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A young girl in a purple dress stood smiling at the doorway. Her skin was as white as snow, her eyes like pools of clear water, her face fair and delicate, her skin flawless. Her eyebrows were long and slender, and beneath her small nose was a small mouth with thin lips, the corners slightly upturned, carrying a hint of melancholy. Her entire face was exquisitely beautiful, so ethereal, as if untouched by worldly concerns. The girl's beauty was extraordinary, truly like a pearl radiating light, a jade glowing with luster, her eyes possessing an air of scholarly refinement that stirred the imagination.

The word "beautiful" instantly flashed through Xu Fan's mind.

"Xu...Xu...Xu Fan." To be honest, Xu Fan was a little conflicted at this moment. How could he not be moved by such a beautiful woman? In Xu Fan's eyes, this woman was definitely more beautiful than his cousin. If he were to give her a score, his cousin would be 9.9 points, while this woman would definitely be a perfect 10. She was undeniably beautiful.

puff!

The beautiful woman chuckled, glanced at the broken stool Xu Fan had fallen on, then looked around at the surroundings, and couldn't help but laugh, "You stutter?"

Pfft! God is my witness, I just saw a beautiful woman! Luckily, I didn't get a nosebleed, or I would have been even more embarrassed.

"No...no...no." Perhaps Xu Fan really does stutter; he really does stammer when he speaks.

"Still saying no? Hehe." The beautiful woman chuckled and said, "Your name is Xu Fan?? Hehe, why did you choose a girl's name?"

Oh my God! How did my name suddenly sound like a girl's name? How could it sound like a girl's name at all? Xu Fan was speechless, not knowing how to answer.

"Hehehe, what's wrong? Is this place different from what you expected?" Suddenly, the beautiful woman turned around, looked at Xu Fan, and asked with a giggle.

"No! They're all pretty much the same." Xu Fan shook his head. In his imagination, his first job must have been much worse than this. However, looking at the chair that had just knocked him over, he couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that no matter what kind of company it was, the working environment was the same.

"Um, really?" The beautiful woman was slightly surprised. "You actually said it's about the same? How is that possible? For a company to have a chair like this, it's really quite 'magical' to be listed!" The beautiful woman knew that this chair was used for a small test, and everyone here would be quite frustrated, saying that it was not what they expected. But Xu Fan was quite different from everyone else.

The beautiful woman couldn't help but develop a slight interest in Xu Fan. Of course, Xu Xiaolong had lost the excitement he'd felt earlier. After all, he already had a stunningly beautiful woman at home, a 9 out of 9, and he was used to it every day, so he was much better now.

He naturally became less nervous when speaking, and besides, Xu Fan wondered if the beautiful woman in front of him might be one of the big bosses in his company. He couldn't afford to offend her, so he didn't dare to have any more thoughts.

"How old are you?" During his conversation with the beautiful woman, Xu Fan learned that her name was Xia Ziying, a very nice name. However, Xu Fan did not expect that Xia Ziying would suddenly ask him such an abrupt question. Although he was a man, this was a secret, wasn't it?

"19." Xu Fan looked at Xia Ziying and answered in disbelief.

"What are you looking at? Do you like me?" Xia Ziying's tone was unyielding, leaving Xu Fan speechless.

"No." Xu Fan's simple two words made Xia Ziying agree, and she was secretly delighted. Usually, people wouldn't dare to say they don't have a crush on someone, but how could someone as beautiful as her not have one?

"Hey kid, get to work!" Suddenly, a somewhat discordant voice broke the silence of the two people chatting. Xu Fan heard it and called out, "Coming!"

He had always thought that Xia Ziying must be a big shot in the company, and that she was just here to amuse herself. So, while shouting, he said to Xia Ziying, "Sorry, I have to get back to work." After saying that, he ignored Xia Ziying and ran straight towards the direction where the fat man had spoken.

Hehe! Xia Ziying chuckled softly. This Xu Fan is really strange, quite interesting. Perhaps it really is possible?

"Zi Ying, how about it, are you tempted?" Just then, a voice rang in Xia Zi Ying's ears. A charming middle-aged woman walked by in the distance, dressed in a proper business suit, extremely sexy. Although it was rumored that she was already forty years old, she still looked so beautiful.

Perhaps this is the life of the wealthy, always spending a lot of time on beauty treatments.

"Ah, oh, oh. It's nothing!" Xia Ziying was a little dazed. Her mind was wandering, and her face was flushed. She was really a bit out of control.

