Chapter 83: Postgraduate Study Ruined (16)
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Although there were some minor accidents on Xia Shu's first day of internship, overall it went smoothly.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, the colleagues got off work, packed up their things and patted the three interns on the shoulders.
"Let's go, I'll treat you to hot pot."
This is the welcome ceremony on the first day of work.
Xia Shu did not refuse. She said something to her family on the phone and followed them.
The hot pot restaurant was steaming hot, the red soup was boiling in the big copper pot, and colleagues sat around it, raising their glasses to welcome the newlyweds.
The team leader smiled and clinked glasses with them: "You three have performed well today. Young Master Zhou probably won't come here again. Don't worry, work hard and win this project. You will also get a share of the bonus."
The three interns raised their glasses and said, "Thank you, Team Leader."
A colleague had drunk some wine and came close to Xia Shu, whispering to him, "I think Mr. Zhou seems to be treating you differently. He picked two interns and chose you on purpose. It seems like he did it on purpose. Do you two have a grudge against each other?"
Xia Shu paused and nodded: "Yeah, it's a bit festive."
"That's too bad." His colleagues looked at him pitifully and clinked glasses with him. "Don't worry, it's all in the past. Next time he comes, you can hide behind us."
"Okay." Xia Shu smiled, "Thank you."
The whole group was having a great time. Influenced by the harmonious atmosphere, Xia Shu also relaxed a lot and chatted and laughed with them.
After eating hotpot, a colleague happened to be on his way and gave him a ride home, so he didn't have to trouble his father to pick him up.
A colleague was driving and Xia Shu was sitting in the passenger seat. The night wind blew in her face, making her cheeks feel cool.
His colleague asked him with a smile: "How was it? It's your first day at work. Do you feel good?"
"Yeah." Xia Shu nodded vigorously. "I learned a lot, several times more than what I learned in the coffee shop."
This was a bit childish, so my colleague smiled and said, "You still have a lot to learn in the future, so take your time."
Xia Shu was full of enthusiasm: "Well, I understand. I will work hard."
"Your teacher Zhu is really nice." The colleague said, "At noon today, he was having lunch outside with Mr. Huo. When he heard that you were taken away by Zhou Ziqian, he didn't even have time to eat and rushed back with Mr. Huo."
"As soon as he came back, he asked us where the three of you had been, fearing that you three had been abducted. Mr. Huo was dragged by him and followed behind him, almost flying."
Xia Shu was stunned for a moment, and when he thought of that scene, he suddenly found it a little cute.
But as he thought about it, he couldn't help it and felt sour in his heart.
He said word by word: "Yes, Mr. Zhu is a very good teacher. He is also very good to us. If it weren't for him, I don't know where I would be."
But his colleagues just thought he was a little sentimental: "Is it really that exaggerated?"
"Yes." Xia Shu told him seriously, "Teacher Zhu is my mentor who made me a better person."
"Eh..." The colleague shuddered, "I have goose bumps."
Xia Shu didn't care, just smiled and didn't say much.
The colleague then asked, “By the way, according to your employment information, your birthday is at the end of July?”
"right."
"Then you are lucky. The group offers free birthday cakes for employees. You can get it. The other two interns, one with a birthday in January and the other in December, can't get any cakes."
Xia Shu said: "It doesn't matter, when the time comes, we'll get the cake and eat it together."
"Yes." The colleague asked again, "Your house is just in front, right? Can I park on the roadside in front?"
"Yes, thank you."
"You're welcome. No need to say 'you'."
"good."
After the car stopped, Xia Shu got out, said "thank you" a few times, watched his colleagues drive away, and then prepared to go home.
After having a full dinner, Xia Shu walked slowly on the road with her bag on her back.
Although the wind blowing in my face was cool, there was a fragrance in the air.
When he was working overtime in the coffee shop before, he only felt that the wind smelled like coffee beans.
He didn't know if he would make coffee for the rest of his life.
It’s different now. The wind now smells like documents, project teams and office air conditioning.
Of course, there is also the smell of money.
Xia Shu is a very vulgar person, he just likes to save money.
When we returned to the community, my parents and Xiaochi were taking a walk downstairs to enjoy the cool air.
While his parents were chatting with the neighbors, Xia Chi was lying on the sports equipment, doing some simple exercises.
Seeing him coming back, Xia Chi immediately jumped off the spacewalker and walked up to him: "Brother!"
"Yeah." Xia Shu touched his head.
Xia Chi held his hand, and pulled him through the middle of the elderly men and women who were enjoying the cool air, as if he wanted to announce to everyone in the community: "My brother is back from his internship! The first day of internship!" The neighbors were all very supportive.
