novelhk Chapter 16 The Job Application Storm
Chapter 16 The Job Application Storm
Clearly, although she was a child prodigy, she was still an unborn baby and therefore could not comprehend the complex world of adults.
Chu Xinglan smiled sweetly at her and said, "Mommy is going there to find a job, and she'll take you to see Daddy while she's at it."
However, she hoped it would be best to avoid running into Gu Ye.
Chu Xinglan arrived at the interview room at the headquarters of the Gu Group, where she saw that it was full of young women dressed in their finest attire.
Holding a resume and carrying a small pink crossbody bag, Chu Xinglan thought she had come to the wrong place. This was no test; it was clearly a beauty pageant. Wasn't this just an application for a menial job? Was it really that serious?
The testing hall is divided into two areas: a waiting area and a waiting area. The formal interviews take place there, where supervisors conduct individual interviews, while others wait in the waiting area for their numbers to be called.
When Chu Xinglan walked in, the women in the waiting area all looked at her with unfriendly eyes, their gazes clearly saying, "Another competitor has arrived."
Chu Xinglan ignored their gazes, went to the service desk, took a number, and stood in the waiting line.
As soon as she came in, one person slunk out and left with his head down.
It seemed the job application hadn't gone well. The others, as if seeing a glimmer of hope, waited eagerly. Only when the staff announced the next person was a beautiful woman who had been waiting for a while. She stopped at the door, touched up her makeup, and then excitedly went inside.
"Mommy, there are so many pretty aunties!" The little baby, clinging to Chu Xinglan's back, stared at the heavily made-up women in front of him with wide eyes.
"Is Mommy prettier, or are these aunties prettier?" Since she was bored anyway, Chu Xinglan started teasing her daughter.
Chu Xinglan doesn't need to speak; she can communicate directly with the baby through her mind. So, to outsiders, it appears as if Chu Xinglan is simply standing quietly to the side.
"Of course Mommy is beautiful. Mommy is the most beautiful woman in the world." The little baby is not only adorable, but even his mouth is as sweet as if it were coated with honey.
"This is your dad's company. Do you want to go see your dad first?" Chu Xinglan asked. It was perfectly reasonable for the little baby to want to see his biological father.
The baby shook his head.
"I want to stay here with Mommy, and I want to protect Mommy."
"If you really want to protect me, then tell me, what skills do you have?" Chu Xinglan said with a gentle smile.
The little baby was taken aback by Chu Xinglan's question, and then lowered his head as if he had done something wrong.
"Mommy is just teasing you. Mommy is an adult and doesn't need a little baby to protect her. Just being with Mommy like this is the greatest happiness you can give Mommy."
Chu Xinglan said in a soft voice.
If there weren't so many people around, she really wanted to reach out and touch this pink and tender little dumpling.
At this moment, a beautiful woman wearing a bright pink miniskirt passed by Chu Xinglan and then walked to the water dispenser in the waiting area, pretending to drink water.
"Mommy, this lady drinking water is so strange. She put a necklace in your bag," the little toddler said, puzzled.
Upon hearing the baby's words, Chu Xinglan reached into her small handbag and indeed found a gold necklace.
"Mommy, does this auntie think you're poor?" the little toddler asked, puzzled.
"Did this auntie think I'm poor and want to do a good deed?"
Chu Xinglan smiled bitterly to herself.
They've already started workplace bullying before even getting the job. Is workplace competition really that scary these days?
The woman drinking water walked past Chu Xinglan again. She thought Chu Xinglan was unaware of her little tricks, gave Chu Xinglan a cold smile, and began her performance.
"Oh dear, where did my necklace go?" The woman touched her neck while frantically searching the ground.
Her exclamation immediately attracted the attention of others. A dozen or so women, who didn't know each other, looked at each other with strange expressions.
I don't know if she really lost something, or if she was faking it, or if she was trying to achieve something else.
After all, everyone came for the same goal, and none of us are naive or innocent.
"Please help me find it quickly, my necklace is very expensive, it cost tens of thousands of yuan," the woman said to the crowd.
Some were kind enough to help her search, while others acted as if it were none of their business, crossing their arms and remaining indifferent.
"In such a big place, if there really was a necklace, it would definitely be found. It probably wasn't lost here, right?" someone said.
"Impossible, it was hanging around its neck at the beginning!" the woman said firmly.
At this moment, another woman spoke up: "Yes, I saw her wearing it just now. This necklace must have been lost not long ago."
Chu Xinglan watched their performance quietly. It seemed that the two women were working together, trying to squeeze one of them out.
"Is there a thief here?" The woman's accomplice seemed hesitant to speak.
"A thief? Impossible! How could there be a thief here?"
The woman's words caused a great reaction, and many people were whispering among themselves, which was exactly the result they wanted to see.
Of course, there were also people who didn't care about the commotion at all. One of them was a woman wearing dark low-rise jeans. Although she was also wearing heavy makeup, she seemed a bit eccentric, especially with her aloof demeanor that seemed to say, "Don't mess with me." She was leaning against the wall, chewing gum with an indifferent expression. Her attire obviously had nothing to do with job applicants, but in fact, she was one of the job applicants.
"To clear everyone's name, I suggest searching their bags," the woman's accomplice said, opening her own bag and dumping the resumes and cosmetics inside onto a round table.
A bag search? Really?
Apart from Chu Xinglan and that aloof beauty, everyone present was astonished. But since that woman had made a move, they didn't know what to do. Some were observing, while others seemed to have the intention to prove their innocence, but none of them planned to be the first to step forward.
Seeing that no one reacted, the woman wanted to find someone to set an example first, but although she was cunning, she lacked discernment and chose the aloof woman first.
"Take your bag out, I need to search it."
As the woman spoke, she reached out to grab the aloof woman's bag, but the aloof woman stopped her, pressing her bag tightly against her chest and defiantly blowing a large bubble.
The bubble burst with a bang, startling the woman into taking a step back. Realizing she had messed with someone tough, she had no choice but to slink away. She glanced at the people around her, then turned her attention directly to Chu Xinglan.
"Take out your bag, I'll search it." The woman knew, of course, that her things were in Chu Xinglan's bag; she was only doing this to make it seem like she had accidentally seen Chu Xinglan as the thief.