the days are still long

Chapter 51 Self-confidence comes from the heart

Su Mei felt like an oversized light bulb. After greeting Duan Yaning and his wife, she went straight into the room, changed her clothes and prepared to cook dinner.

As a result, when she came out after changing her clothes, Cao Mingjun was already busy in the kitchen, and Duan Yaning was by her side, pointing fingers.

Su Mei had no choice but to go back to the room silently.

After the meal, it was also the kitchen that Cao Mingjun cleaned up. Duan Yaning pushed the bowls and chopsticks forward, "Old Cao, you washed the dishes. During this time, I squeezed Su Mei to be a free nanny. Now that you are back, she should also be liberated." !"

Cao Mingjun smiled and nodded, and Su Mei was dragged by Duan Yaning to sit on the sofa and watch TV together.

Originally, it was not as convenient to borrow someone else's house as it was at my own, but now that Cao Mingjun is back, it is even more inconvenient, especially when there was such an oolong last night, it is impossible to say that it is not embarrassing.

Su Mei found an excuse, went back to her room, leaned against the bed and searched for a place online.

In fact, there are many suitable houses, but the money in hand is not enough.

The money she borrowed from Duan Yaning on the day she divorced Lin Zuo had just been repaid. As a result, the garment factory's wages were almost depleted.

The money that his father Su Dacheng forcibly gave to Su Mei has been shopping for groceries and riding in the car for a month, so there is not much left.

Let's not talk about whether the landlord will agree to pay one month's rent first, even if she agrees, then she must eat and drink.

After returning the money to Duan Yaning, it's hard to ask others to borrow it again, and Su Mei doesn't want to ask her parents.

The family's money is managed by the mother Xiang Chunlan, and the father Su Dacheng has some private money in his hands. If the mother had the heart, she would not want to live in Duan Yaning's house.

The whole night, Su Mei couldn't sleep soundly. She went to work the next day, taking advantage of the fact that there was no third person around when she sent Zhao Bonian to meet the client, so she said bravely, "Mr. Zhao, can you overdraft for two months first?" Pay me?"

Afraid that Zhao Bonian would be worried again, after all, he had just become a secretary, so Su Mei added, "Even if I don't work as a secretary, you can deduct it from my salary when I go back to the workshop."

Zhao Bonian didn't say whether it was okay, but leaned in the back seat and asked with a smile, "Did you encounter any difficulties?"

Su Mei's hands holding the steering wheel were tighter and tighter. Now that she has spoken, face or something is not important.

So Su Mei told the truth, "I just got divorced, and I rented a friend's house, and now her husband is back, so I want to rent an apartment."

"That's it," Zhao Bonian said to himself, and then said, "Xiao Su, I have a house that has been vacant and no one lives in it. If you don't mind it, you can live in it first, and you can help me clean it by the way."

Zhao Bonian laughed, and finally added, "It is said that the house is afraid of being empty, but you are not afraid of living in it!"

It is nothing new for a successful man like Zhao Bonian to have a vacant house, and Su Mei really has no choice but to hold the steering wheel tightly, bit her lower lip, and said apologetically.

"Mr. Zhao, then I won't be polite." In fact, Su Mei would not bother Zhao Bonian if she had a little way, after all, she had just met him not long ago.

"But you must pay the rent, according to the market rent standard."

"Yes." Zhao Bonian agreed with a smile.

With his current status, he didn't care about the rental fee at all. The reason why he agreed was because he didn't want to embarrass Su Mei.

Zhao Bonian agreed to collect the rent, and Su Mei was relieved. She smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao, but the ugly words first, the rent will still be deducted from my salary."

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In order to facilitate Su Mei's 'moving', Zhao Bonian lent her his car, and Su Mei did not refuse. It is more convenient to have transportation than to take a car.

Su Mei didn't say hello to Duan Yaning in advance, because she knew Duan Yaning's temper, so she told Duan Yaning about finding the house when she got home from get off work at night.

In the bedroom, Su Mei sorted out her clothes, took them out of the closet, put them on the bed, folded them neatly, and put them into the suitcase.

Duan Yaning folded her arms and fell on the wardrobe, "Why so suddenly? I didn't hear that you found a house yesterday."

Su Mei smiled and kept moving her hands, "It's a coincidence that our boss has a house for rent. Today the agent called and said that someone wanted to see the house. I just heard it and rented it."

Hearing what Su Mei said, Duan Yaning was relieved, and asked with concern, "Where is the house, and is the rent expensive?"

Su Mei put the last piece of clothing into the suitcase, buttoned it up and put it on the floor, and looked at Duan Yaning with a smile, "He is the boss, and I am an employee, how dare he ask for more money."

