033 A Stupid Woman
Actually, according to the original plan, after Qin Ren got home, he should have taken Yu Yourong shopping to purchase some daily necessities, just like he did for Luo Yao.
But after seeing a message pushed by the “Rongcheng Life” official account on WeChat, Qin Ren decided to wait a few days.
“It says there’s a new RT-Mart opening on the weekend, 50% off storewide! Daily necessities 40% off?!”
“That’s great, Qin Ren! This eminence happens to want to buy new daily necessities too~”
“I think you look like a daily necessity. Go stay on the side.”
“Tch…”
Luo Yao, whose attempt to curry favor failed, was shooed away resentfully. During dinner, Qin Ren told Yu Yourong about the weekend shopping trip.
“You’re going to buy things for me?” Yu Yourong was very surprised.
“Yeah, you definitely need daily necessities.”
Yu Yourong’s expression was a bit complicated.
“Master said, if you eat someone’s food, your tongue becomes short; if you take someone’s things, your tongue becomes soft…”
“…”
As expected of a snake clan’s Sect Master. Everything out of her mouth is about tongues.
“Special circumstances call for special treatment.”
Qin Ren shoveled a mouthful of millet congee.
“You’re living in my house now. Aren’t you also eating my food and taking my things? Is your tongue soft?”
Yu Yourong stuck out a bit of her pink, lilac-like tongue and licked her lips.
“It is.”
“Tsk, you kid, you look pretty smart, but how come you’re so one-track-minded sometimes.”
Qin Ren changed the subject from “soft” to “short.”
“If you eat someone’s food, your tongue becomes short. Is your tongue short?”
“It’s not.”
Yu Yourong stuck out her long tongue and curled it. When she moved it quickly, it really had the vibe of a snake flicking its tongue.
“So don’t worry about these things. In terms of material things, what Luo Yao has, you will have too. I also admit that it’s not because I’m particularly kind-hearted. It’s mainly your identity. Looking at the entire city of Rongcheng, besides staying here with me, an old exorcist, there’s really no other good place for you. Being able to settle an immigrant for Earth can be considered my contribution to the planet.”
…
Qin Ren’s words were sincere, but settling an immigrant also depended on the quality of the immigrant.
Actually, the requirements were not high. As long as they were harmless.
Like Luo Yao and Yu Yourong. As soon as they came to Earth, all their magic and spiritual power were gone. They were just honest little Pixiu and little snakes. Taking them in out of humanitarianism could reflect the “spirit of planarism.”
But if some messy, harmful species were to cross over, Qin Ren would absolutely not force himself to introduce them as high-quality talent from another world.
What’s the point of introducing them? To harm his own people on Earth?
Wouldn’t that be despicable?
…
However, although Qin Ren had made it clear, a trace of guilt still showed in Yu Yourong’s pretty eyes. She looked at the Pixiu’s new phone and hesitated softly.
“But if you buy things for me… it’ll cost a lot of money…”
“It will, but there’s nothing to be done about necessary expenses. I can only say I’ll be careful with the budget.”
This girl was essentially very sensible. Qin Ren was gratified to hear this, and felt a bit more motivated to raise her.
“Don’t you remember what your master also said? That things you like will be tainted if they are touched by money. I’ll take you to the supermarket on the weekend. There are a lot of things there. You’ll be in charge of liking them, and I’ll be in charge of tainting them.”
Admittedly, Qin Ren was a bit worried about money. But fortunately, Yu Yourong was easier to raise than the Pixiu. At least, the daily food expenses were only about one-fifth of the Pixiu’s. The economic pressure she brought would not be too exaggerated for the time being.
Moreover, besides his daily work at the company, Qin Ren was not without other channels to make money.
For example, there was something called “side jobs,” which he, as a designer, was very familiar with.
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So the next day, as soon as he got to the company, Qin Ren immediately found Zhou Chi to have a quiet word.
“Brother Chi, have you ever done any freelance work?”
“Brother Ren, don’t worry about freelance work for now.”
Zhou Chi sighed and pointed to a small office across the corridor. Through the soundproof frosted glass, you could see two people talking inside. One of them, both in figure and hairstyle, was very familiar.
“Sister Yun?”
Qin Ren was stunned.
“What’s wrong with her?”
“Sigh.”
Zhou Chi patted Qin Ren’s shoulder. Then Qin Ren noticed that the other colleagues in the department were also looking at him with slightly embarrassed eyes.
“Don’t ‘sigh’. Sigh my ass. Who’s in there with Sister Yun?”
“Manager Ma.”
“Manager Ma? The new bald guy from three days ago?”
“Yes. Brother Ren, actually, it’s because you took leave yesterday. Then the boss from the 90-acre project told Manager Ma about his latest few ideas…”
“More ideas? Is he ‘The Thinker’?”
In short, according to Zhou Chi’s description, the 90-acre project suddenly had to be changed again yesterday. Manager Ma came over personally to ask who was in charge of the 90-acre project. Everyone didn’t know what was going on and casually answered that it was Qin Ren.
Then Manager Ma saw that Qin Ren was not there.
He asked Yun Wanhe, and Yun Wanhe said he had taken leave.
“Brother Ren, you don’t know. That Manager Ma is probably going through menopause. His face turned black when he heard it. He asked who you took leave from. Sister Yun said from her, and then she was in a hurry to speak up for you, saying you’ve been very tired recently and so on…”
“And then? He didn’t buy it?”
“Shh…”
Zhou Chi made a hushing gesture, then smiled wryly.
“It’s not that he didn’t buy it. After all, what Sister Yun said was reasonable. Menopause isn’t a mental illness. Manager Ma expressed his understanding at the time, and then… then he gave all four new proposals for the 90-acre project to Sister Yun and asked her to give them to the client this morning…”
“Four proposals?”
Qin Ren was shocked. He had followed this project from beginning to end and knew well how tricky the terrain and sunlight aspects were. Even making one new proposal was annoying, let alone four.
“What kind of idiot leader is this?”
As Qin Ren cursed, he was also angry at Yun Wanhe.
This stupid woman. How many times have I told her to ask me for help if she needs it? Who is she being polite with?
“And then? Did she finish them?”
“Of course not!”
Zhou Chi slapped his thigh.
“Sister Yun pulled an all-nighter until today and barely managed to come up with two and a half proposals. The client’s boss didn’t receive the drawings and called Manager Ma. Brother Ren, you also know that when the client’s boss personally rushes for the drawings, it doesn’t reflect well on the company and the department… so Manager Ma got angry, called Sister Yun to his office, and has been talking to her ever since…”
“Ha.”
Qin Ren laughed out of anger.
He’s angry?
If there’s something in the whole company that Yun Wanhe can’t handle, then there’s definitely no one else who can. What right does a guy who only talks and doesn’t work have to be angry?
An idiot client is not scary. But if the leader is also an idiot along with the client, then there will be two consequences.
First, it will disappoint an employee like Yun Wanhe.
Second, it will anger an employee like Qin Ren.
“Talking? He’s practically pointing at her nose and scolding her. You call that talking?”
Through the office glass, Qin Ren vaguely saw the bald guy raising his arm and pointing at Yun Wanhe.
Since joining the company, Qin Ren had never seen Sister Yun being scolded by any leader.
Seeing that this little bald guy was like an old cow on its period—acting all high and mighty—Qin Ren’s already dark face grew even more sullen. He threw his jacket onto his chair, loosened his tie, and walked directly towards the office.
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