Pay Back Your Debts

Before it came to Fang Yuan and my own promotion opportunities, I seriously weighed the pros and cons. Actually, I'm fine, but the main thing is Fang Yuan. If he can really be promoted to Deputy Manager of the Planning Department, his treatment and status in the company will have a qualitative leap, and his future will be bright.

"Zhao Yang, if you can't handle this matter, I'll get Fang Yuan to come back and handle it. Don't take his wedding leave!" Chen Jingming looked at me with a forced expression.

"Don't, manager! If I couldn't handle it, he couldn't either. He wasn't even close to that poster's model."

Chen Jingming softened his tone and said to me, "Actually, the contract is about to be signed. I guess that the incident with the model borrowed from the print media is just a final test of our company's sincerity. Even if this incident didn't happen, they would probably create other emergencies… In the end, Gucci will not set up a counter in our department store. It is not only related to the company's interests but also to the interests of our Planning Department, including yourself, so... No matter what you do, you have to help the company get through this last hurdle."

After weighing the pros and cons in my heart, I finally nodded and said, "I'll try my best."

"You can't do your best. You have to do it. You have to promise me." Chen Jingming pushed his glasses up, and there was no room for negotiation in his tone.

This matter had to be done regardless of whether it was successful or not. Now, I could only hope that Leyao would be free. After weighing the pros and cons, I nodded and said, "I will definitely accomplish this."

Chen Jingming finally heaved a sigh of relief and said, "That's great!"

I thought to myself, "You're good. I have to be thick-skinned and beg a woman I don't want to beg the most."

Just as I was about to leave, Chen Jingming called out to me again, "Zhao Yang, don't call that model yet. Isn't she filming in Heng Dian? If you go straight to Heng Dian tomorrow and tell her about this in person, she won't be able to reject you so easily!"

"Manager, you've considered everything. Manager, you're wise!" I squeezed out a smile and said. However, no matter how I looked at him, I felt that he was like a shameless old fox. He was so desperate. Did he ever think about how others would feel if they have a schedule and how difficult it was to reject him?

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This evening after work, I sat on the bus back home. I felt frustrated. The root of my frustration was that I had to go to Heng Dian to see Le Yao tomorrow. Tonight, I had to move out of the house I had lived in for two years. My frustration turned into a grievance. I seemed to never be able to decide my own life. Often, a few words from others would shatter my love, work, and life. For example, Jian Wei, the female representative of Gucci, and Mi Cai.

When I returned to the old house, I subconsciously looked at Mi Cai's room. Her door was still closed. She might not have returned home yet.

Whether she comes home or not has nothing to do with me. What I have to do now is to keep my promise and move out of this house forever.

I went back to my room and packed my luggage. Actually, I was almost done packing yesterday. I only packed some of the things on the bed.

After packing up, I turned on my computer and searched for a house that I could live in. I found a few that met the requirements, but all of them needed to pay half a year's rent and three months' rent. I had to prepare at least 10,000 yuan for rent. I was in a dilemma. I only had a few thousand yuan left. My salary from last month would only be paid the day after tomorrow. Even if I did, I couldn't use it all to pay rent. I had to keep some for living expenses.

I had no choice but to lower my requirements and start looking for a house that could be rented together. The rent was relatively low, and time passed quietly. When I came back to my senses, the night's lights had already lit up the city.

I wiped my face heavily to relieve the fatigue of facing the computer for a long time. After resting for a while, I still had to continue looking for a place to stay. I couldn't really live on the streets, right? I was already down and out!

I looked out of the window blankly. My soul was once again lonely in the middle of the lights of thousands family. At this moment, I really wished to have a house of my own in the city where I had lived for more than two years. I wanted to have a woman who waited for me to come home every day. I wanted to bid farewell to the lack of a fixed place to live, to bid farewell to the loneliness of the night, and to bid farewell to the sadness of living…

After a while, the sound of the door opening came from outside the house. I knew that Mi Cai had returned, but at this moment, I could face her with a clear conscience because I finally didn't break my promise to her. I would move out of here later.

Mi Cai stood at the door of my room with her handbag and slippers. She looked at the packed luggage and asked me, "Have you found a house?"

"Don't worry. I'll move out tonight whether I found it or not." I replied, subconsciously thinking that Mi Cai would like this answer.

"Oh." Mi Cai responded but didn't leave.

After a moment, she seemed to have thought of something and asked me, "You said you wanted to buy some pesticide powder to sprinkle in the bathroom today. Did you buy it?"

Compared to moving house, buying pesticide powder was too insignificant to be forced to go to Heng Dian to look for Le Yao, so I really ignored it.

I apologized to Mi Cai, "I'm sorry, I forgot. You can buy some yourself. If you don't want to run, you can buy them online. It's very convenient."

"This is what you promised me. Why are you so irresponsible?" Mi Cai's expression became unhappy.

I've been sullen for the entire day and still haven't found a house to live in. How could I be in a good mood? My tone became serious, "Can a sense of responsibility be eaten? Aren't you so annoyed that you mention it to me every time?"

Mi Cai didn't expect my reaction to be so intense. She was stunned for a moment before she nodded and said to me, "Alright, then pay me back the money you owe me. I don't have to be responsible for you."

I was speechless for a long time before I once again fell into the sorrow of not having money. After a long time, I lowered my voice and said, "You said that as long as I moved out, I don't have to be in a hurry to return the money I borrowed from you."

"Who cares about you? It's only right to pay back what you owe." Mi Cai said to me with a cold face.

"No matter what, we've been living under the same roof for a few days. Is there a need to drive me to a dead end?" I lowered my head and said. I didn't know what I was feeling.

"I didn't drive you to a dead end. You've been working for many years, right? Why don't you have any savings on you?" Mi Cai smiled disdainfully, "You should understand that the person who drove you to the dead end was you."

Mi Cai's words mercilessly opened the most painful scar in the depths of my heart. In an instant, I felt inferior and ashamed.

In my helplessness, I saw the guitar that I had placed in the corner. Back then, this guitar was specially custom-made by Jian Wei at the piano workshop for my birthday. Then, she gave it to me as a birthday gift. It was made of very good materials and was worth far more than ten thousand yuan.

Looking at this guitar, I once again experienced the pain of things remaining the same while other people were changing.

I got up and handed the guitar to Mi Cai, "I'll repay it with this guitar. If you sell this guitar to someone who knows and understood about it, it will definitely cost more than 10,000."

Without waiting for Mi Cai to say whether she would agree to use the guitar to pay off the debt, I was already dragging my luggage. I didn't even dare to look at the house again and walked out with my head lowered.

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