Chapter 032: Unassailable
If he wanted to test it, he must first define what the other party considers as “acting spoiled”.
It was definitely not ‘acting spoiled’ in the traditional sense.
Speaking of this, Qi Yu suddenly remembered that his brother Qi Feng knew such matters very well…
That guy was used to coaxing people into being happy with sweet words. Acting spoiled in front of the adults when he was a child was one thing but he didn’t restrain himself at all even now that he had grown up.
He had no idea why, but the year before, Qi Feng had asked him for help, asking for a recording of a piece of violin music. At that time, he was busy with his studies and simply didn’t have any free time. As a result, Qi Feng sent him a barrage of messages on WeChat; messages like — “Ge, I’m begging you.” “Ge, I admit it. You’re the most handsome.” “Ge, you’ve really got to help me this time”. He topped it off with a bunch of cute emoticons… In order to achieve his goal, he sacrificed every last bit of his dignity.
Last April, he went home and stayed for a week. He witnessed Qi Feng and Ling Ke’s lovey-dovey day-to-day and found that the bastard had to call Ling Ke’s name at least a hundred times a day. When he was thirsty, he called Ling Ke. When he was hungry, he called Ling Ke. Even when he had to go to the bathroom, he would tell Ling Ke. What’s more, he called out his name in different tones. It was as though he wanted the whole world to know that he had a boyfriend…
But this kind of ‘acting spoiled’ Qi Yu simply couldn’t do even if he were to be beaten to death.
Therefore, every time Fu Yansheng said he was acting spoiled, he grew very angry and felt that his masculine side had been severely vilified.
…In that case, what exactly did Fu Yansheng mean by “acting spoiled”?
***
The next morning, Cheng Lijun came to pick up Qi Yu to head to work. She informed him that she had scheduled the five applicants to come for an interview at 10 o’clock this morning. After he arrived at the company, he could start preparing the interview questions.
“Which five?” Qi Yu asked.
Cheng Lijun reported their names. Qi Yu vaguely remembered that one of them, Ma Chi, seemed to have a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in finance.
After listening to Fu Yansheng’s suggestion last night, he couldn’t help paying more attention to those who’ve studied mathematics.
At ten o’clock, Cheng Lijun took Qi Yu to the company’s small meeting room. Qi Yu first called Ma Chi to come in.
Originally, he had been looking forward to this person’s performance, but he didn’t expect that Ma Chi wouldn’t say anything other than a recitation of what he’d already written in his resume.
When Qi Yu asked him a few other things, the other party’s whole face flushed with nervousness. The interview made Qi Yu feel like he was forcing a virtuous woman into prostitution.
Qi Yu was greatly disappointed. He met the next two and while their performance was a little better, Qi Yu was not particularly satisfied.
“Next one.” Qi Yu rubbed the bridge of his nose and pulled out the remaining two resumes.
A young man with a height of about a meter seventy-five walked in. Qi Yu looked at the name on his resume, Wu Shuang. This seemed to be the one he picked out from the list of eliminated candidates.
“Hello, I am Wu Shuang.” The young man introduced himself directly after sitting down. “23 years old this year. I graduated from T University with a major in economics and a minor in mathematics…”
Qi Yu was surprised. He then raised his head to look at him. Wu Shuang had a slightly bookish face and an overall average appearance, but he had a forthright manner. Unlike the previous few, he was neither nervously restrained nor was he presumptuously staring at him. .
“You have a minor in mathematics?” Qi Yu was even more curious about this. The other party hadn’t written it on his resume.
“En, I have a double degree in economics and mathematics,” Wu Shuang smiled shyly, “But it didn’t seems that useful in applying for an executive assistant position? So I only write one on my resume under degree.”
Qi Yu’s interest was a bit piqued. He glanced at the other party’s resume and asked, “You’ve already been working for a year after your graduation? What do you do?”
Wu Shuang: “I did marketing for a listed company and I was also a manager’s assistant. But I just left last week.”
Qi Yu: “Why did you leave?”
Wu Shuang: “I felt that the work content was too repetitive and not challenging.”
Qi Yu: “Oh? What kind of challenge do you want to have?”
Wu Shuang: “I like being in contact with different people and things. I also want to accumulate more work and societal experience.”
Qi Yu truly admired these two pursuits. He then asked, “But the position I’m offering is only for two months, and your academic qualifications weren’t a match. Why did you think of submitting a resume?”
