Outside the airport, Zhou Xiao-Hong raised her chin to look at the planes taking off with a strange look on her face. 

Xia Lei recalled her nervousness on the plane and said with a laugh, “Xiao-Hong, you’re leaving the airport now. Are you still nervous?” 

Zhou Xiao-Hong smiled in embarrassment. “It was my first time on a plane. Don’t laugh at me, Big Brother Lei.” 

“What’s there to laugh at? When the branch office is established in the future you’ll have plenty of opportunities to take planes. You’ll have to adapt,” said Xia Lei. 

Zhou Xiao-Hong looked nervous. “You’re sending me to the branch office, Big Brother Lei?”

Xia Lei smiled and said, “Is that not good? Your hometown is here and your family is also here. You’re familiar with the environment here so isn’t it a good thing that I’m putting you in charge of the new company?”

“Ah?” Zhou Xiao-Hong stared blankly. “I’m in charge of the new company?” 

Xia Lei nodded. “Yes, that’s what I’m thinking. You’re the best candidate.” 

Zhou Xiao-Hong was just a junior high graduate and was not highly-educated. The machining knowledge she had now was only because she had picked it up after following Xia Lei; she was not very good and not very accurate either....