Chapter 531: Chapter 531: Candy: Is Mine Coming Back? (2)

Listening to Xiaofeixia’s words in the earpiece, Wild Wolf couldn’t help but feel his calm heart flutter for a moment.

"Wash it and it can still be used..." Wild Wolf was really afraid he might burst into laughter.

Candy and Mo Jingchun, their attention was all drawn to the excavator slowly crawling out of the pit. Wild Wolf coughed and said:

"Boss, Xiaofeixia said, wash it, and it can still be used."

"What?" Mo Jingchun, realizing what’s happening, grinned, "That’s great, just have a maintenance worker do some servicing, and we won’t need to sell it as scrap metal."

Patting Candy, who was still a bit confused, Mo Jingchun asked with a smile:

"Guoguo, are you happy now? Hey, the excavator can still be used."

In the distance, the excavator was already heading towards the roadside. To avoid falling into the pit, Xiaofeixia followed the same route as when they came.

Just when Candy squatted on the ground, resting her chin and lost in thought, something unexpected happened.

The seemingly well-moving excavator suddenly stopped dead in its tracks; the exhaust pipe no longer belched smoke.

This dramatic scene left the bystanders in shock.

Just as Candy’s expression brightened again, Xiaofeixia stepped out from the cabin and shouted:

"Boss, the excavator’s out of fuel."

To Xiaofeixia, the excavator’s sudden stall was not surprising; the last time Candy played, the fuel tank was almost empty.

"Come back."

"Wash it before refueling."

Looking at Candy, who was still in a daze, Mo Jingchun patted Candy’s shoulder and said with a smile:

"Stop staring, hurry to the kindergarten; you’ll definitely see a clean and fully refueled excavator when you get out of school."

"But you can’t play here anymore; you’ve made so many pits that it’s easy to overturn if you’re not careful."

Candy nodded numbly and was pulled towards the technology park by Feiyan.

Even now, Candy’s head was still fuzzy, with everything seeming to go from good to bad to good again in an instant.

"Wash it and it can still be used," how eerily familiar that phrase sounded.

After Candy was led away to kindergarten by Feiyan, Zhou Yaling, standing by the curb, couldn’t hold back and burst into a cheerful laugh.

That laugh, it was so joyous.

"Bro, did you see that? Candy’s expressions are so rich."

"Could it be that she’s expecting to sell it as scrap and didn’t expect the excavator to be all fine? Hahaha~"

Seeing Zhou Yaling laughing hysterically, Mo Jingchun gave her a stern look.

"All you do is laugh."

Hearing her brother’s words, Zhou Yaling pursed her lips, thinking to herself, Bro, you must want to laugh even more than I do; it’s just that with so many onlookers, you’re too embarrassed to do so.

"Zero, inform Xia Xiaomin to arrange for someone to clean up the excavator, maintain it, and fill it with fuel."

"Boss, message sent."

After taking one last glance at the excavator buried in mud, Mo Jingchun walked away without looking back.

"Let’s go, wasting time is shameful."

Walking behind, Zhou Yaling checked the time and retorted, "There’s still twenty minutes until work starts."

"Working at your own business, do you still care about clocking in on time?"

"Hehe~"

"I’m heading to the lab, feel free." Shrugging, Mo Jingchun directly headed towards the lab building.

Watching her brother’s back, Zhou Yaling rolled her eyes while holding onto her bun.

"Sigh~ it’s just the two of us, let’s go."

At that moment, Little Grey dashed over from afar, and Zhou Yaling, pausing in surprise, said:

"You delivered Candy to kindergarten so quickly?"

"Alright~"

At noon, Candy looked at the chicken drumstick on her plate and felt somewhat tasteless.

"Sigh~"

Across from her, Wang Haoran, gnawing on a drumstick, mumbled while looking up:

"Big Sis, you’ve sighed five times already."

Candy glanced up at her little brother, sighed again, and said gloomily:

"You’re still young, you don’t understand~"

"Okay."

The little guy had been out of sorts all morning, and his odd behavior had long been noticed by the teachers, who reported it up the line.

But the response was simply to ignore it.

The principal said, that’s exactly what the boss replied.

Meanwhile, at the South Gate, Xia Xiaomin, who hadn’t eaten yet, was standing next to the shiny new-looking excavator, accompanying the boss.

"Boss, it’s been checked over, and to be safe, all the water-soaked cables have been replaced by the maintenance workers."

"In theory, this excavator shouldn’t be much different from a new one."

Mo Jingchun, touching the spotless excavator, smiled and said, "Theoretically, it’s just something to listen to; taking it seriously would be a loss."

"Once it’s been soaked, rust is inevitable in many places."

"Remember, theoretical things are only for reference; practice is the sole criterion for testing truth."

"It’s a straightforward principle; a great person told us that long ago."

Xia Xiaomin nodded.

"Filled it up with fuel and started it?"

"The maintenance worker tested it; there’s no issue, all the transmission systems are normal."

Upon hearing this, Mo Jingchun’s lips curled slightly upward, thinking that when Candy gets out of school in the afternoon, she’ll surely be overjoyed to see the spotless excavator.

Whether his sister would be happy he wasn’t sure, but he was quite satisfied.

"Come on, let’s eat."

"Leave the excavator here for now; we’ll reconsider where to park it after Candy checks it out this afternoon."

"Okay." Xia Xiaomin also knew that they couldn’t leave the excavator parked right in front of the main gate forever, and using that wasteland was out of the question, as it’s set to be developed soon according to the plan.

It was just about time to get off work, and the cafeteria was crowded with people. Mo Jingchun looked around but couldn’t find an empty table.

There were quite a few vacant seats, but if he, the boss, sat down with his secretary, the employees wouldn’t be able to eat comfortably.

Being good-natured wouldn’t help; as long as he was at the same table, the employees would definitely feel restrained.

"Let’s head to the small dining room."

Opening the door to the private dining room, lo and behold, several people were already seated inside.

"Old Xu, that’s not fair, sneaking in for a meal here."

They were all familiar faces. Xu Pengfei, not as authoritative as usual, just smiled and said:

"I’d love to eat outside too, but they are all afraid of me."

Pulling out a chair, Mo Jingchun sat down.

"Speaking of which, we have more and more employees now, and one cafeteria is indeed starting to feel a bit tight."

"How about this, Old Xu, take Xia in the afternoon and check out the basement to see if there’s a spot suitable for another cafeteria. If there is, we’ll set up one more."

Swallowing his food, Xu Pengfei looked up and said with a bit of seriousness, "Boss, there’s something I need to tell you."

"The heavy rain over the Yi Ethnic Group caused mudslides that washed away the road to the village. Although the local county is rushing repairs, our vegetable transport has been affected."

"For now, we can only transport vegetables via detours."

"No problem, just keep an eye on it; the road will be fixed in two days at the most."

Mo Jingchun wasn’t exaggerating; the once impoverished village leader now turned their place into Candy Technology’s agricultural base, becoming a cash cow for the local county.

PS: I caught a cold with the season change, feeling slightly better after an IV drip. Will continue tomorrow with daily updates.