Chapter 15#

[OP] Just Registered A Random Account Posting Time: 2017-02-18 16:01:29

My sister was very angry that I didn’t tell her about my leg fracture and scolded me in the car. My brother-in-law pleaded for me while driving. But I know if it were my sister who fractured her leg, she wouldn’t tell me either. Because we are siblings after all, printed from the same mold, equally stubborn, equally unwilling to trouble each other.

After I returned to City X, my sister hoped I could live with her and my brother-in-law, but I felt it was really inconvenient. Besides, the cast on my leg was removed, and my foot was almost healed, so I insisted on living alone in the house my mom left for us. My sister understood she couldn’t persuade me, so she had to ask me to go to her house for dinner more often on weekends.

The company didn’t give me much time to rest. I had to start working as soon as I settled down. Although it’s the same company, all the colleagues are new, and I’m still a bit unaccustomed. The manager in City X didn’t know where he heard the information. In the meeting on Monday morning, he said everything, praising me from head to toe, praising a bit too much. I felt some people’s expressions below were a bit strange.

I was assigned to Group 1, which is said to have the heaviest tasks. The team leader looked nearly 40 years old, male, and looked very strict from his face. Let’s call him Old Wang. After the meeting, Old Wang called me alone to his office. He first asked about my basic situation, and finally said a few meaningful sentences:

“In our group, work ability comes first. No matter how big the connections are, or which famous school you graduated from, it doesn’t matter. If work ability is not good, I will kick you out sooner or later.”

Me: ???

Anyway, until the end of the conversation, I didn’t feel welcomed. Instead, I felt more like a burden thrown into Group 1. Did Old Wang think I came in through the back door? I didn’t explain much either. Anyway, whether it’s a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk and we’ll know. But I was a bit disappointed with a leader who questioned an employee’s ability for no reason.

The colleagues in the group were polite to me, but no one assigned me any formal work on the first day. The whole day was just asking me to copy documents and reply to emails.

Let’s be straight, I do programming, the legendary code farmer. Our company makes programs for other companies’ websites, and our products are various software. I knew Old Wang’s group was trying to make a game program, very interested, but they didn’t call me when they had a group meeting on Monday afternoon…

When I was full of expectations to start a new life, I was slapped by life unexpectedly. That’s how it is. How could the little bitch called fate let you pass easily?

In summary, I was rejected by my superior for no reason on my first day at the new company.

Coming home from work, I was not in a very good mood. While thinking about how to make my superior recognize me, the phone rang. It was an unknown number. I answered without thinking.

“Xiaoxi, where are you?” Pei Hao’s anxious voice came from the other end of the phone. Since I blocked him, he hadn’t called me. I completely forgot that he could call me from a strange number.

I was already a bit irritable because of work, and receiving his call made me feel even more messy: “None of your business.”

“Did you resign? And moved?” Pei Hao asked me cautiously on the other end.

My tone was cold: “Is this interesting to you?”

“Sorry Xiaoxi, I really can’t let go.” Pei Hao’s tone was a bit sour, then said very decisively: “You know if I want to find you, I can definitely find you.”

“Then take your time finding.” After speaking, I hung up the phone and decisively blocked this number too. If he really wants to find me, it definitely won’t take a few days. I didn’t hide in Africa. But I’m not in the mood to care about Pei Hao now, nor will I change my life path just to avoid him.

The next day Brother Egg also called me, obviously helping Pei Hao to fish for information. I insisted not saying where I was. Brother Egg had no choice and finally hung up the phone resentfully.

This week passed extremely slowly because Old Wang really didn’t treat me as a member of his group. He never notified me of any major events in the group. My daily work was copying documents, replying to emails, at most helping people in the group do some most basic programming. I guess Old Wang wanted to find an excuse after a while to kick me out of their group. I couldn’t imagine that in the same company, the attitude towards me differed so much between the two weeks.

I felt it was necessary to have a serious talk with Old Wang. On Friday, close to lunch break, I knocked on the door to find Old Wang. He was checking some program and asked me to wait aside. This wait lasted for more than an hour.

Actually, it was just a few sentences of conversation, wouldn’t take him a few minutes. Leaving me hanging like this was probably to make me retreat in face of difficulties. To be honest, I was a bit angry. I didn’t understand what I did to make the leader dislike me so much, nor did I understand how a person who does things so arbitrarily could become a leader.

More than an hour later, seeing I was still there, Old Wang finally put down the work in his hand and spoke to me.

Old Wang: “Are you used to it these few days?”

Me: “It’s okay. Just I don’t understand why I can’t touch the game project.”

Old Wang: “Newcomers have to start from the most basic things. Any problem?”

Me: “No problem, but I already have more than a year of work experience in City Y. I think…”

Old Wang: “That’s different. What you did before is completely different from games. You newcomers just can’t calm down to learn, impetuous.”

Me: “……”

You don’t even let me touch it, how can I learn?

After a conversation, there was still no result. I realized Old Wang didn’t care about my ability at all. He simply disliked me as a person and had an inexplicable, deep-rooted prejudice against me.

I felt things might be more complicated than I thought, so I talked to the manager on Friday afternoon. The manager was actually not very surprised after hearing it, and promised to transfer me to Group 3 next week.

When I went home at night, I saw Pei Hao’s car parked downstairs at my house. I suddenly had a very bad premonition €€€€ it’s not as easy as I thought to cut ties with him cleanly. Probably, he cares about me a little bit more than I thought.

