Chapter 9: There are tigers in every mountain
As soon as the elevator door closed, several beauties with heavy makeup turned around and headed for the lounge, unable to help but complaining as they walked:
"Fuck him! He's so lewd! I was touched all over my body, and he still didn't want to give me more tips..."
Ye Zhenzhen held the band-aid in her hand, watched the elevator door close, and slowly stood up. She didn't know magic, and didn't know how to make others fall in love with her. If she really knew, why did they break up?
Just treat Wen Baijing as a drunken joke. He was calm and composed in his every move. How could he fall in love with a nightclub waitress? When they met for the second time, his disgusted eyes and the way he smashed the cup in anger made Ye Zhenzhen terrified.
The failed relationship that ended not long ago, the painful experience always makes people remember it.
After get off work, she rides an electric scooter, passes through the cold city under the moonlight, and returns to the cramped little attic. This is Ye Zhenzhen's life.
Wen Baijing sat in the study in his pajamas, his mind still restless. After thinking for a long time, he sent a WeChat message to Ye Zhenzhen.
【Are you home yet?】
Maybe it was because she was different, maybe it was because of the innocence of her smile, or maybe it was because she was in a maze.
Wen Baijing has seen too much hypocrisy and cunning, and he finally encountered innocence, but that innocence would soon be shattered. He wanted to retain that natural innocence. An unpolished jade is more charming than a carefully polished object.
He saw through Ye Zhenzhen's clear stupidity at a glance, but he always felt that there was a layer of fog that made her seem a little mysterious. Innocence and depth, romance and melancholy, cuteness and coldness, how can a girl under 23 years old reconcile these contradictory characteristics?
Ye Zhenzhen opened the attic door in the dim light of the stairwell.
The small attic is like a cottage in the Black Forest in fairy tales. It is full of childlike fun and a place for her to stop at night.
The bathroom in the attic was very narrow and had no ventilation fan. Halfway through taking a shower, Ye Zhenzhen opened the bathroom door to get some fresh air, closed the door after a minute, and continued taking a shower.
After taking a shower, she took out a Band-Aid and carefully put it on her heel.
A faint scent of pine and cypress mixed with the cool breath of snow spread lightly and lingered in the small attic.
Lying on the 80-centimeter narrow bed, Ye Zhenzhen finally felt free both physically and mentally.
Just when I was about to fall asleep, the WeChat ringtone rang, and Wen Baijing's WeChat message arrived with a delay.
Out of politeness, Ye Zhenzhen replied to him.
【Thank you! I'm home safe. And thank you for the Band-Aid. 】
After clicking send, the small gray circle keeps spinning, and then it shows that the sending failed.
Ye Zhenzhen yawned, stood up, clicked resend, and held her phone out of the window.
When she heard the successful WeChat message, she was finally free of worries.
The morning light was still light, and the incessant noise sounded as expected. Ye Zhenzhen woke up in the mundane world, washed up hastily, and walked briskly to the park not far away, following the noisy drum beats.
"Zhen Zhen!"
"Little Creek!"
A lively girl about Ye Zhenzhen's age came running over, waving hello to her from afar.
At the park entrance, two girls were hugging each other happily and chattering non-stop.
Strolling in the park with small bridges, flowing water, pavilions and towers, the morning sun shines on them, creating fine and fluffy circles of light.
The stream pouted and complained:
"Hazel, I envy your long legs, they're so thin. Look at my elephant legs..."
Ye Zhenzhen smiled slyly, her face slightly reddened: "Look at my airport, you don't know how much I envy you, the waves are surging..."
Xiaoxi shyly rolled her eyes at Ye Zhenzhen, and the two of them got into a fight.
Under the quaint pavilion, a lotus stem holds a green umbrella. The girl's laughter wakes up the crystal clear water droplets on the lotus leaves, which startle them and roll into the lake.
Lin Xiaoxi is Ye Zhenzhen's former colleague. They were both supermarket cashiers. They quickly became familiar with each other after working together and became good friends. Having a good friend to accompany you in a foreign land always makes the wandering stranger feel a little relieved.
Lin Xiaoxi asked in a low voice: "Zhenzhen, are you okay?"
Ye Zhenzhen smiled and looked into the distance, "I'm fine, nothing's wrong, don't worry!"
Lin Xiaoxi lowered her head and said in a dumb voice: "Zhenzhen, I was broken up too..."
Ye Zhenzhen took her friend's hand and quickly organized the words in her mind to comfort her.
