Coming out of the bathroom, Chen Jiaxian looked at her phone.
Her mother sent a series of WeChat messages asking her to go home for dinner. This time it not only included a photo of boiled shrimp, but also a cup of milk tea: "Female: Do you like it?"
Chen Jiaxian did not reply and closed the dialog box with an indifferent expression.
When it was time to get off work, the call came in. It was Father Chen.
Chen Jiaxian watched Father Chen's phone call bouncing on the screen, but she didn't answer it. After a while, the call came again.
Chen’s father made three calls in a row and sent a text message: “If you don’t answer the phone, I will go to your work to find you,,,!!”
Chen Jiaxian pursed her lips and stared at the text message for a long time.
Two more calls came from Chen's father. Chen Jiaxian hid in the bathroom and pressed the answer button: "What's the matter?"
"Have you had enough trouble outside?" Father Chen came up and said, "If you have had enough trouble, go home."
Chen Jiaxian said simply: "I will not go back again."
Father Chen said: "What does it look like? You are not married yet. When you get married, you have to start from home, and your brother will carry you out. What will you do then?"
Chen Jiaxian said: "Oh. Didn't Song Qingxu tell you? We fell out of date and I won't get married in the past few years."
Father Chen emphasized his tone: "I haven't asked you yet. Song Qingxu is a good, filial boy. If you don't like it, you just like that little Pan from the hospital last time, right? You want him to be rich, right? He looks like that, Look at yourself, are you worthy of him? Can you handle him?"
Be filial.
It's probably because Song Qingxu promised to give 300,000 yuan as a gift to help Chen Jiahao buy a house.
So how is the gap of 300,000 filled?
But what does this have to do with her.
Chen Jiaxian said calmly: "Why should I mate with him? It's not like breeding animals, it's about reproductive isolation."
Father Chen shouted: "Girls are talking nonsense!" After a while, he suddenly asked, "You and him don't live together, right?"
Chen Jiaxian found it absurd.
Father Chen didn't wait for Chen Jiaxian's response, and became furious, his voice trembling with anger: "Why are you so stupid! How can you get married in the future when you have become a second-hand commodity?!"
Chen Jiaxian interrupted him: "Don't you just want money from me? How much do you want?"
Father Chen said angrily: "Is this how you talk to your father?"
Chen Jiaxian said: "Oh."
Father Chen said: "I am making this call to tell you that I bought a house for you and Jiahao. Don't say that your father is partial again. Our family treats everyone equally."
Chen Jiaxian's hand tightened on the phone, and her voice had a hint of surprise: "Buy a house for me and Chen Jiahao?"
Father Chen said: "Why are you so suspicious? You always feel that your parents want to harm you, right?"
Chen Jiaxian was silent for a long time.
It is impossible to say that there is no expectation or desire.
Without parents, life has nowhere to go.
After a while, she said sincerely: "Thank you, Dad." Even though there was a risk that the house would be in ruins, she was still grateful.
Chen’s father said: “But we only have enough money for the down payment, so you have to pay half of the mortgage every month.”
Chen Jiaxian thought for a while and said, "I can occupy 49% of the property rights and bear 49% of the loan every month."
Father Chen said: "What kind of property rights is 49%?"
Chen Jiaxian reminded: "If Chen Jiahao and I apply for a real estate certificate, we need to agree on their shares on the real estate certificate. Yuecheng cannot each have 50%, but must be 51% and 49%, which is to agree on the size of the rights."
Chen's father said: "Applying for a real estate certificate? Why do the family plan so clearly? Just pay the money to your brother every month, and he will pay it back."
Chen Jiaxian took a deep breath.
So what was she expecting?
Just as the honor would not fall on her head, why did she think that her parents would really buy her a house.
Chen Jiaxian said: "Didn't the house be bought for me and Jiahao?"
Father Chen said: "There is a room in the new house that is yours."
Chen Jiaxian thinks "Give you a room" is probably the biggest black joke of this century.
Both hands are empty, and they are forced to owe favors.
She simply refused: "I don't want it, and I won't pay back half of the mortgage."
Father Chen was in disbelief: "Female, what do you think of me, your mother, and your brother?"
Chen Jiaxian was quiet for a long time, and finally said bitterly:
"What do you think it is? Do you really care?"
