Chi Yan: "Aren't you off work? Why aren't you leaving?"
Xin Jiu: "Working on a project. You go ahead. It's fine."
Chi Yan considered for a moment, "Do you get paid for overtime?"
Xin Jiu looked at him, "Yes, do you want to stay and work overtime too?"
Chi Yan shook his head, "It's good if you do. Are all the benefits normal?"
Xin Jiu thought he was asking about the company's benefits, "Everything is normal, Chi Corporation is a company with a good conscience. Our department is just a bit busy, but the pay is good. There are snacks and coffee over there, you can help yourself. There's also a free cafeteria, it's pretty good." At least he could slack off.
Chi Yan nodded, "That's good then. I'll head out since you're busy." He still had to call Yang later.
"Okay. Bye bye."
That evening when he got home, Chi Bai asked him, "How was work today?"
Chi Yan nodded, "Not bad."
Chi Bai patted his shoulder, "Mm. Study hard."
"Got it, Grandpa."
After showering that night, Chi Yan called Chu Yang to tell her about his day at work, "The food in the company cafeteria is pretty good. If I end up working there in the future, I'll bring you to eat there."
He was already imagining their life after they got married.
The next day, Chi Yan went to work early again. Today, Xin Jiu had him start writing code directly. Before starting, he asked, "You know how to code, right? Oh, wait, I forgot to ask, what's your major?"
Chi Yan nodded, "I know how. I studied computer science."
Xin Jiu patted his shoulder, "Work hard, aim to get hired full-time. If you don't know something, just Google it."
Chi Yan didn't say anything.
In the afternoon after work, Chi Yan finished his task and left directly.
Xin Jiu saw him, "Huh? You're done already?"
Chi Yan nodded, "I've sent it to you. I'm leaving now, bye bye."
Xin Jiu took a look and was surprised that he had actually completed it! This intern wasn't bad.
After working for a week, Chi Yan had more or less understood the work in the entire department and also learned about some of the important people.
Meanwhile, Chu Yang was currently walking along the edge of a field. For the past few days, she had been reading the book 'Dark Poison' and today, she decided to go find materials to brew some.
The materials were quite strange, such as ghost needlegrass, mint, centipedes...
The plant materials were still fine, but centipedes were harder to find. Chu Yang spent two days searching in the areas where firewood was stacked at home before finally finding a small centipede. For the poison she was making, that was enough, but some poisons in the book even required things like venomous snakes, black widow spiders, scorpions, etc., which she had no idea how to find.
The poison she was making was mainly because she had discovered rats in the kitchen after returning home a couple of days ago and decided to make a poison to kill them.
For the purpose of making this poison, Chu Yang even purchased a batch of equipment. To avoid worrying Chu's Mom and Chu's Dad, who wouldn't understand, she did everything in her own room and instructed them not to enter, afraid they might come into contact with it.
Chu's Mom and Chu's Dad, of course, would not go against her words.
After two days of preparation, Chu Yang frowned as she looked at the black liquid in the glass bottle, which also emitted a nauseating smell. She quickly covered it with a lid to contain the odor. It was her first time making it, and she hoped it would work.
That night, Chu Yang soaked some peanuts from home in the poison water and placed them in a corner of the kitchen. She also made a sign indicating that the peanuts were poisonous and repeatedly reminded Chu's Dad and Chu's Mom not to touch them.
"Remember, don't touch them. I bought rat poison, and these peanuts have been soaked in rat poison. Understand?"
Chu's Mom had heard it several times, "I know, I know. Don't worry, Mom won't touch them at all. I'll keep an eye on your Dad too."
"Good then."
After one night passed with no rats, Chu Yang wasn't in a hurry. The peanuts remained where they were. After two nights, Chu's Mom got up early in the morning and discovered that the peanuts had been moved, leaving only a puddle of water nearby...
It had a slightly foul smell. Chu's Mom was about to clean it up but remembered Chu Yang's warning not to touch anything, so she put down the broom.
When Chu Yang woke up, her mother told her about it. Chu Yang rushed over to take a look. Good heavens! This poison... it had directly turned the rat into nothing but bones! If her guess was correct, then that puddle of water was what was left after the rat had melted away.
To verify this, Chu Yang caught an insect to experiment on, and indeed, just a tiny bit of the poison caused the insect to disintegrate completely!
It was far too dangerous!
Chu Yang treated the remaining poisoned peanuts with an antidote and spent a long time cleaning the area to prevent anything from getting contaminated.
Fortunately, she had only made a small amount. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to dispose of safely. She was most afraid of someone taking it away. Chu Yang searched high and low in her room to find a secure place to seal up the poison tightly. This poison could no longer be used.
Chu Yang also did not attempt to brew any of the other poisons from the 'Dark Poison' book, as they were too dangerous! She had brought the wrong book; she should have brought the one on healing potions instead.
This year was much colder than previous years. It had only been a few days since Chu Yang returned home when it started snowing heavily every day, blanketing everything outside in white. Chu Yang was afraid of the cold, so she stayed indoors while Chu Luo, who was on vacation, kept the fire going.
Chu Yang randomly turned on a TV news channel, "Next up is a news report. A multi-vehicle collision occurred today on Guibei Road in Jing City, resulting in 16 deaths and 22 injuries..."
Chu Yang watched the surveillance footage shown in the news report, and suddenly, her eyes narrowed... that person...
Next to her, Chu Luo found it too boring and changed the channel with the remote. Chu Yang immediately shouted: "Change it back!"
Chu Luo was startled but still switched the channel back.
Chu Yang stared intently at a corner of the TV screen. That figure... she couldn't be mistaken, it was Zhu Ying!
Although it was only for a brief moment and not very clear, that was definitely Zhu Ying. And judging from the accident, Chu Yang felt that he must have been involved somehow!
Chu Yang then got up and went back to her room, calling Chi Yan.
Outside, Chu Luo was confused, looking at the news report. The accident was indeed horrific, but it didn't seem to have much to do with them. Oh well, after a while, Chu Luo changed the channel again since Chu Yang hadn't come back out.
On the other end, there was no answer, as Chu Yang figured Chi Yan might be at work and unable to take the call. Alright, she would call him again after he got off work in the evening.
Chi Yan was in a meeting and had forgotten to bring his phone into the room. When he came out and saw the missed call from his girlfriend, he quickly called her back.
"Hello? Yang, what's up?" His tone was so happy and gentle that even Xin Jiu, who was nearby, turned to look at him. Xin Jiu glanced at his own arm and thought, damn, he was getting goosebumps.
Was this the normally reserved Chi Yan???
Who was on the phone to make a handsome guy act like this?
Chu Yang answered Chi Yan's call and told him about seeing Zhu Ying in the multi-vehicle collision news report. Chi Yan immediately turned serious, "I'll have someone investigate it right away. Don't worry."
"Okay. How's work? Are you tired?"
Hearing Chu Yang's concern for him, Chi Yan's tone softened again, "Not tired, I just miss you."
Upon hearing those words, even Xin Jiu shuddered in shock as he looked over at Chi Yan, realizing that it must be his girlfriend on the other end who was showing such care for him.
After Chi Yan hung up, seeing Xin Jiu's stunned expression, he boasted proudly, "That was my girlfriend. She cares about me."
Xin Jiu: ... [Smiles]
