Chapter 41: Perplexity

  "No! I used to love eating it, now this porridge is delicious, but it seems like it's not as enjoyable as before." Shangguan Yiyi scooped up a few spoonfuls and filled Jinjing's entire bowl.

  "Yes, everything tastes different now. Speaking of which, it was so carefree in the past, as long as you studied well, that's all that mattered. Now that I've entered society, learning to survive is not easy at all. You have to be frugal and thrifty, during financial crises, I don't even know how to ask my family for money." Jin Jing sighed deeply and said.

  "Jing Jing, what did you say I've been doing all day? Am I really useless?" Shang Guan Yi Yi said with a hint of sadness and self-blame.

  "Yiyuan, don't say that, hurry up and sort out your emotions, find a job, to survive, working is necessary!" Jinjing stretched out her hand to grasp hers and encouraged her.

  In just a short hour, they were able to say so many things that were on their minds. After Yuwen Yiyuan and Jinjing parted ways, she walked alone, having been in this city for almost half a year now, yet still feeling quite unfamiliar with it. Watching the cars whizzing by, she felt lost. When she got home, she saw Gu Xi lying on the couch, still wearing his shoes, silently playing with his phone.

  "Hey, you disappeared last night and now you're back today?" Shang Guan Yiyiyelled loudly as soon as she opened the door.

  "What's going on? You can't come back last night, where are you going now? Dressing up like this to show off?" Gu Xi got up and was about to head to his own room, looking up and down at Shangguan Yiyi's outfit, which was quite different from her usual style. She wasn't cute to begin with, but she deliberately dressed up to look cute, it was all so awkward.

  "No, just going to see a celebrity! Unfortunately, didn't meet face-to-face, only saw the back figure!" Shangguan Yiyi blushed and gathered her skirt into a bunch, preparing to walk back into the room.

  "What a big shot, needs to pretend to be a clown?" Gu Xi laughed loudly.

  "Wait, where were you this morning?" Shang Guan Yi Yi grasped her arm and asked in puzzlement.

  "After wandering around, she had dinner at someone else's house and came back. When did you become so caring about others?" Gu Xi looked at Shangguan Yiyi's awkward outfit, her strength was really impressive, even leaving a mark on Gu Xiwang's hand."

  "That's nothing, I just went to the hospital today to see Ling Haoyu and found a girl next to her who looks exactly like you!" Shangguan Yiyi lay back on the sofa with some disappointment. These high heels haven't been worn out for a long time, but they feel so tired now.

  "Is the celebrity you're talking about Ling Haoyu?" Gu Xi once again confirmed whether her hearing was wrong. It turned out that in other people's eyes, Ling Haoyu was really popular!

  "Really? You know her?" Shangguan Yiyi looked at her with a loud laugh and some doubt.

  "What does that have to do with you?" Gu Xi smiled and walked into the room, opening her computer to check if there were any interview notifications for jobs she had applied for. Just as she was about to open the webpage, she received several text messages.

  Most of them are customer service and clerical jobs with relatively low requirements, and there are many opportunities for mass recruitment, but none of them are the kind of work she wants to do. However, she has just entered society and doesn't want to do her major profession either. Doing something else would have no experience at all, so she impulsively chose a customer service job at an apparel company.

  Recently, a friend told me that the e-commerce industry has great prospects now. She also wants to start from scratch and learn by herself, then start her own business independently. According to the information, tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 everyone will go to the company for an interview together.

  She then started rummaging through her luggage to find some more formal clothes. These all seemed somewhat unsuitable, except for two sets of sportswear that were a bit more subdued; the rest were mainstream fashion and a bunch of decadent outfits.

  She flipped through her wallet and didn't have much money left. The idea of buying a new outfit was dismissed again, they say the first impression in an interview is very important, it really made her feel uneasy.

  The next morning, Fang Jie heard that Gu Xi was going to have an interview and lent him a new set of formal wear she had just bought. Looking at her own height, which wasn't very tall, she thought that the medium-sized clothes should fit Gu Xi just fine.

  "Xiaoxi, wear your sister's new professional attire!" Fan Jie said with a pale face, forcing a smile.

  "It's okay, it's not a big company anyway, I'll just dress casually and that's fine. Your clothes might not suit me, sister." Gu Xi saw Fan Jie still wearing the same old formal attire, and looking at her new outfit in her hand, she must be reluctant to wear it, and politely declined herself.

  "Alright then, good luck with your interview!" Fan Jie said, looking at Gu Xi's figure lying on the bed, and then glanced at her own figure, saying somewhat awkwardly.

  "Wait for my good news, it's almost eight o'clock, you'd better hurry to work!" Gu Xi, still sleepy, only heard the knock on the door and poked his head out, his eyes narrowed into a line, and softly said while lying on the bed. ?? CEO's First Love: Ah, don't be too naughty 41

  "Alright, don't be late, it's taboo for interviews!" Fan Jie reminded her before pulling the door shut and leaving.

