【Xiao Meng】(04) 【Author: Demon(w1985jc)】

Author: demon (w1985jc)
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Chapter Four

The sweltering summer has passed, and Xiao Wan has been working as a receptionist at this Taiwanese-owned company for over two months. Thanks to Gao Chang's
connections , she was quickly transferred to the Human Resources Department as an assistant to the Human Resources Manager, and her major gradually
became distant from her life. In mid-September, the weather was crisp and clear. Her relationship with Gao Chang, after the entire summer, had become
stable and increasingly intimate. Sometimes, thinking of Gu Bei's heartlessness, she wondered, even without
that incident, could we really have gone the distance? Even if we got married, could we truly be happy for a lifetime, growing old
together? Perhaps not. He left me just like that. I lost the person I loved most, I lost my
love, but I gained the care and support of another man. My life has never been like
this . Perhaps, this kind of life isn't so bad. When she was alone, whether walking on the street, waiting for the bus at the bus
stop, strolling in the park, or gazing blankly at the bustling street scene from her south-facing window at home, she would think about these things and
comfort herself with these thoughts.

One Monday in late September, as soon as she arrived at work, the company's HR manager, Xu Feng, brought her a stack of documents:
"Mo Xiaowan, how's your English?" "Good morning, Manager Xu, it's alright." "See if you can translate these documents
?" Mo Xiaowan took the documents from the manager and said she would give it a try. "Give it a try. Take some time to
improve your English; it'll be useful, whether you work for our company or another company in the future." Xiaowan agreed and started working.
Actually, HR and administrative work isn't tiring, but it's not the core work of a company. Although it was
a large enterprise, Mo Xiaowan's monthly salary was less than three thousand. In 2009, in this northeastern
coastal city, a 23-year-old girl who had just graduated was considered lucky to earn a little over three thousand. But this
income wasn't even a fifth of what the man who helped her find this job gave her each month. He
was very , but he couldn't give her a future, nor was he generous enough to buy her a house.
She remembered her boss Xu Feng's words: English had always been good in school, and she was very interested in it. Now that she wasn't busy at work and had no financial pressure, she
should learn English in her spare time; it would be useful.

The documents were thick, and Mo Xiaowan didn't do anything else all morning except translate the materials. Actually, there wasn't much else
for her to do. At lunchtime, there was a restaurant downstairs in the office building. All the companies in the building could issue meal cards to their employees
to eat at the restaurant on the basement level. At 11:30, Chu Xia came over and called to Mo Xiaowan: "Let's go, Xiaowan, let's go eat."
Chu Xia was a year younger than Xiaowan, born in the Year of the Rabbit, but had joined the company a year earlier than Mo Xiaowan. She was a high-achieving graduate from a science and engineering university and
worked in the research and development department. "You go first, I'll finish my work first." "I'll wait for you."

At 12:15, Chu Xia and Xiaowan arrived at the basement restaurant together. The two were of similar age, and although they weren't
alumni , their universities were only one street apart, which unconsciously brought the two girls closer. Like Mo Xiaowan
, Chu Xia was also beautiful and intelligent. One could say Mo Xiaowan was intelligent but lacked emotional intelligence, while Chu Xia was clever
and quick-witted , with long, flowing black hair, bright, expressive eyes, and a constant smile. The biggest difference between the two
was that Xiaowan was introverted and calm, while Chu Xia was fiery and lively.

Mo Xiaowan ordered chicken meatballs and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, while Chu Xia, who loved fish, ordered braised ribbonfish in vinegar sauce
and spinach. It was almost 12:30, and the restaurant was getting a little less crowded. "I played badminton for two days straight this weekend, I'm so tired,"
Chu Xia said casually. "What did you do this weekend?" "Stayed at home." "Let's play badminton together next week?" "
I don't want to," Mo Xiaowan said indifferently. The two girls chatted and ate when Xiao Wan suddenly called out Chu Xia's name.
Chu Xia responded, "Chu Xia, I want to learn English." "Great! I want to learn too, but work is too busy. I
work overtime almost every day, and I don't have any time for myself at work. Sigh, it's not like you HR people who are so
lucky." "Is HR work lucky?" Xiao Wan asked back. "Of course! It's not tiring, it's very easy. I envy you."
"There are also a lot of miscellaneous tasks. This morning, our manager asked me to translate a stack of documents. I've only finished a third of it. He
suggested I learn English, which is exactly what I want to do." "You should have a skill. It's always good to have more skills!"

In the afternoon, new work came in: contracts for newly hired colleagues, insurance processing, etc. Xiao Wan was worried about what to do since she hadn't finished
her translation work. Xu Feng assigned the other tasks to other colleagues so she
could focus on translating the documents. After working diligently all afternoon and then working overtime until 8 PM, Mo Xiaowan finally finished translating the pile of documents.
The office was empty. Suddenly, she felt a pang of sadness and loneliness. She turned off the lights, locked the company gate, and hurried
out of the office building. She rushed to the bus stop; the autumn night was slightly chilly. By the time she boarded the bus, it was already 8:30. She got home
at 9 PM. Too late to cook, she boiled water in the electric kettle and made a packet of shrimp and fish cake noodles.
For the first time, Mo Xiaowan missed Gao Chang. If only he were here with her. Was he home? With his daughter? She blew on the steaming
noodles and ate them. Suddenly, Liu Ruoying's song "A Lifetime of Loneliness" came to mind: "I think I will always be lonely, this
whole life will be so lonely, I think I will always be lonely, this lonely life forever… The bluer the sky, the more afraid I am
to look up; the more perfect the movie, the more melancholic I feel; the more time I have, the more uneasy I feel. So I learn
to be objective and live a lonely life…

