Chapter 67

My cousin’s words made me freeze, and my muscles tensed up.

If that day ever comes, I’ll dream about it.

Seeing that I didn’t speak, my cousin’s body suddenly trembled slightly. “Fool…you…you don’t want to…”

I don’t know why my cousin would suddenly say that, but it’s something I’ve always dreamed of. However, the fact that she said it now caught me off guard.

“How could that be?” I said hastily. “Sister, don’t you know how I feel?”

“Then why aren’t you saying anything?” My cousin gave a soft hum, then sighed softly. “If you don’t want to, then…”

Before my cousin could finish speaking, I gripped her small hand tightly, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, “Sister, the thing I’ve wanted most in my life is to marry you—”

“You’re trying to coax me again.” My cousin blushed and stammered, lowering her head. “But we… you silly boy, I’m so scared…”

As they were talking, the power came back on in the room.

I looked down into my arms and saw my cousin’s pretty face, which was slightly angry and shy, as if she were Chang’e, the moon goddess, descending to earth from the heavens.

I was momentarily stunned, opened my mouth, and murmured, “Sis, you’re so beautiful!”

“Is that all you can say?” my cousin said coquettishly. “When I’m seventy or eighty, I guess you won’t say that anymore.”

“Sis, have you ever heard that saying?”

My cousin paused for a moment, then looked up at me. “Which sentence?”

“The most romantic thing I can imagine is growing old with you,” I whispered, holding my cousin’s hand tightly.

Although I know it’s just like a dream, I still hope that day will really come.

Holding my cousin’s hand, we’ll grow old together.

My cousin stared at me blankly, unable to say a word, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She held my hand tightly, as if trying to grasp it into her very veins, and glistening tears dripped down her cheeks.

We lay on a small bed, our hands clasped tightly together, feeling each other’s heartbeats. That moment was frozen in time and became forever.

I don’t know how much time passed before my cousin finally came to her senses. I snapped out of it too, reached out and wiped the tears from her face. She looked at me with a shy smile and said, “Silly boy, no matter how good other people are, they’re still other people’s. You’re different, because you’re mine…”

My heart skipped a beat when my cousin said those words; she made me feel as sweet as if I had eaten honey.

“Silly boy, go turn off the light, then let’s go to sleep.” My cousin suddenly tickled my palm, almost making me lose control of my desires.

Although I know we’re playing with fire right now, and we might get burned someday, I can’t control this feeling.

I turned off the light and lay back down on the bed, cuddling with my cousin as we slept.

But I couldn’t help thinking to myself, if what my cousin just said really came true one day, I’d probably be laughing in my dreams.

That night, I had a very strange dream. In the dream, a girl in a wedding dress was running ahead of me. From behind, she looked like Chen Yao, but also like Wang Qin. I chased after her desperately. As the girl in the wedding dress ran, she suddenly turned around and smiled at me.

I was stunned, because I realized that this woman was actually my cousin.

But just as I reached out to grab her, she suddenly soared into the air and disappeared without a trace.

This terrifying dream woke me up with a start.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw my cousin still nestled in my arms, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

After a day of rest, my cousin’s vacation was over, and I had almost recovered.

My cousin and I went to the hospital for a follow-up check-up before I felt relieved enough to go to work, and it was almost time for me to start work as well.

After giving me a lot of advice, my cousin returned to her flying job.

As I was driving my beat-up minivan back to the company, I unexpectedly ran into Chen Yao. As soon as she saw me, she rushed over, smiling broadly, and said, “Tang Zheng, do you remember what you promised me last time?”

“What did I promise you?” I was taken aback. Had I promised her something?

Chen Yao glared at me. “You said last time that you’d let me pamper you when I got back. Have you forgotten that?”

“Uh…” I was just joking, but I didn’t expect her to actually take it seriously. Helpless, I could only say, “I’m injured right now. Are you going to attack the injured too?”

“Then come here.” Chen Yao beckoned to me with her finger, her smile mysterious.

I peeked out in confusion, and to my surprise, she gave me a quick, heavy kiss on the cheek, then took two quick steps back, her pretty face flushed. “Considering you’re injured, I’ll let it go for now regarding my favors, but I need to collect some interest first.”

“Once you’re better, I’ll definitely make love to you!”

Chen Yao said with a smile, then turned and ran into the airport.

This girl.

I touched the spot on my face where she had kissed me. Luckily, my cousin didn’t see it, otherwise I don’t know what she would have thought.

Shaking his head and giving a bitter smile

I drove my beat-up van to the company.

Zhao Qian has stopped coming to work, and Yang Yi has been locked up. To be honest, it feels like a dream since I haven’t been here for over a week.

