novelraw Chapter 102 : Employment Guidance for Graduates
Chapter 102 : Employment Guidance for Graduates
Chapter 102: Employment Guidance for Graduates
“Ugh~”
The next morning, Lin Mo got up early to exercise, and after finishing breakfast, he began his first day of drinking Chinese medicine.
But honestly, this stuff was really bitter. Even though he was a tough man, he still wore a mask of pain.
Yet, when he thought about being able to listen to the phoenix’s song every day in the future, he gritted his teeth and downed it in one gulp. He tilted his head back, stiffened his neck, and gulped it down. Kidneys activated!
“Hey, what are you sneaking a bite of so early in the morning?” At this moment, Wang Chu, who was eating, spoke up and asked.
Hearing this, Lin Mo turned around with a blank face. When Wang Chu saw the Chinese medicine in his hand, he immediately lowered his head guiltily.
This was the bad part of living in a boys’ dormitory—no matter what you ate, there would always be someone wanting to try it.
“Is it really that bitter? When I drank it yesterday, it tasted sweet to me. I read something online that only people with weak kidneys think Chinese medicine tastes bitter. Lao Mo, what do you think?” Wang Chu spoke again.
Lin Mo rinsed his mouth and took a deep breath: “Who said it was bitter? I usually don’t drink water, I just like drinking Chinese medicine. This is the first time I’ve ever heard Chinese medicine is bitter.”
“Then what was with that expression just now?”
“Chinese medicine is a bit sour, is that not allowed?”
Wang Chu: (￣▽￣)ｄ
It had to be said, men who refused to admit defeat were everywhere. Stubbornness was not a trait exclusive to any one person.
“By the way, Lao Mo, when are you taking me and Sichuan Girl to check it out too? I’m not kidney-deficient, I just think the Chinese medicine tastes pretty good. I’d like to quench my thirst, you know what I mean?” Wang Chu asked with a look of expectation after watching him finish his medicine.
This kind of thing that was good for the body—watching his roommate drink it while he didn’t—always felt like a loss.
“Wait until I finish this prescription. Next time I go, I’ll take you two along,” Lin Mo replied.
This morning when he went out to exercise, Professor Mu had already returned. The old lady, after learning about yesterday’s events, especially reminded him that after finishing the prescription, he should go directly to her house and not delay his health treatment. As for whether he wanted to study traditional medicine, that was up to him.
If he wasn’t interested in traditional medicine, he could still follow her path. For postgraduate exams, he didn’t need to worry—he could just apply for her major then.
At that, Lin Mo shook his head repeatedly, saying his brain wasn’t sharp enough and that he probably couldn’t handle advanced mathematics, calculus, and the like.
After all, mathematics was different from other subjects—if you were good, you were really good; if you weren’t, you truly weren’t.
If you didn’t know politics, you could just scribble something down. If you didn’t know English, you could copy the reading comprehension answers. But if you didn’t know math, all you could write was “solution.”
Studying math required talent. And in this field, he only admired two people: Gauss and Gao Da. Gao Da wasn’t the mech—you might not know him. Gao Da was his junior high classmate who once “proved” that an equilateral triangle was not equilateral.
All in all, after hearing him say this, the old lady could only sigh helplessly. Finally meeting a student she liked, yet he was unwilling to study math. Advanced math was so simple—how could he not learn it?
“All right then, we’ll go together when the time comes, don’t forget!”
Hearing him say this, Wang Chu immediately felt much more reassured. What he feared most was that this guy would go alone and leave him out, hogging all the benefits.
“Did you message Sichuan Girl? At ten this morning, there’s a class on Employment Guidance for Graduates. The counselor posted in the group chat asking us all to attend,” Lin Mo said.
Although seniors didn’t have classes anymore, the school still arranged some guidance lectures, mainly about employment and how to write graduation theses.
They weren’t mandatory, but some classes the counselor felt were useful, so she asked them to attend. It was more of a “I’ll remind you, whether you go is up to you” kind of thing.
Lin Mo and his friends didn’t mind. If the counselor asked, they’d just go. After all, they weren’t busy.
“Yeah, I sent it. Sichuan Girl said he’d sleep a little longer. We’ll meet at the multimedia classroom later,” Wang Chu replied while munching on a bun.
Lin Mo nodded. Their dorm only had three people left. Just because Sichuan Girl had moved out, they couldn’t exclude him from group activities.
Very soon, after Wang Chu finished breakfast and went to wash up, Lin Mo took down the “sacred armor” box from his bed and stuffed it into his cabinet.
