"Huh?" The staff laughed: "Are you going to divorce or not?"
Chen Zhuan was also confused and looked at Sheng Yiqing, "What do you mean?"
Sheng Yiqing ignored Chen Zhuan and looked at the staff: "Sorry! We have a disagreement here."
The staff glanced at the young couple, "Have you thought about it? This is my last call this morning. If you two don't want to divorce, I'm going to have lunch."
Chen Zhuan took the body measurement and looked at Sheng Yiqing carefully: "Are you really not going to divorce?"
"No! We'll divorce next time." She pulled him and was about to walk out.
"Maybe I won't be free next time."
"Anyway, we can't divorce today. Let's go." This posture seems like she really doesn't want to divorce.
"When do you plan to divorce? I don't have time except today for half a year." Chen Zhuan stood still, with his arms folded, and his tone was nonchalant.
Sheng Yiqing glared at him.
The staff member was impatient: "It's the last minute. Give me a definite answer whether you want to divorce or not. I'm going to have dinner."
Chen Zhuan glanced at Sheng Yiqing with a half-smile, and asked her: "Either divorce now or wait half a year."
Taking advantage of others' misfortune. However, there was no way. At this moment, she was the fish on the chopping board.
Sheng Yiqing gritted her teeth, "No!" After saying this, she hugged Chen Zhuan's arm and bowed deeply to the staff, "Sorry, sorry, we'll divorce next time." Chen Zhuan sneered and laughed, put his hands in his pockets and let her pull him, saying reluctantly: "Okay. I'll let you renew for another half a year." As he said this, he rubbed her head with his other hand and called her in a mean way: "Wife~" "What kind of world is this?" The staff looked at the backs of the handsome man and beautiful woman leaving, puzzled: "We should have divorced a long time ago, but you are reluctant to divorce. This clingy and sticky woman keeps clamoring for divorce all day long... It's annoying, let's go eat!" Sheng Yiqing dragged Chen Zhuan out of the Civil Affairs Bureau. The rain had stopped, and the sun was about to break through the clouds, but Chen Zhuan didn't move. He bent down and looked at Sheng Yiqing with an inquiring look. It made her feel creepy. "What are you doing? Don't look at me." She stretched out her hand to cover his eyes. "Why don't you divorce?" He broke her hand.
"Something went wrong."
He suddenly became serious: "Are you pregnant?"
"...I'm pregnant with you." She resisted the urge to roll her eyes and handed over her phone. It was a WeChat chat box between her and Mr. Xie.
I saw that Mr. Xie had sent a link 20 minutes ago by Sheng Yiqing. Clicking it showed a temporary worker registration form.
There was also a voice message. When the voice message was clicked, Mr. Xie's voice came out: "Yiqing, I found out that Sun Ning will take her daughter to participate in the family day of her husband's company next Saturday. Her husband is Eric, the Asia-Pacific director of "Parents' World". The event will be held at the Bellagio Manor in Chaoyang Park. Normally, only internal employees and their families will participate in the family day. It is difficult for outsiders to sneak in. But I just saw that Bellagio is recruiting temporary workers on Saturday. See if you can sign up to be a waiter."
Sheng Yiqing cut off the voice message and looked at him seriously:
"Parents' World is your company's company. The company, right? You know there's a family day on Saturday, right? "
Chen Zhuan's expression was unpredictable. He didn't answer, but just looked at her: "So you refused to divorce after reading this news?"
"Of course! If we divorce today, I'll have to work as a waitress at the Bellagio this weekend! Don't you think our boss is mean? He can think of any tricks to get me close to customers."
Chen Zhuan stared at her for a few seconds, then suddenly turned and walked towards the Civil Affairs Bureau: "Why don't we divorce... I'd like to see you play a waitress..."
"Do you want to die?" She quickly grabbed him.
The joke stopped, Chen Zhuan smiled, and said, "Okay. It just so happens that I have something to ask you for help, let's plan it while we eat."
So saying, he took out the car keys from his pocket, walked to the parking lot, beeped to unlock, opened the car door, and motioned her to get in quickly.
"What to eat?" Sheng Yiqing followed in a daze.
"Of course it's the hot pot restaurant we ate at two years ago? Have you forgotten that you can get a 30% discount if you bring your ID card with you on your wedding anniversary." He curled his lips and said, "Don't we just bring our ID card with us today?"
Sheng Yiqing said, "Oh."
She only remembered that today was the agreed divorce date, but she forgot that it was also their wedding anniversary.
Fortunately, the hot pot restaurant has not closed down yet.
