"Also, he would be criticizing me in front of the whole company. Ever since then, if I say that my position in the company can't even be compared to a dog, would you believe me, Kingston? However, what can I say? Firstly, I did use a fake diploma to get a job that was not supposed to be mine. In terms of my own vanity, I truly did not want to give up because this job at the company would allow me to lift my head up high in front of my mother and her family. Didn't they think that I was a despicable and good-for-nothing person? Didn't they think that a middle school graduate like me was incompetent and would not have a better job than their children, who were college graduates? Look at me. I am now working an office job in a company in the big city. How dignified!"Kingston was speechless. When Eevonne was experiencing that all in the past, he was not involved. He thought that if he was involved at that time, he might be influenced by her boss. On top of that, the girl truly was vain,
Tears welled up in Eevonne's eyes again. "No, I am not a good girl, Kingston. I'm a hot mess. I was not sensible at all. Kingston, I had truly regretted all those things that I had done. Do you know? There is a good saying which says that every pitiful person must have made some mistakes in the past that made them that way. Do you know when I was at the most pitiful moment in my life? It was not when I was discovered to have faked my diploma. It was also not when I stood in front of the entire company was reprimanded in public. It was…it was when I went to my boss, who already hated and looked down on me very much, and asked if I could borrow money from him to satisfy my vanity and to put up a pitiful pride in front of my family. Guess what happened in the end? Once again, that boss used me as an example and criticized me in front of the entire company. He said that my fantasies were too sweet in front of everyone. He said that I was having nothing more than wishful thinking and it was
That kind of grievance was deeply-rooted in her and was unable to be removed."Kingston, do you know the feeling of being brainwashed?" Eevonne raised her teary eyes and looked at him.Kingston immediately put her in his arms. "Tell me, who is that boss? Where is he now?"Eevonne shook her head, smiled miserably, and said, "Kingston, don't blame him. Blame me.""Don't talk about yourself like that, Eevonne!" Kingston said.She shook her head firmly. "Kingston, the matter has already passed so long. Gradually, I understood some people may never be office workers after working for their whole life. She would forever be in the production line. She would just be a part of the working class and at the bottom of society. However, she could still be respected by others. Do you know why? It is because she doesn't owe others anything. She has her feet on the ground. She is not vain. She would stay on her job and work hard to do her job well. She would use her outstanding results to gain th
Eevonne laughed at herself. "Kingston, if your…friend, the friend who had also faked her academic qualifications, had encountered such a matter and was accused by everybody that she had stolen something, how would she deal with it?""Her?" Kingston chuckled. "If it's that friend of mine, this would be a small matter to her. She may not even look at those people who have accused her. She would just do her job seriously as usual. While doing that, she might raise her head and look at the people in her surroundings who were questioning her and ask, 'Do you have any evidence? If you do, call the police to arrest me. If you don't have any evidence, don't be here blocking my way. You're blocking my light. If I made a mistake while drawing the draft, I would come and settle scores with you.' That friend of mine would certainly handle it like that."Kingston was incredibly proud when he said that.He knew Sabrina very well. If she had met such a thing, she certainly would handle it like tha
She was alone and helpless, and she shouted angrily as if she had gone mad. The people next to her certainly thought that she was extremely ferocious. However, only she knew how lonely and helpless she felt at that time.At that moment, when Kingston heard the girl telling him about it, he also understood it. He could very much relate to the feeling of being marginalized and not being trusted."In the future, this…won't happen anymore. It won't happen anymore," Kingston said firmly.The girl sobbed in his arms. "Kingston, do you know that at my age, there has been nobody, there has never been a person like you who is willing to listen to me, let me explain, and have no prejudice against me. You've no idea how it evolved to the point that all of the people in the company collectively suspected that I am a thief. I had become an animal that was despised by everyone in the company. Everyone in the company looked down on me. At that time, my life was simply a living hell. However, it so
Kingston looked at Eevonne with a confused expression. "This matter has been clarified, but could it be that they still blamed you?"Eevonne nodded. "Not only did they blame me, but none of the people present apologized to me. On the contrary, they kept accusing me.""Assholes!" Kingston shouted.After crying for a while, Eevonne had already calmed down. She then recounted softly and calmly, "The thing that was missing from the company was a small art piece of a famous tower. It had been gifted to the company by a client from abroad. Originally, the art piece had always been placed on my boss' wife's desk. However, that morning, the tower was suddenly missing. The following day after I went against the entire company because of this matter, it so happened that another client wanted to take a look at our new products. My boss and the lady who was in charge of the company logistics then took the key and went to open the door of the showroom. In that instant when the door opened, bot
Eevonne shrugged. "Kingston, have you heard of the boiling frog?"Kingston immediately understood what she was implying. His expression was sorrowful as he nodded. "Of course, I know about that."Eevonne continued softly. "Frogs are very sensitive in terms of jumping. If the water in the pot has been boiling since the beginning when the frog is thrown in, it may jump out immediately to escape, and it won't be scalded. However, if the frog was put in the pot when the water was cold, and the temperature of the water was raised little by little, the frog would get used to the surrounding temperature over time. Finally, when the water is truly boiling, it won't feel like it is a kind of torture anymore. It would boil to death in the end. I am that frog. I was just slightly humble and slightly tolerant in the beginning, but in the end, everything was already normal to me. I had already gotten used to it. Other than being vain, having a fake diploma, and often getting in conflict with the
Eevonne smiled. "That's right. I finally resigned. However, my resignation was not decent at all. I was thrown out of the company.""What?" Kingston asked."Because I often had arguments with my colleagues, everybody in the company looked down on me. Whenever I argued with someone, it would always be my fault. However, Kingston, when I argued with the other person on the following day, I had actually already endured it for a very long time. Do you believe me?"Before Kingston answered, Eevonne smiled. "You certainly won't believe me. Nobody would.""I believe you!" Kingston answered firmly."As the saying goes, once a man is down, people will take advantage of the situation to attack him. That is an old saying. You wanted to work in that company to earn your salary. Even if it was just because of your vanity, you did not want to leave that place at all. Since you wanted to keep that job so much, of course, you would want to suffer in silence to let the matter pass. If it wasn't be