Chapter 4, Commander, you really know how to grasp the key points.
Yan Ruyi and Shen Zhimin arrived one after the other.
Yan Ruyi saw Shen Zhimin, but she didn't want to talk to him. Thinking that Shen Zhimin probably didn't want to see her either, she went straight inside.
Unexpectedly, Shen Zhimin called her.
Yan Ruyi wore a yellow dress today; her fair skin made her look exceptionally radiant.
People are full of energy, just as bright and cheerful as the canna lilies planted in the flower bed in front of the Cultural Relics Bureau.
There wasn't a trace of heartbreak or sadness about her.
Shen Zhimin felt very uncomfortable and quickened his pace to catch up with Yan Ruyi. "Ruyi, are you here to work?"
Yan Ruyi: "So, I'm here for tourism?"
Shen Zhimin, “…” This sarcastic tone must mean she still has feelings for him.
Thinking about it this way, Shen Zhimin felt a little better.
He still felt a little guilty about dumping Yan Ruyi.
Especially considering the upcoming work rescheduling, he genuinely felt a little sorry for Yan Ruyi. "Ruyi, I know you're angry with me, and I had no choice but to break up with you. I hope you can understand. Actually, I really like you. If you're not in a rush to get married, I hope you can wait for me for a few years..."
Yan Ruyi looked at him as if he were an idiot.
Shen Zhimin lowered his head. "If you don't like what I'm saying, I won't make you angry anymore. No matter what, I'm sorry. I will make it up to you. If you have any difficulties at work in the future, just come to me. I will definitely help you if I can."
Yan Ruyi: "How dare you say such a thing? Just because you're involved with the leader's niece, you think you're some big shot?"
Shen Zhimin, feeling his thorn in the side, flew into a rage, "Tang Yanna's uncle is the office director..."
Yan Ruyi, "Deputy Director."
Shen Zhimin, “…Deputy Director…”
He wanted to say that even the deputy director could manage him, but after saying only two words, he heard Tang Yanna call out to him, "Zhimin."
He swallowed the rest of his words, and subconsciously took two steps back to create some distance between himself and Yan Ruyi before turning around with a smile on his face and softly calling out to Tang Yanna, "Yanna."
Tang Yanna glared at Yan Ruyi and asked Shen Zhimin, "What are you two talking about?"
Yan Ruyi thought to herself that Tang Yanna was really not picky, she actually picked up this piece of trash.
She relayed Shen Zhimin's message to Tang Yanna, saying, "He said your uncle is just a deputy director."
After saying that, he casually pushed the cart away.
Tang Yanna exploded upon hearing this, pointing at Shen Zhimin, "Shen Zhimin, what do you mean? You look down on my uncle for being a deputy director? If you're so capable, go and climb up to the position of director!"
Shen Zhimin: "Don't listen to her nonsense. I didn't say that. She's just trying to sow discord..."
“I heard everything just now. You said the words ‘deputy director’ and you didn’t dare to continue when you saw me coming. Shen Zhimin, you’ve really grown up. My uncle transferred you to the appraisal center, and the next day you look down on him as deputy director. You’re kicking away the ladder after you’ve served your purpose.”
Shen Zhimin was speechless and tried everything, from swearing oaths to coaxing Tang Yanna with gentle words, and finally managed to appease her.
This is also why he doesn't like Tang Yanna: she's brainless, easily swayed by rumors, and prone to making unreasonable demands.
Comparing the two, Yan Ruyi is still more likable.
Why isn't Yan Ruyi's uncle a leader in the Cultural Relics Bureau?
If Yan Ruyi's uncle were a leader in the Cultural Relics Bureau, he wouldn't even glance at Tang Yanna.
Back to Yan Ruyi, what Shen Zhimin didn't say actually came true: the deputy director could indeed manage her.
Yan Ruyi was notified as soon as she arrived at the bureau that she had been transferred to the antique shop.
Deputy Director Tang, who is also Tang Yanna's uncle Tang Zhengjun, said this: "Comrade Xiao Yan, I have read your comprehensive evaluation, which is excellent. Our Cultural Relics Bureau needs outstanding talents like you. However, what you learn from textbooks is all theory. In the end, you still need to combine theory with practice. The cultural relics store is a window unit of our bureau. The organization sent you there in the hope that you will learn and see more there, accumulate experience, and then apply what you have learned when you are transferred back to the bureau. Your future will be limitless."
The principle for assigning jobs is that the better a student's overall academic performance at school, the better the job they will be assigned.
Yan Ruyi's evaluations were higher than Shen Zhimin's, so initially it was decided that she would go to the cultural relics appraisal center and Shen Zhimin would go to the archaeological team.
Now it's Shen Zhimin going to the cultural relics appraisal center.
Even Tang Yanna, who studied history, was assigned to the office.
Yan Ruyi, however, went to work at the counter of the antique shop.
They say it's a training opportunity to gain experience, but it's really just empty promises. With Tang Zhengjun holding things back here, it'll be ages before they can be transferred back.
This is clearly a deliberate attack on her; it's just unclear whether it's Shen Zhimin's or Tang Yanna's doing.
My second sister-in-law often says that she is spoiled and can't stand the slightest grievance.
Second sister-in-law is right, she can't stand this!
She wasn't this angry even when she was assigned to the archaeological team!
That very evening, she wrote a letter of complaint to the director of the Cultural Relics Bureau, accusing Tang Zhengjun, the deputy director of the bureau's office, of violating the spirit of the document on the assignment of university graduates and engaging in nepotism!
I wrote two whole pages, detailing the whole story.
There was a mailbox on the side of the road outside the residential compound. The next day when she went to work, she put the letter of complaint into the mailbox.
If this report yields no results, she will write letters to the city and the province.