The hot pot restaurant is located on the third floor of a shopping mall next to an office building. It is noon on a weekday, and not many people eat hot pot. The two of them walked in and found a seat. They just scanned the code and ordered the pot. Sheng Yiqing couldn't wait to urge him: "If you have anything to talk to me, tell me."
Chen Zhuan said solemnly: "Have you seen "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"? This is the situation between us now."
Sheng Yiqing: "Huh?"
"Marriage mission! Do you understand?"
Sheng Yiqing was stunned, "Isn't this movie about love and hate?"
The waiter served the pot base, beef rolls, shrimp slips, and duck blood in a row. "It's not important." Chen Zhuan coughed lightly: "Saturday afternoon, Chaoyang Park, Family Day, you want to meet Sun Ning, right?"
"Yes." Sheng Yiqing sat up straighter, "I want to find a chance to talk to her about the project. She is the daughter of our client's founder and also a director of the company."
"Okay, just in time, I want to find her husband, Eric, our head of Asia Pacific. I need his recommendation letter."
"So you were going to attend Family Day anyway?" Sheng Yiqing raised his eyebrows.
"Hmm." Chen Zhuan agreed.
"Then you are going to get a divorce today?!"
"Family Day... you don't have to bring human family members." He smiled slightly, "I originally planned that if you divorced me today, I would just borrow a dog from Yu Youyang..."
"..." Sheng Yiqing patted the seat kindly: "Do you want to sit next to me?"
"Hmm?"
"It's convenient for me to beat you up."
After eating a hot pot for 2 hours, the two of them held a meeting, and the meeting preliminarily decided on the plan for Chaoyang Park Bellagio on Saturday. According to Chen Zhuan, Eric and his wife are very serious people. According to colleagues who participated in Family Day in previous years, they are as difficult to approach as icebergs. Over the years, there is almost no employee chat, and even very little talk. There is only one way to talk to Eric and his wife - Chen Zhuan looked at Sheng Yiqing: "Win the best couple of the day." "What is this?" "Family Day will select a best family every year, and the best family will be awarded by the biggest boss in person. According to old employees of our company, for so many years, Eric will only chat with the couples who won the best family after the award ceremony." "Is this best couple difficult?" "I learned that the activities of Family Day in previous years generally include game competitions, creative handicrafts and cooking competitions. In the end, everyone will select the best family of the day based on the competition results and audience votes." "Audience votes are also required? What is the basis for the vote?" Chen Zhuan glanced at Sheng Yiqing: "Cooking is difficult." Art. "
"Ha?"
"After the game competition, it is the cooking competition. The wives are required to prepare snacks according to the theme words of the day and the ingredients packages prepared on site, and then allocate them to the families present, and then vote for everyone. In other words, the higher the wife's cooking skills, the higher the number of votes they get." Speaking of this, Chen Zhuan looked at Sheng Yiqing slowly: "Do you think you can cook?"
"...I'll practice in advance?"
"Don't forget, there are topic words." Chen Zhuan pointed out Sheng Yiqing's head: "The cooking competition should prepare snacks according to the theme given by the administration at that time, and there is no way to cheat in advance. Moreover, it is said that Eric is very traditional, and the families he admires the most are often families whose wives are far ahead of the cooking competition."
"Then we are completely finished?" Sheng Yiqing widened her eyes.
"Let's take a step by step." Chen Zhu sighed. A couple who have not lived together for two years have been married, and a marriage that was originally planned to divorce but revived because of this family day. Now they are competing for the best family in a maternal and child magazine, and they are delusional.
But Sheng Yiqing was already motivated. She tied her hair up, knocked her fists on the table, and looked at Chen Zhuan with the same look she had when she climbed the mountain a few days ago, full of murderous intent:
"We! Want! To! Win!"
Family Day is 7 days later.
More than 50 people from the Beijing office and employees' families attended. The main building of the Bellagio is located in a corner of Chaoyang Park. It is not open on weekdays. It has a Western-style exterior. Behind the main building is a large forest and lake. The people in the administrative department were considerate and sent the family day activity schedule, hand-drawn maps and dress code to employees' emails the night before.
As soon as you enter the gate of the Bellagio, you will see a huge purple banner and several cartoon t-stands, which read "Summer Carnival, the Ties of Home". Further in is the sign-in desk. All employees register as families, receive wristbands and take photos on the signature board.
The back door of the main building is a three-meter-high glass window. The late summer sun shines in, shining brightly. A large lake and green trees come into view. Looking from a distance, there are several alpacas walking leisurely on the other side of the lake.
