Chapter 3 Dignity Of Being A Human


    Marylin Ye walked up to his desk with nervousness, reached out her hands to put down the design drawings lightly, and said in an official tone, "Mr.


    Shen, these are the design drawings for the first phase of the Rose Vi.”


    "Put it down and leave." Jamie Shen gave a briefmand.


    Marylin didn''t leave immediately after hearing the words, instead, she stood still and poked her hands uneasily.


    "What else?" The man''s voice was cold and harsh.


    Marylin swallowed, brewing her words, and said, "Mr. Shen, there is something that I, I have to pay the rent today, but I don’t have any money for the


    time being, can you lend me some for the moment? I will pay you back immediately after I get the sry.”


    "You are short of money?” Jamie raised his head when hearing this. staring at her face, and sneered, "Are you really short of money or you want me


    to fuck you now? Didn''t you enjoy yourself enoughst night?"


    Marylin clenched her hands and took a step back subconsciously. If she knew that he would humiliate her in such an asion, she would never ask


    him for help even if she would be driven out by thendlord tonight.


    Seeing her face flushed instantly, Jamie softened his eyebrows, looked away deliberately, and said in a hoarse tone, "I have a social party to attend to


    tonight. Come to me tomorrow night."


    Marylin stubbornly did not respond to him. She turned and pushed the door to run out of the office.


    It was almost evening and that she was going to get off work, Marylin still couldn''t borrow enough money for the rent.


    Sinceing out of Jamie''s office in the morning, she had felt that every colleague around her was looking at her strangely. She was restless,


    uneasy, and ufortable. Her heart was tormented inside.


    After getting off work, Marylin walked directly to the hospital where her mother was.


    Her mother was unconscious after a stroke three years ago and had been staying in the hospital. Her father hated his wife because of the death of


    Marylin''s sister which they thought was caused by Marilyn. caused by Marylin they thought. After Marylin''s mother fell ill, he didn’t pay a cent for the


    medical expenses. At that time, Marylin had no one to turn to but went to beg Jamie for help with the huge medical expenses.


    At eight o''clock in the evening, Marylin left the hospital. Her mother still hadn''t regained her consciousness, unaware of her daughter''s arrival.


    After walking a long way, Marylin turned on her cell phone but found out that even the cell phone signal had been shut down due to arrears and she


    could not make a phone call.


    Her house had a leaking roof and it really leaked on rainy nights


    She walked on aimlessly, and unknowingly, until she came near to her old school. She stood in front of a noodles restaurant, watching the hot smoke


    coming out of the soup pot in the shap, and couldn''t help but salivate.


    She walked into the noodles shop and ordered one small bowl of noodles. The hot and delicious food was quickly served by the owner. She buried


    her head into the noodles and started to devour.


    Finally. when she fed her starving belly, she tried her cell phone again to connect to the WIFI in the noodles shop. She used the red-envelope money


    grabbed from friends on WeChat to pay for the food that saved her life.


    When she turned to leave the noodles shop, a familiar and low voice called out to her "Marylin, is that you?"


    Marylin looked around and found out that Cheng Lu, her former ssmate, stood behind her.


    Cheng was wearing a well-regted suit. which showed at a nce that he was just getting off work.


    He recognized Marylin out of surprise, with bright eyes. "Marylin. I didn''t expect it to be really you."


    Marylin was also surprised to meet on old ssmate here, smiling at him in a friendly way. She remembered that Cheng had a good family


    background. There were always many ssmates around him, but he always said very few words. He also walked quietly and gently without ever


    talking to her, let alone any deepmunication. Because they had never been close, the two did not contact each other after graduation, and they


    did not even added each other on social media.


    It was rare toBacounter an old


    ssmate. they sat in the noodle


    shop ancschatted for a while. After


    asking ak about each other''s current”


    statuspCheng asked to add Marylin


    as his WeChat friend, and she


    agreed,  tg


    When she was leaving, Cheng insisted on sending her home. At first, Marylin politely declined, but couldn''t resisted Cheng’s friendliness and allowed


    his kind request.


    Cheng''s car was parked nearby. He drove a Volkswagen CC. Marylin got in the car, and Cheng sent her home ording to the location she said.


    Marylin asked Cheng to park at the entrance of the alley of her rental house. After saying goodbye to each other, she walked into the alley by herself.


    As soon as she stepped on the threshold of the rental house, she heard thendlord''s harsh voice, “Miss Ye, you should have the money to pay the


    rent by now!”


    Marylin didn''t even have a penny on her. Originally, she thought that when she came back, thendlord would have gone to sleep already.


    Unexpectedly, she was sitting in the courtyard and waiting for her!


    "Mrs. Landy, this is the case: I worked overtime today, so I had no time to withdraw money from the bank."


    Thendlord sneered, "In that case, you can go and get it now. If you feel that it will be troublesome, I can apany you to get it! If you can''t, move


    out tonight!"


    Thendlord’s sharp and loud voice immediately rmed the neighbors. Even the residents upstairs opened their windows and poked their heads out


    to check


    Marylin was totally at a loss. Her heart was suffering. She didn''t know how to continue with this lie.


    At that this moment, the familiar low voice sounded from behind again, "Marylin, your cell phone and wallet were left behind in on my car."


    As soon as Marylin turned her head, she saw Cheng walking in from outside, holding her cell phone and a wallet in his hand. She had no wallet.


    After walking into the yard, Cheng


    gave the phone to Marylin, patted”


    her on the shoulder, then went to the


    landlord, took out his wallet and


    said“ter wallet is with me. Kow


    much rent does she owe you? "


    Thendlord said a number, and Cheng took out dozens of RMB from the wallet, and even paid the rent for next month


    Thendlord finally got the money and left satisfied.


    Marylin stood in the same ce and looked at Cheng who was like a savior from heaven,


    “Thank you! Thank you so much! I will pay you back as soon as possible!”


    Cheng just smiled and didn''t say anything. Before leaving, he put a stack of cash to Marylin, "Everyone suffers from shortness of money fram time to


    time. Use this first."? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.


    Marylin didn''t want to take it, but Cheng didn''t give her a chance to refuse him again. After stuffing the money into her hand, he turned and left tly.


    Marylin watclted Cheng''s back walk


    far away, anther gratitude to him


    was deepened. Cheng''s help did


    taste condescending mercy, which


    madecher feel that she still had.”


    dignity in life. She silently thanked


    Chéng for his help in her heart again.


    At night, Marylin finally had a good sleep. She never dreamed that she would be chased up and down by andlord, nor did she dream that her


    luggage would be thrown out one day.


    She had a sweet dream, but it did notst long.


    In the middle of her sweet dream, Marylin suddenly heard a fierce door mming outside. The sound was wild and violent, with a striking intensity.


    Then came a deep male voice that made her tremble all over—"Marylin Ye! Open the damn door!"


    It was Jamie Shen!