Chapter 37 Mom, can I keep a kitten?...
The air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Lin Ke stood up and introduced, "Director Yun, this is my husband." Then she looked at Si Yuming, "This is the Deputy Director of the Translation Department, Yuanyuan's uncle."
The deputy director of the Translation Department, who would be her future superior, Si Yuming stepped forward, extended his hand, and said respectfully, "Hello, Director Yun."
Yun Zheng regained his composure and returned the handshake, saying, "Hello."
The children were just coming out of the music room when Yunzheng picked them up, said nothing more, and left.
Si Yuming watched the person walk away, his brow furrowing slightly. When he turned back, Lin Ke had already knelt down to comfort her daughter, who was reluctant to part with her friend. "Baby, shall we go find Yuanyuan again next time?"
The little girl was still sad. "Then you have to come faster next time."
"no problem."
Without thinking much, he patted his daughter's head and went upstairs.
The interview results will be announced after the Qingming Festival. Lin Ke successfully entered the list of candidates to be hired, ranking first in both the written test and the interview.
Although there were vague signs, seeing the list finally put my mind at ease.
Next comes the political background check and physical examination, which shouldn't be a big problem.
The physical examination was scheduled for Tuesday, and Lin Ke went to the designated hospital with the staff.
The physical examination requirements for civil servants are strict. The hospital set aside a special area and time for them in the examination area, and it took them all morning to finish.
After the meeting ended, everyone went home. As Lin Ke walked out of the outpatient building, she glanced to the side and seemed to see a familiar person. Upon closer inspection, she realized that the person sitting on the edge of the flower bed was none other than Lin Jialang.
Lin Jialang was alone, holding a medical report in her hand, seemingly lost in thought.
Lin Ke pondered for a moment, then walked over.
When she got closer, the girl raised her eyes, which held countless emotions, but in the end she could only lower her head helplessly.
For the past two months, Lin Ke has not taken the initiative to inquire about her, but she occasionally sees their posts on social media, which seem to indicate that she did not have an abortion.
She really didn't understand why, with her parents alive and well, her family wealthy, and her own circumstances not bad, she insisted on having this child? Why did she insist on marrying into the Wei family?
I can't truly empathize, so all I can do is respect it.
The paper in Lin Jialang's hand fell to the ground, and Lin Ke picked it up to read it.
It's an ultrasound report; the fetus is four months old and developing quite well.
However, on the other hand, the older the child is, the harder it is to discipline them.
Lin Ke didn't know what she was planning, but since they had met, she asked, "Did you come alone?"
Lin Jialang bit her lip, shed two tears, and sobbed, "Go away, don't stand here and laugh at me."
Lin Ke sighed inwardly. She hadn't interfered in the matter, and it was indeed inappropriate to criticize or lecture her now. "Then I'll be leaving."
As soon as I turned around, someone called out from behind, "Wait a minute."
She turned around and saw the girl clutching her leg, her breath weak. "Help me to the parking lot."
He still said the same rude things, and as soon as he finished speaking, he covered his mouth and gagged.
Lin Ke was somewhat surprised: "Still having symptoms after four months?"
She didn't respond, and vomited a few more times, her face turning pale.
Lin Ke stepped forward to support the person, and Lin Jialang climbed up and staggered along.
Zhu Li's car was in the parking lot. Lin Ke opened the car door and helped her in. After she was seated, Lin Ke looked at her for a few seconds and then turned to leave.
But then the girl spoke again, in a low voice, "Do you look down on me?"
Lin Ke stopped in her tracks.
Lin Jialang sniffed, "From childhood to adulthood, you've always been one step ahead of me in everything. You're better at academics, prettier than me, and all the neighbors only like you. No matter how hard I try, it's no use."
"You married into the Si family and easily enjoy everything that others can only dream of. Heaven seems to favor you. But what about me? I tried so hard, and this is the end result."
Lin Ke sighed again. Many times, people's worries come from things they can't have. Lin Jialang was stuck in a rut and sometimes got trapped herself. Later, she slowly learned to look at what she already had from a different perspective, and life became much easier.
She didn't argue with her about those comparisons, only saying, "Whether this is the ending or not depends entirely on your choices." She emphasized the last sentence: "Lin Jialang, you're only nineteen years old."
Lin Ke moved forward.
But after taking a few steps, I had no choice but to stop.
Nineteen years old, what a wonderful age.
Looking back on her nineteenth year, Lin Ke still feels a little regretful. At that time, she was too eager for the future and put all her energy into studying. She rarely socialized, had no hobbies, and did not date.
