Chapter Thirty-Four: The Little Fox Pays His Respects to the Old Fox

  "What are you talking about, it's all mixed up..."

  Qin Hai's teasing completely stunned Ning Jing, she furrowed her brow, savored Qin Hai's words for a moment, then tentatively asked: "Did you understand the question I just asked?"

  "I see, didn't you say 'why is it always you'?" Qin Hai pretended to be silly. In his previous life, Qin Hai was just over 30 years old, and in front of the 16-year-old Ning Jing, he was considered an uncle. Little loli was exactly this kind of bad uncle's endless fun game.

  "I didn't say that." Ningjing had no idea he was being tricked. This kind of joke is something that came later, and for a high school student in the mid-80s, it's completely unthinkable. "What I said was 'How old are you?' Even if you're a vocational school student, you must have attended junior high, right? We learned this English sentence in junior high."

  Qin Hai said seriously: "I know, how is how, old is old, are is are, you is you, connected together, isn't it 'how come it's always you', did I say wrong?"

  "How old are you......" Ning Jing recited it slowly and clearly in her mouth, only then did she understand Qin Hai's meaning, and couldn't help but laugh until tears came out, her mouth constantly mimicking: "How come it's always you! How come it's always you!"

  "Qin Hai, it seems like you said something wrong?" Ning Mo didn't have the calm and peaceful spirit, until now he still couldn't tell if Qin Hai was joking or not. He completely didn't understand English, but he could also guess that his sister definitely didn't mean that. He pulled on Qin Hai's sleeve and asked: "Do you really understand English or not?"

  "Cheer up!" Qin Hai successfully teased the little girl into a good mood, and she perked up, adding another sentence on impulse.

  "What does it mean?" Ning was stunned.

  "Go on, go ahead!" Qin Hai laughed and said.

  "you__you_up, you're up next... haha, this is too funny, Qin Hai, do you have any more? Tell me a few more." Ning Jing now completely understood that the Qin Hai in front of her was absolutely not someone who didn't understand English. On the contrary, he could interpret English in an extremely interesting way. She quickly memorized these two sentences and planned to go find her best friend tomorrow to tell them these jokes. At the same time, she also strongly encouraged Qin Hai to tell her more and even funnier English jokes.

  "How about it, Xiao Jing? My elder brother is quite capable, right?" Ning Mo didn't understand what was funny about these two short sentences, but seeing his sister laughing uncontrollably, he felt very pleased with himself and quickly showed off to his sister.

  "Ah, I'm dying of laughter......" Ning Jing rubbed her belly, finally stopping her laughter after a while. She glanced at her brother sideways and said: "Your older brother's skills are not your skills, you're just showing off! Hehe..."

  Qin Hai made two jokes and saw Ning Jing being amused, he himself was also quite happy. He turned his head to look at Ning Mo and asked: "Fatty, why did you bring your sister here, are you just dropping by?"

  "Not not." Ning Mo suddenly remembered his own important matter and hastily said: "Qin Hai, there's something I don't know what went wrong, just now Wei Baolin came to my house, saw my old man, don't know what he said. Then my old man told my sister to find me, saying that I should bring you to my house, the old man has something to ask you."

  " Wei Baolin?" Qin Hai was stunned for a second before reacting. Zhai Jianguo had just left his place, and at the same time, Wei Baolin appeared in Ning Zhongying's home, mentioning his name. Connecting these two events, Qin Hai easily guessed that Wei Baolin and Zhai Jianguo were talking about the same thing - issues related to converting washing machines. What he was unsure of was why Wei Baolin brought this up with Ning Zhongying, and why Ning Zhongying wanted to summon him for questioning.

  "Qin Hai, I reckon my dad is because of our selling farm tools business, maybe they already know about our relationship with Ge Pai Zhang... Who leaked this out? However, Qin Hai, don't worry, I Ning Mo won't betray friends, I'd rather take a beating from my dad than implicate you, I'll take full responsibility for this." Ning Mo said, patting his chest.

  Similarly, Ning Mo had already said the same thing to Yu Haitao and Miao Kun before, and now he was guaranteeing it again to Qin Hai. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to this promise in his heart. This is where Ning Mo's strengths lie. He doesn't have many skills, and because of his fat appearance, he has been discriminated against by others. However, he always thinks of himself as a good guy, and being a good guy means having responsibility.

  "It's not that matter." Qin Hai patted Ning Mo's shoulder and said to him, "Fatty, Director Ning wants to see me. This matter has nothing to do with you, so don't take it upon yourself. Otherwise, some things that shouldn't be revealed might also be revealed. Let's go to your place now. At that time, you don't need to say anything. I'll answer Director Ning's questions."

