Parallel universe, Water Blue Star, Dragon Country, Hai City, Haisang Financial Mansion, Jingyan Advertising Company.
After a huge argument with his boss, Yang Chen resigned. The reason was that he closed a big deal and, because the commission was too high, the boss tried to cheat him out of the agreed commission.
Since there was only a verbal agreement between them, Yang Chen couldn't do anything about the boss.
Angry, Yang Chen decided to leave; he couldn't continue working for such a boss.
Yang Chen went to the parking lot and found his car.
At that moment, his girlfriend Zhao Feifei called.
Today is Zhao Feifei's birthday, and Yang Chen has already booked dinner and a room at the Peninsula Hotel.
Was she calling to ask for a gift?
Yang Chen answered the phone, but the voice he heard was not Zhao Feifei's, it was her best friend Chen Xinyi's.
"Hey, Yang Chen, Feifei asked me to officially inform you that she's dumping you. That's it, don't contact her anymore."
Yang Chen was dumbfounded. Just as he was about to speak, the phone was hung up.
He's seen breakups face-to-face, over the phone, via text message, on WeChat and QQ, but damn, he's never seen a breakup announced through a call from a best friend before.
Even if breaking up, it should be said face-to-face, what the hell is this?
Yang Chen quickly dialed back, but it was immediately hung up.
After several attempts were rejected, Yang Chen sent a WeChat video call, which was also refused.
A while later, Zhao Feifei sent a WeChat message.
"Yang Chen, let's part ways peacefully. You can't give me the life I want; my life's pursuit is quality, while you only want to survive. We are people from two different worlds, let's let each other go. I'm going to chase my dreams, you keep working hard, I can't wait for you anymore."
Yang Chen often reads online novels, and according to the plots in them, this kind of situation usually means the girlfriend has a new rich second-generation love interest.
There's no hope of saving it in this case.
However, Yang Chen won't accept being taken advantage of; he has to turn passive into active.
So he replied:
"Great! I've been fed up with you for a while; you're useless at everything except spending money. Your family is ordinary and you don't have any skills, always dreaming of relying on a man to change your fate. Dreaming of relying on a man isn't wrong, but to rely on me while running around with that group of bitchy friends proclaiming yourself as an independent woman is utterly shameless. I felt bad about suddenly dumping you after you gave me your first time and stuck with me, and that's why I never brought up breaking up. Now that you've proposed it, I'm not to blame. Thank heavens, I've finally escaped."
Shortly after his message was sent, Zhao Feifei sent a video request.
Yang Chen immediately hung up.
Then, Zhao Feifei called again.
Yang Chen continued to hang up.
Next, Zhao Feifei sent three consecutive 60-second long voice messages.
Yang Chen knew very well that these three voice messages must contain a lot of "mom" so he didn't bother to open them, he directly deleted Zhao Feifei.
Actually, Yang Chen's family conditions aren't bad.
His parents used to run two companies, but a traffic accident claimed their lives.
At that time, Yang Chen was only 15, and the family's assets were auctioned off by the court.
After paying off the creditors, there was a 120-square-meter house and 800 thousand in cash left for Yang Chen.
Many people are struggling with millions in mortgage debt, while Yang Chen fully owns a house and has 800 thousand earning interest in the bank, this condition surpasses most people.
Yet, Yang Chen didn't lie down because his family conditions were decent; he continued to work hard and strive.
To marry Zhao Feifei early, he worked during the day and drove for a ride-sharing service at night, earning more than ten thousand a month.
Hai City's average wage last year was 8986.78 yuan, Yang Chen earning more than ten thousand is above most people.
But this ten thousand means nothing to Zhao Feifei; she wants to be clad in brands, ride luxurious cars, live in mansions, be attended by maids, and envied by friends.
Zhao Feifei's family conditions are poor; her father is bedridden, her mother attends to him at home, and she has a younger brother in junior high school.
Yang Chen has long realized that marrying Zhao Feifei would mean marrying into such a messy family.
