?What?

Tao Zhizhi turned around upon hearing the voice and saw a woman in her forties staring intently at her.

Seeing Tao Zhizhi's puzzled expression, she held up her phone and the resume she had prepared in advance:

"I saw your job posting online and sent you a message but you didn't reply. I happened to be out looking for a job today, so I thought I'd come and ask you."

Su Bai, who was standing nearby, heard her question and, worried that the same thing would happen again, he quickly stopped what he was doing and walked over to her.

The two men stared at her for a while and found that her eyes were full of expectation, and she seemed to be someone who really came to look for work.

Tao Zhizhi led her to her seat, and Su Bai sat down next to Tao Zhizhi.

Yang Ping handed her neatly pressed resume to Tao Zhizhi with both hands:

"This is my resume, please take a look!"

Tao Zhizhi was a little unaccustomed to the sudden formality of the interview as she took the resume.

Both of them looked at her resume for a while. Tao Zhizhi frowned and calmly asked her:

"Ms. Yang, I see in your resume that you have several years of experience in advertising design. We are looking for a helper here. You must have come to the wrong place."

Yang Ping had anticipated her question and remained calm:

“I know, but I’ve been out of this industry for many years. I initially wanted to find a job like that, but after being away from my family for so long, it’s really hard to go back to my old job.”

She paused for a few seconds, then continued:

“I’ve been a housewife for almost ten years. I’ve had a different interest in cooking since junior high school. Over the past ten years, I’ve often shared my cooking with my neighbors, and the feedback has been pretty good.”

Yang Ping opened her phone's photo album, searched for cooking videos and pictures she had taken before, and then turned the phone upside down and moved it in front of them.

"Anyway—I'm willing to do any job as long as you hire me."

Seeing her sincerity, the two watched a few videos and looked at some pictures, and decided to let her come back tomorrow to try it out for a while.

"It might be necessary to try it out for a while first. Is that acceptable to you?"

Yang Ping was overjoyed and stammered a little:

"Really?! I'll definitely work hard!"

"Then you can come to work at four o'clock tomorrow morning, as the shop will be open for breakfast!"

Tao Zhizhi made a decisive decision, believing that nothing could better demonstrate an employee's competence than through their work.

"Okay, thank you, boss!"

Yang Ping clutched the resume, her right hand constantly crumpling the bottom right corner of the paper throughout the short interview.

Leaning on her crutches, she limped away from the food stall, thinking that she needed to hurry back to her small rented room to tell her child.

She feels very happy now, having left behind a troublesome place and having a kind neighbor who rents the house to her and helps her children go to school.

She's found a job now, and although the salary isn't much, it's enough for her if she saves. She wants to save money and break off her relationship with him as soon as possible!

——

Twenty-first floor

Tianyi Group Marketing Department

"?Um?"

Guo Qiang refreshed the food delivery platform as usual in the afternoon, only to find that Nuanshi Xiaopu (a food delivery platform) was closed, which puzzled him.

"No wonder the boss suddenly increased the portion sizes of the dishes this morning; it turns out he's not making dinner."

"Huh?! What's going on? What am I going to eat while I'm working overtime?"

Li Lei leaned back in his chair and let out a resentful sigh.

"The boss is so casual, it makes me want to open my own shop too, I don't want to work for someone else anymore!"

Guo Qiang looked up at the work messages that kept popping up on his computer, trying to hold back his tears.

——

Tao Zhizhi, who had been exhausted for most of the day, was clearly not used to waking up early. With teary eyes, she rushed home to catch up on sleep.

I didn't even have time to read the messages that kept coming to my phone.

[Jue Feiyu: Zhizhi, are you there?]

[Jue Feiyu: I saw in the group message that you've started a breakfast business. Do you need me to send someone to help you?]

Fu Jue had just finished a meeting at the branch office and was exhausted, closing her eyes for a light nap. Her mind was still working, calculating how much longer it would take before she could return to China.

No matter how he calculated it, half a month was the fastest he could manage. Thinking of the packed house at Tao Zhizhi's shop, he couldn't help but feel worried.

He waited for 21 minutes and 4 seconds. Tao Zhizhi was fast asleep when Secretary Gu called him away to handle some important business.

It was already 9 p.m. when Tao Zhizhi woke up. She stared blankly at the ceiling for a while before opening her phone and seeing his message.

[Cheese Peach: No need, I've already hired a helper.]

Tao Zhizhi crossed her legs, thought for a few seconds, and quickly typed:

[Cheese Peach: When are you coming back?] [Fingers prying open eyelids with a cute emoji]

Fu Jue's phone emitted a special notification sound, and he raised his hand to interrupt the conversation:

"The meeting will be paused for a while before resuming."

Fu Jue strolled out of the conference room, returned to his office, and made a video call to Tao Zhizhi.

Tao Zhizhi was still holding her phone, staring blankly at the screen, when suddenly a call popped up on the screen, and she answered it without thinking.

Looking at the magnified image of her divine face on her phone, her eyes felt cleansed.

At the same time, she saw herself on the screen, her hair all messy from just waking up, and she shyly and quickly lay down on her phone.

Fu Jue had only seen her for a short while when he guessed that she must have just woken up. Before she could speak, the screen was completely black.

He realized that Tao Zhizhi must have been embarrassed by his appearance, and couldn't help but let out a magnetic laugh.

Tao Zhizhi heard the sound from her phone, casually scratched her hair, and decided to ignore it!

Pick up the phone again:

Why did you think of calling me?

Fu Jue's phone screen was lit up again. Seeing that her face was still slightly red from just waking up, he thought she was kind of cute.

"Because I don't want to send messages."

[Because I want to see you.]

"You still haven't answered my question. When are you coming back?"

Tao Zhizhi added:

"That way I can arrange my work!"

Fu Jue's slightly apologetic voice rang out:

"I'm sorry, it may take at least half a month. I will try my best to get back to work."

Tao Zhizhi saw the clear image of his dark circles on her phone and couldn't bear to urge him.

"Your situation must be quite complicated, but don't worry too much, we have enough staff at the shop!"

Now it was Fu Jue's turn to get anxious.

"Then, Zhizhi has enough people, does she still need me?"

His tone was aggrieved because he didn't know whether the new employee she had hired was male or female.

Tao Zhizhi, unaware of what was happening, answered without hesitation:

"Yes, I want it!"

"It means they might not want your salary anymore!"

Fu Jue looked at her helpless expression and felt a pang of sadness.

"Alright then, I'll definitely make sure to earn some money for our boss Zhizhi next month to make it up to her!"

Knock knock knock

Tao's mother knocked on the door from the outside:

"Zhizhi, are you awake?"

"Are you hungry? Get up and eat something before you go back to sleep!"