If we swapped lives, I'd be the CEO and you'd take care of the kids.

Shen Yanqiu didn't keep her waiting long; she arrived in no time.

His appearance attracted the attention of everyone in the workshop. Everyone stared intently at the beautiful girl who had suddenly appeared, and the temperature in the entire room seemed to rise.

Zhu Tingyue was pleased to see that his dressing style had improved today.

But I haven't settled the score with him yet, so I deliberately avoid looking at him. It's my own face, and there's nothing to see there anyway; looking at it will only make me angry.

The man standing next to Zhu Tingyue straightened his wrinkle-free clothes, tidied his neatly combed hair, and walked past Zhu Tingyue with a beaming smile.

Zhu Tingyue heard him ask Shen Yanqiu in a soft voice, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

Ha! Forgetting friends for the sake of beauty!

Shen Yanqiu saw his friend Shi Yuan walking towards him from afar, and when Shi Yuan asked that question, he suddenly understood a line of poetry he had learned as a child: "Children meet but do not recognize each other, laughing and asking, 'Where do you come from, stranger?'" How perfectly apt!

He adopted a job-seeking posture and replied, "I heard you're hiring, so I'm here to apply."

This was something he discussed with Zhu Tingyue yesterday. As long as Zhu Tingyue agrees, he will definitely be able to come back to work.

His eyes were filled with expectation, but Zhu Tingyue didn't even look at him: "I'm not going to confess anymore, you can leave!"

What? Why isn't Zhu Tingyue doing what they agreed on? She suddenly changed her mind without giving any hints. I must have done something to make her angry! Shen Yanqiu understands her and is self-aware.

Looking down at my outfit today, it's pretty good! I've put on makeup, carried my bag, and everything's normal except for not wearing high heels and a dress!

The two of them even talked on the phone before she came, and she was in a good mood then!

Shen Yanqiu looked and looked, thought and thought, and finally identified the suspect: Shi Yuan!

It must be that big mouth who said something he shouldn't have in front of Zhu Tingyue, which is why Zhu Tingyue took her anger out on him.

Good heavens, what kind of friends has he made! They're more trouble than they're worth. My whole life has been a constant struggle, like walking on thin ice.

He asked cautiously, "You're not hiring anymore? Really not hiring anymore? I really need a job."

Zhu Tingyue is most susceptible to playing the innocent and pitiful card.

As expected, Zhu Tingyue's icy gaze fell upon him. She stared at him for a long time before finally speaking, "It's not impossible. What can you do?"

Shen Yanqiu quickly replied, "I can do everything. Planning, design, programming, I can do it all. I can learn what I don't know. I really need this job."

His words shocked the others: How could such a bright and beautiful woman do such a boring and tedious job? And she's quite good at it.

What kind of living environment led her to learn these things? I suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for her.

Zhu Tingyue pretended to be thinking and did not give a reply.

Shi Yuan couldn't wait to speak: "A talent like you is rare. If you are willing to join our company, we would be more than happy to do so."

Shen Yanqiu glanced at Zhu Tingyue symbolically, asking for her opinion. Seeing that she did not object, he immediately agreed.

Shi Yuan's smile grew even warmer. He clapped his hands to signal everyone to stop, his voice brimming with undisguised joy: "Everyone, put down what you're doing and let's welcome the new force at Carnival Technology! Welcome, welcome!"

He led the way, clapping his hands loudly, and everyone followed suit. The joy on their faces was genuine; who wouldn't be happy when a delicate beauty suddenly appeared among a group of stinky men?

After the applause subsided, Shen Yanqiu gave a brief self-introduction, and Shi Yuan introduced his colleagues one by one.

Zhu Tingyue thus learned their names: the one who claimed to know everything about Shen Yanqiu and was somewhat handsome was Shi Yuan, whose name was also nice, but he was a chatterbox, which Zhu Tingyue disliked.

There were two people in charge of algorithm programming, one named Chen Wen and the other named Li Yixuan, both of whom were young people;

The person in charge of natural language processing is Qiao Enxu, who looks to be in his thirties and is already showing signs of balding on his head.

There was another person in charge of data analysis named Lin Quan, who was also quite young.

