Chapter 28: Passing the Interview

Afterwards, they loaded the remaining flower pots into the car and left with Wang Lai and Chen Shunwei.

“Thank you for coming to help today. You’ve worked hard. Which one do you like – blueberries, strawberries, or lilies? I’ll give you a pot,” Shen Yanming asked Wang Lai and Chen Shunwei before going upstairs.

“Ah? Give them to us? I’m afraid I won’t be able to keep them alive!” Wang Lai was a bit hesitant yet still pleasantly surprised.

“Yes, give it a try. Maybe they’ll grow very well. Even if they really die, it doesn’t matter. Throw a few vegetable seeds in there and try growing some vegetables. Maybe one day you’ll be able to eat fresh vegetables that are organic and pollution-free,” Shen Yanming said with a smile, but to Wang Lai and Chen Shunwei’s ears, it sounded more like a lighthearted joke.

Wang Lai chuckled, but Chen Shunwei spoke up, “Then, Boss Shen, I won’t stand on ceremony with you. I’ll choose strawberries. I haven’t really seen the others before.”

“Then I want strawberries too!” Wang Lai thought that there were always a lot of strawberries in the market every spring, so it seemed that strawberries should be a relatively easy plant to grow. As for blueberries and lilies, he really hadn’t seen them much before.

Shen Yanming nodded, leaving two pots of strawberries in the trunk and carrying the rest into the elevator with Wang Lai and Chen Shunwei.

“I’ll send you off in a bit. These flower pots are too heavy.”

“Thank you, Boss Shen!”

Wang Lai and Chen Shunwei helped Shen Yanming carry the flower pots into 1602 and placed them on the garden balcony. Afterwards, Shen Yanming sent Wang Lai and Chen Shunwei back. Wang Lai brought the flower pot to the dormitory, while Chen Shunwei directly asked Shen Yanming to send him home. He had a 7-year-old daughter at home who would definitely like it!

After returning, Shen Yanming entered the planting space and planted the other set of strawberry and blueberry seedlings. From then on, every day, he would go into the planting space to tend to and sow seeds.

The effect of diligence was quite obvious. Through Shen Yanming’s daily cultivation, although the planting space only had three mu of land fully planted with vegetation, the area of the planting space had now expanded to ten mu. Similarly, his storage space had also upgraded to ten mu in size. He believed that as long as he worked hard, the space could still become much larger.

As for Bi Qiao’an, after Shen Yanming’s various torments, she could now answer various interview questions very calmly, managing to grasp the key points and citing evidence at every turn.

Finally, the day of the interview arrived. Shen Yanming changed into the formal attire he used to wear at work, looking incredibly handsome. Having held a high position for long made his entire bearing inexpressibly noble.

Wherever Shen Yanming goes, he became the focus of people. His mature and handsome appearance attracted a large crowd of fans. He spoke confidently and eloquently as the interview questions were not difficult for him at all.

In the same building, Bi Qiao’an wore a white chiffon blouse, a black A-line skirt, and black 5 cm high heels. Every step she took was very steady and self-assured. Light makeup outlined her delicate features. With a proper warm smile and a soft voice, every sentence she spoke hit the key points while also making people feel like a warm breeze.

Time passed quickly. Shen Yanming left the examination room first and then waited for Bi Qiao’an downstairs.

When Bi Qiao’an came downstairs, she saw a girl five or six meters in front of her walking towards Shen Yanming.

“Hello. May I ask what your name is…”

Shen Yanming acted as if he hadn’t seen the lady who had come up to greet him and walked straight towards Bi Qiao’an. “How was it?”

“It was okay. I performed steadily!” Bi Qiao’an smiled and took Shen Yanming’s hand. The two of them walked away just like that, swaggering.

They left, leaving a certain lady standing there in a daze, her heart full of jealousy and hatred.

“That girl just now seemed to want to say hello to you.”

“Mm, I’m not interested in getting to know her.”

“What if you become colleagues in the future?”

“We’ll talk about it in the future!”

The results were quickly announced. As expected, Shen Yanming, the study god, crushingly defeated the other candidates and ascended to the throne of first place. As for Bi Qiao’an, one could only say that she had stepped in dog shit luck.

That’s right, dog shit luck!

Shen Yanming’s words that there are always people better than you were indeed correct. Who would have thought that the second place would be so close to Bi Qiao’an?! That person scored 1 point less than Bi Qiao’an on the written exam and only 0.5 points less than Bi Qiao’an on the interview.

You should know that Bi Qiao’an had only achieved such good results under Shen Yanming’s extremely strict guidance. So how outstanding must that second place candidate who was eliminated be, and how painful must it have been the moment the results were announced? They were just short by a little bit, and Bi Qiao’an would have been surpassed!

At this moment, Bi Qiao’an was extremely grateful for the two months of crazy practice. At the same time, Bi Qiao’an also secretly warned herself in her heart that she must never underestimate anyone in the future, and must never be careless and negligent. She must know that there are always people better than you, and there are countless people more outstanding than you everywhere.

Next was the physical examination. The two of them were in good health and passed as expected. As for the start of employment, it would be in mid-October.

At the end of July, Bi Qiao’an and Shen Yanming completed all the procedures and prepared to go abroad to have fun.

This time, they decided to go out for two months, to visit as many places as they could. After all, they would never have the opportunity again in the future.

At the same time, the two of them had an even more important task – collecting supplies!

Hehe, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiao’an couldn’t bear to take things from their own country, so they decided to go wreak havoc in other countries. This way, the people of their own country would be able to eat and use a bit more when the apocalypse came.

Moreover, there were almost no people abroad who knew them, so the two of them would be able to act a bit more relaxed.

Shen Yanming and Bi Qiao’an first went to Europa. This place held six years of memories for Shen Yanming.

They first went to Shen Yanming’s residence to store his clothes, bedding, books, and other things into the space. Regardless of whether they would be useful in the future, they had to keep them as mementos.

Afterwards, Shen Yanming took Bi Qiao’an to play at Europa’s famous scenic spots. At every place, they would go to the local food festivals to taste the delicacies, and even pack up a few portions of the ones they liked.

Shen Yanming contacted Europa’s most famous new materials construction company and purchased a three-story mobile villa. It had a complete set of the latest home appliances. Shen Yanming also bought the latest furniture and a full set of daily necessities in Europa, and had the construction company directly deliver the villa to a sparsely populated place in the suburbs.

Shen Yanming also purchased two sets of the latest solar power generation systems and asked technical personnel to help wire the mobile villa’s electrical circuits. Afterwards, in the dead of night, he had Bi Qiao’an store the villa in the planting space.

Europa was a major coal country. Shen Yanming directly purchased two thousand tons of coal. Because he was generous with his spending, the coal mine boss didn’t even ask Shen Yanming what he was going to use so much for, and just happily took the order.

The delivery drivers were very cooperative in the face of high tips, following instructions to directly unload the coal in an uninhabited place in the countryside. After all the coal was delivered and the drivers had left, Shen Yanming quickly stored the coal in the shipping containers that had been prepared in the space.

After collecting everything, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiao’an didn’t dare stay any longer and hurriedly bought plane tickets to leave Europa.