Chapter 19: Drunk
Just like that, I became Hua Jingjing's male secretary!
Hua Jingjing herself didn't expect that I would agree to be her secretary. She was surprised and excited and immediately called to arrange everything. After a while, a staff member brought in a desk and chair, and under Hua Jingjing's direction, she chose to set up a secretary's office outside her office door.
They were busy working, but I just watched from the sidelines. I knew that my struggle with this female boss had just begun.
Then, many office supplies were moved in and installed. For example, computers, telephones, fax machines, etc. What surprised me was that these electronic products were all new. They were temporarily unpacked, installed and debugged on site. I didn't know where they got these things from. Although they worked very skillfully and quickly, by the time they finished, I was almost off work.
Hua Jingjing would come out of the office from time to time to take a look, and would always give some suggestions and ask them to make changes. It was as if it was she who was supposed to sit in this position, not me. I remembered that I had promised to treat all my colleagues in the marketing department to dinner in the evening, so I wanted to leave early. But then I thought that if I left early and was caught by Hua Jingjing, it would not be worth it to fine me one or two hundred yuan. So I called Zhao Yanjin and told them not and wait for me to come down.
After I hung up the phone, I thought again: This dinner was really unfair. I actually came to the Planning Department to suffer, but I had to pretend to be extremely lucky to treat myself to a meal. It's really depressing! But a man's words are hard to take back. After I slapped myself in the face, I had to pretend to be rich.
I kept looking at my watch, waiting for the time to leave work. It seemed that I couldn't sort out the things in my cardboard box today, so I moved it over and stuffed it under my desk. I looked at my watch again, 4:59:58... 59... 5 o'clock, time is up, leave.
I picked up my coat and walked towards the elevator. Hua Jingjing in the office saw me and called me: "Tang Qian! Come in for a moment." I knew she would call me, so I smiled, turned around and walked into the office, and asked: "What else does President Hua want to tell me?"
Seeing that I was quite submissive, Hua Jingjing felt it was inconvenient to be too harsh on me, so she said in a more amiable tone, "Let's work overtime tonight. I've just started my job, and my former supervisor has a lot of miscellaneous documents and materials that need to be sorted and organized. This is one of the most basic tasks of a secretary. You should learn how to organize them first."
I smiled, pointed at my watch and said, "I'm so sorry, Mr. Hua, it's time to get off work, I still have things to do, why don't you go ahead and do your work, I'll leave now."
Hua Jingjing's face darkened and she said, "What do you mean? This is work. I'm not kidding you. Stay and work overtime tonight! There's nothing to discuss."
I said, "I haven't discussed this with you. It's time to get off work now. I have the right to manage my own private time, but you have no right to order or interfere with me. Now I tell you, I'm going home! Haha! Bye bye." Then I turned and left. Hua Jingjing said angrily, "Stop right there! Tang Qian, I'm your boss. Do you know what the consequences are of not following your boss's orders?"
Since it was time to get off work, I had nothing to fear. When I was about to leave, I turned back and said to her, "I am just like this. If you can't stand it, you can fire me!" After that, I never looked back and just walked away.
Hua Jingjing's face was changing color from red to white. She didn't even notice that she had crumpled the report in her hand into a ball. She gritted her teeth and muttered to herself, "Don't be complacent. One day, I will make you completely bow down to me. Then, I will..., and then I can get rid of the hatred in my heart."
I arrived at the marketing department on the second floor and saw that except for a few who had left because they had something else to do, most of my old colleagues were there. I said hello and everyone followed me. I suddenly remembered that I hadn't invited my biggest benefactor, Manager Gu, so I told my colleagues to leave first and I went to knock on the door of Gu Ruoyan's office.
Manager Gu's hoarse voice came from inside: "Come in!"
I pushed the door open and saw Manager Gu looking very unhappy, leaning on the bench with a listless look. When she saw me coming in, she sat up a little straighter and smiled reluctantly, "It's you. How do you feel about your first day working in the planning department?"
I said, "It's OK."
"Well, that's good. What do you want to talk to me about?"
"I'm inviting all the colleagues in the marketing department to dinner tonight. You are the leader, so you have to go. I came here to invite you." I looked at her painful expression and remembered the phone call she received here at noon. I felt very sorry for her, but I couldn't help her.
Gu Ruoyan said "Oh" and said, "You're treating me? I should have gone, but I'm not feeling well today, so forget it!"
I also knew that she definitely didn't have the mood to go tonight, so I nodded and said, "Then Manager, you should take care of your health and get more rest. I won't bother you anymore."
Gu Ruoyan lay down on the chair again and said, "Please help me close the door when you leave."
"Yes." I closed the door gently, sighed, and went to Zuixianlou Restaurant.