As soon as I arrived at the company, my colleagues came up to me and asked how I was doing. Although I didn’t have a close relationship with them, their actions touched me deeply.

After thanking everyone, I unexpectedly ran into Chen Hui. She stared at me for a while before asking, “How are you? Are you alright?”

I shook my head and said with a smile, “There’s nothing else for now, thank you for your concern, manager.”

“Let’s go to the conference room. I have something to discuss with you,” Chen Hui said with a smile. “I also have something to announce.”

Announce the matter

I was completely confused.

Stepping forward, I followed Chen Hui into the conference room. As soon as we sat down, Chen Hui said, “After I submitted your proposal, it received unanimous praise from the higher-ups. They thought your proposal was feasible and decided to make our site a key experimental base. If it works, we will use our proposal as a model to promote it throughout the country.”

“Then the second thing.”

Chen Hui paused for a moment, then continued, “I am very disappointed with Yang Yi’s situation, and I have also been implicated in some responsibilities. I did not expect that a verbal argument would escalate to this point. I am very sorry that you have been hurt.”

I shrugged and said with a wry smile, “Manager, to be honest, I didn’t expect him to be so petty. But I won’t comment on his character; you’ve probably seen it for yourself.”

“Alright, let’s not talk about this person.” Chen Hui suddenly sat up straight and looked at me. “Yang Yi, I want to entrust this team to you. Do you have the confidence to lead it well?”

“This team” My breathing quickened suddenly. To be honest, although I had always thought about climbing the ranks, I never expected this day to come so soon. Besides, I’ve only been working for a little over two months, so I’m not qualified enough.

“Yes, I want to put you in charge of the express delivery business.” Chen Hui looked at me intently. “Since you’ve only been with the company for a short time and you’ve already come up with such a good plan, it means you’ve been learning all along, right? Tell me, if I hand this team over to you, can you lead it?”

My heart started pounding, and my head felt like it was going to explode with blood. Without thinking, I blurted out, “Yes!”

As Chen Hui said, I have been learning ever since I joined the company, including the company’s systems and ways to handle various problems. I have even studied scheduling in detail.

“Alright.” Chen Hui nodded in satisfaction. “Then I’ll leave the express delivery business to you. Just let me know if you need any people or anything else. I’ll give you a month to get this business under control. It’s a one-month internship. If you can’t satisfy me, then I’ll have to consider whether you’re really suitable for this position.”

I said in a deep voice, “I will definitely do a good job, please rest assured, manager.”

“good.”

Chen Hui paused for a moment, then continued, “Since you proposed this plan, you’ll be responsible for arranging all the assessments yourself. I just want to see results, not complaints. You understand what I mean?”

I understood what she meant, and I nodded to show my understanding. “Manager, I understand what you’re saying, and I will try my best.”

“I’ll inform them later, and I’ll find someone to take over your work. You just need to focus on managing this business.” Chen Hui closed her notebook and said, “Let’s go out.”

She held a laptop in one hand and a phone in the other, tapped on it a few times, and then my phone rang. I knew she must have sent a WeChat message.

As I opened the door, I asked her to go out first, and to my surprise, she nodded at me.

Honestly, this is the first time I’ve seen her so polite to me since I saw her change her stockings in the office last time. I almost thought I was seeing things.

After leaving the meeting room, I went around informing people.

About ten minutes later, we gathered in the open space in front of the office. This open space is where we always hold meetings. Although our company is small, we have quite a few people. As I mentioned before, we have more than a dozen deliverymen, as well as customer service staff and so on.

We had just taken our positions when Chen Hui came out of the office.

She walked up to us, looked us over, and said loudly, “Good morning, everyone.”

“Good, very good, excellent!”

This is our company’s slogan.

“Now I have a few things to announce.”

Chen Hui continued, “First of all, because Yang Yi, the former leader of the courier team, is suspected of attempted murder, he has been arrested by the public security authorities and sentenced to three years. I hope that if there are any conflicts, we can discuss them in person instead of resorting to violence in private. That only proves that we have no morals.”

“If any of you are humiliated or verbally abused by your colleagues, you can come to me for mediation.” Chen Hui glanced coldly at us. “Now that the weather is hot, I hope everyone can control their temper.”

“The second thing is that I have already discussed with the higher-ups about the courier team. We will be leading Tang Zheng. I don’t care what your past was like, but from now on, I hope that you will follow his instructions. If you feel that there is a problem with his instructions, you can come to me at any time.”

“I don’t want you to come to work with your emotions. Everyone goes out to make money, not to hold a grudge. If you have any complaints or questions, come and ask me privately later.”

“The third thing…”