My Terrible Life in Those Years

After I hung up the phone, I immediately sent her the card number via text message.

Less than five minutes later, the notification sounded that the money had been successfully credited to the account.

I counted the zeros carefully—there were so many. I counted them several times before I confirmed it was true: it was 0.

After thinking about it for a moment, I took the initiative to call Xu Ting.

"Ms. Xu, the payment has been received."

"You're here, no need to report. It's just a small amount of money. Um, handsome, when are you free to come drink with me again?"

The first sentence was a very serious conversation, but the second sentence immediately turned into a soft and cute tone.

My hair almost stood on end.

"Hey lady, my drinks are so expensive!"

He directly and jokingly put her in a difficult position.

"Oh, you mean it'd cost at least 500,000 to get me to drink with you? Can't you buy me a drink?"

Ha, this woman with so much social experience, can't possibly be so easily stumped by me?

"Okay. Given how much you trust me, how could I not invite you?" Of course, although the money is for President Shu, a large part of the favor is also on my side.

She immediately perked up: "When? How about tonight? I'll cancel my plans for tonight!"

I……

"There's no need to rush. I need to earn enough money to buy you drinks too, right?"

I said it half-jokingly.

"No, no, you're just brushing me off. I can't let you off so easily. I finally found someone I like, someone Meizi likes too. I don't care that you're juggling multiple relationships, and you're still acting all high and mighty."

I was speechless. Does this woman go there whenever she gets the chance?

They even dragged in several other people involved.

Can't you spare yourself some dignity?

But clearly, she's much more shameless than me.

I didn't know how to respond for a long time.

"I definitely won't be free tonight; I have to work the night shift. I need to earn money, okay?"

"Huh? You're working so hard? Where are you? What do you do? It's not some nightclub, is it? Which one? I'll come support you tonight!"

Screw you!

Would I, a dignified man, be a cowherd?

"What nightclub? I work as a temporary worker at a barbecue stand! Don't talk nonsense, I'm an entertainer, not a prostitute!" I replied angrily.

"Oh? You're the temporary worker at that barbecue stand? Oh, hurry up and tell me the address, I'll come and try your cooking tonight."

I was puzzled: "How did you know?"

"Meizi told me all this, she's been talking about you, this temporary worker, so it was you all along. Hmph, good Meizi, I've kept you hidden for so long, you've finally shown yourself."

The implication behind those words is completely distorted and nonsensical.

I immediately became alert.

I still vividly remember the times when Du Yan, Wan Ning, and Hong Daji met up at the store.

This situation must not happen again.

Otherwise, the relationship with Wan Ning, which had just eased slightly, would immediately revert to its original state.

"I'm sorry, our shop is small and can't accommodate someone as important as you. Please find somewhere else. Is that all? I'll transfer the money to Mr. Shu. I'm hanging up now."

She hung up the phone before she could finish speaking.

Should we call Aunt Shu right away?

I wonder if she needs to catch up on her sleep today?

No, I was woken up. Why should she be able to sleep peacefully?

Without saying a word, he picked up the phone and made a call.

Her phone rang three times before it was finally answered.

"Hello, is this Jiang Ning? This is Zhou Tong."

I was taken aback: "Where's President Shu?"

"She's in CEO Liu's office, and it seems like they're arguing about something. CEO Liu looks really angry."

Zhou Tong is really observant.

I pondered for a moment and immediately thought of what she had told me yesterday.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, it was General Manager Shu who suggested quitting.

Mr. Liu had her under his thumb, but she was still unwilling to accept it. Anyway, she had the money in hand, so losing money was fine; it was all part of her plan.

Ah, it's true what they say, money talks.

I roughly understand what happened: "Okay, when she's free and relaxed, tell her that Miss Xu's 500,000 yuan has been transferred to my account. Ask her to send me her bank account number so I can transfer it to her."

Zhou Tong was clearly unaware of this matter.

"Hmm? Who is Miss Xu? Is she a new client of ours? I don't remember her at all. 500,000? Why was it transferred to your card? Is it an existing account transaction?"

"This...you really want to know?"

"Tell me about it, I'm really curious."

"Yeah, just last night, she insisted on drinking with me."

"Huh? Wait a minute, where did you go drinking last night? Who were you with?" Zhou Tong reacted quickly and immediately seized on the new question.

"Can you stop harping on these details? Can you just listen to what I'm saying?"

This young girl is very perceptive; if I'm not careful, she won't be able to keep this little thing from me.

"You tell me, you tell me."

"I didn't want to drink baijiu, but she insisted on drinking it with me, and I couldn't refuse. I had no choice. I couldn't just refuse a woman's offer, could I? There were so many people around."

"Wait, why are so many people here? Who are they?"

……

"Can you listen to the point? The point is, who was there? The point is, why did I drink with her later? Can you please give me a normal line of reasoning?" I was getting impatient.

If I don't continue, I reckon I won't be able to keep it a secret any longer.

"Alright, go on."

"I don't like drinking baijiu (Chinese liquor), and I don't want to, so I made up an excuse. You know what excuse I made?"

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Zhou Tong thought for a moment: "You don't mean you want money for drinking with me, do you?"

"I knew you were the smartest! You guessed it right away!"

She was genuinely shocked, then immediately burst into laughter.

"I'm telling you, you've been tricked by the client, haven't you? It's clearly a business transaction, isn't it? You're just saying that on purpose to get you to drink, aren't you?"

This girl is really rational.

"It's really not a business payment. The Xiancun project is still in its early stages, who knows what will happen next? There's no way we'd have any money coming in. The bidding for the stadium isn't even finished yet. Tell me, where would a business payment come from?"

I was furious. How could such a large sum of money be secured in just a few days?

Zhou Tong pondered for a moment on the phone: "It seems so, there's business involved or something, I know that. So what exactly is going on?"

"I'll be frank: I'm fine with drinking, even baijiu (Chinese liquor), but if you drink with me, it'll cost you."

"Wow, Jiang Ning, you didn't go to a nightclub to sell your body, did you?"

Zhou Tong exclaimed in surprise.

What the hell is this about selling oneself?!

I retorted angrily, "Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"Ha, that's 500,000! If it were me, and I really needed money urgently, I might become that kind of person instead of the other way around. Anyway, you men, hmph, you take advantage of everyone and still make money, you never lose out!"

What's wrong with this girl? Why is she talking so sourly?

"Are you going to listen or not?" I was quite angry.

"Looking at what you're saying, you're going to say that drinking costs money, right? What? You think a drink is worth that much money? You're kidding me. If you don't want to talk about it, fine. But don't come asking me about any inside stories later. Bye!"

I was both amused and exasperated. I tried to explain seriously, but she just wouldn't believe me.

Where can I go to reason with this?

I like my terrible life back then.