Waking up to a new morning, the beautiful memories of last night's movie—in today's society, such things probably only exist in dreams.
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Lin Yuhui's life goals are simple: work, earn money, and try to live as long as possible so he can provide for his child if needed.
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Arriving at the office, he focuses on his workstation, sits down, turns on his computer, and gets to work. Out of the corner of his eye, to his left, across from his desk, Layla stands by the floor-to-ceiling window.
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Lin Yuhui doesn't want anything to do with them. For months, she's been constantly talking about finding a partner in the office. He's the only single man in the room, but what has she done? Ceres goes on blind dates after get off work, showing no reaction after Lin Yuhui expressed his interest. She doesn't want a partner; she wants every man around her to submit to her.
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Lin Yuhui feels like he's been emotionally manipulated, and it's also blocked any possibility of him being with other women. The thought infuriates him.
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"David's not looking at Ceres anymore," Lyra, oblivious to the situation, was still gossiping. She had no idea that no matter how Ceres acted in front of her, or what the situation was,
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"Out of sight, out of mind," Stephanie, with her experience, knew exactly what was going on. Working until past ten in the morning, the sun was high in the sky, streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Dylan had set the air conditioner to its lowest setting, but after quickly cooling things down, he never changed it down to a less extreme setting—he was fat enough, or rather, prone to internal heat.
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In the past, Lin Yuhui would adjust the air conditioning; he had poor blood circulation and was sensitive to the cold, as were the other female colleagues. But now Lin Yuhui didn't care anymore; if it was cold in the office, he'd go outside to warm up.
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This was the Jiangzhe region, at the same latitude as Shanghai; the sun at 10:30 in July or August was scorching and bright, impossible to look directly at.
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There was a pump room on the west side of the office building, surrounded by an open space and roads. Lin Yuhui liked to take walks there, undisturbed.
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The scorching sun first raises the temperature of the skin, and there's also heat conduction from the air above the ground. But at this high temperature, you won't sweat, because the temperature difference between inside and outside makes you feel even colder inside.
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Walking there, you'll occasionally see various small animals: sparrows, doves—there are many doves in this area. There are also common magpies, crows, and many cats.
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After circling the path twice, you finally feel the chill in your body being warmed by the sun; your whole body feels warm. No rush, linger a little longer in the sunlight. Cicadas are still chirping in the roadside bushes, seemingly howling in despair as they endure the summer heat.
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Lin Yuhui doesn't agree with the lifestyle strategies of today's young people—heated windows in winter, air conditioning in summer. He just wants to follow the rhythm of nature, enjoy the summer heat, and combat the winter cold, mobilizing his body's natural responses and following the seasonal patterns.
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Gradually, during his walk, he feels a warmth rising from within, and sweat begins to seep from his skin, seemingly expelling the chill from his body. Fueled by the energy he'd absorbed from the world, Lin Yuhui returned to his office and continued his work.
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The afternoon was the quarterly summary meeting. On his way to the conference room, Seres happened to pass by the glass door before Lin Yuhui. She turned and smiled, but Lin Yuhui showed no reaction; he couldn't smile.
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He couldn't understand why Seres would need to smile at him. Was it for colleague harmony? No, it wasn't. Everyone was just there to work and earn money; there was no real connection.
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Upon reaching the conference room, Lin Yuhui sat down in the empty seat closest to the door. He was always somewhere else anyway; he didn't like being surrounded by people.
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After a while, he realized something was wrong. The boss hadn't arrived yet, but everyone was basically there. His left was empty, and further to his left was the boss's wife. He must have been sitting in the boss's seat.
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Seeing an empty seat opposite him, he wanted to go over, but the projector was on, and everyone was watching. Going directly over would block the projection, so he decided to go around to the back.
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When he reached the back of the conference room, a group of young people were making a mess, getting birthday cake all over their faces. "Watching too many TV dramas?" Lin Yuhui thought. "Yes, it happened to be a colleague's birthday that day, and the company provided a birthday cake. But it's someone else's birthday, and the cake was provided by the company. You guys are messing around like this, humph." Of course, the center of this little party was Ceres, surrounded by a bunch of…
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He ignored those ill-mannered, uncultured people and sat in an empty seat on the other side. Each colleague received a piece of birthday cake and a cup of milk tea. Lin Yuhui ate the cake but didn't drink the milk tea; he didn't like artificial flavorings.
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Just as Lin Yuhui was leaving after the meeting, the boss's wife suddenly became interested and called out,
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"David, tell me a joke!"
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It seemed she liked Lin Yuhui's WeChat jokes, but he walked away as if he hadn't heard her. Actually, he didn't want to offend the boss's wife, but he really wasn't in the mood. He knew the couple were trying to matchmake the single men and women in the company, and while he appreciated their kindness, he could only fulfill her wish to hear jokes another time. From another perspective, it wasn't simply about her wanting to hear jokes; for the person telling the jokes, it was also an opportunity to showcase themselves.
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Back in the office, it was almost time to leave. The girls across from him were gossiping about Kris Wu, but Lin Yuhui just wanted his own peace and quiet and didn't want to get involved.
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However, when Leila excitedly talked about how state media had commented on Kris Wu, even comparing his penis to a "toothpick"—Leila emphasizing the word "toothpick"—
Lin Yuhui couldn't hold back anymore. He noticed that Leila didn't realize that her personal rights had been violated, including her own.
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"Actually, state media shouldn't comment on individuals like that. It's an administrative body. Even if Kris Wu is guilty, as a public authority, it has no right to slander a natural person's character."
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Lin Yuhui said this simply to remind the naive young girl how to view society and understand its explicit and implicit rules.
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But it seemed Ceres didn't see it that way. Had he offended her authority? It seemed she wanted more; the itch of not having always lingered.
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After a while, Ceres sat down opposite Dylan, in the spot where Lyra had been, and said in a sleazy voice,
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"Dylan, want to go out for dinner tonight?"
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"Huh? You're eating here tonight?" Dylan was surprised, as she rarely ate dinner in the cafeteria.
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"Yeah, I want to eat before I leave,"
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"Sure, let's go then,"
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Dylan was always willing to eat with anyone.
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Lin Yuhui, sitting to the side, understood Ceres's intentions. He just felt disgusted. Why bother having such a sleazy, married man around to taint him?
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and then Add to home screen.