Make Do with It
by Han Xueli
About This Novel
The novel revolves around the life and growth of Cheng Haiyan, a working woman, intertwining workplace games, family fetters and marriage dilemmas, with the core highlighting the life choices of "making do and perseverance". Cheng Haiyan, who is nearly forty years old, works as a human resources manager in a transforming technology company. She has to deal with the power balance within the company - general manager Shi Mingyi's radical reforms, vice president Yao's cautious self-preservation, and financial manager Wang Huijuan's strong game. She also has to deal with difficult tasks such as the recruitment of R&D managers and full-staff marketing promotions, and she must move forward steadily in complex workplace rules. In the family, she is caught between the gentleness and tolerance of her adoptive mother and the forceful urging of her biological mother (aunt) Cheng Caixia to get married. She must not only maintain complex family relationships, but also deal with the trivial family matters of sisters He Chunyan and He Xiaoyan, and find a balance between family affection and self. On the marriage line, Cheng Haiyan rejects the "make do" view of marriage, and has experienced the insipidity of her blind date, Mr. Shen, and the deception of the "marriage agency". She always adheres to the expectation of "love and affection", but inadvertently and the general manager of the company, Shi Mingyi, frequently intersect with each other due to work, and gradually develop a subtle bond from colleagues in the workplace. At the same time, Shi Mingyi experienced a utilitarian love entanglement with Xiang Huihui, and finally realized the true meaning of living a down-to-earth life. The story connects the survival wisdom of working people, the realistic pressure of middle-aged people, and the far-reaching influence of their original families. It shows the struggle and perseverance of ordinary urban men and women between ideals and reality, emotions and interests. In the end, everyone finds a balance between the reality of "making do" and the original intention of "not making do", and continues to move forward in ordinary life.
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