Jin Yuanyuan's Top-Tier Life

Chapter 45 A Good Mindset is Essential

With the Spring Festival approaching, the number of gift-giving and banquet invitations has increased. Early in the morning, Zhu Hongying went to another city to meet her old clients, saying she would stay a few more days to catch up with them. These were clients she had worked with for many years, and naturally, she was responsible for maintaining good relationships with them.

Jin Yuanyuan's situation was much simpler. She and Cao Xiaoyu discussed it and decided that sending some gift cards by express would suffice. Unless they were close friends, they wouldn't meet up for a meal and a chat.

However, she actually dislikes these kinds of dinners because they're almost always filled with negative complaints. Most business people these days are young, and when they get together, they just talk about their anxieties and complain about everything.

Jin Feiyan was on annual leave when Jin Yuanyuan called her over to write gift cards. She was also extremely lazy, wearing a cotton nightgown, sitting there with her hair disheveled, sighing, "You have to have a good attitude."

"What's wrong now?" Jin Yuanyuan was too busy packing and shipping to care about anything else. Besides gift cards, she also needed socks. She had specially prepared red socks, disposable socks, floor socks, and toe socks, all stuffed into the boxes. She also moved a simple long table from her office for Jin Feiyan to use, so she could keep her company while she worked. She had to pack and send out all the gifts today; there wasn't a moment to stop—sealing boxes, attaching shipping labels…using both hands and feet…

"One of my colleagues has depression. She went to the hospital, got diagnosed, and got a lot of medication." Jin Feiyan's small regular script was quite beautiful, and Zhu Hongying often asked her to help out. So, Jin Yuanyuan continued to use her, except that Jin Yuanyuan bought her ten cups of milk tea, which she could drink as much as she wanted.

"Isn't this normal? With your accounting firm, it's no wonder everyone's depressed. But look at the young women in our workshop, they don't seem depressed at all; they all seem quite happy." Luckily, the weather was nice today, with sunshine streaming in at the warehouse entrance, so it wasn't cold. Inside the hosiery workshop, the machines roared, and everyone was busy.

"Those are people who have no demands on life." Jin Feiyan said with some emotion, "They don't have the anxiety of retirement because they are happy just to be alive. Look at the people in our company, they all say: 'We work like oxen and horses all day long. When we open the news, it's either natural disasters or man-made disasters, there are all kinds of viruses, and sewage discharge... We haven't enjoyed a single day of happiness, but we've suffered a whole day without missing a bite of hardship.'"

"Haha, they really have a lot to say." Jin Yuanyuan laughed. "You must have a good mindset. A good mindset is worth a million, and it determines your life."

"That's you! You have Jin Yaya now!" Jin Feiyan retorted, "Even after you were fired, you still have a way out. Look at me, I'm supposed to be an only child from the Yangtze River Delta region, but I really have nothing. In this cold and damp weather, I can't even bear to leave the air conditioner on all night. I have to turn off the tap when I wash my face, apply face wash, and shampoo. It's really quite depressing for an ordinary person like me."

"Then what should we do? We still have to live, and live well, right?" Jin Yuanyuan finally finished sealing the last box and sat up straight. "I've had a hard time too, you know. I'm doing manual labor every day now. I feel like I wasted my time studying and going abroad. But now, sending packages like this is actually quite enjoyable."

"You're really talking without thinking. So many people envy you." Jin Feiyan didn't hold back at all and directly retorted, "I'm going to have two more cups of milk tea later, with cream. People say you have to drink more sugary drinks in winter to feel happy..."

"Yuanyuan, are you there?" Suddenly someone called her name loudly.

"Huh?" Jin Yuanyuan looked in the direction of the voice and saw Jin Jia running towards her with a small child in her arms. "Hey... slow down, slow down..."

Jin Yuanyuan immediately stood up and walked over to greet them.

"Help me." Jin Jia's hair was messy, tied into a bun, and she was wearing a thin cotton-padded jacket. She placed a small child directly into Jin Yuanyuan's hands. "My eldest has a high fever and a bad stomachache. I need to take her to the hospital."

"Sigh..." Jin Yuanyuan was a little at a loss and passively took the child.

"Everyone in our workshop is busy, and my parents aren't here either. I can only ask you for help. Please help me out, I'll be right back." Jin Jia took out a baby bottle from her cotton-padded jacket pocket and put it in Jin Yuanyuan's pocket. There was another baby bottle in her other pocket, which only contained formula... "Just feed her a little bit every hour, she doesn't have to finish it all. Just make sure to dissolve it in warm water. Please, please."

"Wait a minute, are you going to take the child to the hospital by yourself?" Jin Yuanyuan was also a little worried when she saw how anxious and flustered she was. "Wait for me a moment."

Jin Feiyan was already standing beside them. Jin Yuanyuan handed the child to her, saying, "Keep an eye on things. I'm going to the hospital with Jin Jia. She can't go alone. Come on, where's your car? I'll go get it."

Without waiting for Jin Jia to speak, Jin Yuanyuan pulled her to the car and drove her and her eldest daughter to the nearest hospital.

Jin Jia held the child in the back seat. Jin Yuanyuan felt a little anxious, but she remained calm, after all, she couldn't afford for anything to happen to her. There were quite a few people at the hospital. Jin Yuanyuan let the two of them go to the emergency room first. After parking the car, she saw that Jin Jia had even left her backpack on the seat, sighed, grabbed it, and ran over.

Fortunately, everything turned out alright. Jin Jia's eldest daughter, Xuanxuan, had acute appendicitis and, although young, needed surgery. After obtaining Jin Jia's consent, the doctor performed emergency surgery. However, the series of blood tests, ultrasound scans, and other procedures left the two of them breathless from running up and down the stairs.

After Xiao Xuanxuan underwent emergency surgery, Jin Jia called her husband, Hu Liqiu, to tell him. Hu Liqiu yelled at her on the other end of the phone, "What kind of mother are you? She's been in pain for days! I told you two days ago to take the child to the hospital, what were you doing?"

"I'm very busy, I'm working on Jinjia's accounts."

"Is the child more important or the account book?" Hu Liqiu's question made a lot of sense.

Jin Yuanyuan, sitting to the side, was somewhat angry as she listened.

"What am I supposed to do? She only started having a fever today and told me she felt unwell. She's never told me anything before!" Jin Jia's voice rose a little. "You've been raising this child since she was little, so naturally she's closer to you. She doesn't tell me anything!"

"You're my biological mother, you should ask me!" Hu Liqiu yelled again.

Jin Yuanyuan couldn't hold back any longer. She took Jin Jiaya's phone and said into the call, "Hu Liqiu, this is Jin Yuanyuan. We're outside the gastroenterology operating room at the hospital right now. If you can come, please do so quickly so your daughter can see you the first thing she sees when she comes out of the operating room. If you can't come, don't complain. We can talk about it after the child recovers."

Hu Liqiu fell silent on the other end of the phone.

"The doctor said the surgery shouldn't take more than three hours, and they've just taken the baby in..." Jin Yuanyuan said calmly and rationally, adding, "If you're coming, you'd better bring some food. Jin Jia hasn't eaten anything since this morning and is almost fainting."

(End of this chapter)