Assistant Architect-Chapter 6: Senior

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The previously quite group chat was boiling again after Zhang Siyi sent his message.

Su Yuan: “I nearly fainted. Were you just scaring us? Ah!”

Jiang Hai: “Congratulations!”

Ningmong: “What the hell is going on?”

Fu Xinhui: “...”

Zhang Siyi: “I didn’t scare you. I just thought it wasn’t going to go my way. I didn’t expect the outcome to be so great.” ~\(≧▽≦)/~

Su Yuan: “I did say that the interview is just a formality. How is the salary?”

Zhang Siyi: “The beginning salary probation period is 5,000, then after 6 months it will increase to 8,000. That is not counting any bonuses.”

Su Yuan: “Not bad.”

Jiang Hai: “Wow, you are paid more than me even after these 2 years. I am at 7,000!”

Fu Xinhui: “More than half is to pay rent? That’s not even as good as migrant workers.”

See this reply, Zhang Siyi suddenly has the impulse to go back to the convenience store for a 15 Yuan Bento!

Su Yuan: “Don’t splash cold water on him. The first year of an undergraduate salary in the construction industry in Haicheng is six thousand or seven thousand. 8,000 is very good. With bonuses I also earn that amount.”

Jiang Hai: “No way! Our profession has such a low price/performance ratio. It is harder to learn than a dog. It is harder than a cow and earns less than a chicken. ╮(╯_╰)╭”

Fu Xinhui: “Do not insult chickens, chickens make a lot of good money!”

Jiang Hai: ” In brief: It’s better to be a chicken.”

Ningmong: “My cousin does finance and after graduation he went to a private financial management firm and, now in the second year of work, his annual salary is 200,000.” [Crying]

Fu Xinhui: “My friend is an Internet game host with a monthly income of 200,000.”

Zhang Siyi: “Big brother and sister! This is my first job! If you can’t say anything positive, then don’t say anything at all!”

Fu Xinhui: “Treat me!”

Ningmong: “Treat me!”

Jiang Hai: “Treat me!”

Su Yuan: “Treat me!”

Zhang Siyi: “...”

While tapping his message on his phone, Zhang Siyi was caught off guard and was shocked. When he turned his head, he saw Gu Yu, who had just interviewed himself, stand behind him and looked at him with a wide smile: “Are you chatting with friends again?”

Zhang Siyi: “...” Why does this man always remember his ex-girlfriend counting his stalks! He did not expect to meet Gu Yu here: “What a coincidence. You also come here to eat?” 𝒇𝑟𝐞𝐞w𝐞𝑏𝙣𝑜vℯl.co𝑚

“I just saw you talking to your new colleague upstairs. How come you didn’t eat with them?” Gu Yu asked.

Zhang Siyi only felt cold behind him, and quickly explained: “Not knowing there would be a new person at the office, they had already reserved company lunches. It’s to be expected. It is my first day after all.”

Just then, the waiter saw the two of them chatting, so by default he treated them as one party and directly said: “Two follow me please.”

Zhang Siyi is a bit uncertain. Even though Gu Yu didn’t express his intention to eat with him, he saw that all the tables were full of customers. The seats at the bar were also full of people.

The waiter arranged a double table for them. After sitting down, Zhang Siyi’s mind started to panic. He didn’t want his colleagues to think he planned this lunch for advantageous reasons. Although, his situation is a bit special considering the coffee debacle. He doesn’t want to feel like he still owes Gu Yu.

The two men ordered a set meal. Zhang Siyi was planning on giving the money when Gu Yu already handed the card to the waiter: “Together.”

Zhang Siyi stunned: “You, you are inviting me to eat?”

Gu Yu: “You can think of it as you are inviting me.”

Zhang Siyi is a little confused but did not think too much about it. Moreover, he has been moved by the behavior of the handsome guy sitting across from him and is increasingly convinced that the other party is a good and generous person.

“What were you guys talking about upstairs?” Gu Yu picked up the disposable chopsticks on the table with an environmentally-friendly paper bag and slowly unwrapped it.

Zhang Siyi recalled the gossip his colleagues had just commented on about Gu Yu. What is it like to be chased by a woman who is eight years older than him? Zhang Siyi wiped the cold sweat from his brow. Although he also loves gossip, he is not a person who sells out his colleagues to please the leader, so he can only comment: “They said that you are demanding, um, very strict.”

Gu Yu smiled, opened the chopsticks with a “SNAP” and said: “The beginning is always difficult. If you work hard and try, you will do well. “

Zhang Siyi is inwardly shaking, but outwardly gives a little nod instead: “Yes, strict teacher.”

The delicious looking food has arrived: a set of teriyaki chicken, hot beef rolls, miso soup, tempura, other side dishes. The aroma is mouthwatering. Zhang Siyi sighed and picked up his chopsticks. He ate for a while, then remembered the school his colleagues mentioned. He was curious: “Oh yeh, they said that you graduated from T University?”

Seeing Gu Yu nod, Zhang Siyi said with excitement: “Then you may know the senior of my high school. He graduated from Ningcheng Foreign Language Middle School maybe in 2004 or 2005.”

Gu Yu looked up and looked at him for a while, then said: “I am also a graduate of Ningcheng Foreign Language Middle School.”

Zhang Siyi did not respond: “...ah?”

