A sophisticated urban woman in high heels and impeccable makeup walked into the towering, imposing office building.
"Hello, Mr. Xie."
"Good morning, Mr. Xie."
Xie Yunyun nodded and smiled from time to time.
Once she entered the elevator, her expression turned blank.
As soon as the elevator reached the floor where her office was located, her secretary came to greet her.
"There's a meeting at 10 a.m., followed by a report from the marketing department on this quarter's sales performance in the afternoon, and a dinner party in the evening."
Xie Yunyun nodded, indicating that she understood.
"Send over all the documents that require your signature."
"It's President Xie."
She pushed open the office door and changed into a pair of more comfortable flat shoes.
The secretary returned quickly, carrying not only a stack of documents but also a steaming cup of coffee.
After putting the things down, he quickly left.
Xie Yunyun sipped her coffee and began flipping through the documents.
Two months after her promotion, she has temporarily secured her current position, but it was earned through countless hard work.
Even after achieving her current position, she still dares not relax.
Reviewing documents, attending meetings, having a simple lunch, listening to reports, handling official business, and having meals with clients.
When I got home, the hour hand on the clock had already pointed to ten.
After drinking quite a bit of alcohol, she first opened a carton of milk, poured it into a glass, drank most of it, and then went to run a bath.
However, she didn't fully rest while taking a bath; news reports in English were playing beside her.
Perhaps the warm water made her feel a little relaxed, and for a few short minutes after the report ended, she cleared her mind.
She left home hastily before even taking her graduation photos during her senior year of college due to devastating news from her family.
The degree certificate and graduation certificate were returned and picked up later.
My father was in a car accident and died after two days of intensive care in the hospital. My grandmother was old and frail and could not bear the blow. She became seriously ill and bedridden, and passed away after only a few months.
Those months were the darkest period of her life; she experienced the coldness and warmth of human relationships like never before.
The perpetrator fled the scene, and the family paid for all of the father's medical expenses themselves.
The rescue cost was not cheap at all, and it drained most of their family's savings.
When Grandma fell seriously ill, the family soon found themselves in dire financial straits.
She and her mother begged many people and borrowed from all the relatives and friends they could.
During her most difficult time, she even considered asking Professor Li's mother, that very capable aunt, for a loan, but in the end, she succumbed to her pride and didn't dial the number.
However, Grandma didn't last long either; she passed away soon after.
After her grandmother passed away, her mother was saddened and blamed herself, feeling that she had failed in her responsibilities. However, she felt relieved, knowing that her grandmother's passing was actually a relief for her.
Sometimes she wondered if she was being too cold-hearted, but when she thought about her family's situation, she hardened her heart again.
My mother is weak and in poor health. If she continues to wallow in grief and self-blame, this family will truly be ruined.
She had no choice but to force herself to become the pillar of the family.
Over five years, she climbed to her current position, enduring countless hardships along the way. With no connections or family background, she rose to her current position entirely through her outstanding performance, far surpassing that of others, but she felt it was all worth it.
Two years ago, she paid off her family's debts, and then spent more than three years saving money to climb the corporate ladder.
Now, she has her own studio apartment and a car, while her mother is unwilling to follow her to live in the big city and only wants to stay in her hometown.
She had no choice but to hire a caregiver for her mother and call home from time to time to check on her.
Perhaps because she had experienced the taste of being short of money, even after buying a house and a car and having a six-figure sum in her bank account, she dared not let herself relax.
After taking a bath, she turned on the computer and looked at some things. It wasn't until midnight that she finally went to bed.
Traffic in Beijing is quite congested in the morning, so she has to leave early if she wants to drive to the company on time.
For the first two years after she started working, she was working hard in a branch office. Based on her top sales performance in the region, she was transferred to the head office in Beijing. Now she has been in Beijing for three years.
The girl who was still a bit naive and innocent in school has grown into a capable and independent woman in just a few years.
Her competitors, some of whom disliked her subordinates, were saying all sorts of things behind her back.
Some say she rose to power quickly by selling herself, while others say she's a heartless and ruthless woman, cruel to outsiders and even crueler to herself.
She is 28 years old this year. Every time she talks to her mother, she is asked about her love life and whether there are any suitable men around her. If not, her mother will introduce her to a few men when she goes home for the Chinese New Year. Several of her uncles and aunts' sons are quite good.
Xie Yunyun gets a headache every time this topic comes up.
But she couldn't say anything harsh to her mother, so she could only brush it off casually.
Talking about feelings? She doesn't have time for that.
Even if I have the time, if someone better is in my heart, I won't look at anyone else.
What has driven her to strive for success in recent years is partly the sense of responsibility to support her family and ensure her mother has a happy old age, and partly the desire to get closer to the person she secretly loves.
When she finished dealing with her family matters and hurriedly returned to school to retrieve her graduation certificate and degree certificate, she learned that Professor Li had resigned from his position at the school.
No one knows where Professor Li went.
At that time, her home was in chaos, so she could only focus all her energy on earning money to support her family and pay off debts.
When I'm exhausted or upset, I tend to revisit deeply buried memories, and that seems to make me feel a little better.
When she first arrived in Beijing, she was also busy with work every day, often working overtime until very late before going home.
In her efforts to secure a big deal, she drank so much with clients that she ended up in the emergency room. Now, she gets stomach upset easily if she's not careful.
She was so busy back then, she didn't have the mind to think about anything else.
More than a year later, she learned by chance from a news report that Professor Li was in Beijing.
That was also the happiest day she had had in recent years.
Unexpectedly, by a twist of fate, she ended up living in the same city as Professor Li, breathing the same air.
Because of this, she had more energy at work afterward.
She still knows the deleted number by heart, but dares not contact it.
Perhaps because the city was too big and there were too many people, she never met Professor Li.
However, it's alright. Knowing that Professor Li is here and doing well makes her very happy.
With a blessing for someone not far away, she quickly drifted off to sleep.
Because of a project, Sanwa had been working for many consecutive days. As soon as she stepped out of the lab, she sneezed several times.
"Yan'an, although the project is important, your health is just as important. Don't get sick," a colleague beside him said worriedly.
"I know, I've always been in good health."
He was very stubborn. When he got home, Sanwa drank a big bowl of spicy ginger soup.
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