36

"I can wait until you resolve the relationship between you and Ling Chen. Then I'll start courting you again." Duan Qing Chu seems to have firmly made up his mind.

"But, Ling Chen and you are best friends." Jiang Xun bit her lip and glanced at him worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'll clarify things with him."

Jiang Xun could only sigh, "Give me some time to think about it. I don't think we understand each other enough yet."

Hearing this, Duan Qing Chu held an even better impression of her. He knew she wasn't a casual girl. Indeed, he was really too impatient toward this kind of thing, just now he already made her cry.

"En, I respect your thoughts. I hope what I said today won't put you under psychological burden or pressure." Duan Qing Chu said softly.

...

After leaving Duan Qing Chu's place, Jiang Xun left for the school dorms.

For her three years in university, the original owner had never lived in the dorms except that half-month of military training. Since she never returned there again, her bed was all filled with junk from the other dorm mates.

Everyone was surprised to learn that she was going to move into the dorm. However because the original owner was pretty popular, she had a good relationship with her dorm mates. Although she didn't live together with them, they still cultivated some feelings during the military training. They all helped her tidy up her bed, and then accompanied her to the supermarket near the school to buy some daily necessities and bedding.

When Jiang Xun finished cleaning up and was lying on the bed, she turned on her phone.

Last night, she turned on the Do Not Disturb mode, so no one's call could connect through. Moreover, she didn't read any messages or WeChat. At this time, when she opened it, her phone was filled with unread messages, and many WeChat.

In addition to Ling Chen, Father Jiang and Mother Jiang also sent her a lot of messages asking her where she was. At first, they asked her to come home early. Later, probably because she didn't answer their calls or open their messages, they sent messages saying they were worried and for her to pay attention to safety as well as not to do any stupid things around midnight.

The corner of Jiang Xun's mouth twitched speechlessly. What stupid things could she do? She wasn't like Jiang Ya, who would commit suicide out of "love."

Ling Chen kept explaining to her that he had nothing with Jiang Ya, and how she was the only one in his heart.

Jiang Xun skimmed at the long paragraph sent by Ling Chen. She only replied indifferently: Let's break up.

As soon as her text was sent, Ling Chen called her.

Jiang Xun ended the call and didn't answer. When Ling Chen called again, Jiang Xun blocked him.

After a while, Ling Chen called again with another phone number. Jiang Xun thought about it before exiting the dorm and left for the corridor to answer the call.

Ling Chen's voice came from the other end, seeming rather edgy, "Xiao Xun, you finally answered my phone. Listen to me, I can explain everything."

Jiang Xun uttered coldly, "Go ahead, I'm listening."

It was the first time that Ling Chen heard Jiang Xun speak so apathetically to him. Suddenly he felt very uncomfortable since he wasn't used to it, "Xiao Xun, don't be like this..."

"I have some business to do. If you aren't going to talk, then I'll hang up." Jiang Xun interrupted him blandly.

"I really have nothing with Jiang Ya. You have to believe me, I only love you."

Ling Chen kept rambling on, though his tone was both rather sincere and extremely nervous.

"It's already too late to be saying these things." Jiang Xun remained unmoved.

"How is it too late? Xiao Xun, I went home yesterday and my dad said he wanted to see you. He requested me to bring you back for dinner. Didn't you always wanted to meet my family?"

For a moment, Jiang Xun was stunned. Then she couldn't help but smile. Finally, Ling Kong Leng was making his move. His speed was slower than she had expected. Maybe yesterday he was still digesting the "joy" of having done his son's girlfriend.

"My dad will definitely be very satisfied with you, afterwards we can get engaged. What do you think?" Ling Chen said expectantly in a very excited tone.

"I won't be going."

Jiang Xun's reaction surprised Ling Chen. He thought he would touch her and make her realize his sincerity.

Ling Chen couldn't say what he originally prepped as Jiang Xun just hung up the phone. Her last words were, "Don't look for me anymore."

When she hung up and went back to the dormitory, the other girls in the dormitory were discussing about what internships they were planning to go to.

They were all from the German Department. If they intend to intern, they would usually choose to head to some huge companies as translators. In addition to German, some of the people in their dormitory also double-major French. The original owner was the most outstanding and studied even Spanish and Italian. Although they were self-studied, she managed to become pretty fluent. Therefore, the original owner wasn't only the campus belle, but also the one with the best grades in their department.

Jiang Xun inherited all the memory of the original owner, and naturally acquired all these language skills. Furthermore, she also enrolled in several language classes in her last life, but she didn't study for a long time and could only barely understand them. It was an unexpected joy for her to suddenly become proficient in several languages ​​at once.

One of the girls asked Jiang Xun, "Jiang Xun, which company are you going to intern at?"

"Jiang Xun's family has a company, so she will definitely intern there." Another girl said with a smile.

Jiang Xun shook her head, "I don't plan on interning at my family's company."

"Then which company caught your eyes?"

Jiang Xun said, "Ling Yuan Group."

"Ling Yuan?"

