Lu Nan had no intention of laughing at Wang Xiaoxue, because she was well aware that when she first started her career in her ‘past life’, she wasn’t much better than Wang Xiaoxue. 

They were both newcomers, and they all go through this stage. If she laughs at Wang Xiaoxue, she might as well have been laughing at her own former immaturity. 

But perhaps middle-aged men just liked to see young girls acting mature? Or maybe it was because of the free alcohol? Anyway, they all seemed to give faced to Wang Xiaoxue. 

Seeing Wang Xiaoxue’s awkward socializing, Lu Nan felt a little uncomfortable. But she couldn’t do anything, lest she provoke Wang Xiaoxue’s hostility.” 

Drinking or engaging in other forms of socializing is never a happy thing. 

Perhaps this was the current situation that salespeople always struggled to break free from. 

We can’t change such social norms. 

The only thing we can do is to stay clear-headed while being a part of it. 

… 

Today, Wang Xiaoxue brought two bottles of Yuan Chuan’s new product: Yuan Chuan Harmony Liquor, aged 6 years with 52% alcohol content. 

Priced at 528 yuan per bottle, the two bottles were worth over a thousand yuan and was quite impressive. 

As the banquet began, everyone raised their glasses. Lu Nan took a sip: “Ah, as spicy as ever!” 

The strong aroma of this liquor has less aftertaste compared to sauce-aroma liquors, and since it’s blended with a base liquor aged for only six years, the taste isn’t really that good. 

Lu Nan held the small mouthful in her mouth and planned to find an opportunity to spit it into the soup bowl. 

But unfortunately, the middle-aged cultural enthusiast beside her raised a small wine cup to her: “Xiaolu is new here, come, let’s have a toast.” 

[“This isn’t fair play, I haven’t secretly spit it out yet! If only the Baijiu in my mouth could just disappear magically…”] Lu Nan knew she missed a good chance and sighed inwardly. She planned to swallow the small sip of liquor in her mouth, but when she gulped it down—the liquor in her mouth disappeared! 

It disappeared!!! 

Lu Nan was shocked: “I’m sure I didn’t swallow that sip just now, so… this is too incredible, right?” 

This thought flashed through her mind briefly before Wang Xiaoxue urged her from the side: “Xiaolu, hurry up, Brother Jia wants to toast with you.” 

Lu Nan came to her senses with an apologetic smile, carefully poured herself a cup, and said, “Brother Jia, this toast is for you.” 

[“Is this a golden finger? Show yourself again, please, please, disappear when I drink it, ideally without even leaving a taste…”] She devoutly prayed in her mind as she raised her glass, and as the liquor entered her mouth again, it disappeared the moment it touched her tongue. 

It works! 

It really works! 

Lu Nan was extremely happy, though on the surface she still pretended to wear a mask of pain from being highly intoxicated. 

During the dinner that followed, Lu Nan didn’t attract much attention. Throughout the evening, she had five or six small cups of liquor, about one or two liang. But amazingly, not a single drop actually went down her throat! 

What made her even happier was that she discovered that the same was true with eating. She picked up the dishes on the table and tasted them, but when she concentrated again, there was nothing in her mouth. 

Lu Nan followed the crowd with a bag of empty bottles in her hand, thinking: This golden finger is tailor-made for this profession. No, no, no, I planned to go fishing in Yuan Chuan… But wait, do I no longer have to worry about getting fat? Is my esophagus connected to another dimension? Is this another golden finger after my rebirth? 

Although she hadn’t figured it out, it was still a happy lunch. 

After lunch, they went to a tearoom to watch the middle-aged literary youths splashing ink. Lu Nan was forcefully given a calligraphy scroll. 

Lu Nan covered her face: the air conditioner blows on me, and I blow rainbow farts; as long as I am not embarrassed, others will not know that I am flattering them. 

Before three o’clock, the gathering was over. Wang Xiaoxue told Lu Nan, “Today’s planned work is all done. You can go off duty now. Oh, you have to write the daily report tonight. I’ll send you mine for reference, you understand, right?” 

