The Empress Wants to Find a Job

Three days later.

"No, no! Still nothing!"

In the living room, Long Yue sat curled up on the sofa with her knees drawn to her chest, staring intently at her phone screen while biting her thumbnail.

Three days had passed since she sent out her resumes. Every day, she had watched her phone with eager anticipation, periodically opening the job-hunting app to see whether she had received any replies.

Over those three days, she had been even more nervous and expectant than when refining pills or artifacts.

Yet after waiting bitterly for three days, she had received nothing at all!

The resumes she had sent out had vanished like stones sinking into the sea, without causing even the slightest ripple.

On the first day, she had been full of confidence and not particularly anxious. She had merely thought that the companies had not seen her resume yet. Gold would shine eventually!

On the second day, she had felt that a monthly salary of ten thousand might still be too high. After looking at the pay listed in other job postings, she had deliberately lowered it to six thousand.

But by the third day, there was still no news at all in her inbox!

Never mind an interview invitation—she had not even received a single opportunity for an online chat!

What was going on? Why was no company responding to her...

Could it be that she, the dignified Supreme Saint Empress and sovereign of the Immortal Realm, could not even find a job in this world...

At that moment, Long Yue could not help sinking into deep self-doubt, growing increasingly anxious and uneasy.

"Empress, what positions did you apply for?"

Seeing Long Yue so dejected, Lin Fan could not help feeling confused.

Even if he had only made up a high school education for her, it should not have resulted in three days of applications without a single response, right?

"This Empress only picked some very ordinary positions."

Long Yue helplessly handed her phone to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan took it, opened her application history, and immediately went speechless.

"Empress, tell this Venerable—do you know how to program?"

"No." Long Yue shook her head.

"Then why did you apply for programmer jobs? Your resume does not list any programming experience. Of course they would not look at it!"

"And this one—do you speak English? Why did you apply to be an English translator?"

"And this! A company is hiring a general manager, and you dared to apply for that too?"

Pointing at the entries in her application history, Lin Fan practically roared as he lectured her.

No wonder she had not received any interview invitations after three days. Every job she had applied for came with high pay and excellent benefits, yet none of them matched her resume at all. Naturally, no one had replied!

Long Yue shrank her neck after being yelled at, but she still muttered indignantly under her breath,

"This Empress may not know how to do those things, but... but this Empress can learn..."

"With this Empress's intelligence and talent, I will learn them in no time!"

Lin Fan: "..."

"Empress, confidence is a good thing, but they will not give you that opportunity. They only want people with experience and work history."

"You need work experience before you can find a job!"

"But if this Empress does not work first, where would I get work experience?"

"So you need to work first!"

"If they refuse to hire this Empress, how am I supposed to work?!"

Lin Fan: "..."

Long Yue: "..."

Lin Fan and Long Yue argued back and forth, but as they kept arguing, both of them fell silent.

Without working, one could not accumulate work experience. Without work experience, companies would not hire them. It seemed to be an unsolvable problem of the century...

"Empress, let's start with something simple first..."

Lin Fan handed the phone back to Long Yue and spoke earnestly.

Long Yue took the phone and lowered her head in disappointment.

"But those jobs pay so little—only three or four thousand a month! And they are all jobs like waiting tables or cleaning..."

No matter what, she was the Empress of the Immortal Realm. She could lower her status to work and earn money, but asking her to serve dishes or sweep floors was truly difficult for her to accept.

Of course, if the pay was high enough, it was not entirely out of the question. But three or four thousand was clearly outside the range she could accept.

Lin Fan understood that well. Even he, a corporate drone in his previous life, had found such jobs hard to accept, let alone her, the Empress of the Immortal Realm.

Having the dignified Empress of the Immortal Realm serve tea and pour water for others really was a waste...

After thinking for a moment, he suggested,

"Empress, there is no photo of you on your resume, right?"

Long Yue glanced at her resume and nodded.

"Mm, there really isn't."

At the time, she had only focused on preparing the resume. She had not considered the photo important, so she had not gone out of her way to take one and add it to her resume.

"Then take a photo later and add it. After that, why not try applying for acting roles in film and television productions?" Lin Fan suggested.

If possible, he truly did not want Long Yue to enter the entertainment industry.

On one hand, Long Yue's identity was special. It would be best to avoid letting her appear in other people's sights as much as possible, lest she draw attention.

On the other hand, the entertainment industry was a murky place. He was worried that this worldly inexperienced Empress might cause some sort of trouble without even realizing it...

But aside from the entertainment industry, he truly could not think of any other suitable work for her at the moment.

Besides, with her looks, he would not find it strange at all even if a talent scout noticed her.

Maybe she would soar to fame because of it...

"Acting..."

Long Yue stroked her chin and considered it seriously for a moment before solemnly nodding.

"Alright! This Empress will give it a try!"

She had watched quite a few movies and television dramas lately, so she had a rough understanding of acting.

If people with acting that poor could go act, why could she not?

Once she made up her mind, Long Yue immediately put on her socks and shoes, preparing to go out and take photos.

"Wait. This Venerable will go with you." Lin Fan followed after her.

"Why are you coming with this Empress? It is only taking a photo. This Empress can do it myself."

Long Yue was puzzled, while Lin Fan changed into his shoes and explained leisurely,

"Since you truly plan to find a job, you will need an identity card eventually."

"Since we are taking photos this time, we might as well get your identity card handled too. Once you have one, you will be a legal citizen. Things like getting a phone card, registering accounts, and traveling around can all be done by yourself."

"Otherwise, having no identity at all in this world will make everything rather troublesome for you."

"Mm... that's true! Alright!"

Long Yue nodded, though a trace of worry inevitably appeared on her face.

"But can this Empress even apply for an identity card?"

During this period, whether she ordered takeout, shopped online, or even used a phone card, everything had been under Lin Fan's name.

She now understood just how important an identity card was in this world. Without one, even traveling could sometimes become troublesome.

But she had crossed over here halfway through her life. Unlike Lin Fan, who had originally been a local of this world and naturally possessed an identity, she had none.

For an undocumented person like her, who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, applying for an identity card would probably be quite difficult.

Lin Fan did not think much of Long Yue's concern.

"It might be difficult for others, but for this Venerable, it is effortless."

"Why?" Long Yue asked curiously.

Lin Fan opened the door, turned back, and smiled confidently.

"Because this Venerable is the Demon Supreme~"