Xia Tian said dismissively, "I'm not interested in money or official positions. The foundation of marriage is affection; everything else is just fluff."
Ma Yunfei corrected, "We can't be so absolute about summer. Marriage also needs a material foundation. As the old saying goes, 'Poverty-stricken couples face a hundred sorrows.' Can a couple be happy if they worry about firewood and rice every day?"
“Brother Ma, what I mean is: as long as we can eat our fill and stay warm, feelings should come first.”
"That's right. Nothing should be absolutized. We can neither deny the material world nor ignore the spiritual world. The material and the spiritual world are interdependent."
Xia Tian pursed his lips and said, "Brother Ma, you're getting more and more profound. Even I, a college student, find it all confusing. I just don't understand how you, a primary school student, can understand such profound philosophical principles."
"Tianmei, I'm attending the university of life."
"Brother Ma, what should I do?"
Ma Yunfei thought for a moment and said, "We can only deal with whatever comes our way, the same old approach, and make this section chief disappointed in you."
"Brother Ma, are you going to stage another big drama about AIDS and unmarried pregnancy?"
"Alright, let's not dwell on the past. Besides, this section chief must be quite clever to have risen so high; ordinary tricks won't fool him."
"Brother Ma, then you can think of another good plan for me."
Ma Yunfei said, "I think that as a young official, his biggest worry is that it will affect his career. You might as well take the initiative."
Xia Tian said in surprise, "You...you want me to take the initiative, but do you expect me to cling to you?"
Ma Yunfei chuckled and gave him instructions in person.
After listening to Ma Yunfei's words, Xia Tian frowned and said, "Brother Ma, you're making me look bad."
"Tianmei, this is the only way."
Xia Tian's father introduced his daughter to a section chief at the Industry and Commerce Bureau.
At ten o'clock that morning, Xia Tian specially wore a bright dress and put on makeup, dressing up in a particularly alluring way. She swayed her waist and walked with a cat-like gait to the Bureau of Industry and Commerce.
The two security guards at the entrance stared blankly at Xia Tian, completely forgetting to stop her.
Xia Tian walked into the Industry and Commerce Bureau and shouted, "Does anyone know where the office is?"
A woman in her fifties walked out of the office and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for Guan Xiangyang, the office director. I'm his girlfriend."
The middle-aged woman looked Xia Tian up and down. Suddenly, her expression changed, and she asked, "Are you Guan Xiangyang's girlfriend?"
"Yes, how could this be fake?"
In the summer, she deliberately wrapped a sofa cushion around her belly, making it look a bit bulging, as if she were three or four months pregnant.
The middle-aged woman looked at Xia Tian's belly and asked, "Young lady, are you pregnant?"
Xia Tian said indignantly, "I'm still a young woman, not even married yet, how could I be pregnant? You...you're blind as a bat, how dare you slander me, I...I won't let you get away with this."
Summer scratched the middle-aged woman's face with her hands.
"Oh my god! Someone come quick!!"
The middle-aged woman screamed and backed away.
A group of people rushed out of the office and tried to break up the fight.
Some people condemned Xia Tian: "Who are you? What gives you the right to cause trouble here?"
Some people shouted for security guards: "Come quick, get this woman out of here!"
Xia Tian put her hands on her hips and said, "I'm Guan Xiangyang's girlfriend, the office director. I'm still a virgin, but this old woman actually said I'm pregnant! Everyone, be the judge, isn't this just smearing my name? What will my boyfriend Guan Xiangyang think of me if he finds out? I demand she apologize to me and make up for this terrible situation!"
A man who looked like a high-ranking official walked over and asked, "What happened?"
Summer quickly recounted her grievances.
The high-ranking official turned to the middle-aged woman and said, "Old Xu, how can you talk such nonsense? She's just gained a little weight. You... look at you, you've caused such a big mess. You should apologize to her right now."
The middle-aged woman covered her face and said sheepishly, "Girl, I was wrong. I didn't mean to throw dirty water on you. I just thought your stomach looked like you were pregnant."
Xia Tian angrily cursed, "You bitch, how dare you say I look pregnant? I... I've been insulted by you, I don't want to live anymore!"
Summer was saying this when she was about to bang her head against the wall.
Several women quickly pulled Xia Tian back, urging him, "Let's talk this out, please don't try to kill yourself."
The high-ranking official stomped his foot angrily and said, "Old Xu, can't you even speak properly anymore? Really!"
Just then, Guan Xiangyang, the office director, heard the commotion in the corridor and ran out.
A woman quickly said, "Director Guan, your girlfriend is here. She had a little conflict with Lao Xu, and the two of them started fighting."
Guan Xiangyang said in surprise, "I...I don't have a girlfriend yet."
"Director Guan, that girl keeps saying she's your girlfriend. Could she be an imposter? No way."
Guan Xiangyang suddenly remembered that a few days ago, a relative introduced him to a girlfriend named Xia Tian.
The meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. tomorrow.
Could this girl who claims to be my girlfriend be Xia Tian?
Guan Xiangyang rushed over and asked, "What...what's your name?"
"Who are you?"
"My name is Guan Xiangyang."
Xia Tian said angrily, "Guan Xiangyang, I am Xia Tian. You have to stand up for me. This old woman said I am pregnant. I have to make her take me to the hospital for a checkup immediately. If I am not pregnant, I will make her publish an apology in the newspaper and compensate me for my mental distress."
Guan Xiangyang wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground. He never expected that this girlfriend he had never met would come to his workplace and make a scene. Wasn't this just embarrassing him?
What made Guan Xiangyang even more embarrassed was that Xia Tian dressed so seductively, she looked like a streetwalker.
"You...how did you get here?"
“Guan Xiangyang, can’t I come? I just want to see if you really work in the Industry and Commerce Bureau and if you really are a division-level cadre. There are so many swindlers these days, and you’re just over thirty years old and you’ve already become a division-level cadre. I don’t quite believe it, so I came here specifically to investigate.”
Guan Xiangyang was both amused and exasperated, and said, "Xia Tian, let's talk in my office."
"No, I need to have this old woman take me to the hospital for a checkup."
The high-ranking official asked coldly, "Xiao Guan, is she your girlfriend?"
Guan Xiangyang really didn't know how to answer. If she was his girlfriend, he had never even met her.
Saying that she wasn't his girlfriend would seem like an attempt to distance himself from the situation, which would make people at work look down on him.
Guan Xiangyang nodded awkwardly.
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