Chapter 36 Very Good
"Because of my sister's death, my parents were afraid something similar would happen to me again, so they kept a close eye on me. Even now, they rarely let me go out alone, and I have to report back if I come home late."
"I can understand all that, but... they always compare me to my sister and hold me to her standards."
"I'm not as good as my sister. I can't meet their standards. They always scold me, calling me useless and incompetent. Sometimes, I feel like I'm just a piece of trash, a piece of trash who can't do anything right!"
She looked up at Meng Han, with grievance in her eyes and tears on her cheeks, "Am I really that bad? Can't you even give me a compliment?"
Meng Han didn't answer her, nor did he even look at her. He drove quietly, acting like a tree hole, listening to her express her inner dissatisfaction and grievances.
Yu Huan didn't want a response either. She shrank back into her seat and wiped her tears silently.
"I'm really upset, but I don't dare tell anyone. If I do, they'll just criticize me, saying I'm a coward, saying I didn't dare to fight for my own life, and saying I deserve it."
"It's not that I didn't resist. I thought about leaving them, living separately, and taking my freedom back from them."
"But every time I have that thought, I dream of my sister. I dream of her dying. I dream of her chasing me and questioning me, asking me why I hurt my parents' heart. She died because of me, this family was destroyed because of me, and my parents are like this because of me. Why am I still so disobedient? Why can't I be a little better?"
"I was so scared, I was really scared. I was afraid to see her, I was afraid she would come looking for me, so I didn't dare to leave the house, I didn't dare to resist."
She lowered her head and sobbed continuously, and her fear and terror could be heard in her words.
Meng Han finally turned his head to look at her. She had her hands clasped on her knees and her head lowered so her face couldn't be seen, but she inexplicably looked pitiful.
The car stopped at some point. Meng Han paused and called her name.
"Yu Huan."
Yu Huan looked up at him, her eyes red, sobbing softly, and her shoulders shaking slightly.
Meng Han took out a tissue and handed it to her, "Wipe your tears."
Yu Huan obediently took the tissue and wiped the tears from her face.
"Very good." A slightly deep voice sounded in the narrow compartment, giving a voice of affirmation.
Yu Huan looked up at him, with a thin layer of tears still in his eyes, flickering slightly.
"None of this is your fault. Don't deny yourself. At least you've done a good job."
Meng Han gave Yu Huan the affirmation he wanted. He understood from what Yu Huan had just said.
Her biggest distress is not her parents' strict control or the lack of freedom, but the lack of recognition.
The repressive education trapped her in the shadow of her sister. She couldn't find herself and had no way to get out of that cage.
What she needs most now is not advice or comfort, but recognition.
This reminded him of how she would carefully try to get his praise every time she did something well, and how she would say, "You deserve praise for a job well done."
He said this originally to comfort Yu Huan, but he didn't expect that the person who had stopped crying suddenly burst into tears, crying even harder than before.
"I didn't. I didn't do well."
"You did a great job." Meng Han gave her affirmation again.
Yu Huan shook her head, tears streaming down her face as she choked out a sob and said, "I made a mistake, a very big mistake."
"What's wrong?" Meng Han frowned slightly. Could it be because of what happened today?
"I... I gave President Meng a gift, hoping he would give me an internal discount... Ugh... I did something wrong. President Meng hates me now."
President Meng didn't expect that she was still thinking about this matter. At that time, he had already guessed that she gave the gift because of the internal discount.
But he didn't take it to heart. Although she had overstepped the bounds a little, fortunately she understood his cues and admitted her mistake in time and didn't make the same mistake again.
There is no perfect person in this world, everyone makes mistakes. He is not a harsh boss. As long as the student recognizes his mistakes in time and recovers, he will not care too much.
He was about to speak when he heard her crying again.
"Last time, the gift I gave last time was not what I wanted to give."
"My parents forced me to give it to them. I don't know how they found out about the internal discount, but they forced me to get it."
"I know I'm not qualified and I didn't want to give it, but they forced me to and even scolded me. I really didn't mean to do that."
Her voice was full of grievance, as if this matter had been suppressed in her heart for a long time and she finally took this opportunity to pour it out.
Meng Han thought to himself, "So that's how it is." Although he didn't intend to argue with her over such a small matter, nor did he hate her for it, her behavior that day was indeed unpleasant to him.
He also had some doubts. Based on their interactions over the past six months, he felt that Yu Huan should not have behaved in such a way.
If her parents forced her to do this, it would make sense.
"That incident is in the past. I don't hate you for it. You don't have to take it to heart."
Yu Huan stared at him while sobbing, as if to confirm the truthfulness of his words. She moved slightly closer to him with a serious and stubborn expression.
"Really?"
"Really, you are a very qualified secretary. You do your job very well."
After resolving his worries and receiving praise, Yu Huan finally smiled happily.
At this time, her cell phone rang. She took out the phone from her bag. After seeing the caller ID on the screen, Meng Han clearly saw her body tremble, but she did not hesitate and immediately answered the call.
"Mother."
The carriage was very quiet, and the voice from the other end came from the receiver.
"Why aren't you back yet? It's the middle of the night. Does your boss always exploit his employees like this?"
"I...I didn't...Mr. Meng didn't..." Yu Huan's mind was in a mess. The fear of this voice made her unable to express her thoughts as fluently as before.
Meng Han patted her shoulder lightly, "Give it to me."
Yu Huan handed him the phone as if he had been saved.
Meng Han picked up the phone, but the verbal abuse and accusations from the other end had not stopped yet, so he interrupted them.
"Hello, I'm Yu Huan's boss."
The other party's voice stopped, and he didn't give the other party a chance to speak again. He continued: "Yu Huan drank a little because of work. I have sent her downstairs. Please come down to pick her up."
After hanging up the phone, he put the phone in Yu Huan's hand and looked at her and spoke softly.
"Go home."
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