Gu Yu appreciated Zhang Siyi’s expression: “It is unfortunate though, I enrolled at T Uni in 2004.”

Zhang Siyi stopped feeding himself. Jaw hanging open he asked, “What did you say?”

Gu Yu glanced at him, and there was a hint of unspeakable interest in his eyes: “I still remember that in 2008 I was really invited by my alma mater to go back and give a speech.”

Zhang Siyi glared at his two eyes, and his mind was full of “No Way!”

Gu Yu raised his mouth: “Probably October, the day after the National Day holiday, in the large auditorium outside Ning.”

Zhang Siyi was shocked: “What! Do you mean.... that is, you. You are my senior?”

Gu said: “If you don’t use other people’s experiences as stories for yourself, then this morning, you were talking about me.”

Zhang Siyi was both surprised and happy, but also a little angry and ruined. I don’t know if it’s a shame. Gu Yu deliberately concealed the truth: “Why don’t you say it in the morning?”

Gu Yu drank the soup and said: “You don’t remember me.”

The slightest upward tone of the other party made Zhang Siyi have the illusion that he was angry”, but Gu Yu quickly said: “I didn’t want you to think that I am recruiting you because of the relationship between our high school alumni.” 𝘧𝚛𝗲𝘦𝚠𝙚𝙗𝙣o𝙫𝗲𝚕.𝐜o𝓂

Zhang Siyi: “...”

Obviously, it is quite a selfless sentence, but let Zhang Siyi listen to the heart, because the other meaning of this sentence is that Gu Yu admitted him because he believed in his own ability!

Zhang Si Yi felt more excited than when he was chasing his ex-girlfriend.

The person sitting in front of him now, is not only a graduate of T university, but also the legend of their high school alma mater!

Since Zhang Siyi and Gu Yu were close in age, they inevitably had the same teachers during their time in High School. The teachers often talked about one special smart and good student during class full of appreciation. A profound memory comes to mind. He remembered on one day, in the third year of the city’s unified examination, the exam was very difficult to pass. The highest score was a 71. The cry from the class was load and clear. Thankfully, Zhang Siyi just made the passing line and in fact, only 10 people did that day, but while those people were absorbed in their self-satisfaction, believing their achievement was something to be proud about, the physics teacher informed them of a student who received a perfect score. Unbelievable!

Zhang Siyi thinks in retrospect this most certainly is Gu Yu!

After that, the two naturally talked about some things from high school. The headmaster of Ningwai, the pancake stall at the school gate.... The atmosphere is happy. Zhang Siyi feels like the distance between them was getting closer. I think that with such a good teacher, my future will be bright!

After eating the meal and returning to the company, Zhang Siyi felt like his whole person was floating. Taking advantage of the bathroom, he couldn’t help but pull out his mobile phone and want to show off with his friends. Unexpectedly, when he opened WeChat, he saw a bunch of messages.

Jiang hai: “people?”

Fu Xinhui: “by! When it comes to party, dive, bump!”

Ren mengxuan: “[despise]”

Su Yuan: “I still waiting to hear the details of the interview! “Little Yi, come back!”

Zhang Siyi:“......”

Zhang Siyi: “I just had lunch with the director. I just learned that he and I were both graduates of the same high school!”

Fu Xinhui: “I said, he will not accept you because you are his school brother?”

Zhang Siyi: “Get out of Here! It was my own strength!!

Ningmong: “Treat me!”

Jiang Hai: “Treat me!”

Zhang Siyi: “Ah? Tonight?

Fu Xinhui: “yeh! ”

Ningmong: “yes yes yes!

Su Yuan: “Count me in!”

Zhang Siyi: “Jiang Hai are you working overtime?

Jiang Hai: “For this meal, I’ll slip out too!”

Zhang Siyi: “you are idle and help me pick a place, I have to go to work in the afternoon, no time to find a place.”

Fu Xinhui: “so soon to work?”

Zhang Siyi: “I can’t talk to you. People with jobs are going to work!” ~(≧▽≦)/~

Fu Xinhui:“...... I’ll leave you alone.”

Jiang Hai: “I really envy his good mentality. I’ve been working overtime for one month now so just want to whine.”

Zhang Siyi put away the mobile phone and stood up. Looking at the time, hurriedly left to go to the personnel department to fill out paperwork and the other necessary formalities.

Miss Wang has already prepared the contract. Zhang Siyi turned it over to look at it and was confused.

“Oh, yes,” Miss Wang said suddenly. “Did Director Gu in the morning told you that your first month’s probationary salary is deducted five hundred on the normal basis?”

“Ah? What?” Zhang Siyi stunned and remembered the sentence that Gu Yu said, “If you care, wages will be deducted.” Wasn’t that a joke?

Miss Wang: “Hey, he didn’t he tell you? He also said to deducted 500 yuan for catering activities.”

Zhang Siyi ears smoked: “What!?” He finally understood what Gu Yu said in the restaurant, “Think of it as you invited me...”

He had been so stupid to be moved by him that he felt silly. Good, kind and generous? HA! This man is too unkind, isn’t he?

For a moment, Gu Yu’s glorious image in Zhang Siyi’s heart was greatly reduced.

After signing the contract, Zhang Siyi sat back down, slumped at his desk and felt wronged by the bad bully. Even his ex-girlfriend’s crazy account had not made him feel as uncomfortable as it was now.