Travel companion or bosom friend

  Feng Lei's superior and Pang Hua's superior's superior, the Dean of the Science Academy, were also among the first to know about the registration of their subordinates. They just nodded slightly, without even blinking an eye.

  In this day and age, marrying a classmate of the opposite sex who lives across from you isn't anything special. What's impressive is if you elope with someone of the same sex to get registered in Northern Europe! Moreover, the divorce rate is too high. You congratulate them for half a day, but they break up next year - isn't that just a waste of effort? It's better to wait until their kids get married before offering congratulations. Hmm, maybe the next generation will look down on marriage as a social contract...

  Chen Huasheng won't bother with these things. Whether it's legal matters or store and online shop business, there's no pause. She has hired two more interns, but she pays them a real salary, signs labor contracts, buys commercial accident insurance and collective medical supplementary insurance - Xiao Zhang is a bit envious when he sees this, but he will graduate in two months and leave the city, so Chen Huasheng only bought him accident insurance.

  Workers and students, as well as smartphones that can install instant messaging tools, have greatly helped Chen Huacheng, but in turn, they have also prompted her to pay more "mental" effort on strategic thinking.

  "Now everyone is using full-time or part-time customer service, some even find outsourcing companies. The competition in customer service, original brand and logistics is getting more and more 'fierce'. But the cake has also grown bigger, which means e-commerce industry is becoming more prosperous..."

  The district wanted to set up an e-commerce industrial park, but the rent couldn't be resolved, so it ended in nothing. However, this did not affect the enthusiasm of the government department for statistics and taxation. Chen Huijing had long classified her company as a commercial retail business, making both the business management department and the tax authority very happy. Her "cleverness" and sensibility were appreciated by all parties, so she couldn't avoid being pulled to attend meetings and seminars from time to time.

  Especially when someone who was with her in a meeting the previous afternoon appeared at the same location again the next morning, she began to seriously consider quitting her job as a lawyer.

  "Chen, uh, Chen Huai-cheng? Are you also working on a project for the Judicial Bureau?" The other person was from the Business Management Department and had attended a meeting with me yesterday about e-commerce statistics. Interestingly, we bumped into each other again today at different booths in the same exhibition hall.

  "Chen Chu, I'm a lawyer." Chen Huai-cheng smiled and handed over the business card of the law firm to the 'female' head of the Chen family, who was also an assistant to the director. She thought the other person's eyeballs were about to pop out: running an online store, dealing with lawsuits, and if you count doing beauty treatments... this career span is really not ordinary.

  "Ah, legal aid is also you......"

  "I'm the assistant of the director, and I participate in many of these public welfare activities in our department."

  "Oh, okay... Alright..." The other party obviously hadn't fully come back to their senses yet.

  The judicial bureau here has already let her help with the household chores. She hastily handed over a "handmade" soap as a small gift and returned to her seat.

  Alas, should I prepare some clothes?

  Although she didn't plan on taking wedding photos, a woman who doesn't love beauty isn't a real woman!

  What kind of clothes do you think I should wear?

  She sent a text message to her husband.

  Everything is fine!

  Someone replied very irresponsibly and very faithfully.

  What are you planning to wear?

  Shirt? T-shirt? Isn't it cold there?

  Fine. This person has no idea! Asking is also a waste of time. However, she began to have an understanding in her heart that national style is global style, as long as it looks good, there's no need to worry about plagiarism or counterfeiting issues.

  She quickly contacted the owner of the ethnic wind store who had been buying "refined" oil from her home, and roughly browsed through a few afternoons on her mobile phone to set up several Chinese neoclassical style clothes. Thinking again, in some compartments of the large cabinet that stood tall and upright, there were still a few styles that she rarely touched, but were very suitable for spring and summer vacations...

  Before departure is the busiest time for both of them.

  Pang Hua is relatively easier to deal with. Just ask for a leave and adjust two classes, and it's settled.

  Chen Haotian is even more troublesome, apart from several aspects of work, he also has to wear clothes!

  "How do I look?" Chen Huai Cheng turned around, lifting his arm. The small floral patterned beige silk sleeveless cheongsam dress had a full classical charm on him.

  "Very beautiful." Pang Hua hugged her from behind, his arms wrapped around her waist, and his warm breath was right by her ear.

  "Those few days aren't safe, right?"

  "Right."

  "Hmm... should we consider having kids?"

  Chen Hua Cheng was taken aback for a moment, and for a while, he could ignore the ambiguous feeling on his earlobe and neck. "Do you think our current home is suitable for raising children?"

  "That's okay. If my parents come over, they can stay with me. For the time being, we probably won't be able to buy a bigger house that is also in a suitable environment - we'll definitely have to buy a second-hand one. Otherwise, it will take several years for us to get the key to our new house and the supporting facilities won't keep up either. Or should we exchange houses in the small district where we used to live before?"

  Chen Haotian sometimes feels that having someone to rely on and discuss things with is also a good thing, as long as the two people can last for a while... "Hmm, why not take another look? Having kids is troublesome, raising them is even more troublesome. You can go experience it at colleagues or classmates' homes who have babies, see how many things you need to do every day and how few hours you sleep."

