Working 996: I Don’t Believe in Merfolk
996不相信美人鱼
Synopsis
The day of the team-building event, my colleague and I drank too much, leaning on each other and rambling nonsense.
I said, “We’ve been colleagues for so long. Let me confess something honestly. I want to marry you.”
His eyes were hazy from the alcohol. He lowered his voice as if it were something serious.
“Then I’ll tell you a truth, too. I’m a merman. Humans and fish can’t be together.”
I cursed him, “If you really were a merman, then I would honestly want to marry you.”
We burst into loud laughter. I poured myself another full glass of liquor.
He wiped away a tear from laughing too hard, and that tear quietly transformed into a pearl at his fingertip.
We were both big idiots.
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I’m working 996 in Beijing, while the people around me are drowning in drama:
Boyfriend cheating with my best friend, reenacting Tiny Times;
Zhuangzhuang, the tough guy colleague, claims he’s a merman.
By scheming against my colleague, I saved on rent,
And by scheming against me, my colleague destroyed humanity.
One-sentence summary: Frying a merman
Theme: Let a numb heart come alive again. Fairy tales blooming in the city.