Father Chen said angrily: "She is a girl, what does she know? You are not allowed to make excuses to contact her! What kind of technical content can you put in a tea bag? She is spoiled by you! It's because you didn't teach her well, so you taught her There is such a white-eyed wolf, a thing that ran away from home!"
Mother Chen teased him: "Please keep your voice down - then you can really watch your daughter outside? You know, she has no money!"
Father Chen snorted: "It's better to have no money. When she has suffered enough outside, she will naturally go home obediently. Who is more reliable than her brother in the world? A thing with elbows turned outward!"
runaway?
Guan Xi frowned. She began to recall that Chen Jiaxian seemed to be in the office very early recently.
…
Chen Jiaxian wandered outside until late at night, and did not return to the office until she guessed that all her colleagues had left.
Sure enough, the office was dark.
Chen Jiaxian opened the door, walked to her workstation, and turned on her desk lamp.
She let out a small breath and sat down.
For 20-year-old Chen Jiaxian, the world is like a dark wilderness, with no future ahead and no path behind. But in this dark world, a small, dim light suddenly lit up, along with this small workstation and this simple sleeping bag, made her feel extremely at ease.
She turned on her computer and continued browsing the materials Guan Xi sent her. As she looked at it, she remembered that she had forgotten to eat dinner.
The bread rejected by Pan Qiaomu this morning is at hand.
Even though it’s been a whole day since I opened the package, even though it’s a high-calorie mixture of sugar and oil, and even though this bread is really cheap,—
Chen Jiaxian never had much choice.
She pinched the slit and pulled the bag wider open. It was not very easy to tear, so Chen Jiaxian tried hard, and heard a "hiss" sound, and the bread flew out and fell to the ground.
Chen Jiaxian saw that she only had dinner and didn't know what expression to make.
She has nothing. Some will also be taken away.
Before she could think about it, a light suddenly came on in the office inside. Caught off guard, Chen Jiaxian narrowed her eyes and heard the office door open softly. Through the blurred shadow of her eyelashes, she saw a pair of leather shoes stopping in front of the bread.
Chen Jiaxian adjusted to the light and looked up. Pan Qiaomu's impatient face appeared in front of her.
Even though his face looked impatient to be woken up, even though his hair was a little messy, even though half of his face was covered in shirt marks - he was still very good-looking.
Especially under the light.
Lights are naturally used to appreciate beauties.
The good-looking person asked: "It's so late at night, are you still working overtime?"
Chen Jiaxian didn't know if he was expressing concern, so she said "hmm".
The good-looking man said, "You must be sick if you work overtime at the company in the middle of the night." He sincerely suggested, "Why don't you go home and work overtime? Just to save on the electricity bill."
Chen Jiaxian instantly understood a truth: no matter how good-looking a person is, he can't keep his mouth shut.
Chen Jiaxian thought for a moment, grabbed her bag, and concealed it: "I'm ready to leave."
She could pretend to be off work and go out for a walk, then sneak back after Pan Qiaomu left.
Pan Qiaomu waved his hand: "I will sleep in the company tonight, please leave quickly and don't disturb me."
Chen Jiaxian's hand paused.
Is he going to sleep in the office? What should she do?
Chen Jiaxian hadn't learned how to hide it yet, so all her hesitation fell in Pan Qiaomu's eyes.
Pan Qiaomu's voice was bored: "Forget it, if you want to work overtime, just do it. I'll sleep in the project dormitory." He added, "Anyway, you will get out soon."
Project dormitory?
Chen Jiaxian heard herself ask.
Pan Qiaomu said "haha" twice: "You don't even know this? Yu Bi built a board house on the construction site, and people from the Changlefang project can apply for a bed."
Chen Jiaxian's eyes suddenly lit up: "Can everyone apply?"
Pan Qiaomu sneered: "You don't know anything, how did you survive in Zhuoxiu?"
Chen Jiaxian hesitated for a moment: "Thank you for telling me."
Help her?
It was like walking by the side of the road and seeing a stray cat with dirty fur. Even if a stray cat scratches a person and it hurts a little, humans are human beings after all. Human beings are noble, wealthy and busy. How can they care about a stray cat?
Pan Qiaomu took two steps back, raised his eyebrows and shouted: "What can I thank you for? I hope you get out of here as soon as possible."
Before turning to leave, Pan Qiaomu glanced at her screen, which listed the summarized key points.
What the hell. He frowned.
What a waste of his time.
Without education and resources, what good can individual efforts do? he thinks.
…
The early morning sunshine shines equally on every work station, and a new day has arrived.
Chen Jiaxian checked the document one last time and sent the summarized key points and prepared outline to Guan Xi. Just as the email was sent, the phone rang.
The caller ID showed Chen Jiahao.
She reached out and pressed the phone. A few seconds later, the call came back. Chen Jiaxian hesitated for a moment and then accepted it.
Chen Jiahao's tone was not very good: "Did you tamper with the lemon tea in the store?"