  "Ugh, I was also momentarily out of my mind..." Pang Hua also sobered up. Raise a kid in this building? Oh no, that means the child has to sleep next to them, which means they won't be able to get a good night's sleep for one or two years, and it's almost impossible to ask a nanny for help; his parents-in-law may say nice things, but that's still physical labor! How is it possible to live here continuously for one or two years?!

  What a nuisance! What a hassle!!

  "Never mind, let's just be DINKs then. It's 'fine' this way." He completely lost his mood.

  Chen Huaixing patted his hand and kissed his cheek. These days, she was not comfortable with her body, so she could only use some marginal 'intimate' actions to get close to him.

  After a while of laziness, the two continued to check the weather and human geography, as well as packing their suitcases.

  Chen Huaicheng didn't see his travel companion until the welcome dinner the next day. Because they didn't leave from the same airport, and didn't take the same shuttle bus, they hadn't had a chance to meet up yet.

  This trip, Zuo Zhixuan "gathered" five men and four women. Four couples, plus one single man. The single man lived alone in a cabin with a balcony, and it was said that he wanted to use this room to hook up with a beautiful woman for the holiday, but Chen Huisheng didn't think much of him, his mustache looked even uglier than if he hadn't shaved. Most importantly, there were almost no single women on the ship - she herself couldn't be considered a beauty.

  When Zuo Zhixuan rushed into their room, Chen Huisheng was in the not-too-large-or-too-small bathroom, washing clothes, taking a bath, putting on makeup and getting dressed.

  It wasn't actually a long time, probably about half the time it takes to get ready for a formal photo shoot. When she came out, Zuo Zhixuan was still chatting and joking with Pang Hua. Then he also had to go back and take a shower and change clothes. Because Chen Huaiyin disliked the smell of sweat on him.

  "Chen Hua Sheng, are you wearing makeup?" Zuo Zhi Xuan leaned in.

  "A little bit."

  "Can't see? Oh, painted on! Ah...... indeed just a little bit——" He almost stuck his face up to take a closer look.

  "Alright, you stink too much, go take a shower."

  "Cut! My girlfriend doesn't mind."

  Close the door. Open the window, "It's been calm these past few days, very stable. Hmm, go take a bath quickly."

  "Do I have body odor too?" Pang Hua was quite concerned.

  "Smells worse than me! Go quickly!"

  "Oh..."

  ……

  The food at the banquet was mediocre. The clothes were eclectic, ranging from street vendor attire to formal evening wear. Locals didn't seem to know the difference between a banquet and a family dinner, as they wore plastic slippers and tank tops. Knives scraped against plates making unpleasant sounds, children shrieked loudly over minor unhappiness, men and women yelled into their phones ignoring roaming charges and terrible reception. Toddlers threw food on the floor...

  What a mess!

  Chen Haotian wore a cheongsam, his expression cold and indifferent, quickly finishing his food before leaving.

  "I've booked a card room, are you going? There's free drinks too, but no alcohol." Called out Zuo Zhixuan from the next table.

  "......Alright."

  "Let's go together, it's too noisy here." The little boy next to me was screaming like a pig being slaughtered. Grandpa and grandma were trying their best to coax him, leaving everyone speechless.

  What left Chen Huai stunned was that there was a small half-deck card room on the ship, and - an automatic mahjong table! There were only a few tables, and they might have been converted from cabins, so naturally, they charged a high fee; domestically, it would be in RMB, but here it was in euros. However, there was no tea, and Pang Hua's alcohol tolerance was too low, so she went back to her own room, made a pot of red tea, and brought it over. The teapot was the electric kettle in the room - this was clearly also to cater to Chinese people's habit of drinking tea - the tea leaves were ones she had brought herself, and the cups were all paper cups she had brought along.

  "Wow, Chen Huaicheng, I didn't know you were so thrifty!" Zuo Zhixuan exclaimed repeatedly.

  "I don't like beer here, can only drink my own." Chen Huai-sheng gave a speechless answer.

  There are two tables in the room, several sofas and a long tea table. This time, Zuo Zhixuan brought his "girlfriend" who looked different from before, but this was his private matter, which had nothing to do with others.

  "Hey, we were just talking about it earlier, you were so determined to major in English in high school, but then you ended up studying law and becoming a lawyer! A female lawyer, no less! And now Ponhua is used to being bossed around by you."

  "Who says I didn't study English? I studied it as a second major, got a degree through self-study exams, and passed the Professional English Level 8 exam. Isn't that equivalent to an undergraduate degree? I just spent one more year studying law and taking the judicial exam. It took me 'wasting' another year to get my hands on an English bachelor's degree."

  The cabin fell silent for a while. One year... awesome! Can rival with two master's and one Ph.D.!

  "Is it difficult to study English as a minor?" A certain someone's 'girl' friend asked weakly.

  "Minor repairs should be simple. Eighth grade is a bit difficult. Hmm, for Chen Huacheng it's a bit difficult, for others who are not very good at the bottom may be very difficult.

  Another 'lady' should be a serious wife with legal status, but she and her husband are less intimate in front of people than Chen Huacheng, so she doesn't like other people's 'girlfriends' very much, and even has no common language with Chen Huacheng."

  “……”

  Actually, nobody really likes Mahjong, but it seems like there's no other place on the ship where people can gather to chat without disturbing others.