Days passed by, and almost in the blink of an eye, it was almost time for the annual holiday.
At this time of year, the factory employees always become even more enthusiastic. The reason is simple: if they perform well now, the benefits will be substantial when the New Year's gifts are distributed.
Who wouldn't want to bring home more stuff to show off?
Even Shen Fenghua was extremely busy at this time, and that was only with the extra care of everyone.
"Here, Feng Hua, have some water."
In the office, Shen Fenghua sat on the soft sofa, took a bowl of hot tea from her colleague Cai Lili, gave her a grateful look, and then picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
"Thank you."
Cai Lili looked at Shen Fenghua, smiled politely, and said, "Don't be so polite with me. We're colleagues, it's only right that we help each other out. Besides, you're pregnant. I'm just pouring you a glass of water, it's nothing."
Shen Fenghua smiled. There is never any good intention in the world without reason.
What's more, she had never seen this female colleague before; she had only suddenly appeared beside her in the last few days and was being so attentive.
Never mind, let's just deal with whatever comes our way.
"Thank you. By the way, where will you be working in the future?"
Cai Lili laughed awkwardly, "I'll be in the same office as you from now on."
“Okay,” Shen Fenghua accepted the kindness and felt she had to reciprocate promptly. “So, where do you plan to put your desk?”
"Just leave it there."
Cai Lili pointed to a place that was neither too far nor too close to Shen Fenghua, just the right distance.
"Okay." Shen Fenghua likes to be around people who have a sense of propriety.
It's unclear what Cai Lili's purpose is. Shen Fenghua is very careful about her behavior when they're together, but it has to be said that Cai Lili is really organized and reasonable in her work, and she doesn't make people feel disgusted.
After only a few days, Shen Fenghua became restless.
With his work much easier, he hurriedly went to find Li Yanran.
Looking at Shen Fenghua, Li Yanran suddenly realized that the old saying, "Pregnancy makes you stupid for three years," was indeed true.
"Calm down!" Li Yanran handed Shen Fenghua a glass of water. "Drink some water to soothe your throat. Don't you even look at the state of your voice now?"
After drinking a glass of water, Shen Fenghua calmed down. "Sigh, you can understand me, right? It's just that it's not quite used to someone suddenly appearing who's really nice to me."
During Shen Fenghua's growth, most of the people she met were not good.
It's a lie to say that someone who suddenly appears out of nowhere isn't guilty.
“There’s nothing to be uncomfortable about,” Li Yanran comforted her. “You’re so nice, there are plenty of people who want to get along with you.”
Shen Fenghua laughed, "You're kidding me."
She was already grateful that no one would cause her trouble or inexplicably sabotage her; she wouldn't dare to think about any strange or weird things.
"Okay, relax. I already investigated Cai Lili in your office when she was transferred there."
Upon hearing this, Shen Fenghua was startled. "Sister, is this really okay? We can't do anything illegal!"
Li Yanran: "..."
She really wants to strangle this guy with the wildly imaginative ideas.
"Get lost, I have no idea what's going on in your head all day." Li Yanran rolled her eyes. "I'm the factory manager's secretary. For jobs like yours that are slightly different, according to the factory's rules, we have to investigate."
Once you have her address and other information, you can go to the area where she lives and ask around. You'll basically find out about her family, her character, and so on.
"Don't worry, this girl is decisive and usually knows what she's doing. It's just that her family isn't well-off. I reckon she's trying to get close to you because she wants to have someone powerful back her."
Shen Fenghua's position in the steel plant is still quite delicate.
"I don't have any powerful backers for her to lean on!"
Li Yanran: "..."
"Let me be clear with you, this girl's father died early, her mother remarried, and this job was earned by her father at the cost of his life. Before, her family would fight to the death over this job."
"If she hadn't been quick-witted, she probably would have been sent to the countryside as an educated youth by now."
Shen Fenghua was taken aback. "So, she just wants to find a companion?"
"It doesn't count."
Li Yanran felt that it was inappropriate for her to judge what kind of person Cai Lili was. The two of them were together every day, and when judging someone, one couldn't just rely on one's eyes; one had to rely on one's heart as well.
"Anyway, there's nothing wrong with this person, you can go ahead and date him."
With Li Yanran's words, Shen Fenghua felt much more at ease and relaxed her attitude towards Cai Lili after returning home.
Cai Lili wasn't stupid. Looking at Shen Fenghua, she smiled and directly asked, "What, you found out?"
Shen Fenghua almost spat out his water.
She glanced at Cai Lili, who remained calm, and asked in surprise, "Was my reaction that obvious?"
“Yes,” Cai Lili nodded generously, “You probably don’t know this, but you are actually quite guarded. When you’re with me, there are always certain boundaries. Now, I feel that your sense of boundaries has disappeared a lot.”
"Hahahaha," Shen Fenghua laughed awkwardly, and finally decided to confess, "I asked Sister Yanran."
"Secretary Li?" Cai Lili was even more curious. She grabbed a handful of peanuts from her pocket and handed them to Shen Fenghua, "Let's have a chat."
“It’s nothing,” Shen Fenghua smiled. “I just said you’re someone worth befriending, a good person, and that I should get to know you myself.”
Cai Lili looked at Shen Fenghua, thought for a moment, and then told him all about the troubles in her family.
People usually have a stepmother and a stepfather after they have a stepmother, but she remarried after her biological mother remarried, and after she had a stepfather, her biological mother also became a stepmother.
It seems that the whole family's fun is exploiting and oppressing Cai Lili. As a child, Cai Lili did not understand these things. Every time she was bullied by her stepfather's children, she would go to her mother to complain, but she would not receive comfort or support.
Instead, he beat her severely and then dragged her to apologize to the people who had bullied her.
As a child, Cai Lili didn't understand, but as she grew up, she came to understand that her mother was eager to integrate into her stepfather's family.
And she was the biggest obstacle among them.
Her mother had no say in the family, and if she wanted to gain the approval of her stepfather's family, she had no other choice but to join in bullying Cai Lili.
Let those people accept you.
"And then what?"
Shen Fenghua felt that the two of them could be considered to be in the same boat, and that she was even more pitiful than Cai Lili. Cai Lili was abandoned by her own mother, while she was abandoned and schemed against by her entire blood relatives.
"And then?" Cai Lili chuckled, her eyes alluring as she asked Chen Fenghua, "Have you ever heard the saying, 'Some people either die in silence or erupt in silence'?"
After saying that, Cai Lili paused, "I belong to the category of becoming a pervert in silence."
Shen Fenghua: "..."
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