“I understand, I’ll refer to your report for mine,” Lu Nan nodded. “Same direction, shall we go together?” 

“Yeah, let’s go.” 

On this taxi ride, they first dropped by Wang Xiaoxue’s dormitory, and then the driver took Lu Nan. 

The taxi fare for the entire journey cost nearly fifty yuan, and of course, Lu Nan paid. When she got off, she cleverly asked the taxi driver for some extra receipts. 

After getting off the taxi, Lu Nan bought several large bottles of mineral water at the convenience store near the residential area. 

Back home, she began her experiment with peace of mind. 

She found that only when she had a strong belief that she wanted things entering her mouth to disappear could she make the mineral water she drank vanish. 

So far, these are the conclusions drawn from her simple experiment. 

As for the cause of this phenomenon? 

Who knows? One can’t just send themselves to be tested for understanding it all… 

The phenomenon of rebirth itself was already difficult to explain, and now there was an additional gluttonous mouth. In Lu Nan’s view, it carried a somewhat “the more debts you have, the less you worry” meaning. 

It didn’t matter. 

As long as it was harmless for the time being. 

Rather than dwelling on this, it was better to open the computer and continue writing. 

Lu Nan’s plan for herself is to write three chapters on weekdays when she does not work overtime, and five chapters every day on Saturdays and Sundays, to ensure that there is a certain number of drafts in stock. 

Today, she got home early. Although the experiment she carried out with the drinking water took some time, she didn’t stop until eight o’clock in the evening. 

Just then, Wang Xiaoxue sent over the daily work report. Lu Nan followed suit and wrote one herself. 

With the direct supervisor absent and being a new employee without a formal assignment yet, Lu Nan was confident she didn’t need to give a report at the recent morning meetings. She only needed to send the electronic version to Wu Fang, the office clerk at the municipal office. 

Sure enough, the morning meeting the next day had nothing to do with Lu Nan. 

Perhaps Wang Xiaoxue did not fabricate anything yesterday and indeed organized a small tasting event, so Manager Wang did not trouble her today. 

Towards the end of the morning meeting, Manager Wang pointed at the row of people starting from his right side at the large conference table and said to Lu Nan, “You’ll rotate with someone daily starting from this order.” 

The person closest to his right was a girl with curly hair cut to shoulder length and tied up in a princess bun. Manager Wang continued, ” Sasha, you’ll take the new person today.” Then he asked Lu Nan, “Xiao Lu, do you remember who you’ll be with for the next three days?” 

Lu Nan nodded, “Thursday with Yi Wei, Friday with Sister Liu Yang, Saturday with Sister Chen Lu.” Wasn’t it just a test of whether she could remember her colleagues’ names and faces in such a short time since joining? Was it difficult? 

There was a flash of satisfaction in Manager Wang’s eyes. “Good, that’s the arrangement for now.” 

…… 

After the morning meeting, Sasha said to Lu Nan, “Let’s go, I’m going to the dealer today.” 

“Okay. My name is Lu Nan, can I call you Sasha?” Lu Nan guessed that she hadn’t remembered her name either, so she reintroduced herself and followed Sasha into the elevator. 

Sasha nodded. “Sure, just don’t call me ‘sis’, I’m not much older than you guys anyway.” She didn’t say the last half sentence loudly. 

Upon hearing this, Lu Nan nodded and smiled. Just now, Yi Wei mentioned she was in the same class as me and was recruited from campus, so it’s fine to call her by her name. Liu Yang and Chen Lu deserve the title ‘sister’ regardless of age or qualifications. It seemed that Sasha had been called ‘sister’ by a girl recruited from the school before, and she was not happy about it. If she guessed it right, the girl in the collection store has little connection with the Hailin Municipal Office, so this person should be Wang Xiaoxue. 

Sasha. 

To Lu Nan, she was also an acquaintance.