That afternoon, Song Mai had just delivered the translated document to Tang Lanlan when he received a call from Qiao Junzhu.
"Hello, Ms. Song Mai."
Song Mai had a very good impression of Manager Qiao, who had always treated her politely and courteously, so her tone became even gentler.
"Manager Qiao, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Here's the thing, every new employee at Yunxing gets a welcome bonus. Recently, the finance department took stock of the company's idle assets and found a car that has been sitting idle for a long time. Since you're the only new employee recently, we're going to give you the car as a welcome bonus. Please come to the HR department to pick up the keys when you have time, and you can drive it away after get off work."
Hearing this, Song Mai felt a sense of happiness coming too suddenly.
She got caught in the rain yesterday while riding her electric scooter, and today the company assigned her a car. That's incredibly lucky.
Yunxing was indeed her lucky place. Apart from Jifeng and some inexplicable targeting of her, everything else went relatively smoothly.
Within three days of joining the company, I made a friend like Su He. Tang Lanlan also took the initiative to do work for her. The employee benefits and treatment are very good.
Everything seemed to be moving in a positive direction, but recalling everything she had experienced before, she couldn't help but feel worried again. Finally, she spoke up:
"Thank you for thinking of me, Manager Qiao. Actually, I live not far away, so I don't need to drive. It's very convenient for me to commute to get off work every day."
Song Mai declined somewhat shyly, feeling a sense of unreality about it.
Moreover, based on her previous experience, every time good fortune came her way, misfortune would follow.
Although having a car was undoubtedly a good thing for her and she was very happy, the seemingly curse-like pattern cast a shadow over her, and even when good fortune came her way, she dared not accept it.
Qiao Junzhu chuckled twice: "No need to thank me. This is the company's arrangement. If you want to thank someone, thank the company. Don't rush to refuse. This is a benefit that every new employee receives when they join the company. They all have it, but the benefits vary slightly from batch to batch. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Are you really going to refuse?"
In fact, he was right. Yunxing does have this tradition, and he has already started making arrangements.
It's just that his arrangements were slightly different from what Assistant Lu had requested.
Sure enough, as soon as Assistant Lu mentioned that he had chosen a car to arrange for her as a new employee benefit, he immediately notified Song Mai without any delay.
Song Mai was relieved only after confirming with Qiao Junzhu several times that every new employee had received one.
If everyone has it, then it probably can't be considered luck.
After thinking for a moment, she said, "Then I'll come to you to get the keys before I leave work."
"good."
Tang Lanlan was very satisfied with the document that Song Mai translated. Although she didn't praise her verbally, she didn't find any faults either, and her eyes showed more appreciation for Song Mai.
On the eve of her departure from get off work, Song Mai went to the human resources department. Qiao Junzhu handed her the car keys and personally led her to the parking area.
To prevent Song Mai from refusing, Assistant Lu specially selected a relatively low-key car from the garage.
But when Song Mai saw the blue Porsche in front of him, he was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time, his mouth wide open enough to fit an egg.
She was stunned for a long time before she stammered out:
"The company's idle car... is it a Porsche?"
Qiao Junzhu looked at her with a smile.
"It's not a newly purchased car this year, please don't mind."
Song Mai forced a smile at him, but inwardly she was seething with rage.
This is a Porsche! What makes her think she's worthy of driving one?
What's there to complain about about her!
Does she deserve it?
Moreover, he said it wasn't a newly purchased car, but there wasn't a single sign of use. If he hadn't told her, she would have thought it was new.
Thinking this to herself, she subconsciously blurted out:
"I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy..."
Qiao Junzhu was taken aback: "Huh?"
Song Mai quickly changed her tune: "No, no, no, of course I don't mind, I'm already very grateful!"
If it weren't for Yunxing, she probably would never have been able to even dream of owning a Porsche in her lifetime.
When Song Mai got off work that day, she drove the car home, driving with a heavy heart, afraid of bumping or scratching it.
She had intended to share this joy with Chu Xing via message, but before leaving get off work, she received a message from Chu Xing saying he was going on a business trip, and the disappointment instantly dampened her joy.
She hadn't seen him for three days. Although this had happened often before, their way of getting along and their relationship were different now.
Since realizing her feelings for him, Song Mai often thinks of him when she can't see him.
She was fine when she was at work during the day, but for the past few days she had been home alone after get off work. Even though he came home at night, she was already asleep by then, and he would be gone when she woke up the next day.
This makes her feel empty inside when she's alone.
She dialed his number to ask when he would be back, but the phone rang for a long time without being answered.
It took quite a while for the man to reply with a message.
"I'm in a meeting, is there something you need?"
Song Mai sighed deeply and typed: It's nothing, I just wanted to ask when you're coming back.
It took several more minutes for the man to reply to the message.
"Not decided yet."
Two words that express the preciousness of language.
His taciturn nature often gave Song Mai the feeling that he didn't like her and even didn't want to talk to her.
Although she knew it was an illusion—his eyes clearly showed love when he looked at her, and the things he did for her showed that he liked her—the long period of not seeing each other and his infrequent messages, coupled with his meager replies when she initiated contact, made this feeling surge back into her mind.
She clearly had a lot to say, wanting him to tell her as soon as he had a definite return time, wanting to share the car situation with him, and wanting to say that she would drive to pick him up when he returned.
But these words were swallowed back by his cold, taciturn nature.
Song Mai casually placed the car keys on the table. Oh well, she'd wait until he got back to talk about it.
That evening, she reviewed the project materials again and again until she knew them so well that she could recite them fluently.
The next day, she didn't go to the company, but went to the joint research and development center located in the east of the city early.
The joint R&D center is located in an industrial park, in a relatively remote location; it takes forty minutes to drive there from her home.
Having a car is indeed much more convenient; otherwise, she would have probably had to leave almost two hours earlier to squeeze onto the subway.
When Song Mai arrived, Tang Lanlan had just arrived at the entrance of the joint R&D center.
The two of them coincidentally chose to arrive half an hour early.
When Song Mai got out of the car, Tang Lanlan gave her a meaningful look.
"Nice car."
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