Zheng Shuyi imdiately called Wang irui back.
Although it was late at night already, Wang iru obviously couldn't fall asleep. That sentence "I'm Shi Yan" was still lingering beside her ears.
So when she picked up the phone, she didn't know what to say. In the end, she finally asked, "Finally finished showering?"
"It's so late, why did you call ?"
"Why sound so bothered?" Wang iru sneered, "I just wanted to ask if you would co ho on May first.15/1 is International Worker's Day (like Labor Day in US), a national holiday in China.
Zheng Shuyi held the phone and secretly glanced at Shi Yan on the side, then said quietly, "I know what you want."
Qingan is one of the best places to go for vacation. Every year, the tickets to Qingan during May 1st were always very hard to get. And because of how crowded it would get, Zheng Shuyi and her family have already reached a consensus on not going ho during such holidays.
The way Wang iru asked, it was obvious that there was a deeper reason.
Wang iru: "Don't care what I want, just tell if you're coming back."
Zheng Shuyi didn't reply. Instead, she covered the mic and glanced towards Shi Yan.
Shi Yan was leaning on the front of the bed and flipping through a magazine, during which he took a chance to glance at her back.
"What is it?"
To cover her little embarrassnt, Zheng Shuyi raised her chin and cleared her throat, "Do you have ti on May first?"
"No."
The sound of pages flipping ca along with Shi Yan's short reply, "but I'll make so."
Zheng Shuyi couldn't help but reach out and kick him, "Next ti finish your words in one go."
Then she turned her back towards him and lifted the hand on the mic, "Okay, I'll see. I'm pretty busy here these days, but I'll co back if I have ti. I'll let you know when the ti cos."
As if she accidentally jinxed herself, work started to overload her the week before May 1st.
Zheng Shuyi was so busy that she even called Qin Shiyue, who usually just chilled on Sundays, to co help.
When Wang iru's call ca to ask, Zheng Shuyi didn't even have the ti to wear earbuds. She held the phone with her shoulder and organized so folders while replying, "I really can't co back, too busy, and it's almost mid-year examination soon, I really don't have ti."
Wang iru was a little annoyed, "Okay okay, go do your busy work, children, after they grow up, are indeed ungrateful."
After hanging up, Zheng Shuyi quickly threw this matter to the back of her head.
On the last day of holiday.
This was the only rest day that Zheng Shuyi had this week. And Shi Yan happened to be abroad and wouldn't co back until midnight. She didn't want to go anywhere and just lay on the bed at ho for the afternoon. In the evening, she suddenly wanted to cook sothing.
Although the two rarely cooked, the aunt who ca to make food always kept the fridge in stock.
But having all the ingredients and tools was one matter.
Turning these into tasty dishes was another.
Two hours later, the fridge was half empty, but only three successful dishes ca out.
"I guess this will do."
Zheng Shuyi took off her apron and praised herself, "A nice variety too. Shi Yan, having is from all your luck in your past lives."
Edison failed over a thousand tis to make a light bulb, yet she only failed five or so tis. It wasn't too bad.
Although sweat has already covered her back, she tried to make it look like it was nothing.
As she was setting up the table, the sound of footsteps ca from the entrance hallway.
Zheng Shuyi was delighted. She quickly wiped her hands and ran over.
"You're back?!
The last word's tone suddenly changed, as if her surprise turned into shock.
Because what appeared at the door was not only Shi Yan.
Beside him was her mom, Wang iru.
Zheng Shuyi's mouth was still left open. After a full three seconds, she finally spoke.
"Mom?"
"What," Wang iru pulled her suitcase and walked in, "Did you forget how I look like after not eting for a few months?"
This tone, yep, it was her real mom without a doubt.
Zheng Shuyi finally slowly gained her senses back. She gave Shi Yan a resentful look and then obediently went to help with Wang iru's suitcase.
"How, how did you two co together?"
"We happened to et at the airport."
Before Zheng Shuyi got her confusion of how they t resolved, Shi Yan had already taken the suitcase from her hand and took a sniff, "Did you cook?"
Zheng Shuyi nodded.
After Shi Yan took the suitcase and left, she finally whispered to her mom, "Mom, why did you co without even letting know?!"
"If I told you, could this still be considered a sudden inspection?" Wang iru replied.
Zheng Shuyi: ""
Her horoom teacher habit again
She pointed at Shi Yan, "I don't think you two t before? How did you two find each other?"
There was no way Zheng Shuyi could believe that her mother and her boyfriend just randomly t in the middle of the airport.
It was just a face that looked similar to Zheng Shuyi's and another face that she only saw once from a photo.
"It's true we never t before," Wang iru crossed her arms across her chest and studied the house Zheng Shuyi has been living in. Then she said lightly, "I recognized him at the airport, greeted him, and now here we are."
After speaking, she looked at Zheng Shuyi in the eyes, "And you, you lived in soone else's house without even telling ?"
"Oh, during my senior year you went to Singapore with a tour group and didn't tell either," murmured Zheng Shuyi, "You told you were going to Cowshed Hill."
