【Short Story】Broken Man

1

Yuan Yongqian never thought that he would have the opportunity to be promoted to manager.

He is young and has a low position. No matter how you calculate it, he should not be the manager. However, some things are just so unreasonable.

What happened was a bit dramatic. It was suddenly revealed that the manager of the purchasing department had been accepting commissions for many years. The top management immediately held a temporary meeting. In addition to calling the police and immediately firing the purchasing manager, they also decided to transfer Yuan Yongqian's second business manager Ren Guohua to the purchasing department. Department, so there will be a vacancy for the manager in the second business department.

Chen Guixing is the most experienced veteran, and it would have been ideal for him to be promoted to this position. However, he refused to take up this important task because he was about to retire. Other more senior colleagues refused for different reasons. The last chance fell on Yuan Yongqian. . When the CEO asked him if he wanted to take over as manager, he nodded without hesitation.

It must be hard work, so no one is willing to take over. In fact, the reason why the business department was split into the first department and the second department was purely to promote Ren Guohua to manager. This is the benefit of being the son-in-law of the director. This time Although the reasons behind his transfer to the purchasing department have attracted a lot of speculation, the decision of the top management can never be questioned.

The Second Business Department has always been regarded as a superficial department. In the past, Ren Guohua was able to silence idle people because of his background. However, once it was replaced by someone else, he would definitely provoke a lot of unnecessary attacks. This was the reason why no one was willing to take over.

If Yuan Yongqian was smart enough, he should probably refuse, but his youth made him fearless and he always felt that any problems in the future could be solved easily. He believed that his talent and courage would be fully utilized as long as he was given a chance.

When Yuan Yongqian told his wife Su Meibao about the promotion, she seemed more surprised than happy, "Will other colleagues be dissatisfied with the sudden promotion to manager?"

A frivolous smile appeared on Yuan Yongqian's lips, "Anyway, there will be people who are dissatisfied with whoever gets promoted. Anyway, it's me who gets promoted now, and I don't care who is convinced or not."

"The workload should increase significantly."

"Well, that's for sure, but I can handle it." He said confidently.

"That's good."

Yuan Yongqian clearly felt his wife's unspoken hesitation, "Why don't you seem unhappy?"

She shook her head, "Of course I'm very happy about your promotion, but it's just that it came so suddenly, and I don't seem to feel at ease."

In fact, instead of feeling at ease, she also had a vague premonition of uneasiness. This was obviously a good thing, but she felt unprecedentedly anxious.

This anxiety came out of nowhere, and she couldn't explain why. She just felt that this luck came too suddenly, and she was worried about the price it would bring.

"After my promotion, my salary will be doubled, so we can send Linlin to an international school." When they were choosing a school for their daughter, although they liked an international school, they gave up because the tuition fees exceeded their budget.

After Su Meibao heard that his salary had been doubled, all the gloom was gone. After all, she quit her job to become a stay-at-home mother after giving birth to her daughter three years ago. Since her family lacked her income, even if they did not make ends meet, they would still be in a tight situation at the end of each month.

After her husband was promoted, she no longer had to worry about expenses, and she could also enroll Linlin in an international school. The thought of this made her forget all her worries.

"Let's celebrate tonight." He took her and his daughter to a Japanese restaurant and ordered without looking at the price. He hadn't eaten so happily in a long time.

After Yuan Yongqian was promoted to manager, he worked very late every day. His daughter had to eat early, so Su Meibao and her daughter ate first, and then left the food for her husband.

Yuan Yongqian would send her a text message before leaving the company, and she would heat up the food for him to eat when he got home. Sometimes his daughter would be asleep when he returned, and his relationship with her became increasingly distant.

In fact, not only his daughter, but also his closeness with her has been greatly reduced. In the past, he would actively share small things in life with her, but now he talks less and less. She told herself that he must be too tired from work, so when she told him about daily trivial matters, he would yawn repeatedly.

Did he say he was too tired and had no energy? But his eyes are always shining now, which is very different from the eyes before his promotion. Now he seems to have a confidence that does not belong to him, as if the world is under his control. She didn't like his look, it was so strange that it chilled her.

Sometimes she thinks that she would rather her husband not get promoted and continue to be a clerk. Living a normal life may be more satisfying than she is now, but this is just her little woman's mentality. Men still like power and status.

2

This is Zhang Yajing's first business trip, so she is inevitably a little nervous.

In addition to the Business Section 1 and Business Section 2, there was also the CEO and his assistant on this business trip.

She belongs to the second business department. It is known that this event is personally arranged by the general manager, and there is no room for failure. The competition between the first and second business departments is already very fierce, so this event is not only for the first business department to consolidate its power, but also for the business. The second subject strives for opportunities to perform.

