3

Chen Yi stood in her future office, looking at the milky white marble floor and light gray wallpaper, imagining that the table was placed against the wall or attached to the huge floor-to-ceiling window in this empty room, no matter what, there must be a floor lamp next to the desk or in the corner of the hospitality sofa, she often fantasized about placing a floor lamp in her home, but compared to the wall lamps and table lamps that barely occupy an area, the floor lamp is quite flashy, bulky and easy to fall into dust, which occupies an area and is not easy to clean, and has been renting a house to live. Tired of running around, neither space nor time allows her to have "superfluous" things, so whether it is a floor lamp or other "impractical" things, she has never owned.

"It's not practical. How many times did she persuade herself to put down an expensive and fragile bed, a delicate and fragile ornament, a sound peripheral that improved the sound quality, and she couldn't remember how she had become like this and lived such a "practical" life.

In order to facilitate her life, she gave up too many impractical things, if she can really be promoted and raised, then the day of "financial freedom" she is looking forward to is finally coming, at least she doesn't have to worry about the cost performance of the floor lamp, and she can also change to a larger house.

If you live in a larger house, you can have a larger work table, and at the same time, she can spread out her books and laptop, and there is also a place to put a cup of hot hand-poured coffee, by the way, there is finally a place to put a coffee machine, Bai Qi is quite picky about coffee, if he stays overnight in the future, he can make a simple breakfast in the open kitchen in the morning, and then make a cup of American......

Outside the window, a huge crow swooped down, its wings scraped against the glass, and a crackling sound interrupted Chen Yi's thoughts, she blinked, and the infinitely extended gaze finally fell back into the empty reality.

Perhaps, there is no marriage in the life arranged by God for her, she is at a loss, perhaps, she is destined to live like this room in this life, alone and empty.

"What do you mean?" she was alert to Li Qizhi's sudden question, because she didn't know what kind of answer he wanted, after all, she still wanted this high-paying job, "Do I have anything to do with this job if I get married or not?"

Li Qizhi smiled, "Listening to you say this, you haven't gotten married yet, do you plan to get married when you want to?"

Chen Yi replied seriously: "I think this is my personal private matter, and it has nothing to do with my work ability." ”

"It's really not about your ability, but it has something to do with work. Li Qizhi continued, "Although Mr. Chen looks young, he is actually not small. Seeing Chen Yi's face flushed with anger, he raised his hand and pressed down, as if to comfort her, "Don't be busy getting angry first, I appreciate and respect you very much, and I decided to give you a promotion and a salary increase, and entrust you with important responsibilities, just because you are not young, you know, I can't trust the current young people, they are too impetuous." ”

"One thing you may not know, Mr. Chen, when we are recruiting now, we try not to hire young women. Manager Cui, who was standing on the side, added Li Kezhi's voiceover, "To put it bluntly, it is mainly unmarried women of appropriate age, and women who have not given birth, as well as women who are married but have only given birth to one child, and may have a second child." ”

"What?" Chen Yi interrupted her in surprise, "You might as well say, you just don't want a woman." ”

Manager Cui pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, this smile was both embarrassing because of his weak heart, and cold because of his far-fetchedness, "You can also say that." ”

Li knew that as a boss, he didn't have much psychological burden on his "employment discrimination", and said very frankly, "But if you are married and have already given birth to a second child, we will all consider admitting, because they have already passed the stage where they have to divide their attention from work in order to take care of the family......" He paused, frowned, and seemed to be thinking seriously, " But to be honest, in extreme cases, I would rather hire an unmarried female employee than a married one with children, because no matter how old the child is, her focus must be on the family. ”

Chen Yi interrupted him, his tone was already slightly hostile, "Mr. Li, don't you think you are prejudiced against female employees? While being a good mother, she can also be a good employee." ”

Li didn't know what to do, but he just laughed and said, "I don't need my employee to be a good employee at the same time, but also a good wife and mother, I just need a good employee." ”

"Although I am now what you call an older unmarried young woman, in the future, it is also possible for me to get married, and when the time comes, will you dismiss me because I want to have children?"

Li Kezhi shook his head, pointed at her and said, "You don't need to be angry with me and say such things, I don't think so, as far as I know, once a woman is not married after the age of twenty-five, basically every year of delay, it is even more impossible to get married, and at your age, it is almost a certainty, and you will not get married in the future." ”

Seeing that he was so determined, Chen Yi opened her mouth and didn't know what to say, after all, it was impossible for her to take out a marriage certificate on the spot to refute him.

