Chapter 1399 - 910: Xiaozhang
Jiang Nian sat in the office, gently tapping his fingers on the desk. For some reason, he felt slightly hot.
"Hmm?"
Is the air conditioning broken?
He tugged at his shirt collar, disheveling the neat neckline. He didn’t bother to fix it, and stood up, heading towards the air conditioner.
"How strange."
"Why do I have a bad feeling?" Jiang Nian glanced at the window, the sky was gloomy, seemingly about to rain.
Spring rain is as precious as oil, that’s a good thing, right?
Hmm.....
In March in Yuhang, the temperature is relatively comfortable. Jiang Nian was wearing a thin white shirt, sleeves rolled up.
He pondered for a long time with no clue. He simply recalled the main task at hand, and frowned even more.
"How the hell did we end up making money?"
"This isn’t scientific!"
The Banyu offline store chose to open in a mall. Originally, it was expected to just make some noise, but it became a trendy check-in point.
"Chi Shi!"
With his hands behind his back, he couldn’t hold it in, "Which influencer is so bored, randomly exposing things like this?"
It boosted sales, which is pretty nice.
But the success of the offline store, that’s a bit unsettling. What if someone in Purple City suddenly wants to take a gamble?
Damn, when can I retire?
Meanwhile, Jiang Nian was sighing and worrying. The operations team was overjoyed, a scene of jubilation, like a sea of joy.
The joys and sorrows between people are always disconnected.
"Boss, good news!"
Zhang Wei knocked and entered, looking excited, "Our store made it, the daily foot traffic broke three hundred!"
Jiang Nian turned his back on him, already feeling lifeless.
"Got it."
At that moment, Zhang Wei couldn’t help but shake his head. He thought to himself, I am still too restless, the boss remains the boss after all.
Remaining unperturbed in success and failure, neither arrogant nor impatient.
"Boss, should we increase maintenance efforts?" Zhang Wei thought for a moment and suggested an immature idea.
"No need." Jiang Nian waved his hand, refusing, "Every penny of the company’s money should be spent wisely."
Zhang Wei: "???"
Wisely?
Does that mean handing out money left and right, with various subsidies, bonuses, and fancy overtime pay?
Turns out, employees are the foundation stone.
No, the cornerstone!
Zhang Wei was stunned, thinking that the boss unexpectedly has such foresight, our company might become a Fortune 500!
Jiang Nian, feeling frustrated, wrapped up a day of work.
Back at the apartment.
"Welcome home!" Yu Zhiyi opened her arms, a bright smile on her face, "Hungry?"
With that, she stepped aside.
"Ta-da-da!!!"
Three dishes and a soup, packed in a lunchbox. Plus a plate of small fruit, and two cups of iced drinks.
Jiang Nian: "???"
He was stunned for quite a while before coming to his senses. He stepped out and checked the doorplate number, then walked back in.
"Didn’t walk into the wrong place."
Yu Zhiyi: "...."
"Did you order takeaway?"
"I made it myself!" Yu Zhiyi was nearly exasperated, "Every dish was handmade by me."
"There’s no pot at home, how did you make it?" Jiang Nian was surprised, not to mention a pot, there wasn’t even a packet of salt.
After all, the apartment is small, the fewer things, the cleaner.
"Rented kitchen," Yu Zhiyi rolled her eyes at him, "I took a cab over, made it, and brought it back."
Hearing that, Jiang Nian looked her up and down.
"Already recovered?"
"No!!" Yu Zhiyi shook her legs, "Come eat quickly, it won’t taste as good when it’s cold."
"Alright."
Jiang Nian wasn’t exactly unmoved by this, but he wasn’t overly touched. He just asked her a gentle question.
"Have you cooked before?"
"No."
Jiang Nian was surprised, looking increasingly puzzled. With chopsticks in hand, he wasn’t sure whether to eat, but eventually, he took a bite.
"I appreciate the gesture, thank you."
"But with this skill, you’re basically saying goodbye to the culinary world. Cooking isn’t for you, switch to another track."
"What track?"
"Cosplay."
"You!!"
....
The next day.
Zhou Yuting woke up, flipped through her phone. Seeing no messages, she decided to invite someone to the library.
Why invite someone? Because... she didn’t know either.
Out of instinct.
Inviting each girl in the dorm one by one. Softly coaxing and pestering, until the other party really didn’t want to go, she finally gave up.
For her, it was a casual thing.
Going to the library alone, that’s being a try-hard. Going in a group, giggling, reading, and playing on their phones, that’s sisterhood.
"I’m not going, I have plans."
"Okay then."
Zhou Yuting grabbed another roommate, heading to the library together, listening to the roommate complain about the other two along the way.
She occasionally spoke up, expressing shock and questioning.
Really?
How could it be like that?
For Tingzi, this was just everyday life. She handled it effortlessly, almost without exerting any effort.
"Did you put on makeup?"
"No, it’s too troublesome." Zhou Yuting shook her head, her mind not in the right place that morning, no mood for that.
"Someone in our dorm started putting on makeup at seven this morning." The roommate spoke mysteriously, lowering her voice.
"She has a boyfriend outside, but she’s meeting him today. Seems like it’s xyt, could they have gotten together?"
"Really?" Zhou Yuting was surprised.
"Yeah, that’s what she said last time." The roommate said, "Her boyfriend seems to be nine years older and is eager to get married."
"Oh, you weren’t there that time."
"But because of the marriage house issue, she’s still considering it. So she’s been putting it off."
"How could it be like that?" Zhou Yuting retorted.
"Yeah, it’s too much." After saying this, the roommate added, "But, indeed, the marriage house is very important."
"By the way, Yuting."
"What do you think of xyt in our class?" the roommate asked, "What kind of guys do you like?"
"Never thought about it."
"Too dismissive."
The two chatted, walking into the library together. They studied until mealtime, with Zhou Yuting stretching lazily.
Buzz!!
She glanced at her phone, the screen lit up. Four new messages received, she couldn’t help but take a look.