Wu Shuang said, “I’ve never been involved in the clothing industry before, and I found it very interesting. The recruitment post said that it was a temporary job for only two months so I thought the academic requirements might not be that strict. So, I decided to come and try my luck. Having two months of a different kind of work experience isn’t bad.”
Qi Yu inwardly sighed. It was like Wu Shuang had come to meet his needs.
Since Wu Shuang had been excluded from the interview list by Cheng Lijun from the beginning, he definitely wouldn’t be anyone planted by Mei Wei. Moreover, this person’s previous field of work was unrelated to the clothing industry; so, it was highly unlikely that he was a spy sent by a competitor. These two points basically relieved Qi Yu of his doubts regarding the other party’s origin.
Qi Yu looked up at Wu Shuang and asked, “Do you have any salary requirements?”
Wu Shuang scratched his head. “As long as it’s not lower than the average salary for the same position.”
Qi Yu raised his eyebrows. This person didn’t seem to be short of money. Was it true that he was here just for “experience”?
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“But I want to ask,” Wu Shuang looked at Qi Yu, stretched out his finger and drew a line between the two of them. “If I’m accepted, will I be working for you?”
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Because he was very satisfied with Wu Shuang’s performance, Qi Yu asked him to wait outside for a bit after his interview. Qi Yu then met the last one and after confirming that Wu Shuang was the best among the five, he called him in again.
“Can you start work today?” Qi Yu asked.
Wu Shuang gave an “ah” of surprise, “Today?”
“It’s only for two months after all, so we’ve got to make use of every minute.” Qi Yu joked, “Or do you have something to do today?”
Wu Shuang hurriedly said, “No, no. I can start today.”
Qi Yu asked Cheng Lijun to take Wu Shuang to sign the work contract. He also asked her to notify the few other people who hadn’t been scheduled for an interview yet that the position had been filled. And thus, the matter regarding his assistant was finalized.
***
Before leaving work that evening, Fu Yansheng sent a message to Qi Yu. “Let’s meet directly at the restaurant?”
Yu: “Okay. What’s for dinner?”
F1S: “You.”
Yu: “???”
Fu Yansheng sent him a location which showed the restaurant name “Pure and Fresh Grouper Fish House”.
Qi Yu: “…………”
He was so angry he almost used another Tuzki to shake him!
After getting off work, Qi Yu asked Cheng Lijun to arrange a car to take him to the restaurant Fu Yansheng indicated. On the way there, Fu Yansheng told him the table number and said he had already arrived.
Once Qi Yu arrived, he saw that this restaurant was a”boiled fish” restaurant. Similar to hotpot, you cook it yourself.
When they met, Fu Yansheng asked him, “Have you eaten this before?”
Qi Yu shook his head. There was, of course, a greater variety of Chinese cuisine here than abroad. This was the first time he would get to eat this “Stone Pot Boiled Grouper Fish”.
Fu Yansheng: “Then, should I order for us?”
Qi Yu: “Okay.”
This restaurant’s specialty was fresh live grouper. There were twelve plates in each bamboo basket and each plate had a finely sliced piece of fish. That slice of fish was as thin as a cicada’s wings, glittering and translucent.
Fu Yansheng ordered six baskets which were placed on the stainless steel trolley beside the table. Underneath were large ice cubes. The cold vapor coming off them kept the fish fresh. It looked quite spectacular.
“Would we be able to finish off so much?” Qi Yu asked.
“I’m actually afraid you’d think it isn’t enough.” Fu Yansheng smiled. After ordering, he unbuttoned his cufflinks, and slightly rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, revealing the string of jade beads around his wrist.
Qi Yu was curious. “Why do you wear Buddhist beads?”
“You mean this?” Fu Yansheng also glanced at his wrist. “It was passed on to me. It’s to keep me safe.”
Qi Yu smiled and said, “It’s an heirloom?”
Fu Yansheng was observing the temperature of the fire. He reached out to adjust the switch on the side of the pot. “Otherwise? You think I’m wearing it because it looks good on me?”
Qi Yu’s gaze followed Fu Yansheng’s wrist. “It looks really good.”
Fu Yansheng raised his eyelids. “You want it?”
Qi Yu was stunned for a moment. He was about to ask ‘If I want it would you give it to me’, when Fu Yansheng’s lips twitched and he said, “I’m sorry but this can only passed on to the Fu family’s daughter-in-law.”
Qi Yu: “…………”
Then why even the f*ck ask! ?
