About him I have a crush on

Chapter 8 Mask
【one】

Yu Mengmeng doesn't look cute at all.

If it was in the student days, everyone would kindly praise her cuteness with a round face.But in fact, fat can still be fit, black can be put on powder, so Yu Mengmeng, who has a flat nose and thick lips, has read countless tips on Weibo and done countless facial massages, which cannot be changed-ugly.

Yu Mengmeng realized this after receiving a call from HR.

Yu Mengmeng, who has always been excellent in grades, has passed five trials in the campus recruitment of XX Bank, and received a notice of physical examination at the end of the written interview all the way. Then, when her friends started training happily a week later, she was told that she Lost.

The physical examination form with all indicators up to the standard was as perfect as her report card, and Yu Mengmeng couldn't figure it out.In the end, the senior sister told her kindly that a bank teller is a window position and an image project, so appearance is very important.The so-called physical examination actually looks at height and weight. Of course, there is an image score during the interview, which is left until the end for them to make a decision.

In short, you, Yu Mengmeng, are not beautiful enough.

What "knowledge changes destiny" and "God rewards hard work" are all deceptive.

How to say that sentence, your contribution will not affect anything, what determines your life is only your face and whether your home is demolished.

Yu Mengmeng's house in the far suburbs probably had little chance of being demolished. She looked at her face in the mirror, and only sighed.

If there is anything in this world that cannot be changed even with hard work, it is the appearance that bears the brunt.

At this moment, Yu Mengmeng received a harassing text message - "XX bank credit card, approval within an hour at the fastest." When seeing the word "bank", Yu Mengmeng really wanted to go back and scold the other party Don ended up saying, "I'll never put money in your bank again," but she didn't have the guts to do that.

She could only silently go to the playground to run laps every day, and lose weight little by little. Later, she had small legs, a small waist, and a collarbone, without the two lumps on her face. It can barely be called a cute meatball.

But in fact, those who say that losing weight can be beautiful are all lies. This sentence is obviously based on the foundation of good looks.Otherwise, if you try a girl with small eyes, big mouth, flat nose and protruding ears, even if she becomes as thin as a lightning bolt, it will still be an ugly lightning bolt.

Our Yu Mengmeng is almost desperate.

Because she soon discovered that even if it was not a bank, under the same circumstances, if they could hire a beautiful girl, they would never hire her.And in this world, there are too many girls who are prettier than Yu Mengmeng.

So, one month later, Yu Mengmeng went to three companies to apply for jobs without exception, and Yu Mengmeng, who was crushed in the interview, saw the advertisement "Perfect freshmen, the only thing you have to worry about is how to explain to your children" on the road. , silently found out the number, and called back.

"I need a card."

【two】

When everyone was doing internships or looking for jobs, Yu Mengmeng disappeared for a month.

A month later, Yu Mengmeng changed all the photos on her resume and certificates, put on a neat formal suit and black leather shoes with small stilettos, and started a new round of interviews.This time she chose a securities company that required graduate students to apply for. After finishing all the drafts, she decided to say confidently at the beginning of the interview, "I am an undergraduate student, but my professional quality is not inferior to that of a graduate student. I'm young, I'm alive, I'm..."

But when she saw the interviewer, Yu Mengmeng forgot everything, only two shining eyes remained.

Silly, just staring at him.

That's right, Yu Mengmeng is still a face control.

Although many people accused their girlfriends in a very angry tone, "You are a face control!", but both parties in the scene must be very good-looking.For them, "face control" is just to add a cute point to themselves, so that they can smile and coquettishly say "Oh, I'm just a face fan" at friends' gatherings.

The subtext is: "I am so good-looking, how can I like ugly people."

And if it was Yu Mengmeng, she would definitely be whispered: "I look like that, and I have the nerve to say that I like good-looking people. Do you think people will like her?"

How can an ugly person have the right to like a good-looking person? The logic of the world is like this. The idea of ​​"matching the same family" has not been defeated since ancient times.

Only good-looking people can have the likes of others, only they can have a good job and a smooth life, and even unrequited love, only they have the right to interpret it as a sad affair.

And ugly people have no qualifications.

Even crushes are funny.

