The person on the other end heaved a sigh of relief. Since the boss was taking on the job, the amount must be substantial. Was it thirty billion? Maybe he had missed a few zeros!
The excitement welled up!
When the new message came, the person quickly checked it and was dumbfounded.
Shi Wan: "It's ten thousand."
The other end: "… Boss, are you sure it's ten thousand and not thirty billion? I'd even accept three billion!"
Shi Wan was quite certain. "Yes, it's ten thousand."
The boss had fallen from grace.
Was she even taking jobs worth just ten thousand?
When another message was sent, there was no response at all, as if it had sunk into the sea.
Shi Wan put away her phone. Zheng Zhi was waiting downstairs. She had no idea why this girl insisted on waiting for her downstairs every time, saying she was afraid Shi Wan would be lonely.
"Xiaowan!"
"You don't have to wait for me next time."
"No way." Zheng Zhi hooked her arm. "By the way, Xiaowan, I heard from your club president that if we perform well in the competition, we'll be directly recruited by big companies?"
"Yeah."
"That's amazing! I heard that besides the well - known big companies, there are also top - tier conglomerates like the Shengshi Group, SKY Group, and Huacheng Group this time!"
"SKY Group?"
"Yeah, I heard it from your club president." Zheng Zhi looked puzzled. "Didn't your club president tell you guys?"
Shi Wan squinted her beautiful eyes. "She did, but I didn't listen carefully."
"Xiaowan, come on! I believe in you!"
"Don't get your hopes up too high, kid."
Shi Wan reached out and ruffled the soft tuft of hair on top of her head.
"It's okay. I'm sure you can do it!"
Shi Wan smiled but said nothing.
…
At the Shi family's place.
Shi Jie never expected that cutting off relations with Shi Wan would bring so much trouble. It was more than he could handle.
In just one day, he had grown a lot of white hair.
Everything had been fine before, and the company had even received quite a few cooperation opportunities.
But who could have thought that on the day after severing ties with Shi Wan, the company would inexplicably come under a lot of unknown attacks. Even the previous orders couldn't save it.
When he got home, he dragged Li Zhaofeng to find Shi Wan.
It must be because of her that things had turned out this way. As long as they asked her to call off the attacks, the company would surely be okay.
Li Zhaofeng was initially reluctant to go, but when she heard that the company was on the verge of bankruptcy, she changed her clothes and went with Shi Jie to the Shen family's mansion.
However, this time, they were stopped at the gate of the Shen family's mansion and hesitated outside, unable to enter.
"Husband, what should we do now? Shi Wan will definitely not come out."
Shi Jie looked grim. "What else can we do but wait?"
Thankfully, after waiting outside for a while, they saw Shen Siyan coming back.
"Shen Siyan!" Li Zhaofeng rushed forward and commanded, "Go and call Shi Wan out."
Shen Siyan's expression was calm. "So it's my former in - laws. What do you want?"
"Tell you to call Shi Wan…"
"Second Young Master Shen, could you please call Xiaowan out for us?"
Afraid that Li Zhaofeng would mess things up again, Shi Jie covered her mouth and bowed.
Shi Wan had a special relationship with Shen Siyan. If they offended him and he said a few words to Shi Wan, what would happen to the company?
"Sorry, my baby doesn't want to see you."
Li Zhaofeng stared, as if about to scold, but held back because of Shi Jie beside her.
"Could you please…"
"No."
Shen Siyan refused mercilessly and walked past them into the mansion.
At the same time, at the company, Wenren Jin, who was working overtime, received a message: Acquire the Shi Group within a day.
"Tsk, they're in - laws after all, but he decides to acquire it just like that. Men are really no good!"
This happened to be heard by Feng Tong, who came in to deliver documents. She kindly reminded him, "Sir, you're a man too."
"A bad guy is different from a good man. I belong to the latter." Wenren Jin casually crossed his long legs on the desk, completely losing his cold image in front of others. "By the way, the other day Siyan said the little madam wanted to beat me. What's that about?"
"I don't know."
Maybe it's because you look as annoying as Mr. Shen.
"Well… maybe the little madam is unhappy because I'm more handsome than Siyan?"
Feng Tong said expressionlessly, "Sir, there's a store selling mirrors downstairs. If you don't want to spend money, there's one in the office downstairs too. But I suggest you buy one and carry it with you."
Wenren Jin threw a document at her. "You're just like your husband! Can't I make a joke?"
"I advise you not to make jokes about the little madam, or you might have to sleep with one eye open."
Wenren Jin: "…"
"If you have something to say, say it. If not, go back to your husband."
"The contract between SKY Group and our company is about to expire. Do we need to renew it? Also, there's Beinan University…"
…
In the blink of an eye, it was soon time for the competition. There were a lot of participants, and there were even students from other departments coming to watch.
As long as they weren't from majors like the medical department, which got extremely busy during finals.
"Last night, I heard that a student from the clinical medicine major was amazing. After finishing one exam in the afternoon, they started studying for the next one and didn't go to sleep until three or four in the morning. Then they got up a few hours later to take another exam, and they might not even pass. That textbook is so thick. I wonder what that student was thinking?"
Zheng Zhi gestured with her hands, trying to ease the atmosphere and make Shi Wan smile, afraid that she would be nervous.
"Really? That's quite miserable."
Shi Wan looked at the gradually arriving contestants and smiled in response.
"And, they have practical exams too. That's even worse!" Zheng Zhi gestured vigorously. "Two students go in as a group to draw lots. There's a cadaver on the dissection table. Do you know what they're asked to do?"
"What?"
"Assemble organs, the human body, etc., according to what they draw. One student drew the upper respiratory tract and failed on the spot!"
Maybe her expression was too exaggerated and funny, because Shi Wan couldn't help laughing.
Zheng Zhi was instantly stunned. "Xiaowan, you look really beautiful when you smile."
She wondered if it was just her imagination, but it seemed that a lot of people around had also looked over.
Shi Wan's previous smiles were either perfunctory, just on the surface, or cold and disdainful. Although they were also beautiful, they had never been as captivating as today.
Hearing this, Shi Wan stopped smiling and pinched her face. "Thanks, Xiaozhizi."
Her voice was cold and soft, like soft silk twining around the softest part of people's hearts, extremely alluring.
Zheng Zhi thought that no one had ever called her nickname so nicely. If she were a man, she would surely fall in love with Shi Wan uncontrollably.
"Students Shi Wan and Zheng Zhi, so you're here."
Xie Zhe stopped in front of them with a smile. His gaze lingered on Zheng Zhi for a few seconds.
"Student Shi Wan, the competition is about to start. Go in."
"Okay."
"Xiaowan, come on! I believe in you!"
Shi Wan smiled but said nothing.
"Student Zheng Zhi, go and sit over there."