Chapter 791: Chapter 283: Qin Shiqing, Let’s Move In Together!
"Oh, I see. Alright then, we’ll arrange another time to meet you."
Being a mother herself, Li Juan could understand Granny Su’s eagerness for her child to return home to their favorite dishes, so she didn’t insist.
After Su Zelin drove away, Li Juan looked in the direction the Passat left: "Panpan, it seems your senior Su has graduated too. Is he planning to continue working at New Era?"
"Of course, he is! Senior is the Director of the Operations Department at New Era and an executive in the company. How could he possibly quit!"
Huang Panpan replied without hesitation.
"I was wondering if any other big companies might offer him a high salary to poach him. After all, the Operations Department is crucial for any company, especially those that are rapidly growing. Your senior Su has already proven his abilities, so it’s not impossible for a big company to notice him."
Li Juan explained.
"Oh, I see!"
Huang Panpan realized, "I don’t know if any companies have made him offers, but he told me he has no plans to leave."
"Panpan, you’ll be entering the workforce in a year. Do you have any plans for the future?"
Huang Hongbo chimed in, as he was very concerned about this matter.
Given his daughter’s personality, he guessed she wouldn’t want to take over his business.
Besides, she truly wasn’t suited for business.
Though she had matured after being in the student council for several years and was less capricious than before,
she was still too naive, not cunning or smooth enough.
Someone like Su Zelin, who is both cunning and smooth, is the perfect material for business.
"After graduation, I’ll go to New Era. Wherever senior goes, I’ll follow!"
The underclassman spoke firmly, making clear her stance to her parents.
She wouldn’t accept any arrangements from them.
Even though she wasn’t as rebellious after entering university as she was in high school and was now much more obedient, on certain important matters, once Huang Panpan made up her mind, her parents had no way to persuade her otherwise.
Huang Hongbo and Li Juan looked at each other.
Seeing their daughter’s determination to follow Su Zelin, it seemed they should buy a house for her in Lin’an soon.
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Lijing District was less than a ten-minute drive from Willow Branch Lane. After bidding farewell to Huang Panpan, Su Zelin quickly arrived home.
As soon as they heard the car engine, Su Jianjun and Zhao Lixia came out from the living room.
"Son, you’re finally back. Why did it take so long?"
The mother was happy but also slightly complaining.
"Mom, I was the last one to leave the dormitory. I had to return the dorm keys to the administration, and their staff only starts work at nine. I had no choice!"
Su Zelin casually made up an excuse.
In reality, it was because Huang Panpan woke up late, and he didn’t have the heart to wake her.
After all, the underclassman had her first experience, and although he had been gentle, a delicate flower in a greenhouse struggle against the elements.
"You should’ve come home earlier. By now, all your classmates must have left campus!"
Zhao Lixia, who graduated from junior high, shifted her focus to work and family afterward and didn’t share the same deep emotional attachment to campus life and friends as Su Zelin did, so she didn’t understand him, which wasn’t surprising.
"Yes, everyone’s left. I’m the class monitor, so I had to stay behind!"
Su Zelin smiled.
"Alright, alright, it’s good you’re back!"
Su Jianjun stopped his wife’s rambling, or else she would continue with a few more complaints.
"I think Zelin must be hungry. Lixia, go to the kitchen and prepare the dishes. To celebrate our son’s graduation and the beginning of a new Chapter in his life, we father and son should have a few drinks!"
"All you think about is drinking. You’ll lead our son astray!"
Zhao Lixia frowned.
"Oh, how could that lead someone astray!"
Su Jianjun dismissed it: "In his position, he’s doing great things, and social engagements often require some drinking anyway. Just look at the city leaders and big bosses—none of them can’t hold their liquor!"
"Alright, alright, with all your twisted logic, I can’t argue with you."
Zhao Lixia shook her head and went to the kitchen to prepare the dishes.
Upon learning that Su Zelin was home, the Qin family came over too.
After teaming up to open Jianglan’s first New Era franchise store, Qin Daqing and Liu Sufen even stopped their old wholesale business.
They used to have to wake up at the crack of dawn, sometimes at three or four in the morning, because the delivery trucks for the wholesale business arrived at midnight. Despite the hard work, the earnings were meager compared to the digital business.
Moreover, New Era wasn’t too busy. Liu Sufen’s nephew managed the store, so it was worry-free. They only occasionally needed to visit the store or attend a meeting, living quite comfortably.
So the elderly couple decided that wholesale was too much effort for too little reward and thought it better to save up and open a second New Era franchise store.
As a result, the couple who had worked hard all their lives could now live a relaxed life with plenty of free time.
As for the shopfronts near the southern market, initially bought for agricultural wholesale, they could just be rented out.
In recent years, the development of the southern new district was rapid, and the southern market was situated at the junction of the new and old districts. Within the new district, it was the most popular area. With well-planned government developments and road conditions more convenient than the old district, many wholesalers moved to the southern market. The shopfronts bought back then were easily rented out, with quite satisfactory rental income.
Qin Shiqing had honed her cooking skills, becoming the empress’s designated chef, and went into the kitchen with Liu Sufen to help. In no time, a variety of home-cooked dishes were laid on the table.