So Yu Mengmeng's first reaction was that she should not discuss the interviewer's handsome appearance with the beautiful girls around her.After a full minute, she realized that she didn't need to worry about this anymore.

The interviewer is called Lu Xu, the head of the asset management department, the youngest head in the company and the most popular fresh meat, but the point is - he is single.When this word was mentioned, these very mature-looking girls all showed the expressions of little girls without exception.

Yu Mengmeng was no exception.

They said that if they can get Lu Xu's appreciation, they won't have to work as tellers in the sales department after being admitted, and the road to promotion will definitely be smooth sailing.

But when it came time for the one-on-one interview, Yu Mengmeng completely forgot about her eloquent manuscripts.It was also the first time she experienced the feeling of love at first sight.In the past, even if you saw a good-looking boy, you would be dismissed by your brain in a second, "he will never fancy you, don't fantasize about it", and then go back to study silently.

But now, she is different.

Yu Mengmeng breathed a sigh of relief, comforted her beating heart, and began to meet Lu Xu's question.

"Why are you only looking for a job now, have you taken the postgraduate entrance examination?" It has nothing to do with her education.

"I... I participated in the school recruitment of XX Bank, but I failed the physical examination in the end, so I started to submit my resume again." Yu Mengmeng looked regretful, but put away all the pitiful energy of the little girl, saying "That's their loss" expression.

"Why?" Lu Xu asked, after thinking about it, he said, "It's okay, you can rest assured that it won't affect your scoring."

"I woke up with a stomachache that morning, and then I ate, so when the blood was drawn..."

……

"Thank you." Yu Mengmeng bowed to express her gratitude, and then walked out of the door. Her soft long hair was dyed chestnut, her cheeks were thin and small, her nose with glasses curved into a beautiful arc, and her small cherry mouth was smeared with a radiant red. .Although it is still not "cute", but mature and professional, good-looking enough.

That plastic surgery hospital, the technology is really good, nothing to say.

【Three】

In view of the demonic confusion at the beginning, Yu Mengmeng was still nervous about the results of the interview for several days.Staying in the dormitory, as soon as I heard the phone ringing, I stumbled to answer it, and finally received a call from HR when I was about to enter a nervous breakdown.

hired.

Yu Mengmeng was originally hardworking and friendly, but now with her good looks, she was praised by the supervisor every day as soon as she joined the practice group.Unfortunately, she had no chance to meet Lu Xu as an intern in the sales department, so she could only work hard to be transferred to his department after the internship period.

But when it was really over, almost all the girls in the group submitted applications to be assigned to the Asset Management Department.For the high salary, but also for the beautiful boy.

So it was interviews one by one. Several people sat in line in the conference room, more nervous than during the interview.

"She's definitely fine, there's one less quota." Speaking of the first beauty with long legs to enter, everyone spread their hands without exception.As a result, she had just finished speaking when she came out with a look of resentment on her face.

Looks like it didn't turn out too well.Yu Mengmeng still wanted to sigh, but when she lowered her head, she realized that she didn't have time to care about people's life and death. She still owed a lot of debt on her credit card, and the bank's reminder text message came as scheduled.

She cheered up and completed a perfect interview.

Then, Yu Mengmeng became the only undergraduate student in the asset management department.

After the assignment results came out, she realized that the former senior sister was fired directly instead of failing the assignment.Yu Mengmeng gasped. She had worked so hard to be hired, so she was fired as soon as she said she was fired.

Although the atmosphere in the department is tense, gossip is still spreading in places where there are many girls.

"Let me tell you, I went out to dinner with my cousin yesterday, and guess what happened?" The gossip starter was playing tricks in the tea room, "She and our Minister Lu are classmates."

Hearing Lu Xu's name, Yu Mengmeng, who came and went in a hurry, stopped involuntarily.

"My sister went back and found their graduation photos for me," she said as she opened the phone photo album, and the girls around immediately swarmed around.

"Which one?" Everyone searched hard on the small screen.

"Really? No one in their class is good-looking."

"Oh, so let's say, male college students have changed." The owner of the phone slowly tapped the screen with his finger, "Feel it."

Just as Yu Mengmeng was about to poke her head over, she heard the neighbor shouting, "Xiao Yu, are you free?"