For anyone else, having a girlfriend like this would likely lead to a breakup.
But Yang Chen didn't retreat out of fear; he kept working hard to save up more so there wouldn't be any shortage for her family in the future.
However now, Zhao Feifei actually thinks Yang Chen can't give her the life she wants.
Isn't it laughable?
They started dating in high school and have been through four years of university, should be about six years in total.
Six years, you'd have feelings even for a dog, let alone a person, right?
To say it's not sad would be a lie.
But what's the use of sadness?
Once a woman changes her heart, begging her on your knees won't work.
So, it's better to be straightforward like Yang Chen, at least it leaves him some dignity.
No matter how tough it gets, life must go on.
Yang Chen decided to run the ride-sharing service full-time for a while and look for a new job once he adjusts his mindset.
Yang Chen packed all his personal belongings and put them in the car's trunk, immediately starting work!
Once someone immerses themselves in work, time passes swiftly.
Before he knew it, it was eight o'clock in the evening.
Yang Chen decided to take one last ride before finishing, then head to the Peninsula Hotel for a candlelit dinner.
He's already paid, so he can't waste it.
Just then, the platform system pushed an order, a customer placed an order less than a kilometer away.
Yang Chen quickly accepted the order and followed the navigation.
Upon reaching the destination shown on the navigation, Yang Chen called the passenger through the Bibi ride-hailing platform.
Soon, the call connected.
Yang Chen: "Hello, I'm the Bibi driver. I've arrived at your location. May I ask where you are?"
Passenger: "Huh? Where are you? I don't see you."
Yang Chen: "I'm right at your location, at the gate of Xinhai Home. White Buick Regal, license plate Hai A.52C13."
Passenger: "Oh, I saw a white car parked downstairs, but I'm not sure if it's yours. Let me get ready and come down to check."
Upon hearing this, Yang Chen knew this passenger was definitely talented.
Yang Chen: "Huh? You're not down yet?"
Passenger: "Coming down soon."
Yang Chen: "Then hurry up, the platform's rule is to wait only five minutes."
Passenger: "Five minutes? That's not doable! I'm just applying foundation, I need at least another twenty minutes."
Yang Chen: "Oh my god, you're still putting on makeup?"
Passenger: "Yeah! Who goes out for a date without makeup? I'm going to a date, how can I go out without makeup?"
Damn, she makes a good point.
Yang Chen: "Then why did you order so early? Wouldn't it be better to call a ride once you're done with your makeup and downstairs?"
Passenger: "I'm almost done, give me another half an hour, and it'll be done for sure."
She just mentioned twenty minutes, and now she says half an hour in one breath.
If this isn't talent, what is?
Which ride-sharing or taxi service waits half an hour?
Yang Chen: "Sorry, I can't wait half an hour. I'll cancel the order now, call again when you're ready."
Passenger: "You dare? If you dare cancel the order, I'll definitely complain about you!"
Yang Chen chuckled, saying: "That's your right, I support your complaint. But let's be reasonable here, there's no ride in the world where a driver waits half an hour."
After saying that, Yang Chen hung up the call and canceled the order directly.
He has seen many bizarre customers during his months of ride-sharing, but this is the quirkiest one yet.
Yang Chen was just about to continue grabbing orders when a message popped up, informing him he's been complained about.
"I've never seen such a rude driver, it's just a ride, what's the arrogance about? He actually called and reprimanded me! I'm a passenger, shouldn't you be providing service politely? What kind of operation is a driver scolding a passenger? Has Bibi ride-hailing become so trash now? I'm never using it again."
Arguing without reason, baselessly insisting to be right.
Yang Chen wouldn't indulge him, quickly uploaded the call recording between him and the passenger for customer service review.
This whole hassle left Yang Chen unwilling to continue the last ride; he decided to call it a day and go to the Peninsula Hotel for dinner instead.
At that moment, a mechanical voice suddenly echoed in Yang Chen's head.
"Detected host meets binding conditions, the 'Bad Review Gift' system seeks binding. Please decide whether to bind."