Chapter 339: No Need to Be the Deputy Group Leader Anymore
After a long day of work, Luo Bin returned home. There was no hot meal waiting for him, and to make matters worse, he was immediately met with the sound of his wife scolding their son. Anger instantly flared within him.
Liu Fanglan was angry too. Hearing Luo Bin scold her, she shot to her feet in a fit of pique.
"What did I do? Just because I didn’t cook? Now I have to get lectured by you two? Do you think I’m a maid, here to cook for you every single day!"
"You..."
Luo Bin was truly infuriated. Originally, he had wanted Liu Fanglan to stay in their hometown, where she could both take care of their child and look after the family’s elders.
But Liu Fanglan herself had insisted on coming, saying she was worried about him being here all alone and that she wanted to take care of him and their child. Liu Fanglan didn’t have an outside job; she was only responsible for the housework.
And now, the very person who had volunteered to come here to take care of him and their child wasn’t even willing to cook a single meal, and was instead complaining that he treated her like a maid.
’What kind of maid has such a comfortable life!’
"What are you talking about! I’ve spent all day exhausted from training and missions at the Group. I don’t want to fight with you!"
If it weren’t for his wife and child being at home, Luo Bin would just eat all three meals at the Group’s cafeteria. ’Wasn’t it all because he wanted the family to spend more time together!’
"Who wants to fight with you! Don’t you dare mention the Group. I get angry just hearing about it! Tell me, when is your Group finally going to promote you to group leader?!"
The moment she thought about the group leader living across from them, Liu Fanglan seethed. ’If Lu Cheng wasn’t a group leader, outranking her Luo Bin, how could that Shen Nian be so arrogant in front of her!’
"What nonsense are you spouting! You can’t just talk about the Group’s affairs like that! Promotions are based on the Group’s system. Do you think you can get promoted just by wanting it?!"
It wasn’t as if Luo Bin didn’t want a promotion himself! He had been stuck in the position of deputy group leader for a very long time.
Unfortunately, he had neither performed any meritorious service nor had any outstanding achievements. Even his current position as deputy group leader was mostly just a result of seniority.
’Deep down, Luo Bin knew that this was probably as far as he’d ever get in the Group.’
He knew a Mr. Lu had moved in across from them, and he’d heard plenty of stories about Lu Cheng’s accomplishments. That man had earned his position as group leader bit by bit, through his own merits.
’Even if he was envious, envy was all it could be.’
It wasn’t that he hadn’t considered taking on more missions to push for a breakthrough. But unfortunately, the first person at home to object was always Liu Fanglan.
"Deputy group leader, deputy group leader, you’ll forever be just a deputy group leader! That Mr. Lu across the hall is so much younger than you, yet he’s already your superior. If you’re not ashamed, I’m ashamed for you!"
"Liu Fanglan, are you deliberately trying to pick a fight today?!"
The issue of his promotion was already a sore spot for Luo Bin. Having Liu Fanglan bring it up repeatedly was an immense provocation.
However, Luo Bin clung to a shred of reason. Their child was home, and this was the family residence complex. He didn’t want to cause too big of a scene.
’After all, who doesn’t want to live a peaceful life?’
"So you’re incompetent, and I’m not even allowed to complain about it, is that it?!"
"Fine, I’m incompetent! Then why did you marry an incompetent man like me in the first place! If you’ve got the guts, keep yelling! Yell until everyone in the entire Group hears you, and then I won’t have to be a deputy group leader anymore!"
"I..."
Hearing Luo Bin’s words, Liu Fanglan’s fiery anger gradually subsided.
’It was true she despised that he was only a deputy group leader, but if he lost even that position, their family’s circumstances would become even worse than they were now!’