"Yes, yes!" She replied, put down her glass and walked over.

This is all "attributable" to her usual diligence. Anyway, wherever there is a shortage of people, she will yell "I'll come! At this time, it would be too suspicious to reject someone because of a photo of Lu Xu.

【[-]】

Such a flock of jobs will inevitably lead to frequent overtime.Without time to exercise, Yu Mengmeng can only maintain her weight by dieting.I can't save lunch, so I'll just eat something on the subway in the morning in order to sleep more. As for dinner, it must be forgotten.What's more, I have to work overtime almost every night until after seven o'clock, so I don't have time to eat.

"Did you get it done?"

While burying her head in sorting out the materials, she heard a question from above her head. Yu Mengmeng raised her head and saw Lu Xu's pretty face.

"Not yet." He replied somewhat awkwardly, only to realize that the sun had already set.The sunshine is long in summer, Yu Mengmeng looked at the computer, it was past eight o'clock.

"I just finished my work, and I want to ask if you want to go together?" Lu Xu tilted his head slightly, and his gentle eyes fell straight on Lu Xu's face.

"I'll take a while..." Yu Mengmeng didn't dare to look at him, she kept grinding the paper with her fingers, and replied with some hesitation.

"So..." Lu Xu thought for a while, "Didn't you have dinner, I just happened to go out to eat, so can you bring some for you by the way?"

"Eh?"

It is said that Lu Xu is a very nice person who takes good care of newcomers.But for such a sudden "by the way", she couldn't tell whether it was ordinary politeness or maybe there was something deep in it.

Is it possible? It really doesn't mean anything.

She never even dared to imagine the possibility, and now, she already has this capital.

But no matter what the possibility is, she should agree quickly, after all, it is a chance to be alone with Lu Xu.Yu Mengmeng raised her head, and was about to answer, when she thought that what the other party bought was probably MC's hot milk with hamburger or Starbucks' coffee with cake, Yu Mengmeng quickly calculated the calories and the number of steps she needed to run in her mind .

She has a physique that will make her fat if she eats a little.

Yu Mengmeng looked up at Lu Xu, and smiled, "No trouble, I'm not too hungry."

"By the way," Lu Xu didn't give up, "Besides, if you have a bad stomach, you should eat well." He knocked on Yu Mengmeng's table, and next to her was Daxi, whom she threw casually.

Every lie needs to be explained with more and more lies.

Not because of being fat or ugly, but because of stomach problems.After saying this, I deliberately bought stomach medicine and threw it on the table, thinking that I was careful enough to cover up everything, but whoever has stomach problems would work overtime every day without eating dinner.

Yu Mengmeng moved her lips, but finally nodded, "Thanks then."

Continuing to bury her head in the materials that added up to two meters high, Yu Mengmeng felt that she should be able to grow taller if she continued like this.It didn't take long to hear the sound of Lu Xu opening the door, but he didn't smell the sweet and greasy smell of butter as expected. Just as he thought he was going to take out a New Orleans roasted chicken drumstick, Lu Xu picked up the bag of Jiahe Yipin.

"Drinking more porridge is good for your stomach." He said, taking out a bowl of green leaf shrimp porridge and a box of fried fungus with eggs for Yu Mengmeng, "I wanted to buy fried dumplings, but I'd rather have something light at night."

Yu Mengmeng stared blankly at the dots of green on the porridge, forgetting to say "thank you".

so good.

Careful and warm, but also has a fascinating face.For such a good person, having dinner with him was something that I would never even have thought about before.

But now, because of a change, everything has become at your fingertips.

The two quickly became acquainted with each other because of working overtime. Perhaps Lu Xu was adhering to the attitude of being responsible for the employees' health. As long as Yu Mengmeng worked overtime, he would definitely contract her dinner.

Yu Mengmeng thought that probably she could only work harder to repay her boss.

【Wu】

After getting acquainted with Lu Xu enough to be able to joke casually, Yu Mengmeng accidentally asked about the long-legged senior girl being fired.

"It's all right at first glance." Regarding her, Lu Xu only gave such a concise answer, with a look of disgust and unwillingness to talk more.

