BHBF Chapter 58.1

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 2) Chapter 58.1: The Bitter Heroine (81)

Even though she forgot to ask her name, Zhang Huiyun quickly found out Shao Yingniang’s identity.

Shao Yingniang was the owner of the garment factory and often came here to inspect the work. Since she did not deliberately conceal her identity, Zhang Huiyun was naturally introduced to her by her co-workers.

Shao Yingniang’s reputation in Shanghai’s business community was mixed, but in the garment factory, in the hearts of all the female workers, she was a legend.

The co-worker next to Zhang Huiyun was an avid follower of Shao Yingniang. At this moment, she was frankly explaining Shao Yingniang’s deeds to Zhang Huiyun.

“Before, we encountered someone who wanted to cheat our factory with a large order, but Miss Shao could tell at a glance that the other party was not right. She would rather give up the big order than being cheated by this person.”

“What happened next?” Zhang Huiyun couldn’t help but ask.

The worker went on to say, “Later, this bad guy didn’t succeed in cheating us, so he went and cheated another factory. That factory was the second largest garment factory in Shanghai at the time, but it went bankrupt because of this guy.”

When talking about this, the workers showed fear on their faces, as if they were afraid that the factory they depended on for their survival would not be able to withstand the test.

As a listener, Zhang Huiyun also found this incident quite heart-wrenching. She couldn’t help but wonder, if she were faced with such a situation, could she really make the same decision as Shao Yingniang?

“I heard that Ms. Shao started working in a western restaurant. She was already very good at that time. She was promoted from a waitress to a foreman in just a few months. If the restaurant manager hadn’t wanted to harass her, she wouldn’t have come out to start her own factory.”

Zhang Huiyun listened with great interest, thinking that powerful people are like gold, which seems to shine everywhere. She couldn’t help but ask, “What happened to the restaurant manager later?”

Upon hearing this, the worker immediately lowered her voice and said, “I heard that the manager disappeared.”

“Disappeared? How could a living person disappear out of thin air?” Zhang Huiyun asked in confusion.

“I heard that he was dealt with by Third Master Bai.” said a worker.

When Zhang Huiyun heard this, she immediately remembered the words Wang Jizong had cursed at her at home, and couldn’t help asking, “Then what about our Shao Zong and Third Master Bai…”

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by a co-worker who said, “Don’t be like those stinky men out there, saying nonsense. Look at our CEO Shao, she’s upright and honest, she’s not that kind of person at all.”

When Zhang Huiyun thought about what she had seen and heard in the factory, she felt more and more that Shao Yingniang was unusual.

The worker added: “Other factories rarely hire female workers. Even if they do, they don’t get the treatment we get. They even take care of our children.”

Zhang Huiyun thought about the changes in her daughter. The child used to be well-behaved but taciturn, but now she talks more and has become much more lively, with more smiles on her face. Such changes all came from the daycare centre.

Shao Yingniang just happened to walk past Zhang Huiyun at this time. Perhaps because there were too many people around her, Shao Yingniang did not greet her but nodded slightly.

Zhang Huiyun originally had a trace of connection in her heart that the other party was her husband’s ex-wife, but now all of it has turned into admiration for Shao Yingniang. Zhang Huiyun worked harder and harder, and when she was a little worried, she was still in a hurry. The designer assistant was selected, she was the first to sign up. In the end, relying on her excellent aesthetic sense, Zhang Huiyun successfully became a designer assistant.

On the Wang family’s side, Wang Jizong’s head was smashed and bleeding, but thanks to timely rescue, Wang Jizong recovered quickly. However, the people of the Wang family searched outside for many days but still could not find any trace of Zhang Huiyun.

Zhang Huiyun seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth, with no trace of her anywhere.

After all, the Wang family has limited manpower and cannot always spend time on a runaway woman. Although Zhang Huiyun ran away, Wang Jizong still had to continue living, and soon he entered his fourth marriage.

There were many people in Shanghai who respected Shao Yingniang, and of course there are also many people who disliked Shao Yingniang.

Zheng Chuhuai was such an old-fashioned businessman. He thought that doing business should be a man’s business. He couldn’t stand Shao Yingniang showing up in public. He arbitrarily believed that the lawsuit between Shao Yingniang and Wang Jizong was that Shao Yingniang was unfaithful to her husband.

Zheng Chuhuai not only hated Shao Yingniang verbally, but also opposed her with practical actions. Many businessmen in Shanghai did not associate with Wang Jizong for the sake of Shao Yingniang, but Zheng Chuhuai was different.

Zheng Chuhuai not only took the initiative to interact with Wang Jizong, but also betrothed his youngest daughter to Wang Jizong.

Wang Jizong was originally ostracized by everyone in Shanghai. Zheng Chuhuai’s initiative to visit him naturally made him feel the long-lost sense of being valued. It was rare to meet someone who did not despise him, so Wang Jizong naturally had to be fully alert to deal with it.

Wang Jizong was good-looking, had been in business for many years and was very good at socializing. Soon, he made Zheng Chuhuai laugh and even asked Zheng Chuhuai to marry his beloved daughter to him.

Because Wang Jizong had to rely on his father-in-laww, he was naturally very considerate to his new wife. The girl, who was originally unwilling to marry him, was soon coaxed into submission by Wang Jizong.

Although there was turmoil in the outside world during this period, Wang Jizong was concentrating on conquering his father-in-law’s family. With Zheng Chuhuai’s help and endorsement, Wang Jizong’s reputation in the Shanghai business community improved a lot.

But Wang Jizong was unable to do the cloth business, so he followed his father-in-law and started the coal business. Wang Jizong had experience, but his father-in-law’s son was a playboy.

Soon, in just a few years, his father-in-law’s business was gradually handed over to Wang Jizong.

Although Wang Jizong was still not as successful as Shao Yingniang, he had established a firm foothold in Shanghai.

A few years were enough for Wang Jizong to embezzle Yue’s family’s property. A few years later, the Anti-Japanese War ended, and the Japanese left Shanghai earlier than in history.

Although Shao Yingniang’s business did not expand rapidly in recent years, it was steady and profitable, making her two factories the most desirable places for all poor women in Shanghai. And the two factories recruited mainly women from poor families.