Ke Meiyu chuckled first, then continued playing chess with him.
As a result, Ke Yuanxia lost every single game, leaving him with bloodshot eyes, a purplish-blue face, and a profound sense of existential crisis.
Wasn't it said that my younger sister was a terrible chess player?
The other brothers in the Ke family couldn't stand it and felt that Ke Yuanxia was just trying to please the girl and playing with her, which was too shameless and unethical.
So, Ke Yuanxia, who was so stupid he wanted to run twenty laps, was pushed aside, and Ke Yuansui rolled up his sleeves and went up.
One night, Ke Meiyu tortured her five older brothers so much that they almost cried for their parents, and each of them had to run about ten laps.
Ke Meiyu felt completely relaxed. "The debts we owe today will be paid off tomorrow. Sister Yutong, will you come with me to keep an eye on them?"
Hang Yutong usually has nothing to do besides work. Since the Ke family came, she goes to the school whenever she has free time, occasionally grabbing a meal. When she walks on the street, she feels like a student herself, filled with fighting spirit and passion.
She smiled and nodded, "It's perfect since I'll be working day shifts from now on, with only one or two night shifts a month or so."
Ke Meiyu stepped forward curiously and asked, "Oh, Sister Yutong, is it really that nice?"
She used to work half night shift and half day shift a month. When she first came here, she was bullied by her senior colleagues, who wanted to push all the night shifts onto her.
Hang Yutong smiled with pursed lips, then leaned close to Ke Meiyu's ear mysteriously and whispered, "Yu Bao'er, didn't I tell you before that some junior leaders at our guesthouse were dismissed?"
Ke Meiyu's eyes lit up. "Sister Yutong, do you have a chance to compete?"
“Hmm,” she said with a dreamy, bewildered, and wistful expression, “Yu Bao’er, do you think it’s possible for a newcomer like me to fill this small leadership position? There are so many senior colleagues here, and my family’s roots are all in the north of the city. Although we’re all in the same city, the south and north sides can’t interfere with each other.”
"I was determined to sit quietly in my position until retirement. I never expected that those senior colleagues would make such a scene over this promotion. Today they're reporting this person, tomorrow they're framing that person."
"Although they were all covered up by the higher-ups afterward, they lost their eligibility to compete. In fact, I heard from the head chef and a few older women at the state-run restaurant that even without this incident, they might not have been able to get the job."
"The guesthouse is a small world of its own, and every big brother and sister has chosen a side. The big leader just arrived and is looking to make a splash, so he definitely won't use them."
“One morning, I was working the night shift with an older woman. She went to sleep. I was knitting a sweater when the older woman came in, chatted with me for a bit, and I learned a few sweater patterns from her.”
"When it was time for breakfast, Sister Zhang from the state-run restaurant called me to eat steamed buns before she left."
"Later I found out that she was actually the wife of a high-ranking leader!"
"She praised me for being skillful and said I was popular, and that I got along well with the colleagues at the state-run restaurant. So, I was nominated without really knowing why."
Ke Meiyu smiled and said, "Sister Yutong is kind-hearted and hardworking. She will definitely be promoted smoothly this time."
Hang Yutong chuckled, taking it as a blessing and not taking it too seriously.
She's usually a quiet person, but now that she has something to share, she naturally wants to share it with Ke Meiyu.
It was indeed very late when Ke Meiyu, Li Juanmei, and Ke Yuanxia, who was carrying a thermos, went to see Hang Yutong off.
The moonlight was bright, and the howling cold wind disappeared the moment Ke Meiyu opened the door, as if it were tiptoeing and brushing against people with a sweet and lingering feeling.
The scent of earth and grass brings a sense of peace and happiness to the heart, and the three women walk hand in hand, chatting and laughing.
As Ke Meiyu winked and teased, Li Juanmei smiled and recounted how she and Ke Yuanda met, got to know each other, and fell in love. Although the time was short, they had been living in blissful happiness since they first met, truly a perfect couple, like immortals on earth.
Hang Yutong felt a pang of envy upon hearing this.
She is different from Li Juanmei.
Li Juanmei's parents have a well-known story in the town, and although her brother and sister-in-law have been married for several years without children, their relationship is still the envy of others.
Therefore, Li Juanmei's heart is full of romantic feelings, yet she also possesses the unyielding spirit of a winter plum blossom.
However, Hang Yutong's parents were decent people, so she saw more of the helplessness and compromise of reality. The people around her were all ordinary-looking, from ordinary families, with ordinary abilities, living mundane lives that seemed predictable from beginning to end.
The gentleness she possessed was more like the youthful edge that life had worn away.
Hang Yutong glanced cautiously ahead again and again. The young man was tall and strong, and he walked with long strides, leaving them dozens of meters behind in no time. Then he would pause and turn to the side, quietly waiting for them to walk forward.
It seemed that his every move affected her every breath and every heartbeat, a feeling she had never experienced before.
It was as if a dormant volcano had suddenly become restless, and her life began to boil and clamor, wanting to change!
Hang Yutong listened quietly to the two talking, occasionally interjecting with a smile.
Upon arriving at the staff dormitory, Ke Yuanxia handed the thermos to Hang Yutong, his expression slightly unnatural.
When he wasn't smiling, he had a somewhat aloof and stern air, which made him even more captivating.
On the way back, Li Juanmei took Ke Meiyu's arm and whispered, "Yu Bao'er, do you think they can get together?"
Ke Meiyu smiled and nodded, "I think Sister Yutong is a little hesitant. As for my second brother, his opinion is not important."
"How could that be?" Li Juanmei asked in surprise, "What if your second brother has found a girl he likes, or has certain criteria for choosing a partner?"
“Him,” Ke Meiyu couldn’t help but roll her eyes, “My second brother does nothing but eat and follow my third, fourth, and fifth brothers around. You could say that if I didn’t help him sign up for university clubs, he would definitely spend all his time messing around with his classmates and wasting his precious university life.”
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