Chapter 48 Car Dealership 2 (Bonus Chapter 4 with Nutrient Solution)
Yunxin looked around and asked softly, "Manager, are there only five of us in the sales department? Why are they all girls? Doesn't the company hire men?"
"Oh no!" Qiao Yun sighed as she brought it up. "Wasn't it the flu season before? A lot of employees got sick and took sick leave. Some female colleagues didn't even have a cold, but they took leave to go back and take care of the elderly and children."
"With so many people absent, the company suddenly became empty, and we are in dire need of manpower."
"We can't force them to stay. If there's cross-infection, even those who didn't have a cold before will catch one."
"That's not all. A while ago, the government issued a shocking declaration, and some employees resigned overnight and fled back to their rural hometowns, saying that the countryside was safer."
"Where can you even begin to reason with this? All I can say is, these are turbulent times, just get through them and everything will be alright."
Because she didn't know if Yunxin read the news, Qiao Yun didn't mention "evolution" or "games," but rather glossed over them. If Yunxin later became curious and searched online, accidentally discovering the truth, that would be Yunxin's own choice.
“I’ve heard about that,” Yun Xin said frankly. “My previous boss, upon learning about this, closed the shop overnight and went to the gym to work out. He said he wanted to improve his physique to meet the challenges ahead.”
Qiao Yun was speechless. "This kind of thing... isn't something you can avoid just by wanting to."
Yunxin asked again, "Manager, aren't you scared?"
“Besides accidents and disasters, there is also poverty in the world,” Qiao Yun said quietly. “I took out a loan to buy a house a few years ago, and now I have to pay the mortgage every month. If I give up my job, I will die of poverty and starvation before disaster strikes.”
"Thinking about it this way, disasters aren't so terrible."
"And it's not just me who's short of money, everyone's like this. Sister Yang's son goes to school and attends tutoring classes, which is a huge expense every year. An'an is very frugal, spending as much as she earns each month, and basically can't save anything. If she doesn't receive her salary one month, she might starve to death. Furong... she has an older brother, and her parents made her earn money to save for her dowry."
Qiao Yun clearly considered Yun Xin as one of her own, and spoke much more casually.
Yun Xin remained silent.
She recalled a passage she had read somewhere: "People rush about in a panic, all for a few coins. Yet these few coins can relieve all kinds of panic, ensure the health and well-being of the elderly, and provide for children's education, firewood, rice, oil, salt, and grains."
How fitting it is to use it here!
During lunch break.
Furong heated up her food and was about to eat.
Qiao Yun grabbed her wrist, "These dishes of yours... are incompatible! Eating them will cause diarrhea!"
"Huh?" Furong looked bewildered.
Qiao Yun patiently explained to her, "Some foods are fine to eat alone, but mixing them can cause serious problems, such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, and vomiting. In severe cases, it can even lead to death."
"Then I won't eat it." Furong pushed the lunchbox away in fright.
"Eat one thing, don't eat them all," Qiao Yun said again.
"Oh..." Furong then started eating again. She wouldn't touch any of the foods she had been warned about as causing diarrhea.
Yunxin heated up the food and came over, noticing an extra person in the break room. "Who is this?"
"Sister Ma, you're getting married soon," Qiao Yun introduced her. "You were originally taking leave to rest at home, but now that your cold is better, you're back to work."
"Hello, Sister Ma," Yunxin greeted politely.
"Hello, Xinxin." Sister Ma looked dejected, as if something had happened to her. Hearing Yunxin's greeting, she forced a smile and replied.
An'an's eyes lit up, and she excitedly said to Sister Ma, "Sister Ma, Xinxin is amazing! Her boyfriend is well-behaved, obedient, earns money, and does housework. If you encounter any trouble, you might as well talk to her and discuss it with her. Maybe she has some ideas."
Yunxin: ?
She just has a boyfriend; she's not a dating expert.
This sounds like she's a master of romance, capable of handling any troublesome situation.
Meeting Sister Ma's expectant gaze, Yun Xin remained suspiciously silent for a moment before saying, "If you're willing, I can help you with your advice."
A hint of struggle appeared on Sister Ma's face.
After a long while, she said with a wry smile, "I'm not afraid you'll laugh at me. I'm getting married soon, but unfortunately I caught a cold and have been bedridden at home for a week."
"I hadn't seen my boyfriend in a long time, so without saying hello, I secretly went to see him. But when I got there, he was happily kissing another woman, completely oblivious to the fact that our wedding was approaching."
"I couldn't stand it either, so I went out and caught them red-handed. My boyfriend hurriedly explained to me that the woman had seduced him. He couldn't control himself and that's why he made a mistake. The woman sat on the ground crying, saying that my boyfriend had bullied her and wouldn't admit it."
Sister Ma sighed deeply, her voice filled with unspeakable weariness. "We met through a blind date. I thought he was honest and his conditions were suitable, so I was willing to date him. Who knew that being honest was useless, and he would still cheat on me when given the chance."
"Now that the wedding has been announced, all our relatives and friends know about it, so it's not easy to back out now."
"No way? Your boyfriend cheated on you?" Furong was speechless. "He picked you up after get off work last time. We met him. He seemed like a nice guy, the kind who would take care of the family after marriage..."
"Yes," Sister Ma laughed self-deprecatingly, "Who would have thought that a man like that could be so unreliable?"
“If it weren’t for his honesty and his inability to cheat, why would I date him? Since he can’t do that, there’s no point in me marrying him.”
