After being laid off, Mr. Lu asked me to interview at his company

After all the interviewees in this round had left, Lu Yanqi was still browsing Lin Qing's electronic resume.

The project experience on her resume did not include the Lu Group project, nor did she mention it during her personal introduction just now, indicating that she did not want to rely on her previous relationships to participate in the interview.

A girl with quite a bit of backbone.

Lu Yanqi thought to himself, with a smile on his lips that he was not even aware of.

At this time, the phone on the table rang. It was his assistant Xu Yang calling to inform him to attend a high-level meeting.

Lu Yanqi said to the director Du Siyuan next to him: "Once the recruitment list is confirmed, please give me a copy."

Director Du knew that the president was busy, so he didn't think much about it and said, "Okay, Mr. Lu, you go ahead and do your work first."

Lu Yanqi stood up and left the meeting room.

Lin Qing walked out of the Lu Group building and saw a large supermarket across the street. It was still early, so she decided to go for a walk and buy some groceries to cook. Cheng Xiaoling said she wanted to come to her house for dinner tonight.

Lin Qing walked across the street and looked back at the towering Lu Group Building across the street. In this area where every inch of land is valuable, it is a symbol of modern civilization and a sign of wealth and status.

No wonder it attracts a large number of outstanding people to apply. Everyone wants to gild their career, work with outstanding people, experience excellent management methods, feel the vibrant corporate atmosphere, and enhance their personal value.

After standing there and sighing for a long time, Lin Qing turned around and walked into the supermarket.

The supermarket was large, with a wide variety of goods, but since it was not yet time to get off work, there were not many customers. Lin Qing followed the supermarket's signs to the fresh food section, walked around, and finally bought shrimp, spare ribs, pork, Chinese cabbage, and some chives and other ingredients.

Normally she wouldn't buy so many vegetables for herself, but because there was one more person with her tonight, she bought more and could put the leftovers in the refrigerator.

Lin Qing pushed the shopping cart to the checkout counter, paid the bill, and then took the subway home.

Half an hour later, Lin Qing returned home, put the vegetables in the kitchen, and put the meat in the refrigerator. The kitchen was very small, with a sink, a stove, and storage cabinets above and below the stove. The small kitchen had enough space for one person, but it would be crowded for two people.

I looked at the time, it was 5 o'clock, and Cheng Xiaoling got off work at 6 o'clock.

It was a hot day and I was sweating and feeling uncomfortable, so I took a shower, changed into home clothes, sat on the sofa in the living room, checked my phone, and turned on the fan.

In fact, Lin Qing has installed air conditioners in the living room and bedroom, but he doesn't turn them on often. He feels that he can tolerate using a fan. Turning on the air conditioner consumes too much electricity. Given his current financial situation and the habit of saving since childhood, he tries to save as much as possible.

Lin Qing opened a certain self-media platform and found that she hadn’t updated her works for several days. She usually used her after-get off work time to draw animated characters on the computer and add inspirational texts. She attracted more than 80 fans and her daily income increased from a few cents at the beginning to one or two hundred now.

This is another source of income for Lin Qing besides his salary.

With some savings and support from my parents, I had the courage to take out a loan and buy this small house two years after graduation, becoming a homeowner.

After checking the data from the past few days, the profit is not much, about 120 per day. It seems I have to find time to update again.

Cheng Xiaoling arrived at the door of Lin Qing's apartment at 6:20 and sent a voice message to Lin Qing on WeChat: "Dear, I'm here."

She was very familiar with this place. This property belonged to their company, and she was the one who introduced it to Lin Qing for purchase.

After seeing the message, Lin Qing immediately opened the unit door through an app provided by the property management company on her mobile phone and let her take the elevator up by herself.

"Tell me quickly, how was the interview today? Did you see their president? Is he handsome in person? Is your heart beating fast for that secret crush of yours?" Cheng Xiaoling asked while changing her shoes in the entrance after entering the house.

Lin Qing glared at her. "You asked so many questions at once. How can I answer them? Why do I feel like you are more excited than me?"

