Chapter 84 Pei Shuwen: "But..."
This internal election within the law firm consisted of three stages.
A standardized written test will be administered.
A solo self-introduction.
And the final leaderless group discussion.
The first two categories account for 30% of the admissions, so the final leaderless group discussion is the highlight.
Lin Chaoyue had made preparations in advance, and with her group consisting of Nie Shanshan and Meng Yuzhi, the whole process went very smoothly.
When it's over and I come out.
Lin Chaoyue felt refreshed: "So this is what it feels like to be at ease at work."
Nie Shanshan sacrificed her Friday night party to save Lin Chaoyue, a 'fallen girl'.
Seeing that she performed well, Nie Shanshan was also very satisfied.
"Lin Chaoyue, did you prepare in advance? I feel that your performance today is not quite up to your usual standard."
Lin Chaoyue raised her eyes arrogantly: "Am I usually that bad at the game?"
"You're too modest. That's not even food. I would think you got in through connections, let alone anyone else."
The mention of getting in through connections immediately put Nie Shanshan on the alarm. She lowered her voice and asked, "You didn't actually get into Juntian Liangmu through connections, did you? Through Pei Shuwen's connections?"
Since discovering that there was something fishy going on between Pei Shuwen and Lin Chaoyue.
Nie Shanshan's address to Pei Lu was ruthlessly changed from "Pei Lu" to her full name.
Lin Chaoyue awkwardly touched her nose.
If you say something else, she can refute it.
But she did get into the law firm through Pei Shuwen's connections; in fact, he had half-persuaded and half-forced her to come.
Seeing Lin Chaoyue like this, Nie Shanshan had a look of utter disappointment on her face.
"You! Can't you wake up?"
"Forget it, you'll definitely get to join Feng Lu's team this time anyway. Once you have less contact with him, you can just give up."
"It's not that certain."
Nie Shanshan: "Of course you can! Didn't you see the satisfied look on Feng Lu's face? You also answered all the questions Tang Lu asked you later, so there's definitely no problem!"
"But I really didn't expect that you, who are usually so carefree and slacking off when you first came to the law firm, actually have a solid foundation in basic knowledge. To be honest, there are a few points that I remembered when I was in school, but after working at the law firm for so long, I've almost forgotten them."
Of course she remembers.
For a while, Pei Shuwen bombarded her with these knowledge points almost every day.
No wonder Pei Shuwen said so confidently when Tang Chenbin was mentioned that no special preparation was needed.
That's not what it means to not use.
Pei Shuwen had personally reviewed her basic knowledge, so she wasn't worried about that at all.
While Nie Shanshan was walking ahead and chatting with Meng Yuzhi, they took advantage of the moment.
Lin Chaoyue glanced at her phone.
She had just seen Pei Shuwen's last reply.
For the past few days, she has been spending every night with Pei Shuwen.
She felt a little disappointed at the thought of going home to no one after get off work today.
Despite her disappointment, Lin Chaoyue replied, though she didn't mean it: "You don't need to rush back. Be careful on the road. [Sad cat emoji]"
What are you going to do tomorrow?
Suddenly, Nie Shanshan poked her head in, startling Lin Chaoyue, who quickly put her phone away.
Nie Shanshan was a little wary: "Was that Pei Lu's profile picture just now? You two aren't planning to go on a date tomorrow, are you?"
"No, no, I have my own things to do tomorrow."
She did want to go on a date, but Pei Shuwen wasn't in Ningcheng at all this weekend.
"real?"
"Absolutely true."
Because the weather forecast predicted continuous rain, my aunt's supplier delivered the goods a day earlier.
She had originally planned to go on Sunday, but moved it to tomorrow.
Nie Shanshan held out her hand: "Let me see."
"What?"
"A cell phone!"
"Forget it, you can't just look at other people's phones. You should just block Pei Lu yourself. Let's cut off your ill-fated relationship at the root."
Lin Chaoyue asked curiously, "To cut it off at the root, why not just delete it?"
"He's a partner at the law firm, after all. If you really delete him, he might fire you, and all your backdoor entry would have been for nothing. Listen to me, block him, out of sight, out of mind."
Under Nie Shanshan's constant 'monitoring,' Lin Chaoyue actually blocked Pei Shuwen's messages.
"Is this okay?" Meng Yuzhi, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up.
Lin Chaoyue winked at her: "Don't worry, it's okay."
She would click on Pei Shuwen's chat window more than ten times a day.
Even if he sends her a message without her notifying her, she definitely won't miss it.
Nie Shanshan treated her as a friend and was determined to save her from Pei Shuwen's predicament, so she let her have her way.