"You're wrong to think that way!" No one even asked for her opinion, but Sister Yang insisted on interrupting and forcefully joining the conversation, "Men, what man doesn't cheat? Everyone goes through this, right? Just bear with it and it will pass."
"Anyway, the most important thing is your little family. Women outside are just passing through."
Just then, Qiao Yun picked up a mineral water bottle and drank some water.
Upon hearing this, she unconsciously squeezed harder, and the mineral water bottle was instantly crushed.
Sister Yang opened her mouth, then consciously closed it again.
After taking a couple of bites, she was still not entirely at ease. Saying that she was full, she quickly slipped away.
"Manager is awesome!" An'an looked at Qiao Yun with starry eyes and admiration.
Qiao Yun was at a loss. "I...I was just a little angry, and I used a little force. I don't know how it happened..."
Furong was the first to react, "Manager, you just stopped me from eating the wrong thing and getting diarrhea! Is this what they say online about saving someone and increasing your 'strength' attribute, causing your strength to skyrocket?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Yun also remembered, "That makes sense, that should be the case."
Sister Ma stared blankly in the direction Sister Yang had left, lost in thought. "When I mentioned this to a close relative, she said the same thing as Sister Yang: 'You have to forgive him,' 'It was just a kiss, nothing more.' But I just can't get over it."
"Don't pay any attention to her." An'an pouted. "She often introduces me to guys who earn 3,000 yuan a month, don't do housework at home, and only know how to play games."
“My sales job is unstable, ranging from five thousand to ten thousand a month. His job is stable, with a fixed three thousand a month. We got married like this, and I still have to do all the housework. If it were just a suggestion to hire a housekeeper, split the cost, and play games together at home, I wouldn’t be this angry.”
"When Sister Yang mentioned it to me, she had this look on her face that said, 'Look how good I am to you! I even saved such a good potential partner for you.'"
"It's clear that she's going to great lengths to sell unmarried men, so that they can all have a home and a free nanny to take care of them."
"So you don't need to take what Sister Yang said to heart. I find those twisted and unorthodox ideas disgusting."
As she spoke, she nudged Yunxin, "You should try to persuade her too."
Yunxin rested her chin on her hand and said, "I think that since everyone believes men will cheat, why bother looking for an honest man? Just look for one with better conditions."
"The best option is to be rich and not cheat. The second-best option is to be rich and cheat, or not rich and not cheat. The worst option is to be poor and cheat."
"Sister Ma chose 'no money, no cheating,' but things turned into 'no money, yet still cheating,' which shows how fickle people's hearts are. So when making a choice, just choose the rich one first, at least if the man cheats, the money is still there."
"It's not that I'm materialistic or that I have to talk about money with my partner. But he can't provide for my feelings, and he might cheat on me, so we have to talk about money! Otherwise, what's the point of talking about money?"
Sister Ma was shocked.
Sister Ma was taken aback.
Sister Ma felt as if the door to a new world was slowly opening for her.
Yunxin added, "Although I have a boyfriend, I still feel that marriage is something that cannot be forced."
"I'll get married when I meet the right person, and I'll stay single if I don't."
"The point is, it's not about pursuing marriage, but about pursuing happiness. Who would get married just for the sake of getting married?"
Sister Ma, "..."
I felt like I was kicked as I walked by.
"I wasn't strong enough," Sister Ma said with a wry smile. "Back then, my family nagged me every day, saying that I was getting old and if I didn't find a partner soon, it would be even harder to find one later. After hearing it so many times, my attitude softened, and I agreed to go on blind dates."
"Who would have thought that after all the searching, this is the thing we ended up picking?"
"Sometimes I wonder, are there really good men in this world? Am I just unlucky and can't meet them, or do they simply not exist?"
"There should be, right?" Yun Xin pondered. "If even one person out of hundreds of millions of people appears, then it counts as one."
Before anyone else could respond, she added, "But that level should be called a gene mutation, because the proportion of people who get cancer is much higher than that."
"Pfft." An'an laughed until tears streamed down her face. "Damn it! Why do the things you say sound both heartbreaking and hilarious?!"
Furong then asked, "Xinxin, is your boyfriend a genetic mutation so he won't cheat?"
“Yes.” Yun Xin nodded. “Not to mention cheating, he’s not interested in humans at all. Even if he meets someone he knows on the street, he will ignore them. He’s been like this since he was a child.”
What Yunxin didn't say was that Xiao Wei was casual not only with others, but also with herself.
There's a kind of... nonchalant attitude towards life and death.
“Childhood sweethearts.” An’an was even more envious. “When we were little, adults always said that we should study hard so that we could find a good partner when we grew up. But when we grew up, adults said that we should have found a partner when we were little and cultivated our relationship from a young age.”
"They've said everything; you still have to find a reliable partner yourself."
An'an was eating and chatting when suddenly her face turned red, and she tried to cough but couldn't cough anything up.
"He's choking, isn't he?" Sister Ma immediately got up and used the Heimlich maneuver.
After six or seven consecutive abdominal thrusts, An'an vomited with a "wah!"
"Alright, alright, it's alright now," Sister Ma kept reassuring her.
Furong was still shaken. "How could so many things happen just from having a meal?"
Qiao Yun's expression was solemn. "The world is unstable. Everyone should be careful in their actions from now on."
An'an had just doubted whether she was really going to die. Now that she had been rescued, she was shocked and frightened, weak all over, and collapsed on the ground, panting heavily.
Boyfriends and finding a partner are not on my mind at all right now.
Only one thought remained in her mind—this world is too dangerous, she must survive!
(End of this chapter)
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