The further down the list they read, the more panicked he became. Even the names of the two people who had been behind him when he registered had already been called. But by the time they finished reading the entire list, the man still hadn't heard his own name.
At this moment, he felt his legs shaking and could hardly stand steady.
He had just quit his job at the construction site; if he lost this one too, he would have lost both opportunities. Heading out that morning, he had assured his wife with utter certainty that, no matter what, he could not lose this job.
He hurried forward to the foreman to state his name, but the foreman looked up with a peculiar expression.
"Your name's not on the list."
"Ah! That's impossible! Big Brother, you were the one who helped me register yesterday," the man exclaimed in shock, hastily repeating his name and the registration number from the previous day.
"It's not there. See for yourself."
