Lin Yi felt like he was going to die
This is not just the feeling of exhaustion from working overtime until three in the morning, but a kind of suffocation coming from deep in the bone marrow - the chest seems to be grasped by an invisible hand, and every breath is accompanied by a needle-like sting. The Excel spreadsheet on the computer screen was still blinking with the cursor, and there were still three pages to go in the damn quarterly report, but his vision had begun to blur.
"We can't fail... We have to report tomorrow..."
He struggled to pick up the quick-acting Jiuxin Pill on the corner of the table, but his fingers couldn't move. The phone screen lit up, and it was a WeChat message from my wife: "Working overtime again? I've had enough. The divorce agreement has been signed. I'll pick it up tomorrow."
Lin Yi smiled bitterly
Thirty-eight years old, a middle-level manager of an Internet company. It is normal to go out at seven in the morning and come home at eleven or twelve in the evening. There are still 20 years left on the mortgage, the car loan has just been paid off, and the child's cram school costs RMB 8,000 a month. He didn't dare to ask for leave, didn't dare to get sick, and didn't dare to resign. My father was hospitalized for a cerebral infarction last year, and my mother has high blood pressure and diabetes. The burden of the whole family falls on his shoulders alone.
The company has just completed a new round of layoffs. His team has been reduced from fifteen to six people, and the workload has more than doubled. The big boss said at the meeting: "I want to thank the company for giving you the opportunity. How many people are looking for jobs outside now?"
Yes, be grateful
Lin Yi's consciousness began to blur, and he seemed to hear the sound of an ambulance, or a colleague calling his name. He wanted to answer, but his mouth couldn't open. Before the last trace of consciousness disappeared, a ridiculous thought flashed through his mind -
"If I could go back again, I would rather be born in ancient times, even as a farmer, than live like this..."
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