Chapter 9 Collaboration with Lin Weiwei

Lin Weiwei, who was standing by the door holding a stack of documents, came to her senses, lowered her head, and silently moved aside.

Ruan Yao's gaze swept between Su Mingyuan and Lin Weiwei before finally landing on Lin Weiwei. As if she had just noticed her presence, her eyes curved into a smile.

"What a coincidence, Sister Weiwei is here too."

Lin Weiwei's tense body relaxed slightly, and she replied in a low voice, "Miss Ruan."

Ruan Yao stopped looking at her and instead looked at Su Mingyuan with a pleading expression. "Cousin, I came here specifically to ask for your help."

She shook the file bag she was holding; inside was a resume.

"I want to find a job, but I don't know anything about it, so I'd like to ask the most capable person in my family to help me."

Upon hearing this, Su Mingyuan's smile deepened.

He extended his hand, his tone more tentative.

"Find a job? If Yaoyao wants to work somewhere, she can just tell your dad. Why does she need to send out resumes herself?"

Ruan Yao deliberately acted a little embarrassed and handed over her resume.

“I have no interest in the family business at all. I just want to find a design job that is less demanding, but I’m afraid that I will mess things up by sending out resumes randomly.”

As she spoke, she leaned closer and looked at Su Mingyuan with an extremely adoring gaze.

“My cousin is really amazing. He's so young and he's already in charge of such an important project. Mom was praising you to me the other day, saying you're really capable now. I even heard Dad talking to my cousin yesterday, saying they're considering giving you a more important position.”

Su Mingyuan was overjoyed by her words and felt like he was floating on air.

He took the resume and pretended to flip through it, but he had no idea how to read it.

When he joined the Ruan family, it was all thanks to Ruan Minghui's word; he never wrote anything about it.

His gaze swept over Lin Weiwei, who was still standing to the side, and he immediately had an idea.

"It's nothing." He casually handed the resume to Lin Weiwei and instructed, "Take a look at it for Yaoyao and give her some advice. This is our little princess's first time looking for a job, so her resume can't be taken lightly."

Lin Weiwei took it instinctively.

A hint of grievance appeared on Ruan Yao's face. "Huh? Wasn't it you, cousin, who helped me?"

Su Mingyuan was amused by her dependent manner and tapped her forehead. "This is such a small matter, why do I need to do it myself? Lin Weiwei is a top student, she can easily take a look for you."

Ruan Yao immediately smiled again and nodded obediently, "Thank you, cousin. You're so kind."

After saying that, she turned around and affectionately took Lin Weiwei's arm. "Sister Weiwei, let's go downstairs and talk. Let's not disturb my cousin's work."

She grabbed Lin Weiwei and left the office without giving her any chance to refuse.

Downstairs, there's a coffee shop.

The two sat down by the window.

Ruan Yao abandoned her innocent and carefree demeanor, looked at Lin Weiwei who seemed somewhat reserved, and spoke sincerely.

"Sister Weiwei, I'm sorry to take up your work time and ask you to do these extra things for me."

Lin Weiwei shook her head and stirred her coffee. "It's alright, Miss Ruan. It's nothing."

She knew in her heart that Su Mingyuan often asked her to do extra things, such as writing reports for him, organizing information on clients he hosted at his private banquets, and even writing wedding speeches for his college classmates.

In comparison, showing Miss Ruan a resume was the easiest "extra task" she had ever done.

Ruan Yao handed over her resume, which she had prepared carefully for half a day.

As soon as Lin Weiwei took it, the slight restraint and politeness on her face vanished instantly.

She almost immediately got into work mode, with a serious expression and focused eyes, which made Ruan Yao a little nervous.

A few minutes later, Lin Weiwei raised her head.

“Ms. Ruan,” Lin Weiwei frowned, “excuse me for being blunt, but your resume won’t even pass the initial screening by Lexing Island’s AI.”

She pointed to the resume and proceeded to explain it clearly and logically.

"Ms. Ruan has an impressive educational background, but for a design position, it's just a stepping stone. Her biggest weakness is the lack of any internship or project experience."

“And here,” she said, moving her finger to the portfolio overview, “the description is too vague and lacks focus. You say you’re good at visual effects, but not a single word explains your design philosophy or the value you can bring to the company.”

“What Lexing Island urgently needs right now are designers who can get started immediately and have their own mature style. Your resume gives HR the impression of a graduate who needs to be taught from scratch, and they won't spend that time and effort…”

As Ruan Yao listened to her clear and logical analysis, she did not feel discouraged at all.

Looking at Lin Weiwei, who was so different from her usual quiet and reserved self, images from her past life flashed through her mind.

After being framed by Su Mingyuan and forced to leave the Ruan family business, Lin Weiwei helped a little-known small company become a remarkable dark horse in the industry within just a few years.

Such talent must not be wasted by Su Mingyuan again.

Ruan Yao and Lin Weiwei talked about their resumes until their coffee got cold.

After they finished revising the resume to fully highlight Ruan Yao's strengths, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

“Sister Weiwei, you know so much.” Ruan Yao took Lin Weiwei’s hand that was on the table and looked at her sincerely. “Don’t call me ‘Miss Ruan’ anymore, it sounds too formal. Just call me Yaoyao.”

Lin Weiwei's fingers stiffened for a moment, somewhat flattered, "This...this won't do."

“Why not?” Ruan Yao affectionately shook her hand. “I know nothing about business, and I’ll need to ask you for advice often in the future. Let’s be friends and discuss work together, okay?”

Faced with such an approachable and down-to-earth young lady from the Ruan family, Lin Weiwei simply couldn't refuse.

She looked at Ruan Yao's pretty and sincere face, and finally nodded somewhat shyly.

"Okay... Yaoyao."

Ruan Yao smiled, her eyes curving into crescents. She felt the time was right.

The smile on her face slowly faded, replaced by a worried and troubled expression, and her voice lowered.

"Sister Weiwei, actually, besides the resume, there's something even more important I came to the company today... I'd like to ask for your help."

Lin Weiwei immediately sat up straight and said, "Go on."

“My parents are considering promoting my cousin this year, so he can be in charge of more core business.” Ruan Yao’s face showed some difficulty and worry. “But, as you know, my cousin… is sometimes a bit impatient. My parents are not too comfortable with him, but they don’t want to investigate him directly, after all, we’re family.”

Lin Weiwei's eyes flickered, but she didn't say anything.

Ruan Yao looked at her with trust, "My dad privately asked me to find someone in the company who is absolutely reliable and of good character to help us... keep an eye on my cousin. See how he usually works."

"After thinking it over, among all the people I know, you're the most reliable. You work under my cousin, so you know his work situation and abilities best. So I'd like to ask you... if you could keep an eye on him for me."

Ruan Yao took out a bank card from her bag and gently pushed it in front of Lin Weiwei.

“I know this is difficult for you and takes up your extra time. This is the ‘information consultation fee’ that my dad gave me. It’s not much, just a small token of my appreciation.”

Ruan Yao's voice was sincere and earnest, "Sister Weiwei, I can't find anyone more trustworthy than you."

Lin Weiwei's gaze fell on the bank card in front of her, and her heart churned violently.

For more than a decade, it was the Ruan family who supported her, enabling her to leave that impoverished mountain village and complete her university studies.

She always remembered the kindness the Ruan family had shown her.

These days, simply keeping an eye out for her benefactor's relatives is nothing to her.

Almost without hesitation, Lin Weiwei pushed the card back.

"Yaoyao, I can't accept this money." Lin Weiwei agreed, "Don't worry, I'll help you with this."