I started to become more self-disciplined at the age of 30

Chapter 3 3. The fastest blind date record deleted! What to do?
It is now past normal working hours for most people.

So, the subway is not so crowded anymore.

Jiang Chen entered the subway smoothly. He took a quick look and saw that there were no seats, but there was plenty of space elsewhere so he could stand anywhere. He stood there for a while leaning against the handrail.

"Ding!"

The phone rang with a friend-adding notification tone.

Jiang Chen was puzzled for a moment, picked up his phone and took a look. He saw a friend request from an unfamiliar number. The avatar was a delicate cartoon beauty. He thought it was an advertisement or something and wanted to ignore it, but then he saw a message at the end - it was introduced by Aunt Zhang!
Introduced by Aunt Zhang?

Jiang Chen immediately remembered the 31-year-old girl his mother had talked about on the phone last night, and clicked yes.

The other party sent a message immediately.

"Hello, I guess you were forced by your family to go on a blind date, right?"

Jiang Chen was standing on the subway, unable to send a message, so he could only send one word - Hmm!

The other party also sent a message quickly.

"How about this, we won't meet. I've been too busy lately. But we both tell our families that we've met and that we don't have any feelings for each other. Let's just leave it at that. How do you say that?"

Jiang Chen's eyes lit up.

Is there such a good thing?

At least save money on a meal.

He immediately replied: "Good idea, OK!"

The other party immediately replied: "Okay, I'll call my mother tonight and tell her so. You can call back later."

Jiang Chen: "No problem!"

"goodbye!"

"goodbye……"

The next second, Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

because.

He didn’t send out the word goodbye!
Tip: You need to add the other party as a friend to...

"You're deleting me now?"

Jiang Chen has been a big blind dater in recent years. There have been at least 20 to 30 people introduced by his family or colleagues, if not 50.

I have met more than a dozen people, but we never talked for long. A month was considered a long time.

Moreover, after they stop chatting, they basically delete each other.

but……

This time, it took less than a minute from adding the friend to being deleted.

"It set a record for the fastest time. It was deleted before I even saw a single scene!"

Jiang Chen felt like laughing, he wasn't angry, he just found it funny.

It is indeed the city with the fastest pace of life in China.

After taking two subways, I finally arrived at the company, which took exactly one hour.

Although he was late, Jiang Chen still used facial recognition to clock in as usual.

As soon as he walked into the office, his colleagues glanced at Jiang Chen, and then looked at him again in surprise.

"Is that Jiang Chen?"

"You dressed up specially today? What's the purpose?"

"Isn't he being interviewed by his boss today? He's dressed so nicely, is he going to get a promotion?"

"It turns out Jiang Chen is so handsome."

……

Jiang Chen has worked in this company for four years. He has been very low-key during these four years and usually dresses like an ordinary otaku, so few people pay attention to him.

Today, Jiang Chen took a shower in the morning, washed his face thoroughly, and put on a neat suit, that's all!

But the whole person seemed different.

Everyone then realized that Jiang Chen was so handsome and energetic.

A colleague came up to Jiang Chen and said jokingly, "Old Jiang, are you going for a promotion? Or a blind date? Why are you dressed so handsomely?"

Jiang Chen also smiled and said, "I don't know!"

After saying that, Jiang Chen waved and said hello to a few colleagues with whom he had chatted before, then turned and walked towards the office of the project team leader.

Through the glass, Jiang Chen saw a colleague sitting in the office and talking.

After waiting for two minutes, the colleague came out, looking a little lonely. He gave Jiang Chen a complicated look, forced a grin, and then walked to his workstation.

Jiang Chen also nodded and greeted him, then walked into the office, nodded to the boss and sat down.

Project manager Zhang Yang looked at Jiang Chen in surprise and asked curiously, "Jiang Chen, are you going on a blind date today?"

Jiang Chen shook his head: "No! Boss, if you have something to say, just tell me!"

Zhang Yang looked Jiang Chen up and down, and said with a smile: "Seeing that you are in such good condition, I feel relieved. Originally, the conversation was a matter for the HR department. However, I am a member of my own project team, so I will do it myself! Jiang Chen, you know that the company has not been doing well in the past two years."

"Our project team may be disbanded. I don't even know which department I will be transferred to, or whether I can stay. You have to find another job now."

Jiang Chen had expected this result, so he was not surprised. Instead, he relaxed a little, as if he had put down the heavy burden he had been carrying for a long time. He asked softly, "What about the dismissal compensation?"

Zhang Yang: "You have been in the company for four years. I will give you five months' salary, but no performance bonus. I will give it to you next month, which may be 50,000 yuan. Let's part ways in peace!"

Jiang Chen was surprised: "The company is so straightforward?"

He is ready for labor arbitration.

Such things are common in megacities like Shanghai, and people have to queue up to go to labor arbitration.

result……

The company actually gave him five months' salary as compensation.

Zhang Yang smiled helplessly and said, "I fought for this for you, so I have the nerve to talk to you guys in person. Otherwise, I would have just passed it on to the HR department and would not have the face to see you guys."

Jiang Chen nodded, stood up and extended his hand to Zhang Yang: "Thank you."

Zhang Yang also stood up and shook hands with Jiang Chen, looking him up and down: "Jiang Chen, you have changed!" Jiang Chen let go of his hand, slowly sat down, revealing a confident smile: "Perhaps, this is the real me."

Zhang Yang froze in place, his eyes inexplicably red. These words touched the softest part of his heart.

