Chapter 765: Chapter 273: Xiaolinzi, What Position Will You Arrange for Me?
Qin Shiqing’s attitude seemed firm, but upon closer thought, it wasn’t quite so.
In the past, she wouldn’t accept any gifts from other girls.
Under the combined influence of the sly Shenghai and her good roommate Yan Qiuwen, Qin Shiqing’s resolve had already begun to waver, with her subconscious contemplating compromise, though she herself wasn’t aware of it.
"Sure!"
Su Zelin agreed without a second thought.
The little secret to being a playboy and having flings is to give each girlfriend some exclusive rights, making them all feel they hold a special and unique place in your heart.
In fact, everyone has such exclusive rights, but they’re different for each person.
Qin Shiqing appreciated these thoughtful and caring little details in life, while Song Yuwei preferred to show affection through spending money. Of course, it wasn’t as direct as giving cash—that wouldn’t be romantic enough—like buying her a new limited edition LV handbag, that was Song Yuwei’s exclusive right.
As for Nanaz, her exclusive rights were related to excitement, like extreme sports or sitting in the last row of the cinema on couple seats. Only she dared to play around like that with him.
Since Song Yuwei and Nanaz don’t get car sick, giving them lemon mint water might show care, but it doesn’t hold as much significance as it does for Qin Shiqing, so there’s no need, and other methods could be used instead.
Anyway, Shenghai had countless tricks and methods at his disposal, and he could think of hundreds of ways to pick up someone from the airport or station, which would vary depending on the person.
"This is more like it!"
Seeing her boyfriend answer so decisively, Qin Shiqing was quite satisfied.
What she needed was this attitude, to hold onto her bottom line. Yet, a girl’s bottom line is actually constantly being eroded invisibly.
Dragging the suitcase to the bottom of the girls’ dormitory, the dorm manager auntie was standing guard at the door.
"Big sister, have you had lunch yet?"
This long-lost call of "big sister" from Shenghai bewildered the dorm manager auntie. Her ordinarily stern face blossomed into a smile, making others who knew the old witch’s nature doubt their understanding of life.
"Just had it, young man. Did your girlfriend finish her internship?"
The dorm manager auntie said with a grin.
"Yes, big sister, my Qin Shiqing gets car sick, so I had to come to pick her up."
"Alright, alright, you can go up with her, quick in and out, don’t linger too long!"
Before Su Zelin could reply, the dorm manager auntie waved him through.
Just as another couple from the same department, ready to graduate, followed, seeing this, the boy also wanted to take his girlfriend to the dorm. However, before he even stepped in, the dorm manager auntie stopped him: "What are you trying to do?"
The old witch pointed to a sign not far away: "Girls’ Dormitory, no boys allowed inside, don’t you know how to read?"
"Didn’t he just go in too?"
The boy expressed his dissatisfaction.
This confrontation only made the old witch even angrier. She glared and began her tirade: "His girlfriend was carsick and got a heatstroke, special situation requires special treatment, don’t you understand such a simple reason? Also, is this how you speak to elders? Even elementary school kids know basic manners, yet you, a promising student at a top university, don’t? You’ve got no decency at all! Where is your teacher’s teaching, all the education and they produced someone like this?"
Others have such sweet mouths, know how to talk properly!
And look at you, acting like you don’t have a mouth!
A simple "big sister" wouldn’t kill you, now would it?
If you had just been a bit more considerate, I might have thought about it.
But with this attitude, there’s no expecting anything!
And you call yourself a top student, I scoff, can’t even compare to a second-tier undergraduate!
I doubt you’ll even make a better life for yourself than others when you step into society!
The old witch’s fierce scolding was like Zhou Xingxing’s bawdy house speaker from "The Beggar’s Duke," leaving the boy totally powerless and almost in tears from being drenched in abuse.
The girl, knowing that probably no one in all of Zhejiang University could handle the old witch in a dispute, unless it was another dormitory’s dorm manager, quickly took the suitcase from her boyfriend’s hands: "Alright, alright, you wait outside, I’ll go up by myself."
