Life and Death Insurance – CH 027

Chapter 27

During his lunch break, Ling Zhengzhong called Yang Yiqing. It took him ages to answer, and the surrounding noise made it impossible for him to hear what he was saying. He yelled angrily, “What are you doing? Find me a quiet place to take the call!”

After a long while, it finally quieted down on the other end, followed by Yang Yiqing’s loud complaints.

“Big brother, I’m in the arcade right now.”

“Ah…”

“Being a lawyer like me, I’ve reached the pinnacle. Have you ever heard of a lawyer playing games with his client?”

“How did you end up in an arcade?”

“It’s all because of what you said this morning. I haven’t been able to get away since…”

“How’s Yu Shenglin?”

“He’s relatively calm, but he said he doesn’t want to go home. I guess there must be something in his house that triggers his emotions, so we are just wandering around outside. Zhengzhong, we might even go to your place tonight.”

“What?” Ling Zhengzhong immediately exclaimed, “My house isn’t a hotel, and you’re getting addicted to staying here?”

“Do you think I want to? I’m homeless now, while Yu Shenglin has a home but doesn’t want to go home. Unless I abandon him, he’s a grown man; do you think he’d commit suicide?”

It wouldn’t be good to kick him away now, and besides, Yu Shenglin had an extreme personality; what if he really did something stupid…

“Fine, fine, come on over. But don’t just stay in the arcade all the time. Go out and look around. Your brother’s gym is pretty good; it’s good for both physical and mental health. Look how skinny Yu Shenglin is; why don’t you teach him how to exercise? When people exercise, they forget all their unhappy things.”

After being lectured by Ling Zhengzhong, Yang Yiqing thought about it. “That’s true. Then we’ll go over there this afternoon.”

Ling Zhengzhong hung up the phone, then, remembering that the two of them would be staying over that night, he quickly dialed Xiang Tian’s phone.

“Zhengzhong, what’s up?”

“Um… Xiang Tian, come over to my place tonight if you’re free. Yiqing and Yu Shenglin are coming too, and I can’t manage alone. You know, I’m not very good at cooking…”

Actually, not being able to cook was secondary; the main thing was that he needed a bed partner.

“Okay, I’ll buy some groceries and bring them over.”

“Xiang Tian, you’re so kind! Thank goodness I met you; otherwise, Yiqing would have really ruined me. How’s work? Has Manager Monkey been bullying you?”

Before Xiang Tian could speak, someone said, “Xiang Tian, have you finished your project proposal? All you do is make phone calls all day!”

It was a deep tenor voice. Hearing this, Xiang Tian quickly whispered to Ling Zhengzhong, “Zhengzhong, I have to go now; we’ll talk later.” He then hurriedly hung up.

That tenor voice must be Manager Monkey. Just hearing it made him angry. He really didn’t know why his little hamster had to put up with him.

The thought of someone bullying Xiang Tian made Ling Zhengzhong unhappy, and he plotted to get him fired as soon as possible.

Just as Ling Zhengzhong was standing up for Xiang Tian, ​​Xiang Tian was also working hard on his project proposal.

Nearly fifty years old, the portly Manager Hong placed a tall stack of documents on Xiang Tian’s desk and began to chatter on.

“It’s one thing to be mediocre at insurance sales, but to take this long to even finish a business plan? Do you know that because of you, our department’s performance is constantly lagging behind? If we don’t catch up with departments two and three this month, we’ll lose our monthly bonus, and we’ll be on holiday tomorrow! Hurry up and finish all this!”

Xiang Tian looked at the mountain of business plans in front of him. Anyone would take a long time to finish so many documents. If he had to work on the plans, he wouldn’t have time to go out and sell insurance, so naturally, he’d close fewer deals than others. But that shouldn’t affect the department’s performance, right? Knowing that Manager Hong was just making trouble for no reason, Xiang Tian shook his head and continued working.

“Xiang Tian, ​​Manager Hong is clearly targeting you; why don’t you ever say a word?”

After Manager Hong left, Li Weiwei, a colleague sitting next to Xiang Tian, ​​leaned over and asked curiously.

She had never met anyone with a better temper than Xiang Tian. Manager Hong was clearly a bully who preyed on the weak; he wouldn’t dare say anything to others, but he always picked on the vulnerable. Xiang Tian was a good person in every way, except for his weak personality. If he could change that, she really wanted to be friends with him.

“Manager Hong is getting on in years; why bother arguing with him? He’s so fat; be careful he doesn’t have a stroke.”

Xiang Tian joked, continuing to work on the plan without looking up.

“Xiang Tian, ​​you can be quite humorous sometimes, but Manager Hong is so old, and he’s still so disrespectful. It’s just because President Feng’s daughter recommended you, replacing his nephew, that he’s still holding a grudge.”

Hearing this, Xiang Tian’s fingers paused slightly on the keyboard. He sighed inwardly. If he had known from the beginning that his arrival would take away someone else’s opportunity, he would never have accepted that Miss Feng’s kindness.

His acquaintance with Feng Yan was, of course, thanks to his meddlesome nature.

It happened shortly after he resigned from Li Ji Spicy Hot Pot. He was looking for work at a job placement center when he happened to see Feng Yan awkwardly squatting on the side of the street. Her high heels were stuck in a hole in a manhole cover, and she couldn’t get them out. Xiang Tian helped her out, and that was how they met.

During their conversation, when Feng Yan learned that Xiang Tian was looking for work, she immediately recommended him to her father’s insurance company. The insurance company was hiring at the time, and Xiang Tian didn’t think much of it. He accepted Feng Yan’s offer and applied, unaware that the company had already internally decided on the candidates. Because he was recommended by President Feng of the sales department, he naturally squeezed out the recommendation of the least capable manager, Manager Hong’s nephew.

The saying goes, “A higher rank can crush a lower one.” Manager Hong, unable to say anything to his superior, vented his resentment on Xiang Tian, ​​who was completely unaware of the situation. He would come over every few days to pick a fight. However, Xiang Tian had seen countless people like this before and naturally didn’t take it to heart.

“Xiang Tian…”

Just as Xiang Tian finished working on some important documents, Feng Yan appeared gracefully before him. A professional fashion model, she naturally walked with a slender gait. This Miss Feng had always had a good impression of Xiang Tian. Her job was very flexible, so she would sometimes come to see him during work hours. Out of respect for President Feng, no one in the company said anything.