The middle-aged woman chuckled softly. This Xia Ziying was no good. To be honest, she was a little surprised when she came to her company. Such a young woman actually said she came to her company to find a boyfriend (friend). She really didn't know what she was thinking.

Seeing the glint in Chairman Wang's eyes, Xia Ziying trembled with fear and quickly said, "Chairman Wang! I'll go back to work now." She then ignored him, remembering vividly how she had first arrived.

Chairman Wang stood up in surprise and shouted, "Ms. Xia, you really came to work for our company?! And you're looking for a boyfriend?" His voice was so loud that the whole company knew that she had come to work for this company just to find a boyfriend.

But she was only here to fulfill a dream, not to find a boyfriend. Chairman Wang had always been kind to her, introducing her to countless people; she wondered who would introduce her to someone today. Xia Ziying often let out a sigh of relief as she fled.

"Xu Fan! Keep it up!" The fat man kept urging Xu Fan to work. He wasn't idle either, and the others ignored each other, just carrying stones on their own.

The fat man changed "Xiaozi" to "Xu Fan," adding a touch of surprise. However, the fat man also knew that Xu Fan was an honest man, and he discovered that Xu Fan was naturally strong. He could only carry one bag normally, but Xu Fan could easily lift 200 kilograms.

"Sister." It was time to leave work. Surprisingly, this big company didn't require overtime. People could leave as soon as they were done. For Xu Fan, this was fine too. At six o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Fan watched his cousin walk out and smiled gently.

"Okay, let's go!" Zhao Liqin smiled gently, a hint of happiness in her eyes. Let's just work like this, whatever we earn is what we can.

"Sis, are you tired?" Xu Fan looked at his cousin's voice and finally said what he had been wanting to say all along.

"Not tired." Zhao Liqin smiled gently. Actually, she had always wanted to ask this question, but her younger brother was always so strong that she didn't need to. A smile was better than anything else.

The two talked about what happened that day, and then walked towards the bus stop. They could only take the bus, as they were going to the hospital. It was their first day of work, and they were both a little tired, but they still had to go to the hospital.

"Auntie, are you feeling better?" Xu Fan asked softly, looking at a middle-aged woman lying quietly with her eyes closed on a simple bed in a large ward with six beds.

The only response was a silent atmosphere and a noisy crowd discussing their recovery. This was my aunt, who had been sick for a month now, but still couldn't wake up. She just lay in bed, because she had no money and had to be sent to this large ward with others.

"Sigh! When will it get better?" Xu Fan sighed softly. He came every day, hoping for a miracle, but nothing ever happened.

Zhao Liqin's eyes were wet, but because she was in front of Xu Fan, she held back her tears.

After a while, the two looked at each other and smiled, then went home. They did this almost every day: get up, go to work, go to the hospital, go home, get up, and so on. They got used to this kind of life, but life is not that simple.

In the dilapidated room, three or four stools were put together, and a middle-aged man, completely drunk, lay on them. He was dressed in tattered clothes and snored intermittently.

"Dad, Dad! Why are you drunk again!" Zhao Liqin smelled alcohol as soon as she entered the door. Looking at her father lying there breathing heavily, she could no longer hold back her tears.

"Uncle," Xu Fan went over and helped him up, intending to take him to his room to sleep. But when his uncle woke up, he rubbed his face in a daze, looked at Xu Fan and Zhao Liqin, and murmured, "Yan... Yan'er! Give Dad the two hundred yuan your mother left behind."

Yes, this was his uncle, Xu Fan's cousin's father. But he was almost always drunk, unconscious, a man addicted to alcohol. Xu Xiaolong looked at his uncle, powerless to help, and felt a pang of pain in his heart. He couldn't understand what had made the head of this family so fond of alcohol, using it to numb himself.

Tears streamed down Zhao Liqin's face as she sobbed uncontrollably. She looked at her father, wondering what she could say. Her mother had been in the hospital for a month, but her father hadn't cared at all, and to make matters worse, he wanted money.

"Dad! All that money was used to pay for Mom's medical treatment," Zhao Liqin said softly, sobbing.

"What illness? I told you, it's a minor illness, a minor illness. It doesn't need treatment. It's a waste of the family's money, hmph." Shangguan Feng cursed dazedly, then ignored Xu Fan and Zhao Liqin and went straight into his room.

But he didn't know that his wife was already unconscious. How could this be a minor illness? If this is a minor illness, then there must be no serious illness in the world!

Hehehe!

