Chapter 29 Taking an inch and wanting a mile, a melody played in his heart. He said to her: But…
That noon, He Ming and Lin Hui returned to the conference room together, and He Ming went to the restroom along the way.
The newly built men's restroom is located at the very end of the corridor, separated from the public restrooms by a narrow and long passageway. It's difficult for first-time visitors to find it easily.
He Ming arrived at his destination after a winding journey, and upon reaching the entrance, he heard a considerable commotion coming from inside.
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of two young men standing with their backs to the wall.
One of them said, "Damn, Zhu Liushuang is dressed so nicely today, it's making my heart itch. I really want to get my hands on her!" After saying that, he shrugged his shoulders and whistled in a sleazy manner.
"It's a pity the flower is willing but the water is not!" Someone next to him reminded him at the right time, "Brother Wang, you haven't given up yet? We don't need to fixate on one flower and get stuck on it..."
"Do you think if I get promoted to the technical director, Zhu Liushuang will also fawn over me like she fawned over President Guo?" The man called Brother Wang felt good about himself, paused, and then said contemptuously, "She just likes to hook up with rich and powerful guys!"
"Brother Wang, keep your voice down! You can't just say things like that... walls have ears."
"How could I be talking nonsense? Zhu Liushuang could have gotten to where she is by not relying on her looks to gain President Guo's favor? She's always kept behind for meetings, guess what they're doing in the meeting room?" The man spoke with great conviction, turning to intimidate his companion, "As long as you don't tattle, no one will know it was me who said this!"
"Don't worry, I'm tight-lipped! Brother Wang, don't spread these things around outside, or you'll get yourself into trouble..."
The foul language inside reached He Ming's ears. He cautiously withdrew his foot, instinctively slipping into the corner where he was out of sight.
After the two people in the restroom left with leisurely steps, He Ming slowly walked out from the corner. He looked thoughtfully at the empty restroom, his lips pressed tightly together, and his expression became even more stern.
...
He Ming and Guo Yang had known each other for a long time and could be considered friends. He didn't want to repeat the disgusting things he had heard at noon to Guo Yang, and simply reminded him that Wang Yi was spreading rumors at the company and that his character was probably questionable.
Upon hearing the words "spreading rumors," Guo Yang's tone changed: "About me?"
He Ming hesitated for a moment, then said, "I guess so, it's Zhu Liushuang from your finance department. They say she's trying to curry favor with you..."
Guo Yang burst into a rage after hearing this, yelling, "I misjudged him! I thought this young man was bright and promising, but it turns out he's wasted all his intelligence on this! Damn it, I need to fire him... no, I need to make him pay!"
"Whatever you want..." He Ming stopped there, paused for a few seconds, then hesitated before speaking again, "I think Zhu Liushuang... Accountant Zhu is quite diligent in her work. It's not good for a girl to be talked about like this behind her back. You... should deal with it as soon as possible."
After pondering his words for a while, He Mingxin realized that he might have overstepped his bounds. After all, this was someone else's company's business, and he shouldn't have interfered.
Fortunately, Guo Yang didn't delve into the underlying concern in his words, only assuming that he was disgusted by these despicable tricks and was standing up for the women. So he readily agreed, "You're right, that's for sure!"
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Zhu Liushuang returned home with a handful of lotus pods and saw her mother sitting on the sofa folding clothes.
"Where did the lotus pods come from?" Gu Chunling's hands didn't stop working.
Zhu Liushuang placed the lotus pod on the coffee table: "Oh, I just bought it at the entrance of the community. The weather has been hot lately, so I'll make some lotus seed and mung bean soup. It'll be good for your health, helping to dispel dampness and cool you down." As she spoke, she broke open a lotus pod, picked out a round lotus seed, peeled off its green skin, and popped it into her mouth.
It tasted sweet at first, but then a bitter taste spread in her mouth, causing Zhu Liushuang to frown.