…
Chen Jiaxian hung up the phone.
Are you angry? she asked herself.
I'm not angry.
I'm used to it, I accept it. Just think that you have no parents, and there is no destination in life from now on, only the way back.
Standing in the bathroom, Chen Jiaxian looked up at the mirror. The hives on the chest gradually climbed up to the collarbone, red patches, ugly emotions.
…
Chen Jiaxian knew she needed to vent.
She opened Dianping and searched for "bar". After checking the per capita consumption, she realized that in the business society, even sadness has different levels.
She gave up the idea and turned off the software.
She walked out of the office building.
Because of the pressure from Yongda Group, all members of Zhuoxiu entered war preparation mode and reduced expenses to the lowest possible level. Two-thirds of the street lights installed by the project in Changlefang were turned off, making it dark.
Changlefang is already very old. As night fell, there were no decent businesses on the roadside. Chen Jiaxian walked on the road, staring at the dark night in a daze. Only occasionally does a car pass by, and the light is fleeting.
She first found a convenience store, stood in front of the wine shelf, and studied the prices carefully. A few minutes later, she walked out of the convenience store empty-handed, walked a little further, turned to the small supermarket, and got a can of beer.
When paying, the lady boss glanced at it and said, "The second can is half price."
After a while, Chen Jiaxian walked out of the supermarket carrying two cans of beer.
She stood on the side of the road, opened a can, drank it eagerly, and filled her mouth with foam. She slowed down, raised her head and drank again, wiped her mouth, raised her hand and threw the empty can into the trash can.
The sourness spread from the stomach to the brain.
The moon above my head was a narrow strip, extremely bright. Chen Jiaxian held on to the tree, bent down, and vomited in embarrassment.
…
She almost vomited out all her internal organs, and it wasn't until her face was covered with snot and tears that she described herself as embarrassed that she calmed down the raging emotions in her chest.
Chen Jiaxian borrowed the water pipe from the fruit stall, gargled her mouth and face, finally regained consciousness, and sat dejectedly on the roadside.
Someone suddenly greeted her: "...Hello, little sister, my name is Song Zhuo. I seem to have seen the interview Zhuo Xiu gave you."
ah?
Chen Jiaxian raised her head and looked at the girl who was talking to her blankly.
Song Zhuo asked: "Miss, it's a bit presumptuous, but..." She took out a paper resume and said, "Can you please help me make referrals?"
The graduate school on my resume is an unremarkable second school from outside the country.
Chen Jiaxian looked at Song Zhuo's youthful face with makeup and his obviously ill-fitting black suit: "Are you wandering around the office building just looking for someone to help you push inside? Aren't you looking for a needle in a haystack?"
Song Zhuo smiled a little embarrassedly: "I couldn't pass the academic qualifications test by submitting my resume directly, so I solved the problem in this way."
Chen Jiaxian couldn't help but ask: "Can anyone help you?"
Song Zhuo said: "No." She spread her hands and said, "Miss, I have strong problem-solving skills, Zhuo Xiu will need me." She also talked about some past internship experiences, her words were fluent, and she was impressed by many people at once. As I said, it is equivalent to getting yourself a small interview.
Chen Jiaxian listened and looked at Song Zhuo silently.
At this moment, she thought of many people. Guan Xi, Zhou Ke, Zhou Yixing, and even Jun Ziyi. They all helped her in their own way.
So Chen Jiaxian asked Song Zhuo: "What do you want in exchange?"
Song Zhuo touched all over his body, took out his cell phone and flipped through it, and finally said cautiously: "I'm sorry, I haven't found a job yet, and I really don't have much money. The maximum I can afford is only 467 yuan."
Chen Jiaxian thought for a while and stretched out her hand.
Her fingertips passed over Song Zhuo's head, and Song Zhuo felt his hair moving slightly.
Chen Jiaxian took back her hand and raised the broken black hairpin in her hand: "Use this in exchange."
Song Zhuo opened his mouth wide.
Chen Jiaxian gently pulled the resume from her hand and put it into her computer bag. She turned to leave, but Song Zhuo called to stop her.
"S-Sister," Song Zhuo stuttered, "Thank you."
"You don't need to thank me." Chen Jiaxian said with a cold face, "We are clear. Value exchange, this is fair. I came to work, not to make friends."
