Rebirth on the Doors to the Civil Affairs Bureau

C49 The Grays of Life

"So you're not going to be smart and instead you're putting yourself in the middle of things?" Xia Feng tilted his head, looking at Shao Yifan with a raised eyebrow.

"I..." Shao Yifan pointed to himself and exclaimed "It's not my fault things ended up awkward! Who decided to be completely different from his usual personality and start something?"

"I know you're good friends with An An, but we're over. The one I like is Yu Dong. An An making trouble again won't help anyone." Xia Feng said, "I thought about it seriously last night, and I figured I should just make things clear as soon as possible."

"..." Shao Yifan was dumbfounded.

"If you really want to help, you should try to persuade her to stop." Xia Feng said as he picked up his stethoscope. "And do you really believe that she likes me that much?"

"Doesn't she?" Shao Yifan countered.

"She's just not comfortable with the face I gave up on her first." After Xia Feng said this, he patted Shao Yifan on the shoulder then went out. In the end, when you have something to compare it too, it's easy to clearly see just how much a person likes you.

Shao Yifan stood in the empty office for a while before swearing: "Those three farts, why do I try to help those goddam thankless people, I should just shut my mouth."

Yu Dong naturally didn't know that Xia Feng said these words to An An, and she was much too busy to care.

The dubbing work pushed aside slowly started. Coupled with Ren Xinxin's hospitalization, Yu Dong and Xiang Xiaoyue were both working overtime. Added with the fact that they visited Xinxin every day, and the fact that Yu Dong also had to prepare for her nightly live broadcasts, they were both stretched thin these days.

In actual fact, last year's profits from Xiaoyue Studios was pretty good. Xiaoyue was also generous, giving her two girlfriends bountiful salaries. Yu Dong could actually just quit her radio station job and work with Xiaoyue full-time, in face Xiaoyue mentioned this several times, but Yu Dong always refused.

Because she likes the job. Through the traveling sound waves, Yu Dong knew her voice would accompany many lonely people through the night.

"Hello everyone, this is FM9666. You're now listening to Midnight Phantom after the advertisement, this is DJ Fish Jelly." Yu Dong smiled as she talked because while the listeners might not see it, she knew they could hear it in her voice. "It's time to open our hotline again, let's answer out first call."

After a beep, the phone connected.

"Hello, this is Fish Jelly." Yu Dong said with a smile.

"Hello Fish, I'm Ms. Beautiful." A soft female voice could be heard from the other end of the phone. It sounded very pleasing, and all the listeners could feel her gentleness towards the host.

"So what story does this Ms. Beautiful want to share with us tonight?" Fish Jelly asked.

"I..." The tender voice, after much hesitation, timidly asked: "Can you promise not to look down on me if I say?"

"Er.." Fish Jelly blinked doubtfully. Thinking that it shouldn't be too bad, Fish Jelly continued, "Do you know those confession booths in Christian churches? You can think of me as your priest, tell me your story tonight and maybe your heart will feel lighter.

"Like in those American blockbusters?" Ms. Beautiful asked.

"Yes."

Ms. Beautiful finally started to narrate her story.

"Actually...I'm...maybe I should just be called a mistress or a second wife."

Fish Jelly froze at her words. She thought of a lot of possibilities, but never in her wildest dreams did she consider this scenario. As a woman, Fish Jelly hated mistresses, but she didn't interrupt Ms. Beautiful's narrative.