Gu Chunling laughed, "You forgot to remove the lotus seeds again, didn't you? You were just as hasty and careless when you ate lotus seeds as a child..."
Yes, when she was little, Zhu Liushuang would go to stay with her maternal grandparents in the countryside during summer vacation. There was a lotus pond behind the house in the countryside. When her grandfather went out to do farm work, he would always bring her a handful of lotus pods to satisfy her craving.
Sadly... both elderly people have passed away, and their old house in the countryside has long been abandoned. I wonder if that lotus pond is still green this year?
"Although lotus seeds are bitter, they can at least clear heat and reduce internal fire." Zhu Liushuang forced a smile and changed the subject, "This Thursday we'll go to the hospital to see Dr. Liu for a biological agent injection, and on Sunday I'll take you to Dr. Xie's house to try our luck."
"So you're... going to have to take leave again?" Gu Chunling put the clothes aside and asked worriedly, "Won't your boss have a problem with you taking leave so frequently?"
Zhu Liushuang shook her head and comforted her, saying, "Take half a day in the morning, and go back in the afternoon to finish what you need to do. It won't delay your work." She walked to the sofa and sat down next to Gu Chunling, reaching out to massage her shoulders. "Mom... don't worry, my boss is a very nice person and takes good care of me."
People's focus is never on the same frequency. Just as Zhu Liushuang mentioned "taking good care of me", Gu Chunling suddenly looked up.
She stared at her daughter's pretty face, looking her up and down, then said worriedly, "Xiaoshuang, your boss... he wouldn't be involved in any kind of shady dealings, would he? Like in those TV dramas..."
Without a second thought, Zhu Liushuang interrupted her mother's ramblings: "Mom—what are you guessing! Watch less melodramatic TV dramas. Our CEO Guo is known as a diamond bachelor; plenty of girls are chasing after him. He doesn't need any underhanded tactics..."
Gu Chunling felt a little relieved. She earnestly instructed her daughter, "Although there are no men in our family, if you are ever bullied at work, you must tell your mother..."
Zhu Liushuang suddenly remembered how, when her father was alive, she had also been a spoiled and willful girl, and a pang of sadness welled up in her heart. The scene of a strange man taking over her stall and following her without reason was still vivid in her mind, and her face immediately darkened.
But she couldn't show her cowardice and lingering fear to her mother. The more people who knew, the more worry and trouble they would cause.
"I will... Mom." Zhu Liushuang turned her head, a fleeting darkness passing through her eyes. She casually made up an excuse to go to the kitchen, shutting out her mother's nagging behind the door.
...
The bright moon climbed up the tall camphor tree and soared into the night sky, instantly dimming the light of the surrounding stars.
Zhu Liushuang sat at his desk, intently watching online courses on his laptop. On the screen, the instructor spoke at a steady pace, teaching dry, technical points. To keep the students interested, he occasionally interspersed a few dry jokes amidst the complex case analyses.
Zhu Liushuang suddenly stopped writing halfway through her notes, a thought popping into her mind: He Ming is a certified public accountant, so could she ask him for help when she encountered knowledge points she didn't understand?
Once an idea is formed, it is very difficult to extinguish it from the mind.
As the saying goes, "actions speak louder than words," and waiting for He Ming to take the initiative to find her is almost impossible at this stage. So she has no choice but to find opportunities herself.
Zhu Liushuang opened the CPA accounting textbook on the desktop, circled a past exam question in red, took a picture, and sent it.
[With hands clasped in prayer, senior, I apologize for bothering you. Could you please take a look at this question for me? I don't quite understand the analysis in the answer key. Is there a simpler and easier way to understand it?]
After sending the message, Zhu Liushuang cautiously added: "If you're busy with work, please check it for me when you have time. I'm not in a rush, thank you! /please/please"
Unexpectedly, He Ming did not leave her waiting anxiously as he had done before.
