Transmigrated as My Aunt in the 70s

Chapter 506: Chapter 499: Motives Exposed

Sisi visited the winery a few more times and happened to run into Li Yuzhi, who had just returned from out of town. Seeing Sisi, she smiled and nodded.

Today’s Li Yuzhi was poles apart from the pitiable figure who used to be beaten by her mother-in-law, having completely shed her rustic air. She was wearing a light blue down jacket, mid-heel leather shoes, styled with big wavy curls, and a touch of makeup on her face. She looked fashionable and cosmopolitan, not losing to big city women in the slightest.

But the most significant change in Li Yuzhi was her aura. If before, Li Yuzhi was a pitiable white lotus flower, now she exuded confidence from head to toe. In her eyes, Sisi could see intense desire and ambition.

This was a woman not satisfied with her current status!

But one had to admit, Li Yuzhi was indeed a woman worth a second look.

If this were a novel, Li Yuzhi would be the cannon fodder woman who successfully turned her fate around, wouldn’t she? With means, cunning, beauty, able to be weak or strong, high or low, Sisi felt inferior by comparison!

Sisi didn’t really want to talk to Li Yuzhi. Now that Yuan Jin’s intentions were clear, even if Li Yuzhi resorted to any tactic, she would not be afraid. Moreover, today’s Li Yuzhi probably wouldn’t care much for Yuan Jin, right?

However, Li Yuzhi seemed to have something to say to Sisi. She stopped Sisi and said with a smile, "Please tell Director Zhong on my behalf that I wish to end our past grievances here. From now on, we will have nothing to do with each other, owing nothing to one another."

Sisi raised an eyebrow, surprised, "Why doesn’t Manager Li tell Director Zhong yourself?"

Li Yuzhi let out a scoff, "Go and tell her myself? I’m afraid Director Zhong might misunderstand that I’m flaunting my power in front of her again. I don’t want to quarrel with her."

"Speaking of which, Director Zhong should thank me. If Mr. Yuan were like other men and easily swayed by me, it would show Director Zhong’s lack of judgement. Now it seems that although Director Zhong may not be the best, her taste is not bad. Mr. Yuan is a real man, someone who can make a woman feel secure."

Li Yuzhi chuckled amorously, and in her tone, there was much envy. Sisi impulsively asked, "Since you also think Mr. Yuan is a real man, then why are you letting go? As far as I know, if Manager Li really wanted to charm a man, even if he were made of iron, he would still be lured away by you, right?"

Li Yuzhi was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter, her whole body trembling with mirth and her eyes shimmering with allure.

Sisi couldn’t help but silently chant for inner peace, thinking to herself that Li Yuzhi had evolved from a white lotus to a vixen, and probably no man could withstand her charm.

"Iron men are certainly not hard to charm; they will melt one day. But a man whose heart already belongs to someone cannot be swayed, and I wouldn’t do such a thankless task,"

Then Li Yuzhi spoke with a hint of schadenfreude, "Tsk tsk, Director Zhong really does have good taste!"

His heart belongs to someone?

Sisi was dumbstruck. Who else could be in Yuan Jin’s heart?

Could it be he had a past relationship?

But Shangguan never mentioned it, and Tian Xinhua also said Yuan Jin had always been in the army, seldom even returning home, so how could he have had a relationship?

Could it be...

Suddenly, Sisi thought of that pitiable woman—Ah Rou.

Could it be that Yuan Jin’s good treatment of Ah Rou was not just because she was his brother’s fiancée?

Thinking of Yuan Jin’s lone wolf-like howl at Ah Rou’s death, Sisi instantly understood.

Indeed, what Yuan Jin did for Ah Rou was far beyond the scope of brotherly loyalty. If it weren’t for love, which man would be willing to risk his life to save her?

Alas, poor Mei Ying!

The Bai Lianhua in front had let go, but this cinnabar mole was a tough one!

As the days went by routinely, Sisi asked Zhong Juying several times, learning that Shen Mingzhu had sought her out several times and had even bought several sets of children’s clothing for Yaoyao.

"Sisi, what do you think I should buy for her in return? Shen Mingzhu is really too clingy, always coming over, making it hard for me to send her away. Also, I casually mentioned Yaoyao’s birthday, and the very next day, she came with clothes, all made of high-quality fabric and certainly not cheap."

Zhong Juying was somewhat uneasy. She was the type to repay kindness tenfold, and Shen Mingzhu seemed to have figured out Juying’s temperament. Her tactic was just right.

"No need to return the favor. Wasn’t it a birthday gift for Yaoyao? What’s there to repay? At most, you can give her a few bottles of our factory’s wine later on," Sisi playfully suggested.

However, Zhong Juying thought this was a good idea and kept nodding. Sisi, amused, thought to herself: Shen Mingzhu always liked to pry into the factory’s affairs, didn’t she? Then let her get up close and personal with He Family Wine.

"Sisi, Shen Mingzhu seems particularly interested in how our factory makes wine. She even said she wants to learn and then go back to make it for her man!" Juying said, frowning.

Sisi’s brow raised, she asked, "Did you tell her how to make it?"

Juying gave her a stern look, "How could I reveal the factory’s business? Besides, you already said she’s not a good person. I just told her the old wine-making methods from the wine master back in our village."

Sisi couldn’t help but laugh. Shen Mingzhu probably felt nauseous. She had schemed so hard only to obtain a commoners’ recipe.

"By the way, Shen Mingzhu also asked for our factory’s wine medicine. This person really doesn’t get it, thinking our factory’s wine medicine is the same kind sold outside. She said she’s too lazy to go buy some and asked me to give her a few. I refused right away, our factory’s wine medicine cannot be carelessly handed out," Juying said with disdain.

Sisi sneered inwardly. At last, the motive was exposed; Shen Mingzhu’s goal was the wine medicine from the factory!

But who was Shen Mingzhu working for?

A competitor?

But Sisi felt that given the naivety of people at the time, domestic businesses probably hadn’t realized the tactics of industrial espionage, right?

Moreover, most of the wineries were state-owned at that time. Sisi didn’t think the cadres, who ate from the same big pot, would do such a thing.

Sisi’s eyes twinkled as she took out a few pieces of bad wine medicine from her pocket. She had tested them; using these wine medicines resulted in a sour and slightly swill-flavored liquid, not wine.

Once Shen Mingzhu got her hands on the wine medicine, she would definitely contact the person behind her, and then it would be revealed who wanted to deal with the winery!

Sisi passed the bad wine medicine to Zhong Juying to give to Shen Mingzhu. Although Juying found it odd, she always obeyed Sisi without question, so she safely stowed the medicine and asked no more.

Imagining the face of the person who would eventually brew a vat of sour, stinky wine made Sisi feel quite amused. It was a pity she couldn’t see it with her own eyes. Sisi sighed with regret.