"Hey, I'm just concerned about you," Cheng Xiaoling walked to the sofa, sat down and leaned back on it, "Then just answer them one by one."

"The interview results will be out in three days. I saw that he is one of the interviewers. He is very handsome." Lin Qing picked up the remote control and turned on the air conditioner. Then he continued loudly, "I have to correct you one thing. That's not called secret love. It's admiration. Do you understand?"

Seeing her angry look, Cheng Xiaoling suppressed her laughter and said, "Okay, big sister, you have the final say. I'm not secretly in love with him, he's secretly in love with you."

Lin Qing: "..."

Do you still want a best friend who talks nonsense like this?

Is it too late to break up now?

Lin Qing ignored her nonsense and went to the refrigerator to get her a bottle of iced black tea. "Hurry up and shut your mouth."

Cheng Xiaoling refused to listen to her and continued, "Don't you have WeChat? Ask him if you passed the interview?"

Lin Qing had also thought about this question, but she felt that she was too familiar with him. She and he were just acquaintances, and asking rashly would make her seem anxious.

She didn't want to give the other party a bad impression. If they thought her abilities were feasible, they would naturally hire her. If they didn't approve of her abilities, asking would only embarrass herself. She just had to wait patiently for two days.

Lin Qing shook his head: "I don't want to ask. There will be a result in two days. If it doesn't pass, it will be embarrassing to ask."

"You are the only one with a good attitude. If it were me, I might not be so calm." Cheng Xiaoling said and gave her a thumbs up.

Lin Qing looked at her thumb, rolled his eyes at her and walked into the kitchen. "I've already cooked the rice, and the spareribs are almost done steaming in the pot. You take a break while I prepare the other dishes. I'll stir-fry the vegetables and make some tomato soup. You can stir-fry the shrimp. I want to eat the spicy shrimp you make."

Half an hour later, three dishes and a soup were served. They pulled out chairs and sat down to eat. Since they were alone, they didn't care about their table manners. They didn't wear gloves when peeling shrimps, just washed their hands.

"Hey, you said we are not old at this age, why are we considered as leftover women in our parents' eyes?" Cheng Xiaoling suddenly sighed while peeling shrimps. She is the same age as Lin Qing, but two months older than Lin Qing.

Lin Qing paused what he was doing, looked up at her, and probably guessed what she wanted to say, "Did your mother arrange another blind date for you?"

She knew that Cheng Xiaoling had been arranged by her mother to go on four blind dates this year, but they were not compatible. However, her mother did not give up and asked other relatives to continue arranging blind dates for her.

Cheng Xiaoling sighed again: "Yes, at this age you still have the capital to choose someone, but in two years, you will be chosen by others. Your mother is reasonable and respects your ideas."

In fact, Lin Qing was also arranged by her family to go on a blind date during the Spring Festival last year, but she told her family directly at that time that she would work first and go on a blind date if she didn't have a boyfriend after she turned 28. Seeing her serious attitude, her mother stopped forcing her and occasionally asked her if she had a boyfriend when she went back.

Lin Qing nodded. "My mother is worried, but she just didn't tell me. In two years, when I'm still single, I will definitely be arranged to go on a blind date like you."

Cheng Xiaoling nodded, "Such delicious food, let's change the topic to something happy." Looking at the wine in the wine cabinet in the living room, she winked at Lin Qing, "Want a little wine?"

Lin Qing doesn't drink alcohol normally, but he keeps some in his home's wine cabinet in case he needs to entertain guests.

Cheng Xiaoling can drink quite a lot. After all, she works in sales and sometimes needs to accompany clients. Over time, she has naturally developed a good drinking capacity.

"Let me make it clear first, you can only have one small drink. We all have to go to work tomorrow, and I don't want to keep a drunkard here overnight." After saying that, Lin Qing stood up and walked to the wine cabinet, took out a bottle of low-alcohol wine, and went to the kitchen to get two cups.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, it was already 9 o'clock. Because they had drunk some wine, Cheng Xiaoling took a taxi home. Lin Qing sent her out of the community and watched her get in the car before turning around and going home.