Yuan Yongqian, the manager of the second business department, has been in office for less than half a year and has no actual results. If this event can achieve good results, it will definitely help him improve his reputation.

Many colleagues were disapproving of Yuan Yongqian's promotion to manager, saying that he was just lucky because the purchasing manager was suddenly fired and it was his turn to step up. However, there are also rumors that he was the one who exposed the purchasing manager for accepting commissions. Otherwise, the company would have so many qualifications and qualifications. Why was he promoted to the position of manager when someone who was stronger than him was chosen?

Zhang Yajing didn't think too much about it. She was not familiar with Yuan Yongqian in the first place. Although they belonged to the same department, he rarely interacted with his colleagues. He just ran business quietly and never attended social activities among colleagues. Her impression of him had always been that of a serious, practical person who was neither smooth nor approachable, so she was neither happy nor resentful about his promotion. It’s better to have people in office who do real things than people who are sycophants.

A total of six people from the first business department and the manager participated in this overseas sales activity, but only three people from the second business department, Yuan Yongqian, Huo Jiqiang and her, felt that there was a huge disparity in strength. However, Yuan Yongqian looked confident. Zhang Yajing felt that for the first time He is also a charming man.

Because she was the only girl in the team, Yuan Yongqian had always taken good care of her, such as taking the initiative to carry her luggage, pushing the door open for her, holding back her drinks during meals, etc. She almost forgot that she was his subordinate.

Huo Jiqiang reminded her, "Be careful with Manager Yuan."

"What are you careful about?"

"Be careful of him taking notice."

"Crazy." She scolded him, but the idea began to grow in her heart.

Having said that, Yuan Yongqian is a well-known wife slave. There has never been any sex scandal in the company. He behaves well with all his female subordinates, and there is absolutely no deviant behavior. Even on this business trip, he just simply showed off. The gentleman's demeanor did not let her misunderstand.

Regardless of whether Huo Jiqiang was serious or joking, she actually started to care about Yuan Yongqian's every move because of his words, not because she was afraid that he would do anything wrong to her, but because she wanted to feel more of his tenderness.

The sales activity had been going very smoothly until the last day when Zhang Yajing was giving a presentation. She made a lot of mistakes because she was too nervous. After opening the presentation, she discovered that it was not the final revised version, but a version with errors and omissions in the data.

"I'm going to die this time." She was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Just when she was hesitant and at a loss, Yuan Yongqian came over and said in her ear: "I will tell you a few words first, and you can change the briefing back."

He then introduced the contents of the report to everyone in a jovial manner, and could speak out various data naturally and fluently without having to read the briefing.

She quickly changed the briefing, confirmed it was correct, and winked at him. After he made sure that she was ready, he handed the explanation back to her. This time she didn't screw up again.

She apologized to him repeatedly that night, but he just smiled gently and said, "It's okay, you'll get used to it if you do it a few times."

"Are you still willing to give me a chance?"

Yuan Yongqian kept smiling, "Do you think you can get immunity if you make a mistake?"

"I will never make the same mistake again."

In this overseas sales event, the results achieved by Business Section 1 and Business Section 2 were similar. The CEO highly praised Yuan Yongqian's performance and arranged three more overseas sales events.

For the second and third time, in addition to arranging Zhang Yajing and Huo Jiqiang, Yuan Yongqian also brought Xie Peipei. Seeing that he treated Xie Peipei with the same tenderness, she actually felt slightly disappointed.

Does she like him?

This idea shocked her. Of course she knew that Yuan Yongqian was a married man. She didn't want to destroy his family, she just couldn't control her mind.

After the event, Yuan Yongqian invited everyone to dinner as usual. They drank several bottles of red wine at the dinner, and even Zhang Yajing drank a few more glasses than usual.

Perhaps because she drank too much alcohol, her stomach felt uncomfortable, which kept her awake, so she went to the convenience store next to the hotel to buy some snacks, but she didn't expect to meet Yuan Yongqian there.

She felt the pull of destiny.

Yuan Yongqian bought two boxes of milk and handed one to her after paying.

"To cure your hangover."

She took the milk, pursed her lips and said to him, "Can you stop being so nice to me?"

He looked at her in astonishment and took five seconds to understand her faint mood. He took a breath and apologized to her, "Oh, I'm sorry."

They were silent as they walked back to the hotel. Yuan Yongqian walked in front, and Zhang Yajing kept a step away from him. After stepping into the elevator, she asked him, "Manager, can I apply not to travel again?"

He said nothing, just nodded.

It was obviously her who made this request, but when she saw him nodding his head in agreement without hesitation, tears immediately welled up in his eyes.

