At Friday night Jiang Youyou watched a program “Day Day Up” on Hunan Satellite Television. Her snacks with the TV programs were crisps, cola and chestnuts. After a while, she felt gorged. Although she was watching TV, she saw in her mind the scene of the intimate interactions between Xu Nuo and Bai Zhehan.
The program was over, and Jiang Youyou had already gone asleep.
The first phone call she received in the morning was from Fang Ruxiang, asking her why she didn’t make any call back for such a long time, whether she was short of money. She told Jiang Youyou she had saved all the money Youyou had sent back for her, and she could post her some if on demand.
The second call was from a fraud who asked her to guess who she was. Jiang Youyou asked the girl if it was possible that she was An Hua.
And the girl said, “Yes yes. Long time no see. Are you all right?”
“I’m quite well. Recently I stay at home every day, having a feed after sleep, then after the feed. Are you OK there?” Jiang Youyou turned on the TV and curled up on the sofa. Last night she had so many nightmares that her eyes were swollen.
“I don’t have a good time and I’m short of money. I’m wondering whether you are in good financial condition or not. Can you transfer some money to my bank card?” In the girl’s voice some eager joy could be sensed.
“It bothers to transfer money from the bank. I can burn some hell money for you and you can freely choose whether you want one hundred thousand dollars of hell money or three hundred thousand.” Jiang Youyou said in the phone. “Haven’t you died for a long time, Ah Hua? Is it dark in the hell? Is it cold?”
The girl on the other end hung up.
The third phone call was a strange number. As soon as she received the call, Jiang Youyou said, “Would you cut it out, already? I don’t want to guess who you are, and I don’t want to waste my time to talk to you.”
This caller was also a girl. “Is Miss Jiang speaking? Here is OSY Company. I’m glad to tell you that you’re admitted by our company. Will it be convenient for you to come to our company to go through the entry formalities before two o’clock this afternoon?”
“Aha? Really? Thank you. I can’t believe it! I will come, surely! Thank you very much!”
Jiang Youyou sprang up from the sofa and bounced up and down on the bed. Good heavens! Was it her lucky day today? Wasn’t it all hopeless for her? How could she be so lucky!
In the afternoon when she went through the entry formalities in the company, she met Xu Nuo, whose mouth opened wide in the shape of an “O” when she saw Jiang Youyou, “What are you doing here, Jiang Youyou?”
“Good afternoon, Xu Nuo. Are you also going through the entry formalities?” Xu Nuo couldn’t believe her own eyes. Didn’t they say that only one candidate would be admitted?”
Zhao Huixin appeared from the behind. Her belly seemed to be a bit larger. She patted Jiang Youyou on the shoulder, “Originally the company was to hire only one, but Huang Yu, the GM assistant, had seen the video recording of our interview at the last pass, and she thought you were a responsible person, and might be a rarely valuable employee, so she decided to break the rule and admit you. I also hope you can give full play to your capacity in our company.”
Xu Nuo was given the position of director of marketing, that is to say, she was in charge of marketing, which suited her, too. Huang Yu thought both her appearance and temperament seemed to suit her very much. And Jiang Youyou was retained by the GM assistant Huang Yu and was assigned as the administrative clerk to be in charge of work attendance and ordinary routine of office work, only because Huang Yu occasionally saw Jiang Youyou when she passed by while they were watching the interview video of the candidates.
The next morning Xu Nuo and Jiang Youyou went to the hospital next to the company together for the entry checkup. When the nurse was drawing blood, Xu Nuo almost fainted, while Jiang Youyou didn’t have any expression of pain at all and gazed at the young student nurse poked the needle in and out of her vein in a mad rush. The young nurse apologized in fear.
“It doesn’t matter, I won’t feel pain. Just do as you like.” Jiang Youyou didn’t know whether she should be glad or sad.
It was in the afternoon that they began to work, and there was one month of probation. They had lunch in the staff canteen. It was the buffet with a dozen of dishes and stewed soup, which made Jiang Youyou feel very satisfied.
Xu Nuo wore a beige skirt suit today, which was really eye-catching, coupled with her light makeup and lively eyes, and she had attracted quite a lot male colleagues coming to chat her up. Jiang Youyou was sensible enough to take a side seat that next to no one.
“Hello! Are you a newcomer?” A man with work card on his chest came over, holding a food tray.
Jiang Youyou quickly glimpsed the name and position on the work card: Dai Jingcheng, Engineering Department Manager Assistant.
“Hey, I’m Jiang Youyou, the administrative clerk.” Jiang Youyou began to make a self-introduction.
He was the first colleague speaking to her besides Zhao Huixin. Dai Jing Cheng looked about the same age as her. Except for some zits, he seemed to have written the following words on his face, “I’m single and I’m eager to be in contact with you.”
“These dishes taste so-so.” Dai Jing Cheng did have bright eyes and long eyelashes, yet it was unfortunate that he had somewhat dark skin and he was not quite tall. He was the type of passer-by that would soon be invisible when discarded in the street.
Jiang Youyou nodded. After all, she couldn’t let others realize that she paid more attention to one’s appearance. She should be polite to a male colleague, even if he wasn’t the type that she liked best. “The work of the engineering department was quite toilsome.”
“Ah, you’re the one who understand us most. Recently we’re so busy there in the factory that I haven’t been back to the office for a month. And once I’m back I’m lucky to see such a beauty as you.” Dai Jing Cheng expressed his appreciation boldly. Jiang Youyou looked simple and domestic, unlike delicate girls in large cities had. She would certainly make a domestic woman in the future.
Over there Xu Nuo was calling them, “Come here with us, there is still a free seat.”
Dai Jing Cheng followed, like a shadow. He disliked Xu Nuo and the smell of Pure Poison on her, which, he thought, invaded one’s sense of smell.
Jiang Youyou also tried to give the runaround with hemming and hawing to this ED manager assistant, who looked a bit too enthusiastic. She admitted that she actually liked handsome men. Even when she was reading a novel or watching a TV play, she hoped the heroes were handsome, if not, she would lose interest in watching on.