TSMVHATRM Chapter 95

Time Space: the Male Villain Has the Ability To Read Minds Chapter 95: Pei Tiantian’s Shock

Gu Yang held onto hope. He believed that if he returned to Beijing and found his mentor from his past life, everything would be alright.

With this belief, that very night, he stole the more than three thousand yuan that Zhang Guifen had hidden under a brick and escaped through the window.

When news of Gu Yang’s disappearance spread throughout the village, Pei Tiantian was utterly bewildered.

It was one thing for the female lead to move to the city with her family—at least there was a reason.

But why had the male lead, Gu Yang, run away too?

Where could Gu Yang have gone now?

Pei Tiantian couldn’t figure it out and put the matter out of her mind.

After Gu Yang’s disappearance, Zhang Guifen and Gu Yongfu even reported him missing to the police and searched for him together.

They found nothing; they didn’t know where ten-year-old Gu Yang had gone with the three thousand yuan.

Had something happened to him?

Unable to find Gu Yang, Zhang Guifen cried and screamed every day, threatening suicide, disturbing the peace of the village.

Gu Yongfu’s temper grew increasingly volatile, and he frequently made mistakes at the factory.

Pei Zhiwen, his workshop director, had initially tolerated these errors out of consideration for Gu’s missing son.

Finally, however, he reached his breaking point.

Gu Yongfu had only gotten the job as a temporary worker through his brother-in-law, Zhang Jianye, who was the deputy factory director.

His inconsistent work ethic was one thing, but now it had escalated to the point where

Pei Zhiwen publicly criticized him during a factory meeting, demanding he correct his work attitude.

Gu Yongfu refused to accept this and argued fiercely with Pei Zhiwen, even coming to blows.

Thus, the already strained relationship between the two completely broke down.

Gu Yongfu, who was initially facing dismissal, only received a minor reprimand and paid some medical expenses due to the intervention of Deputy Factory Director Zhang Jianye, and the matter was dropped.

This further frustrated Pei Zhiwen.

Pei Tiantian noticed injuries on her uncle’s face and learned that Gu Yongfu had hit him.

She was furious.

Gu Yongfu had done something wrong, yet he still hit people; he was shameless.

Wang Ruizhen was also unhappy. She had initially felt some sympathy for Zhang Guifen and the others because of Gu Yang’s situation.

But then Gu Yongfu hit her son, and all her sympathy vanished.

She said, “I’ve never seen anything so unreasonable! According to factory rules, he should be fired!”

“Mom, Gu Yongfu has connections; there’s nothing we can do,”

Pei Zhiqiang said. “Only when Deputy Factory Director Zhang Jianye is laid off, and Gu Yongfu loses his protector, will he no longer have the power to act so arrogantly in the factory.”

Pei Tiantian understood this.

However, she remembered that in the plot, Zhang Jianye would soon be fired for having illicit relationships, and Gu Yongfu’s backer was about to disappear.

It was precisely because he had lost his backer that Gu Yongfu took the risk of framing Pei Zhiwen for the warehouse fire in exchange for a permanent position at the factory.

Hearing this, Pei Zhiwen paused for a moment. “Speaking of layoffs, our factory has already decided on a group of people to be laid off; the list will be available soon.”

Last year, the ceramics factory where Zhou Wanhong worked couldn’t hold on any longer and collapsed.

This year, the textile factory where Pei Zhiwen worked also couldn’t survive; its annual income was decreasing, and they had to let a group of people go.

“Brother, won’t this affect you?” Wan Cuilan asked.

Although she knew that with Pei Zhiwen’s seniority at the factory, it wouldn’t be his turn, who could say for sure?

Pei Zhiwen shook his head. “Just because I’m not here now doesn’t mean I won’t be here in the future. Old Guo is among those being laid off this time.”

Hearing this, everyone in the Pei family looked astonished.

Old Guo, or Guo Peng, was Pei Zhiwen’s best colleague at the factory.

Guo Peng was a long-time employee who had always performed well.

Unexpectedly, he was on the list of laid-off workers.

How could Pei Zhiwen not feel a sense of loss?

“No matter what, with your abilities, I believe you can achieve great things even if you don’t work at the factory anymore,” Pei Zhiqiang said.

“I believe so too!” Pei Tiantian said excitedly.

Hearing their words of comfort, Pei Zhiwen’s tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed, revealing a slight smile.

The news that some people at the factory would be laid off spread quickly. Although it hadn’t been officially announced, everyone knew who was on the list.

Pei Zhiwen looked at his former colleagues, who stood there listlessly, like puppets with broken strings.

He felt bad too and went over to comfort them.

That evening, Pei Zhiwen ate dinner at home.

Because of too many worries lately, Pei Zhiwen’s craving for a cigarette flared up, so he went outside to smoke alone.

After a few puffs, he suddenly heard a sobbing female voice behind him.

Pei Zhiwen turned around and saw Song Shuyun, her eyes red and brimming with tears, looking at him pitifully, saying plaintively, “Brother Zhiwen, I’m going to be fired from the factory.”

Pei Zhiwen stubbed out his cigarette on the ground, about to say something comforting, when he heard Song Shuyun say, “Brother Zhiwen, can you help me? Please let me stay at the factory.”

She looked at Pei Zhiwen with hopeful eyes.

Pei Zhiwen shook his head seriously, “I can’t make that decision.”

“How can you not make that decision? You’re the director! If you wanted to save someone, what’s so difficult about that?”

Song Shuyun’s voice was sharp with emotion.

Pei Zhiwen frowned. “I don’t have as much power as you think.”

“Brother Zhiwen, please help me! Have pity on me, okay? You know my mother-in-law isn’t a good person. If I lose my job, I’ll have even less status at home. Please help me! I’ll do anything you ask if you help me!”

With that, Song Shuyun excitedly threw herself into his arms, reaching out to hug his waist.

Caught off guard by Song Shuyun’s sudden attack, Pei Zhiwen instinctively reached out and shoved her away.

Song Shuyun fell to the ground.

Pei Zhiwen was both ashamed and angry, gritting his teeth, “What are you doing!”

This was still in the courtyard outside his house, and Song Shuyun dared to do this!

Pei Zhiwen instantly realized that Song Shuyun was doing this on purpose, trying to make his family misunderstand that he and she had some kind of relationship.

“Brother Zhiwen, I’ve always liked you…”

Song Shuyun sat on the ground, her misty eyes filled with tears, looking extremely pitiful.

“Shameless!”

Pei Zhiwen was truly enraged, his face flushed as he threw down these words and hurriedly ran inside.

Unexpectedly, the moment he turned around, he met a pair of eyes.

Pei Zhiwen froze.

The little girl in front of him stared with wide, round, grape-like eyes, still showing lingering shock.