The Day He Matured

Today, Brian has a business to go outside. Right from the early morning, I just walked into the office, he handed me a thick stack of documents and left.

He didn’t say anything, just stuck a blue note on it. The content of the note was to ask me to plan an advertising campaign for the complex, which is in the process of finalizing permits related to construction.

This guy is trying to torment me. I don’t know anything about advertising campaigns.

I can advertise a few apartments, but this is planning for a large-scale complex.

Usually, this job is done by the marketing department. Was he mistaken?

“Very well, Brian, do you want to play a prank on me? I will turn this campaign into a pandemic for you.”

Although I speak cruel words, I do not have the courage to turn words into actions. It’s not that I can’t be evil, it’s that I don’t have that ability.

All records will be approved by Brian before being submitted to the General Director for his approval, publication, and assignment to departments in the company.

If I didn’t do well the first time, he would ask me to correct it. If I didn’t do well the second time, he would scold me. The third time, I could not imagine my tragic fate.

“Mrs. Erina, save me.” I turned to the deputy sales department and asked for help.

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Lightning fast, I brought the document to her desk and presented my anguish. She also nodded and listened to my story.

Finally, she actively contacted the talented personnel in the marketing department, asking them to help me complete the task.

Working at AD company for almost two years, but I rarely talk to employees of other departments, only know and greet people who work with me in the sales department.

Now I know the importance of socializing.

After thanking Mrs. Erina, I immediately carried the document down to the marketing room and sat in it until the afternoon.

Everyone is very enthusiastic to help and guide me, but I still have to prepare the plans by myself because everyone is busy with the tasks assigned by their superiors.

They only provide the plans of old advertising campaigns so that I can refer to them, give some new ideas and advice…

Having to cram new knowledge into my head at the same time, so when I left the company, my head hurt. I had to go to the pharmacy to buy a bottle of water and a pain reliever to drink.

The afternoon street was crowded, the traffic was bustling, and the sound of car horns and advertisements echoed in my ears.

Those things make me more frustrated even though they are the simple sounds that I still like to hear every day when I leave the company, where there is only the soft sound of shoe heels, soft voices, and the rustle of papers, the sound of printers, fax machines, copiers.

I purposely missed the bus, wandering under the old trees.

I stopped at the roadside noodle shop, ordered a bowl of noodle soup with lots of beef balls, and lots of meat, and blew it while eating.

I know if I don’t eat here, I’ll probably skip meals because when I get home, I’ll rush to work and forget about myself.

After eating a bowl of noodle soup and drinking a glass of sugarcane juice, I felt a little better and continued to walk home.

The high-pressure lamps were lit, illuminating the way I was walking. I can see the road leading to the inn but can’t see the path to my future.

Blurry, vague, and temporary are all that I feel.

The cool water flowing all over my body engulfed me in unfinished love. Why can’t I forget him and lose the feeling of being in love with him as I do with Richard?

Probably because the time is not long enough. Maybe it’s because he and I used to have sex, made a wish, and didn’t voluntarily leave each other.

Because I determined that I would not sleep tonight, I made myself a cup of coffee with milk and turned on the light, concentrating on work.

When I finished reading the plan for the advertising campaign for the industrial zone two years ago, the clock struck ten at night.

Coffee could not keep me awake, I still yawned, fortunately, Caily called and pulled me up from the table.

“I’m listening. You’re drunk, aren’t you?” I winced when I heard her voice.

“Right. I guess I’ll have to find another job soon. I… can’t try anymore.”

“Caily, wait for me a moment. Today, I will go to your house to sleep.”

After saying that, I quickly gathered the documents, changed clothes, and called a taxi.

She is drunk and sad, so I am not at ease. I can’t leave her alone. I’m afraid she’s overthinking and doing foolish things.

Because I was in such a hurry, I made my beloved laptop fall to the floor. The screen went black even though I pressed most of the buttons on the keyboard.

“Damn, lost money again.”

All I could do was scratch my head, pull my hair out, whine, and run out of the house and into a taxi.

The moment the door opened, I was overjoyed when I saw the limp figure of my friend slipping her feet into flip-flops.

Just now, I called a few times but she didn’t pick up the phone, I almost reported to the police to break the door and break into the house.

