Ding Yun thought this way and acted accordingly.
It was quite a sincere activation of her ability, wishing her ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend a million descendants, all the best.
And she blessed them three times in a row.
She didn't stop until she had used up her daily quota.
Then, she quickly tidied up the mess in her rented apartment, cleaning up the vomit, the wine bottles, and the room. After washing up, she immediately went to bed.
When she drank, sleep did indeed come more easily.
The next morning, Ding Yun didn't wake up until past ten o'clock. As soon as she saw the time, she knew something was wrong.
Opening her phone, she found several missed calls, and the work group chat was asking why she hadn't come to work.
She hadn't taken leave, so this would be counted as absenteeism!
In response, Ding Yun could only quickly call back, apologize, and agree to have her salary deducted for the missed work.
"Sigh, will I have to work overtime like this again!
My monthly salary is just over five thousand, and rent for this place is over three thousand. It was fine when we shared the rent, splitting it in half. But if I still rent this place alone now,
won't I only have about two thousand left each month?
What can two thousand yuan do? It can only keep me from starving, not to mention I still have to pay for my phone bill every month, attend company dinners once a month, and deal with social obligations. Nowadays, it's embarrassing to give less than five hundred for a gift, and people don't think a thousand or two is too much.
Looking at it this way, I might have to live on porridge!"
As soon as she hung up the phone, Ding Yun was already calculating the original body's current salary and expenses, and she felt very pessimistic.
As for savings, although the original body wasn't a spendthrift,
she couldn't save much money each month.
If she was lucky, she might save a thousand yuan. If she was unlucky, two to three hundred would be good. Sometimes, with many social obligations, her salary wasn't even enough.
After working for several years, she had only saved less than ten thousand yuan in total.
That wouldn't even cover a few months' rent.
It was no wonder her mother always advised her to go home and find a job, or to take the civil service exam, or become a teacher.
Now it seemed that life outside was indeed tough.
Of course, the civil service exam wasn't that easy to pass.
If you don't have the ability, you won't get anywhere.
However, Ding Yun couldn't think of any other good ways to make money for the time being, so she planned to continue with her current job. It would be more reassuring to look for another job while still employed.
Therefore, she quickly got up and washed up.
She made lunch and prepared to go back to work in the afternoon.
If she missed half a day in the morning, one day's wages would be deducted. If she missed the afternoon as well, two days' wages would be deducted.
However, just as she finished lunch, her phone rang again. She opened it and saw it was her mother calling.
Ding Yun answered without hesitation and asked,
"Hello, Mom, what's up?"
"What's up? Did you forget about the betrothal gift I told you about a few days ago? Have you talked to your boyfriend about it? Do they agree to this amount? It's been two or three days, why haven't they given a definite answer?
I'm telling you, you're not married yet, so don't favor outsiders. I'm doing this for your own good.
Don't other families ask for a house, a car, and a betrothal gift?
If you were living separately, that would be one thing. But if you don't have a new house and have to live with your in-laws, wouldn't you be their subordinate daughter-in-law? And you're a spendthrift, with no savings in hand, you'd have to put up with any grievances, where else could you go?
Don't worry, your father and I are not greedy for your money.
We'll give you the betrothal gift back when the time comes.
It's important to have some money in hand to feel secure!"
The original body was still bewildered by the breakup, so she naturally hadn't told her mother. It had been three days since Huang Haijuan had asked her daughter to privately inform her boyfriend about the betrothal gift.
So, she was naturally eager to know the result.
Whether it was good or bad, she at least deserved an answer.
At this moment, Ding Yun was very conflicted, unsure how to reply. If she lied, this matter couldn't be hidden anyway, so hiding it for a few more days or a few less wouldn't make a difference.
So, after hesitating for a moment, she truthfully said,
"Mom, he broke up with me.
Don't worry, it's not about the betrothal gift. I hadn't even had a chance to tell him how much the betrothal gift was before he called me to break up. He won thirty million yuan and felt that I wasn't good enough for him. He's now pursuing the former campus belle from our school. Let's just leave it at that for now.
Don't ask me for more details.
I'm feeling very complicated right now, let's talk later..."
Ding Yun didn't need anyone's comfort, so after explaining, she pretended to be upset and hung up the phone.
She had just gone through a breakup, and in such circumstances.
It was perfectly reasonable for her to be in a bad mood.
No one could fault her for that.
On the other end, Huang Haijuan, whose call had been hung up by Ding Yun, was a bit stunned. She had guessed that her daughter's boyfriend might find the betrothal gift too high or want to haggle, but she never expected that he would win the lottery and dump her daughter.
This was worse than being a beast.
Immediately, Huang Haijuan started cursing vehemently.
After a round of scolding, she quickly sent Ding Yun some text messages, saying things like it was God's blindness for such a person to win the lottery, that she had seen his true colors at this moment, and it was good that they weren't getting married. If he had won the lottery after they were married, he would still be a cheating scoundrel.
He might even kill his wife to avoid splitting the money.
Breaking up with him now meant she'd find someone better next.
Finally, she specifically comforted Ding Yun, saying that if she was really unhappy, she could take leave and come home. It was fine even if she resigned and took a break for a while. The family had enough to feed her. In short, she was mainly trying to console Ding Yun.
She was afraid her daughter would overthink things or get stuck in a rut.
After comforting her daughter, Huang Haijuan herself began to worry. Because she had told her friends and relatives that her daughter had found a boyfriend and might be getting married soon, the sudden breakup made it difficult for her to explain to them.
If her daughter had dumped the boyfriend, it would have been fine.
But now that she had been dumped, it was too embarrassing to say.
So, Huang Haijuan quickly began to ponder how to appropriately modify the details of the situation, so as to highlight her ex-boyfriend's scummy behavior and also to somewhat save her daughter's face by saying that it was her daughter who initiated the breakup.
This way, she could at least save some face.
Of course, that was Huang Haijuan's situation.
After hanging up the phone, Ding Yun quickly ate lunch and hurried out to go to work.
Their company's working hours were from nine in the morning to nine in the evening, with only a one-hour lunch break, from twelve to one. They had to be back at work promptly at one o'clock.
She had to cook lunch, eat lunch, and wash dishes, which took up a lot of time. She had to rush to work, otherwise, another late arrival would mean more deductions.
Ding Yun planned to work normally for now, and then, when she had the chance, she would experiment with her golden finger to see how effective it was, and then consider how to utilize it.
So, naturally, she had to be at work on time.
And after getting off work at nine o'clock, she stayed at the company with her colleagues, pretending to work overtime diligently for an hour.
Only then did she return home exhausted.