The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

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Huang Ying recently is in dire need of money, her mother's illness is weighing heavily on her. But her younger brother is still a university student, and for now, he can only squeeze out more time to take care of their mother while she works, but financially, the burden still falls on her. The treatment at Paradise Group is quite good, but that's relatively speaking for those without mortgage and serious illness pressures.

Previously, to provide for her brother's tuition and living expenses, Huang Ying, relying solely on her salary, didn't have much savings. The medical expenses from the start to the present have already depleted her savings. Now the biggest challenge... surgery—a huge expense—but the conditions are not met yet, and it is still being postponed. In the meantime, the daily hospital expenses are no small expenditure either. She doesn't dare to lose her job, so she works carefully in the company, and at night, she has to stay with her mom in the hospital. Only during the daytime on weekends when her brother is at the hospital, and her mother worries she will exhaust her body, she allows her to go rest, she will then come here to collect cans and plastic bottles as a supplement.

Nowadays, the weather is hot, over a weekend day, the beach attracts tens of thousands of visitors, and during festive holidays, it can increase to two or three hundred thousand. With so many people, if each person drinks a bottle of water or a can of soda, it's a huge number. Of course, the management here has official cleaners, and there are other scavengers competing, as well as some volunteers. So, even though Huang Ying, a young girl, can put aside her pride to pick up trash and sell it, she still faces competitive pressure comparable to a talent market.

Due to the weekend crowd, the cleaners are too busy, which is why they are relatively tolerant of this little sister who comes to "steal business." On regular days when they can handle the workload, they would probably be more exclusive.

This is already the fourth time Huang Ying has come. On the first day, because she couldn't bear to lose face, she always felt embarrassed, seeing trash and going to clean it up, like a volunteer. At the end of the day, she only collected a few hundred, which barely covered her bus fare and meal money. She cried when she got home, feeling useless.

When she saw her mother, she forced a smile, inwardly cursing herself for being vain. The second time, she gritted her teeth and let go of her pride, not disguising herself like a volunteer, she sped up and collected one to two thousand. Yesterday was the third time; she ran even more diligently despite receiving a lot of surprised and pitying glances, but she persevered and collected much more than those uncles and aunts.

Yesterday, she exchanged over three hundred yuan at the recycling station, adding the previous times amounted to over five hundred altogether. This hard-earned money is already quite a lot, generally coming here doesn't usually earn a few bucks. But compared to the impending huge surgery expenses, this is not even a drop in the ocean. However, for Huang Ying, any supplement is one, more than that it's a psychological solace! ... She is at her wits' end for the surgery's enormous costs and can only reduce her guilt towards her mother by constantly making herself work.

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"Xiao Huang, about your situation, Uncle Zhou has always been concerned, and I've thought about it for you. What you're doing isn't a solution. Waiting for money to save a life can't be achieved by picking up recyclables."

The one speaking is Zhou Wangshu, the owner of this recycling station. From his demeanor and tone, you can tell he's a stout middle-aged man.

From his guesses, along with some feigned goodwill, he learned that Huang Ying is picking up recyclables as a side job to pay for her mother's medical treatment. Initially, he acted kind and bought her bottles and cans at preferential prices, prompting her to return to him for subsequent sales. After several interactions, they became somewhat familiar by the fourth day.

Upon hearing his words and seeing his unhidden expression, Huang Ying immediately realized this seemingly kind uncle was pretending to be helpful for his motives! She sighed inwardly, figuring she'd have to find another recycling station this afternoon.

Seeing Huang Ying remain silent, it was unclear if she didn't want to openly offend a petty person to avoid retaliation or if he thought she was moved, the working store clerk Xu Shuangbin quickly said, "Miss Huang, the money from picking recyclables isn't much, but it's earned through labor, and that's honorable! If you really do... you know, I believe your mother wouldn't want to use that kind of money either."

Huang Ying gratefully glanced at him.

Thinking she was tempted, Zhou Wangshu inwardly cursed his employee for being ungrateful. Damn! If I hadn't taken you in, you'd still be a high school student scavenging for a living. How dare you ruin my plans? I'll dock your bonus!

"Xiao Huang, don't listen to him, this fool Xu Shuangbin isn't sharp. Nowadays, can dignity and principles be eaten or spent? You look like a university student; Uncle Zhou is also an educated man. As the saying goes, 'The tree wants to be still, but the wind does not cease; the son wants to support, but the parent does not wait.' For personal pride, should we really give up parents who raised us with hardship? Rules are dead, people are alive, a penny still may trip a hero! "

Zhou Wangshu spoke like a senior elder, guiding with reason and quoting texts, sounding like a professor.

Xu Shuangbin was anxious, not knowing how to properly persuade, fearing this innocent young woman would be deceived by Zhou Wangshu, he could only speed up the counting, and while Zhou Wangshu continued to persuade, he loudly said, "Boss! 800 pieces, pay up!"

"800? Are there that many?" Though not the best person, Zhou Wangshu was still astute in business vision.

"Would you like to recount?"

"If I need to count, what do I need you for?" Zhou Wangshu said irritably, then turned back to Huang Ying with a smile.

"Boss Zhou, settle with me, I still need to eat," Huang Ying wiped her sweat with a handkerchief, wanting to leave quickly, spoke patiently.

"Eat? Let me treat you! You've become a regular customer, haha..." Zhou Wangshu's eyes immediately lit up. "After eating, we can find a quiet place to discuss this issue; Uncle Zhou is very concerned about your mother's condition, I also know people at the hospital."

At this moment, someone came in carrying a brick, slammed it hard on the table, startling all three.

"Knowing people at the hospital is impressive, huh?" The newcomer bellowed.

Zhou Wangshu and Xu Shuangbin were both too scared to speak, fearing this guy would impulsively smash the brick on their heads. Huang Ying meanwhile recognized him as Li Yan, whom she was too nervous and embarrassed to acknowledge before.

"B-B-Big Bro..." Zhou Wangshu stammered.

"Big big? Even calling 'huge huge' doesn't work! This place is already under Brother Chun's rule! Hurry! If you don't pay the security fee, I'll make your security here have issues!" Li Yan slammed the brick hard, then lifted it pointing it at him, seemingly aiming.

The dawdling Zhou Wangshu immediately became nimble, swiftly opened a drawer, found five hundred yuan bills, and respectfully offered them. "We understand, we will definitely pay Brother Chun in the future!"

Li Yan slammed the brick hard again, clapped his hands, then grabbed Huang Ying's wrist with an evil grin, "This girl is nice, Brother Chun likes her, come with me!"

The two of them watched Li Yan take Huang Ying away, and Huang Ying seemed too scared to resist, they looked at each other speechless.

"Damn, what's Brother Chun's background, collecting protection fees is one thing, but daring to snatch a girl in broad daylight?" Zhou Wangshu wiped his sweat.

Xu Shuangbin exclaimed, "Boss, you must think of a way to save Miss Huang!"

"Save what! You stupid boy didn't interrupt, she wouldn't have been taken! You led her into the fire pit!"

Facing Zhou Wangshu's curses, Xu Shuangbin was a bit dizzy. It seemed he always had Miss Huang's interest at heart, how did he become the culprit for pushing her into the fire pit?

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