When he opened the pot, Fu Yansheng first scooped out two bowls of fish soup, one for Qi Yu and one for himself. He then handed Qi Yu one of the cooking ladles and said to him, “Put the fish fillet from the plate into the ladle then place it into the soup. Three to five seconds should be enough. You can also cook it directly by holding the fish with your chopsticks.”
Qi Yu tried to cook a couple slices first. He then took them out and put them in a small bowl to air dry. He had a taste of the soup first and his eyes immediately brightened.
Fu Yansheng handed him a bunch of seasonings, “Try the original flavor first. If you feel that the taste isn’t strong enough, then use the seasonings.”
Qi Yu pushed the seasoning away. “I like the taste as is.”
After waiting for the fish to cool a bit, Qi Yu tasted it. The tender meat was so silky on his tongue there simply wasn’t any need to chew. It came into contact with every single one of his taste buds…He found himself closing his eyes in satisfaction!
For the next twenty minutes, Qi Yu didn’t say a word. He was solely focused on three things: blanching the fish, cooling the fish, and eating the fish…
Two-thirds of the six-baskets of grouper fish fillets was wiped out in the blink of an eye.
Fu Yansheng looked at him and smiled, “Do you think we have enough?”
Qi Yu was 70% full. He put down his chopsticks, and said solemnly, “I’m taking a break.”
Just now, he so focused on his own eating that he hadn’t paid any attention to Fu Yansheng. Now, glancing at the empty plates beside him, it seemed that he hadn’t even eaten half of what he had.
Seeing Fu Yansheng sitting there slowly drinking a cup of Chu Yeh Ching wine, Qi Yu asked, “Why’d you eat so little?”
Fu Yansheng smiled and said, “There’s no hurry.”
Qi Yu looked at the other and suddenly felt an itch in his heart. This man always seemed so very calm and steady. No a trace of haste could be seen even when he was eating and drinking.
Truth be told, he really wanted to talk to Fu Yansheng about what has been going on in the company.
Last night, after Tao Tao told him that there was a Wang Jie who was paying her, Qi Yu specifically checked the company’s employee roster and found that there was no one in the finance department with the surname Wang. Also, all the other employees in the company with the surname Wang happened to all be men. The account turned into an unnamed account, and no trace of it was found.
For a listed company with assets of more than 100 million yuan, this kind of entertainment expense might not be a big deal but Qi Yu kept thinking back on it. This was because it also involved Qiu Mingyang’s son Qiu Rusong; Qiu Rusong who had a close relationship with the operations director of their rival, Fia Apparel.
However, these things were now company secrets. Although Qi Yu trusted Fu Yansheng, he couldn’t tell him. It made him think how great it would be if Fu Yansheng really could work for him. If the other party comes on board, what need would he have for an assistant? So long as he had one Teacher Fu in hand, there was no problem that couldn’t be solved!
However, since his return to China, he has seen Fu Yansheng twice but this man didn’t seem at all to care whether he would ask him for his help or not. Nor has he taken the initiative to express whether he was giving any thought to coming to assist him.
Didn’t Fu Yansheng joke on the phone before that he was looking forward to working for a billionaire like his dad? So what was with the other party’s disinterested attitude now?
At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed through Qi Yu’s brain — Why doesn’t he just ask directly? Maybe Fu Yansheng will answer him?
Qi Yu hesitated for a couple of seconds, then plucked up his courage and said, “Teacher Fu, can you tell me, what is your objective in regards to me?”
Fu Yansheng: “……”
The man looked at Qi Yu, not knowing whether to laugh or to cry. He asked, “What objective?”
Qi Yu asked, “If you don’t have any objective then why are you so good to me?”
Fu Yansheng laughed. “I’m good to you?”
The corner of Qi Yu’s lips skewed downwards, showing an expression that said he wasn’t happy at being continually fooled. “Teacher, you’ve been chatting with me for almost a whole year. You’ve answered countless questions for me, but you’ve only ever charged me 60,000 yuan. My dad think you’re trying to get me to owe you a debt of gratitude. How can you still say you have no objective?”
Fu Yansheng: “……”
Qi Yu looked at Fu Yansheng. He clasped his hands in front of the bridge of his nose, and said earnestly, “Tell me, I really want to know.”
Fu Yansheng: “…………”
Qi Yu blinked his eyes, all the while “work”, “work”, “work” kept running in his mind…
Fu Yansheng raised his hand and pushed up his glasses: “Hehe.”
Qi Yu: “………………”
Hehe? F*ck you, hehe!
He must have really lost , his , mind , thinking , that , acting , spoiled , would , work!
F*ck.