Duan Yaning nodded in agreement, "That's right, rich people don't miss the rent."

"Okay, I'm leaving." Su Mei breathed a sigh of relief, and finally didn't need to disturb Duan Yaning anymore.

Pulling the suitcase and looking at Duan Yaning, he said sincerely, "Yaning, thank you for taking me in during my most difficult time, and I will never forget it in my life."

After Su Mei finished speaking, Duan Yaning laughed.

"I'm going! Don't be so sensational, okay? It's like acting in a movie. Our friendship grew up wearing a skirt, don't talk about such nonsense!"

Duan Yaning rubbed her arms exaggeratedly, then took the suitcase from Su Mei.

"Let's go, I'll see you off, it's convenient to drive by yourself."

"no need,"

Su Mei politely refused, and when Duan Yaning looked back at her in confusion, she smiled and raised the car key in her hand, "The boss lent me the car, I'll just drive there by myself."

Worried that Duan Yaning would be more thoughtful, Su Mei added, "Ming Jun just came back, you'd better stay at home with him, and I'll invite you to visit after I clean up the house."

Duan Yaning stared at the car keys in Su Mei's hand, her eyes lit up, she suddenly put down her suitcase and walked over.

"I'm going! Daben! Has your boss taken a fancy to you?" Duan Yaning held Su Mei's hand and looked at the car key with glowing eyes.

Su Mei was amused by Duan Yaning's exaggerated appearance, "Fuck you, don't make jokes, our boss is not that kind of person."

Duan Yaning.
Suddenly looking at Su Mei, the astonishment in her eyes disappeared, and instead she looked inquiring.

"Su Mei, if I remember correctly, you seem to have been a secretary for only two days, right?"

Duan Yaning narrowed her eyes.

Su Mei didn't understand why she asked this question, she nodded subconsciously and gave a 'hmm'.

Duan Yaning continued to ask, "Then how do you know your boss so well?"

Sumy
Was asked speechless.

Duan Yaning pushed Duan Yaning reproachfully, "You, I've been figuring out all these things all day long, so I won't mess with you, I have to tidy up the house."

Duan Yaning didn't continue joking anymore, and walked over to pull up the suitcase, "Let's go, don't let me take you downstairs, it's okay."

Su Mei didn't refuse either, and the two walked down the stairs step by step with the suitcase, during which Duan Yaning didn't forget to gossip.

"Su Mei, how old is your boss and what does he look like?"

"It's probably true that he has some intentions for you, otherwise he would not be able to rent the house to you,"

"By the way, Su Mei, don't say I didn't remind you, we can't do such immoral things as mistresses!"

Su Mei couldn't laugh or cry, she put the suitcase in the trunk and said helplessly, "You, put your heart in your stomach! Even if I want to be a mistress, no one will want it. Which man would not care about raising an old woman?" !"

"That's for sure!"

When helping Su Mei close the cab door, Duan Yaning continued to joke, waved goodbye to Su Mei, and watched the car drive a certain distance before turning back.

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The house should have been lived in by Zhao Bonian before. The sofa and furniture should be there, but there is dust.

It took Su Mei an entire hour and a half to clean the house completely. She leaned on the sofa and looked at her new residence. She breathed a sigh of relief and felt at ease.

Fortunately, Su Mei made preparations in advance. On the way here with a suitcase, she saw a convenience store at the gate of the community, so she stopped in and bought instant noodles, dried noodles, and a few bags of mustard.

Leaning on the sofa and looking at the results of my cleaning, I rested for a while before getting up and going into the kitchen to cook instant noodles.

After eating the noodles, Su Mei had nothing to do, so she turned on the TV and lay on the sofa playing with her mobile phone.

This is the first time in so many years that Samui has been so leisurely.

You don’t have to think about what to eat tomorrow morning, you don’t have to accompany your daughter to study, and you don’t have to worry about having no place to live.
Opening WeChat, Su Mei sent a circle of friends with only text:
[I believe that as long as we work hard, tomorrow will be better. 】

This is her encouragement to herself, and she is also happy because she finally has a place to live.

Soon, Duan Yaning left a message below: [What's the situation, is this a post from the feeling of having a new home! 】

Su Mei: 【Need to say! 】

Duan Yaning: [Hey, it sounds like you feel aggrieved living in my house? 】

Su Mei: She made a smiling face, [I have no grievances, I just feel sorry for bothering you all the time. 】

Su Mei didn't have many friends on WeChat, and a woman who devoted herself to caring for her husband and children at home didn't have time to play on WeChat, so she applied for an account for convenience, so that she could contact her daughter Lin Tingting and Lin Zuo.

After the divorce, Su Mei deleted Lin Zuo, only Duan Yaning, her daughter Lin Tingting and her teacher were in the contacts.

