as pure as a radish

I just left the house the day before the end of the holiday, and the atmosphere at home has never been better these days.My mother always hesitated to speak to me as if she had held back a lot of words, and my dad always elbowed her before she was about to speak, and sighed angrily along the way.Just saying that if you don't get married and don't have children, it's already like this. If you tell them that I like women, my mother will probably choke to death, and my father will faint from anger.

My phrase "I don't like children" in front of people really scares them.Anyway, since that day, my mother never dared to arrange a blind date for me, and my mother always refused when someone called.It's still a matter of face for them to hang out in this small place.It's shameless for a daughter not to get married, but she can still find some excuses to get over it. It's terrible for a daughter to talk nonsense in front of others. Presumably they can't stand the life of being pointed at by others.

The atmosphere at home is not good, so I don't stay at home often. I go to Yu Ting's house once a day, sometimes during the day and sometimes at night.Standing on the blood-stained ground in the empty yard, I would call Yu Ting vigorously every time.Is there any possibility of a connection between humans and ghosts?For that slight possibility, I kept talking to Yu Ting in the yard, and I didn't rest for a while until smoke came out of my throat.I don't fully believe in ghosts, but I always feel that what happened in this yard must be done by Yu Ting's ghost.Otherwise, who else but her?

Yu Ting didn't respond to me, not even the door was suddenly opened or the table was moved suddenly when the ghost haunted me once and for all.Don't you want to kill me too?When I went to Yu Ting's house for the last time, I sat in the chair I used to sit in a daze.Maybe she is thinking of a way to get revenge on me, after all, dying casually is not enough to relieve her anger.

When I left home, I got in the car, and my parents stood outside the car and watched me.After I started the car, I lowered the windows.They took a step forward, and my mother finally talked to me regardless of my father's elbow, "Women will gossip if they don't get married! You have to have children too! Do you think any woman doesn't have children? You don't like children, just me and Your dad will take care of it. Then your mother-in-law and father-in-law will also be able to help take care of the children. It's not as difficult as you think."

I no longer resisted, I nodded, and when my mother's face gradually relaxed, I also grinned, "Aren't you afraid that the child will kill me when the time comes?"

My mother's face froze instantly, and my father's swollen eyes widened.

"That's how it is." I don't know why humans tend not to tell the truth to parents and children, but if you don't tell them, they really don't know. "You have lived in this world much longer than me, and you are more familiar with what this world looks like."

They both looked at me hesitantly, and I respectfully said goodbye to them.When I looked at them in the rearview mirror, their expressions became a little hideous, as if what they were looking at was not their own daughter, but an unknown alien creature.

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"We're very lucky during this time." The vice chairman in charge of business said with a smile on his face in the chairman's room, "Once the domestic market opens up, our performance will not only decline, but I'm afraid it will be worse than previous years. It’s even better in good times.”

"Hehehehe." The chairman smiled until his eyes narrowed while drinking the tea I just brought in.Putting down the teacup, the chairman glanced at me and whispered, "Make arrangements for the evening."

I nodded and walked out of the room sullenly.

The moment I went out and closed the door, the vice chairman mentioned me, "Your assistant seems to have been using it for several months, right? Haven't you gotten tired of it?"

"It's not the same thing." The chairman's voice sounded faintly in the room.

It's really not the same thing. The previous assistant may be a rare ornament for appreciation and play, but I am a tool, like a wrench or a screwdriver, which helps humans achieve a certain purpose.Humans can use me before I rust and break.

Having said that, in fact, the company's luck in the past few months has not been as good as the vice chairman said just now.Every time the company wins an order, every time it eliminates every obstacle, it is full of difficulties. The reason why they are all successful is that the chairman of the board has played tricks behind the scenes, and there is no factor of God's favor.

Of course, there are not many people who know the chairman's tricks, and I only know that I, as a tool, need to be frequently used to transmit information and arrange the scene.

"Sister~" the secretary stopped me suddenly.In the past few months, she has changed her face the fastest, and recently she has used the honorific title of "sister" to me.

"Year-end bonus?" She's asked me about it no less than three or four times, and I guess she still wants to ask about it this time.I don't know where the news spread that the company will give everyone another year-end bonus after the Spring Festival. She was so excited after hearing this gossip, she would ask me every now and then to ask the chairman if he mentioned it.

"Yes, yes!" she stomped excitedly.

I shook my head, "The chairman didn't mention it, I don't know."

Her rosy complexion faded immediately, "Why don't you take the initiative to ask? The chairman is so kind to you, it's hard to say that if you ask, he can really send it to everyone."

I agreed, and it would be easier to agree when the requesting party has already assumed the posture of blaming you if you don't agree.

In the evening, I sent the chairman to the restaurant. The chairman was in a good mood and suggested that I also go in and taste the special dishes of this restaurant, and the meal expenses will be reimbursed in full.

I obeyed the chairman's assignment. After the chairman entered the private room, I found a table for two in the lobby and sat down. After the food was served, I ate the restaurant's special fish maw in silence.

Eating alone is weird, but who else can I eat with.I am almost used to the life where I only speak when I go to work. Of course, the words I say at work cannot be counted as real communication, because most of the time others give orders, and I obey them respectfully.

It's not bad to live like this, I told myself that I don't need to communicate, I don't need friends, and I don't need a lover.

However, the moment I accidentally raised my head after eating a mouthful of fish maw, I realized that I was just breathing, not alive.Because I saw a person, the moment I saw her, I felt the tasteless maw in my mouth suddenly delicious.

The protagonist I was watching didn't see me, and she strode out of the restaurant.When I dropped the heavy gold-plated spoon to chase after her, I caught the attention of several waiters. If I hadn't paid the bill early, they must have thought I was trying to skip the bill.