If she could turn back time, while striving for her dreams, she thought she should set aside some time to make more friends, have a passionate romance, and learn a hobby like calligraphy or a musical instrument.
We should bask in the sun of our nineteenth year and feel the wind of our nineteenth year, so that we can have nineteenth-year-old memories.
Lin Ke spoke with her back to her: "Jialang, although I don't understand why you hate me, we've lived in the same house for several years. You understand better than anyone else. You are much luckier than me."
“I’m not really in a position to advise you, but I’ll consider myself your older sister, so even if you don’t want to hear it, I’ll still say something.”
“Get rid of the child, leave that person, and start over.” Lin Ke added, “Don’t pin your hopes on a man. The only thing you can truly have is what you can give yourself.”
She turned and left.
Not far from the hospital entrance is a flower shop called "Sunny Sky". When you push open the door, the strong fragrance of flowers fills the room.
Lin Ke picked out a few sunflowers in full bloom and took a bunch of pale yellow daisies from the side.
The boss simply bandaged it up, tying the ribbon into a pretty bow.
She walked out of the flower shop carrying the flowers, and looked up at the clear blue sky and cotton candy clouds.
At this moment, the 28-year-old sun and wind are gentle, and 28-year-old Lin Ke is also wonderful.
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Spring has arrived in the northern part of the city. The sunshine has become warmer, and the grass and leaves are gradually sprouting, creating a lush green landscape.
Lin Ke officially joined the Translation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the end of April. After a long and complicated process, Wang Ying, the section chief in charge of the Russian-speaking area, took her to her workstation.
Their department doesn't have many people. They are mainly responsible for translating domestic and foreign affairs activities, diplomatic documents, and other official documents within their jurisdiction. If there are large-scale events like last time, they usually hire professional translators, who are then trained and managed by them.
As Wang Ying walked, she said, "Since you're new here, you'll start with simple tasks. After that, we'll have an internal mini-test every month. If you fail for three consecutive months, you'll be reassigned. Be prepared."
Wang Ying looked to be around forty years old, with a very standard spokesperson hairstyle, a formal suit, and a very capable appearance.
Lin Ke agreed.
Wang Ying glanced back at her. The girl they had recruited this year was young and pretty, with a fair and clean face. She didn't look like someone who could endure hardship.
She then said, half-warningly, "Young lady, you're not here to enjoy yourself."
"I know."
The office area is no longer in the open format of the translation company and Entropy Domain. Instead, there are offices on both sides of a corridor, with signs indicating the language area above the doors and information boards on the side of the doors showing the names and job descriptions of the staff inside.
As Lin Ke walked along, he glanced inside. Each office had two to four people sitting in it. The doors were dark red, the desks were dark red, and the desks were piled high with documents.
There was no relaxed atmosphere like at a company office; everyone looked very serious and solemn, and the whole environment was somewhat oppressive.
But if you look up, you can see the words "Translation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs" at the end of the corridor.
They were like a lamp and a piece of meat, guiding her and suspending her.
Arriving at the second-to-last room, Wang Ying knocked on the door, and two colleagues inside looked up from their computers.
"This is our new colleague, Xiao Lin." Before Lin Ke could greet her, Wang Ying pointed to an empty seat next to her. "That's your seat, go ahead." She then gestured to an office next door. "I'm right there. Feel free to contact me if you need anything."
"Okay, thank you, Director Wang."
Wang Ying lifted her foot to leave, then turned back and instructed, "Xiao Mo, add her to the group."
"OK."
Lin Ke walked to her seat, smiled, and greeted everyone: "Hello, my name is Lin Ke."
Although the environment was depressing, luckily, her two colleagues in the office were both young and smiling. The girl named Xiao Mo looked a year or two younger than her. She smiled and took out her phone to scan a QR code. "We already knew. You're amazing! First place in the written test and first place in the interview. Come on, add me first."
Lin Ke scanned the QR code, noted her name, and sent the application. Mo Xiwen then invited her to the group chat.
There are seven people in the group. Mo Xiwen introduced them: "Sister Ying is our leader, and the person with the lotus flower avatar is our deputy director, but he hasn't been officially appointed yet. The rest are all junior staff. Everyone is easy to talk to, so you don't need to be nervous. Oh, by the way, my name is Mo Xiwen, and this is Teacher Wu Hang."
The man next to me, named Wu Hang, looked to be in his thirties. He greeted me, "I saw on the announcement that you were a student in the xx class at the Foreign Languages University?"
"yes."
Mo Xiwen exclaimed "Huh?" before asking, "Isn't that my senior?"