The main venue of Family Day is on the lawn behind the building, with the logo of "Parents' World" and slogans of Family Day posted everywhere. There are seven or eight small tents stationed under the shade of the trees, and a large tent that can accommodate 30 people in the middle of the lake. There are outdoor chairs under the tent. There are even a few fake coconut trees planted farther away, and hammocks are tied between the trees to create a holiday atmosphere. There is a small speaker hidden in the bushes on the roadside, humming a cheerful song. When Sheng Yiqing and Chen Zhuan arrived, most of the people had already arrived. There was a family of three, a family with parents, a family of two, and several young employees who came with their pet dogs.
The two people obviously matched well today. This blue and white sports couple outfit was also bought by Sheng Yiqing at the China World Mall when she got off work the day before yesterday. The top is a short-sleeved top for both men and women, while Chen Zhuan is wearing long pants and Sheng Yiqing is wearing a tennis skirt that does not reach the knee. The fresh color combination is particularly eye-catching in the colorful flowers. With the combination of handsome men and beautiful women, Chen Zhuan and Sheng Yiqing attracted everyone's attention as soon as they appeared.
As they walked along, the young couple had a business smile on their faces. Chen Zhuan tilted his head and whispered, "You should be a little less murderous today."
Sheng Yiqing kept a fake smile and pinched his hand, "Am I very murderous?"
"What do you think?" He pressed his eyebrows, "In an occasion like today, you..."
Before he finished his instructions, he saw Chen Zhuan's boss and his wife coming towards them.
"Sure. Are you really married?" The boss patted Chen Zhuan on the shoulder and looked at Sheng Yiqing: "You have good taste, sister-in-law. What do you do?"
The boss was over 40, wore glasses, and spoke softly. Even his wife was the same. The couple looked at Sheng Yiqing with smiles in their eyes.
Chen Zhuan cleared his throat and answered for Sheng Yiqing: "Finance."
"Oh, then you must be very busy at work, right?"
Chen Zhuan became nervous. These days, saying "you must be very busy at work" to a married woman is really a sensitive topic, because focusing on career means that she will have no time to take care of the family. Once Sheng Yiqing was stamped with the seal of a "strong woman" from the beginning, then the image of a gentle and virtuous wife would be completely untenable.
He held Sheng Yiqing's hand tightly.
But she seemed to feel nothing and shook his hand away. The next second, Sheng Yiqing tucked her hair, lowered her head, and smiled shyly:
"It's okay. I'm more family-oriented."
"?" Damn, this woman has been possessed?
Sheng Yiqing ignored Chen Zhuan's gaze, still smiling gently, looking at his boss and wife, and suggested: "By the way, the scenery here is very good just now, do you want to take a photo? I'm good at taking photos."
The boss and his wife were stunned and nodded quickly. Just as they were about to hand the phone to Sheng Yiqing, Sheng Yiqing took out a camera from her bag and said: "Use mine. SLR takes good pictures. I'll organize the photos later and ask you to send them to everyone."
After saying this, she took out a folding reflector that Chen Zhuan was a little familiar with from her backpack and handed it to Chen Zhuan gently: "Please fill in the light for my sister-in-law."
"..."
While taking pictures here, several couples of colleagues came over soon, and even some were holding dogs. Seeing Sheng Yiqing's equipment, they all warmly begged Sheng Yiqing to take a few photos for them.
Chen Zhuan was left aside, rubbing his nose, and had to chat with his colleagues. After waiting for Sheng Yiqing to finish taking pictures, he saw that several female colleagues and female family members had gathered around her, one of whom was pregnant.
It's over, Sheng Yiqing must not promote the idea of not getting married and not having children to others.
He was worried that she would be exposed, so he hurried over. However, he heard Sheng Yiqing talking to someone about postpartum care and pregnancy precautions from a distance of one meter.
For a moment, he thought he was going deaf.
"Ahem, Yiqing." He pulled her sleeve.
Sheng Yiqing quickly turned around, her face was still gentle, and her eyes looking at him were full of admiration and worship: "What's wrong, sir?"
After this operation, Chen Zhuan's heart trembled in vain - shit.
"Well, the game competition is about to start." He reminded, raising his chin towards the tennis court next to him. Sheng Yiqing nodded, and said to several female colleagues: "Then we'll go first. See you later."
One of the female colleagues even showed some reluctance: "Sister Qing, the recipe for the cheese pie..."
Sheng Yiqing pulled her hand and said affectionately, "I'll send you a WeChat message later."
The two finally walked to a place with few people, and Chen Zhuan pinched her face at the first time: "The wives who climbed the mountain last time were possessed?! Is it Sheng Yiqing?"