When Shi Yan ca back, the conversation between the mother and the daughter imdiately stopped.
Wang iru turned back into her nice Teacher Wang form.
Since the two have been together since the airport, Zheng Shuyi didn't know how much they have chatted already. Either way, the awkward scene she expected didn't appear.
But after all, this was the first ti they t in person. When looking at Shi Yan, Wang iru's looks had a sense of examination in them.
Until the food was brought onto the table.
She took a few bites, and then her examination turned into a sense of care.
"This is what you usually eat?" Wang iru shook her head, "Well, at least it's a little healthier than takeout."
With this one sentence, the confidence Little Chef Zheng had after comparing herself with Edison disappeared.
"Not really."
Shi Yan said calmly, "I'm usually the one who cooks."
Wang iru nodded with satisfaction, "Thank you for all you've done."
Shi Yan: "It was nothing. I'm glad to do the cooking."
Zheng Shuyi: "?"
You only cooked once, how do you feel no sha at all?
Although Wang iru's sudden appearance really surprised Zheng Shuyi, after all, they haven't t for several months and Zheng Shuyi missed her a lot.
And she ca here all the way from Qingan, it made her quite excited.
Even after dinner, Wang iru told her that after eting her boyfriend, she felt very assured and would be returning to Qingan tomorrow since school was about to start.
Rembering that her mother was this busy, Zheng Shuyi almost cried on the spot.
And Shi Yan was just sitting on the side looking at him with sowhat of a smile.
How could he laugh in front of such a scene?
People tend to be not reasonable when emotional.
When Wang iru was about to leave, Zheng Shuyi hugged her for a long ti, then went with her to the subway station.
Until she left, Zheng Shuyi was still looking at the station in a daze.
After a while, her emotions cald down. It wasn't until she returned to the car did she find the situation weird and asked Shi Yan, "But how did you two et in the airport?"
This was a really good question.
Qingan was a city without an airport. Even if Wang iru really wanted to co, it didn't make sense for her to be at Jiang City International Airport.
Shi Yan held the steering wheel and just pursed his lips with a smile in his eyes.
"Tell ee,
Zheng Shuyi shook his arm, "Didn't you just co back from France? How did you two et at the airport?
Because.
Shi Yan used the most soft tone to say the most hurtful words, "Aunt just ca back from a tour group in Malaysia and needed to change trains at Jiang City to return to Qingan."
Zheng Shuyi: ""
She was wrong after all.
She suddenly took a deep breath and brought all her tears back in.
"Let's go ho."
There has never been Spring in Jiang City. After a few cool days during May, the temperature imdiately shot up to thirty-five degrees. It lasted until June and was still slowly rising.
In the work building, the AC was turned really low. During the lunch break, many young ladies even put on a blanket they brought.
In the silence, QIn Shiyue heard waves of keyboard sounds and raised her head in a daze, "Are you not going to take a break?"
Zheng Shuyi replied while typing quickly, "I'm editing my PowerPoint."
"For what?" asked Qin Shiyue."
Zheng Shuyi looked around and whispered, "Job report."
About the promotion, although everyone knew clearly who it would be, Zheng Shuyi still tried to stay low-key and not brag about it.
Otherwise, hope could easily be lost.
But Qin Shiyue suddenly beca interested. She sat beside her and watched for a while, then suddenly sighed.
Zheng Shuyi asked, "Are you okay?"
Qin Shiyue rested her head on her hand and said weakly, "I'm just thinking, maybe Yu You's ideal type is a girl like you."
"Shh," Zheng Shuyi made a motion to tell her to be quiet, "Make sure you don't say this in front of your uncle, you'll end up killing ."
Qin Shiyue smiled, "About right, he's so stingy."
When she was about to finish, Zheng Shuyi was adding final touches as she asked, "Why say that?"
"*Sigh*, it's just the car crash last ti, didn't he co to the hospital?"
Qin Shiyue changed her position and used her hands to cover her face, "It was so embarrassing wasn't it?"
Thinking of the scene of Qin Shiyue yelling at the driver, Zheng Shuyi couldn't hold in her laugh.
"It's not that embarrassing. In fact, I think what you did is right. No matter who or what, one should always be responsible for what they did."
"Yes yes yes!
Qin Shiyue hit the table with excitent, "When I asked him if he thought I was making a fuss of every detail, that was the sa thing he said."
Zheng Shuyi took a sip of coffee and didn't reply.
"I was reading your report just now, and I was thinking, you are those who are responsible for what they do. As for , I'm just a nobody."
Qin Shiyue drooped her eyebrows and lost hope in the future, "But the more I can't get it, the more I want it, what should I do?"
Zheng Shuyi asked, "Is he very cold to you?"
Qin Shiyue was stunned for a second, then her face turned red and she buried her head down.
"N, no not really."
Once, she was having a party with her friends at the bar and coincidentally t Yu You.
Under the ambiguous lights, Qin Shiyue just stared at him without any concealnt.
