"Notice is out, notice is out! There's nothing wrong with our welfare housing, and the housing allocation list has been posted again! Everyone, hurry up and take a look!"
"So soon? Deputy Director Li said the results would be out in a week, but it's only been three days."
"Hey, don't you know how efficiently Director Li gets things done? When has he ever delayed everyone's time?"
"Come on, come on, let's go take a look."
"What are you looking for? Your name wasn't on it last time. Do you think the factory director is suddenly going to show mercy and give you a place this time?"
"What do you know? Since the housing list has been posted for public notice, it's meant to accept supervision from the masses and determine whether each family's housing situation is truly difficult.
The factory director doesn't know our circumstances that well. What if he gets fooled by some crafty little people who falsify the facts?"
"Hiss, you're right. What if someone's cooking up a fraud?"
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Listening to her coworkers' chatter, Ge Qian could not help but feel uneasy.
Although the two Factory Directors had "fully supported" Ge Qian and affirmed her special housing needs, what was she supposed to do if the coworkers around her all felt she did not deserve a house?
But Ge Qian truly needed a house now. Without one, what would happen to the two children?
Half an hour later, the coworkers who had gone out to read the notice gradually returned. Ge Qian immediately sensed that the way everyone looked at her was clearly different from usual. Some even pointed at her and whispered among themselves.
Ge Qian felt uncomfortable all over.
From her coworkers' gazes, she seemed to feel all kinds of contempt, jealousy, and disdain.