Who Can You Be True To

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He explained his desire to go home.

The manager's surname was Wang, and everyone behind his back called him Fatty Wang. Fatty Wang was actually a decent person, he just liked to take advantage of small things.

The amusement park was his brother-in-law's business, and he managed it here. He had good relationships with people, only taking advantage of them in minor matters.

Fatty Wang listened to Ye Yuan's family situation and readily agreed to Ye Yuan's resignation request. He also kindly told Ye Yuan that if he ever wanted to work there again, the amusement park would welcome him back.

Ye Yuan expressed his gratitude, then bought Fatty Wang a carton of cigarettes, hoping to get his salary for the month paid in advance.

The amusement park had a rule that when an employee resigned, their salary for the current month would be paid along with the next month's salary. Ye Yuan didn't plan on returning after this departure, so he wanted to ask Fatty Wang for an advance payment.

Fatty Wang looked at the carton of cigarettes on the desk and readily told the finance department to give Ye Yuan his money. This was why Fatty Wang had good relationships with people.

As long as you gave him a small gift, he would give you a pass on major issues that didn't affect the company's development.

This was also why many employees knew he was manipulating procurement, but no one reported him.

Sitting on the bus back to Pinghai County.

Blue Island City was over 180 kilometers away from Pinghai County, and the bus ride took just over an hour.

Ye Yuan looked at the scenery outside the window, a deep sense of self-reproach in his heart. He hadn't been home in four months; the last time he went home was during the Spring Festival. Alas, he was truly unfilial.

Thinking about his return this time, with the "Water Control Art" as his golden finger, he didn't plan to return to the big city.

It was better for him to return to being a fisherman. There were two types of coastal fishing villages: one relied entirely on going out to sea to fish. These fishermen were becoming fewer and fewer because there were no fish in the nearshore waters. Deep-sea fishing was profitable, but the investment was huge, often tens of millions of yuan, and very few people could afford such an amount. The other type was marine aquaculture.

The second type was marine aquaculture, including shallow-sea farming, tidal flat farming, and harbor aquaculture.

His purpose in returning home this time was to resolve the issue of his parents' house relocation and to secure his startup capital.

Whether it was going out to sea to fish or engaging in marine aquaculture, both required capital. Currently, his bank account only had a meager fifty thousand yuan.

He often heard the elders in the village say that one felt more apprehensive the closer they got to home. When Ye Yuan was in college, he didn't feel it, but this time returning home, he deeply understood the meaning of that saying.

Pinghai County, a county town with a very long coastline.

After getting off the bus, Ye Yuan went to a building materials market a few kilometers from the pier.

Ye Yuan had two siblings; he also had an older sister named Ye Hui.

His sister was three years older than Ye Yuan. Because the family's financial situation wasn't very good, the elders still held the traditional view of favoring males over females. After Ye Hui graduated from high school, she didn't continue her studies but instead went to work directly in the county town.

Later, she met and married someone who worked in sales for a building materials company. His brother-in-law was somewhat known in the county's building materials industry, but because his family's financial situation was average and he lacked capital, he had always worked for employers.

He remembered that when Ye Yuan was in his third year of college, his brother-in-law and sister returned for the Spring Festival and wanted to borrow tens of thousands of yuan from their parents to start his own business. His parents wanted to save that money for Ye Yuan after he graduated, so they refused.

At that time, his brother-in-law had already raised one hundred thousand yuan, and with a few more tens of thousands, he could start his own business. Because his parents didn't lend the money to his brother-in-law, his brother-in-law eventually took the one hundred thousand yuan and opened a small supermarket for his sister next to the building materials market. He himself continued to work elsewhere.

After that incident, his sister and brother-in-law also visited their home less frequently.

Previously, they would come home at least once a month, but now they only came back during the Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and other important holidays.

Looking into the distance at the modest supermarket, with the words "Huihui Supermarket" painted on the wall in oil paint, Ye Yuan felt an inexplicable pang in his heart.

