest, because it was women who led them on this road to wealth!

After discussion, the three deputy factory directors made specific divisions of labor for production, operation, procurement, human resources, and finance, each performing their own duties. The final decision-making power rests with the factory director, and each task needs to be reported to the factory director. Furthermore, all procedures require the signatures of the relevant deputy factory director and the factory director.

As for how to handle He Qiancheng's final problem, Lin Qingping left that to them.

Firstly, she will be going far away in the future, and many things will require their decisions; secondly, she can observe their conduct and character by observing how they handle He Qiancheng's affairs.

With that, the factory matters were settled, and Lin Qingping took Gu Juncheng home.

To her utter surprise, her in-laws were there when she got home.

The parents-in-law came to Gu Youlian's house. Coincidentally, Zhiyuan was listening to Xiaomai play the piano at Gu Youlian's house. The two elders noticed Zhiyuan and realized that Gu Juncheng and the others had returned.

"Has Zhangzhu returned yet?" Liu Fen, the mother-in-law, asked Zhiyuan in a low voice.

Zhiyuan's feelings towards Liu Fen were somewhat complicated.

He was actually very grateful to Liu Fen for taking him in when he was very young, had no relatives or home, but he also knew that in Liu Fen's heart, he was always just someone who had been taken in.

However, that's just the truth, and he feels he should still be grateful.

He nodded.

Liu Fen then looked very happy and kept asking Zhiyuan, "What does Zhangzhu look like? Who does she look like? How much did she weigh at birth? Is she strong and healthy? Does she have milk to drink?"

He asked about everything, big and small, even the color of his daughter's poop.

Gu Youlian disliked her mother for this, and couldn't help but say to her when the children weren't around, "Didn't you look down on her because she's a girl?"

Liu Fen's face hardened. "Who said I was disgusted? You...you better not talk nonsense in front of your brother!"

"Heh!" Gu Youlian laughed. "Don't think I don't know what you've done. Put yourself in my shoes, if anyone looks down on me, I'd hate them to death!"

Thinking of the suffering Xiaomai endured, Gu Youlian still feels a heart-wrenching pain!

"The bottle said... she hates me?" Liu Fen's face showed worry.

"No! They've never mentioned you," Gu Youlian scoffed.

Liu Fen looked awkward and uncomfortable. "Then... I sent you so many new clothes and shoes, and asked you to say that you prepared them. Did you give them to them?"

Gu Youlian rolled her eyes. "I gave it to you."

Liu Fen was just getting excited when Gu Youlian added, "She said it was from you."

Liu Fen: ...

Liu Fen got anxious, "Why are you telling the truth? Why aren't you throwing that bottle away?"

“With all those big floral fabrics you prepared, if I said I prepared them, would Pingzi believe me? Do you think I have such poor taste?” Gu Youlian said.

“Those are all made of cotton, that’s the good stuff. Children are delicate, so they need cotton!” Liu Fen added.

Gu Youlian then asked her, "Mother, why did you do this? If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? Why did you make such a scene in the first place?"

Liu Fen said sullenly, "Which family doesn't want a grandson? Now, if we don't have a grandson, a girl will do too. She's still a member of the Gu family, so I'd like to dote on her..."

"You want to pamper Zhangzhu?" Gu Youlian laughed at her. "Let me tell you, Zhangzhu doesn't lack people to pamper her! Just look at whether Chengzi and Pingzi will let you pamper her!"

Gu Youlian's words made Liu Fen very uneasy, so she went outside to look around to see if Lin Qingping's family had returned. However, after going out several times, she found that the door to her son's house next door was locked.

She returned to the house, utterly disappointed, and started complaining to Gu Youlian again, "Why did you go out for so long? The child is so young, it's not good to always leave him outside."

Gu Youlian glanced at her and said, "How come I remember when my brother was little, I was always carrying him around, either chopping firewood in the mountains or working in the fields, and you never said it was bad to be outside!"

Liu Fen was speechless after being rebuked, so she glared at her daughter and said, "You're now tied to the bottle, always siding with her!"

"Who's on my side! If I don't side with the bottle, am I supposed to side with you, the mother-in-law who drugged her own daughter-in-law?" Gu Youlian wasn't afraid of her mother at all.

Liu Fen retorted angrily, "I haven't treated you and Xiaomai unfairly!"

"If you hadn't treated Xiaomai well, you wouldn't be able to get into my house today!" Gu Youlian thought this person's mentality was quite strange. Liu Fen really doted on Xiaomai and never said anything about Xiaomai being a girl. Whenever she took Xiaomai back to her parents' home, she would give Xiaomai only the best.

Being a daughter and being a daughter-in-law are really different...

Although Liu Fen and Gu Youlian, mother and daughter, were arguing all day, Liu Fen didn't take it to heart. What bad intentions could her own daughter have? She was just worried that Gu Youlian and Pingzi's relationship would deteriorate.

Moreover, Gu Dafu didn't say a word the whole time. Why should he take sides when the mother and daughter were arguing?

Finally, on Liu Fen's tenth lookout, she saw a car stop on the road outside her son's house. The car door opened, Lin Qingping got out first, and Gu Juncheng got out of the car carrying a baby wrapped in a blanket.

Liu Fen happily went to greet her, clapping her hands and calling out, "My darling, my darling, let Grandma see you!"

Lin Qingping was stunned and even doubted her eyes. When she confirmed that the person was indeed Liu Fen, she took the baby from Gu Juncheng's arms and said, "The baby is hungry, I'll take her inside first."

He said this to Gu Juncheng without even glancing at Liu Fen.

Liu Fen's eyes were fixed on the person wrapped in the blanket, but Lin Qingping was much taller than her, so she couldn't see the face even on tiptoe. Only a small, chubby, white hand was visible, making her want to touch it. But Lin Qingping had already entered the room with her daughter in her arms.

"Oh dear, let me see my precious pearl!" Liu Fen stamped her foot and sighed regretfully.

Gu Juncheng looked at her and said, "She's a daughter, not a son."