The elevator door opened and he let her step out of the elevator first. This time it was his turn to follow her.

Zhang Yajing opened the door with the room card and said good night to Yuan Yongqian.

"Don't think too much, just take a good rest."

She raised her head to look at him, tears welling up in her eyelashes.

The moment Zhang Yajing and Yuan Yongqian's eyes collided, the sky thundered and the earth shook, and nothing could stop these two from triggering a love that should never have started.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Yajing stared at Yuan Yongqian who was snoring beside her. His profile was very beautiful, and the more she looked at him, the more she fell in love with him.

She didn't fall in love with Yuan Yongqian because he was the manager, but if he was not the manager, she probably wouldn't have fallen in love with him, because they had no chance to get along like they do now, they wouldn't go on a business trip together, and he wouldn't drink for her , will not help her out of her embarrassment.

She didn't dare to imagine her future with Yuan Yongqian, but this night alone made her feel more satisfied than ever before, and she would never regret it.

3

Yuan Yongqian fell hopelessly in love with Zhang Yajing.

That poor little girl wanted nothing from him but his love, and the only thing he could give her was poor love.

He carefully protected this budding relationship and always kept an appropriate distance in the company, so the business trip was like their honeymoon trip. They worked while working, and once they returned to the hotel room, they had endless intimate time.

They couldn't bear to leave each other for even a second. Every night, they hoped that the sky would never light up so that they could stay together forever.

Every time he was with Zhang Yajing, he would completely forget his identity.

He is not her boss, not her husband, not her daughter's father.

He is just a man who simply falls in love with a woman.

Yuan Yongqian never knew that his love for his wife was so fragile. He always believed that he was a model husband and would never betray his wife.

However, he loved Zhang Yajing without any hesitation, and he would never regret it even if he was sent to hell for it.

He hugged Zhang Yajing tightly from behind and told her his love for her while crying.

He didn't want to lose her no matter what, and he was even mentally prepared to lose his family.

When he came up with this idea, he basically gave up hiding his infidelity from his wife.

In fact, even if he wanted to hide it, he might not succeed.

No matter how well a man hides it, his wife can always find out from subtle changes that her husband's heart is no longer with her.

After Yuan Yongqian became the manager, he had a heavy workload, often came home at night, and traveled frequently. These were not the reasons for Su Meibao's uneasiness. His absence did not make her suspicious. Instead, his absent-minded attitude every time he came home was the fatal injury.

He began to keep his mobile phone with him. Although he explained that he needed to be contacted at any time for official business, his eyes flashed with unhidden sweetness when he looked at the mobile phone, and his attitude towards her was obviously different. She knew that he was trying very hard to hide his true feelings. Emotions, but every move he makes proves what is hidden.

Su Meibao didn't want to admit the subtle changes she felt, so she had to keep hypnotizing herself. It was not true. Her husband was not unfaithful to her, and he would never abandon his wife and daughter.

Every day her reason and emotion are pulling at each other. She clearly feels that her husband no longer loves her, but she is still smiling as if nothing has happened.

She should keep smiling, because a wife is meant to smile at her husband, and if she makes a fuss or spends the day in tears, he will hate coming home more and more. Even if love no longer exists, even if the marriage relationship exists in name only, she still wants to keep this family.

She tried to convince herself that love did not necessarily exist in married life. After many years of marriage, all love had already turned into family affection. As long as he still cared about her and her daughter, as long as he was still there, it would be fine.

However, she couldn't help but feel repulsed by his body.

One night when his hand touched her waist, she felt nauseated for no reason.

She couldn't help but imagine what his hand had touched. She pushed his hand away and he looked at her with a look of shock and confusion.

"I'm sorry." Why was she apologizing to him?

She was disgusted with herself.

Her depression was increasing day by day. With every breath she took, she felt that she was being torn into pieces. Each piece was in a tug-of-war. Some wanted to continue being Yuan Yongqian's wife, some wanted to leave, and some wanted to run away. To destroy Yuan Yongqian, some people want to peel off that woman's skin.

There is a limit to pretending to be stupid, and she might go crazy if she continues like this.

4

The private messages exchanged between Zhang Yajing and Yuan Yongqian were destroyed after reading. Although she also wanted to leave some traces of their love, they could not leave any evidence.

Of course this kind of love is hard, but it is also her choice. She can actually quit at any time, so this is all stolen happiness. She knows that everything is temporarily borrowed and must be returned one day.

With this awareness, she fell in love with Yuan Yongqian, one day at a time.

She felt that Yuan Yongqian truly loved her and was not simply greedy for her body. In fact, they had never had any intimate contact outside of business trips.