“Did you come here when you heard me call?” Caily said.

“We just met at Mr. Richard’s house. I left my job to come to you. Not grateful at all.”

We walked into the house together and went straight to the bedroom. It’s been a long time, we haven’t talked in heaven and on earth like when I lived here.

Everyone is busy making money but forgets that just one night of chatting and venting with a close friend will make their mood more comfortable.

“Tell me, what happened at the company?” I folded the pillow for it to be high and rested my head on it, looked into Caily’s swollen eyes, and asked softly.

“Director of that partner company. He signed a contract to buy the camera system, for nearly fifty thousand dollars. Today my boss invited him to dinner, he molested me, then… then…”

“Then what?”

“Then I kicked, and he fell back, hit his head on the floor, and lost consciousness. My boss took him to the hospital. I heard that he was not seriously injured but he will probably retaliate against the company and me.”

Oh my gosh. I thought he did something to my friend.

Fortunately, she has a bit of martial arts. And luckily he was unharmed.

Originally, I was going to confide my story with Caily, but it didn’t seem like the right time. I need to be her spiritual support and comfort her. I need to become stronger.

“Who is that director? In the process of baiting, no, in the process of customer marketing, I also got to know some big bosses. I think people in the business world will know each other. If something happens, I will ask them to say a few words.”

I also don’t think I have that ability, but because Caily was so worried that she cried, I had to say so to reassure her.

If I can’t ask them, I will ask Richard. Anyway, he is also a famous businessman, he will be respected by others.

“His name is Leo. He is the director of the Delta construction company.”

“Okay, let’s sleep. Tomorrow, I’ll ask if any of the people I know know him.”

I reached out to dry the tears on my friend’s face and hugged her, slowly falling asleep. I hope that tomorrow, the dawn will come to Caily and me.

If only the man named Leo and Brian were a little gentler and could sympathize with others a little, my life and hers would be less of a burden of hardship and worry.

Dawn has not yet come, I said goodbye to Caily and took a taxi to go home. I need to come to the company soon to make tea for Brian.

Why is my fate so attached to him? Even though I don’t work as a maid, I still have to serve him and raise my ears to listen to his orders.

I had just placed the hot teapot on the table when the door to the room opened. I didn’t think Brian also went to work so early, there were still fifteen minutes until work time.

At this time, no one entered the office, just me and him.

“Hello, director.” I bowed slightly, politely greeting.

“Is the work I gave you almost done?”

“I think it will take some time. At least… for a week.”

Is this obnoxious guy crazy? He thought he assigned me to do an advertising campaign for fried fish balls, sugarcane juice, right?

He just gave me the job yesterday, today he asked me if I was almost done.

Don’t say a week, even a month, I still don’t know if I’m done or not. I’m ignorant, I don’t know anything. Now I have to grope every step like a baby learning to walk. I’m about to go crazy.

“You have to hand over the documents to me tomorrow morning.”

He put his hands in the pockets of his trousers, leisurely looking at me with the eyes of a lover.

Why did I forget that Brian’s central nervous system differs from a normal person’s?

His eyes showed that he was infatuated with me and loved me but his tongue was saying words that forced me.

“How… how can I do it? I’m not a Superman. The advertising campaign must be meticulously planned. How can I get it done by tomorrow morning?”

Because I was so angry, I screamed. At the moment I lost control of myself, my tears fell. Because I felt sad, I cried, not because of anything else.

This is like him taking me upstairs to the fifth floor and telling me to throw myself down. If I was really that good, I wouldn’t have worked as a hired hand, I would have been my own boss.

“Miss Bella, are you yelling at me? I asked her to suggest an idea for an advertising campaign, not to make a plan. You think I overestimate you, don’t you? You don’t know the meaning of the words or you don’t even read what I took notes?”

Brian shouted loudly, causing my soul to fly to the clouds.

What is he saying? I don’t understand at all. Did he just need me to suggest an idea?

“Go outside.”

As soon as Brian finished speaking, I quickly left the room, ran back to my place, and pulled out the document he gave me yesterday.

Just like Brian said, the contents of this note only asked me to suggest ideas. How can I read it in a different way?

Too humiliating. I want to run away to another planet right now.