"Xiao Shu is great. He started his internship at such a young age."
"applaud!"
Xia Shu felt a little embarrassed. She nodded at them and then pulled Xia Chi upstairs.
Xia Shu covered her face and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Chi, why did you tell everyone about this?"
Xia Chi said confidently: "No, they asked me."
Xia Shu asked: "How did they ask you?"
Xia Chi began to recreate the scene at that time——
"They said, 'Good evening, Xiaochi.'"
“I said, ‘How did you know my brother was interning at a big group?’”
"They said, 'Xiao Chi, come down for a walk with your parents?'"
"I said, 'You guessed it right. Today is my brother's first day of internship at a large group.'"
"'Xiao Chi, how are you feeling lately?'"
"'How did you know that my brother went to eat hotpot with his colleagues?'"
Just at this moment, the neighbor upstairs came down: "Good evening..."
Just as Xia Chi was about to speak, Xia Shu covered his mouth, said "Good evening", and then took him home.
"Did anyone ask you?"
"Yes, it was obvious. Although he didn't make any sound, I felt it. He asked me: 'What did your brother do today?'"
“…”
Xia Shu pressed him down on the sofa and didn't allow him to go out again.
Ten o'clock at night.
After taking a shower, Xia Shu washed off the smell of the red oil hot pot and lay down on the upper bunk.
The lights were turned off and the room was pitch black. The breeze blew the curtains, and the moonlight flickered in and sprinkled on the brothers' upper and lower bunks.
Xia Chi was in the lower bunk. He turned over and asked quietly, "Brother, is the internship fun?"
Xia Shu smiled and said, "It's not fun, this is work."
"Is the brother happy?"
"Of course I am happy."
"That's good." Xia Chi paused and asked, "Did you meet the man named Zhou? Did he make things difficult for me?"
"No..." Xia Shu subconsciously reported the good news but not the bad news, wanting to tell a little lie to fool people.
But at this moment, he suddenly remembered what Teacher Zhu had said to him.
Be honest with your family.
Sometimes they ask you about your situation, just tell them the truth.
Sometimes, lying will make the other person worry.
It’s not a big deal anyway.
So he changed his words: "Yes, I met him."
Xia Chi immediately became alert, hugged the quilt, and sat up from the bed: "Did he make things difficult for me?"
"Well, at first, he wanted to transfer me and two other interns to his side, and it was useless for the team leader to come out and stop him."
"And what happened next?"
"Later, I told Teacher Zhu about the incident in time. Five minutes later, Teacher Zhu appeared at the door of the office like a savior and took us away."
"Wow." Xia Chi imagined the scene and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Is Teacher Zhu in trouble?"
"Yes, but Mr. Zhu is not afraid of him at all. He argued with Zhou Ziqian based on the position in the contract signed between the department and the group."
"That's so cool." Xia Chi looked longing, "Brother, if Teacher Zhu only teaches Chinese, then I will apply to the Chinese department."
Xia Shu smiled and said, "You are childish. Even if my parents and I agree, Teacher Zhu will not agree. He will not want you to do this."
"But I really like Teacher Zhu." Xia Chi held his face in his hands and suddenly remembered something. "By the way, brother, when I opened the shoe cabinet to change shoes today, I saw something. Guess what I saw?"
"What……"
Xia Shu suddenly remembered that last night, at this time, Xia Chi stuffed a utility knife into his hand and asked him to protect himself when necessary.
Of course he didn't take it with him, but stuffed it into the shoe cabinet.
"Uh..." Xia Shu was a little embarrassed and tried to explain, "Well... Xiaochi, you are a little impulsive..."
"I know." Xia Chi hid under the quilt and said in a muffled voice, "Mom has already taught me a lesson."
"Yeah?"
"Mom said that using force is something only fools would do, and using a knife is something only the dumbest fools would do. It's not worth risking your life for a bad guy."
Xia Shu nodded: "Mom is right."
"Mom said that my most important task now is to protect myself, and Mom and Dad will take care of the things at home. So I gave the utility knife to Mom, and Mom said she would keep it."
Xia Chi turned over, covered his chest, and sighed: "I really want to get better soon. When I get better, I can stand up for my brother."
Xia Shu said: "Brother, you don't need to help me. Brother, like mother, hopes that you can protect yourself."
"Yeah." Xia Chi nodded, "I haven't visited the company where my brother is interning yet. If I have the chance next time, I want to pick him up after get off work."
"There's nothing to see. If you want to pick up your brother from get off work, you can wait at the gate of the community."
