Because Lin Yumei told Wang Aimin in time that she had a boyfriend, Wang Aimin did not let his student stay for dinner, thus avoiding embarrassment. After the student got the documents, Wang Aimin politely sent them out.
After closing the door, Wang Aimin couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and said with a bitter face, "Why didn't you tell me, my sister? You almost made me mess up and arranged a marriage."
Lin Yumei also sighed and said, "Second Uncle, my mother actually doesn't think highly of him."
"Why?" Wang Aimin asked quickly.
Lin Yumei shook her head. "Actually, I don't know why, but I just don't think it's a good idea."
"He's in the capital now?"
"Yes, I'm on a business trip here these two days. Don't tell my mother, otherwise she will have wild thoughts again." Lin Yumei said.
"Okay, I promise I won't tell your mother, but you have to be more careful. If your mother doesn't agree, there must be something that makes her unhappy." Wang Aimin said.
Lin Yumei smiled bitterly and said, "I'm also puzzled. I have no idea why my mother is dissatisfied with him. I wish I knew."
"It's okay, as long as you think you are right, just stick to it." Wang Aimin comforted his niece.
After staying at her second uncle's house for a whole day, Lin Yumei returned to the hotel only after dinner.
Her boyfriend was still on the road. When she thought about him driving so far to come back in the middle of the night, she felt uncomfortable. She wanted to call him, but she didn't dare to, for fear that her call would distract him.
Helplessly, she could only stay in the room and wait.
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Because she wanted to go house hunting on the weekend, Yang Xuexiu got up early in the morning. She looked around carefully near her workplace but couldn't find a suitable house.
For a young girl like her who lives alone and is financially tight, it is really difficult to find a suitable place to live in the capital where every inch of land is valuable.
The prices of the places near her workplace were basically beyond her budget. In desperation, she had to look at places a little further away. She even thought that even if she had to leave at 6:30 in the morning and take a bus for an hour, it would be fine.
However, she didn't gain anything throughout the whole day. As dusk fell, Yang Xuexiu looked at the cars coming and going on the street and the colorful lights of the city, and smelled the aroma of food in the restaurant next door. Suddenly, she felt extremely aggrieved. Taking advantage of the night and no one noticing her, hot tears flowed quickly from her eyes.
…
Her boyfriend Gao Dapeng also felt deeply guilty for not accompanying his girlfriend to look at houses that day. He got up early in the morning and gathered at the door of the unit. The bag of charcoal weighing more than 20 kilograms was handed to him.
It was still possible to take the bus from the city to the foot of the mountain, but the long journey from the foot of the mountain to the top was completely hard work, so much so that Gao Dapeng's gray cotton coat was stained with a lot of charcoal.
Gao Dapeng became a laborer, while the other members of the office were quite relaxed. Each of the remaining people carried objects weighing no more than 2 kilograms. They stopped as they walked, admiring the beautiful winter scenery.
The leisurely mood of this group of people made Gao Dapeng suffer. The mountain road was very rugged, and sometimes there was no place for the charcoal in his hand to rest. While this group of guys were talking and laughing and talking about the world, he could only carry the black snakeskin bag in his hand, like a scavenger.
After reaching the top of the mountain, Gao Dapeng was almost the only one who did the work: unfolding the food, lighting a fire, grilling the skewers... The others were either playing cards, taking pictures, or bragging. To outsiders, it seemed that they were the masters being served, and Gao Dapeng was the only servant serving others.
During lunch, the old hands in the office started making jokes about Gao Dapeng. Gao Dapeng did not get angry at these jokes that were quite hurtful to his self-esteem. He just smiled faintly, as if nothing had happened at all.
"Dapeng, do you have a girlfriend?" the office director suddenly asked.
Gao Dapeng was stunned, then shook his head subconsciously.
This was something Yang Xuexiu and he had already agreed on. The two of them had finally arrived in the capital, so they couldn't reveal their romantic relationship too early. If their superiors used this to make trouble, they might...
"It's basically settled in our company. I have to consider work matters and my own affairs. I have an old friend who I'm very close to. His family is well-off. The couple has a house allocated by the company. They have only one daughter. I'd like to introduce you to her someday."
When Gao Dapeng heard this, his scalp suddenly went numb. He had never expected that the office director would introduce him to a girlfriend so soon.
"Director, I'm not ready to fall in love yet." Gao Dapeng said after thinking about it.
"As young people, you have to fall in love after graduating from college. I'll take you to meet them next week. Their family conditions are really good, and you won't regret it." The office director said as he patted Gao Dapeng on the shoulder meaningfully.
Someone nearby started to make a fuss, "Director, you're biased! I've been working here for several years, and you've never introduced me to a girlfriend. Dapeng's only been here for less than half a year, and you're already introducing someone to a girlfriend..."
"You change girlfriends faster than you change clothes. How dare I introduce you to someone? Dapeng is so nice and down-to-earth..."
"Director, do you mean that we won't feel at ease?"
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Amidst the cheers, everyone was laughing and smiling, but Gao Dapeng forced a smile as if he was crying.
After lunch, the guys started playing poker again. Gao Dapeng didn't have much to talk about with them, so he had to concentrate on cleaning up the garbage.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, everyone returned along the same route. Gao Dapeng continued to work tirelessly carrying things down the mountain. It was not until he returned in the evening that he discovered several black carbon marks on the back of his cotton coat.
But he didn't have time to feel sad, and quickly called his girlfriend using the phone in the corridor.
Unexpectedly, no one answered the phone in the corridor, which made him very anxious. He called one after another, and finally at around eight o'clock in the evening, someone answered the phone.
"Hey..." Yang Xuexiu forced a smile.
"Xiu, it's me, Dapeng." Gao Dapeng said quickly.
When she heard her boyfriend's voice, Yang Xuexiu felt that her loneliness, grievance and helplessness were like a collapsed dam, and she let the tears flow down.
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