When asked what role I should play in inviting Dai Qiang to dinner, I hesitated for a moment before replying to Ye Zhi, "Don't take it too seriously. What I'm saying is that I hope that when you meet him, he will call you 'sister-in-law,' so you won't mind it too much."
"Since I'm willing to take the initiative to invite him to dinner, I won't mind this form of address..."
I suddenly realized that although Ye Zhi seemed aloof, she was more thoughtful than anyone else. The reason she took the initiative to invite Dai Qiang to dinner was ultimately because she was considering my situation. In my family's eyes, she was my girlfriend. Now that my younger brother had gone to Shanghai to look for a job, how could she, as my girlfriend, not show him hospitality and invite him to dinner?
Actually, putting aside past grievances, she was a very good friend.
I finally sent her a sincere "thank you." And as usual, she chose not to reply after the conversation ended.
...
Perhaps because I had drunk quite a bit of alcohol that evening, I fell asleep shortly after putting down my phone...
I don't know if it was late at night or early in the morning, but I had a dream about my recent situation. However, in the dream, I chose to deal with it in a way that was completely opposite to reality.
The first scene of the dream: the inn is facing demolition...
In my dream, Ye Zhi and I were a real couple. I went to find her with extreme anger. I first questioned her, and then forced her to cancel the project that would harm our inn.
She naturally chose to refuse, and this huge conflict of interest made it impossible for us to continue our relationship, so we chose to break up.
After the breakup, she returned to Shanghai and disappeared without a trace... while I remained in Dali, living a miserable life.
The dream began to become chaotic and illogical.
A man I'd never met before found me and demanded that I return Ye Zhi to him. Then, Yang Sisi told him that I had never been with Ye Zhi, and that she was my girlfriend, and that we were getting married.
The man not only didn't believe it, but he was also very angry. He attacked me, and we fought hand to hand, a life-or-death struggle. Ye Zhi never appeared in my dreams again, and after I won, Yang Sisi was no longer by my side.
Then, the sunlight woke me up!
I sat on the bed for a while, and then I laughed. The dream was indeed quite ridiculous, because all the people who appeared in the dream had no connection with each other, yet they staged a heart-wrenching scene.
After thinking about it carefully, if this man really exists, he is probably the one who left Ye Zhi a note asking her to wait.
Dreams are dreams, and reality is reality... If one day Ye Zhi really meets him and continues this long-lost relationship, I will give her my sincere blessings, because I know that he is the man Ye Zhi can never forget.
...
Life in Dali is like this: unless there is work that must be started in the morning, most people will sleep until noon. So this morning, I also took a break and went back to sleep after waking up, and didn't get up until it was almost lunchtime.
Around 10 o'clock, Dai Qiang sent me a message saying that he had already participated in the interview for the position of assistant manager of the recreation department.
I replied to his message: "How are you feeling?"
"I didn't answer a few questions very well... but I did quite well in the assessment of my work software skills."
"Then I think you're in a bit of trouble."
Why?
"Being able to use work software is a basic requirement, but being able to answer questions well is the real bonus."
"Am I really eliminated?"
Instead of answering directly, I asked him again, "Have you seen the manager of the recreation department?"
"No."
"The normal procedure is that if the HR department is satisfied with you, they will recommend you to the recreation department manager, listen to his interview feedback, and then make a final decision on whether to hire you. Since you haven't gone through this step, there's probably not much hope for you."
A moment later, Dai Qiang replied to the message: "Brother, I suddenly feel extremely desperate!"
"First, prepare for the worst. If you get rejected, what's your next step?"
"I'll keep looking for a job... I don't want to go back. I like the atmosphere of Shanghai."
"Since you like it so much, don't keep using the word 'despair,' it will wear down your will."
"Haha... I don't think it's a big deal... because there's another phrase, 'finding a way out of a desperate situation'."
Dai Qiang's words made me subconsciously light a cigarette, and just as I was about to say something more, Ye Zhi suddenly sent me a voice message request on WeChat...
While I was surprised, I answered the voice call and said to her, "I really can't imagine what could have made you send me a voice call request."
"Your brother's job problem."
My nerves immediately tightened, and I asked, "Did the HR department give you a reply?"
"Um."
"How so?"
He was hired.
"I...I didn't hear wrong, did I?"
"You heard right, he got the job."
I said, full of doubt, "That's impossible. I just chatted with him on WeChat for a bit. He said his performance was just average and he didn't answer a few questions very well... Could it be that you really pulled some strings for him?"
“I won’t interfere with the hotel’s personnel arrangements… He passed the assessment on his own… But it’s normal for you to have such doubts, because you only know one side of the story.”
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