It was unknown when Zhou Ziqian would go to the group, and Xia Shu certainly didn't want them to run into each other.
Xia Chi seemed to see his concerns and said with a smile: "Don't worry, brother. I will pretend that I don't know him and won't conflict with the one named Zhou."
He thought for a moment and said, “And I know that once I have a conflict with him and want to fight with him, I may not get beaten, but my brother will definitely stand in front of me.”
If he steps forward, his brother will definitely be the one who gets hurt.
So he won't do anything stupid.
"That's good."
Xia Chi also asked him whether the food in the group was delicious and whether his colleagues were easy to get along with.
The two brothers talked and slowly fell asleep.
*
I don’t know if he’s been scolded enough or if he’s figured it out.
Zhou Ziqian finally calmed down.
He no longer sent meaningless photos to Xia Shu, and no longer brought his group of friends to cause trouble in the group.
He finally accepted the reality that he had broken up with Xia Shu and that Xia Shu would not look back, and he started to seriously date Xu Xi.
Zhou Ziqian gave him a large flat and a car, took him around all day, and introduced him to his friends in his circle.
He was still spending his time drinking and carousing outside like before, occasionally bringing Xu Xi to the company for a spin, showing up, and then speeding away in his sports car.
After all, it was Grandpa Zhou who asked him to come here for experience and he would occasionally supervise him. He only came here when Grandpa Zhou asked him to.
The system said to Zhu Qingchen: "In the original book, he was a business genius with excellent business talent. Later, when President Huo launched an internal struggle, he relied on his own strength to stabilize the group and secure his position as chairman. How did he become like this now?"
Zhu Qingchen understood and said, "Talent will disappear."
"That's right." The system agreed. "I didn't understand it when I read it. In the original book, Zhou Ziqian played cards and drank all day, or he was in love with Xia Shu. His academic performance was not good, but in the end he was able to rely on his talent to turn the tide."
Maybe this shouldn't be called talent, it should be called——
The imposed golden finger.
The golden finger that was forced upon him was not originally his to begin with. If he didn't practice diligently, it would disappear faster.
He refused to spend it and indulged in a life of luxury every day, so of course he soon squandered it.
Zhu Qingchen didn't care, as long as he didn't disturb his students.
*
In this way, a few days passed peacefully.
It was noon that day.
Xia Shu packed up her things, picked up her meal card, prepared to go for lunch, and took a look at her phone.
Both his parents are working overtime today and are not at home. Xiaochi said he wanted to come over to see him and go out to eat together.
Xia Shu was afraid that he would bump into Zhou Ziqian, so she didn't let him wait at the company, but asked him to wait in a park next to the company.
As Xia Shu walked out, he sent a voice message: "Brother will be there soon, just sit on the stone bench in the garden or in the pavilion, don't run around."
Xia Chi obediently replied with an "OK".
Xia Shu walked to the elevator and happened to see Zhu Qingchen waiting for it.
Hearing him speak, Zhu Qingchen turned around and asked, "Xiao Chi is coming to see you?"
"Yeah." Xia Shu nodded, "He's waiting for me in the park next door."
"Do you want to go out for dinner?" Zhu Qingchen asked tentatively.
"Yes, Xiaochi wants to go to the nearby mall to eat clay pot rice noodles. Teacher, do you want to come with us?"
Zhu Qingchen nodded quickly: "Is it okay? Will it disturb you?"
"No, Xiaochi likes the teacher very much, too."
"Okay then."
Zhu Qingchen was still worried.
Although the mall where he ate clay pot rice noodles was not the same place as the luxury goods mall in the original book, he was still a little worried.
Just follow me.
The elevator arrived and the two of them got in together.
On the other side, Xia Chi listened to his brother and did not go near the company, but found a bench in the park and sat down.
He took out his cell phone and wanted to take a picture of the surrounding environment to send to his brother so that his brother could find him more easily.
Suddenly, the sound of a sports car whirring away was heard in the distance, approaching rapidly.
Such noisy cars are rare in the city. The rumbling sound made him a little nervous.
Xia Chi quickly put down his phone, covered his heart with his hands, unscrewed the kettle he carried with him, and drank some warm water.
He felt better then, but at this moment, the sports car that had already driven past suddenly fell back.
Zhou Ziqian sat in the car, took off his sunglasses, and looked at Xia Chi who was sitting behind the tree.
His eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Xia Shu's.
A bold idea suddenly came to Zhou Ziqian's mind.
If I can't get Xia Shu, I can probably find someone who looks like her. !
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