After several busy days, Lin Chaoyue finally had some free time.
Back in Tianhe City that evening, she thought she should go to bed early.
I thought that once I was exhausted, I could fall asleep immediately after lying down.
But she's been lying in bed for half an hour today and still isn't sleepy at all.
I rolled around twice on the empty bed.
Lin Chaoyue thought for a moment and sent Pei Shuwen a message: 【I'd like to stay at your place tonight too.】
【good. 】
Lin Chaoyue hugged her pillow and went to Pei Shuwen's bedroom. As soon as she opened the door, she was greeted by a familiar woody scent, which smelled nice and reassuring.
She only turned on one bedside lamp and curled up completely under the covers.
But with someone missing in the bed, she lay there for a while, but still couldn't fall asleep.
She remembered that Li Cong had also been suffering from insomnia recently.
I casually sent a message asking: 【What should I do about insomnia?】
Li Cong: [Yuebao! What time is it back home? What are you sleeping for? Get up and have some fun!]
I glanced at the time; it was 10:30, which was still early.
She didn't reply to Li Cong, but instead opened her chat window with Pei Shuwen again: [I'd like to use your study again.]
Pei Shuwen: [Can't sleep? There's some calming incense in the bedroom drawer.]
The unloading time at Simi has been moved up. I'll be going there tomorrow to find out more beforehand.
Pei Shuwen: [Okay, use it. I've recorded your fingerprint. [pats cat's head.jpg]]
Having known Pei Shuwen for so long, this was the first time she had ever seen him use an emoji.
Lin Chaoyue stared at the emoji for a long time, admiring it.
He went into the study, completely satisfied.
My aunt's assistant sent over the official seal and contract documents this morning. She didn't have time to look at them in detail, but she could at least get a general idea of them by spending some time.
With that in mind, she stayed up until 1 a.m.
Lin Chaoyue was getting tired of sitting, so she stood up and stretched. At that moment, a light rain began to fall outside the window.
Before going to sleep, she sent Pei Shuwen a message: "Goodnight."
Pei Shuwen did not reply.
She guessed he was either asleep or still busy; Lin Chaoyue leaned towards the latter, so she didn't bother him anymore.
That night, accompanied by the sound of rain outside the window, she slept soundly.
The rain lasted all night and seemed to be getting heavier.
When she woke up, the sky outside was shrouded in smog.
While eating breakfast, Pei Shuwen called her. As soon as Lin Chaoyue answered, she heard someone complaining on the other end of the line.
"This company last night was a real pain. We hadn't even officially signed the contract yet, and they were already bombarding us with questions, but they weren't even asking the right questions. By the end, I was so sleepy that I almost fell asleep."
Lin Chaoyue: "Did you guys stay up all night last night?"
Pei Shuwen walked a little further away, her voice sounding somewhat tired: "Um, when are you going to Aunt Wen's?"
"I'll be heading out in a bit."
Pei Shuwen: "Is it still raining in Ningcheng?"
Lin Chaoyue: "It's raining. It seems like it rained all night yesterday. Is it raining in Yushi too? I can hear the sound of rain over there."
Pei Shuwen: "Yes, that's me. Shall I have the driver take you there later?"
Lin Chaoyue: "No need, no need. My aunt's assistant is already on her way to pick me up. I'll just take her car."
"Yes, I have meetings all day today, so I might not see the message in time. Call me if you need anything."
The voice on the other end of the phone started complaining again: "Brother, are you leaving or not? There's another meeting at 11 o'clock. I don't even want to eat breakfast. I just want to go back to the hotel and sleep."
As soon as Lin Chaoyue answered the phone, she noticed that Pei Shuwen's voice sounded off: "You should go and rest. I should be fine here."
Her job today is to oversee the unloading. The batch of skincare products is already on its way and, according to real-time tracking updates, should arrive around 10 a.m.
The warehouse is also a subsidiary of Simei, and is a ready-made backup warehouse.
Lin Chaoyue thought that if everything went smoothly, it should be done before lunch.
But Lin Chaoyue was clearly too optimistic.
It rained all night last night, and by today, the water on the road is already ankle-deep.
The cars were moving at a snail's pace all the way. Bai Can was driving the company car and wasn't very familiar with it. By the time they arrived at the warehouse, it was already 10:30.
Has today's shipment arrived yet?
"Not there yet."
The head of the branch warehouse didn't recognize Lin Chaoyue. Seeing that she was young, he assumed she was a low-level employee sent by the head office. He moved a chair to sit at the door and didn't pay much attention to her.
"Approximately what time will it take?"
