Upon hearing that the Ye couple would receive severance pay, Meng Zihan felt as if a basin of warm water had been poured over her head, instantly melting away the deathly atmosphere in her heart and bringing her back to life.
She can still study and go back to university; her time isn't over yet!
How could she just give up like that?
As long as she can stand up, she has plenty of ways to trample Ye Linchen down.
She couldn't stay in bed like this, wallowing in despair; she had to pull herself together.
Meng Zihan sat up straight and began to make plans in her mind.
If you really asked them to give her money to repeat a year, Meng Xueyun and Ye Zhenghua would probably be unwilling to do so.
If you don't want to study, then use the money to start a small business.
She's not some clueless little girl; she's someone who came back from the future and knows how things will develop and what can make money.
As long as she has some start-up capital, even if it's not much, she can snowball her wealth.
At that time, let alone Jiangcheng University, even studying abroad will be just a matter of her saying a word.
However, one must eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time.
The most important thing right now is how to squeeze that severance pay out of the Ye family.
Relying on Ye Zhenghua is definitely not going to work.
That man has lived his whole life shirking responsibility. Now that the factory is gone, he's holding a grudge, so he's blaming her for everything.
Ask him for money?
It would be strange if he didn't point his finger at you and give you a thorough dressing-down.
The only breakthrough lies with Aunt Meng Xueyun.
She knew her aunt well; she was kind-hearted and doted on her the most.
From childhood to adulthood, as long as she acted cute and shed a few tears, her aunt would agree to anything.
As long as you behave well and say a few kind words, you can appease your aunt.
Then I explained the whole thing about repeating a grade and getting extra tutoring to her in detail, so she could see hope.
Even if my aunt hesitated at first, she couldn't resist me pleading with her a few more times.
This matter is very likely to succeed.
Having made up her mind, Meng Zihan listened intently to the sounds outside.
Ye Zhenghua and Meng Xueyun argued outside for a while, getting further and further off-topic and angrier. Finally, Ye Zhenghua shouted at the top of his lungs, "If you're so capable, don't stay here. Take your precious niece and get out!"
Then came the sound of footsteps, and Ye Zhenghua stormed back to his bedroom, slamming the door shut.
The living room fell silent, with only the faint sound of Meng Xueyun sobbing.
The time has come!
Meng Zihan immediately threw off the covers and got out of bed, slipped on her slippers, and gently opened the door.
In the living room, Meng Xueyun was sitting on the sofa wiping away tears with a tissue when she heard the noise and suddenly looked up.
Seeing that it was Meng Zihan, she hurriedly wiped her face and forced a smile: "Xiaohan, did I disturb you?"
Meng Zihan rubbed her eyes and yawned.
"Yeah, who slammed the door just now? It was so loud it woke me up."
Meng Xueyun's eyes flickered, but she didn't answer. Instead, she smiled and asked, "How are you? Are you feeling better? Are you hungry? Auntie will go and cook something right away."
Meng Zihan pretended not to know anything, walked to the sofa, sat down next to Meng Xueyun, and looked at her with teary eyes, asking softly.
"Auntie, why are you crying?"
Meng Xueyun avoided her gaze and wiped her eyes again: "It's nothing serious..."
She hesitated for a moment, then decided that she should tell her.
She tentatively said, "Xiaohan, you can't go back to the steel mill..."
Meng Zihan lowered her eyes, feigning ignorance, as if she hadn't heard the earth-shattering argument that had just taken place.
She looked up at Meng Xueyun, puzzled: "Why can't I go back to the steel mill? I think the steel mill is pretty good."
Meng Xueyun forced herself to stay focused and tried to make her voice sound steady.
"What's so good about it? The factory has been losing money year after year. This year has just begun and we've already lost 100 million. The days ahead will only get harder and harder, and we'll have to lay off some of our employees."
She became sad: "Your uncle and I have both been laid off."
This is what the factory leaders said during a meeting when she and Ye Zhenghua went with their fellow workers to demand an explanation. She is now recounting it all to Meng Zihan.
"I wasn't laid off, so why can't I go back?" Meng Zihan was a little confused.
Meng Xueyun carefully observed Meng Zihan's expression.
"You're not laid off, your employment contract is being terminated. The foreman said today that the factory is terminating your employment contract and has paid you three months' salary. You don't need to go to work anymore."
She took out a few neatly folded bills from her pocket and stuffed them into Meng Zihan's hand: "Don't worry, your aunt and uncle don't want a single penny of this two hundred yuan. You can keep it for yourself."
"Terminate the employment contract? On what grounds!" Meng Zihan asked in surprise.
Meng Zihan knew that the Gu family might take action this time. She thought she would only receive some punishment and have her pay deducted, but she did not expect them to be so ruthless as to use their power to kick her out of the factory.
Meng Xueyun didn't want to reveal the real reason, so she comforted her, saying, "Let it be. Anyway, the factory isn't doing well. Even if you stay, you won't get your full salary every month. At most, you'll get 80%. How much money is that? You might as well take this time to rest and recover at home. Once you're better, your aunt will find you a new job. I guarantee you won't go hungry."
Meng Zihan was clutching the small amount of money, pondering how to bring up the topic of repeating a year of high school, when the bedroom door suddenly opened and Ye Zhenghua rushed out.
"What do you mean the factory isn't doing well?" he shouted at Meng Xueyun, his voice booming throughout the room. "The factory is doing very well now, thriving!"
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