Chapter 14: Three Fools
In the top floor office of Deli Electric Power, Ma Wei, who had been standing for a long time, now had a twisted expression on his face.
He could guess what his father meant.
It wasn’t that he liked Xu Min that much; mainly, it was stuck in his throat, and if he gave up on Xu Min now because of this matter.
Ma Wei felt he would probably die of anger.
Looking at his son who had been silent for a long time in front of him, Ma Gaosheng sighed.
Life is like this; if you want to climb up, you have to lose something.
What a coincidence; previously there was no opportunity, but today, taking advantage of this chance, he could truly let his son know some of the bloody realities of society.
He roughly explained the situation from a few days ago when he parted on bad terms with Liu Jun, then continued, “I know you can’t swallow this anger. But now is not the time for you to get upset with Fan Ren. After all, you are still classmates! What deep hatred could there be between classmates?”
“Listen to Dad; if this matter can be negotiated quickly, not to mention how much merit, at least the district manager won’t think I’m not up to the task. You have to know how hard it was to get to this position for Dad.”
After saying that, he paused, steeled himself, and continued, “If because of this matter the district manager gets a bad impression of me, and someone takes my position later. At that time, everything our family has now will be gone. Look at those older employees in the company.”
He took a drag on his cigarette, then continued leisurely, “Those people, to leave a good impression on their superiors, wish they could be the last one to leave after work every day. For what? Just so that when the company lays off people in the future, they can be spared out of consideration for their usual good performance.”
As his words fell, the office fell into a long silence.
Ma Wei kept his head down, not knowing what he was thinking, and Ma Gaosheng wasn’t in a hurry either, silently smoking by himself.
After a long time, Ma Wei looked up helplessly and said, “Dad, the key is that I’m not that close to Fan Ren, and we had a disagreement at the last gathering.”
“What close or not; you are classmates. What disagreement? Problems between young people that can be solved with an apology.”
“Dad..”
“Alright, don’t make excuses. You need to keep some distance from Xu Min; I hope you understand my good intentions. In a few days, come with me to Xinghai Technology; even if I have to lose this old face, the patent matter must be negotiated quickly.”
Ma Wei still wanted to say something, but he was directly interrupted by Ma Gaosheng.
Looking at his son’s unwilling expression, he suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.
At his age, he had only just come to understand the difficulties of the workplace. He suddenly didn’t plan to explain further, irritably waved his hand, and shooed Ma Wei out.
The next day.
Zeng Yingying had stayed up late last night reading Xinghai information. As a liberal arts student, she originally didn’t understand much about the importance of so-called high-voltage wireless charging technology.
But as the introduction in the materials deepened, along with the extended explanations.
She finally realized it belatedly.
The Xinghai Technology she was about to join was actually the patent authorization party for several major leading enterprises in the industry!
This completely shattered her already limited cognition.
Fan Ren and Xu Min had been together for four years; although she hadn’t interacted much with Zeng Yingying, she knew that Fan Ren’s performance in school had always been quite outstanding.
She couldn’t connect the shy and poor boy in her impression with the current boss of Xinghai Technology.
What was even more ridiculous?
Xu Min actually chose to break up with him after three years of long-term relationship because of Fan Ren’s family conditions?
Zeng Yingying held this absurd doubt and didn’t sleep well the latter half of the night.
When she got up in the morning, Zeng Yingying had two panda eyes, bathed in the sunlight she disliked, and began washing up.
“You’re so dedicated even to a part-time job; is it really necessary?”
Liu Xinyue got up in a daze to use the bathroom and complained.
“Woo, sorry for waking you.” Zeng Yingying mumbled back, then stared blankly at Liu Xinyue, who returned to the room to catch up on sleep.
“Morning, Yingying. Off to the part-time job again?”
Xu Min had applied light makeup, wore a professional outfit, with a layer of thin stockings on her legs; although she had just graduated not long ago, her overall temperament was no longer as green as in university days.
Only then did Zeng Yingying come back to her senses. If time went back to yesterday, she would definitely have looked at Xu Min’s outfit with full envy.
After all, she was the first among the sisters to find a full-time job. And her family conditions weren’t that bad, unlike hers, where her family had issued an ultimatum.
But now?
Looking at the youthful and beautiful girl in front of her, her eyes couldn’t help but show sympathy.
Although their relationship wasn’t particularly close, there hadn’t been any major conflicts between them.
There wasn’t any schadenfreude, because in Zeng Yingying’s view, including herself, all three roommates.
Were all big fools!
“Yingying?”
“Ah, yes, oh no, I found a job yesterday, came back too late, didn’t tell you guys. Today is my first day at work!”
“Really? Congratulations then! What company? How’s the treatment?”
Hearing this, Xu Min was also happy for her.
Zeng Yingying was in a dilemma; how was she supposed to explain this?
She could only vaguely gloss over it. Then, pretending to be in a hurry, she quickly grabbed her bag and rushed out the door.
“So reckless..”
Xu Min shook her head with a smile and also came downstairs. She looked around; today, Ma Wei’s BMW wasn’t there.
Obviously, it was because she had been rejecting some of Ma Wei’s requests in the past few days, which had upset him.
One had to know, in all these days since graduation, Ma Wei had always been responsible for picking her up and dropping her off from work.
Ma Wei’s pursuit of her was very enthusiastic; honestly, whether introducing her to a job or picking her up rain or shine these days, it had definitely moved her a lot.
It wasn’t that Xu Min was deliberately playing hard to get to string Ma Wei along; she just felt that right after breaking up with her ex, jumping into the next relationship would leave an impression of not being reserved in Ma Wei’s heart in the future.
Wait a bit longer; if she remembered correctly, Ma Wei’s birthday was in a few days, and she would get paid then.
Xu Min thought of the expensive belt she had selected online, a smile appeared on her pretty face, and she walked happily toward the company.
Today was Zeng Yingying’s first day at work; Fan Ren didn’t assign her too many tasks, since the company interior was still under decoration.
He handed over the applicant list information that he had discussed and finalized with Liu Jun last night to Zeng Yingying for her to handle contacting and notifying.
And to keep an eye on the company’s construction site, then he hurriedly followed Liu Jun to San Xin.
In front of the San Xin Group building.
“Second Brother, don’t you think we should get a car?”
“I’ll go after we’re done later!”
“No rush; I’ll give a bad review first! What the hell, it’s thirty-five degrees today! The jerk refuses to turn on the AC!”
‘Pa’, Fan Ren lit a cigarette and tossed one to Liu Jun, who was sweating profusely and operating his mobile phone to give a bad review.
Even he, who was usually calm, couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger, and even his cigarette craving was out of control.
Early in the morning, without doing anything, they were stifled into a sweat in the car. What kind of person! Refusing to turn on the AC for them to save that little cost.
‘Beep beep beep!’
A piercing horn sound, accompanied by the roar of an engine, rang out not far away.
Fan Ren pulled Liu Jun aside to dodge; in front of them, a sleek supercar sped by like the wind, revving its engine as it rushed into the San Xin Group gate not far away.
“Damn, did I not check the almanac before going out today? So unlucky?”
Liu Jun was also startled; thanks to Fan Ren pulling him, otherwise, if hit by that, he’d be lying in the hospital.
“Now you know how much people hated you driving a sports car in school back then.”
Fan Ren mocked, and after the two extinguished their cigarette butts, they stepped into the San Xin gate.
