"Brother, why does Bun act like it hasnât eaten anything?"
Mo Jingchun smiled and said, "Then why donât you ask Bun."
"Meow meow meow~" Bunâs meow sounded pitiful.
Mo Jingchun scratched the little guyâs nose and laughed, "Go and let your sister help Guoguo wash her face and brush her teeth."
"Guoguo, go check it out, thereâs a big eye booger in the corner of your eye."
"Ah!"
Hearing this, Candy quickly ran to the kitchen to find her sister, who had just come downstairs with her.
"Sister, Guoguo wants to wash her face and brush her teeth."
Zhou Yaling, who was still yawning, nodded and mumbled a sleepy response.
As expected, Grandpa was right; the uncle who left early in the morning was still having lunch with the host family.
After lunch, Mo Jingchun and the others had nothing else to do. Everything they needed to bring was already packed in the trunk, just waiting for the uncle to return before they could set off.
In the yard, the aunt occasionally glanced at the road with her phone in hand, muttering, "Why isnât he back yet."
If they hadnât called, Mo Jingchun and the others would have suspected that something happened to the uncle on the way.
They waited and waited until almost 1:30, and finally, the uncle came back riding a motorcycle under the hot sun.
Seeing the uncleâs flushed face, Mo Jingchun didnât need to ask to know that he drank too much at lunch.
Luckily he got home safely on the bike. If something had happened on the way, who knows how many people would have been worried.
"Didnât you know you needed to go to the county in the afternoon? Why did you drink so much?" the aunt scolded while helping the uncle with a cup of iced tea.
"What do you know, youâre just a woman. People were praising our Xiaochun, I had to drink."
"Drink, drink, all you know is drink. Do you know how worried we were about you?"
"Aunt, let the uncle sleep for a while. We will set off at three and reach the county in time for dinner."
At three in the afternoon, after sleeping for an hour, Zhou Xing felt much better. Although he still smelled of alcohol, the redness on his face had disappeared.
"Grandpa, you can sit in the front."
"Iâll sit in the front? Sure." In the back seat, Zhou Yaling held Candy, and the four sitting in a row felt a bit cramped.
Fortunately, the small county doesnât do many car checks, otherwise, if they were caught, they wouldnât escape a fine and point deduction.
Mo Jingchun didnât mind the fine that much, but absolutely couldnât afford to have points deducted.
After arriving at the county past six in the evening, Mo Jingchun drove straight to the hotel for dinner.
As for Bun, they would get Bun back from Li Wanning after eating.
"Uncle, donât be shy, if we donât eat this food, it will go to waste."
"Exactly." Zhou Yaling, without hesitating, ate heartily, ignoring any ladylike demeanor.
Having a sheep slaughtered is not something that happens often, she had to eat a lot to not waste the opportunity.
Zhou Xing, who didnât drink that evening, frowned at her daughter, advising, "Your brother, in this county, is quite a notable figure now. You, as a girl, could you eat with more grace?"
"The way youâre eating now, what will others think of your brother?"
"That heâs just some nouveau riche?"
Zhou Yaling paused and then adjusted her posture, eating more elegantly.
If it hadnât been for her fatherâs words, she wouldnât have considered this aspect at all.
Zhou Yaling certainly didnât want her brother being labeled as nouveau riche.
Suddenly, Zhou Yaling realized that having money doesnât necessarily mean living a happy life.
Even eating requires considering othersâ perceptions, what a burden.
In the evening, after settling the uncleâs family, Mo Jingchun took Candy to the employee dormitory to find Li Wanning.
Knock knock knock~
"Coming, coming."
As soon as Li Wanning opened the door, Bun, already familiar with the scent, darted out and jumped onto Mo Jingchunâs shoulder.
"Meow meow meow~"
"Hee hee, Bun, did you miss Guoguo?"
"Boss."
Mo Jingchun patted Bunâs head and smiled, nodding at Li Wanningâs greeting.
"Thank you for these past couple of days."
"Oh, it was no trouble at all." Li Wanning awkwardly scratched her fingers.
Almost starving the cat, hearing the boss say this made Li Wanning feel quite embarrassed.
"Weâll head back first, you should rest early tonight, another busy day tomorrow."
Temporarily staying in the same apartment building, Mo Jingchun lived on a different floor than Li Wanning, on the sixth floor, together with Xu Pengfei and Su Wenyan.
Under the moonlight, Wang Huihui stood by the window of the hotel, gazing at the bright moon with a sense of confusion.
Having just graduated with a degree in Software Engineering from a second-tier university, Wang Huihui had interviewed with sixteen companies in less than a month, with Candy Technology being the seventeenth scheduled for tomorrow.
Among those companies she interviewed with either offered salaries below her minimum expectation or turned out to be outsourcing firms.
Candy Technologyâs job posting was seen in her class group chat, posted by her advisor, and the offered salary was enticing, but Wang Huihui felt unsure about passing the interview.
She had researched Candy Technologyâs information.
Due to this, she nervously submitted her resume through the advisor.
Unexpectedly, she passed the initial screening and was invited for an interview.
Initially puzzled, she later figured out through the advisor to the group that Candy Technology was hiring massively from local universities, hinting at some agreement with the province.
Otherwise, she couldnât understand why they would recruit graduates from second-tier universities.
Just like Wang Huihui, many others were also waiting for the Candy Technology interview.
Suddenly, the business in county hotels boomed so much that some rooms were even booked a week in advance.
The impact of Candy Technology on this small county was visibly growing.
The leadership team of the county, seeing the rapidly changing data every day, was thrilled.
Some are even starting to anticipate the day when Huo County might upgrade from county to city.
The next day, Wang Huihui arrived at the Candy Technology building half an hour early.
Looking at the buildings in front of her, she almost felt like she was in a big city.
Seeing the crowd of interviewees in the parking lot, her heart pounded with nervousness.
With so many people, could she really secure a position?
Even though the advisor mentioned Candy Technology was planning to hire ten thousand employees in a year, Wang Huihui thought they wouldnât just hire anyone too casually to fill the numbers.
On the top floor, Mo Jingchun stood by the window, looking at the crowd of ant-sized people below.
As the sun became more intense, he called the receptionist, Zhou Yaling.
"Take all the interviewees outside into the big conference room to rest; we donât want anyone getting heatstroke in this weather."
"Understood."