Chapter 230: Sister-in-law and Sister-in-law's Relationship 1: Return these eight hundred yuan to your brother...
The weather gets colder with each autumn rain, and you need to put on a thin coat when you get up early to go to work.
When Yao Zhizhi arrived at the company, she found Xiao Wang with two new employees. Yao Zhizhi had never heard that the editorial department was going to add new people, so she asked curiously and found out that they were from the art department.
Xiao Wang, who didn't like to smile, explained in a businesslike manner, "Director Yuan has instructed us that while the Art Department isn't your responsibility, your publishing house currently doesn't have a de facto president, so we need your continued care for the new hires. I hope you'll visit the Art Department frequently and report any developments promptly to Director Yuan. Don't worry, you won't be burdened with too much work. If nothing unexpected happens, the new president will be in place around October."
"Okay, I understand." Yao Zhizhi took the information sheets of the two and took a quick look at the new employees.
The man is called Zhang Baojian. He has a small head and small eyes, but is full of energy. Although he is relatively short, only about 1.6 meters tall, he is full of confidence and may be a practical man who cannot be judged by appearance.
He took over his father's job. Yao Zhizhi had seen his father's illustrations, which were too highbrow and artistic, but not very down-to-earth and not suitable for young people's aesthetic tastes. Qi Changxiao once lamented that Old Zhang was more suitable to be a Chinese painting teacher at an art academy. It was a pity that in the current environment, there was no platform for him to display his talents.
Looking at Zhang Baojian's works again, I have only one feeling about Yao Zhizhi - cute.
The several portraits attached to the information sheet all have exaggerated big eyes and round heads. Although they do not conform to the real human body proportions, they are indeed cute and very suitable for the target audience of the magazine "Growing Under the Red Flag".
The lesbian is called Li Yihua. She has a melon-shaped face and peach blossom eyes. She looks very pretty when she smiles, but her looks are a little less pretty when she doesn't smile. So her beauty depends more on the angle and atmosphere.
This person is less than 1.5 meters tall. She is an art student who returned from the province. Because she was not satisfied with the job assigned to her by the school, she ran to Director Yuan to recommend herself and was selected.
The style of the work is very youthful and vigorous. An illustration is attached to the back of the information sheet. The background is a lake with ripples caused by the breeze. Willow branches by the lake sway gently in the wind. There is a small park by the lake. On the bench in the park, two young pioneers wearing red scarves are sitting, holding □□ in their hands and reading quotations from great men.
It's a very authentic painting, no wonder Director Yuan chose her.
Yao Zhizhi accepted the information and said, "Let's go to the art department together."
Xiao Wang waved his hand, called the two newcomers, and went to the building next door together.
Yicheng has produced many great painters in its history, so Yicheng Publishing House took advantage of this strength. In addition to drawing illustrations and covers for its own magazines and publications, it also published some pictorials. However, they were later forced to cease publication due to their outdated style, unoriginal themes, and poor sales.
The Art Department now has a collection of many old issues of Yicheng Pictorial, but Yao Zhizhi hasn't read them much because she's too busy and doesn't have time.
However, she knew that Zhang Baojian's father was once the main painter of Yicheng Pictorial. Now that his son has taken over, she didn't know whether it would bring any new changes to the art department.
In short, Yao Zhizhi enthusiastically introduced the two newcomers to her colleagues in the art department.
Qi Changxiao led the applause to express his welcome, and then led the two new colleagues to their workstations to familiarize themselves with their work content.
Yao Zhizhi was not very familiar with the work here and had nothing much to say, so she prepared to leave. When she turned around, she noticed that a female colleague looked a little unnatural.
How to describe it? It's a feeling of envy, hostility and embarrassment, and I would avoid Yao Zhizhi's gaze.
Yao Zhizhi was not familiar with her. She only knew that her name was Gu Yanni, and she was almost thirty years old. Her parents probably worked in government agencies. She came from a good family and had excellent painting skills. She was one of the main players in the art department.
In terms of appearance, she should be considered above average, with an oval face, almond-shaped eyes, a dent on the bridge of her nose, depressed lips, and a slightly bitter expression.
Yao Zhizhi looked at him suspiciously and said nothing. As soon as she walked out of the art department, a female colleague followed her out.
This person's surname is Wei. She is a junior employee who survived Director Hu's period. It is said that her painting skills are average, but she is careful and diligent in her work and has never made any mistakes, so she usually only does some auxiliary work.
Yao Zhizhi was just an acquaintance with her, so she didn't know why she suddenly came out. She could only turn around curiously and asked, "What's going on?"
"Editor-in-Chief Yao, please come with me." Xiao Wei had short hair, and subconsciously pressed down her hair while speaking. She seemed to pay much attention to her personal appearance.
Yao Zhizhi reminded: "You can dip some water on the comb and comb it a few times, it will feel better."
"I tried it, but it still doesn't work." Xiao Wei smiled and pulled Yao Zhizhi towards the editorial department.
Yao Zhizhi was a little uncomfortable with the tug-of-war with people she had an ordinary relationship with, so she pulled her hand out calmly.
Xiao Wei could only smile: "Editor Yao is afraid of the heat?"
"What's the matter? I have a meeting and I'm busy." Yao Zhizhi was a little unhappy. If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you dillydallying?