Who doesn’t want to be true to themselves?
It's a pity that he is already 38 years old, has a mortgage, children, and a wife, so he can only try his best to earn a stable salary to support his family.

"That's great, I wish you all the best in the future."

Zhang Yang sincerely wished Jiang Chen a happy birthday.

Jiang Chen nodded, his confidence becoming even stronger.

Recalling the high spirits of my teenage years.

Who isn’t confident?
Unfortunately.

After entering society, all those high spirits and vigor were gone.

Jiang Chen also had a good impression of Zhang Yang. As a project manager, Zhang Yang had always been caring towards Jiang Chen and other members. He would avoid overtime if possible and would try not to disturb them after work.

After working here for a few years, Jiang Chen's salary increased from 9,000 yuan at the beginning to 16,000 yuan now. He was living a pretty good life, although he didn't save much money!

"Goodbye, Boss!"

Jiang Chen called Zhang Yang "Boss" again and then said goodbye.

Zhang Yang looked at Jiang Chen, who was full of vigor and handsome, and waved his hand with some envy. After Jiang Chen walked out of the office, he took out his mobile phone, turned on the front camera, looked at his greasy and bald round face, and touched his big belly.

Then, Zhang Yang took out his wallet again and looked at the graduation photo of himself from more than ten years ago in the wallet, which showed his confident self. His face was full of nostalgia, melancholy, and sadness.

Jiang Chen came to his workstation, packed up his things, said hello to a few people he knew, and prepared to leave.

"Jiang Chen, what are you going to do in the future? I want to set up my own studio, do you want to join me?"

A colleague came up to Jiang Chen and asked.

Jiang Chen thought about it and realized that he didn’t know what to do, but he didn’t want to continue being a programmer.

too tired!
Now that he has a self-discipline system to supervise himself, Jiang Chen first wants to complete the system's self-discipline tasks, so he doesn't want to do work that has chaotic working hours.

and.

With the 50,000 yuan compensation from the company and the 20,000 yuan in his own card, he had a total of 70,000 yuan in funds, which was enough for him to live a worry-free life for a while.

Since you don't plan to get married and start a family, just live a relaxed and carefree life.

Jiang Chen shook his head at the same time: "Thank you, I want to take a break for a while."

The colleague patted Jiang Chen on the shoulder: "Okay, if you want to come, feel free to contact me!"

Jiang Chen: "Okay!"

After waving goodbye to a few colleagues, Jiang Chen carried his things and left the company.

After leaving the company, Jiang Chen was about to go back to the rental house.

However, a line of reminder message appeared in front of me - "Maintaining moderate exercise is beneficial to physical and mental health."

Well, Jiang Chen hasn’t done any serious exercise for a long time.

Looking at the system prompt message, Jiang Chen gave up the plan of going back to the rental house directly, and instead took the subway to a nearby park to work out with many elderly men and women who were exercising in the park, where there was a full range of fitness equipment.

Jiang Chen began to try each piece of fitness equipment.

He is familiar with these things, as he played with them almost every day when he was in school.

But now when I touch it again, it feels so strange.

I couldn’t pull up one single pull on the horizontal bar. My arm hurt. I gave up!

I could barely do one on the parallel bars because my shoulder muscles hurt, so I gave up!

Push-ups, but after doing ten my hands started shaking so I gave up.

Sit-ups, five, give up!

Jogging, 500 meters, panting, it’s over for now!

Jiang Chen's forehead was covered with sweat. He panted and went to a roadside store to buy a bottle of water. He drank most of it in one breath and felt better.

"You're only thirty years old, and you're already such a weakling! I was an athlete who could do thirty horizontal bars, fifty parallel bars, eighty push-ups, and fifty sit-ups in one breath. I won first place in the 5,000-meter long-distance race in elementary school, participated in winter long-distance races every year in junior high school, won third place in the 3,000-meter long-distance race in high school sports meet, and won tenth place in the 5,000-meter long-distance race in college sports meet..."

Jiang Chen recalled his past achievements and felt sorry for his current weak self. He decided in his heart that he would exercise every day in the future.

Since you plan to be single for the rest of your life, you must maintain a good body so that you will suffer less when you are old.

"It's lunch time, please eat moderately and don't overeat!"

"Maintaining a nap habit after lunch is good for your physical and mental health."

The two-line prompt appears again.

it's time for lunch.

Jiang Chen felt that this system was like a nanny, reminding him at any time when it was time to eat and sleep...

I dragged my aching body slowly to a nearby fast food restaurant. Just as I was about to order a meal, the system prompt message appeared again.

"Please maintain a healthy diet, eat a balanced diet, eat less oil and salt, and avoid overeating."

Jiang Chen had no choice but to follow the instructions and order a set meal of one vegetarian dish and one meat dish, and half a bowl of rice.

Although he could order more rice for free, Jiang Chen followed the system's instructions and only needed to eat until he was 60% to 70% full, so he only ordered half a bowl of rice.

After dinner, Jiang Chen took the subway back to his rental house to take a nap.

Take a nap?
Jiang Chen didn't know how many years it had been since he last had a nap.

Fortunately, no one needs to wash up after taking a nap.

Jiang Chen returned home, washed his hands, and then lay down to sleep.

Slept for two full hours.

After getting up, Jiang Chen sat on the bed, feeling a little confused!

Got fired by the company!
What should I do now?
Continue looking for a job in Shanghai?

Or go back to my hometown Chengdu to find a job?

or……

Why not take a break first, spend the 70,000 yuan and enjoy yourself for a while?
(End of this chapter)