I'm back in 1990

Chapter 693: Fei Song's Troubles

In the blink of an eye, the annual plum rain season was over, and Shanghai immediately entered a scorching heat mode. People could not stay outdoors in the sun for long. What was worse was that there was not a breath of wind, so even under the shade of trees, it still felt hot, only slightly better than under the sun.

Fei Song felt like he was about to suffer from heatstroke. His workplace had been extremely unfair to him in the process of evaluating his professional title, so he was very angry and even went to the relevant leaders to argue with them. Unfortunately, the situation did not change as a result, and he was deliberately marginalized by the leaders of his workplace.

Fei Song is introverted and doesn't like to show off. He is not very good at socializing. After graduating with his master's degree, he was assigned to work at the Shanghai branch of Huaxia Bank, where he mainly engaged in financial and economic research and analysis.

Because his original supervisor, Huang Xiaochuan, resigned for some reason, the school replaced him with another professor. Therefore, Huang Xiaochuan's name was no longer listed as the master's supervisor in Fei Song's graduation file, but was replaced by someone else.

So no one in the Shanghai branch knew that Fei Song, who was usually quiet, had actually studied under Huang Xiaochuan, a world-renowned economist, China's first Clark Medal winner, and Asia's richest man.

Fei Song wasn't a native of Shanghai and had no one to rely on here. Fortunately, he had a fellow disciple, Sheng Lei, who worked in Shanghai. Feeling depressed, he wanted to talk to someone he knew, and Sheng Lei naturally became his only choice.

The two met at a coffee shop near Wanguo Shenyin, where Sheng Lei worked.

The air conditioning in the coffee shop made Fei Song feel much better. After drinking a glass of iced lemonade, he felt much better. However, Fei Song, who usually doesn't pay attention to details, looked rather sloppy. He was wearing a long-sleeved shirt with a slightly yellowed collar, the sleeves were half-rolled up, half of the shirt was tucked into his pants, and the other half was sticking out. His hair hadn't been cut in a while, which gave him a bad first impression. If it weren't for the waiter's high level of professionalism, he probably wouldn't have been allowed in.

A short while later, a capable woman dressed as a white-collar elite entered the coffee shop. The woman was Sheng Lei. She immediately spotted Fei Song, who was wearing black-rimmed glasses and looked somewhat dejected, sitting in a booth by the window not far away.

"What's going on, Lao Fei?" Sheng Lei greeted Fei Song and sat down opposite him.

Then he said to the waiter who came to serve him, "Two Americanos, no milk, no sugar, please!"

After the waiter left, Sheng Lei looked at Fei Song's disheveled appearance with a look of exasperation: "I said, you should at least have a girlfriend! Look at you, what kind of life are you living?"

Fei Song chuckled self-deprecatingly: "Who would want someone like me?"

Sheng Lei looked displeased: "What's wrong with your qualifications? You're a master's graduate, working in a bank. I just don't understand why you're so clueless about this? I've introduced you to four people already, and they all fell through!"

Fei Song didn't want to discuss this issue too much: "Senior sister, let's not talk about this today, okay? I came to see you about something else."

Sheng Lei then noticed that Fei Song was acting strangely, so she quickly asked him, "What's wrong with you?"

"Senior sister, is there no fairness in this society?" Fei Song suddenly raised a social question.

Sheng Lei immediately realized that her bookish junior had run into trouble.

"Tell me properly what exactly happened!"

Fei Song told Sheng Lei in detail about the problems he encountered when he was applying for a professional title at his workplace. After hearing this, Sheng Lei was also very angry, but she knew that things in the workplace could not be explained in a few words. Her junior colleague was too honest and had no backing at work. If people didn't bully him, who else would they bully?

There's really no way to teach people how to get along with others. Although Sheng Lei was also very angry, the two of them didn't have much overlap in their work, and Sheng Lei didn't know how to comfort Fei Song for a moment.

The best way is to go directly to the teacher. These problems are nothing to the teacher. However, neither Fei Song nor Sheng Lei wanted to bother the teacher with such a small matter. After all, they felt that the teacher was already busy enough and there was no need to bother him with such a thing.

But Sheng Lei still tried to persuade Fei Song, saying, "How about we contact the teacher?"

Upon hearing this, Fei Song quickly waved his hand and said, "Please don't! If word gets out, I'll be embarrassing the teacher."

"Sigh!" Sheng Lei naturally understood what Fei Song meant.

Sheng Lei could only offer Fei Song a few words of comfort before dragging him to a nearby shopping mall to change his entire outfit. His original clothes were really too shabby. She also took him to get his hair and beard cleaned up. After this makeover, Fei Song looked completely refreshed.

"How is it? Much better now, right? You should pay more attention to your appearance from now on." Sheng Lei looked at Fei Song, who kept looking in the mirror, with a satisfied expression.

Fei Song gratefully said, "Thank you!"

"Why are you being so polite with me? Alright, no matter what, you need to adjust your mindset. If you didn't get the award this year, we'll try again next year. Your skills are there for all to see, what are we afraid of?" That was all Sheng Lei could say to comfort Fei Song.

Sheng Lei asked, "How did you get here?"

"Oh, I came by taxi."

"Then be careful on your way back. Call me back when you get there, okay?" Sheng Lei instructed.

Fei Song nodded to indicate that he understood, and the two then parted ways.

A few days later, Ding Yi, as the leader of the competent department, came to Wanguo Shenyin to inspect the work, and naturally ran into Sheng Lei.

He was very familiar with Sheng Lei; after all, Sheng Lei had to call him her senior uncle!

Taking advantage of a moment of free time when no one was paying attention, Ding Yi took the initiative to ask Sheng Lei, "How's it going here?"

"Thank you for your concern, Uncle-Master, I'm fine!" Sheng Lei replied to Ding Yi with a smile.

Ding nodded slightly: "Tell me immediately if anything happens, otherwise your teacher will find out first and blame me. Your teacher is so protective of her students."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Lei hesitated.

Ding Yi was an extremely astute person; how could he not see through this? He then asked, "Is something the matter?"

Sheng Lei thought for a moment and finally said, "Actually, it's not my business. It's about a junior of mine. He's also a student of our teacher. He's run into some trouble recently, and I was trying to comfort him a couple of days ago."

Ding Yi asked, "Who is it? Is it Tip?"

"How did you know it was him?" Sheng Lei asked in surprise.

Ding Yi said smugly, "Nonsense, Huang Xiaochuan only took in a few students like you. If I couldn't even figure that out, how could I be your senior uncle? Tell me, what about the tip?"

Sheng Lei then told Ding Yi everything about Fei Song, and Ding Yi had a look of bewilderment after hearing it.

"Why is this guy so honest? If he said he was Huang Xiaochuan's student, do you think anyone would dare treat him like that?"

Sheng Lei said, "Uncle-Master, you know Fei Song's personality. He wouldn't do something like this!"

Ding's eyes darted around, and he immediately had an idea: "Alright, I understand."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Lei knew that the matter was settled, because Ding Yi could handle it just as well.