Chapter 2: Going Crazy and Crying the Next Day, I Have to Find a Job Again…
After coming out of the office building, Tan Mo stood in the open space, feeling refreshed.
She took a taxi home, and the moment she got into the Didi car, she realized that it was the same car she took when she came here.
"It's you again, Brother Ten Buildings."
The driver laughed and said, "You've dealt with it so quickly? Your boss is really something. He has to bother you in the middle of the night for such a small matter."
"So I fired him." Tan Mo submitted her resignation on her mobile phone and looked up.
The driver was used to it: "So what are you going to do after you quit?"
"Let's go to sleep first." Tan Mo said weakly.
She closed her eyes, concentrating her energy, her mind blank. The cool morning breeze gently brushed against her face.
In the previous life, Tan Mo worked as a preschool teacher, and her work was "like selling cocaine, but she earned money from selling cabbages."
24 hours a day, WeChat messages pop up non-stop, all of them asking, "Teacher, where is our Zihan?" "Teacher, where is our Zirui?"
There are also many terrible parents.
At the end of the month, I received my internship salary, which was three thousand dollars. I was so happy.
This job lasted for half a year.
Tan Mo almost laughed herself out loud.
Adding to the two days of Nangong Lie and Xu Xiaonian's tossing and turning, she was finally exhausted. She stayed in the rental apartment and slept for a week.
I watched TV when I woke up and went to sleep when I felt sleepy. I was hungry only three or four times in total, and I always cooked noodles and eggs to get by.
It took me a week of sleep to fully recover.
During this time, she even doubted whether she had actually traveled through a book. Others who traveled through books either knew the plot well and could woo handsome men, or they had a system to complete quests, making money and reaching the pinnacle of life.
How come when it comes to her, there is nothing, she doesn’t even know what the plot is!
Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore. The more I think about it, the more I realize that I am destined to be an ordinary person.
At this time, her stomach made a loud noise, reminding Tan Mo, who was lying on the bed, that she was hungry.
Tan Mo sat up and opened the curtains. The sun was shining outside the window and it was already lunchtime.
She is a person who plans things very well. She first charges her mobile phone which has been turned off on the table, cleans the room, takes a shower, and finally goes to have a meal.
The original owner's house was rented in an old neighborhood, with convenience stores, supermarkets, and fruit shops nearby, making it quite lively. The residents were mostly working class, and it was common for a family of five or six to live in a house of just a few dozen square meters.
The temperature at noon was neither hot nor cold. A few elderly people were sitting in the sun and chatting at the entrance of the community with chairs in their hands.
Tan Mo walked around and familiarized herself with the surrounding terrain before finally stopping in front of a noodle shop.
This is a noodle restaurant located on the dividing line between the commercial area and the residential area. It has about ten seats. After the busiest meal time, there are only four or five people left in the restaurant.
Tan Mo ordered a bowl of beef noodles for 18 yuan, and the original owner's Alipay account's 6411.4 yuan turned into 6393.4 yuan.
Very good. If she spends it frugally, this money will be enough for her to stay in bed for a month or two and then look for a job.
She was exhausted after working so long and had just resigned. She didn't want to continue working like a slave so early.
Soon, the beef noodles arrived.
One or two people left the store and four more people came in.
"Do you want to put two tables together? Li Xiaoting hasn't arrived yet, so there's no room for her." One of the soft voices said.
"It's okay, Zhou Jing. It's tiring to move things around. Just squeeze in." Another cheerful voice said.
Their large group, making a lot of noise, drew Tan Mo's attention: a row of women, in their twenties and thirties, dressed in professional commuter attire. Zhou Jing, in particular, was dressed in a shirt, a knee-length skirt, and rimless glasses. As her name suggested, she looked elegant and refined.
They each ordered their own noodles.
"Let's try this noodle shop that Manager Wu highly recommended. He always said it was delicious. We're tired of eating at the restaurants near the company, so we can finally try a change of taste." said the third short-haired girl in the group.