"Buzz," two vibration sounds.
Zhu Liu's eyes lit up, and the corners of his lips unconsciously curled up.
This question asks you to calculate the amount of loss to be recognized due to the sale of office space. Please see the image for the detailed calculation steps.
My phone vibrated, and a picture was sent to me.
Zhu Liushuang happily clicked on the original image, muttering to herself as she looked at it: "When converting personal use into investment property, debit—investment property 2100..."
He Ming's solution process involved several more steps than the answer given in the textbook, and he even meticulously wrote down the relevant knowledge points on the side.
Gazing at the strong, powerful handwriting on the white draft paper, Zhu Liushuang blinked as if waking from a dream, her eyelashes fluttering gently like wings, her chest overflowing with joy.
Her gaze fell again on the numbers next to the knowledge points. Could these be... page numbers from the textbook? She widened her eyes in surprise and quickly picked up the "Accounting" textbook on the table to search for them.
Sure enough, she found the relevant knowledge point.
Is this the difference between top students and ordinary people? Zhu Liushuang sighed and covered her face with the textbook in a mournful manner.
[Senior, you even remember which page the knowledge point is on, that's amazing!] Zhu Liushuang, who was typing again, hadn't even sent out her compliment when He Ming's message came in first.
Did you understand? If you still don't understand, you can listen to Teacher Fufu's online courses.
It turns out that even top students need to take online classes, and the key point is that they are taking classes from the same teacher.
Zhu Liushuang suddenly felt a little more at ease.
She deliberately cleared her throat and pressed the talk button to send a voice message to He Ming: "I understand now. Thank you for writing out the solution steps in such detail, and for thoughtfully including the key points and page numbers. I'm watching Professor Fu Fu's class, but he speaks a bit slowly—" She paused, deliberately drawing out the last syllable of her voice and chuckled softly, "but his lectures are quite humorous, kind of cute."
Are you preparing for the CPA exam?
Zhu Liushuang cleared her throat again, her voice slightly softer than before, and said gently, "Yes, I mainly want to improve myself."
【come on. 】
She practically saw the words "Go for it!" into her eyes before Zhu Liushuang finally put down her phone.
She covered her face, pondering: Since He Ming had been so patient in explaining the problems to her tonight, could she perhaps—push her luck a little further?
Although they had some interaction at work, it wasn't a long-term solution to bother him using her work connections, and it would also make her seem like a very "fussy" person.
But the CPA exam is different! For ordinary people, getting a CPA is no easy feat; it's like a marathon, taking at least several years to complete. If, for now, you can use asking questions as an excuse to exchange a few words with him from time to time, over time, their relationship will definitely progress further.
At the very least, she could be the most inquisitive one on his friend list?
Zhu Liushuang cheered herself up, picked up her phone and typed: "Senior, the CPA exam is so hard! Can I still ask you questions I don't understand in the future? /starry-eyed"
The waiting process was extremely long; even though only five minutes had passed, it felt like waiting from the time the flower bloomed until it withered.
Zhu Liushuang puffed out her cheeks and stared blankly at her phone. After a while, she muttered to herself, "He'll agree. He won't agree. Agree, disagree..."
Night had fallen, and the pale moonlight dappled the windowsill. With a "whoosh," a bird fluttered its wings and took flight from the branches of the camphor tree.
The glossy leaves swayed in response, rustling and playing a melody from the depths of her heart.
Sure. But... I might not be able to answer immediately.
She received the answer she had been waiting for.
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Author's Note: CPA Exam - Certified Public Accountant Exam
Teacher Fu Fu—hahaha, a teacher who is meticulous and humorous in his lectures.
This chapter contains practice questions and solutions for the "Accounting" exam, all sourced from the internet.
Senior He, you're not this accommodating to other girls!
Once we officially start interacting, I'll begin subtly showering everyone with sweetness! No torture for the female lead, just a bittersweet experience!
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