"Hmm, okay then."
The boy took this opportunity to step down and retreated far away, fearing being too close to the door would provoke the old witch’s ire again and bring about needless scolding.
In the girls’ dormitory.
"Shiqing, Yueyue, Xiaoman, you all finally came back, I’ve missed you guys!"
As Qin Shiqing and her group entered, Shen Jia and Chen Zi, the two girls, were thrilled. Shen Jia even gave everyone a loving hug.
"Xiaojiajia, what about mine?"
Su Zelin also spread his arms.
"Shoo, shoo, go ask someone else for a hug. I wouldn’t mind, but I don’t dare to because someone might get jealous!"
Shen Jia giggled.
Yan Qiuwen remained sitting on her bed reading a book.
Although the formal employment application at New Era had been approved, she would first return to school for a period, complete her thesis defense, and receive her graduation certificate before joining the company.
However, upon seeing Qin Shiqing and the others, her gaze shifted from the book, and she said, "You’re back?"
The entire dorm fell silent.
Though this was just a very simple greeting, for Yan Qiuwen, it was as meaningless as "Have you eaten?"
She never said such things, finding them a boring waste of time.
Yet today, this usually aloof roommate surprised everyone by saying it, catching everyone off guard.
After a moment, Xiao Yue was the first to react, feeling slightly honored and surprised: "Um, back, thank you."
Yan Qiuwen nodded and returned her gaze to her book.
Those familiar with her personality found it very strange.
Only Qin Shiqing was a little better.
Maybe she’d already been surprised by it before.
When Shenghai was interning, Yan Qiuwen would occasionally chat with her on QQ, and sometimes even inquire into her relationship issues with Su Zelin.
Could it be that the internship experience changed Qiuwen?
Made her warmer and more caring, cherishing friendship?
After storing her luggage and exchanging a few pleasantries with her roommates, Qin Shiqing then left with Su Zelin.
The dorm manager had reminded them not to stay too long. Since she had already allowed special permission, Qin Shiqing wanted to be understanding and not make things difficult for the auntie.
On their way downstairs, Qin Shiqing couldn’t help but say, "Xiaolinzi, why do I feel like Qiuwen has changed a lot? She even occasionally chats with me on QQ and even called me. At the time, I found it quite incredible!"
Su Zelin thought to himself, it seems Chief Tool really did a good job and was responsible in fulfilling what she promised.
"Was she like that during her internship at your company?"
Qin Shiqing asked again.
"More or less."
Su Zelin thought for a moment: "After all, it’s work. One has to interact with colleagues."
"That’s true!" Qin Shiqing nodded slightly: "I thought Qiuwen would always remain cold and distant. It seems I was overthinking it. No matter who, once they leave college and step into society, they eventually change."
"By the way," Su Zelin remembered something, "Qiuwen became a formal employee at our company."
"What, really?"
Qin Shiqing was very surprised: "She actually decided to stay, why?"
"Maybe because I’m handsome, and she wants to have my monkeys!"
Su Zelin joked with a laugh.
"You narcissist, as if Qiuwen would take a liking to you, you’re dreaming!"
Qin Shiqing didn’t believe him, treating it as a joke between childhood friends.
Qiuwen is definitely a rare elite talent, a cash cow for any company. As the founder of New Era, Zelin must have tried his utmost to keep her.
It’s just unclear what methods he used to persuade Qiuwen to stay.
But this guy always had a bag of clever tricks and was exceptionally good at persuasion.
"Xiaolinzi, we talked before about me joining New Era after graduation, remember?"
"Of course, I remember."
"So what position are you going to arrange for me?"
"Haha, that depends on how capable you are. You’ll have to start from the bottom; I can’t give you any backdoor entry!"
"Hmph, fine, then let’s cancel that plan for tonight!"
"How can you do that? Qin Shiqing, you’re going back on your word!"
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