She just couldn't swallow this insult, and she was willing to risk everything to get justice for herself.
She had just dropped the letter into the mailbox when she heard the ringing of a bicycle bell. Looking up, she saw Luo Huihui approaching and calling out to her from afar, "Ruyi!"
Luo Huihui was impatient and couldn't keep a secret. As soon as she got in front of Yan Ruyi, she started chattering away like a machine gun, "I ran into Tang Yanna yesterday when I got off work."
Luo Huihui and Tang Yanna both lived in the factory's staff quarters, in buildings one behind the other. They were classmates in elementary school, middle school, and university.
However, the two did not get along well and always disliked each other.
Luo Huihui and Yan Ruyi rode their bikes side by side. "We rarely talk, but yesterday she stopped me and said you were assigned to the antique shop for training and she didn't know when you'd be transferred back to the bureau. She even pretended to ask me to comfort you. I didn't put up with her and exposed her. She was just afraid that if you stayed in the bureau, Shen Zhimin would rekindle his old feelings for you, so she had her uncle get you into the antique shop. Does she think everyone is like her? She treats trash that others don't want as treasure. Shen Zhimin can betray you today because of her uncle's position, and tomorrow he can dump Tang Yanna for someone more powerful. She's studied for so many years, and she still can't see what kind of person Shen Zhimin is. All her education has gone to waste. Just wait, she'll regret it later. She's incredibly stupid and still acting all smug."
Luo Huihui was quick-witted and had a valid point, so Tang Yanna couldn't argue with her at all and was so angry that she jumped up and down.
A crowd gathered to watch the spectacle. Luo Huihui became increasingly bold, revealing even Tang Yanna's past habit of wetting her pants in elementary school. In the end, Tang Yanna blushed deeply and ran away, covering her face.
"That brainless idiot. I didn't want to talk to her, but she insisted on coming up to me. Well, don't blame me for exposing her past and seeing who's more humiliated. Anyway, this morning when I went out to buy fried dough sticks, she took a detour from a distance when she saw me. She's smart enough to walk around me!"
Having avenged her good friend, Luo Huihui felt refreshed and invigorated, walking with a spring in her step.
Luo Huihui arrived at her workplace first.
The Cultural Relics Bureau and the Education Bureau are separated by the Daily News Office and the Military Region Compound.
As Yan Ruyi passed by the gate of the military compound, she heard neat slogans coming from inside. She couldn't help but turn her head to look inside and could vaguely see a group of soldiers in green uniforms standing in formation, shouting slogans in a loud voice.
Yan Ruyi used to want to join the army, but her mother was afraid that she would be assigned to some remote corner where she would never see anyone all year round, so she stopped her from signing up. Otherwise, she might be a proud female soldier now.
She was lost in thought when a car horn blared, snapping her out of her reverie. Turning her head, she saw a green Jeep driving towards her.
Zhongxing Road is an old street, and it's narrow, barely wide enough for two cars to drive side by side.
She was so focused on looking into the military compound that she didn't watch where she was going, and she almost rode into the middle of the road.
If the other party hadn't honked, she would have definitely crashed into their car.
She smiled apologetically at the driver and quickly moved aside.
Song Yiping was sitting in the car, looking down at documents, when he heard the horn honking. He asked Cheng Chao, who was driving, "What's wrong?"
Cheng Chao: "There was a female comrade who was so focused on turning her head to look at our military compound that she almost got into a car accident. I reminded her."
As he spoke, he turned the car into the military compound and asked Song Yiping, still unwilling to give up, "Commander, you really aren't going on a blind date?"
Cheng Chao is Song Yiping's messenger. He was entrusted by Dr. Fang, who is also Song Yiping's mother, Fang Yuru, to persuade Song Yiping to go on a blind date.
Dr. Fang said the girl he introduced this time was exceptionally beautiful and had a good job.
Dr. Fang wanted Song Yiping to meet the young woman and settle down, since Song Yiping was indeed getting on in years.
As a result, Song Yiping declined the offer again, citing being busy.
Dr. Fang was not giving up, so he gave Cheng Chao a task: to talk to him about it more often when he had free time. If he talked to him a lot, maybe he would go for it. If he went for it, maybe he would hit it off with the girl. If he hit it off, wouldn't they start dating?
Once you're in a relationship, marriage isn't far off.
Dr. Fang's idea was good, but it didn't work on their team leader. Their team leader still said the same thing: "I don't have time. We'll talk about it when I get back from my business trip."
Saying they'll talk about it when they get back from their business trip is just an excuse. Once they're back, they'll find another reason to put it off.
Cheng Chao: "What if they introduce you to that girl from earlier?"
Song Yiping hadn't looked up and didn't know which girl he was talking about, so he casually replied, "None of the girls I introduced are available."
Cheng Chao earnestly advised, "You'll be gone for almost half a month. By the time you come back from your business trip, those girls might already be married. Commander, work is important, but you still need to find a partner. There's an old saying, 'Settle down and establish a career,' meaning you should settle down before establishing a career. How can you concentrate on your work if you don't settle down..."
Song Yiping: "You're not dating anyone either, so you haven't been able to focus on your work?"
Cheng Chao, "..."
Commander, you really know how to focus on the key points!
Besides, can their situations be considered the same?
The people he had his eye on didn't even look at him, while their regimental commander didn't even look at others.
That's not right either; their commander didn't even look at anyone else.
To continue would only be self-humiliating, and I would also be labeled as "unwilling to work".
Cheng Chao felt deeply that he had let Dr. Fang down; he was unable to complete the task Dr. Fang had assigned him.
But he wisely chose to keep quiet.
A note from the author:
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Yan Ruyi: I keep my merits and fame hidden, please call me a living Lei Feng!
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