"Your uncle called me last night. He worked too late yesterday and slept at his co-worker's rented room. He'll be back tonight."
Lin Ya ate a mouthful of noodles, finding the taste acceptable, though not as good as before.
She decided that once her health improved, she would cook all three meals.
She would save money wherever she could.
She couldn't be a burden to Lin Jing anymore.
She had already made up her mind not to go to the hospital anymore. Life and death were destined, and the herbal medicine she had been taking these past few days was also quite effective.
Going to the hospital was simply too costly.
Sleeping in a co-worker's rented room? Zhan Xiaojun's gaze flickered.
Was the co-worker's rented room closer to their workplace than their current place?
She suspected Lin Jing was keeping some things from them.
"Mom, I'm going to look for a job today. If anything happens at home, call me," Zhan Xiaojun instructed.
Lin Ya also gently advised her, "Although Yancheng is big, finding a job isn't easy. Don't rush."
"Okay, don't worry, Mom."
At ten in the morning, Zhan Xiaojun arrived at Ning's Group.
Ning's Group building was the tallest in Yancheng, a landmark structure.
People in Yancheng considered it an honor to work at Ning's Group.
The receptionist maintained a smile when a young and beautiful twenty-year-old girl approached, asking to see the CEO. Internally, she scoffed.
Girls with pretty faces nowadays dared to dream, even thinking about the CEO.
Wasn't this overestimating themselves?
"Do you have an appointment?" the beautiful receptionist asked.
Zhan Xiaojun replied, "Yes."
The receptionist looked surprised. "You have an appointment?"
"Mhm."
Clearly, this was beyond the receptionist's expectations. She frowned and confirmed, "Are you sure you have an appointment with CEO Ning?"
"No."
The receptionist breathed a sigh of relief and resumed her polite, slightly haughty demeanor. "Then I'm sorry, I can't let you go up to see CEO Ning."
Zhan Xiaojun's eyes grew a little cold. She took out her phone and sent a voice message to Assistant Liu: "Assistant Liu, I've arrived downstairs. Ning's Group has so many rules. You invited me, yet I still have to make an appointment with your CEO?"
The receptionist, who had been smug about driving away a "social butterfly" trying to seduce the CEO, was shocked to find that the other party knew Assistant Liu!
And!
And what she said made her face change drastically.
Immediately, the desk phone rang. She answered, her face turning ashen, her hands trembling. "Assistant Liu, I'm so sorry. I... I will take Miss Zhan up immediately."
After hanging up, the receptionist looked at Zhan Xiaojun with extreme caution.
"Miss Zhan, my attitude just now was inappropriate. I hope you don't mind. In the past, many people used various excuses to see CEO Ning, so I..."
Zhan Xiaojun cut her off. "No need to apologize. You were just doing your job. However, next time, it's best to have enough patience."
The receptionist blushed, realizing she had judged too quickly.
She was now worried about one thing: Assistant Liu sounded very angry on the phone. Would she be fired?
If she were fired by Ning's Group, she might not find another job...
Zhan Xiaojun took the elevator to the highest floor of Ning's Group, the 68th floor.
Fortunately, the elevator was fast enough.
Otherwise, at this height, it was almost like touching the sky.
It was no wonder Ning Yecheng suffered from severe insomnia, working at such a high place.
Ning Yecheng looked up as she entered.
"Please sit."
His tone was no longer flippant like yesterday.
Zhan Xiaojun sat down.
Assistant Liu personally brought coffee to her.
Zhan Xiaojun disliked coffee; she couldn't get used to it. She preferred tea.
She glanced at it, politely picked up the cup, and took a small sip, still unable to resist frowning.
"Your acupuncture treatment is very effective for me. How long will it take to cure me?" Ning Yecheng asked.
Zhan Xiaojun smiled politely and met Ning Yecheng's cold, deep gaze. "One month, with daily acupuncture. However, you need to change your office location. The feng shui here is not suitable for you. Even if your sleep improves after a month, you'll still suffer from insomnia again before long."
Ning Yecheng's eyes deepened further.
"Feng shui?" Assistant Liu looked incredulous, as if he had heard something from outer space. "You understand feng shui?"
He felt that the Zhan Xiaojun in front of him was not the Zhan Xiaojun he thought he knew.
She understood medicine, and now feng shui? Such an intelligent person, yet in others' words, she was ridiculous and foolish, and even disliked by Zhan Zhicheng?
Zhan Zhicheng was driven by profit. He had such a good person to utilize, his own daughter, yet he drove her away?
The Zhan Xiaojun he had seen these past few days could even make Ning Zong have thoughts of taking her to bed. Did Mu Bai have a problem with his eyes?
Zhan Xiaojun glanced faintly at Assistant Liu, her tone equally subdued. "I know a little."
"When Ning's Group was built, a feng shui master had already examined it. It's an area with excellent feng shui, and CEO Ning's office was also arranged by a feng shui master. There shouldn't be any problems. How did Miss Zhan determine that CEO Ning's office feng shui is unsuitable for him?" Assistant Liu asked, perplexed.
"Ning's Group's feng shui is indeed good, with continuous wealth. This office is also good, and its layout is also correct. It can even help CEO Ning's career reach new heights," Zhan Xiaojun said, looking around.
It was indeed a place of excellent feng shui.
Even if this were not Ning's Group, but some other conglomerate, it could achieve roughly the same success as Ning's Group today.
"If that's the case, then how can it affect CEO Ning?" Assistant Liu did not understand.
He felt Zhan Xiaojun was putting on a pretense.
"It's just a feeling." Zhan Xiaojun smiled. She had learned feng shui and divination from Uncle Ji for several years. She had planned to learn more from Uncle Ji in a few years, but Uncle Ji had said she would face a calamity in the coming years. If she could overcome it, then learning from him later would not be too late.
Although she had only studied for a few years, she had some basic understanding of feng shui and physiognomy.
However, she had already revealed too much in front of Ning Yecheng, and it was not advisable to say too much. xxs壹贰
After all, Ning Yecheng's final condition had nothing to do with her.
Once she earned enough money, she would take Lin Ya and Lin Jing and leave Yancheng. Perhaps later, she would find an opportunity to return to her parents.
"A feeling?" Assistant Liu's lips twitched severely.
It seemed he had been overthinking.
Ning Yecheng stared intently at Zhan Xiaojun.
The girl was exquisitely beautiful, with bright features, like a fairy, both pure and alluring. Although she was smiling at him, there was a clear distance, even a palpable sense of guardedness in her gaze.
She possessed everything.
Except for the covetousness that other women showed when they looked at him.
Her next words further piqued his curiosity.
"Now, shouldn't we discuss the price?"