Yet he soon left and never ca back.
Qin Shiyue drank a lot of wine in sadness. By the ti she left, it was already early morning.
But when she ca to the doors of the bar, she suddenly found that Yu You was sitting in his car and didn't leave yet.
That night, he drove her ho.
Although it had been a month already, Qin Shiyue still clearly rembered when he was helping her take her high heels off. She was kicking around and accidentally kicked him.
Then, her ankle got held onto tightly.
The warmth and strength suddenly ca and Qin Shiyue felt as if she turned into a puppet.
But she seed to be the only one uncomfortable. After Yu You placed her leg on the sofa, he asked respectfully as usual, "Anything else you need help with?"
Thinking of that scene, Qin Shiyue still wanted to slap herself to this day.
For whatever reason, she said, "My underwear's too tight, it's uncomfortable."
The saying that people forget what they do when drunk didn't happen to her.
While Qin Shiyue quietly recalled her embarrassing monts, Zheng Shuyi had already finished and pulled out the USB. Then she patted her shoulder.
"I have to go to the eting room to test the equipnt out, see you later."
"Oh, oh, you can do this."
There were still twenty minutes until the job report.
There, other than Zheng Shuyi was another employee whose position would be changed.
Seeing her coming, that male colleague stopped what he was doing and smiled, "Congratulations, Deputy Editor-in-chief Zheng."
Zheng Shuyi didn't know him well. Hearing his praises, she was quite shy.
"The process hasn't been finalized, please don't say that yet. People will laugh at if they hear that."
"Ah don't worry, nothing can go wrong. This is almost certain, Editor Zheng."
Although he was saying such kind words, his face imdiately turned cold after turning his head.
He ca to "Finance Weekly" a year before Zheng Shuyi. Yet while he was still trying hard to maintain his team leader position, Zheng Shuyi was already setting for deputy editor-in-chief.
When one is having a hard ti improving, the other's hard work will all disappear in their eyes.
He knew that the only difference between him and Zheng Shuyi was a high-status lover.
"Deputy Editor-in-chief" was just the beginning. Zheng Shuyi was already at a different level from people like them who still had to spend efforts seeking resources.
She had a boyfriend who stood on the top of the pyramid in the industry. In the future, seeing all the other bigwigs would just be a piece of cake for her.
Unlike them, who would still have to go through nurous troubles to arrange a ti and sotis even be treated with unkindness? Now, as long as Zheng Shuyi wishes, let alone an interview, his boyfriend could even arrange a dinner with the interviewee.
"Editor Zheng, after you set a path onto your bright future, make sure you don't forget your old colleagues."
Turning his head back around, his face returned to the big smile, "If we need help please don't refuse."
Hearing this, Zheng Shuyi just gave an "Mm".
Soon after, the higher executives ca in.
When Tang Yi walked by Zheng Shuyi, she patted her shoulder.
"Don't be nervous, just perform like you usually do, you got this."
To be honest, Tang Yi's words gave Zheng Shuyi a lot of confidence.
With her sitting down there, Zheng Shuyi went through the PowerPoint without any stutters.
When she put down her laser pen, there was a loud round of applause.
"You're done?"
When Zheng Shuyi ca out, Kong Nan and Qin Shiyue imdiately walked up to her, "How did it go?"
The wind from the air conditioner was quite cold. She stood under the blow for a while to calm her excitent then said calmly, "It was okay, steady and smooth."
Kong Nan and Qin Shiyue almost said at the sa ti, "Treat us to dinner."
Zheng Shuyi made an "ok" sign, "What about tomorrow night, you can choose wherever."
Back at her desk, Zheng Shuyi picked up her pen to write her weekly job report, but her hands didn't move for a long ti.
She turned her head to look at the view outside and was lost in thoughts for a while.
By the ti she looked away, it had been ten minutes already.
With a smile on her lips, she wrote the weekly report that she hated extraordinarily fast.
Two hours later, Zheng Shuyi raised her head, leaned back on her chair. With a calm look on her face, she texted Shi Yan three exclamation marks.
Zheng Shuyi: I'll treat you to dinner tonight!
Zheng Shuyi: Choose wherever!
Zheng Shuyi: Don't worry, Editor Zheng got you covered!
After a long ti, Shi Yan finally got the chance to check his phone.
He sent an audio ssage.
"Bay of Clouds, is that okay?"
Zheng Shuyi smiled: Okay, Editor Zheng will cook for you herself.
The second she sent the ssage, she received a mail on her laptop.
She imdiately clicked it open, and after seeing the topic clearly, her eyes froze on the screen.
She thought she must have misread as she blinked and read out every word to herself.
As if she fell down from the sky, Zheng Shuyi was at a loss. Even the window and the dim sunlight seed to have disappeared as her mood instantly changed.
Then.
She imdiately recalled the ssage to Shi Yan.
Zheng Shuyi: No more dinner.
Zheng Shuyi: Your girlfriend has depression now.
15/1 is International Worker's Day (like Labor Day in US), a national holiday in China.
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