Blurb:
Xue Zhenshu rode her little electric scooter to work. As she went through an intersection, one of her wireless earbuds slipped out and rolled right under a white car in the middle of the road.
The driver continued on, and Xue Zhenshu could only watch as the earbud was crushed to bits beneath the car.
Luckily, there was a red light ahead. Xue Zhenshu immediately parked her scooter and strode angrily toward the car across the road.
She knocked on the window. Inside was a breathtakingly beautiful woman, dazzling and alluring.
Sang Luo brushed back her hair and raised an eyebrow. "Can I help you?"
Xue Zhenshu's anger, which had been at full blast, instantly dropped to zero. Her pale hand twisted the hem of her clothes as she stammered, "Um, you ran over my earbud."
Sang Luo hummed a lovely note. "Hmm?"
Xue Zhenshu shut her eyes and steeled herself, getting it all out in one breath. "I said you crushed my wireless earbud. I just bought them, they arrived last night, and today was my first time using them."
With thirty seconds left on the red light, Sang Luo rested her hand on the car window and glanced beneath the car. In an unhurried tone, she asked, "And?"
Xue Zhenshu paused, then stuck out her neck and said, "What do you mean, and? You obviously have to pay me back!"
She had assumed the woman would try to get out of it and refuse to pay for the earbud. She had already prepared herself to be turned down. But to her surprise, Sang Luo was perfectly agreeable. "How much?"
Before her brain had caught up, Xue Zhenshu had already held out her payment QR code. "Oh, the pair cost 79.9 yuan, so you only have to pay for half since you crushed one."
Sang Luo scanned her code and paid her 100 yuan. "Keep the change. I suggest you get your head checked at the hospital."
As soon as she finished speaking, the light turned green and Sang Luo drove off.
Xue Zhenshu stood there. When it finally sank in, she stamped her foot in anger, then flipped off the Porsche Cayenne disappearing into traffic.
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Still fuming, she entered the office and spent ages venting to the coworker at the next desk.
She was halfway through gossiping when the company's newly appointed design director walked over, surrounded by a crowd of executives.
Their eyes met, and Sang Luo gave her a nod and a smile.
Xue Zhenshu wanted to die on the spot. Who could have guessed that the driver who had crushed her earbud that morning was the new director, transferred over from head office?
Written on August 14, 2024, at 4:30 p.m.
Theme: Work diligently, promote the spirit of dedication, and encourage one another