"Oh, I also hate those people who have plastic surgery the most. I think others can't see it." When Yu Mengmeng said these words, she felt that her whole heart was about to jump out, and it was pounding. Her earlobes were hot.Fortunately, there is hair blocking it.As for the face, you should not be able to see the blush after applying such a thick powder.Yu Mengmeng breathed a sigh of relief quietly to calm her nervousness.

"As soon as I came in, I was so beautiful that you must hire me. I thought what happened to this year's graduates..."

"Hahaha." Yu Mengmeng laughed dryly, "But I used to have a classmate who was rejected by the bank because he was too ugly. Will you really give marks in the interview?"

"Yes," Lu Xu nodded without hesitation.

"That's so unfair." Yu Mengmeng sighed, "People who are ugly really have no way out."

"Yes, it's just more difficult. Because everyone likes good-looking people, isn't it? It's like..." Lu Xu paused, turned his head to look into Yu Mengmeng's eyes, and put on a warm expression Smiling, "Like I would like you."

i will like you.

After living for more than 20 years, it was the first time I heard such a sentence from the mouth of the beautiful boy boss. When Yu Mengmeng covered her chest and was about to say "I was frightened", she suddenly understood the meaning of his words .

"Everyone likes good-looking people, just like I will like you."

"I will like you because I like good-looking people."

After all, the "I" you like is not me.

Although Yu Mengmeng is still called Yu Mengmeng, the me who can make you like me at this moment is no longer the real me.

It's true that everyone likes good-looking people, but at the same time they hate beauties who have undergone plastic surgery.

Isn't it said that everyone can have a chance to make a mistake, so when she was born, she accidentally grew crooked, and now she is working hard to correct it, why can't she be recognized.

How can a person be required to be perfect from the moment he is born.

How can it depend on the standard of God's will to determine a person's future.

But okay.

Fortunately, she, Yu Mengmeng, was willing to spend money, so she could correct the mistakes of the heavens more thoroughly, so that she would be seamless, natural and true without being discovered.

Yu Mengmeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she could keep it a secret forever.I have always been a beautiful and enthusiastic Yu Mengmeng.

In a few days, the whole company knew that Lu Xu and newcomer Yu Mengmeng started dating.

But soon, Yu Mengmeng discovered that no matter how expensive the surgery is, there are loopholes.One time when Lu Xu wanted to poke Yu Mengmeng's nose very intimately, she ran away very quickly, so fast that it made people feel puzzled.

"My nose is... very sensitive," she explained.

But she can't go on like this forever. It can't be said that her mouth is also very sensitive, her face is also very sensitive, and her thin figure is also sensitive, which requires a lot of exercise to maintain.

There is a limit to the number of lies.Pinocchio's nose is so long that it might break off.

【land】

Yu Mengmeng returned to that hospital again, and the doctor said after seeing it, "If you come here often for repairs, the stiffness can be changed, as if it was natural."

It's like being perfect from the moment you are born.

"But when you had the operation, you said it would be very natural after the operation, as if you hadn't moved?"

"You look in the mirror yourself." The doctor pointed aside, "doesn't it look right? Seriously, that's enough. If you really want to feel the same as before, you have to There will be a greater price to pay.”

"I... I'll think about it again." Yu Mengmeng stumbled out of the hospital.

She has no choice, the money she owes has not been repaid, and the bank sends text messages to remind her of the repayment date every month.Although the current salary is much higher than that of the classmates, but to afford the high cost of plastic surgery, it is completely beyond the means.

Yu Mengmeng looked in the mirror and poked her stiff nose.

But she had to keep going, she couldn't be discovered by Lu Xu, and she absolutely couldn't lose Lu Xu and everything she had now.

If things continued like this, saving by eating less and walking home would not be able to reduce her burden at all. Yu Mengmeng quickly calculated her expenses and looked at the single room that she managed to rent at that time.

No choice but to change to another house.

Anyway, I have lived in the eight-person dormitory, so it doesn't matter if I live in a four-person shared house.

During the lunch break, Yu Mengmeng, who was desperately looking for housing on the Internet, didn't notice that Lu Xu had already stood behind her.

"Are you looking for a house?" The other party poked his head gently.