  "Got it."

  This person's mind is easily influenced, and after hearing Fan Jie say so, she couldn't sleep. The first thing to do after getting up was to smoke a cigarette to calm down, then open the computer and browse online interview strategies.

  After reading it over and over again, my mind was still a complete blank. I stared at the dark yellow wall for a long time, when Lin Xiaorong's phone call came through. "Hey, Xiao Xi, what are you up to? Are you free this afternoon to go shopping with me? Tomorrow is my cousin's birthday, and I haven't found a suitable gift yet, have you prepared one?"

  The voice on the phone was much lower than the speaking voice in person, this was Lin Xiaorong's first call to her after she recovered. As soon as I saw the mobile phone note "big butt", hearing the word birthday really felt strange, maybe it was because she rarely had birthdays.

  "Birthdays? I have an interview this afternoon, you go by yourself. Any gift for a grown man is fine." Gu Xi was somewhat surprised, having been with Ling Hao Yu for several months now, through thick and thin, yet really hadn't noticed his birthday, the words that came out felt strange.

  "Ah, no way? Alright! You go ahead and I'll catch up with you later." Lin Xiaorong was somewhat surprised by her own words, hung up Gu Xi's phone, and flipped through the phone book back and forth, but couldn't find a suitable person to go shopping for gifts with.

  At 2 o'clock, Gu Xi went out. According to the route found on Baidu, Rufina Fashion Co., Ltd. only needs to take bus M350 for ten stops, and it will arrive in half an hour.

  I thought I left home a bit early, but when I arrived at the bus stop, I saw that the streets were flooded and traffic was jammed. Cars were stuck like ants in a swarm. The number of people waiting at the stop kept increasing, almost blocking the entire street.

  Half an hour later, the M350 finally arrived. At a glance, there were many people standing in the car with no seats left. When the door opened, a crowd of people rushed in, and she looked somewhat annoyed as she returned to the platform, thinking of waiting for the next bus again.

  I didn't expect to have to wait another half an hour for the M350 bus. There were no fewer passengers than on the previous bus, and she got on anxiously. On a hot day like today, the strong smell of sweat was really affecting her mood. The vehicle inched along, and it wouldn't be until 3:30 that they would finally be able to get off.

  She started to panic a bit, not wanting to go for the interview because being late was a big mistake. Looking around at the towering skyscrapers, she felt dizzy. The pace of this city was just too fast. She walked over to a newsstand and asked an old lady who was collecting trash, "Excuse me, grandma, how do I get to Dongge Building?"

  "Yaotou, are you rushing off for an interview?" The old lady didn't answer directly.

  "Right, I'm late. Tell me how to get there?" Gu Xi was getting anxious, which was completely out of character for her. But since they had already arrived at their destination, how could she just give up?

  "Make the most of every opportunity, because every experience will make you grow a little. Don't worry, Xiao Tao, from here go straight to the first intersection and turn right, it's just a few hundred meters away." The old lady slowly picked up a dirty green tea bottle, her rough palm had scars one after another.

  "Thank you!" Gu Xi heard the old lady's words and felt a little comforted in her heart. Usually fearless, she was really nervous when facing it, and her palms were sweating.

  She arrived in front of Dongge Building A, looking at the bright and high-end building, from the bottom floor to the top floor, dizzy. There is a rolling advertisement on the top floor, which has been rolling all the time.

  Gu Xi walked to the front desk on the first floor, and under the guidance of a security guard, chose the single-layered elevator with two channels. Just as the door was about to close, a sharp voice suddenly rang out, "Wait for me."

  A petite figure with a height similar to hers, carrying a stack of files in her arms. The bright pink frame glasses made her look more elegant. Thick makeup seemed to cover up the dark circles under her eyes.

  A loud shout, just in time to squeeze half of her body in, "You're also on the 21st floor?" The girl hastily rummaged through the documents in her arms, awkwardly pushing up the glasses that had slipped down to the tip of her nose.

  Gu Xi looked her up and down, seeing a name tag on her chest, "Rui Mei Nai Fashion Co., Ltd. Marketing Department Assistant General Manager!" The photo of her was much more lovely and pure than now, compared to the current look which was more spirited.

  "Right, an interview, but I'm late!" Gu Xi said calmly. ?? CEO's First Love: Ah, don't be too naughty 41

  "Are you coming for an interview at our company?"

  The girl stared at the rolling floor numbers, thinking that the entire 21st floor was their company. I heard that they are going to recruit some customer service staff recently, but the general manager is a strict boss who dislikes tardiness the most.

  "Ruimei Clothing Co., Ltd!" Gu Xi said vaguely, taking out her phone to check the message.

  "How come you're so late?"