novelraw Chapter 111 : Another Encounter with Zhao Tingting
Chapter 111 : Another Encounter with Zhao Tingting
Chapter 111: Another Encounter with Zhao Tingting
At noon, Lin Mo drove one of his patron daddies, the Great Empress Rushuang, to the company entrance.
Because of his presence, Secretary Xiao Tian’s workload had lightened a lot—at least she no longer needed to fetch people.
“How come, you’re not going up?”
At the company entrance, Liu Rushuang, sitting in the passenger seat, asked.
After catching up on sleep, both of them were now refreshed. Liu Rushuang had regained her usual image of a strong career woman.
“There’s something I need to do at school, I’ll head back for a bit. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely be back this afternoon,” Lin Mo explained.
He wasn’t just making excuses; he really did need to head back. First, since Liu Rushuang’s situation would continue for another two days, he couldn’t just keep running back and forth every day, right? After all, this was his patron daddy.
He needed to go fetch some of the medicine he took. He hadn’t taken any last night, and body conditioning was not something to neglect.
Second, he needed to meet Miss Yuan. He had to remember, she was his true biggest backer—Liu Rushuang was only secondary.
That was right. Since the J-10C couldn’t be sold, he could only choose Investment+. The more capital he had, the greater the profit. He only had three days, so he couldn’t afford any delay.
Every shovel-wielding netizen knew about Hextech’s Investment+. He just hadn’t expected that he could “roll” this ability too.
Although the effect had been slightly modified, it was still ridiculously powerful—a guaranteed profit, zero-risk divine skill. Even if it was only a three-day trial version, it was enough for him to make a huge profit.
He just wondered if he could “roll” the Tiny Giant. Two HP per round in the game—if translated into real life, it would mean gaining two days of lifespan per day. Then he would be invincible, an immortal in the modern city.
Third, he had received a call from the school’s Academic Affairs Office, telling him to come collect his stipend—the payment for assisting Professor Mu last time. Now they were just waiting for his signature.
After a few days of approval, the money had finally been issued. Although he no longer cared much about such a small sum, it was his own earnings after all—how could he just leave it unclaimed?
“Alright, then hurry there and hurry back. Your sister doesn’t have the best memory. If you come back late, I might just forget all about the money~” Liu Rushuang teased him with a glance.
“Got it, I’ll try my best.”
Satisfied with his reply, Liu Rushuang pushed open the passenger door, got out of the car, waved at him, and turned into the building.
Watching her leave, Lin Mo finally turned the car around and headed straight for school.
At 1 PM, Lin Mo drove back and immediately returned the Academic Affairs Office’s call. They told him he could just come straight over.
In over three years of university, this was his first time visiting the Academic Affairs Office. He wasn’t even familiar with the way there. After all, he wasn’t a student cadre, nor had he ever gotten into trouble or been disciplined by the school. He hardly had any reason to be there—he hadn’t even been to his counselor’s office more than a few times, let alone here.
‘Knock knock knock’
“Come in!”
Lin Mo pushed open the door. Inside sat a female teacher in her late twenties, wearing glasses. A phone and some snacks were on her desk. On the phone, a popular xianxia idol drama was playing.
Seeing him enter, her eyes lit up. She quickly paused the video.
“Hello, teacher, I’m the one who just returned your call,” Lin Mo quickly said.
Although she looked quite young, since she was sitting here, she was clearly staff. Calling her “teacher” was only polite.
“Hello, Lin Mo, right?”
“That’s me.”
“Let me check… Lin Mo, Computer Science Department, senior year.” The woman tapped around on her computer and finally found his name.
“Here, temporary assistant, base salary 90 a day, plus high-temperature subsidy, travel allowance, meal allowance, communications, a total of 300. If there’s no problem, just sign here.” She handed him a form.
Lin Mo glanced at it and couldn’t help but sigh. No wonder so many people wanted state jobs—the benefits were really good. Not to mention, the subsidies covered everything. Although the sum wasn’t much, it felt great to see.
And this was just for a temporary assistant. A full-time assistant must earn more. For an average person, landing such a job was better than working outside. Plus, there were winter and summer vacations—simply too comfortable.
He signed his name and collected his wages—three red bills.
Leaving the office, Lin Mo was about to look for Miss Yuan when he ran into someone unexpected.