Learning English, with a teacher and methods, is it twice as effective?" Mo Xiaowan wanted to enroll in an English class, so she began
researching English training institutions in the city. As soon as she got off work today, she went to Web International English, the closest to her office.
The course consultant arranged for her to take a test; the questions were very simple, and she answered almost none wrong. Then, the long-faced female
consultant took Xiaowan to her office, chatting about life and making small talk. Mo Xiaowan felt confused; the long-faced woman
talked about unrelated things for an hour before finally getting to the point. For a few moments, Mo Xiaowan was
somewhat . So, after regaining her composure, she realized that this woman's sales skills
were quite good. However, considering their teaching methods and the weekly class hours, she was certain she wouldn't get the results she wanted.
Although money wasn't an issue for Mo Xiaowan anymore, cost-effectiveness was still a consideration for everyone.

Web International English was still on her radar, but she wasn't leaning towards them anymore. Hampson English was the second one.
Unlike Web International English, which rented a teaching space in an area densely populated with office buildings like Nanjing Road, Hampson's teaching area was inside the Mykal
Shopping Mall. The sign said it was on the first floor, but she couldn't find it. She had to call them again, and the consultant said they forgot to tell her...
She was told she had moved to the sixth floor. Upon entering the teaching area, Xiao Wan was somewhat disappointed. The so-called one-on-one foreign teacher tutoring, which sounded
so high-end, was actually quite dilapidated. Mo Xiao Wan was led by the receptionist to a small, yurt-
like room; the consultant she had contacted wasn't finished yet. The desks separated
by plastic partitions were old, and some of the partitions still had black pen writing on them. After about half an hour,
the female consultant finally arrived and asked to have a conversation with Mo Xiao Wan in English to assess her level. Xiao Wan readily
agreed which focused on machine testing. After a conversation, the self-important
consultant was no match for her, even though Mo Xiao Wan's spoken English wasn't particularly good either, and she made many grammatical and verbal mistakes.
After discussing the price, the consultant arranged a trial lesson for Xiao Wan with a foreign teacher, a brown-skinned American.
He proactively extended his hand to Xiao Wan, and after shaking hands, they sat down to talk. The consultant sat next to the teacher the whole time, though
Mo Xiao Wan actually preferred her to be absent, as it would make her feel more relaxed. The other person's spoken English was quite standard, their attitude was very gentle, and
their speaking speed was slow. They chatted for about twenty minutes. In comparison, although Hampson's facilities weren't as good as Web International English, the results
should be better, but it still wasn't the best choice. They decided to think about it some more.

Xiao Wan told Gao Chang about her idea of learning English, and Gao Chang strongly supported her: "You choose the institution yourself
. Don't worry about the money. Once you've chosen, I'll pay the tuition." Although he said that, Xiao Wan still
didn't want to spend money recklessly. After a week of investigation, those institutions with some reputation in the market, such as Wall Street English, Web
International English, World English, and Hampson English, were all eliminated. In the end, she chose a
training school that was doing relatively well in the area. It was a school that specialized in teacher training and had a total of 12 foreign teachers. One-on-one oral English classes
cost 400 yuan per lesson, one hour, six lessons a weekday evening at 8 pm, and Saturdays could be
scheduled separately. Xiao Wan enrolled for six months, and Gao Chang paid the tuition for her. Because of the National Day holiday, Gao Chang wanted to take Xiao Wan out
for fun, so they decided to start classes on October 10th.

Still abroad, this time to Northern Europe. In the season of vibrant autumn leaves, being so close to the Arctic wasn't as cold as I'd
imagined . Just simple autumn clothes, a camera, and a good appetite were all I needed. I saw forests in Norway,
ate venison in Finland, visited Denmark to see what this childhood fairytale kingdom was really like, and went to
Stockholm to see the City Hall and walk along Queen Street. When I needed directions, Gao Chang would let Mo Xiaowan try;
the people in these countries all spoke fluent London accents, and he listened as she spoke. "Your pronunciation is pretty good. Follow
the foreign coach for six months, and you should be fine. I'll arrange for you to be the general manager's assistant then. I've already spoken to them all.
Xu Feng will take care of you at work." Mo Xiaowan felt a warmth in her heart. In this beautiful, romantic, fairytale-like
country , there was such a man, like a father, like a brother, accompanying her. From the verdant scenery of the equator to
the fairytale world of Northern Europe, from the uncertainty of her internship to her current clear direction, from the impending drift after graduation to now having a
relatively stable life, she felt a sense of happiness and warmth. The more beautiful the scenery, the more it
evoked thoughts of love. However, Gu Bei's figure was gradually blurring. In her eyes and mind, his
silhouette grew farther and smaller, replaced by the tall, middle-aged man beside her. His sins,
the harm he had caused her, seemed to have been made up for by his kindness to her, both materially and spiritually, and thus forgiven.
Mo Xiaowan's hatred for Gao Chang was slowly dissipating, but she didn't know that she was slowly falling in love with him, and that
she had never truly forgotten her first love, Gu Bei.

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