"Madam, what do you need?"
"It's okay, you go ahead and work. I don't need anything, I'm just wandering around."
"Shall I show you around?"
"You can do it if you're not busy."
Qin Zifu followed Li Wen around. Although she had been here several times, she had only been to the lobby on the first floor, Qi Jingchen's office, and the largest conference room upstairs.
"Madam, this is the general office. These are Mr. Qi's assistants and secretaries, as well as branch office managers who will be here when they return."
"So, is Qi Jingchen's office and your department the only offices on this floor?"
Qin Zifu looked inside and indeed there were no female secretaries or assistants.
"Yes, the finance department and human resources/administration are downstairs."
As Li Wen walked, he introduced the departments, and then led Qin Zifu to the R&D department, the technology department, the public relations department, the after-sales department, and the sales department.
"Madam, please wait a moment. Mr. Qi called me."
"Go ahead and get busy, I'll go upstairs myself in a bit."
"Alright, ma'am, please don't get lost."
Li Wen saw a post yesterday saying that many girls nowadays can't tell east from west and are terrible at directions, and he was worried that his wife wouldn't be able to find her way home.
"...It's not that bad, you should go back now."
With so many employees, wouldn't she ask if she got lost?
Seeing a restroom not far away, she went there and saw the group chat as soon as she entered.
Me and my concubines
Tang Fairy: [Image]
Fairy Tang: I'm all packed. Let's go together tomorrow!
Nuomi: Yeah, together. I'm getting Tuanzi ready and training him right now, because I'm worried he won't cooperate when I give him the ring on his wedding day.
Cheng Xingran: Just try to stop him from crying.
Nuomi: It shouldn't be that bad, but I've never seen so many people since I was born. I don't know if I can cooperate. He definitely can't drive the car by himself, so Zhou Yixing will have to press the remote control.
Tang Fairy: He needs to practice more. After all, there's a little girl sitting next to him, so he has to perform well. Otherwise, this will become a black mark on his past when he grows up.
Cheng Xingran: If the performance is not good, we'll play this scene on repeat during Tuanzi's wedding.
Fairy Tang: Are you devils? Hahaha, I agree to this suggestion.
Fu: This is really putting my Tuanzi in a difficult position. He still has to send gifts when Shuyu gets married.
Fairy Tang: Yes, yes, I've already decided.
Nuomi: A professional ring delivery person; she started working when she was two years old.
Cheng Xingran: Tuanzi said that this year's aunties are really hard to take care of.
Qin Zifu was chatting on her phone when she suddenly heard a vomiting sound, followed by the sound of a phone call.
"Can I get pregnant on my own?"
"You're just a mama's boy, I was blind to have seen you like that."
"I just asked, 'Can we still get married?'"
Then came the sound of sobbing.
The incident happened so suddenly that Qin Zifu didn't have time to react. She could only pretend that she wasn't there, mainly because she couldn't decide whether to go out or not.
So she wasn't in a hurry and continued chatting in the group. Su Nuo sent a video, and Qin Zifu played it silently, so she couldn't hear what Tuanzi was saying. In short, Tuanzi was holding a box, pretending it was a ring box, and rehearsing in her little car.
Tang Fairy: I think I heard Tuanzi ask what giving a ring is, haha.
Cheng Xingran: He was asking what the ring was, right?
Su Nuo: I can't hear clearly, but I think she was expressing curiosity.
Qin Zifu couldn't hear anything either, so she could only watch them guess.
I watched all the videos. I heard no more noise outside, so they must have gone out. I was so focused on watching the videos that I didn't notice anything outside.
Qin Zifu opened the door, went out, washed her hands, and then reapplied her lipstick. Just as she was about to leave, the door next to her was pushed open, and a woman walked out.
The woman was also surprised to see her, quickly wiped away her tears, and gave a smile.
Qin Zifu reacted quickly.
I didn't overhear on purpose.
"Madam, did you hear everything?"
"I felt disgusted after hearing that, so I started watching videos on my phone."
Isn't this the person Qin Zifu mentioned at the meeting today who is pregnant?
So you knew I was pregnant?
Qin Zifu nodded
"Could we not tell anyone else, especially President Qi? I want to focus on my work."
The girl was a little panicked. She was already in a bad mood enough, and if her work was affected, she would be ruined.
"President Qi won't make things difficult for you. I knew you were pregnant during the meeting. Do you need Qi's Group's help?"
The woman thought for a moment and looked around.
"Can we go outside and sit for a while?"
Qin Zifu checked the time
"Can"
The two went to the coffee shop next door. Qin Zifu ordered a latte, while the woman opposite her ordered a milk.
"Madam, I know you overheard me on the phone just now."
"Are you having trouble?"
“My boyfriend and I have been together since college, and we've been dating for eight years. We're planning to get married, so we haven't paid much attention to the details. Living together saves on rent. We want to buy a house first before getting married. We've both met each other's parents and discussed the details of the engagement and wedding. His family will pay the down payment, and we'll give each other a car as dowry.”
Qin Zifu nodded. That's normal; most families do it this way.
"Later, I got pregnant, and they said it was impossible to buy a house now."
"Can't buy it anymore?"
"Yes, my boyfriend said his mom lent the money to his relatives, and my family should pay the down payment for the car; we don't need to bring any dowry."
"And what about their family?"
Qin Zifu took a sip of coffee, looked up at her, and thought, "It's that melodramatic plot again."
"That's basically getting something for nothing."
The woman gave a self-deprecating laugh; she understood perfectly well what it meant.
"Then what?"
"Then I said let's get married first and not buy a house yet, but every time we mention getting the marriage certificate, he makes excuses to postpone it. He also asks me why I'm so eager, saying that I'm different from before, that I don't dress up anymore, and that I think about getting married every day. I'm vomiting so much every day, do I want to be in such a bad state?"
She became more and more excited as she spoke, and Qin Zifu pushed the milk towards her.
"Thank you. When we first met, we were both college students in our early twenties, and we didn't have to worry about anything. But eight years have passed, and I'm almost thirty now. I work during the day and cook at night. Now he says I'm not as refined as I used to be?"
"Sigh," Qin Zifu sighed softly.
"I understand. So what do you think?"
"I...don't want to keep this child."
"Are you eight or nine weeks along?"
"Yes, I'm eight weeks pregnant, and I haven't gone to register for prenatal care yet."
At eight weeks, a fetal heartbeat and embryo were already visible.
Have you thought it through yourself?
"I suspect he won't marry me easily; he just wants to spend less money."
"Then what if you don't want the child?"
"Then we broke up. We were renting an apartment together, and I was planning to move out. It just so happens that I'll move closer to my company, which will save me money."
To make it easier for employees to commute to get off work, Qi's company provides subsidies for renting housing within a certain area, but these subsidies are not available outside that area.
Qin Zifu nodded, still somewhat lucid.
"You've already planned everything?"
"Yeah, I just wanted to ask him one last time today, but the result is still the same."
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