"I only manage the warehouse; how would I know when the goods will arrive?"
Lin Chaoyue frowned slightly, but didn't say much. She had checked the real-time tracking of the freight before getting off the truck, and the delivery time was around this time.
Sure enough, less than two minutes later, three large trucks covered with tarpaulins drove into the branch office park one after another.
The middle-aged man in charge of the warehouse, seeing that a job had been assigned, reluctantly stood up and casually pointed it out to the driver.
"The area at the very back of the first floor has been marked out; just pile them in there."
Lin Chaoyue frowned again: "What do you mean, first floor? With such heavy rain today, what if the goods are piled up on the first floor and flooded?"
"It's only a light rain. The water will recede by the afternoon. There's no way it will flood. Don't talk nonsense, young lady. Our warehouse management is very professional."
"The news has been reporting rain for the past few days. How can you expect it to be sunny just because you say so?"
"Yes, if I say it's sunny, then it's sunny."
Lin Chaoyue was genuinely furious: "If you're so good at talking, why don't you go to the weather station?"
Seeing her sharp tongue, the middle-aged man opposite her muttered a few words under his breath and then sat down listlessly again.
Bai Can looked at Lin Chaoyue: "What should we do? Should we put it somewhere else?"
"The branch office warehouse is only so big. The upstairs is full of stuff, and there's only room on the first floor. Where else can you take the goods if you don't unload them here? Young girls like you are full of wild ideas."
"Alright, hurry up and unload it. Just sign the form later. I have something to do at noon."
The middle-aged man kept urging him on, seemingly indifferent.
Lin Chaoyue glanced at Bai Can and realized that he was doing this on purpose.
Lin Chaoyue: "What does it say in the contract?"
Bai Can's expression was also not good: "The contracts for the goods from Simei's headquarters are all written on the fourth floor of the warehouse, but sometimes there are special circumstances and they are actually placed on other floors. We don't usually pursue it, after all, this is the branch office's warehouse."
Lin Chaoyue: "Let's go in and take a look. If there's space on the fourth floor, we'll unload it there. If not, I'll figure something out."
"Should we give Mr. Zhong a call?"
Although Bai Can is Zhong Wen's key protégé, she is only two years older than Lin Chaoyue.
In situations like this, when the other party is clearly being unreasonable, she can be assertive at headquarters, but she doesn't have many good options at the branch office.
Lin Chaoyue: "Auntie must be quite busy lately. It's okay, I'll think of a way."
Under Lin Chaoyue's firm stance, the warehouse manager allowed her to go up to the fourth floor.
"See, I told you there was no room upstairs."
The entire fourth floor was piled with boxes, and judging from the amount of dust on them, they must have been temporarily moved there in the last two days.
Not only the fourth floor, but also the second and third floors were piled with dilapidated items.
Most of them are useless.
Bai Can whispered, "The branch manager has been trying to become independent and wants to separate from Simei."
"How can Auntie feel comfortable leaving the goods here?"
Bai Can hesitated for a moment, but still said cryptically, "Mr. Zhong has been quite busy lately and hasn't had much time to spare. Besides, it was stored here before. If it hadn't been raining recently, it could have been stored on the first floor for a few days."
"Should I have someone remove all these goods from the fourth floor?"
Lin Chaoyue: "This batch of goods is very important. In this weather, it's not safe to leave it under their noses and take it away. It's okay, I'll think of a way."
Skincare products need to be protected from moisture and heat, and the warehouse also needs to be large enough...
Lin Chaoyue pondered for a moment and began scrolling through her WeChat Moments.
Pei Shuwen must have rested well and was getting ready for a meeting when she sent her a message.
Pei Shuwen: "How was today?"
Lin Chaoyue wanted to say 'not going well', and asked Pei Shuwen if he could find a suitable warehouse temporarily.
But then I remembered that he had been keeping me company late into the night for a while now.
We had a meeting all night last night, and we have other meetings later today.
She couldn't bear to trouble him.
Lin Chaoyue: "Smoothly."
Lin Chaoyue: "With Xiao Lin on the case, one is worth two! We'll get it sorted out quickly! My dear boyfriend, please focus on your work and get some rest. [cat working hard.gif]"
Pei Shuwen chuckled for no apparent reason, which made Zhao Huai'an a little uneasy: "You only slept for two hours, what are you laughing at?"
"nothing."
Zhao Huai'an was feeling dejected and was about to make himself a cup of coffee to perk himself up when he thought to himself, "What's so funny about this?"
Then I was forced to eat a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).
Pei Shuwen: "I just think my girlfriend is kind of cute."
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