The cables used for charging piles are specially made. To extend their shelf life, the outer packaging alone uses several layers of PVC plastic shells, making them not ordinarily heavy. The current and power are relatively high, and the internal wires are very thick.
Under normal circumstances, two adult males are needed to support it from behind, place it on a fixed operating platform, and then another person aligns it with the interface to screw it in place.
But now, everything has been handed over to him alone.
When Tang Nannan walked over, he was struggling to drag the cable towards him, only two or three centimeters away from reaching the connector.
However, his arm was so painful that he dared not exert himself, and after a few tugs, it didn't budge.
Even so, Tang Nannan could see that his wound had split open.
The pristine white gauze was stained with crimson blood.
A wave of guilt and heartache washed over her. Tang Nannan quickly put down the thermos and rushed over.
She hugged the cable and pulled it forcefully towards him. With a click, the connector on the cable plugged into the interface on the charging pile.
Hu Jiasheng looked back and saw that someone was indeed helping him. It turned out to be Tang Nannan.
She was wearing the new designer clothes Hu Jiasheng had picked out for her yesterday, looking neat and pretty. Yet, she was holding the thick cable and looking at him, completely disregarding her appearance.
For some inexplicable reason, Hu Jiasheng couldn't help but smile.
While quickly tightening the screws on the connector, he asked her, "Why are you here?"
Tang Nannan told the truth, "Seeing that you haven't gone home so late, I was worried something might have happened, so I came to check."
"I'm a grown man, what could happen to me?"
"But something did happen, didn't it? I knew Wang Tengfei wouldn't be so kind as to help you."
The screws were almost tightened; now they just needed to be secured. Hu Jiasheng gestured for her to let go.
Tang Nannan walked back to pick up the thermos and cups and went to him.
"Haven't you eaten yet? Are you hungry or thirsty? Have something to eat and drink first. Tell me how to do it, and I'll do it."
Hu Jiasheng turned his head and saw that she had even brought him food.
The thermos was sky blue, clean, and brand new, clearly recently purchased.
Being in a foreign place, having someone who remembered at the right time whether she had gone home, whether she was hungry, and who would come to bring her food, felt quite peculiar.
He didn't want to waste her good intentions.
"What did you make today?"
Tang Nannan said, "I saw there were only two tomatoes left in the fridge, a few eggs, and some greens, so I made a mixed vegetable stew."
"Although it's not valuable, this kind of soup is delicious poured over rice, it's very appetizing."
After working for so long and being hungry until now, to be honest, Hu Jiasheng was truly tired.
Coupled with the pain in his hand, he didn't want to push himself. He put down his work.
"Wait a moment, I'll go wash my hands."
He didn't refuse her, and he never picked at her cooking. Tang Nannan was very happy about this.
Watching him, tall and straight, go to the restroom, and then watching him stride back.
Tang Nannan unpacked the cardboard packaging and spread it on the ground, sitting in front of the charging pile to wait for him.
Hu Jiasheng went over and sat beside her, naturally taking the thermos and sniffing it first.
"It does smell good."
Tang Nannan handed him the water, "Drink some water before you eat."
She had thoughtfully prepared warm water.
Hu Jiasheng took it and drank half a bottle in gulps. Tang Nannan then handed him a spoon.
Watching him scoop up a mouthful, chew it elegantly, and nod, she finally felt relieved.
"Then you eat. I'll go back to work. Do I just need to tighten that screw?"
"Forget it, sit down. That thing is quite heavy, you won't be able to tighten it."
"I can do it. You don't know how strong I am."
Tang Nannan said as she walked to the charging pile, tightening the screws as she spoke to him.
When her younger brother first got sick, he often got into trouble, and they were short on money. At that time, short videos were just becoming popular. There was a woman whose husband had cancer, and to support her family, she went to carry cement to earn money. She had the same idea.
"I trained my strength back then. For two hundred yuan a day, I carried dozens of tons of cement."
Hu Jiasheng found it hard to imagine.
How could a pampered young lady, who had never done any manual labor since childhood, suddenly go to carry cement? How did she manage?
"Really? Don't lie to impress me."
"Of course, it's true."
Tang Nannan said.
"My uncle even found me the job. We were supposed to go together, but he couldn't last ten minutes."
"You must think I'm bragging, that I'm not strong, right? But you don't know how much strength you have when you're truly desperate for money and have the willpower to endure."
"Of course. My back would ache every night when I got home. I stopped because I twisted my back and had some shoulder strain."
One ate and chatted, the other worked and chatted. The overtime hours suddenly didn't feel lonely or boring anymore.
When Hu Jiasheng slowly finished his meal and drank his water, he looked back and saw that she really did have some strength.
She had actually pulled over another cable and connected it herself.
Hu Jiasheng walked over and couldn't help but grab her hand to look at it, comparing her wrist to his.
It was almost half his size. How could such a slender body possess such great energy?
However, thinking of Jiang Nanfang, he could understand.
Jiang Nanfang was also slender and looked equally frail, yet she had given birth to four children in one go, raised four children, founded a company, and developed products that he hadn't.
Women are truly a magical species, with much greater resilience than men.
As long as they set their minds to it, it seemed there was nothing in the world that could stop them.
Hu Jiasheng was full, well-rested, and had regained his strength. He asked Tang Nannan to move aside, saying he would handle it from now on. Tang Nannan refused.
"Look, has your wound split open? It'll probably get inflamed tomorrow, and you'll have to go to the hospital again. Never mind, you sit and rest, I'll do it."
Hu Jiasheng was unconcerned, "How can I be so delicate? If you could carry cement, can't I endure this little wound?"
"It's not the same, don't twist my words."
Tang Nannan pushed him.
"Just give me a chance, let me learn something, and you can teach me from the side."
If she were to enter the electrical industry in the future, accumulating some experience wouldn't hurt.
Hu Jiasheng then guided her from the side, completing all the subsequent steps.
There is indeed truth to the saying that working together makes it less tiring.
Although they weren't flirting, talking and working together made them not feel tired at all.
Time flew by, and it was past ten o'clock. Finally, the two charging piles were connected.
Even as a workaholic, Hu Jiasheng couldn't let Tang Nannan continue working.
"If you want to learn, come again tomorrow."
Tang Nannan tidied up the things with him and called a car on her phone.
While waiting for the car, she washed her face under the faucet. With sparkling water droplets on her face, she looked at him with a smile.