Zhang Yajing would never call Yuan Yongqian in private. She would try to have other colleagues contact him for official matters. However, when she was catching up with her colleagues on Sunday, she discovered a major error in a contract signed by Yuan Yongqian. She did not want other colleagues to know. She sent him a text message but received no reply, so she only called him directly when she became anxious.

Unexpectedly, the person answering the phone was a sharp female voice.

She hesitated for a moment before saying, "I want to find Manager Yuan."

The other party chuckled disdainfully, "Don't you know it's his private time now? Why are you looking for him?"

"I have an urgent matter to report to him."

"We keep business at the company, are you shameless? If you insist on harassing us in private time, you bitch, don't call us again. He won't listen to the phone today." At the end of the sentence, the other party was almost yelling. "He belongs to me, you hear? He belongs to me."

Zhang Yajing was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth. The hand holding the phone kept shaking, and tears burst out in an instant.

"Yes...no...get up." She apologized flusteredly and hung up.

My heart beat rapidly with shame.

She only received a text message from Yuan Yongqian at 1 a.m. that night. He simply explained to her that his wife had been having some mood swings recently and asked for her understanding.

She didn't ask him if his wife already knew about their relationship, but just explained to him again that she called him today because there was an error in the contract.

He said easily that he had already thought of a solution and would just go back to the company tomorrow to deal with it.

"Then see you tomorrow."

Will it be the same person when we meet again tomorrow?

Her lover.

The next day, after Yuan Yongqian quickly dealt with the contract issue, he asked her to have lunch together.

He booked a private room at a Chinese restaurant.

She had a rough idea of ​​what he was going to tell her, the answer had been there from the beginning. She is just a passer-by in his life, and she will leave when the time comes.

After the dishes were served, he asked the waiter to leave the box.

"I scared you yesterday, I'm sorry."

"You don't have to apologize." Her eyes suddenly turned red. She had become very crybaby recently.

"For you, I am willing to go to hell." He folded his hands on the back of her hands and sighed sadly, "But I can't drag my wife to hell with my own hands."

She thought she would be very strong in the face of the foreseeable scene, but her lips were trembling slightly and she choked up when she spoke, "So you chose her?"

"I choose you, I will always choose you." His eyes also turned red.

Just when hope seemed to flash in her life, before she could feel joy, he continued: "I didn't choose her, I just couldn't leave her behind. She committed suicide last week."

She covered her mouth to prevent herself from exclaiming.

It seems a bit pretentious to say this. She really never wanted to hurt her wife.

"Actually, she has been seeing a psychiatrist for a while, and now she needs regular follow-up consultations and psychiatric medication. I love you, but I can't hurt her anymore."

So I can only hurt her.

Zhang Yajing said nothing. She picked up the chopsticks and put the food on the table into the bowl. Then she stuffed the food into her mouth. After stuffing it until it was full, she chewed slowly, chewing slowly, hoping that her body would be better. Good to digest it all.

5

Yuan Yongqian struggled with whether to resign, or at least resign as manager.

In the past, he didn't believe in the nonsense that people's personalities would change after they had power. He felt that those people were the ones who wavered because they were not strong-willed enough. He thought that he could always maintain his true self.

Power or not, he's still the same person.

However, the changes did not happen suddenly, but were accumulated bit by bit. By the time he realized that everything had changed, there was no room for change.

If he had not been promoted, he would never have cheated on her, and his wife would not have become mentally ill or even committed suicide for him. Even if he returns to his wife now, she is no longer the same person. Is she still willing to forgive him? Now she was avoiding his eyes and avoiding any contact with him.

Su Meibao now meets with a psychiatrist every week and takes antidepressants every day, but her depression has not improved at all. Her skin is dry, her face is pale, and her body is getting thinner and thinner.

The more he looked at it, the more heartbroken he became. From time to time he would think of his wedding vows. He had clearly promised to give her a lifetime of happiness, but now he had ruined her completely.

Their marriage had been destroyed by him long ago, and he was responsible for everything. He took no responsibility for it and put the responsibility on the promotion just to alleviate his guilt.

Let him go back to the beginning, will he give up the opportunity for promotion? If he could exchange for a happy and harmonious life for a family of three, would he rather be a clerk for the rest of his life?

At this moment he was planning to resign, but at the next moment he was worried about his livelihood. Besides, the matter was already at this point, and resigning could not change anything.

In order to reassure his wife, he decided to transfer Zhang Yajing to Singapore. If she refused, he would find an excuse to fire her. Anyway, he promised his wife that he would not meet her in the future. Although he felt sorry for Yajing, this was the only way to keep his family. .

At this point, he is still so despicable.

He is really a broken person.

But when I saw the smile on my wife's face, I felt that I was just bad enough this time.

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