"He is like this. He will recommend whatever you like to eat. But he has a strong taste, so you may not like it if you like light food." Zhou Jing said with a smile.
"Yeah?"
"Well, but I can't say for sure. Anyway, I trust his judgment. He is a very meticulous person."
Tan Mo continued to sip the noodles slowly, thinking: This Zhou Jing seems to know Manager Wu quite well. She speaks in a way that speaks as if she knows him by heart. They are quite familiar with each other and are probably in love.
This information came to her mind naturally, which was a conditioned reflex left by her years of "gossip chatting".
But it was quite boring, so Tan Mo looked at the scenery on the street and diverted her attention.
After a while, Zhou Jing seemed to have something urgent to do and left in a hurry without eating a few bites.
"Why are you leaving so fast? You haven't finished eating the beef yet, what a waste." The short-haired girl said regretfully.
"You're such a naive fool," the cheerful girl whispered, disappointed, "She's having an affair with Wu Guanglei."
"ah?!"
Tan Mo was as surprised as the girl with short hair.
Affair? The very word "cheating" immediately signifies gossip.
Gossip is just what Tan Mo likes.
She chewed quietly and listened attentively.
"How do you know she's going to date Wu Guanglei?" asked the fourth long-haired female voice.
"I was so close that I accidentally saw it on WeChat." said the straightforward girl.
"That's impossible! Zhou Jing has a husband; they just got married last month. And Manager Wu also has a wife, with a child who's four or five years old." The short-haired woman didn't quite believe it and said awkwardly, "It's not good to spread obscene rumors about women."
That's right, Tan Mo nodded in her heart. Although she loved eating melons, she didn't like rotten ones.
"I've been waiting for you to say that!" The straightforward woman pulled out her phone album and showed them. "I wouldn't say anything without evidence. Last week, the boss came to our office to check the surveillance footage, and I saw it with my own eyes!"
The photo shows Zhou Jing and Wu Guanglei hugging each other and kissing each other. The man's hand has even reached up from the bottom of his hip skirt.
After seeing this, the other two people sighed with disgust, and even the noodles didn’t smell good anymore.
"Why do you do this in the office? It's disgusting."
"Don't they know there are surveillance cameras in the office area?"
"Of course they don't know," the cheerful woman said. "They probably don't know how far the office surveillance cameras can reach. Two horny bastards, doing this before they even get to the lounge area."
"I was so sick when I saw this surveillance video the other day that I almost vomited during my New Year's Eve dinner."
The short-haired girl said, "Why don't you take pictures and save them on your phone?"
"Oh, if I didn't have this photo, you'd accuse me of making up obscene rumors. You need proof. Okay, now that I'm proven not to be lying, I'll delete it now. Manager Wu has such a terrible figure, I'm afraid I'll get a stye if someone accidentally sees it."
"You don't know how long I've been holding it in!"
The long-haired woman understood what was going on. "No wonder the boss said last week he wanted to install another surveillance camera in the lounge. That's really gross. It's a public lounge!"
As they were talking, the last girl named Li Xiaoting came in late. The refreshing girl asked, "Why are you so late?"
Li Xiaoting complained about the heat and said, "I can't park my car no matter how hard I try. Luckily, I ran into Manager Wu. I didn't expect he'd come here for dinner too."
"Eh?" She looked at the empty seat and asked, "Where's Zhou Jing? Where did she go?"
The three people at the table showed disgusted expressions at the same time.
The short-haired girl whimpered, "Disgusting, disgusting, disgusting! I can't even eat today."
Not far away, Tan Mo was eating with a slurp, enjoying the delicious food.
She is just the opposite. Gossip is her electronic pickled mustard greens, the more she eats, the more delicious it becomes!
Tan Mo wanted to grab the bowl and turn around to join them, but she restrained herself rationally.
Maybe she was too excited to listen to the music, but Tan Mo ate too much without realizing it. After dinner, she took an hour-long walk around the neighborhood before returning home.