"Zhenzhen, I also want to work in a KTV and make more money."
Ye Zhenzhen was interrupted by the sudden topic and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Do you think working in a KTV is bad? But I am in one. Do you think it is good? That would go against my conscience.
Workers hate their company, but have to grit their teeth and persevere. There are fierce tigers in the mountains and evil dragons in the seas. People who are in a precarious situation are unable to give guidance to others.
Ye Zhenzhen really wanted to tell Lin Xiaoxi that no job was easy. For example, the grievances she had suffered in the past few days, and meeting a customer like Wen Baijing, were also very troublesome...
Wen Baijing sat at his desk, his ears burning for some reason. He kept switching the mouse to check the recent data reports of various provinces. After reading the various reports, he closed his eyes and gently pinched the root of his nose.
He caught a glimpse of a figure from the corner of his eye, was startled for a moment, then took a closer look and instantly regained his composure.
"When did you come? Without knocking?"
Lu Yu looked at him with dark circles under his eyes, puzzled, and said in a serious tone:
"Master Wen, you are so abnormal. Where did you go last night when you left me? You didn't even answer my calls or reply to my WeChat messages! I didn't sleep all night thinking about this question. Look! Look at my dark circles."
He pointed at his own eyes and approached Wen Baijing with a look of grievance on his face.
Wen Baijing saw Lu Yu's dark and swollen eyes, as if he was looking at a dead wood, and shook his head in disdain, saying helplessly: "If you were not so fond of gossip, you wouldn't lose sleep over such a small matter."
Lu Yu snorted coldly, blinked, looked at Wen Baijing seductively, and said in a pinched voice: "I care about you, why don't you appreciate it? You have no conscience!"
Wen Baijing was shaking all over, crossing his arms over his chest, "Can you please speak properly!"
Lu Yu smiled proudly, "I'm talking to you nicely, but you think I'm gossiping..."
Wen Baijing had murderous eyes and a furrowed brow.
Lu Yu instantly returned to normal, "Then tell me the truth, what did you do last night? Did you meet a girl?"
Wen Baijing said without thinking: "Thirty days."
"What thirty days?"
"You didn't deny meeting girls, so did you really meet girls?"
"Who is she? How do you know her? Do I know her?"
"Are we still brothers? We've known each other since we wore open-crotch pants. I tell you everything, why are you hiding even this little thing from me?"
Facing Lu Yu's long list of questions, Wen Baijing dialed the internal line: "Assistant Li, your boss is sick again, come and take him back."
Li Zhu rushed over and dragged Lu Yu away with a smile. Lu Yu cried out with his last bit of stubbornness: "Master Wen, you are so cruel! How can I sleep tonight if you don't tell me?"
Lu Yu was asked to leave, and the world finally became peaceful.
Wen Baijing lay in the leather office chair, spinning leisurely.
He was so focused just now, but was drawn out of Ye Zhenzhen by Lu Yu's gossip soul.
Thinking of that bright smile, a smile secretly crept up the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
"Mr. Wen?" Chief Assistant Xiao Zhu was puzzled, looking at Wen Baijing who was immersed in a smile.
Wen Baijing came back to his senses: "What's wrong?"
General Assistant Xiao Zhu reports on the progress of the winter ordering meeting.
For the upcoming winter clothing ordering meeting, the hotel venue and customer rooms have been booked, and a series of matters including the host, model show, and pre-ordering training have all been coordinated and prepared.
After the customer places the order, we will confirm the order with the factory accordingly. However, the fabric factory we previously cooperated with has recently been involved in some lawsuits and disputes. We are worried that this will affect the company's orders, so we are currently screening new fabric manufacturers.
Wen Baijing thought for a moment and said, "Find a few more alternatives and hurry up to implement them. Without fabrics, what will the subsequent garment factories use to produce?"
Xiao Zhu nodded quickly, "Okay, okay." Then he prepared to leave the office.
Wen Baijing seemed to have thought of something and raised his hand towards Xiao Zhu. "Mr. Shen, the provincial representative of You Province, the company is dealing with the termination of the contract with him. The new provincial representative has not been finalized yet. Has the HR department arranged a contact person for the franchisees of You Province to participate in the winter ordering meeting this time?"
Xiao Zhu smiled and replied: "The Human Resources Department has selected five people from the Sales Department to assist the franchisees in You Province in completing the winter orders."
Wen Baijing was a little distracted while playing with his mobile phone, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.