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Miss Pender retracted her quest.

She raised her eyebrows: "It seems that you are very confident in your resume."

"We'll find out." I took a sip of the lemonade, "Of course the first choice is to stay in the subsidiary, assuming I can stay."

"As long as you can complete your work and ensure that this optimization project is fully implemented, I don't think it will be difficult." Miss Pan De remained calm.

She was very gentle, and that's when she started giving me messages.Does this imply that all my opponents to the project will be kicked out?In this way, I can indeed sit firmly in the new company-but it is too exhausting.

What does the group really want?

Or is she putting eye drops on me?

At this point we got up to leave."Is my price still reasonable?" I asked.

"Of course." Miss Pender nodded.She added: "I'm serious about what I just said. It's about afternoon tea. It's very relaxing to spend a weekend afternoon in the club. Sometimes the pressure is too much. I will come and sit for a while, enjoy the SPA by the way, and go back to the club. I usually sleep well when I get home."

I nodded: "Maybe some other time. You know, the number of cases is increasing now, and I'm thinking that the days when we can meet like this may not be long."

"Do you think Singapore will also restrict going out?" Ms. Pande saw me nodding and said, "It's hard to say, but posters discouraging healthy people from wearing masks are still everywhere—do you have enough supplies to protect yourself?"

"Oh, yes, thank you for your concern." I was terrified of queuing up before, and finally I asked someone to help me buy it on the Green Superman software.

The Green Superman is similar to the Yellow Knight and Blue Knight in China, and their business scope is similar, but they started as a taxi service, and food delivery is a new business, and they are competing with the pandaren in the same industry.They are quite rich, and they often poach people from us or the company next door. I heard that they are paid very well.

"take care of yourself."

"You too." I realized that she might not want to give me an answer immediately, so I didn't raise any further conditions, and chatted, "I thought you would relax through exercise. You know, Yimin and the others seem to often Finding time to go to the gym, sometimes sacrificing lunch for it.”

This is also a common problem among consultants and investment bankers.I have always felt that this trend started in colleges. The so-called "you can only choose two of sleep, social interaction and grade points", American higher education is harmful.

"No," she laughed and waved her hands, "that kind of life is too hasty, very respectable, but not my favorite. On weekends when I don't need to go out, I usually clean up the house, read a book, and then video with my family .”

I nodded: "What books do you read?"

"A while ago, I liked non-fiction works more. I read more novels this year. I read Don DeLillo and Woolf. I plan to read "The God Of Small Things" this week."

I squinted my eyes. The author of that book was Arundhati Roy, who won the Booker Prize, and that was a very... very clear-cut writer.How could Miss Pender read her book?

I said, "I heard that the writing style of that book is very Indian."

"Yeah." She laughed, "I don't know if you've ever dealt with Indians who were born and raised in India, some of them speak English like that, you hear Indian phrases, lack of verbs Sentences or something—like Singapore. I think Singapore English is not easy to understand even for ethnic Chinese.”

I nodded: "But they usually switch to standard English after hearing your accent. At least I survived, and I didn't starve to death because I couldn't buy food."

Miss Pender had a smile in her eyes.

"But your figure is well maintained." I folded my arms, not to mention anything else. The shape of her arms cannot be achieved by controlling diet alone. "Because you often play badminton with people like me?"

"I don't exercise with my clients." She gave me a meaningful look, and then said, "I can dance. I spend a little time in the dance classroom every Sunday, so I don't need extra exercise."

"Wow." Hearing her say that, it dawned on me that I'd never seen her on a Sunday.At first I thought she was going to work on Sunday - partner, understandable.I asked, "What dance do you dance?"

"Latin. More rumba and bullfighting." She hardly changed her expression, but just looked at me intently, as if she was talking about a work matter.

I didn't know much about dance, so I said, "Then you must have studied for a long time. It's really great to keep up with your hobby after work..."

My voice is gone.Miss Pande approached me, her eyes met, I couldn't stand still, I took another step back, and pressed my back against the wall.

I completely forgot what I was going to say just now, and it was hard for my throat to react: "Sonia?"

