The animal restaurant received unanimous praise. By the time the meal was over, it was completely dark. After seeing off the crew, Su Zhou dragged her tired body back to the office building.
Socializing can provide spiritual strength for some people, but for Su Zhou, a single social interaction almost completely drained all her energy.
It's lunchtime, and everyone is eating.
Some people eat steamed buns with sauce, while others eat fast food.
Food delivery hasn't started here yet, so people only have a few options for meals.
"How did the interview go? Did things go smoothly?" someone asked as soon as Su Zhou came in.
Su Zhou nodded: "I can only say that she is indeed a host of a big program. Her cultural level is really high. When you chat with her, there will be no awkward silences. She will not ask you questions deliberately. She will ask the interview questions without you even realizing it. I can only say that I feel no pressure at all."
She glanced at the others and continued, "You can continue eating."
"How's the recruitment going?" Su Zhou asked the HR. Recruitment was a big deal, and Su Zhou had been thinking about it a lot lately.
The HR nodded: "Everything is arranged. The interviews are all scheduled for Saturday. Don't worry about it, you don't need to worry about it."
Su Zhou wasn't too worried. "The more people we hire, the better. The new employee building will be completed soon, so there's no need to worry about food and accommodation. We'll offer excellent benefits."
Having received accurate instructions, HR naturally wants to hire as many people as possible.
Back upstairs, Su Zhou lay down on the bed, feeling as if all her energy had been drained.
I had already arranged to go see the car with a staff member at one of the 4S dealerships on the list. The zoo currently has about forty or fifty employees. There were brightly colored electric cars parked outside the zoo. Students who have just graduated don't need to buy cars, and even those who can afford cars would find it difficult to get around in a place like Beijing. However, buying a zoo-exclusive vehicle would be quite necessary.
Su Zhou chose to have the money withdrawn directly from her own account.
Having arranged a time with the staff to view the car in advance, Su Zhou sat up cross-legged.
She started scrolling through short videos. Su Zhou didn't have many hobbies. She used to like watching handsome men with abs, but after seeing Xie Chi's face, she suddenly felt that other men were really boring. A real beauty was constantly dangling in front of her, so she might as well just look at a real beauty.
Big data is terrifying. After I saw a video about cute cats and liked it once, it kept pushing cute videos about cats and dogs to Su Zhou.
Su Zhou has always loved cats and dogs. Her undergraduate university had many stray cats, and every graduation season, some people who impulsively bought cats would release them back into the wild, which would increase the number of cats and dogs on campus. Both boys and girls liked to play with the cats whenever they had the chance, and Su Zhou was no exception.
Besides her textbooks, the most common items on her desk were cat treats and cans of cat food. Upon graduation, Su Zhou even considered taking all the stray cats on campus, but ultimately gave up the idea for various reasons.
While browsing through the cute and cuddly kittens, Su Zhou had a thought: why not just get a cat?
She already has so many fluffy things, she wouldn't care about having one more.
The more I think about it, the more I realize that's exactly what happened. Tomorrow's plan: After buying the car at the 4S store, I'll go to a pet store to see if I can get a cat.
Wrapped in the blanket, Su Zhou drifted off into a hazy dream.
The sky was always a deep blue when I was little, the white clouds looked like they were torn apart, and the fields, mountains, and crystal-clear rivers were natural playgrounds. Su Zhou didn't like playing with people; she would stay quietly in her room, wearing her prettiest floral dress.
Most of the children in the village had dark, rough skin and were almost wild.
Those are the marks left from running and playing in the sun.
But Su Zhou was a bit of a looks-obsessed child from a young age. Her skin was fair and delicate, and she was the cutest child in the village. Only a few other good-looking kids could play with her.
In the dead of winter, heavy snow was falling from the sky, and the elders in the family had been gone for a long time and had not returned.
It is a sacrificial ceremony held in the village during winter. The village's sacrificial ceremony is not held during the Ghost Festival or Qingming Festival, but in winter.
The old graves in the village are mostly on the mountain. Some are hundreds or thousands of years old, while others belong to elderly people who have passed away in the last few months. They have been gone for a long time and have not returned yet. I wonder if they are trapped on the mountain because of the heavy snow.
Su Zhou, who was watching TV in her room, felt a little uneasy when she saw that the house was empty. Wearing a down jacket and leather boots, she went into the deep mountains in the direction the adults had left.
Like a newborn calf unafraid of a tiger, young Su Zhou was fearless. If a snake crawled into the yard, Su Zhou would dare to pinch it between two fingers and throw it away. As for the mountain rituals, Su Zhou only remembered seeing them a long, long time ago: white paper strips tied to pine trees, bright red wreaths, and burnt paper figures.
Holding an umbrella, she gradually walked into the deep mountains amidst the swirling snow.
The footprints left by the little leather boots were quickly covered by the falling snow, and gradually, the wind and snow lost their way.
Su Zhou couldn't find her way out of the forest no matter how hard she tried.
"Grandpa, Grandma, Grandpa... Grandma, how did you get lost?"
Su Zhou could clearly feel her body losing temperature, and then she lost consciousness.
In the hazy light, there was a fox, pure white, its tail wrapped around her body, its fur soft and warm, its body heat transferring to Su Zhou, making her feel warm.
She grabbed the fox's tail and stroked it gently. Slowly, it seemed as if the fox had more than one tail.
Su Zhou's cheeks were also burning hot, and her smile was accompanied by a crisp, cheerful laugh.
"She has nine tails. In the Investiture of the Gods, Su Daji had nine tails. Fox, are you Lady Daji?"
Even when playing house, Su Zhou, who liked to play the emperor, was still laughing even when she was delirious with fever. She laughed at how she had encountered a nine-tailed fox. The fox was all white, very white, and it felt very soft to the touch, like a ball, or like touching white clouds. Su Zhou didn't know how to describe that peculiar feeling, but it was very comfortable.
Su Zhou didn't know how the fox disappeared.
All she knew was that when she woke up, she saw her grandparents' worried faces. "Little Zhou, what are you doing here? You haven't woken up for so long. Grandpa and Grandma were so worried about you. Little Zhou, your face is all red from the cold."
Su Zhou's voice was sweet and clear: "Grandpa, you haven't come back for a long time, I'm going to find you."
"With such heavy snow, you came out all by yourself?" Grandpa's embrace was warm.
Su Zhou's body still retained a soft, furry warmth. She hugged her grandfather's neck and whispered in his ear, "I met a nine-tailed fox, and it brought me out."
As she spoke, she propped herself up and looked around into the vast white forest, but there was no sign of the fox.
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