The main thing was, in that fleeting moment, he actually thought about the incident where his wife almost hit Qin Yang’s wife.
He didn’t know why, but he suddenly linked it to Qin Yang’s motive for competition.
So when he faced Sister-in-law Feng, Feng Dajun couldn’t help but growl in a low voice, even though he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Now you realize how embarrassing it is? Where were you before? How many times have I told you not to meddle in my work affairs? Who told you that the Deputy Minister position would fall to me? There are so many people in the office, so many eyes watching, yet you dared to boast like that?"
Sister-in-law Feng, seeing Feng Dajun’s angry demeanor, shrank back in fear.
"Keep your voice down, aren’t you the one who said that the soundproofing in the family building isn’t good and that arguing would be heard by others? You’re embarrassed."
"I’m embarrassed? You actually realize I’m embarrassed? My dignity has almost been thrown away by you. If you knew it was embarrassing, what were you doing earlier? Now the bragging has been exposed, and all the people in the family housing and the whole office are watching me make a fool of myself. What am I afraid of losing anymore? What dignity do I have left to lose?"
"It’s not entirely my fault. Didn’t you also say before that your performance at work was quite good and that this position was very likely to come to you..."
Before Sister-in-law Feng could finish, Feng Dajun pushed her away.
"I said those things at home, and you dared to repeat them outside?"
What he regretted the most now was drinking too much during the Spring Festival and speaking nonsense at home.
This was his first year celebrating the New Year away from home.
He wanted to return to his hometown to reunite with his parents, but the round trip cost for the three of them would be over a hundred.
Add in all sorts of other expenses, and the trip would take up two months of his salary.
So, he didn’t go back to his hometown and saved the money for socializing.
On New Year’s Eve, staying in this empty family building, spending a cold and dismal New Year, he unknowingly drank too much.
Sister-in-law Feng was pushed back by him and started crying, feeling aggrieved.
"I didn’t mean to say it outside. Besides, how are you worse than Qin Yang? In the Northwest, you and he were on par. Coming here, your position is even a bit higher than his. Even if there’s a promotion, it should be yours first. I think they’re looking down on you because you come from the countryside. Qin Yang is deliberately doing this. Their family is so wealthy that even if he never works in his life, he won’t worry about food and drink. They live the best life, yet he still wants to compete with you?"
Sister-in-law Feng felt such hatred.
She really thought good days were about to come.
Initially, she didn’t plan to mention this outside, knowing that speaking about it wouldn’t be good until things were settled.
But since that new neighbor tried to flatter her, saying Feng Dajun had great prospects, she unintentionally let it slip, and the other person’s attitude towards her became even more servile. Then she...
She enjoyed being respected way too much.
Whenever those people smiled and greeted her, bringing all sorts of good things to please her, she genuinely felt like an emancipated serf singing, finally in charge.
She thought days would always be like this, never again facing disdain, never being laughed at for being from the countryside, only flattery and laughter in the days to come.
But the result was even more disdain and ridicule.
Some even mocked her openly.
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