"Ah, yes." Yu Mengmeng looked embarrassed, and subconsciously covered the screen, "I just borrowed the company's computer during my lunch break, and I definitely don't have it during working hours..."

"It's okay." Lu Xu rubbed her head, "I have a friend who is just looking for a roommate, or I'll ask for you."

"I'd better find it myself." Yu Mengmeng regretted immediately after she said a word, she had rejected Lu Xu's kindness so directly several times, and she really became more and more sensitive, "I want... ...well... find something cheaper," she explained.

"She still lives alone now, but she is afraid of the dark and wants to find someone to accompany her." Lu Xu said, flipping through the phone's address book, "But, what's the matter with your eyes?"

As soon as she stayed up late, Yu Mengmeng's eyes began to swell.It has been a problem for many years, but now it makes her nervous for no reason. "Used a new eye shadow, maybe too dark."

"Have you opened the corner of your eyes?" Lu Xu asked.

"Hahaha, how is that possible? How can I need such a natural beauty?" Yu Mengmeng smiled dryly, the drums in her heart beating a thousand times.

In the end, the deal was reached at half the market price, and the pressure on repaying the loan after changing the house was indeed much less.

How nice it is to be with Lu Xu, with such a considerate and gentle person by his side, everything becomes easy and simple.

But the premise of all this is that she can hide it, so that she can always, always have such a beautiful life.

But if this continues, sooner or later, he will find out that she has no ability to maintain the cost of repair, her face will become stiff day by day, will be stamped with a rigid smile, will be discovered, accused, abandoned, To be thrown back into an even worse situation than before.

Perhaps, a slightly longer distance can maintain their relationship.

It is also because there is no way to accept the low wages of new employees. Although the future of this company is bright, after three years she will definitely become a devil in gold and silver, but if she can't pay, she will be in debt .

Yu Mengmeng secretly submitted resumes to other companies, and now she can really label herself as "beauty and wisdom". Coupled with her excellent work experience, Yu Mengmeng soon received a job offer with higher salary but less workload. Bigger new offers.

【VII】

As usual, she had to resign with Lu Xu first, and then submit the application to the personnel department, but Yu Mengmeng would rather break the rules once before leaving.I wanted to leave secretly, afraid that if he said a word to stay, I would be greedy for the warmth of the moment, and I couldn't make up my mind to make a lot of money and maintain a longer-term relationship.So it's better to wait until everything is settled before telling him.

But after Yu Mengmeng arrived at the new company, she was so busy that she spent all her holidays in the hospital, and Lu Xu unexpectedly——did not look for her.

Yu Mengmeng didn't dare to contact him.

It was only when she changed jobs that she discovered that her portfolio was in Lu Xu's hands.

It contained a personal statement from each year of her beginning high school, with old photos of her pasted on it.

Everything can be changed, but the file cannot be changed.

You can have a very bright future, but you can't hide those gloomy pasts.They are like moths, constantly eroding her heart, making her sensitive, suspicious, and full of lies.

At first, she still had a glimmer of hope, wondering who would be so bored to go through the personal statement, but there was no news for nearly a month, so she had to be convinced that Lu Xu already knew.

Coupled with her obvious dodges, the other party's suspicion may have started earlier.Was it after I got her file when I became a regular, or after I dated her, or, just now, so I lost contact at this moment.

It's okay if it's the latter, but if it's really the former, is he going to throw her away severely to teach her a lesson?To tell her that an ugly girl like her is impossible to be hired, and a person with plastic surgery like her is not qualified to be liked?
She had expected such an ending a long time ago, but she always hoped to cover up everything and live her sweet and happy life wearing a mask.

But when the twelve o'clock bell rang, the mask shattered, and she lost everything just like Cinderella.

Yu Mengmeng covered her somewhat stiff face and cried uselessly.

The person who opened the door and handed her a tissue was roommate Qiao Qiao.

"Is the work pressure too much?" Qiao Qiao dragged her to the sofa, "Actually, you don't need to be so busy, Lu Xu is so rich, let him support you."

