Adored by Him: My Blissful Days as the Girl Next Door-Chapter 385 - 384: You don’t need to worry about this anymore

Chapter 385: Chapter 384: You don’t need to worry about this anymore

Zhao Meimei pinched the paycheck stub and asked the finance staff, "What does ’work incident’ mean here? I didn’t have any work incidents?"

The finance personnel glanced sideways, "Your batch of interns’ salaries were all approved by the director and brought to us for processing. If there’s any issue, you need to ask your director, not me."

Peng Hui leaned over, took a close look at the paycheck stub, and was puzzled too, asking, "When did you commit a work incident?"

Zhao Meimei said, "I don’t know either. I haven’t committed one!"

Peng Hui pulled Zhao Meimei’s arm, "There’s no point in discussing this with them in finance. Come on, I’ll go with you to find the director!"

The two knocked on the door properly and entered the room. Zhao Meimei asked, "Director, my salary was deducted by three hundred this month, and it’s written here as a work incident. I didn’t commit any incidents. Why is my money being deducted?"

The director looked amiable before, but upon hearing this, his face darkened, "Teacher Xiao Zhao, you’re wrong here. You’re not admitting the mistake you made?"

Zhao Meimei was stunned, "What mistake did I make?"

The director said, "During the preliminary examination, your test paper had errors in six questions. In our school, this counts as a teaching incident!"

Zhao Meimei got anxious and argued, "I’m sure the test paper I made has no mistakes, Director. If you insist on saying this, then I demand to see the paper. I didn’t expect you to deduct my money over this matter, so I didn’t check it at the time. I’m sure my original version has no errors."

The director snorted coldly, "No wonder you new interns are like this! You made mistakes and don’t know how to correct them! What are you arguing about here? I’m telling you, this is how your salary will be! If you want to work, then work; if not, feel free to leave!"

That day, Zhao Meimei left school with red eyes alongside Peng Hui, full of grievances.

Peng Hui comforted her, "Stop being sad, Meimei. It’s just three hundred bucks! We don’t even care about it; let’s think of it as charity to support fools!"

Zhao Meimei chuckled and complained with Peng Hui, and soon she came to terms with it. Whatever, she didn’t want to stir up too much trouble. At the worst, she’d resign with Peng Hui and the others after the New Year.

On reflection, she realized she was partly to blame too. When the incident occurred initially, she didn’t think to delve deeper. Now that time has passed, it’s too late to insist on it.

Zhao Meimei thought to herself, it’s like spending three hundred bucks for a lesson.

When she returned home in the evening, she smelled the fragrance right through the door and cheerfully entered, "Bro! What are you cooking? It smells amazing!"

Shi Yang poked his head out from the kitchen, "Celebrating my baby earning her first paycheck, I cooked a fish for you."

Zhao Meimei’s smile froze for a moment, "Bro, you’re awesome."

During dinner, Shi Yang sensitively noticed Zhao Meimei’s mood was a bit low, and asked with concern, "What’s wrong? Not feeling happy?"

Zhao Meimei replied sullenly, "No, I’m pretty happy."

Shi Yang reached out to pinch her lips lightly, "You could hang an oil bottle there. What happened?"

Zhao Meimei lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Shi Yang became anxious and urged, "Did someone bully you?"

As soon as Zhao Meimei heard this, she couldn’t hold back anymore. She looked up, her eyes immediately turned red, and she burst into tears, crying "Bro" with grievance.

Shi Yang felt terrible seeing this and quickly hugged her, comforting her while asking, "Baby, don’t cry now. What happened exactly? Tell your bro, otherwise I feel helplessly worried. Don’t be afraid. No matter what happens, your bro can solve it, okay? Stop crying..."

Zhao Meimei sobbed and recounted the event. As soon as she finished, she couldn’t control her emotions anymore, hugging Shi Yang’s neck tightly, feeling so wronged that her tears went straight down Shi Yang’s collar.

Shi Yang hugged her, "Alright, alright. It’s just three hundred bucks. I’ll give you three thousand later. They are bullying us because we’re newbies and lack social experience. They’re so mean. We won’t bother with them, okay? Stop crying, darling. It’s not worth getting sick over them, crying yourself to sickness. Isn’t that not worth it?"

Zhao Meimei groaned with grievances, "I just feel it’s unfair. I worked so hard and was so serious, yet didn’t get anything good in the end, and our director is pointing at me, telling me to get lost, boo hoo..."

Shi Yang felt so heartbroken. His precious baby, whom he usually couldn’t bear to say a harsh word to, was now being bullied outside and returning home crying.

Shi Yang reached out to wipe her tears, "Alright, alright, let’s stop crying. You leave this matter alone. No need to go through the resignation formalities. We’re quitting."

Zhao Meimei nodded with a sob, "Yeah, I never want to be a teacher anymore... boo hoo..."

When Zhao Meimei finished crying, she considered the matter over in her heart. She turned to wash her face, cheerfully counting her thirteen hundred-plus salary, and called her parents to boast about it without a care.

Shi Yang saw that she was truly all right, and his heart finally settled down, not commenting further at the moment.

On the eve of the thirtieth, Shi Yang told Zhao Meimei’s family about the situation at home.

Zhao Dazhuang listened and knew that Shi Yang must be feeling uneasy inside, so he advised, "Actually, your dad has it pretty tough too. How about this? This year for the New Year, we all go back. It’s the busiest time for your dad, and your aunt and I can help your parents with the hustle and bustle."

The group of four arrived home by the afternoon of the lunar twenty-ninth. Shi Yang’s parents were delighted, and both families enjoyed a lively meal together.

Shi Yang’s dad’s face didn’t show too much sadness, just fatigue that couldn’t be hidden in his eyes and brows.

Shi Yang’s mom had become skinny, looking worn out, which pained Shi Yang. Such a person who loves beauty, her face showed obvious fine lines now.

Shi Yang’s mom smiled, saying, "I’m so happy to see you back. I haven’t seen you in so long, I missed you all dearly."

Shi Yang’s mom looked exhausted, but her eyes shone brightly with genuine happiness.

At the dinner table, no one mentioned Shi Yang’s dad’s former spouse, treating the occasion as a family reunion meal.

The next day, on the thirtieth, Zhao Dazhuang and Liu Xiue went to the hospital to help care for patients, while Shi Yang’s family stayed at home to receive Shi Yang’s dad’s visiting relatives and friends.

Zhao Meimei stayed by Shi Yang’s side. When visitors asked, Shi Yang’s parents would smile and introduce her as their daughter-in-law.

As the clock struck at the thirtieth night, Zhao Meimei’s phone rang nonstop. She checked each message one by one, all were New Year’s greetings from friends. Among them, there was one from Xu Xu, a simple greeting clearly crafted word by word, not the generic mass-produced festive messages.