Ma Siyi, who had been buried in Italy digging through research data all this time, was thrilled by He Wenjie's sudden arrival. However, after He Wenjie had been in Italy for less than a week, Ma Siyi started getting sick of him because his presence was severely disrupting her work progress. Consequently, He Wenjie—having enjoyed the perks of a blissful sex life for just a few days—was sent packing back to China by Ma Siyi.
Upon returning to China, He Wenjie first went back to Flower Street to help Ma Siyi bring some materials back. By the time He Wenjie returned to Beijing, half a month had already passed.
In that short half-month, well over half of Xia Fenghua's staff had left. Based on He Wenjie's observation, the people remaining now amounted to less than a third of what they had been half a month ago. Xia Fenghua's branch was desperately short of couriers, and now even she herself was forced to run deliveries alongside the front-line staff. He Wenjie waited for her at the delivery station all afternoon, watching with his own eyes as she finished delivering two truckloads before finally taking a breather.
Chapter 1231