Sheng Yiqing screamed, broke Chen Zhuan's hand, and raised her chin: "I'm awesome, right?"
He snorted, funny, "Did you eat Qu Fanyi?"
Sheng Yiqing smiled and took out a fancy notebook from her backpack, "It was really given to me by Qu Fanyi."
Sheng Yiqing specifically asked Qu Fanyi for advice on how to play a virtuous wife.
Qu Fanyi was very generous. Not only did she lend Sheng Yiqing her camera and sunshade, but before leaving, she ran to the guest room, rummaged through the boxes and took out a notebook, and handed it to Sheng Yiqing with great care: "These are some notes I made myself, about the details of a couple's social outing... You can look through them at any time, and if you encounter any accidents, you can handle them."
"So meticulous?!" Sheng Yiqing couldn't understand at the time.
"Of course. When a couple socializes with others, they have to work together. You have to play different roles, depending on the purpose. Sometimes one plays the good cop and the other plays the bad cop; sometimes one is the protagonist and the other is the foil; sometimes one is extrovert and the other is restrained... These are all very particular." Qu Fanyi said, looking at Sheng Yiqing, "For example, tomorrow, since you are meeting his colleagues from the company, you must dress appropriately, not too ostentatious, nor too boring, and you have to look like a wife in your beauty. The clothes can't be too loose, but not too tight, and you have to be dignified but not dull." Sheng Yiqing nodded seriously. Qu Fanyi continued, "Also, when talking to them, don't steal the show, try to focus on Chen Zhuan,
Then when he talks, you have to look at him with starry eyes——"
"Is this a popular blind date trick for Japanese girls on the Internet?" Sheng Yiqing frowned in disdain.
"Personality! Personality! Since you appear in front of everyone as a wife, you have to abandon your independence and show your accessory side. Just like the last mountain climbing meeting, do you think those wives are really like this? No matter what you think in your heart, such performance can maximize the utility. As long as everyone envies Chen Zhuan, your goal is achieved, ok?"
Sheng Yiqing nodded quickly.
"It's not that easy to play the role of a perfect wife." Qu Fanyi, who sent Sheng Yiqing out at the end, concluded: "Why is the rice in your rice cooker better than others? Why can only you buy the most seasonal and freshest ingredients? Why do people praise him every time he takes you out? Why is your home always fragrant and warm when you are at home? ... It's all details! And all the details will sooner or later make your husband realize that he has the most professional wife in the world. "
"... Indeed..." Chen Zhuan nodded and exclaimed sincerely, "Awesome."
The tennis court is not far away. According to the schedule, the game competition will start in ten minutes. The registration is based on couples, and only families who register for the competition can participate in the competition for the best family.
Chen Zhuan made inquiries in advance. In previous years, the competition events were either three-legged race, or husbands holding their wives to sprint obstacles, or relay races.
In short, it is inseparable from physical competition. He has always been self-disciplined and has maintained the habit of daily exercise for so many years. This week, he even asked Sheng Yiqing to do aerobics with him for a few days.
The sun is bright The sun shone brightly on the playground. The weather at the end of August was not too hot. The requisitioned tennis court was redecorated and empty, with ribbons dividing the track.
The family members who were watching sat outside the out-of-bounds line, waving flags and cheering.
The two of them were wearing team sleeves, one couple was one team, and more than ten teams stood in front of the referee. The referee was the driver of the person in charge of the Beijing office. He said cheerfully and politely: "This competition is very simple, two-person three-legged race, 5 pairs in a group, divided into two groups in total, and the team that takes the least time in the end will be the champion. Everyone get ready-"
Chen Zhuan and Sheng Yiqing were assigned to the second group. Seeing that the first group was about to finish the game, the second group of athletes were in place at the starting line.
"Can you do it?" Chen Zhuan asked in a low voice.
"Of course! "Sheng Yiqing twisted her arms and neck as a warm-up. She was very proud of her first victory. She waved her arms and whispered in Chen Zhuan's ear: "Kill them all!"
"Puff." A stranger beside her laughed.
Sheng Yiqing turned her head and saw that the other person was a middle-aged man under 50 years old, wearing glasses, with dark skin, and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes when he smiled. He and his wife both had orange sleeves on their arms, and they were obviously athletes.
Sheng Yiqing smiled dryly at the middle-aged man and looked at Chen Zhuan, but she didn't expect that Chen Zhuan looked more confused than her - who was this person? Even the woman next to him was completely unfamiliar to him.
"Hello." After a moment, the middle-aged man spoke with a strong Hong Kong accent and stretched out his hand to the two of them:
"You can call me Eric."