Xiao Wei turned around, glanced at the art department behind him, then hesitantly said, "Editor-in-Chief Yao... don't you have a sense of crisis?"
"Sense of crisis? Why should I have a sense of crisis?" Yao Zhizhi frowned. Talking too deeply to someone you just met is not the way to deal with people. This Xiao Wei might have other intentions.
Xiao Wei faced the sun after the rain, squinted his eyes and looked at Yao Zhizhi, and smiled: "Editor Yao really doesn't need to have a sense of crisis. I'm overthinking it. Okay, that's it, you can get back to your work."
Yao Zhizhi didn't say anything. After get off work, she called Xiao Song. She was an old employee and should know something about the art department, so she asked.
Xiao Song laughed. "Editor-in-Chief Yao also gossips about his colleagues. As for Gu Yanni, I think she's been married for six or seven years, but she still doesn't have children. I don't know if it's her fault or her husband's. As for Xiao Wei, I'd rather call her Zhou Juan from the Art Department. Of course, I'm talking about the old Zhou Juan, the chatterbox Zhou Juan. To be honest, Xiao Wei is quite serious and responsible in her work."
Then Yao Zhizhi could probably guess what Xiao Wei wanted to say.
On the way back, she didn't mention this to Qi Changxiao. There was nothing to say. If it was just a female colleague who was interested in him, then it wasn't his fault. Speaking it out would make it seem like she didn't trust him at all. Why would she be inserting a thorn between the couple for no reason?
Unless he responded, or even betrayed her.
If that time really came to that, she wouldn't bother to say anything and would just kick him out.
But she thought, that shouldn't be the case. Her vision should be okay. She had been with him through the period when he was sick. If he didn't even have a conscience, then she had nothing to feel sorry for.
So she continued to live her life as usual, pretending that this little incident had never happened. She was happy every day, and would not let him go when it was time to make a fuss, and would complain that he was tireless and had a big appetite when it was time to study.
In short, she only feels a sense of crisis about her mediocre academic qualifications. Sorry, this word does not exist in her dictionary in other situations.
A few days later, when I came back from get off work and passed by the Chu family's door, I heard noises from inside again.
It goes without saying that none of the candidates chosen by Chu Lingze are to Chu Lingyi's liking.
Although this woman herself is not very strong, she has high standards. She must marry someone from a well-off family, with an excellent job and young age. She even dislikes old men like Director Feng.
It's really eye-opening.
Yao Zhizhi didn't want to get involved and get herself into trouble, so she quickly urged Qi Changxiao to ride faster.
Behind the two of them, Chu Lingyi was performing a tragic drama, repeating the same words over and over again, and Chu Lingze's ears were so tired of it that they became calloused.
He was really blind. When Zhou Juan came to him to complain, he still spoke up for his sister. Now, he wanted to slap his own rotten mouth until it was swollen.
He was really tired, with a look of despair on his face: "What do you want me to do in exchange for your marriage?"
"Let Xu Wei divorce Zhou Juan and marry me." Chu Lingyi knew her brother couldn't do it, so she said it deliberately to disgust his brother.
Chu Lingze laughed in anger: "Do they think you're worth it? Why don't you just take a piss and look in the mirror?"
"Don't like her? Then why did he divorce Zhou Juan because of a few words from me? It was only later that the Shan family came to make trouble, causing me to lose the opportunity. Otherwise, he and I would have gotten together by now." Chu Lingyi was quite confident.
Chu Lingze was so angry that he didn't want to pay any attention to her: "I'll give you a month. If you don't get married, then we'll separate and live our own lives, one for each of our parents."
"Ling Ze, what are you doing? Ling Yi is not your brother, so how can you divide the family?" When Chu's mother heard that her daughter could not take advantage, she hurried to smooth things over.
What a good daughter she was! In order to save her life, she gritted her teeth and married such a burly farmer, and her whole life was wasted.
She couldn't bear to see her daughter suffer any injustice, so she had to support her.
She was Chu Lingyi's confidence, so when she opened her mouth, Chu Lingyi was simply arrogant to the extreme, and said with a smile: "Did you hear that, brother? I'm not your brother. However, if you really want to treat me like a brother and separate the family, that's fine. Then let our father live with me, and our mother live with you. Anyway, you and sister-in-law are going to have a baby, and our mother will help you take care of the child, which is just right. As for our father's salary, forget about it. From now on, it will be mine alone, and I don't have to pay for your food expenses anymore. If you don't mind, we can separate the family now."
Listen, listen! What kind of bullshit is this?
Li Xiaorui was so angry that she wanted to die. The dad who made money followed Chu Lingyi, and the mom who didn’t make money followed Chu Lingze?
Why? Is it because Chu Lingyi is good at acting like a spoiled child?
Li Xiaorui couldn't swallow this breath and sneered, "Do you think I'm stupid? You deliberately interfered and almost caused Zhou Juan and Teacher Xu to divorce. You also deliberately tripped Zhou Juan and caused her to be hospitalized. Your brother owed more than 300 yuan in foreign debt because of you. Also, I've found out everything about you and the Shan family. Your mother cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to hang herself, forcing your brother to sign an IOU for another 500 yuan. Only then did she bribe the Shan family to come forward and perjure you to get out. You return the more than 800 yuan to your brother! Otherwise, get out of here now!"
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