He saw a little girl sitting at the base of the wall, her hair in pigtails, looking at an animal picture book.

Ye Yuan happily called out, "Niuniu, come here, see who's back?"

The little girl looked up, saw Ye Yuan, and revealed an innocent smile. She quickly stood up, opened her arms, and ran over, shouting in her childish voice, "Mama, Mama, Uncle is here, Uncle is here!"

Ye Yuan crouched down and scooped Niuniu into his arms, rubbing his stubbled chin against her neck, making Niuniu giggle with delight.

At this moment, Ye Hui also appeared at the doorway. Seeing Ye Yuan, she said with surprise, "Little Yuan, you're back? Why are you back at this time?"

Hearing his sister's tone, Ye Yuan knew their parents hadn't told her about the relocation.

Ye Yuan, holding Niuniu, walked up to his sister. He looked at her face, which at only 28 years old, already resembled that of a middle-aged woman.

His sister took Ye Yuan's hand and led him into the supermarket.

The small supermarket was divided into two rooms. The outer room was the supermarket, about ten square meters.

The inner room served as a bedroom and a storage room, with a double bed where the family of three slept. Various drinks and snacks were stacked on the floor.

His sister got a stool and asked Ye Yuan to sit down, then took a bottle of cola from the freezer, opened it, and handed it to him.

Ye Yuan took the cola. At this moment, Niuniu said to Ye Hui in her distinctive childish voice, "Mama, I want one too, I want one too."

"Children shouldn't drink soda, it's not good for you. If you're thirsty, Mama will get you water." Saying this, she was about to get water.

Ye Yuan quickly stopped Ye Hui, "Sis, I'm not that thirsty either. I can't finish a whole bottle, so let's pour some for Niuniu. It's fine if she drinks a little."

Ye Hui gave Ye Yuan a look and got up to get a cup.

"Uncle is the best, Uncle is the best!" Niuniu's small eyes curved into crescents.

Ye Yuan looked at Niuniu and took out a princess dress and a Barbie doll from his travel bag, handing them to the little girl.

Upon seeing the pink princess dress and the beautifully packaged Barbie doll, the little girl's eyes were filled with stars.

Just then, his sister came out with a cup. Seeing the gifts Ye Yuan had given Niuniu, she said, "Little Yuan, you're not young anymore. You need to learn to save money; you'll need to get married someday."

Ye Yuan smiled and said nothing. He knew his sister genuinely cared for him.

He took another set of cosmetics and an exquisite fishing rod from the box.

Ye Yuan's brother-in-law didn't have many hobbies, except for fishing by the sea whenever he had free time.

His sister often argued with her husband about the price of fishing rods. This time, Ye Yuan specifically bought him a sea fishing rod worth around 5,000 yuan.

Ye Yuan spent all the 10,000 yuan he earned from salvaging the bracelet on his sister's family this time.

Although his sister didn't know the price of the fishing rod, she could tell it wasn't cheap.

Just as she was about to lecture Ye Yuan, he quickly spoke up, seeing the situation: "Sis, don't talk about me. I'm not planning on going back after this trip. I want to develop my career here in our hometown."

Ye Hui was stunned at first, then said with a tearful voice, pointing at Ye Yuan, "How much did Mom and Dad sacrifice for you? How much did I sacrifice? And in the end, you want to return to this poor county town?"

Ye Yuan was a bit surprised by his sister's reaction. He hadn't expected her to be so upset.

Just as he was thinking about how to persuade her, his brother-in-law came in from outside.

Seeing his sister crying and Ye Yuan looking at a loss, he was also taken aback.

His sister, seeing her husband, acted as if she had found her pillar of support.

She threw herself into her husband's arms and started crying, saying like a child complaining to a parent, "Look at Xiao Yuan. Mom and Dad scrimped and saved for him. I even dropped out of school so he could go to a good university. And now, after graduating, he wants to develop his career in this poor county town. What do we even have here now? Is he fair to anyone?"