Chapter 2 He sheds tears of regret
Xia Lili hugged Sister Zhang's arm and started to play the victim: "Sister Zhang, I'm here! Don't fire me!"
"I just graduated and my wallet is cleaner than my face. I even borrowed money to pay the rent. Could you please be kind?"
Sister Zhang is a tall, thin, middle-aged woman. She is an employee of the marketing department of Huajin Shopping Mall and is responsible for the promotion of the mall's activities.
Xia Lili's part-time job is to wear a heavy and funny frog doll costume and distribute discount flyers around the shopping mall.
Sister Zhang pushed Xia Lili away in disgust, confused: "Who are you?"
Xia Lili took out her black-framed glasses and gestured at herself: "I am Xia Lili!"
"Xia Lili?"
Sister Zhang was surprised: "I didn't recognize you without your glasses."
"Are you feeling better from your cold? Stay away from me and don't infect me."
Xia Lili usually has bangs and a pair of old-fashioned black-framed glasses that cover half of her face. Unexpectedly, when she takes off the glasses, she looks quite pretty, with crescent eyebrows, round almond eyes, and is pretty and charming.
But she would not say this to Xia Lili, because if she did, she would make him flatter her and it would be difficult to control him. Where could she find such cheap labor?
Sister Zhang took out a frog doll costume from behind the service desk and stuffed it into Xia Lili's hand. "Hurry up and change into it and start working. Don't dawdle here, or I won't pay you any extra hourly wages."
"Okay, okay."
Xia Lili quickly took the doll costume and found a place to change into it.
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The intercalary June is the eighth month in the Gregorian calendar.
Xia Lili's city, Yangcheng, is in the south. The sun is very hot at this time. Outside the Huajin Shopping Mall, a standing green frog is handing out flyers to passers-by.
The small speaker on the frog's back was playing a loop: "End of season sale, spend 1,000 and get 500~"
Xia Lili, wearing a frog doll costume, had her back soaked with sweat and her bangs stuck to her face. Although the costume came with a small fan, she still felt very uncomfortable.
When she thought about the part-time job hourly wage plus high temperature subsidy of 32 yuan per hour, she held back.
Xia Lili sighed: "Oh, when will I be able to get rich!!!"
It is the end of summer vacation and the children have not yet started school. Xia Lili, the funny big frog, quickly attracted the attention of the two children.
The two naughty kids kept poking Xia Lili's doll costume's belly and punching and kicking her.
Even though he was just a child, and being hit through his doll costume didn't hurt, it was still very annoying.
Xia Lili really wanted to slap these naughty kids to the ground with her big frog paw, but for the sake of these few bucks, she endured it!
Xia Lili could only keep dodging these naughty kids, but when the kids saw her dodging, they became more excited.
Xia Lili wanted to cry but had no tears. Life kept beating her up, and she turned into a glutinous rice cake.
Just when she was so annoyed that she wanted to die, the two naughty kids were picked up one by one and almost thrown aside.
Xia Lili didn't hear clearly what the man said to the naughty kid.
The naughty kid cried and ran away from Xia Lili.
The world has returned to peace.
Xia Lili even wanted to kowtow to this kind-hearted person.
Wearing a doll costume allows you to see what's happening outside through the doll's eyes, but your field of vision is limited.
When she was about to turn around to see who saved her, a pack of ice compresses appeared in front of her. The man holding the ice compresses was wearing a white sun protection suit.
He was very tall, probably almost 1.9 meters. Xia Lili could only see his broad shoulders and the lines of his chest muscles wrapped in the sun-protective clothing. There was also a white jade peace locket hanging on his chest.
Feeling a light tap on the head of the doll costume, Xia Lili looked up and saw a young and handsome face.
His black hair fell across his forehead, slightly covering his strong brow bones.
The man has almond-shaped eyes, a high nose bridge, and a black earring on his left ear. He looks handsome and cool.
A smile played on his maple-red lips. "Little Frog, take it quickly. The bus I'm waiting for is almost here."
Xia Lili quickly unzipped the side of the doll costume and stretched out her hand.
The ice patch was stuffed into her hand, and the boy waved to Xia Lili and walked to the side of the road.
Xia Lili now has excellent eyesight and can see that there is a name tag on the kettle hanging next to the handsome boy's schoolbag, which has the words "Jiang Yun" written on it.
Jiang Yun, Xia Lili felt that this name sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember it for a moment. Maybe it was the same name as the male protagonist of a novel.
The boy was standing on the roadside waiting for a bus, carrying a sports brand cross-body bag, with a pair of silver headphones hanging around his neck. With broad shoulders and a narrow waist, he looked like a spokesperson for a sports brand.
Xia Lili guessed that Jiang Yun might be a college student in the physical education department.
After putting the ice compress on her forehead, Xia Lili felt cool instantly. The effect of this ice compress is so good!
She wanted to see what brand it was, but found that the ice compress package was labeled "Specially for athletes" and the national flag was printed on the label.
Xia Lili's hands trembled. Oh my god, could this handsome and kind-hearted boy Jiang Yun be the boss of the provincial team?
Perhaps because of its coastal location, the southeastern province where Yangcheng is located has a large number of talented water-related sports talents, and the provincial teams for various swimming and diving events are concentrated in the provincial capital Yangcheng for training.
Xia Lili couldn't help but glance at the boy standing on the side of the road waiting for a bus. The other party seemed to have noticed something and looked towards Xia Lili.
When their eyes met, Xia Lili felt dizzy and her vision became blurred again!
She was hallucinating again!
This time, she saw the handsome man Jiang Yun who had helped her out, waiting for a ride on the roadside. Suddenly, a row of shared bicycles parked on the roadside toppled over one after another like dominoes, and the full weight of the bicycles fell on Jiang Yun's feet. Jiang Yun was sent to the hospital with a painful expression...
The last scene made Xia Lili very distressed——
Jiang Yun had a plaster cast on his leg and was wearing the flag of the Dragon Kingdom. He sat in the audience seats of a large-scale competition with his teammates.
With tears in his eyes, he watched three foreign athletes stand on the podium to receive medals and flowers. The resentment and regret in his eyes turned into tears and flowed down.
Among the national flags raised on the podium, there was no five-star red flag of China, all of them were flags of other countries.
The picture disappeared and Xia Lili's vision became clear again. She still remembered that the big screen of the game in her hallucination had "FINA" written on it. Xia Lili's college roommate was a fan of the national swimming team and kept talking about the latest swimming competitions in the dormitory every day. Xia Lili remembered that FINA was the abbreviation of the World Swimming Championships!
Oh my god, could this handsome guy be a member of the national swimming team?
A promising player of the national team unfortunately withdrew from the competition due to an ankle injury. He may have left sequelae and will not be able to compete again. This illusion is too distressing!
Xia Lili's heart was pounding, and she looked at Jiang Yun on the side of the road again. He seemed to be communicating with the other party on the phone because the car he was waiting for had not arrived yet.
On Jiang Yun's left, there was a dense row of shared bicycles parked. The two naughty kids who had harassed Xia Lili before were now trying to climb onto the shared bicycles.
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