Eat and sleep, sleep and eat, and then have some gossip and snacks. You will be as happy as a pig.
Tan Mo half-leaned on the sofa happily, and habitually opened Alipay to see how much balance she had.
Although the last time I checked was just over an hour ago, when I bought beef noodles.
This is her little problem. She always has to check the balance a few more times before she can feel at ease.
It shows: 6493.4 yuan.
Tan Mo searched the two bank cards and various accounts left by the original owner and confirmed that this was the total amount of money.
Eh? Is this number the same as after I bought the beef noodles?
Tan Mo couldn't remember exactly, but it was about the same amount, probably around this number.
Before I could figure out how to allocate the money, a WeChat call popped up on the screen.
[Curly hair, red lips, cigarette in mouth] invites you to a video call.
Is this the landlady?
Tan Mo didn't think much about it and pressed the answer button.
What caught my eye was his signature permed hair. Two seconds later, a rugged middle-aged woman, cigarette in her mouth, yelled over, "How many times have I called you? And you haven't said a word, not a word. Pay me next quarter's rent by 8 p.m. tonight. No credit."
Without giving Tan Mo a chance to speak, the middle-aged woman hung up the phone.
At the same time, the WeChat user [curly hair, red lips, cigarette in hand] also sent two detailed rent bills.
It turned out to be the landlord.
From this point of view, the original owner's notes to the landlord are really vivid and unique.
A smile appeared on Tan Mo's lips, but she couldn't smile anymore after she opened the bill.
6000, the rent for one quarter is 6000! !
Ah, my heart is bleeding!
Wait, how much money was in Alipay just now?
Tan Mo opened Alipay again, and what appeared before her eyes was 6493.4 yuan.
After reading it, Tan Mo almost fainted.
Very good, her balance is only 493.4 yuan.
In other words, one week after she resigned, she had to work for the capitalist again.
And it’s imminent!
It’s hard to believe that after only a week of carefree days, Tan Mo has to wave goodbye again.
And before she can start working, she has to have an interview first.
With only around 400 yuan left, Tan Mo was extremely anxious. She downloaded several recruitment apps and patiently browsed through them.
Kindergarten teachers need to have experience and be graduates of relevant majors, but the original owner studied business, so he passed.
Secretary to the president of XX Group. Job requirements: beautiful, good figure, young and with a sweet voice. Can travel with the president, eat and live together. Most importantly, can sing lullabies to coax the president to sleep. Monthly salary: 100,000.
Tan Mo: What? Working like a cow or a horse during the day, and like a chicken or a duck at night. Just hanging around on the Animal Farm all day long. Over!
XX Marketing Requirements: Intelligent, with a degree from Peking University, Tsinghua University, or an Ivy League school, and proficient in five languages; Hardworking, able to work 16+ hours a day and travel frequently; Self-motivated, with a strong desire to excel; Honest, and unwilling to backstab the company. CEO experience is a plus.
Tan Mo's frown deepened, and she wondered if she was not crazy enough and was therefore out of tune with this world.
The requirements are sky-high, with a base salary of 3,500, and people are still expected to maintain the desire to excel? It's considered good enough if they can maintain the desire to fight for the top.
It would be better for her to continue to be her assistant in Longsheng Group, where her monthly salary is only 10,000 before tax.
Although Nangong Lie and Xu Xiaonian are a little crazy.
But a week ago, she beat Nangong Lie so badly that his mother couldn't even recognize him, and then she handed in her resignation with great pride. How could she have the face to go back?
Tan Mo collapsed exhausted.
After browsing recruitment websites all night, although she was speechless about the job postings, she still applied to as many as she could.
I didn't have much hope at first, but when I woke up the next day, I found that a small company had extended an olive branch to Tan Mo.
They agreed to have an interview on Wednesday morning.
When the time came, Tan Mo took the subway to the company.
HR is a woman in her thirties.