Seeing me, Pei Hao hurriedly strode out of the car like a meteor. He grabbed my wrist and hugged me into his arms somewhat excitedly, completely disregarding other pedestrians around us. The more I struggled, the tighter he hugged.

“Xiaoxi, don’t leave without a sound again, okay?” Pei Hao refused to let go like holding a beloved toy, his voice trembling a bit, “I’m really afraid that one day I won’t be able to find you anymore.”

My heart was a bit complicated. If he could say such words when I left for the first time, maybe our ending would be different. It’s just that the best timing was missed, and no amount of making up later is in vain.

“No one will wait for you in the same place forever,” I lowered my eyes, looking ahead with empty eyes, saying lightly, “Missed is missed.”

Pei Hao rubbed his face against my shoulder and said hoarsely: “You don’t need to stand in place waiting for me. Wherever you go, I will find you.”

“Suit yourself,” I laughed helplessly, looking at the strange looks from the surrounding crowd, and said, “How long are you going to hug?”

Only then did Pei Hao slowly let go of me, but his eyes stuck to me, as if afraid I would suddenly disappear.

I walked home unhurriedly, and Pei Hao followed closely behind. Walking to the door of the house, I prepared to close the door and not let him in as usual. Seeing this, Pei Hao grabbed the door, tried to squeeze in, looked at me pitifully and said: “I have nowhere to go.”

Hotels are everywhere in City X. I didn’t believe his words at all. I reached out to grab the door handle and prepared to close it. Pei Hao put one hand into the door crack desperately, just to see if I had the heart to pinch his hand.

Me: “…………”

Me: “Do you know you are particularly childish?”

Pei Hao: “Let me stay here for one night, okay? I’ll leave tomorrow.”

Me: “You doing this will only make me more and more annoyed with you.”

Pei Hao: “But no matter what I do, you won’t pay attention to me, right?”

Me: “…………”

What he said made sense.

While I was dazed, Pei Hao pushed the door open and took a big step in. He looked at me attentively and asked: “Have you eaten? I’ll cook for you.”

I didn’t answer him. He went to the kitchen to cook on his own. Actually, I ate a little outside before going home, not hungry. After taking a shower, I went back to my bedroom, closed the door and watched dramas. Pei Hao cooked the dishes and called me to eat outside. I pretended not to hear. Pei Hao begged bitterly outside the door for a long time to no avail, and finally went to eat by himself disappointedly.

I just wanted him to know that even if he tried every means to get close to me, I had various ways to reject him. As long as my heart doesn’t open for him, he can never get close to me. The difference is just whether he waits at my gate or at my bedroom door.

When I got up the next day, Pei Hao had already made breakfast and put it on the dining table. Looking from afar, he looked like a pug, looking at me eagerly, waiting for me to eat.

I had no intention of eating. I put on my coat and walked past him, preparing to go out. Pei Hao hugged me from behind, pressed his head against me, not letting me go.

He whispered in my ear like coaxing a child: “Eat a little before leaving.”

“Not eating.” I tried to pry his hands open with force, but he hugged too hard, I couldn’t pry them open.

“You eat a little, and I’ll let you go,” he said softly in my ear, “Otherwise I’ll keep hugging you.”

After a stalemate for a while, I felt Pei Hao was hugging quite happily, as if he could really keep hugging like this. I had to give in and said I’ll eat, you f***ing let go.

“Okay.” Pei Hao put food in my bowl cheerfully, looking at me with expectation in his eyes, “Learned recently these few days, don’t know if it suits your taste.”

I finished the food in the bowl with a calm face. Honestly, his cooking skills have improved a lot compared to before. Probably he just didn’t cook with heart before.

When I was about to go out, Pei Hao changed to a serious face and asked somewhat hesitantly: “Xiaoxi, will you still go back to City Y?”

“What do you think?” I thought his question was ridiculous. Knowing the answer himself, he still came to ask unwillingly. He should just go back and chase his “cinnabar mole” with peace of mind. In this movie of three people, since I don’t have a name, I don’t want to act anymore.

“Okay, understood.” Pei Hao nodded thoughtfully.

[1st Floor] Heartless Cavernous Body: After breaking up, you became Pei Hao’s “cinnabar mole”. Humans are just cheap (Goodbye.jpg).

[2nd Floor] That Flower That Person That Dog: Never ever soften your heart, Xiaoxi. Take this as a warning. If a scumbag does it once, he will do it a second time. He will never know how to cherish!

[3rd Floor] Meow Maoo: Why do I feel Pei Hao is a bit pitiful… Like a pug…

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[8th Floor] ●€€●: What drama is Xiaoxi watching? (Mysterious focus point).

[9th Floor] [OP] Just Registered A Random Account: This Is Us, a relatively heartwarming American drama.

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[14th Floor] Avant-garde Cat: Xiaoxi, is that Old Wang in your unit brain-damaged? Actually bullying our Xiaoxi?!

[15th Floor] If Don’t Give Me SSR I Will Be Angry: Wow, that Old Wang makes me so angry reading. Hug Xiaoxi. Should newcomers be bullied just entering the workplace?

[16th Floor] Remix.: When Xiaoxi told the manager, wasn’t the manager not surprised at all? Feel like this is not the first time that Old Wang treated newcomers like this.