“Hello, this is my resume.”
“Mm, thanks. Sorry, I’m not considering the live streaming industry.”
“Or sales.”
The gymnasium, including the football field outside, had been completely taken over by the campus recruitment fair.
Small and large companies set up booths, arranged promotional standees or posters, decorating the venue in a riot of colors.
A good number of juniors and seniors from the university had shown up, yet the vast space was still packed with people, shoulder to shoulder.
Even though people were everywhere you looked, the girl with long, straight black hair and a long dress still drew particular attention.
The girl wore no makeup, just a simple touch of lip gloss, yet she was so beautiful it was hard to look away.
A faint smile lingered on her face, as gentle as an angel’s and full of warmth.
Just based on her looks alone, hiring her as a receptionist would make the company look good.
“Receptionist… sorry, I’m not considering that for now.”
After making a cursory round inside the gymnasium, the girl walked out the door and ran straight into a tall young man with a stern face and sharp, aggressive features.
But the moment he saw Bai Yao, Qiu Ye immediately perked up and hurried over.
“How was it? Find anything interesting?”
“There are some… but I don’t have internship experience, and I haven’t participated in any competitions. It feels really hard.”
Her professional smile instantly faded as Bai Yao complained with a cold, disgusted look.
“The ones that approached me were all irrelevant—tons of sales, customer service, and even a live streaming company that wanted me to be a female streamer.”
“The economy’s bad now, and campus recruitment is getting worse.”
Qiu Ye sighed helplessly.
“This university isn’t that great either, so the quality of recruitment here naturally won’t be good. There are some local big companies, but they either have high requirements or poor benefits. How about you?”
“I’ve already sent out all the resumes I could.”
Qiu Ye’s phone vibrated.
He glanced down at it.
“Wait, I’ll reply to a message.”
He had three job-hunting apps installed on his phone to cast a wide net.
“Mm.”
Bai Yao looked back at the bustling venue, her brow slightly furrowed.
She was already a junior, but she still hadn’t figured out what kind of job she wanted.
That’s why she’d circled around without finding a single one that suited her.
What kind of job did she like?
Even though she could come again next year when she was a senior, she couldn’t help feeling anxious.
“I wish we could work at the same company,” Bai Yao murmured hopefully.
“Or maybe with Gu Wanwan and Long Ge?”
“Didn’t Long Jie ask you to help out?”
“I don’t want to be a waitress, and her place isn’t that busy anyway.”
Long Ziyi had just opened a restaurant.
For now, the restaurant only had a senior chef and a senior waitress/owner.
Apparently, business was mediocre, and they were losing money every day.
The senior herself was planning to go out and find another job just to keep the restaurant afloat, so Bai Yao felt embarrassed to ask.
Bai Yao thought she should have asked Yong Ge for advice before opening the restaurant…
“Let’s go. I have two interviews this afternoon. Want to head back and lie down for a bit?”
“Mm.”
Bai Yao quickly followed Qiu Ye as they left the recruitment fair together.
Her smooth, long, straight black hair was the envy of anyone who saw it.
After a few years, it had finally grown down to her waist.
Her bust had also increased, from B cup to B+.
She wasn’t sure if it was because her body was still developing or if it was Qiu Ye’s contribution.
Her personality had brightened a bit, and she’d made quite a few friends.
Maybe it was because she was pretty and attracted people easily, or maybe it was the skill reward from the System for being “good at socializing.”
When she was out, Bai Yao was composed, cold, and aloof, like an iceberg.
But the moment she followed Qiu Ye back to the rented apartment, she changed as soon as she entered.
She peeled off her dress, baring her legs, and eagerly sat down in front of the computer.
She curled her right leg, planted her foot carelessly on the chair, grabbed a cola from the side, and chugged half the bottle, letting out a satisfied sigh.
“Ahh, so good!”
She had completely switched back to her masculine side.
“You’re like an old man,” Qiu Ye teased.
“Don’t just throw your clothes around.”
He picked up the dress from the floor and casually placed it on the bedside table, then asked, “What did your family say?”
“They said they have no money. Mom told me to ask Dad for money. She says it’s all his responsibility.”
Graduation was approaching, and Bai Yao wasn’t just facing the pressure of finding an internship and a job—she was also facing her marriage to Qiu Ye.
Actually, she and Qiu Ye were easy to talk to.
They could accept not having a house or a car, renting an apartment to work, no bride price or dowry, and not making a big deal out of the wedding.
But the problem was that neither family agreed.
Her mother wanted both families to pool their money and buy a house together.
Bai Yao had asked her father, and he claimed that even if he borrowed money, he could only scrape together 200,000 yuan.
Qiu Ye’s family had a bit better cash flow; they could come up with 300,000 yuan.
That amount was enough for a down payment, but the problem was that two unemployed college students simply couldn’t afford the mortgage.
Then there were the expenses for the wedding banquet and such.
Just thinking about it gave her a headache.
“There’s no need to buy a house,” Bai Yao said, her legs shaking with anxiety.
“Instead of spending 500,000 yuan on a down payment, that money should just go straight into our pockets.”
“But Auntie insists you need a house,” Qiu Ye said, sitting down beside Bai Yao.
“Still, she has a point. Having a house when you get married brings a lot of stability.”
“Not with a full payment… Even if we get a mortgage, we won’t be able to pay it back.”
Bai Yao sighed worriedly, then slumped sideways into Qiu Ye’s arms.
“Let’s not talk about this. It’s driving me crazy. What kind of job are you interviewing for this afternoon? Can I try too?”
“One is sales, base salary of 2,000; the other is new media operations.”
“5,000?”
“That’s low… Last summer when I worked as a sales assistant, I made over 5,000 a month.”
Qiu Ye was quite optimistic.
“We’ve just graduated anyway. Let’s just find any job to start with—like riding a donkey while looking for a horse. We can’t expect to make over 10,000 a month right off the bat, right?”
“Sales must be exhausting, right? Having to drink with clients and stuff?”
“Should be manageable?”
“Better to go for operations. At least you can learn something.”
Bai Yao curled up in Qiu Ye’s arms, looking down at her phone, asking Gu Wanwan and Chen Zhilong if they’d found jobs yet.
But the replies she got showed her the gap between people.
“Long Ge says he’s going to work at his family’s company… He’s secretly a rich second generation?!”
“There was a rich second generation right next to us, and we never noticed all these years?!”
“Really? Then if we can’t find jobs, can we ask him to help with our internship certificates?”
Qiu Ye immediately leaned in to look.
“What about the others?”
“Lin Mingxin is practically being kept by his girlfriend already, right?”
Bai Yao received a reply from Wang Zuhao and looked up at Qiu Ye’s chin.
“Wang Zuhao says he’s preparing for the civil service exam. Him? Hey, bro, how about you take the civil service exam too?”
“Me? I could give it a try.”
Qiu Ye had never considered the civil service exam before, but after looking around for jobs, he felt it was more reliable.
No wonder more and more people were taking the civil service and postgraduate exams these days.
“It also sounds impressive. If Uncle and Auntie heard you had an iron rice bowl, they’d definitely be happy.”
“What about Gu Wanwan?”
“Her? She went traveling. Her Moments are full of landscape photos.”
“Damn rich kid! Another one!”
Bai Yao felt she had never been so envious of the rich in her life!
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