At this moment, the woman stood at the door, staring at Yu Mingyuan appearing on the street, instantly frozen in place.

Numbness, astonishment, her mind a complete blank.

"Sis, what's wrong?"

After a brief silence, a voice came from the side.

The woman snapped back to reality, instantly withdrawing her gaze from Yu Mingyuan, and continued to walk towards the cargo boxes, her pace quick. It was as if she hadn't seen anything, only reaching out to lift the goods.

She was Wen Xiaorou, Yu Mingyuan's former legal wife.

After Wen Zhanbo's incident, although the Wen family was not what it used to be and its situation had plummeted, Wen Xiaorou, based on the family's accumulated wealth, did not need to be doing hard labor here. She could have lived a stable life and wouldn't have lacked money.

But she needed to find an outlet, to keep herself busy and slowly forget the past. She hired a group of students and started a harbor trading company here. It was small in scale, but her life was full of purpose.

Yu Mingyuan looked at Wen Xiaorou's figure and slowly walked up to her, taking the initiative to speak, "Do you have time... for us to have a meal together?"

As he spoke, Yu Mingyuan's hand trembled slightly.

Wen Xiaorou didn't even look up, and while lifting a cargo box from the ground, she said, "Do I look like I have time? A small company like mine might go bankrupt tomorrow if I delay the delivery... Excuse me, don't get any dust on you."

With that, Wen Xiaorou carried the box towards the truck. Yu Mingyuan didn't say a word, standing there watching her, feeling very nervous.

"Thump!"

The heavy box was placed in the truck bed, and the worker standing on it immediately took the goods and stacked them on the truck.

Wen Xiaorou turned around and saw Yu Mingyuan standing right behind her. She frowned slightly and asked, "What exactly do you want?"

Yu Mingyuan paused for a moment and replied, "It's nothing, I just wanted to see you..."

"So you've seen me?" Wen Xiaorou paused and replied, "Is there anything else?"

Yu Mingyuan didn't leave, but softly requested, "Xiaorou... give me some time, let's talk alone...!"

"I don't have time for you right now." Wen Xiaorou waved her hand, "You've seen the company's situation, I can't leave at all. Besides, what's the point of having a meal? To reminisce about the old days? I think... there's no need, right? We're strangers now, and we won't be together in the future. Also, my life has finally become peaceful, so let's just leave it at that."

After speaking, Wen Xiaorou walked towards the remaining pile of cargo boxes.

Yu Mingyuan stood there, looking at Wen Xiaorou, without saying a word.

He understood in his heart that for Xiaorou, what he had done in the past was difficult to forgive.

During the darkest time of her life, the man she could have relied on had decisively left her. One could imagine the despair in her heart at that time.

Yu Mingyuan was silent for a long time, not disturbing Wen Xiaorou again, but lowering his head and leaving with his hands in his pockets.

Wen Xiaorou slowly raised her head, glanced at his departing back, was silent for a moment, and then continued to move the goods.

About an hour later, all of this batch of goods was finally loaded onto the truck.

...

"Sis, come and eat, the food's getting cold!" The little girl who had called Wen Xiaorou to eat earlier poked her head out again.

The workers also walked into the house, each one extremely hungry.

But Wen Xiaorou smiled at the little girl and waved her hand, "You guys eat, I'm not very hungry."

After speaking, Wen Xiaorou went straight upstairs and entered her room.

"Bang!"

The moment the door closed, Wen Xiaorou burst into tears, her face blank.

After being slightly dazed for a while, Wen Xiaorou took off her dirty gloves, wiped away the tears with swift movements, and took a long breath.

After calming down a bit, Wen Xiaorou sat on the bed, picked up a calculator, and continued to settle the cargo manifest...

...

The next day, at dawn.

"Didi di!"

Before the sky was bright, a sharp alarm sound woke Wen Xiaorou from her sleep. She gently rubbed her eyes, lifted the warm blanket, and slowly sat up.

After waking up a bit, Wen Xiaorou, wearing a set of pajamas, walked to the nearby washroom and began to wash her face and brush her teeth.

The work at the harbor trade was very hard, which made Wen Xiaorou no longer so refined. After washing her face hastily, she just casually applied some skin lotion to her face and patted it a few times, and that was considered her skin protection.

"Sis! Come downstairs to eat!" The little girl in charge of logistics shouted from downstairs.

"Got it!" Wen Xiaorou was indeed hungry, so she went downstairs in her pajamas and sat at the table with the little girl to eat breakfast.

She and the little girl both lived at the company, while the other workers came to work a little later.

"Oh, it's quite lavish today?" Wen Xiaorou saw two newly steamed trays of meat buns on the table, and her stomach couldn't help but rumble.

"Didn't you not eat last night? I prepared a little extra." The little girl asked with a smile, "Sis, who was that person yesterday?"

"You little rascal, mind your own business." Wen Xiaorou picked up a hot bun, but it was too hot, so she had to put it back on the plate and pinched her ear with her hand.

The two of them chatted and ate breakfast as usual.

...

About half an hour later, the truck had already driven into the yard. The workers had also arrived, put on their uniforms, and began to continue moving the goods.

Soon, Wen Xiaorou returned to her room, also changed into the same uniform, put on her dirty gloves, and prepared to go downstairs to help with the work.

Just then, the little girl's voice came from downstairs: "Sis! Someone's applying for a job!"

"Got it!" Wen Xiaorou replied and walked downstairs.

As soon as she got downstairs, she saw Yu Mingyuan standing in the hall.

He was wearing the same uniform as her, and even had a towel draped over his shoulder.

"Sis, it's him!" The little girl in charge of logistics pointed at Yu Mingyuan. "I'll leave him to you, I'm going to get busy!"

After speaking, the little girl curiously glanced at Yu Mingyuan a couple more times before turning around and leaving the hall.

Wen Xiaorou looked at Yu Mingyuan in this outfit, frowned and asked, "What are you trying to do?"

Yu Mingyuan pointed to the door and replied, "I saw an advertisement for a job posting outside your door. I'm here to apply for a worker position."

Wen Xiaorou paused for a moment: "Is there any point in you doing this? I said, I've already...!"

Yu Mingyuan said very seriously, "I've given up on the association, I'm not fighting for anything, and I'm not a big boss anymore. Now... I just want to get back what I lost before. Of course, it's normal if you don't accept me, but I won't give up. If this trading company doesn't want me, I'll go work next door in logistics, or as a courier. Just being able to see you is enough...!"

Wen Xiaorou frowned tightly, stared at Yu Mingyuan, and was speechless.

Yu Mingyuan just stood there, grinning.

...

With the conclusion of the first Huatong Association Joint Representative Conference, the Huatong Association's organizational structure was fully established and officially set sail.

At the same time, the first and second party factions in District One, as well as various regional forces, began to lay out their plans in Dragon City, forming a game of chess.

Whoever breaks the stalemate first will be crowned king!