I had two tables for dinner that night, which cost me 870 yuan. Needless to say, my colleagues toasted me and congratulated me. Anyway, I didn't eat much food, but I drank a lot of wine. I was so drunk that I almost slipped under the table. I struggled to run to the bathroom and vomited all over the place. I washed my face vigorously with tap water. Although it was cold, it made me sober up a lot.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they said goodbye one after another. Zhao Yanjin and several male colleagues were also drunk. Li Xiaoling and I helped to call a taxi, stuffed them in one by one, and then asked Li Xiaoling, who was sober, to take them home.
After everything was arranged, I went home with floating steps.
Since I had just sobered up, I had a severe headache and my feet were not very obedient, so I walked very slowly. I was walking unsteadily with a cigarette in my mouth. Suddenly, I saw a familiar figure coming out of a bar not far ahead. He staggered a few steps and walked to a familiar Toyota car. Just as he was about to open the door, he suddenly made a "wow" sound, leaned over the car door and vomited violently. After vomiting for a while, he sat down on the ground and couldn't even stand up.
I took a few steps forward and could see clearly under the lights of the shops on the street. The drunk man was Gu Ruoyan!
I don't know how much Gu Ruoyan drank in the bar. She was so drunk that she leaned against the door of the Toyota and was unconscious. I suddenly felt that this woman with a cold appearance was actually very bitter in her heart.
I felt so much sympathy for her that my heart ached. I reached over and helped her up, shouting, "Manager, manager, cheer up, wake up!" Gu Ruoyan heard the shout, opened one eye, and chuckled, "Come on, give me another glass, I want more."
Seeing that she was so drunk that she couldn't tell who I was, I sighed, used both hands to pick her up from the ground, and said, "Okay, stop drinking. I'll take you home." But Gu Ruoyan, who was drunk as mud, was very heavy, and I was weak after drinking, so it was very difficult for me to pick her up.
Both she and I had alcohol levels seriously exceeding the limit, so driving was impossible for us. Fortunately, I knew where she lived, and I dragged her to the side of the road with great difficulty. After waiting for a long time, I finally stopped a taxi.
Gu Ruoyan was completely unconscious, and I stuffed her into the car like dragging a dead pig. If I didn't support her, she would collapse. I had no choice but to wrap one hand around her waist and hold her tightly in my arms. At the same time, I told the driver her home address and the car started moving.
Not long after driving, the car made a sharp turn at a bend, and Gu Ruoyan and I were left behind. She frowned slightly in confusion, and suddenly retched, then "wow", and vomited pungent filth all over me. In this small car, I couldn't even hide, so I had to catch some of it with my hands in a panic, but most of the filth still made a mess of my coat and sweater. The worst thing was that Gu Ruoyan fell limply in my arms again, and all her clothes were dirty again.
The taxi driver quickly stopped the car and cried out in pain: "Ah! Go outside to vomit. Look, you've made my car all dirty."
As she spoke, Gu Ruoyan vomited again, this time all on her chest and legs, and I was not spared. The car suddenly smelled terrible. The driver pinched his nose and got out of the car, opened the back door, and shouted to us: "Get out of the car, get out of the car, I won't take you anymore, it's so unlucky to run into a couple of drunks, and now it's going to cost me a lot of money to wash the car."
I shook off the dirt on my hands, took out my wallet from my pocket, handed over the remaining two hundred yuan, and begged, "Master, you see we are in this state, there is no way we can get another car, you can just carry us to the end, anyway, it's already dirty, I'll give you this little money as compensation, okay?"
It really is true that money makes things easier. The driver snorted, reached out to take the money, and said helplessly: "In this case, I'll suffer a little loss and do a good deed. Alas! Who says I am a kind person?" After saying that, he closed the back door and got back into the car.
I wiped the filth off Gu Ruoyan and me with my hands, and cursed at the driver's back: "Fuck you!"
Finally we arrived at Gu Ruoyan's house, and I dragged her out of the car with great effort. As soon as she got off the ground, she immediately fell on my legs and started vomiting again. However, she had nothing to vomit now, so she could only dry heave continuously. Finally, she vomited up some clear water and lay on my legs, gasping for breath.
The taxi driver was so scared that he drove away immediately. I yelled at the taxi again: "Fuck you, you bastard!"
Suddenly, I felt that Gu Ruoyan, who was lying on my legs, was shaking all over. I looked carefully and found that she was crying silently, with tears and snot dripping on the ground without her noticing. It was obvious that the huge pain in her heart was being completely vented at this moment.
I felt very upset because I now understood that this strong woman who looked cold and tough was actually very weak inside. Under her cold face, she had a kind and gentle heart.
This is a good woman! If you know how to cherish her, she will be a treasure!
But now, a stupid man hurt her mercilessly!
Seeing her in such pain, my heart was gripped by an unknown pity. I held her in my arms, not caring about the filth all over her body, and I shouted, "Don't be sad, he's not worth it!"