"Don't move." She looked serious.

I held my breath involuntarily. Miss Pender's hand went around my hair and dropped something on the ground. I looked along, but it was too dark to see anything clearly.

"Okay." She frowned. "A bug. I'm sorry I just scared you."

She took a step back and the breath disappeared from my ears.

I breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you."

After all, Singapore is located in the tropics, and the greenery is good. Not to mention insects, I even saw lizards on the way to work, and they walked to the bus platform with great fanfare.It is also common for pigeons to forage in the open air food court, but it is a bit scary, and I usually don't go to such places.

Miss Pender must have good eyesight.I looked at the person who caught the bug for me.

She just smiled and shook her head.

Before parting, she finally brought up the topic of today's meeting again.I thought she would give me an answer later, but instead she said, "I feel like we'll be looking forward to working together."

Is this agreed?

I said, "Hope I'm doing what I'm paid for."

"Don't underestimate yourself, Yao." She held out her hand to me, "I will work hard to make sure you get what you pay."

"Good cooperation." I took hers by the hand.

"Pleasant to work with."

After I got home, I registered a new work email at the request of Miss Pender, and she would use Skype to hold meetings with me afterwards.I'm determined to play dead for the weekend - but there's really nothing else to do.I originally wanted to do yoga to try to be mindful, relax and go to bed early, but as soon as the mat was laid, my head started to work automatically and consciously.

This makes me feel very difficult.

I really have nothing but work.

What are you all doing?Old Huang should be enough. The two of his family are typical outdoorsmen. It is extremely difficult to deal with it in the house. When they go out, they have to sweat with them and spend their youth. The eldest is a family man. Must be very happy.Kevin must have been to his "Elite Weekend". He is a bachelor and his living conditions should be similar to mine. Maybe he should stay with Xu Xin and the others.Were they in the same group when they were colleagues?Did the big boss give him the news?

I patted my forehead.Why are you back at work?

I didn't know what to do, and in a strange way, I dug out the Kindle from the box-but immediately closed the door and pretended that the second bedroom didn't belong to my family.

Someday I'll clean up.One day when I am free--now I am not free, I will be busy in a daze--when I am free, I will turn the sub-bedroom upside down and make it so messy that it can't be messed up, then I am willing to clean it up.

One day, I bought The God Of Small Things and started reading it.

I usually don't like to read English.Too tired, the reading speed is about the same as reading Chinese characters, but Chinese is the first language after all, so it doesn't take so much brain.There is a Chinese translation of this novel, and there are even translations of the titles of "The God of Small Things" and "The Humble God", but I still read the original text.

Because the writing is very Indian, I thought.

I selectively ignored why I picked this book.

On the 45st, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Singapore reached [-], and only [-] people were cured.I went through the recent data and found that the number of cases has increased rapidly since late March.I had a bad feeling and took time off to buy frozen treats.

The supermarket is half empty.

I was still in Indonesia when the "toilet paper scandal" happened in February. I just saw some photos and thought it was an exception.Today I really understand that the "Why Toilet Paper" recording will "leak" out.

If I saw that the toilet paper was sold out on the shelves, and there were more than half of the unpopular instant noodles left, I couldn't help but "spill".

The tally clerks are quickly restocking, but what I want has been slow to arrive on the shelves.The two large thermos bags I brought out were of no use at all. I settled the bill with two kinds of canned food and quick-frozen char siu, which were obviously not liked by people.Lao Huang laughed at me mercilessly, and pointed me to a small supermarket near the HDB flat, where I should still be able to buy food—and toilet paper.

There were no boxes of household items left on the shelves, and I really didn't know how to feel, so I bought a two-week supply of frozen food and went home.Freight supply chains remain open, and commodity shortages are only a blip, reflecting only sentiment.I'm not a local, and I don't have time to wander around the Internet. Naturally, I don't know why everyone is watching the wind.

Two days later, the PM made a televised speech.

Singapore announced the adoption of "circuit breaker" measures and officially began the nationwide circuit breaker on April [-].