Chapter 8 Relax Your Mind

A dozen or so minutes later, the car arrived at Scholar’s Mansion.

Stopping the car by the roadside, Chen Feng turned his head and said, “Get out. In the future, try not to come out alone at night. It’s not safe for a girl like you, you know?”

This time, Qin Xiaorou didn’t talk back, just said, “Since you’re worried about my safety, then you can play with me. I usually just go to the arcade when I’m out alone, I don’t go anywhere else.”

Chen Feng thought to himself, I’m not your dad. I just said that because we’ve met, as a senior showing concern for a junior.

So, Chen Feng said very directly, “I don’t have the time. Alright, get out of the car. Be more careful in the future.”

Qin Xiaorou pouted and said “hypocritical,” then took out her phone, opened WeChat, and said, “Scan me.”

Chen Feng looked, hesitated for a moment, but still took out his newly bought phone and scanned it. The friend request was quickly accepted. Chen Feng added the note “Wild Girl,” while on Qin Xiaorou’s side, Chen Feng was “Uncle.”

“Uncle, if I ask you to come out and play in the future, can you accompany me?” Qin Xiaorou suddenly asked in a small, pitiful voice.

Chen Feng wouldn’t be fooled by her little trick; this wild girl was very cunning. However, he couldn’t directly refuse either, lest she become endless.

So, Chen Feng said perfunctorily, “We’ll see. I might not have time.”

“Are you rejecting me?” Qin Xiaorou tilted her head and glared, pouting her lips, looking a little cute.

Chen Feng smiled and said, “Didn’t I say I might not? I have a job, a wife, and kids. I rarely have free time.”

“Who are you kidding,” Qin Xiaorou said with a look of contempt. “We played games all night, and I didn’t see anyone call you. You’re just a single guy, and you’re talking about a wife and kids?”

Chen Feng was suddenly speechless. Are kids these days all so sharp?
After being exposed by her, Chen Feng didn’t want to continue lying. It was pointless.

“Alright, alright. I’m single, okay? We’ll meet again if fate allows. Now hurry up and get out of the car and go home.”

“Hmph! I’ll get out then.”

Qin Xiaorou seemed a bit angry, directly pulling open the car door and getting out.

Chen Feng didn’t leave immediately. He watched her walk angrily towards the gate of Scholar’s Mansion, swinging the large plastic bag in her hand back and forth as if venting her anger. He couldn’t help but find it a little amusing.

Although this girl was a bit ill-mannered, she was actually quite cute. If he had such a cute daughter, he would definitely accompany and protect her well. Unfortunately, it seemed he wouldn’t have one in this lifetime.

Thinking of this, Chen Feng suddenly became dissatisfied with the girl’s parents.

It’s so late at night, and your daughter is out playing around alone, yet as parents, you don’t even ask. This is too irresponsible.

He watched until Qin Xiaorou walked into the gate of the Scholar’s Mansion complex before starting the car and leaving.

What he didn’t know was that as he drove away, Qin Xiaorou, who had not looked back, turned around and stood there with a reluctant gaze, watching his car drive away.

Back at the rental house, he first took a shower, then lay down on the bed to sleep. Suddenly, Chen Feng realized that he hadn’t seemed to have symptoms like nausea, vomiting, or headaches in the past two days.

Chen Feng thought about it carefully. It seemed to have started after the divorce.

Before the divorce, and even when they were going through the divorce procedures at the Civil Affairs Bureau, he had a faint headache at the time.

After getting the divorce certificate, the headache seemed to disappear, and then came the streak of good luck.

The experiences of the past two days could only be described as magical.

Chen Feng was very confused about his good luck these past two days. This luck was simply too unreasonable, even to the point of being bizarre.

However, since he believed he only had two or three months to live, he was able to look on the bright side and had nothing to fear. Good luck was always better than bad luck. If it weren’t for the terminal illness, he would probably be waking up from his dreams laughing at this point.

With a relaxed mind, he had a good night’s sleep. Compared to his previous frequent insomnia, his sleep quality these past two days was too good. Unusually good.

He woke up automatically around seven in the morning, a biological clock he had developed over the past few years.

Usually at this time, he would be rushing to get up, wash, and then hurry to work, because his work started at eight, and it took him about twenty minutes to get there by bicycle.

His ex-wife, Shen Lin, had it much more comfortable. She worked in a public institution. On paper, work started at nine, but in reality, arriving at nine-thirty was not considered late. The work was easy, the pay was very good, not to mention the five insurances and one housing fund. The unit often gave out benefits, including food and daily necessities, and there was a large bonus at the end of the year.

Chen Feng, a struggling office worker, could only be envious and jealous. More importantly, he was often bullied at his company. As a result, he had been depressed and unfulfilled for the past two years, and he appeared very decadent.

Thus, it was no wonder that the relationship between him and Shen Lin grew increasingly distant.

The reason she had fallen for Chen Feng in the first place was, first of all, it couldn’t be denied that Chen Feng was very handsome. At 1.78 meters tall, he loved basketball, could do a hundred push-ups every day, and was considered a campus heartthrob in college, maintaining a very good figure.

Don’t say that women don’t look at appearances when choosing a man. That’s only when there’s no choice, or the man is very rich. Otherwise, it’s just nonsense.

Men and women are actually the same; they are both visual animals. Men are attracted to beautiful women, and women are naturally the same when they see handsome men.

Chen Feng was a handsome guy back then. Although he had no money and no house, his job at the time was not bad, with a monthly salary of seven or eight thousand. He was also valued by his leader and was on track for a quick promotion and salary increase.

It was because of these combined conditions that Shen Lin fell for him. After two years of dating, she insisted on marrying him despite her family’s opposition.

The result was that not long after they got married, Chen Feng suffered a major blow in his career. First, the leader who valued him fell seriously ill and resigned. The leader’s nemesis took over, and Chen Feng, the former leader’s trusted subordinate, was naturally ostracized and suppressed.

First, they seized on a small mistake in his work, removed him from his position as deputy manager, and demoted him to an ordinary employee. Then, they gave him the most difficult cases in the company. Naturally, he couldn’t complete them, and he was inevitably reprimanded again.

At this point, Chen Feng certainly couldn’t take it anymore and prepared to resign. As a result, his resignation report was approved, but he had to pay a penalty. The reason was that Chen Feng had signed a five-year contract with the company, and it had only been three years when he resigned.

According to the contract, if Chen Feng resigned early, he had to pay the company 100,000 yuan in training fees that had been spent on him in the early stages.

When he joined the company, the company had sent him to a professional institution for a two-month training, but the fee of 100,000 was an exaggeration.

This so-called training fee was of course just an excuse, in reality, it was a penalty, a way to circumvent relevant laws.

However, at that time, those who were sent for training by the company were all talents that the company was very optimistic about and focused on cultivating. So, it was normal to have such a provision in the contract. Otherwise, if you were trained and then resigned shortly after, wouldn’t you be benefiting another company?

Moreover, this provision was mutual. If the company were to dismiss an employee within these five years, it would also have to pay a penalty of 50,000 yuan.

Although it was somewhat unequal, such a contract was considered relatively decent in today’s labor market. All of the few people who were sent for training by the company at that time signed it without exception.

Chen Feng certainly couldn’t come up with 100,000 yuan to pay the penalty, so he could only continue to stay in the company, being quickly marginalized. Within a few months, he rapidly became decadent, while his weight increased day by day, turning him into the fatty he was now.

(End of Chapter)