Zhao Liqin seemed to have aged several years in an instant. She sat weakly on the ground, her eyes glazed over. She had finally found a job and thought everything would get a little better, but fate always seemed to be like that, forcing people to face the fact that this was her home.

Xu Fan wanted to cry, but he suppressed it; he couldn't cry.

In this family, only he can stand up now, so he must work hard. This family has long been his home in Xu Fan's heart, and he has never given up on it.

"Sister, I'm here for you." These simple four words brought tears streaming down Zhao Liqin's face again. She gently hugged Xu Fan, not saying a word, just crying.

That's how time goes. In this family, the two children are constantly striving for a better life, for the sake of their illness, and for the hope of happiness.

They are busy every day without a single day of rest. They never complain of being tired. Day after day, night after night, time flies by. Xu Fan and Zhao Liqin have been working for about half a month now.

"Sis, off to work." Early that morning, everything looked brand new. It was obvious that it had rained outside. In the quiet corridor, Xu Fan looked out the window and saw that everything was wet.

"I understand." Zhao Liqin smiled gently. At least she still had her younger brother by her side; otherwise, she really didn't know if she could have survived with such resilience.

The two looked at each other and smiled, each with their own thoughts, unsure of what their feelings were. In any case, they were both used to this feeling, but today was a little different, though they didn't know why.

"Let's go!" Xu Fan took out an umbrella. There was only one umbrella in the house, and it was drizzling outside. The two of them squeezed under the umbrella, but they were both happy and content.

It's still the bus stop, still the bus stop sign; they go there every day like this, never taking a taxi, because they want to save every penny to pay for their aunt's medical treatment.

"Keep it up!" Xu Fan smiled gently. This was a phrase the two of them would say to each other before entering the company every day.

"Keep it up!" Zhao Liqin's eyes remained as calm as ever. Things in the company seemed very different, really different from a small company. Although she had long been used to it, she had never given up trying here.

After clocking in, Xu Fan found himself in a simple duty room with a cup of strong tea, a table, and a chair. Seeing that nothing had changed, he sat down to rest for a while. Usually, there wasn't much to do when he first started his shift.

"Xu Fan." An elegant and enviable voice, as beautiful as heavenly music, rushed into Xu Fan's ears, making his heart tremble unexpectedly. He knew who it was just by hearing the voice.

"Is there something you need, Manager Xia?" Xu Fan already knew by this time that Xia Ziying was a department manager in the company, but she had a different relationship with the boss and seemed to have a lot of power.

"Can't I come to you if there's nothing wrong?" Xia Ziying sneered disdainfully, standing there and looking at Xu Fan with a grin. For the past two weeks, what had been most troublesome for Xu Fan was that such a stunningly beautiful woman would come to see him every day.

(End of this chapter)

===Chapter 1019 My Cousin's Birthday===

"Don't you have an aunt?" Xia Ziying suddenly changed the subject, looking directly at Xu Fan as she asked. In fact, as she said this, Xia Ziying was making a big decision in her heart: Xu Fan was definitely mine.

Ahem, of course, this one is mine, actually, it's Xia Ziying's idea, she can be my secretary.

"Yes!" Xu Fan nodded, but his tone clearly indicated that he wanted to know how the other party knew.

"Is he suffering from a serious illness that is incurable?" Xia Ziying once again pierced Xu Fan's most painful spot. He nodded helplessly. Yes, but how did Xia Ziying know all this?

"Can I tell you that I can cure your aunt's illness?" Xia Ziying smiled gently, a hint of amusement playing on her lips, perhaps knowing that Xu Fan would be excited.

"Can you please stop joking around?" Xu Fan's eyes were sharp, no, not just sharp, but keen. A glint flashed in his eyes. He didn't want anyone to joke about his aunt like this, not even if you were the boss, and certainly not a beautiful woman.

"I am a miracle doctor!"

"If you're a miracle doctor, then I'm a god." Xu Fan felt dizzy from Xia Ziying's words. Had this beautiful young lady taken the wrong medicine today?

"Be my secretary?" Xia Ziying ignored Xu Fan's words and instead asked an unrelated question.

"Me, a grown man, be your secretary? No way! I don't want to be a secretary when there's work to do and a secretary when there's nothing to do!" Xu Fan's heart pounded when he heard this. It seemed this beauty had really taken the wrong medicine today and wanted a secretary. He was a good man, and besides, he was still a virgin. He wouldn't let a beauty fall for him like that.

"Even if you're just a secretary, you won't be at a disadvantage, right?" Xia Ziying's answer almost made Xu Fan choke. What was this? She was actually making him do it? Cough cough, this wasn't a good thing!