But without money, how can I have this face.Without this face, where would Lu Xu be?If it wasn't for this face, would he have hired her?Will you believe her nonsense?
Will he still like her?
The answer is too obvious, so that there is no need to ask, I have already said "Everyone likes good-looking people, don't they?" Such a rhetorical question, besides, Yu Mengmeng is also a face control herself, so she can't help it at all. Like the previous self, there is no reason to ask Lu Xu anything.

The "ifs" she has to bear are all her own doing.

Qiao Qiao looked at her like this, and remembered that when Yu Mengmeng first moved here, Lu Xu hesitated and asked her to confirm whether Yu Mengmeng had plastic surgery. A rare hesitation was seen on his face.

"Why, didn't you say that you hate those women who have plastic surgery in the company the most?"

"No." Lu Xu shook his head, "I hate them because of their expressions. They think that they can reach the sky in one step with their faces. They think that with their faces, they can have everything. They can put their legs up and wait for others to show them favors every day. And companies don’t need such vases at all.”

"Oh," Qiao Qiao covered her mouth and smiled, "The company doesn't need it, so you need it?"

"What, Xiao Yu is obviously not that kind of person."

【eight】

In the beginning, he really fell in love with Shangyu Mengmeng because of that face. At that time, she had a timid and clean student air mixed with her mature and calm professional style, and she was in just the right proportion. presented to her.

Then, Lu Xu quickly discovered that Yu Mengmeng was the most worry-free girl in the whole group. She didn't have so many gossips to talk about, and she didn't have so many years to be sad. She lived a positive, optimistic and hard-working life.

like.

After confirming such a relationship, she found that she became more and more weird.On a hot weekend, when Lu Xu saw Yu Mengmeng walking on the street wearing a big mask, he suddenly had a guess in his heart.

He didn't want to prove it, and even wanted to deceive himself uncharacteristically, but he couldn't help asking Qiao Qiao in the end.

The first reaction after being confirmed is to resist.

It just so happened that Yu Mengmeng was about to resign for some reason at this time. When HR called him, he thought about it and said, "Just let her go."

Later, there was no one to accompany him to work overtime at night, and no one to chat with him on weekends. When he saw her table, he would miss her. When the company asked if he wanted someone to come in, he shook his head resolutely.

Thinking of her helpless expression when she said "That's too unfair", Lu Xu suddenly thought of himself a few years ago.

There is really no way, I really don't want to miss the opportunity to prove myself because of my appearance, and reluctantly accept an ordinary job.

That's why I made that choice.

He was too familiar with this feeling, he had experienced the same feeling before.

When I was in college, I was free, playing games in the dormitory all day, and I would be fat when I graduated.It took a lot of effort when I was looking for a job. After entering the company, I gradually discovered that those who are good-looking are really more liked by customers and promoted by managers.

It really is a world of faces.

After realizing this, I felt it was ironic, but at the same time, I couldn't help but start to pay attention to my image, started to exercise, and started to choose clothes seriously.Then all the way to today more smoothly.

Thinking about it, Lu Xu took out his mobile phone and dialed Qiao Qiao's number.

At this moment, Qiao Qiao was looking at Yu Mengmeng with her head on her head, "I think someone as good as him might run away one day?"

With the steps down, Yu Mengmeng just nodded.

"He won't. He really likes you. Lu Xu is good at everything. Over the years, so many girls have been chasing him. There are so many girls who are more beautiful and capable than you. But He chose you, didn't he? Don't worry."

"But if I didn't look like this now, would he still like me?"

"You're pretty enough, don't think too much about it." Qiao Qiao smiled, and handed the cell phone that was secretly connected to Yu Mengmeng's ear, "Why do you think that you were canceled by the bank because of your face? ? Why do you think I hired you because of your face? Everyone hires people based on your face. Our company has long since closed down, and this society has collapsed long ago, okay? Are you too unconfident in yourself, or do you think I, Lu Xu, are so Superficial people?"

"Hey! Be gentle, your ears are going deaf!" The sudden surprise made Yu Mengmeng cover her face in tears, but at this moment, she suddenly felt that her face was not so stiff anymore.

so good.

All people will be more fond of good-looking people, but this does not mean that they will only like people based on a face.

In this cold-blooded and superficial world, it is great to meet such mutual acceptance and understanding.

(End of this chapter)