Before Lin Ke could speak, Mo Xiwen shouted at the top of her lungs, "Sister Yao, come here quickly!"
Soon, someone came over from the office across the hall. Lin Ke recognized her former classmate from undergraduate studies. Although they weren't very close back then, she was pleasantly surprised to see her in this setting. "Yao Ning?"
Yao Ning laughed, "Yes, yes, it's me. I didn't quite believe it when I saw the list of accepted candidates. I was going to ask if it was you, but we don't have WeChat so I couldn't ask. I didn't expect it to really be you."
Lin Ke stepped forward and gave her a light hug. "Long time no see."
"Long time no see, welcome to the team."
And so, the nervousness of my first day at work was dispelled by my classmates and friendly colleagues.
Although the office looked serious and busy, it was also filled with Mo Xiwen and Wu Hang's occasional cursing. In their spare time, Mo Xiwen would gossip with her and share "knowledge points" that were off-limits and not to be discussed in the department.
I would take her with me to lunch at the cafeteria, and she would know which window had good food and which had bad food in one meal.
However, you'll inevitably be asked many questions during the chat.
Mo Xiwen: "Sister Lin, are you married?"
Lin Ke replied, "We're married. I have a daughter."
Mo Xiwen: "Wow~"
Yao Ning added from the side, "Lin Ke was the most beautiful girl in our college. You have no idea how many people were chasing after her back then. They even went with her when she went on a business trip to Moscow."
Mo Xiwen exclaimed "Wow!" again, "Really?"
“The parties involved are all here, why would I lie to you? If you don’t believe me, ask Director Yun.”
"Director Yun?" Mo Xiwen was surprised again, then realized, "Oh right, Director Yun is also our senior."
Lin Ke was equally surprised, "Why don't I remember Director Yun?"
"Hey, you studied so hard back then, you probably didn't even know everyone in your class. And Yun Si was two years older than us, and he went to take the postgraduate entrance exam for another school much earlier."
"I see."
After that topic was over, Mo Xiwen asked again, "So, Sister Lin, what does your husband do? Is he also in one of our ministries?"
It's perfectly normal for Mo Xiwen to ask such a question. In this city, you might run into important figures from some department or bureau just by walking a few steps outside.
There are so many departments in Beicheng, and there are countless husband-and-wife teams working within the system. Just in their translation department alone, there are several couples.
Lin Ke just smiled and said, "No, I'm just an ordinary person."
No one really believed it, but no one pressed for more information. Mo Xiwen continued to introduce her to various new employees in the company.
I left work on time on the first day.
Si Xiaotie has been picked up by Aunt Chen, but he's not in the house; she said he's playing in the backyard.
She's started working now, and she might have to work overtime often in the future, so she and Si Yuming discussed having Aunt Chen come over too. That way, when the couple isn't around, Aunt Chen can help with bathing and putting her to sleep.
It had been raining all day, and a light drizzle was still falling. The air was humid and the temperature was a bit low. Lin Ke was worried that the little girl would catch a cold, so she went to the back door and called out, "Xiao Tie, you're back."
Si Xiaotie was in the greenhouse when his small voice came over, "Okay."
She went upstairs to change her clothes, and came downstairs a few minutes later, where she met the little girl standing at the back gate.
Si Xiaotie was wearing a light yellow, transparent raincoat. The raincoat was a bit too big for her, and the hem flared out like a small tent. The brim of the hood covered her little head, and raindrops were scattered on the raincoat.
The girl stood straight, her small hands carefully cupping her slightly bulging chest. Her face showed a suppressed emotion, her lips were tightly pursed, and she avoided eye contact after making eye contact with someone.
"What's wrong, baby?"
As soon as the words were spoken, a gray and white kitten's head suddenly peeked out from under the little man's trench coat. It was about two or three months old, fluffy, and had two round, glassy eyes that were a very pure blue.
Meow~
Si Xiaotie immediately held his breath, opened his eyes wide and looked over, then hurriedly pressed the cat into his clothes.
A soft voice: "Mommy..."
Lin Ke smiled, waiting for her to continue, "Hmm?"
"I..." The girl looked at her mother with bright, teary eyes, and asked slowly and cautiously, "I found a kitten... Can I keep it?"
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Author's note: Good morning! [kiss] Red envelopes are still being sent~
P.S.: The author has never worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; all relevant information was obtained online. Please point out any inaccuracies [Let me see].
P.S.: Meng Jing will have a solo book, Yun Zheng will have a solo book, Xiao Tie will have a solo book, and you guys... thank you so much for liking them, but I guess it's highly unlikely they'll be published as solo books; they'll probably be added to the side stories.
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