What could these few people possibly develop? Zhu Tingyue was filled with doubt.

When Shen Yanqiu saw these colleagues again after a few days, his mood was very different. He scanned the familiar faces one by one, and his eager eyes made them excited.

Shi Yuan blocked their view with his body and led Shen Yanqiu to an empty seat near himself. He said in a gentle, high-pitched voice, "Miss Zhu, please sit here. I'll be next to you. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me! I'll answer them patiently!"

Shen Yanqiu looked at her former workstation, forcing a smile to suppress her discomfort, and replied, "Thank you! But it seems someone's already here?"

"You're welcome, you're welcome. There's no one here, please sit here, I'll help you tidy up. Feel free to ask me any questions, don't be shy!"

Shen Yanqiu wanted to slap him to death when she heard this. What do you mean by "clamping"? It's disgusting!

Shi Yuan was busy tidying up and didn't see the look of disgust in his eyes.

Zhu Tingyue watched as the empty space she had targeted was taken away. There were no extra rooms in the entire workshop. Where was she, the boss, supposed to work?

So she asked Shi Yuan, "Where should I sit?"

"Oh, it's you!" Shi Yuan seemed to only then remember that there was someone else. Hearing her ask, he looked around the office for a long time before pointing to the seat on his right and saying, "Here, you can sit here so we can discuss work."

They put it in a grand and righteous way, but the whole world knows what they really were thinking.

Zhu Tingyue didn't argue with him. She could sit anywhere. She was just showing her face and wouldn't come often in the future. Shen Yanqiu was here to keep things in order.

However, the table was piled with clutter, and Shi Yuan was busy tidying up Shen Yanqiu's seat, so he didn't notice her at all.

"Cough, cough!" Zhu Tingyue reminded him that if he wanted to help someone, he should help the boss first! The differential treatment shouldn't be so obvious!

At this moment, Shi Yuan was blind and deaf. He could only see the new people in front of him and could neither hear nor see their dissatisfaction with the old ones. No matter how much Zhu Tingyue coughed, he paid no attention.

Shen Yanqiu suppressed a laugh as he watched his friend fawn over him, inwardly cursing him for being so fickle.

Shi Yuan gathered the items from the left table into one place, then picked it up, turned around, and placed it on the right. In no time, the left table was spotless. The right table, which already had clutter, became even more chaotic.

Zhu Tingyue was about to lose her composure. Shi Yuan was going too far; did he even respect her as his boss? What kind of employee did Shen Yanqiu hire? He had absolutely no sense of propriety!

Shen Yanqiu felt like sneezing, but when he met Zhu Tingyue's fiery gaze, he felt like he was wound up, and his hands and feet involuntarily started tidying her up.

"Oh dear, how can you do these things? Let me do them!" Shi Yuan said with a pained expression. Looking at those fair and smooth fingers, were they meant for doing such rough and dirty work?

"Yanqiu, why are you just standing there? Do your own things! Even elementary school students understand this. Hurry up and clean up!"

He even had the nerve to urge Zhu Tingyue, who was so angry she almost laughed: "Who put things here just now? Now you want me to clean them up? I'm not going to."

"Oh dear, Xiao Zhu is such a delicate girl, can't you, a grown man, be a little more understanding?"

He thinks he's right? We haven't even been together for twenty minutes, and he's already acting like a little friend? He's so overly familiar!

"I'm not understanding!"

"You..." It's a bit embarrassing for two grown men to be arguing over such a trivial matter.

Shi Yuan's tone carried a warning: "Hurry up, don't forget, I'm the boss. You have to listen to me and obey orders, understand?..."

Zhu Tingyue couldn't hear what he said after that; all she could think about was "he's the boss."

So Shen Yanqiu tricked him into coming here to be someone's slave? Didn't he say he owned his own company? This shabby place—let's call it a company for now—isn't even his boss! What's he doing, putting on airs?

Shen Yanqiu lowered her head the moment she heard Shi Yuan say he was the boss, not daring to look up. What does it mean to be more trouble than help? This is it! He won't lend a hand, but he's certainly sabotaged everyone.

Zhu Tingyue must be even angrier now. What should I do? This isn't the place to talk. I'll explain later!