Training the Heavens

Chapter 1 Divorce? That’s a good thing!
At 8:30 in the morning, Ma Yingjie walked into the gate of a central government agency on time and greeted the guard, "Uncle Qin, what's the cafeteria serving today?"

"Steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and tofu pudding. Today's buns are great, with beef filling. If you go now, you can eat them fresh out of the oven!"

"Wow, Auntie Wang's skill in making dumplings is truly amazing!"

Ma Yingjie took a few quick steps and entered the restaurant. The canteen's food standards were posted on the opposite wall. Eggs, steamed buns, and tofu pudding were 20 cents, meat dishes were 80 cents, and vegetables were 20 cents. Two yuan was enough for a grown man to eat a lot, and he could still eat very healthily, with meat, vegetables, milk, and fruit.

The salary level in the central government agencies is average, and Lu Hao only makes about 10,000 yuan a month. But being a civil servant is not just about salary. Let’s not talk about other things, just take the food for example, where can you find such good things outside?

Breakfast is two yuan, lunch is eight yuan, and dinner is six yuan. If you eat all three meals in the cafeteria, you only need to pay five yuan (one yuan for breakfast, two yuan each for lunch and dinner), and the remaining eleven yuan will be subsidized directly by the company.

And there is no need to worry about food safety issues at all. The ingredients here are supplied by special channels and absolutely meet the requirements of green food.

If you eat out for three meals of the same quality, it will cost at least one hundred yuan. Just for this item, Ma Yingjie can save several thousand yuan every month.

He ordered two beef buns, one tofu and vermicelli bun, a bowl of porridge, one meat dish, two vegetable dishes and three side dishes. After enjoying them happily, he took a box of milk and some plums and staggered back to the office.

When I went in, I saw that the desk opposite was empty.

Huh? It's already this late, why hasn't Shen Lei arrived yet?
Ma Yingjie was too lazy to worry about it. He casually put the milk and plums on the table, pressed the power button, and squinted his eyes comfortably. After being a social animal for many years, he suddenly encountered such a comfortable life. Shouldn't he enjoy it?
How did a social animal suddenly become a civil servant in a central government agency? The reason is simple: he was chosen by the system by sheer luck. The system didn't issue any tasks, nor did it impose any punishment such as erasure. It simply gave him the opportunity to travel through the worlds of the universe. In the new world, he could do whatever he wanted, and at the end of each world, he would have another chance to enter a lottery.

He is now in the first world, and the system has assigned him the identity of a civil servant in a central government agency.

He graduated with a Ph.D. from a 28 university at the age of 985, successfully passed the civil service exam, was promoted on time in the central government agencies, became a regular employee in one year, was promoted to a first-level chief clerk two years later, and was promoted to a first-level chief clerk four times in two years. Now he is only 33 years old, but he is already a deputy division-level cadre. If he has the opportunity to be transferred outside, he can directly become a deputy county magistrate.

However, Ma Yingjie hadn't thought about being transferred to another position yet. Firstly, except for a few key departments, most people in this unit only had ranks but no power. How could they feel comfortable in their local areas? Therefore, many people wanted to be transferred to another position, but he might not be able to get such a good opportunity.

Secondly, he has been a social animal for many years and is already exhausted. Now that he has a chance to take a breath, shouldn't he take it easy first?
Now that I have this identity, I have a stable and decent job, savings, and I don’t have to worry about the future. It’s just the right time to live a comfortable life for a few days.

"Director Lu, good morning!" He was just thinking about where to go for the weekend when Shen Lei, who worked in the same office with him, came in.

"Good morning! Hey, Xiao Shen, what's wrong with you today? You look a little haggard!" Ma Yingjie looked up and saw that Shen Lei looked haggard, with untidy beard and bloodshot eyes. It was obvious that he had encountered something bad.

"I'm fine, I'm fine!" Shen Lei opened his mouth but didn't say anything in the end.

Looking at his expression, Ma Yingjie had already guessed what was going on. He probably thought that the plot had developed to the point where his wife Xie Meilan was going to divorce him. Ever since he found out that his office colleague was called Shen Lei, Ma Yingjie knew that he had entered the world of the TV series "Song of a Mortal".

Shen Lei is one of the film's protagonists. He and his wife, Xie Meilan, were college classmates. After graduation, one of them passed the civil service exam, and the other joined a financial company. Things were fine for the first few years, and the couple lived a harmonious but warm life. But gradually, Xie Meilan's mindset changed. First, her mother's cancer depleted her savings, and then she became pregnant. Thinking of the expenses after the birth of the child, Xie Meilan began to dislike Shen Lei for his lack of prospects and inability to make a lot of money. She turned to divorce him and ran to the arms of his superiors at the company. Shen Lei couldn't bear this blow, so he gave up his enviable job and ran away to live in seclusion in the mountains.

Why bother? Is it necessary to do this for a woman who has changed her mind? Ma Yingjie secretly shook his head in his heart.

Well, after all, they were just office colleagues, so he should help if he could. He stood up and walked over to Shen Lei, handing him the milk. "Looking at you like this, you must have not had breakfast. Drink some milk first!"

"Director Lu, I'm sorry to trouble you again!" Shen Lei hesitated for a moment, but finally took it.

Ma Yingjie walked over and closed the door, then turned around and sat opposite Shen Lei. He patted his shoulder and said, "We've been in the same office for so many years. Is there anything we can't talk about?"

"Looking at you, it's probably not a work matter. What happened at home? I'm two years older than you and have a little more life experience. Maybe I can give you some advice!"

Shen Lei thought about how Ma Yingjie really took good care of him after he joined the company. He also had a strong desire to talk, so he couldn't help but say, "It's my wife. My wife wants to divorce me!"

"Maybe it's because my mother-in-law died of illness. I don't think I've done anything wrong. I gave her all the family savings without a single complaint. But ever since my mother-in-law passed away, Meilan has become increasingly indifferent to me."

"She thinks I'm not ambitious and can't make money."

"She scolded me for being 30 years old and still wanting my wife and me to rent a small 40-square-meter studio apartment, ride e-donkeys and shared bikes, and earn 8,000 yuan a month with only 200,000 yuan in savings. I was a complete loser."

"So she dared to get pregnant? Isn't it a sin to have a child born in a rented house? She said she couldn't raise a child in a rented house, so she aborted the child!"

"I also discovered," Shen Lei paused before continuing, "that last night, she suddenly said she wanted to divorce me."

He didn't say it, but Ma Yingjie knew that Shen Lei must have discovered the improper relationship between his wife Xie Meilan and his boss Lu Jie, and then a conflict arose. However, this matter was a bit embarrassing after all, and it was not easy to tell outsiders, so he didn't continue to talk about it.

After saying that, Shen Lei looked at Ma Yingjie eagerly, hoping to get some comfort from him, such as how he should win back Xie Meilan.

Unexpectedly, when Ma Yingjie opened his mouth, what he said was completely beyond his expectations.

"Divorce? That's a good thing!"

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