Qifu Ventures is a powerful investment company that uses automated quantitative trading for investment, requiring its employees to have top-notch skills in all aspects.

All the applicants were students from prestigious universities, and even Zhong Rou wasn't confident she could get a job at the company.

Her purpose in coming to this company was simple: to learn from others and, once she had the skills, to start her own company and make money through her own abilities.

The one-on-one interviews ended quickly, and the interviewer announced the results on the spot: "Chi Li, Tan Fang'an, Jiang Jiaqi, Zhong Rou..."

"Rou Rou, we made it in." Jiang Jiaqi was overjoyed.

"I know."

The interviewer kept the successful applicant, briefly explained the company's rules and regulations and requirements, and then conducted onboarding training.

It was already dark when the training ended, and the two of them returned to school hand in hand.

I'm a senior now, and I can still live on campus.

Compared to renting a room off-campus for several thousand yuan, dormitories are clearly more cost-effective.

... ...

The next day.

Zhong Rou and Jiang Jiaqi got up early and went to Qifu Venture Capital.

Upon entering the company, Zhong Rou immediately felt that the workload was far greater than when she started her own business or did part-time work, but she could handle it.

Zhong Rou glanced at her roommate Jiang Jiaqi, who was chatting and laughing with the department manager, clearly more comfortable in the work environment than she was.

"Manager Shi, you're amazing! I can't imagine how you did it!" Jiang Jiaqi said, her lips pursed, her eyes filled with admiration.

"Hey, just a little splash."

Department manager Shi is a middle-aged man in his thirties, tall and thin, shrewd and capable, but like most men, he is a womanizer and ultimately cannot escape Jiang Jiaqi's manipulation.

She watched Manager Shi swaying his body with a smug look on his face, and softly uttered two words: "Idiot!"

This Manager Shi seems to have it all figured out, but he's actually a clown.

As night fell, Manager Shi hosted a banquet to celebrate the new colleague joining the company.

During the banquet, Manager Shi raised his glass and recounted his experience of entering the industry, how he rose from a junior employee to a department manager, which earned him the admiration of many new colleagues.

Manager Shi made his rounds, feeling respected by the admiring gazes, when suddenly he saw Zhong Rou standing by with her arms crossed, watching coldly.

Manager Shi raised his glass: "Zhong Rou, let's have a drink."

Zhong Rou refused: "I am allergic to alcohol."

"What? You're not giving me face?" Manager Shi frowned slightly.

"I can't drink it." That was her usual reply.

It's not that I can't drink it, it's just that I simply don't want to.

From childhood to adulthood, she often secretly drank Zhong Ping's wine and drank Chu Fang's treasured wine like water, but she never got drunk.

If you drink without getting drunk, then you've wasted your time drinking, haven't you?

From then on, she never touched a drop of alcohol.

Manager Shi slammed his wine glass on the glass table, making a crisp sound: "We finally got to have a good time today, and everyone else is drinking while you're not. That's not fair."

A cold glint flashed in Zhong Rou's eyes: "Have I been too nice to you?"

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

Jiang Jiaqi quickly tried to smooth things over, smiling as she said to Manager Shi, "Manager, please don't be angry. Rou Rou is indeed allergic to alcohol. She has been hospitalized before because of drinking. Please bear with her."

Several colleagues around him tried to smooth things over, preventing the banquet from falling apart. Even so, the atmosphere was still not good. Manager Shi frowned as he looked at Zhong Rou, while the latter remained calm and composed.

The banquet ended hastily, and everyone went home to their own mothers.

Zhong Rou and Jiang Jiaqi walked along the street.

“Rou Rou, you can’t do that,” Jiang Jiaqi said slowly. “We’ve entered society and entered the workplace. When you’re under someone’s roof, you have to bow your head. Sometimes you need to change your temper and adapt to social situations.”

Zhong Rou refused: "I don't want to."

She wasn't stupid; in fact, she was quite shrewd. She naturally understood social etiquette and knew how to act in the 'most appropriate' and 'most reasonable' way. However, she just didn't want to do it that way.

That's all.

Jiang Jiaqi sighed: "You'll suffer a great loss if you keep going like this. Manager Shi is narrow-minded and will definitely try to trip you up in the future."

"Whatever." Zhong Rou tilted her chin up. "I'll deal with whatever comes my way. I like doing things that are challenging."

"If they don't want me here, there are plenty of other places that will. At worst, I'll just leave."

Jiang Jiaqi smiled and said, "You."

She didn't say anything more, because there was no point in saying more.

If Zhong Rou could change, then she wouldn't be Zhong Rou.

During her university years, Zhong Rou did so many earth-shattering things.

She almost became a boss through buying and selling; she caused a huge scandal by organizing events; when students needed to buy headphones for their CET-4 and CET-6 exams, she impersonated a toy store owner and signed purchase agreements with several class leaders, then went back to the toy store owner to get wholesale prices and pocket the middleman's fees...

Every single incident required countless reprimands from the counselor, yet she remained unchanged in her behavior, continuing to do as she pleased.

Moreover, even after leaving Kaifu Ventures, Zhong Rou is still able to live a good life.

Let her be.

As Jiang Jiaqi had predicted, in the days that followed, Manager Shi did not let Zhong Rou off the hook. He deliberately assigned her many tasks that an intern should not have done, and deliberately suppressed her.

But what Manager Shi didn't know was that this was exactly what Zhong Rou wanted.

She came to this company to learn from experience; she learns like a sponge.

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