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There was a line in “Forrest Gump”: “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what the next one will taste like.”

Zhang Jianian thought his life was probably a box of chocolates, mustard, yellow lotus, chili peppers, etc. It had the taste of everything.

Zhang Jianian stared at President Chu at home. Her high-definition coat was hung on the back of the chair. She was sitting on a small bench by the coffee table and picking vegetables with her sleeves half rolled up. Her technique was quite skillful. Ms. Zhang Yafang held a kitchen knife and chopped stuffing while enthusiastically talking about middle-aged and elderly programs on TV with President Chu.

“What’s going on with this show? I don’t know what to watch…” Zhang Yafang was dissatisfied with the content of the program. She put down the kitchen knife and changed the program with the remote control, but didn’t find a satisfactory channel.

Chu Chu put the plastic basket full of vegetables on the table and suggested, “Let’s watch anything for the time being.”

Zhang Yafang switched channels and saw the TV series, so she stopped, “Let’s watch this.”

Zhang Jianian saw the TV series on the screen and was frightened. It starred Li Taihe.

Ms. Zhang Yafang walked around, doing things silently, completely unaware that she had touched the tiger’s tail.

Zhang Jianian wanted to wake his mother up: Do you know who is sitting next to you picking vegetables?

President Chu didn’t get angry. Instead, she talked about the plot with Ms. Zhang Yafang with relish, as if she was born there and was even more grounded than Zhang Jianian. To be honest, if one ignored the expensive accessories she wore, President Chu really looked like a girl next door sitting on a small bench.

“Why are you standing there with a stupid look? Don’t you know how to help?”

When Zhang Jianian stayed on the spot, Zhang Yafang reprimanded him, “Xiao Chu made a special trip to see you and you didn’t even greet her?”

When Zhang Jianian heard the way his mother addressed his boss, he was desperate and at a loss: “…”

Zhang Jianian: You called my boss “Xiao Chu”, what else can I say?

“It’s okay, let the patient go back to the room and rest.” Chu Chu came forward to be a peacemaker and looked at Zhang Jianian, “I placed the visiting gift on your table.”

Zhang Jianian returned to the room curiously and saw a meaningful “visiting gift”, a large bag of work materials. Sure enough, he was too naive. The capitalists wanted to squeeze him till not even a drop of blood would be kept and even provided the service of sending work to the door.

The most annoying thing was that Ms. Zhang Yafang was still complaining to President Chu, saying that Zhang Jianian hid in the house all day long and pretended to be busy with work. Zhang Yafang became angry and said in a local accent, “He doesn’t do anything at all…”

Chu Chu persuaded with a good temper, “Oh, young people nowadays don’t move their four limbs, can’t distinguish the five crops (m. living as a parasite).”

Zhang Yafang nodded in agreement and began to praise Chu Chu, “It’s rare to see someone like you who can do housework!”

Zhang Jianian: “…”

Zhang Jianian vomited blood in his heart. Why didn’t Zhang Yafang ask who was the culprit who made him work overtime to death? President Chu was a regular housekeeping service person.

How was he not doing housework? He was kicked out to buy vegetables when he was sick at home?

Zhang Jianian drank his stomach full of suffering, silently opened the information bag and began to work hard. President Chu attracted Zhang Yafang’s attention and left him some free time to deal with other things.

Not long after, Chu Chu came to his room, wandered around and said, “Is it serious?”

Zhang Jianian’s voice was hoarse and mixed with some nasal sounds. He slowly replied, “It’s much better, thank you for your concern.”

Zhang Jianian was sick and weak, in home clothes, lacked the fullness of work and was even unable to show a business smile.

He coughed twice and reported as usual, “This investment case of Guangjie Entertainment is the most important and you need to focus on it. I have reported to you on the affairs of various departments two days ago and I will tell them to do the trivial matters. You don’t have to worry about it. I have already emailed you the IP list for entering the contract negotiation stage, so you can take the time to check…”

Seeing that he couldn’t keep his energy, Chu Chu couldn’t help feeling guilty, “It’s okay, wait until you get better.”

Zhang Jianian was unable to complain, “…Didn’t you come here specifically to let me deal with this?”

Chu Chu showed concerned eyes, “No, I just came here to visit.”

Zhang Jianian looked at the information on the table suspiciously. He wasn’t quite convinced of President Chu’s hypocritical statements.

Upon seeing that, Chu Chu took out a candy from the bottom of the information bag and put it into his hand with a soothing smile, “I’ll give you a gift. Life is too bitter, so better eat candy.”

Zhang Jianian: “…”

He looked at the candy in his hand and was speechless for a while.

Chu Chu had walked around the house and saw everything around, so she asked curiously, “Why do you live here? Can’t you buy a house with your income?”

The dilapidated residential building looked extremely old. It was probably a product of the 1980s. The surrounding layout was unreasonable. Chu Chu had rented a house like this when she graduated and was quite familiar with all of this, but considering Zhang Jianian’s income, living there was a bit strange.

Zhang Jianian was reluctant to get into details and answered a little perfunctory, “I have been used to living here since childhood.”

“If President Chu can’t adapt, you can go back to the company early. I will arrange a car for you,” Zhang Jianian offered calmly.

Chu Chu ridiculed, “I guess I am more adaptable than you. After all, you can’t cut a potato.”

Taking advantage of Zhang Jianian’s absence, Zhang Yafang had already told off his daily scandals to Chu Chu.

Zhang Jianian wanted to show a stern face, but now he couldn’t. He wondered why Ms. Zhang Yafang still said that to his boss!

Close to exhaustion, Zhang Jianian wanted to ask President Chu to leave but he dared not be too direct, so he could only say: “If you leave the company for too long, won’t it delay some important things?”

Chu Chu spread her hands carelessly, “For me, there is nothing important.”

Zhang Jianian: “…” It was a familiar routine.

Perhaps it was because of the illness, or it was that Zhang Jianian’s brain was a little slow, or because he saw President Chu picking vegetables for the first time that he lost his usual cautious attitude and said bluntly, “You have changed a lot from the past.”

That was what he said in his heart. President Chu’s temperament had changed drastically, but he didn’t dare to say that because of the relationship between Boss and subordinate. Now that they weren’t in the company but at home chatting freely, the atmosphere was much more relaxed which made Zhang Jianian relax.

Chu Chu lazily leaned against the bookshelf. She looked at the list of books and wasn’t frightened by what he said. Instead, she said casually, “Better or worse?”

Zhang Jianian hesitated, “It’s hard to tell.”