Chapter 757 Appropriate Compromise
The child's parents had assumed that Ye Wanxi, as a businesswoman selling goods, would persuade their child to buy two, but to their surprise, she discussed with the child about keeping only one. They both looked astonished.
The little girl's round eyes widened suddenly, and she asked curiously, "Does your older sister like little lions?"
"Yes, this little lion looks a lot like the person my sister likes, and she wants to take it back and give it to that person."
The little girl immediately covered her mouth with her chubby little hands as if she had discovered a great secret, and whispered, "Then Nuonuo will buy a puppy, and Miss will take the lion to give to the person she likes."
"So good!" Ye Wanxi's heart trembled at the little girl's well-behaved and sensible appearance, and she couldn't help but reach out and pat her head. "To thank Nuonuo for leaving the lion to her older sister, this little dog is a gift for Nuonuo."
"Wow!" The little girl's mouth dropped open into an "O" shape, she was overjoyed. "A present!"
"Yes, a gift. This is a gift that only well-behaved and sensible children can receive."
As Ye Wanxi spoke, she stuffed a puppy-patterned balloon into the little girl's hand.
The child's mother quickly waved her hand and said, "No, no, how can we take your things for free? How much are these balloons? We'll buy them."
“It’s okay. Your baby is very cute and sensible. This is the last one left, so consider it our gift to her.”
"No, no..."
Ye Wanxi wanted to give the balloon to the little girl as a gift, but the little girl's parents had their own reasons for insisting.
Ye Wanxi eventually accepted the money, but as the child's father paid and took the balloon, she casually remarked, "Sometimes, appropriate compromise isn't necessarily a bad thing."
The child's father paused, looking at Ye Wanxi in surprise, as if her thoughts had been read.
The elderly father, surnamed Wang, whose brows hinted at worry, works as a manager in a large company. He has been working at the company since graduation, for more than ten years now.
This company has witnessed his transformation from a naive young man to a slightly weathered, mature man, and has seen him meet his current wife, fall in love, get married, have their own little family, and now have two children.
Mr. Wang worked diligently in one position for over a decade, only reaching the position of supervisor. This was not because he lacked ability, but because he was honest, not good at socializing, and prone to flattery.
This is not a flaw. His former superior, the minister, valued his reliability and intended to promote him to succeed him after his promotion.
His colleagues in the same department also recognized his abilities and had no objections to the result.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Just as his old boss was about to be promoted, the old chairman suddenly passed away, plunging the company's senior management into chaos.
Logically speaking, with the old chairman gone, the company should be inherited by his own son, who is also the only heir.
However, the old chairman's younger brother, who was also the young master's uncle, took advantage of this opportunity to seize power.
His former boss, as a close confidant of the old chairman, inevitably became a thorn in the side of the new chairman and was ousted from the company within days.
His earlier appointment as minister was replaced by a parachuted-in person with connections.
Perhaps he was resentful and gathered his subordinates to cause trouble. In addition, since the other party had just taken that position, he didn't want to give people something to talk about, so he gave him a symbolic compensation and prepared to transfer him to a branch company to serve as the department head there.
What appears to be a promotion is actually a demotion in disguise. The branch office has been losing money year after year, and who knows when the higher-ups might get angry and target them. In that case, they might not even be able to leave in a respectable way.
Mr. Wang was torn between going or not. On the one hand, he was reluctant to leave the company where he had worked for more than ten years and had developed deep feelings for it. On the other hand, he was heartbroken by the new chairman.
Should he follow the company's instructions to go to the branch office, or give up this job and leave the company to find another way out? If he leaves, how will he support his family?
For adults, leaving a job is always accompanied by countless concerns: moving, mortgage payments, supporting a family, children's education—all of these require money. He dared not make a rash move, yet he was holding his breath, feeling miserable for a long time.
Ye Wanxi's words struck a chord with Mr. Wang, so much so that even after Ye Wanxi and the other woman had walked away, he still stood there dumbfounded, watching their departing figures.
Mr. Wang's wife noticed something was wrong, reached out and shoved him, laughing, "You're so smitten by that pretty young girl that you can't even look at her? Wake up, she's gone."
Mr. Wang then seemed to snap out of his daze, and said, both amused and annoyed, "The child is still here, what nonsense are you talking about? I was just thinking..."
"What?"
"If we move to another place and choose another kindergarten for Nuonuo, will you find it difficult to adapt?"
As for his eldest son, he is already in junior high school and lives away from home, so it doesn't affect him much.
His wife paused, somewhat puzzled: "Why are you suddenly bringing this up? What happened?"
Mr. Wang then explained his troubles to his wife, who suddenly realized, "So that's why you've been looking so worried lately, and you wouldn't tell me anything when I asked you."
"Um."
"So you're now preparing to follow the company's transfer order and go to the branch office?"
"Um."
As the two adults were talking, the little girl suddenly shouted, "Sister, it's my sister!"
The couple looked in the direction their child was pointing and noticed a store playing a TV drama. The character in the drama was the girl they had just met.
"So he's a celebrity?" Mr. Wang murmured to himself.
Mrs. Wang, with her sharp ears, overheard several girls rushing over and whispering, "Where's Xiao Yezi? Didn't she say she was here in the group chat? She left so quickly! Oh dear, I was thinking of coming over to buy a balloon and secretly asking Xiao Yezi to tell my fortune about marriage!"
"You still want Xiao Yezi to tell your marriage fortune? The production team is shameless. They explicitly forbid Xiao Yezi from making money by fortune telling. Otherwise, with Xiao Yezi's skills, there would definitely be a long line of people coming here to have their fortunes told by her."
"There's always a way to deal with things, right? It should be fine if Xiao Yezi tells me secretly, right?"
"What are you thinking! With so many cameras filming you, you still want Xiao Yezi to cheat for you? Didn't the director say that if any income is found, it will be confiscated? Then we'll see if the girls don't tear you apart."
Hearing this, the girl felt a little embarrassed and sighed with disappointment. In her heart, she cursed the program team countless times for being so heartless. What a great opportunity, just like that, gone.
Most importantly, they didn't even get to see Xiao Yezi or President Feng!
Unbeknownst to them, someone was standing not far away watching them and listening to their conversation.
(End of this chapter)
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