“Lin… Lin Mo?”
“You… are you alright?” Lin Mo looked at Zhao Tingting, who had become noticeably haggard, hardly recognizing her.
Just a few days ago, she had been a youthful, radiant girl. Now she looked like a different person.
Not only had her liveliness vanished, but her eyes were frighteningly red—it was obvious she had just cried.
“I’m fine!” Zhao Tingting hastily wiped at her face, but tears only flowed faster.
Seeing this, Lin Mo pulled a packet of tissues from his pocket and handed it to her.
“Here, wipe up.”
“Thanks!” Zhao Tingting took the tissues, wiped at her face, then asked, “What are you doing here?”
“Oh, last week I worked as Professor Mu’s assistant for two days. Came to collect my pay. And you?”
As soon as he said that, he regretted it, but it was too late to take it back. He gave an awkward smile. “Sorry, I…”
“It’s fine. Everyone knows already. Let them say what they want. I’ll be moving out soon anyway. Today, my counselor asked me to come in for some questions. I’ve already reported to the police, and the school says they’ve started investigating.
Lin Mo, who do you think is spreading rumors about me? I haven’t offended anyone recently, right?”
As she spoke, Zhao Tingting stared straight at him, as if probing.
After all, he had once caught her selling gold. And then this whole mess had happened. Add in the fact that she had rejected Wang Bo, given her current state, anyone connected could be a suspect in her eyes.
Lin Mo naturally picked up on her implication. Although being suspected annoyed him, he wasn’t about to argue with her.
Still, the right attitude was needed. His face darkened, and he sneered: “That I don’t know. I’m not the police. But maybe you should think carefully about whether you’ve recently accepted some expensive gift. Don’t take everyone else for a fool.”
With that, Lin Mo walked off without looking back. Staying one more second felt unlucky.
Seeing his sudden coldness, Zhao Tingting realized she had overstepped. She wanted to explain, but the words stuck in her throat.
“An expensive gift?”
Suddenly, as if struck by a thought, she turned and ran back to the counselor’s office.
Lin Mo, though still displeased, didn’t dwell on it. He just resolved to keep his distance from her in the future. Some people weren’t worth pitying.
When he arrived at Chengyue Community, downstairs at Sichuan Girl’s, he found Manager Ma surrounded by a group of workers.
“Still no cause found? Can’t even fix a power outage? Do you know how many complaints we’ve gotten in the past two days? Hurry, go check again!”
Just as Lin Mo got out of the car, he heard Manager Ma bellowing.
“Manager Ma, the power isn’t restored yet?” Lin Mo asked.
Even he didn’t know how long Genesis Mountain could cause a blackout. If it lasted too long, he’d have to use it cautiously. Otherwise, it could cause serious trouble for him.
“Oh, it’s Mr. Lin. My apologies, this was our negligence. Power was restored earlier this morning, but then another problem cropped up. We’re already investigating it thoroughly. Don’t worry, it should be resolved soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.” Manager Ma quickly smiled when he saw who it was.
After all, this was someone who had arrived together with young Miss Yuan. Of course, he had to put on a pleasant face.
Hearing that, Lin Mo felt a bit guilty and waved his hands quickly. “No problem, I’ll just head upstairs.”
“Mr. Lin, the elevator is out during the outage.”
“Then I’ll take the stairs—consider it exercise.”
He hurried upstairs, embarrassed that his mistake had caused so much trouble.
Panting heavily by the time he reached the apartment, Lin Mo felt half-dead. He punched in the password and opened the door—only to see Genesis Mountain board game pieces scattered all over the floor.
Without hesitation, he started cleaning up, quickly stashing everything back into the box.
“This should be about right, I think?”
Just then, the master bedroom door opened. Out stepped the disheveled Miss Yuan, still half-asleep, clutching a Diao Chan figurine.
“Eh? I haven’t even called you yet. How come you’re here already?”
Seeing him in the living room, she blinked in surprise.
“Just got back.”
“I see… Wait, it’s so hot, why’s it so stuffy?” Miss Yuan frowned, sweat glistening on her forehead.
“Uh… probably a power outage.”
“What? Another outage? That bastard Ma, what’s he even doing!”
Lin Mo: .
Manager Ma: .