The interview was almost over at noon when Tan Mo came out of the building and sighed.
She didn't even need to wait for news, she knew the result would not be satisfactory.
The HR was weird. When they saw Tan Mo in person offline, they said she was pretty, and then the topic always turned to "pretty female employees will seduce the boss."
Tan Mo was shocked: "Who are you talking about? Who would seduce the Kappa boss?"
Perhaps Tan Mo's answer was too outrageous, the HR's face suddenly turned dark and the corners of his mouth twitched.
There was not a single professional question about work, and she had wasted a whole day memorizing a lot of professional materials, Tan Mo sighed.
In order to save some money, she only drank some boiled water and two eggs in the morning. After the battle of wits and courage, she was so hungry that she couldn't wait to go home and cook for herself.
Tan Mo looked around and saw a convenience store in the northeast corner.
She walked over dejectedly.
The temperature in the convenience store was very low. Tan Mo stood in front of the prepared food, trying to search for the cheapest rice balls or bento boxes.
"I'm really getting fed up with her. She's always checking the female employees' skirts to make sure they're not too short or too revealing. She's so sarcastic that we don't even look like we're at work."
"Last week, I was wearing shorts, and she said my calves were showing. She asked if I was interested in my boss, because otherwise, why would I keep going to his office?"
"Oh my God, if it weren't for her bald husband asking me for the documents and not explaining it all at once, and causing me to run so many times, who would want to see the bald man!"
The person who was speaking was a girl. She was complaining with gritted teeth and was standing next to Tan Mo. Tan Mo, who was looking for something, was naturally attracted to her.
Another girl with bangs next to her said, "She's so crazy now? Luckily I ran away quickly. Why don't you learn from me and quit your job, then look for another job in the park."
"Last year, the company organized a dinner party, and her husband also went. He happened to drive me. After she found out, she has been targeting me ever since. The key point is that it wasn't just me who was riding in his car that time, there were also two other colleagues."
"Don't you see what her husband looks like? He's already in his forties. My boyfriend is richer and more handsome than him. I must be crazy to fall for her husband. Luckily I ran away." said the girl with bangs.
"Exactly. There was a beautiful girl who came for an interview today, and she even asked if being beautiful made her feel privileged and wanted to move up the ladder. I laughed my ass off when I heard that."
Tan Mo's heart skipped a beat. She wondered if she had eaten the melon herself. Because HR had asked her this question.
Just as Tan Mo wanted to confirm, the girl with bangs suddenly turned around and blocked Tan Mo's sight.
"If you hadn't mentioned this, I would have forgotten to tell you the big news." She whispered, "There's an employee at my new company who, like me, also jumped ship from there. She's a veteran and knows a lot. She said the boss's wife thought she was prettier than the wife, so she became the mistress."
"Oh no, oh no. She's probably afraid someone will imitate her."
The girl standing next to Tan Mo was probably too surprised, clapping her hands and taking a few steps back. Tan Mo took the opportunity to take a look and confirmed: she had an ID card hanging around her neck, and the name of the company on it was the same as the one she was interviewing for.
At the same time, Tan Mo also confirmed that the HR who interviewed her was the boss lady they were talking about.
No wonder there's hostility towards her.
After listening to some gossip for a while, Tan Mo took the rice balls from the third layer and stepped back to pay the bill.
"Hello, 5.5 yuan," said the salesperson.
Upon hearing the voice, Tan Mo clicked on the payment page, scanned it for the salesperson, then picked up the rice ball and was about to walk out.
She habitually checked the balance: 493.23 yuan.
Tan Mo was shocked. She rubbed her eyes and looked carefully again. It was indeed the number. She was not mistaken.
The day before yesterday, it was still a little over 480 yuan. After more than a day, even if she saved as much as possible, she still took the subway and bought food. Why did the balance increase instead of decrease?
Suddenly, a ding-ding-ding electronic sound flashed through my mind—"Ding-ding-ding! Welcome to the working people system."
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