"Do you think I'm humiliating you? On the contrary, I'm praising you. Li Kezhi said in a sincere tone, "You haven't been married yet, which means that you have your own insistence, you have clear needs, so you are not willing to compromise, you have high requirements for men and life, I can see that you have ambition in your eyes, you are not an ordinary woman." ”

After Li Qizhi left, Chen Yi stood in his office that had not yet been renovated for almost half an hour, and this job was signed for five years, and according to the meaning of Li Qizhi's words, he didn't want her to devote even one-tenth of her energy to the family in these five years or even in the next few years, he wanted to buy out her life and arrange her into his career ambition.

Isn't she married? She asked herself, career and marriage, did you choose a career? Just decided, okay? Was it right? But she immediately tasted the bitterness from the confusion, all this was beyond her control, because the person she loved made it clear that he would never marry her, or that he did not need to struggle, so he made the choice so passively.

Thinking about it this way, in fact, the career was not chosen by her, she became an English teacher by mistake, and was inexplicably placed in an important position in front of her, while she fell into this guaranteed comfort, she couldn't help but wonder, this job, is it really what she wants? Then again, even if she doesn't want it, what can she do? Is there a second way to choose? She wants to take another path, but there is no way to go.

She wanted a pear, but God gave her a peach, and although this peach was sweet and big, she was too dissatisfied to want only a pear, even if it was small and shriveled? There are so many people in this world who have empty hands, and at least she still has peaches in her hands.

Isn't it good? From now on, you should have no worries about food and clothing, Chen Yi watched a ray of sunlight fall on his toes, as if God was saying, this is your best way.

"Teacher Chen, shall we go back?" Manager Cui walked in and asked, after dealing with the trivial matters explained by Li Qizhi, "Or do you want to go home directly?" ”

Chen Yi asked strangely, "Can you not go back to the company?" Isn't there a regular meeting this afternoon?"

"Regular meetings, it's okay if you don't go, it's okay if you don't want to participate in the future, your identity is different, you are a big man appointed by Mr. Li. Manager Cui stood by the door and made a gesture of "please", "Have you thought about it?" I don't think there's anything to consider, the conditions are really very generous, change me, let alone five years, I would like to sign for ten years." ”

"I want to ...... I don't have to think about it. Chen Yi said, "Let's go back to the company first, I am not qualified to miss the regular meeting now." ”

Manager Cui didn't hear the hesitation in Chen Yi's words, she gave her a thumbs up and said, "Respect your post and love your industry." ”

4

Back downstairs of the company, Chen Yi saw a figure that seemed familiar from afar, in the cold wind, only one of his guests was sitting in the open-air area of the café along the street, wearing a chestnut windbreaker, wearing a silver-gray scarf, sitting with his chest up and folding his legs, very eye-catching, she couldn't be sure of sticking to the window of the car to look carefully, yes, it was indeed Andy, the elderly boyfriend of Bai Sugar, sitting outside, obviously waiting for her, unless he had other acquaintances nearby.

After Chen Yi asked Manager Cui to pull over, Andy looked up to meet her eyes, then showed a smile that finally waited for her, waved his hand at the empty chair, and motioned for her to come over and sit down opposite him.

After Chen Yi sat down, Andy first explained his intentions, "The people around Bai Tang, I only know you, that's why I came to your company to find you, I'm sorry, Miss Chen, I don't know who else to talk to about Bai Tang." Then he asked, "What do you drink?"

"I don't drink anymore, I have to go back to the meeting. Seeing that he was a little flustered with a calm aura, Chen Yi couldn't help but ask worriedly, "What's wrong with Bai Sugar? Is she okay? Where is she?"

Andy said: "Don't worry, she's very nice, it's just that we broke up." ”

"Oh......" Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he was just trying to confide in his feelings, but he immediately felt embarrassed that he was so relieved in front of the other party, so he smiled embarrassedly and tried to make the right move that could comfort him, "She is a playful leather child, she has been devoted to it since she was a child, and she is called 'husband' to see which handsome male star is called, don't take it to heart, maybe one day she will come back to you." ”

Andy showed a doting smile, "I knew from the beginning that she was playful and sweet, you may think it's funny to say it, or think I'm perverted, in fact, I've always treated her as a daughter, and I'm not surprised by what she did, and I can accept it." ”

"Understand, you are a very stable and mature adult. Chen Yi nodded.

"But it is precisely because I treat her as a daughter that I don't want to see her go astray. Andy lowered his face and said in a serious tone, "She can break up with me at any time, as long as she feels happy and happy, I will never stop her from running to a new relationship, but her new boyfriend is not a good person, as long as someone cares about her like you, she will definitely object to her being with that kind of person." He took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose with his fingers with mixed emotions, his brows seemed to be twisted together painfully because of the migraine, "Miss Chen, she doesn't want to listen to me, because she thinks I'm just making things up to save her, but I did ask someone to investigate, and the fact is that her new boyfriend is really dangerous and has killed someone." ”