  "What have you done... something illegal?" Ning Jing saw that the two of them had an unyielding and righteous expression, and she couldn't help but feel a little afraid. Although she was used to revealing her brother's secrets to their parents, she didn't want to see her brother get into real trouble. This Qin Hai had only just met her once, but he had won her favor with two jokes, so she also didn't want to see him get into trouble.

  "Don't worry, girl, just be at ease." Qin Hai smiled and said to Ning Jing, "Look at me and your brother, we are both elegant and refined, how could people like us possibly commit crimes?"

  "Jade tree in the wind..." Ningjing looked quietly at Ningmo's cement mixer-like figure and truly felt sorry for the phrase "jade tree in the wind". However, when she cast her gaze on Qin Hai's body, she couldn't help but nod slightly, yeah, the phrase "jade tree in the wind" was quite fitting for Qin Hai.

  Because it was Ning Zhongying's summons, the three of them didn't dare to be slow and hastily left the singles building, arriving at the Ning residence. When Ning Jing went out, she had brought her keys with her, directly opening the door and entering the house, reporting to her father that she had already called the person over.

  "Dad..." Ning Mo walked into the living room with heavy footsteps and called out to Ning Zhongying in a low voice.

  "Director Ning, I am Qin Hai, and I just started working at Qingfeng Factory this week." Qin Hai followed behind Ning Mo and walked forward, slightly bowing his head to Ning Zhongying before introducing himself with a calm demeanor.

  "Are you Qin Hai?" Ning Zhongying scanned Qin Hai with a sharp gaze. Qin Hai had long expected Ning Zhongying to make this move, and in the face of Ning's intense stare, he smiled faintly, saying nothing, waiting for Ning to make his next move.

  "En, not bad." Ning Zhongying nodded his head. He didn't hide the purpose of staring at Qin Hai just now. He knew that Qin Hai had also seen through his intentions, which was why he responded in such a way. A contest between intelligent people doesn't require any disguise. In comparison, Wei Baolin's petty tricks seemed too trivial.

  "Sit down and talk." Ning Zhongying pointed to the stool with his hand, then sat down on his own single-person sofa.

  Qin Hai sat down on the stool, Ning Mo was silent in front of his father and didn't dare to make a move. He pulled over a stool and sat down one foot away from Qin Hai, making it seem like he was standing together with Qin Hai while avoiding giving his father the wrong impression that he wanted to be enemies with Qin Hai. Ning Jing thought she'd watch how Qin Hai would deal with her father, so she also brought over a small cushion and sat down beside Ning Zhongying, facing Qin Hai and observing him face-to-face while secretly making funny faces at Qin Hai. Ning Zhongying had always spoiled his daughter, although he knew Ning Jing was being mischievous, he didn't stop her.

  "How's your relationship with Ning?" Ning Zhongying asked directly.

  Qin Hai nodded: "Yes, we are good friends."

  "How did you and Ning Mo get to know each other?"

  "He and Yu Haitao, Miao Kai made some farm tools, but they didn't know how to temper the fire, so they had a bit of trouble with the farmers who bought the tools. I helped them temper the fire, that's how we met." Qin Hai said frankly.

  On the way from the bachelor building to Ning's home, Qin Hai briefly told Ning Mo about Ning Zhongying's temperament and some other situations. He implied that instead of hiding and making up lies, it would be better to tell the old man the truth. Ning Zhongying had been in charge of Qingfeng Factory for over 20 years, and even after retiring, he was still a formidable figure. This was definitely an old fox with thousands of years of cultivation. Although Qin Hai's IQ was quite high, in front of Ning Zhongying, he could only be considered a clever rabbit. A clever rabbit playing tricks on an old fox would not have a good outcome. The policy of leniency for those who confess should be more applicable here.

  "Dad... many people do this..." Ning muttered to his father, explaining that he had taken materials from the factory to do private work, which was not allowed when Ning Zhongying was the factory director. He was worried that his father would punish him for this.

  Ning Zhongying unexpectedly didn't scold Ning Mo for doing private work, but instead grabbed the quenching fire and rebuked: "Others can do it this way, at least they have skills, and the farm tools they make are solid. You three young people don't even know how to quench fire, yet you dare to learn from others to make farm tools, consider yourselves lucky if you don't get beaten."

  "Dad, you don't know, we're lucky because of the disaster!" Ning Mu heard his father say this and suddenly felt a weight lift off his shoulders. As long as the old man didn't pursue the matter of doing private work, he wouldn't have any more trouble. Feeling relieved, he perked up again and enthusiastically bragged to his father: "Dad, because we don't know how to temper fire, those old men really came knocking on our door! And guess what happened? Haha, we ran into Qin Hai!"