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"Is this... Tifa? No, no, it should just look like her... But if you don't look carefully, you would really think it's Tifa who appeared in the real world!"
The middle-aged man is Shen Ye's director, who is also a middle-aged man who likes to play games and watch anime. He is in his early forties and has been a fan for more than 20 years, so he recognized Tifa when he saw her for the first time.
However, due to system issues, when the director looked closely, he felt that they were only about 70% similar, which led to the following words.
The director was a kind man. He quickly shifted his gaze away from Tifa's face and waved to Shen Ye.
"Xiao Shen, come out for a moment. I have something to tell you."
Shen Ye put down his pen, said to Tifa, "Wait for me here," and left the office.
The director handed a cigarette to Shen Ye, lit one for himself, took a puff and said, "Is that your girlfriend? Your previous blind date?"
"Yeah!" Shen Ye nodded. He had already guessed what the director was going to say next because he had seen the director's expression just now.
"Has anyone told you that your girlfriend looks like a game character... Oh, I forgot you play the game too. Let me be frank, your girlfriend looks a lot like Tifa, at least 70% similar. If she puts on makeup, they'll be 100% similar." When the director said this, the look in his eyes was very interesting, full of envy, jealousy, sighing and suspicion, very complicated.
"Many people say so." Shen Ye said, but added in his heart that they had just arrived in this world.
"Then you have to be careful. Such a beautiful girl will probably be targeted by many people. Make sure she doesn't get snatched away by others." The director patted Shen Ye's shoulder.
Unfortunately, I snatched her away from someone else.
But Shen Ye certainly couldn't say that, so he could only say: "Don't worry, Director, we love each other, and no one can take it away from us."
"That's good." The director said this, but he hoped so.
"By the way, you came so early today, aren't you here to show it to me first?" After taking another puff of his cigarette, the director asked doubtfully.
"hey-hey."
Shen Ye didn't say anything, but just chuckled twice, the meaning of which was self-evident.
"You brat." The director hit Shen Ye's shoulder hard and said, "But if it were me, I would do the same as you. I would definitely make those otakus in the circle envious and jealous."
As he spoke, he sighed again, as if he was thinking of those friends who were still single.
"Director, I came so early this time because there is actually something else." After a while, seeing that the director seemed to have almost finished sighing, Shen Ye said again.
"What's the matter? Do you want to ask for leave? That's no problem. If you want to take a few days off, just tell me directly. I'll approve it. Anyway, there's not much to do at the unit right now, so you can handle it." The director had an expression that said, "Just ask, I agree."
This time Shen Ye felt a little embarrassed to speak. He glanced at the resignation letter on his desk with embarrassment, wondering what to say.
Seeing Shen Ye's embarrassed look, the director thought he would need a long wait, so he said, "No, it won't be too long. A week at most, otherwise others will have objections, and there will be an inspection next week."
"I don't want to ask for leave." Shen Ye said.
"What do you want to do? Borrow money? Oh! That's right, you have a girlfriend, so your expenses must be high. How about this, you ask for it, three to five thousand is no problem." The director was about to take out his phone: "WeChat X or Alipay?"
Shen Ye: "…"
How can I start talking about this? Shen Ye was speechless.
After taking a deep breath, Shen Ye said directly: "Director, I plan to resign."
"Oh, it's not about borrowing money, it's about resigning...what? Resigning?" The director didn't react at first, and then his eyes suddenly widened.
"You want to resign? Why?" The director looked puzzled.
"I want to spend more time with my girlfriend." Shen Ye spoke directly from his heart.
"Really? If that's the only reason, I can reject your resignation." Of course the director didn't believe it.
"Well, the main issue is money. You know how much we get. It's a fixed salary, and there's not much in a year including bonuses. It's okay to support one person, but it's too difficult to support a family." Shen Ye started to lie, but it was also the truth, because there were nine mouths to feed in the family, and that salary was a problem to feed them.
"Our salary is a little low, but if we save a little, we can still support a family." The director had gone through this himself and advised him.
"Could it be her fault? That kind of gold digger? But she doesn't look like that!" The director continued. Although in his opinion Shen Ye's girlfriend was only 70% similar to Tifa, he didn't want to ruin the impression of Tifa in his heart.
"Of course not, I just want to give her a better living condition." Shen Ye said stiffly.
"Well, okay then." The director patted Shen Ye's shoulder regretfully. He could hear that Shen Ye's tone was firm.
"But you have to think carefully. This is not a private institution. It's easy to resign, but it will be difficult to come back if you regret it." The director decided to make one last effort.
"I've thought it through." Shen Ye nodded vigorously.
"Okay then." The director sighed, "Give me your resignation letter later and I'll go and handle the paperwork for you. You don't have to come to work these few days... these few days. I'll call you when the time comes."
"Thank you, Director." Shen Ye said gratefully: "How about this, let's have dinner together tonight."
"Forget it, you should just stay with your girlfriend." The director glanced at Tifa, sighed and left.
After watching the director enter his office, Shen Ye also returned to his office and continued working on his unfinished resignation report.
"That person is very nice to you." Tifa supported her chin and looked at Shen Ye.
"He's a good guy, otherwise he wouldn't have been a director of some importance in this unit for more than ten years." Shen Ye felt sorry for this director. He was capable, but had no desire to climb the ladder, and he was too nice, so he gave up opportunities for promotion to others several times.
"Forget it, I won't say any more. I've finished my report." Shen Ye put down his pen, took the finished report and left the office.