A Man Blossoming at Thirty

hour gone by, yet the adult

h in the corridor, tempted to check ro

The voice on the other end identified as the

ioned hearing my child crying during his patr

as still at home, nearly ti

the affair of that wretched couple

rd I would be back soon, as

infidelity had occurred. All

I hastily left the hotel, mounted

security guard was reliable. Upon my return

he guard exclaimed, "

rush and how my son was still asleep when I le

never leave a child alone at

thank you,

y unlocked the door, finding my son in

ears, "Daddy, I thought you did

sorry, little Pengpeng. Daddy did

r to his mother, usually as

ntangled with that older man, fueled my ang

, bewildered, not understa

few comforting words and rush

I finally started deliver

my wife, I unexpectedly received a request for delivery. The destin

nd headed to the 20th floor. As I reached out to pr

voice behind me exclaimed, "Mr. Ch

ound, I wa

a former colleague from

sycophantic behavior, always vying for my

former colleagues that Mr. Chen ended up delivering meals. I couldn't believe it, thi

rds with him, I chuckled, "D

"Mr. Chen, do you kn

d, "I'm a product manager at Risin

y remarking, "C

rsistent with you. I wanted that product manager position, but you

erceived triumph, I couldn'

i

20th floor. Turns out,

, I still address you as Mr. Chen out of respect. But

the coffee from my hands. The cup crash

e mess, he

lled out, "Co

ant?" He halted, tu

yes when you walk?

cked my way. They say a good dog doesn't

ed, "Don't play games with me. Pay for my coffee, or

want money, right? Here you go, one hundred dollars enough?" With that, he pulled out a crisp

e further, I swiftly picked up the

A hundred bucks made you bow down. Co

. I rushed to the Starbucks, bought a new coffee

again, the spilled cof

noted in the order and he

y, standing with lowered head while a woman ins