Chen Jiaxian frowned, stood up and walked to the tea room.
Chen Jiahao said angrily on the other side of the phone: "Are you interested? Even if your parents can't help you, how can you ruin their business?"
Chen Jiaxian walked out of the office area, then lowered her voice and said, "What are you talking about?"
Chen Jiahao said: "Stop pretending. After you left, the taste of the lemon tea in the store changed. If you hadn't done anything to it, who else could have done it?"
Chen Jiaxian asked: "I am your biological sister, you don't know who I am? Do you think I would do such a thing?"
Chen Jiahao was speechless. After a moment, he said: "You have changed a long time ago."
Has it changed?
Are you no longer like before, taking everything you ask for and treating your family wholeheartedly?
She hasn't changed. She is awake.
Chen Jiaxian said "Yeah": "Whatever you think."
Her cold attitude made Chen Jiahao angrily said: "You!"
Chen Jiaxian said: "Chen Jiahao, Chenji Tang Shui will be your store from now on. You can't expect me to work for you in vain."
Chen Jiahao blurted out: "Chen Jiaxian! Don't shirk your responsibility, okay? At least go back to the store and solve the lemon tea problem, right?"
Such a matter of course, such a confidence.
Chen Jiaxian was a little envious, and then felt bitter.
for myself.
She said: "Chen Jiahao, this is not my responsibility." After that, she hung up the phone.
Chen Jiaxian stood in front of the coffee machine to calm down. She inserted the cup into the machine and pressed the start button hard. After the sharp grinding sound, a voice came from behind: "——Unjust, right?"
Chen Jiaxian turned around.
Guan Xi stood behind her holding a cup. She met Chen Jiaxian's eyes and asked calmly: "You feel it's unfair, right?"
injustice?
certainly.
Guan Xi nodded: "You also think it's unfair, why don't you express your anger?"
Chen Jiaxian heard herself say: "Anger is useless."
Even if she says it, what will it change?
Guan Xi said: "In the face of injustice, if you don't dare to get angry, if you don't defend your needs and feelings, if you don't fight for it, where will justice come from? Do you expect others to bring justice to you? Is it possible?"
Chen Jiaxian opened her mouth.
Guan Xi concluded: "At least, you must let Chen Jiahao know that you will also be angry when facing injustice."
Is anger useless?
Chen Jiaxian finally realized that it was not that anger was useless, but that she was once a good daughter. Like every good daughter in the world, she subconsciously believes that expressing her personal needs and feelings is "wrong."
She had never trained herself to express anger.
As long as she is limited to this shackles, she will never be able to gain true freedom in front of her original family.
Guan Xi suggested to Chen Jiaxian: "If I were you, I would learn to say - Fuck."
…
Chen Jiahao's cell phone rang, and it was Chen Jiaxian's call.
He pressed answer, but before he could speak, he heard Chen Jiaxian say:
"FUCK."
Chen Jiahao couldn't believe his ears.
What did he hear?
Regardless of whether Chen Jiahao believed it or not, Chen Jiaxian continued on the other side of the phone:
"Chen Jiahao, no matter what happens to you, you will only blame your mother, father, and sister."
"You have no ability to get what you want on your own. Dumb. You might as well be a pair of sneakers."
What is this nonsense! Chen Jiahao was shocked.
Even when Chen Jiaxian ran away from home and she had a big quarrel with her family, she just reasoned and presented the facts. Even if he was unwilling to cut off his basketball shoes, she just acquiesced and never said such unpleasant words!
Before Chen Jiahao could come to his senses, Chen Jiaxian scolded simply:
"Chen Jiahao, you are a big idiot. Fuck you."
After saying that, when Chen Jiahao couldn't reply, she hung up the phone.
…
is that useful?
Useless.
Her family of origin is ingrained in her bones and has shaped her. A scar is a scar and can never be restored to its original state.
But refreshing.
Chen Jiaxian and Guan Xi laughed together, bending over with laughter and placing their hands on the marble countertop of the tea room.
"Use useless things for great use." Guan Xi only occasionally shows his scholarly side at work, "So - why is lemon tea different?"
Chen Jiaxian had enough laughter and turned around: "Huh?"
Guan Xi stretched out his hand to fan his smiling face: "Oh. I have a friend who likes the lemon tea you make very much. The kind that makes you feel melancholy if you don't drink it."
Chen Jiaxian laughed again.
"There's no secret. It's just a matter of mixing three types of tea with different thicknesses, coarse tea and young tea." She said, "The tea making method... water at more than 90 degrees, two crashes and two bakes in 15 minutes. Frozen lemon tea If so, add 70% water, 30% tea and sugar, and the whole pot is ready for use. I actually learned it from YouTube. It’s that simple.”
Simple?
First of all, it’s not easy to learn from YouTube.
Guan Xi laughed: "It's not that simple anymore. You are smart and diligent."
Chen Jiaxian wanted to deny it, but after thinking about it, she nodded again.
"Yes, I am smart and hard-working."
