Suddenly, a ringtone sounded, and Jiang Chen stopped adjusting the office decor. He took out his cell phone, glanced at it, and with a light chuckle, he answered, "Qing Qing, have you arrived?"

"Jiang Chen, I'm here!" Su Qingqing's slightly excited voice came from the receiver.

"Great! Wait for me in the lobby, I'll come down to get you."

After giving instructions, Jiang Chen hung up the call and turned to Fan Jiuzhe, "Mr. Fan, inform all middle and senior managers to go to the conference room for a meeting! I'm going down to pick someone up and will be there shortly."

"Yes, sir!"

Fan Jiuzhe nodded hurriedly in agreement.

At the entrance of Sky Venerate City.

Su Qingqing hung up the phone and walked toward the main entrance.

As soon as she stepped through the entrance, Su Qingqing was stunned by the lobby's decor: a crystal chandelier hanging from an open space in the center, surrounded by pale blue, shiny oval pebbles intricately set into the ground, each pebble almost identical. The ceiling's decoration was even more lavish, made of high-end materials that Su Qingqing had never seen before.

This left Su Qingqing astonished for quite some time.

"Su Qingqing?!"

Suddenly, a calling voice sounded, and Su Qingqing paused slightly, turning around with a light frown.

At the front desk not far away, there stood a woman dressed provocatively with heavy makeup, looking at herself with a mocking face.

Li Furong, Su Qingqing's former classmate and rival. Back at school, Li Furong often caused trouble for Su Qingqing, just because Su Qingqing was prettier than her.

"Hehe, isn't it our very own Su the campus beauty?" Li Furong crossed her arms and swaggered over to Su Qingqing, her face full of exaggerated surprise, "Is Su the campus beauty here for an interview too?"

Su Qingqing glanced toward the direction of the elevator and replied noncommittally, "Yes, I'm here to work today."

"Really here to find a job, huh?" Li Furong sneered. Her preconceived notion prevented her from hearing that Su Qingqing had said, 'I'm here to work' and not 'I'm here to find a job.'

In fact, this was also due to the current situation at Sky Venerate City, which had just changed owners. After Gong Lin's vigorous reorganization, Sky Venerate City was short-staffed, and the recruitment process just happened to be these few days, with resume submission, review, and second interviews. It would be impossible to have a job offer today. Thus, Li Furong believed that Su Qingqing was definitely here to find work!

"So, Su the campus beauty is out job hunting too? Now that's quite the rarity. Doesn't your family run a clinic?" Li Furong spoke mockingly.

Su Qingqing frowned slightly, turned her head away, and stopped paying attention to Li Furong.

"Oh, right, I forgot, your father died, didn't he? Is the clinic unable to survive and closing down?" Li Furong's face showed an exaggerated look of realization.

A flash of sadness crossed Su Qingqing's eyes, followed by a hint of anger, as she glared at Li Furong.

"Oh, oh, are we angry now?" Li Furong laughed sarcastically, "Su Qingqing, oh Su Qingqing, at school, whether in looks or studies, you always outshone me. But here, you are finally going to be trampled under my feet!"

Su Qingqing was momentarily stunned, looking at Li Furong in disbelief.

"What's the matter? Surprised? Can't accept it?" Li Furong looked smugly at Su Qingqing, "Su, the campus belle, being beautiful is a weapon, but you, you haven't utilized your weapon well. Look at your clothes, I bet you don't even have a boyfriend, right? And even if you do, he can't be that great, can he?"

A strange expression flickered in Su Qingqing's eyes as if something had dawned on her.

"This is Sky Venerate City, invested in by Yi Chen. Do you know that? That's a company bold enough to stand up against the Four Great Aristocratic Families. People are breaking their necks to get in here. Look over there, see how many are lining up!" Li Furong said proudly, pointing to a corner of the hall.

Su Qingqing glanced over and saw a sign that read 'Interview Area' in one corner of the hall, beside which there was a long line of people, each holding their own resume.

"Why aren't you lining up?" Su Qingqing withdrew her gaze and turned to look at Li Furong.

"Me? Haha! My boyfriend is a senior executive here. I don't need to apply, I just need to go through the process, and then I can take up the post directly. As for you, although you were the goddess of the entire campus in the past, without a strong man to support you, you can only join the queue!" Li Furong said with a face full of bragging.

Su Qingqing looked at Li Furong with amusement, thinking that if it were about relationships, she herself was friends with the owner of this place. Li Furong's showing off had really missed the mark!

Ding!

A sound indicated that the elevator had arrived, and both Su Qingqing and Li Furong looked towards it.

"Jiang Chen." Su Qingqing watched with joy as a figure emerged from the elevator and began walking towards it.

"Dear, why did you come down so late?" Li Furong also called out and began walking towards Jiang Chen, leaving Su Qingqing with a stunned expression.

Jiang Chen looked surprised for a moment, about to say something, but then Li Furong pushed him aside and threw herself into the arms of the man who had come out of the elevator behind Jiang Chen.

Li Furong, nestled in that man's embrace, turned her head, glanced at Jiang Chen again, and then looked arrogantly at Su Qingqing, who had approached Jiang Chen, "Su, the campus belle, is this your boyfriend? No wonder you still need to line up for a job. Judging by his looks, he's probably just a low-level employee here, isn't he?"

With that, she pointed to the man beside her, "Have a look, this is my boyfriend, Li Daming, the Sales Department Head at Sky Venerate City."

Li Furong's boyfriend, upon seeing Su Qingqing, also brightened up, and took the opportunity to draw out a business card and hand it to Su Qingqing, "Is this the famous Su Qingqing Miss Li often mentions? Hello, I'm Li Daming, Deputy Head of Sales at Sky Venerate City. Here's my business card."

Su Qingqing took a look at the business card but didn't reach out to take it; instead, she linked arms with Jiang Chen.

"I'm not familiar with this gentleman. Which department are you from?" Li Daming immediately narrowed his eyes in disdain as he regarded Jiang Chen.

Li Furong was dissatisfied with Li Daming's gesture of handing Su Qingqing his business card, shooting him a glare but refraining from speaking. She knew how to handle men, aware that in front of others, it was crucial to let her man save face.

Jiang Chen spoke calmly, "I'm not from any fixed department."

"Oh? So you're a security guard! What, are you planning to accompany Miss Su to her interview? Someone like you, just a mere security guard, can't arrange for people to get into the company! Unlike me, my girlfriend will soon start working at Sky Venerate City!" Li Daming wrapped his arm around Li Furong and gave Su Qingqing a meaningful look.

Jiang Chen feigned an expression of surprise, "She passed the interview?"

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