within Temptation

Chapter 19 The Moment of Destiny

Tang Xiaoru seemed to be speechless by my words, staring at me with an expression of displeasure.On the other hand, I looked indifferent and looked at her straight, not feeling that I had offended her again.

In my heart, I don't have any expectations for any miracle to continue to work here.It doesn't matter to me whether I express myself and get the appreciation of the leader.So, what I think in my heart, I basically say it.Anyway, I'll take the money and leave after a while. I don't need to say anything nice to cater to this woman's preferences.

However, Tang Xiaoru did not get angry or have an attack in the end.At work, she seemed really calm and in control.She took a deep breath, flipped her wrist, and closed my file that had been opened.Then, she took out a piece of white paper that had been placed beside her all the time, handed over the signature pen in her left hand to her right hand, looked down without looking at me, and said in her mouth: "Okay, the last question, if, I mean if ! If you are retained by the company, you will be given another chance to choose one of your original colleagues to stay and work with you. So, who would you choose? What is the reason?"

I was stunned, I didn't expect this woman to ask such a question.What's the meaning?It's obviously impossible to keep me, so what's the point of asking me such a useless question?
I couldn't help but said, "I'm sorry Mr. Tang, does this question have any special meaning?"

Tang Xiaoru still didn't look at me, and tapped a few commas somewhere on the white paper with the pen in her hand, and said, "Every question I ask you has meaning. I'm working, not talking with you." You are making homework. Of course, you can answer this question, or you can choose not to answer it. But if you answer it, I hope you will be more serious and think it through, is that okay?"

I pondered for a while, and felt that although it didn't matter to me whether I answered or not, if it could help others, why would I not do it?

At this time, the figure of a colleague flashed in my mind.Almost without hesitation, I blurted out, "If I could choose, then I would choose Zhao Ming, a colleague from our business department, to stay and work with me."

"Zhao Ming..." Tang Xiaoru wrote down Zhao Ming's name on the white paper, and said, "What's the reason?"

I said seriously: "He needs this job! This person is usually taciturn and introverted, so his performance has not been very good. But as far as I know, he is a top student in the Department of Computer Science at KL University. Originally, his talent is in computer science. field, but our original company let him work as a salesman. Obviously talented but not given the opportunity to display, one can imagine how depressing his job is. However, this is not why I choose him Zhao Ming’s wife was found to have liver cancer in the first half of the year. In order to treat his wife, he almost sold all his family property. He also has a three-year-old daughter who has no money to put in kindergarten. Let his old mother take care of him at home. He needs this job, he needs to have financial resources, be able to continue to treat his wife’s illness, and maintain the family. In fact, Mr. Tang, whether I can stay and work is not very important, but This colleague, please think about it carefully, if you can take care of it, please try to take care of it as much as possible, okay?"

Tang Xiaoru's pen, which was writing continuously on the white paper, suddenly stopped. Then, she raised her head and looked at me thoughtfully. After a while, she said softly: "The Zhao Ming family I knew something about it before I came here. We will carefully consider whether he will stay or not. But... there are so many employees in your company, but you are the only one who chooses to stay and work with him. "

I froze for a moment and said, "Have you asked all of us this question?"

Tang Xiaoru didn't answer, but just lowered her head and wrote something on the white paper again.At the same time, she ended the conversation with me and said: "Okay, let's stop here. Now, you can go out and wait for our notice."

I groaned, and stood up with some relief.It's finally coming to an end, and I'll be notified later to get my severance pay, even if I'm officially saying goodbye to the place where I've worked for nearly a year.To be honest, deep down in my heart, I am still a little bit reluctant.Because I am here, there has been joy, there has been joy.I get along very well with most of my colleagues.Now that I am suddenly separated from them, I always feel a little bit disappointed.

Opening the door of the office, just as I walked out, the people outside who came with Tang Xiaoru immediately entered inside and closed the door.I think they will probably start to study and finally decide on the fate of those of us, and it won't be too long.

It was very quiet outside. The people in the old company seemed to know that the moment to decide their own destiny was coming, and they all sat in their seats anxiously, quietly waiting for the announcement.

I took out a cigarette, and slowly sat back to my seat. I think, among us, at this moment, I am the only one who is the most relaxed in my heart, right?People do feel nervous and uneasy when they don't know what their fate will be.But once you know or expect to know, you will calm down instead.

As I expected, less than 10 minutes later, the door of the general manager's office opened again, and the people inside came out again.The female assistant and a man with a leather bag walked in front of everyone, looking at all of us here with a blank expression.Then, the female assistant picked up a blank piece of paper that had been in her hand when she came out, and said to us while looking at it: "Next, announce the list of the company's retained personnel. Those whose names have been called, please come back to work on time tomorrow. The company will Re-arrange everyone's work and positions reasonably. I hope you can continue to work together and make efforts for the development of the new company. Those who have not been named, unfortunately, the company will no longer hire you. Please post the list after the announcement , come to this gentleman next to me to receive your original two-month basic salary. I hope you can find a more suitable place for your development after you leave. "

PS: Today, oh no, it should be said that it was yesterday.During the day, my grandmother had a mouthful of phlegm stuck in her trachea, she had difficulty breathing and almost died.Fortunately, the timely rescue was considered out of danger.Not long after dinner, my daughter ate a strawberry and suddenly had a severe toothache, so I had to take her to the hospital for treatment.However, for minor ailments, it will be fine after a doctor washes it out and puts some painkillers on it.But this is not over yet. When I went home and quickly typed, my dad, who had been catching a cold for the past two days, suddenly developed a high fever. When he took his temperature, it was 39 degrees nine!I had to rush to the hospital to hang the bottle and toss until very late.I spent almost all of my day in the hospital.In the end, everything was fine, and the time came to the next day, which is the early morning of this morning.Continue to code, and upload a chapter in a hurry.Don't scold me, everyone, I can't help it.Everyone will always encounter a little unexpected situation and cannot complete the things to be done on time. Maybe today, I still have to take care of my father, and I cannot guarantee two chapters a day.Please forgive me, there are old men on the top and young men on the bottom, life is not so easy!

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