And Su Mei set up Moments permissions, so the Moments post was purely to vent her feelings, because only Duan Yaning and Lin Tingting could see it.

That's why Su Mei dared to chat with Duan Yaning in her circle of friends.

After chatting for a while, Su Mei was also tired, so she replied to Duan Yaning: [Okay, I won't chat with you anymore, hurry up and accompany your old Cao, I have to wash up and go to sleep. 】

The location of Zhao Bonian's house is good, almost in the center, and it is convenient to go out, especially to go to work. There are several buses leading to the garment factory passing by here.

In this way, it is also convenient for Su Mei to commute to and from get off work, and sometimes Zhao Bonian drinks too much to entertain clients, Su Mei is responsible for sending people home, and is responsible for picking them up the next day.

Sometimes when I pick up Zhao Bonian to meet clients, I also help Zhao Bonian match shirts and ties
So Su Mei is not only a secretary, but also a part-time job as Zhao Bonian's driver and assistant.

But Su Mei didn't complain at all, because returning to work allowed her to regain her confidence, especially when she accompanied Zhao Bonian every time she negotiated a cooperation, she would have a sense of accomplishment.

And this sense of accomplishment comes more from Lin Zuo's mother Hu Guixian's dissatisfaction with her before.

Just because she doesn't go to work, Hu Guilan always makes sarcastic remarks.

Although Su Mei didn't say anything, but after a long time, she gradually felt a little inferior, especially when Hu Guilan flattered Lin Wei's wife, that kind of differential treatment obviously made Su Mei lose face.

In the blink of an eye, the end of autumn is about to enter winter, and Su Mei has also been a secretary for almost four months.

On this day, Su Mei accompanied Zhao Bonian to meet a client again, and Lin Zuo called as soon as he sat down with the client politely.

When Lin Zuo called himself, Su Mei's first thought was that it had something to do with her daughter Lin Tingting.

He greeted Zhao Bonian in a low voice, then got up and nodded apologetically to the client, and walked out of the private room to answer the phone.

It is said that a person's self-confidence comes from the heart.

When she first got divorced, Su Mei really felt unable to hold her head up in front of Lin Zuo.

He was abandoned by Lin Zuo because of his old age.

But now, accompanying Zhao Bonian every day to entertain clients and discuss cooperation, the feeling of being recognized has allowed Su Mei to regain her confidence.

So when he spoke to Lin Zuo again, the inferiority complex and resentment he had before were gone, and now Lin Zuo was like a strange client to Su Mei.

"What's the matter?"

After staying with Zhao Bonian for almost four months, Su Mei has also learned to act resolutely and not to be verbose.

"Su Mei, Dawei is gone, come here quickly!" Lin Zuo's tone was not very good.

Su Mei still understood the meaning of 'no more'.

Instinctively frowning, he was sure in disbelief, "Is it your brother Lin Wei who is gone?"

In the corridor of the hospital, Lin Zuo glanced at the volunteers who were busy dressing Lin Wei in the ward, and said in a bad tone, "Who else is named Dawei besides him!"

After speaking, Lin Zuo didn't give Su Mei a chance to refuse, "You go directly to the funeral home, and we will go there right away."

Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Su Mei still couldn't believe it.

If Hu Guilan is snobbish and Lin Zuo is a jerk, then Lin Wei is definitely a good person, honest and honest, always smiling every time he speaks, whether it is sincere or hypocritical, at least he looks friendly.

After digesting for a while, Su Mei let out a heavy sigh of relief, put away her phone and walked into the private room.

Su Mei leaned over to cover Zhao Bonian's ear, "Mr. Zhao, a family member passed away suddenly. I rushed over to take a look."

Zhao Bonian nodded lightly, "Well, it's convenient to drive there."

"Thank you Mr. Zhao," Su Mei thanked politely, then got up and bowed her lips politely to several customers sitting opposite Zhao Bonian, and said apologetically, "Sorry, everyone, something happened suddenly at home, I'll go back first trip."

"Go, Lao Zhao is here!"

"That's right! As long as you don't take Lao Zhao, a drinking buddy, away!"

Several customers laughed and joked, Su Mei nodded to them, and walked out of the private room quickly.

After Su Mei left, several big men started joking with Zhao Bonian, and one of them came over with a gossiping face, "I said, Lao Zhao, take advantage of Xiao Su's absence, let's get to the bottom of it with my brother, are you interested?" Are you home?"

"Do you still need to ask? Lao Zhao obviously has a crush on Secretary Su! Every time he vomits, he would rather not let Secretary Su get a drop of wine. If he hadn't fallen in love with him, how can a boss not let his secretary stop him?" Instead, the wine is helping the secretary to block the wine!"

(End of this chapter)