The man remained smiling for a while before he said, “Didn’t I tell your dad the answer to this question? He didn’t tell you?”
“You can’t be serious that that was actually it. That you’re teaching me for the good of society!?” Qi Yu had already put down his hands and stared at Fu Yansheng. His tone rushing as if he had swallowed down gunpowder.
Fu Yansheng didn’t even bat an eyelid. “That’s right.”
Qi Yu snorted coldly. “Really?”
Fu Yansheng: “Really.”
Qi Yu raised his eyebrows. “Then you coming to pick me up at the dead of night the day before and you inviting me to dinner today, what’s with all this? Is it
also for the good of society?”
Fu Yansheng took a sip of the wine. Ignoring his previous question, he said, “Well, if you really feel that this meal is too much of an imposition on me, you could pay for it.”
Qi Yu: “…………”
Qi Yu understood. It was impossible to get an answer out of this man by just asking him straight.
He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down. He said, “My dad said that you’re after my future. What do you make of this statement?”
Fu Yansheng lowered his eyes. “I won’t force you.”
Qi Yu sneered, “According to what you say, when I become the chairman of the Si Yuan Group, if one day you need my help, you won’t come to me?”
Fu Yansheng smiled and raised his eyes to meet Qi Yu’s gaze. “No, not unless you are completely willing.”
Qi Yu’s eyes widened…
He was completely unassailable! ?
Was there such a selfless person in the world! ?
Qi Yu’s eyes flickered, after pondering for a while, his tone eased again. “Then… the matter about being a peidu that my dad told you about. If I offer you a salary, would you really consider it?”
Fu Yansheng looked at him and asked, “Do you really want me to come and stay by your side?”
Qi Yu: “En.”
Fu Yansheng smiled and said, “But I’m afraid you can’t afford it.”
Qi Yu: “……”
Qi Yu: “You tell me how much you want. Whether I can afford it or not, wait until I’ve considered it first.”
Fu Yansheng glanced, his look filled with meaning. “It’s not a matter of money.”
Qi Yu: “…………”
So it is utterly garbage no matter how much they discuss it? Then doesn’t this just mean that he isn’t willing! ?
Qi Yu angrily poured six whole plates of fish into the pot and stopped talking to him.
Fu Yansheng looked at him for a while and asked softly, “Are you unhappy?”
Qi Yu gritted his teeth. “What do you think!?”
Fu Yansheng said helplessly, “You really can’t hold back your temper.”
The ladle in Qi Yu’s hand paused. “I don’t understand. What is it that you can’t just tell me?”
Fu Yansheng breathed a sigh. He put down his glass and said. “Qi Yu, I do have some requirements for you, but I won’t tell you before you find out for yourself and are willing to take the initiative to satisfy me. Because if I say it, it may become something you will reluctantly fulfill.”
Qi Yu: “Why do you say that?”
Fu Yansheng looked at him and said in a deep voice, “Look, you’re already thinking that I’m trying to get you to owe me a debt of gratitude. If you knew what I want, you might use my needs to achieve your goals. It would be contrary to my original intentions…Because as I’ve said, I want you to be completely willing.”
Qi Yu: “…………”
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[Little Theater]
Qi Yu (staring): What is your objective in regards to me?
Fu: I…
Qi Yu (acting spoiled): Tell me!
Fu: I want to have s-…some familiarity built between us to breed fondness so that you would be completely willing to be good to me.
Qi Yu (stroked his chin): This man is truly unassaiblable!
Fu: Fortunately, this laofu reacted fast enough, otherwise you would be stunned by these two card combos that don’t follow the usual routine…To tell the truth, my wife is so cute when he’s acting spoiled! He’s going to kill me with cuteness!
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i choked on my meals twice:
Yu: “Okay. What’s for dinner?” / F1S: “You.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
“I’m sorry but this can only passed on to the Fu family’s daughter-in-law.” -F15 to future Fu’s daughter-in-lawand awwww to “i want you to completely be willing.” (人´∀｀)｡ﾟ+
ffff
‘i want to have s-
some.. familiary!!’
huhuhue nice save FYS
😂
💙💙💙
Fu yansheng isn’t even being subtle anymore 😭😂 like qi yu baby open your eyes hehe
Sdfhjjhfds 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for the chapter ❣️
I also got frustrated with Qi Yu lol Fu is annoying but 🥰😍
Thanks for the chapter!
Hahaha!!!…. thanks for the chapter~
thanks for the chapter!
I’m really enjoying their interactions…
if only qi yu knew what fu yansheng wants from him, lol