However, seeing the serious look on Xia Ziying's face, Xu Fan couldn't help but wonder to himself, could she really cure his aunt's illness? If so, being a secretary wouldn't be such a big deal.

Thinking of this, Xu Fan looked at the breathtakingly beautiful woman in front of him, feeling overjoyed, excited, and flustered. He shouted, "Really?"

"Get lost!" The only answer Xu Fan received was a simple, almost succinct voice. At that moment, Xu Fan noticed that Xia Ziying had already turned and left, with a distant voice saying, "See you at the door after get off work tonight."

Watching Xia Ziying slowly disappear before his eyes, Xu Fan noticed that Xia Ziying was acting strangely today. However, it had to be said that what Xia Ziying said was very tempting. It wasn't about becoming her secretary, but about being able to cure his aunt. Of course, it was impossible for Xu Fan not to want to be Xia Ziying's secretary. He was just like everyone else, dreaming about it. Don't forget, she was even more beautiful than his cousin!

A day passed quickly, and Xu Fan had long since gotten used to this kind of life. As always, he arrived at the company entrance and stood there eagerly, just like before. But only Xu Fan knew that today he was not waiting for his cousin.

"Xiao Fan, you're always this early, hehe, let's go." Zhao Liqin smiled sweetly at Xu Fan. It was like this every day, and Xu Fan and Shang Yan were already used to it.

"Sis, I have something to do tonight so I won't be going back. You go to the hospital first, then come home and get some sleep so you can go early. Who's going to cook?" Xu Fan instructed his cousin Zhao Liqin, feeling a lot of apologies but unable to express them, because Xu Fan knew that today was a bit special.

"Oh, hehehe." Perhaps Zhao Liqin really didn't expect that today would be such an extraordinary day. Starting today, Xu Fan was going to abandon her and let her go home alone. Was she really that unimportant?

"Sister, don't be angry, okay? I'll definitely come home tonight." Xu Xiaolong saw the look of disappointment on Zhao Liqin's face. Yes, it's always a bit difficult to adapt to a sudden change in a life that you've long been used to. Even Xu Fan felt very uncomfortable.

"It's okay, remember to come back tonight, I'm leaving now." The hint of disappointment on Zhao Liqin's face was covered by a fake sweet smile. Then she waved and walked towards the bus stop where they waited for the bus together every day.

Xu Fan suddenly felt incredibly melancholy, a mix of emotions that he didn't know why was so chaotic at this moment. Zhao Liqin felt the same way. On such an important day, Xu Fan couldn't be with her. Was it because Xu Fan was too close, or because he simply didn't want to be with her, or something else?

Beep beep!

The car horn sounded just as Zhao Liqin left, and a red Audi sped past Xu Fan. It didn't stop beside him, and the window slowly rolled down. Xia Ziying, dressed beautifully, looked even more captivating.

"What? Aren't you getting in the car?" Xia Ziying urged, her gaze fixed on Xu Fan as he kept looking into the distance. She noticed a beautiful girl staring in her direction, but Xu Fan ignored her. She thought to herself, "This must be the cousin Xu Fan was talking about. She's indeed beautiful."

Click!

Xu Fan opened the car window and sat in the back seat, but Xia Ziying's eyes shot out from the rearview mirror with an angry expression, which made Xu Fan feel a chill. He decided to leave it at that, opened the passenger door, and got in.

Whether Xia Ziying did it on purpose or not, there were still scraps of paper on Xu Fan's hair that he hadn't removed after finishing his work. Xia Ziying reached out to help Xu Fan remove them, and then gently brushed through Xu Fan's hair, as if looking for any more scraps of paper.

"What are you doing, Miss Xia?" Xu Fan was a little confused, wondering what was going on. He was filled with questions, but little did he know that in the distance, a tear had unexpectedly fallen from the girl's eye.

So, so, so it was all just a dream. Xu Fan already has a girlfriend. So, on my birthday today, Xu Fan is not good enough for me because he has to be with his girlfriend, Xia Ziying, who is even prettier than me. So, I am just an older sister after all. But am I really an older sister?

Those lines of tears made everyone around her tremble. What happened to this girl? Was she heartbroken? Actually, she was in even more pain than if she had just broken up with her boyfriend. Every day was filled with routine, but this one sudden action shattered everything. All her dreams had vanished like thin air.

When Xu Fan looked at the scraps of paper in Xia Ziying's hand, he nodded and said, "Thank you." Then he added, "Nice car!"