"Wait, isn't Ling Yuan Group owned by Ling Chen's family? Now, you're already planning to do things for him. You guys are simply too PDA. He is the heir of the Ling Yuan Group, so won't you be considered the Young Lady if you go there?" The dorm mate ridiculed her half-jokingly.

Jiang Xun said, "I'm not going there because of Ling Chen, besides Ling Chen shouldn't be in Ling Yuan."

She wasn't aiming for Ling Chen, her goal was Ling Chen's father.

"I see, but Ling Yuan is indeed a good choice. I have thought about it before. Since you want to go, let's submit our resume together."

"Sure." Jiang Xun nodded with a smile, "I researched them a little. Their company now does a lot of foreign trade, so they'll need a lot of translators. Moreover, the salary they're offering is quite high."

Jiang Xun then started discussing with them, and everyone became interested. Therefore they just did what they said. On that same day, they finished their resumes and turned it in together.

Only Duan Qing Chu knew that Jiang Xun had returned to living in the dormitory. When Father Jiang and Mother Jiang asked where Jiang Xun was living, Jiang Xun lied that she was staying outside in a hotel and temporarily didn't want to head home. Just as Father Jiang and Mother Jiang wanted to persuade her to come back, Jiang Xun said she had broken up with Ling Chen and didn't want to see Jiang Ya. Father Jiang and Mother Jiang didn't know what to say. In their eyes, Jiang Xun had always been generous, sensible and never willful. Now she was suddenly acting the opposite, they thought she experienced too much stimulation and didn't dare to continue forcing her.

However once Jiang Xun said she had broken up with Ling Chen, it made Father Jiang and Mother Jiang anxious while Jiang Ya seemed extremely excited after learning about it.

She happily phoned Ling Chen, but Ling Chen didn't answer. Having no other choice, she got her hands on Ling Chen's class schedule and stood outside of the classroom where he was attending to wait for him. She even went to Ling Chen's club to find him and announce she would officially start pursuing him, making Ling Chen feel miserable.

He thought he must have been really brain damaged before to even think Jiang Ya was cute.

Now he was scared whenever he saw Jiang Ya, and missed the understanding Jiang Xun even more.

It was Jiang Xun who understood him the most as well as the most suitable one for himself.

From Jiang Ya's mouth, Ling Chen learned Jiang Xun already hadn't been home for many days. He was very worried about Jiang Xun, but Jiang Xun wouldn't answer his phone. Whenever he called her using a different number, she would hang up as soon as she heard his voice. Ling Chen couldn't even say a word to her, so naturally there was no way to find out where she was staying at.

Because he hasn't seen Jiang Xun for quite a while, Ling Chen's longing for her gradually accumulates as did his affection level.

Whereas Jiang Xun and the other two girls in the dormitory received an interview invitation from Ling Yuan Group at the same time. They were all translation posts, but only Jiang Xun's interview invitation content was different. It appeared much higher-end than the positions everyone else got. The invitation of the other two said they were interviewing for an accompanying translation position, while Jiang Xun's invitation was written as the president's translating assistant.

With the word president, things obviously became different. Everyone ridiculed her because Ling Chen probably pulled some strings for her.

However, Jiang Xun's strength was obvious, so they have nothing to be dissatisfied with. They were only joking because they were happy for her.

On the day of the interview, all three of them put on formal attires and some light makeup before heading to the Ling Yuan Group's office building for the interview.

As soon as they walked into the lobby, they were stopped by the security guard because they didn't have an access card. After they explained they were here for the interview, they were escorted to the front desk. Jiang Xun stayed and waited, while the other two followed the front desk lady upstairs to the Personnel Department. Soon, the president's assistant came down to escort her up.

"Secretary Lin said that once Miss Jiang comes, you can head directly to the President's Office on the 36th floor for the interview."

Jiang Xun calmly nodded her head without revealing any look of surprise. Her appearance was so otherworldly that anyone who saw her would want to glance at her a few more times. Moreover, she didn't look like an interviewee at all. Her professional attire paired with her composed eyes made her appear to have an even stronger aura than the director of the company. Her entire body exuded a unique charm and an extraordinary temperament.

Before long, the president's assistant exited from the elevator. He walked up to Jiang Xun and sized her up. He was amazed by her appearance, "Hello, please come with me."

Jiang Xun smiled faintly, "Okay."

Jiang Xun followed him by elevator to the top floor, which was the President's Office on the 36th floor as the receptionist had said. Since the entire building was structured like a triangle, the space on the top floor wasn't as large as the bottom floor. The entire 36th floor was occupied by the president and was approximately two hundred square meters.

Jiang Xun was taken to an empty waiting room, which was decorated quite elegantly. The temperature of the air conditioner was perfect and there was a pleasant fragrance in the room.

"Please wait here for a while."

"Of course."

After waiting roughly ten minutes, Jiang Xun saw the door being pushed open. Secretary Lin called out to her, "Miss Jiang, President Ling will see you now."

Jiang Xun smiled secretly. Just now, she had been reminded by the system that this waiting room was monitored. Therefore, Ling Kong Leng must have been watching her, trying to punish her for a while before giving her a surprise. He probably thought she would be incredibly shocked.

Then she guess she'll cooperate with him later, so as not to disappoint him.