He planned to find some time to toss that thing into Miss Yuan’s secret base. Anyway, that place was full of two-dimensional elements—there were even Iron Man and Emperor Armor there. Would a board game really stand out?
And he wasn’t afraid of her playing with it. At worst, there’d be a blackout. Who would expect that thing to be a conceptual-level weapon?
But then again, this incident made him consider renting an apartment outside.
It was fine when he was alone in the dorm, but if someone was around, it was inconvenient to do his nightly shopping, especially with large items like this one—he could easily be found out.
And as his stuff piled up, he had nowhere to put them. So he thought that next time he saw Miss Yuan, he’d ask if she had another place, and maybe get one for himself.
As for buying a house, he hadn’t thought about it yet. One million sounded like a lot, but if he wanted to buy in Jiangning, it was still a bit tight—unless he bought in a remote area.
As for loans, he hadn’t even considered them. Taking on a mortgage before even leaving campus—how stupid would that be?
Time passed quietly, and soon it was nearly class time.
Outside the multimedia classroom, Sichuan Girl came running in wearing slippers. His slippers even flew off mid-run, but he still managed to make it just a minute before class.
“Didn’t I message you earlier? Why are you only getting here now?” Lin Mo looked at the disheveled Sichuan Girl with a helpless smile.
Panting heavily, Sichuan Girl said, “Don’t even mention it. On my way down, a golden retriever chased me the whole way. Scared me half to death.”
Hearing this, Wang Chu asked, “What, did you poop on yourself or something?”
Lin Mo: .
Sichuan Girl: .
“You believe it or not, I’ll go back and poop on your bed!”
“Go ahead! Let’s see if I record it or not!”
Seeing the two about to start quarreling, Lin Mo quickly interrupted: “Enough already, class is about to start! Talk about your pooping later!”
Pulling the two into the classroom, he found that many people were already seated inside, including students from other majors.
As the three walked while searching for seats, class monitor Wang Jing waved to him:
“Lin Mo, over here!”
Seeing this, the three hurried over. As soon as they sat down, Wang Jing smiled and said:
“Handsome Lin, you’re something else now. Everywhere you go, you catch girls’ eyes. You’ve been posted on the campus forum even more often these past few days.”
Facing the monitor’s teasing, Lin Mo chuckled and replied, “Good thing it’s the campus forum. If I were posted on Zhuanzhuan’s second-hand trading platform, I’d have been sold off already. But tell me, how come you’re alone today, Monitor? Us sitting here isn’t blocking your love life, is it?”
Wang Jing rolled her eyes: “Cut it out, I’m not like you. And besides, if you knew you’d block my love life, why did you come sit here? As for my roommates, they haven’t even gotten up yet, so I came alone. But you guys from your dorm are all here.”
By the time they were in senior year, plenty of people didn’t want to attend such classes. After all, there were no credits to lose, so they’d just skip them.
“By the way, did you guys hear? Zhao Tingting got into trouble!”
Suddenly, Wang Jing’s words stunned the three of them.
“What happened?” Lin Mo asked.
Seeing their surprised looks, Wang Jing was a little incredulous: “What? You guys don’t know about this big news?”
As she spoke, she took out her phone and opened the latest pinned post on the campus forum.
“Look, Zhao Tingting got exposed. They said her private life is messy, she changes boyfriends often, and not only that, she’s been ambiguous with several guys at the same time, all while accepting expensive gifts.
Also, lately she started dating a freshman with good family conditions, but apparently he broke up with her last night.”
The three leaned in to look at the post and saw that it was trending, with plenty of photos of Zhao Tingting with different men—hard evidence.
There were nearly a thousand replies, with many people even coming forward claiming they’d been fooled too, some even posting screenshots of their money transfers.
“Doesn’t the school do anything about this? Is she okay?” Lin Mo asked. This was basically cyberbullying now.
Wang Jing shook her head: “No idea. She wasn’t in the dorm this morning and didn’t come to class either. But honestly, with the way she was acting, it was only a matter of time before something happened. I feel like this was probably done by one of her suitors.”
As she spoke, she discreetly glanced over at Wang Chu, clearly suspecting him. Lin Mo noticed this too and was about to say something when a middle-aged bald man in a checkered shirt walked in holding a water cup.
“Students, I’ll be giving you a lecture today on how university graduates find employment. First, we must understand the definition of employment.”
The moment he opened his mouth, Lin Mo could tell—this teacher giving employment guidance probably had never been employed himself.