The Empress Lost Her Powers, So I Took Her Home
Chapter 30

Empress Has Never Been to School

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After Lin Fan repeatedly emphasized that Zhou Yan was the financier who lent them money and that he was called over specifically to help her find a job, Long Yue finally gave up the idea of killing and disposing of a body. She calmly sat down on the living room sofa.

As soon as she sat down, Zhou Yan cheerfully called out again:

"Sister-in-law~ You and Lin Fan are so well-matched!"

Long Yue: "…!"

Long Yue's cheeks twitched slightly, and the murderous intent that had finally subsided within her reignited.

Seeing this, Lin Fan quickly held her hand and changed the subject to Zhou Yan:

"By the way, Yanzi, do you have any job openings you can recommend?"

"Oh! You've finally come to your senses and aren't going to write novels anymore?" Zhou Yan asked excitedly.

Lin Fan shook his head.

"You misunderstood. It's not for me, but I want you to help her find a suitable job."

As he spoke, Lin Fan turned his head to look at Long Yue beside him.

Zhou Yan followed his gaze to Long Yue, revealing an "I see" expression. He immediately patted his chest and assured her:

"So it's to find a job for sister-in-law. Don't worry, I have many good job openings to recommend."

Zhou Yan kept calling her "sister-in-law," which angered Long Yue, causing her to clench her fists. However, she still suppressed her anger, constantly telling herself:

"This guy is here specifically to help me find a job, so I can't kill him... at least not yet..."

"Well... Sister-in-law, do you know how to use Office software, like creating tables or summarizing data?" Zhou Yan asked.

"Oh, Office...?"

Long Yue looked blankly, then turned her head to look at Lin Fan dazedly.

She thought she had already understood a lot about this world, but Zhou Yan's first question stumped her.

She had never heard such a sophisticated term...

"Yanzi, she's never used a computer before and doesn't understand these things," Lin Fan explained for Long Yue.

Even now, not many college students could use Office software proficiently, let alone her.

Currently, she had only figured out how to order food and shop online, and she only had a vague understanding of other mobile phone applications. Asking her to use a computer for work was truly asking too much of her.

"Is that so..."

Hearing that Long Yue didn't know how to use a computer, Zhou Yan wasn't particularly surprised.

Indeed, many girls nowadays didn't interact much with computers and were complete novices. Some didn't even touch a computer for the first time until college. He was used to it.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yan seemed to have an idea, his eyes lighting up. He spoke again:

"My uncle's company needs a data manager. Sister-in-law, you just need to be responsible for printing documents, distributing them before meetings, turning on the projector in advance, and preparing for meetings. How about it?"

"Printing documents... projector...?"

Long Yue furrowed her brows and looked at Lin Fan blankly again.

Lin Fan helplessly had to explain to Zhou Yan again:

"Yanzi, it's not just computers; she's completely clueless about other electronic devices. She only recently learned to watch TV and use a mobile phone..."

"Are there any simpler jobs?"

"Huh...?"

Zhou Yan looked at Long Yue with surprise and disbelief.

It was the 21st century, and even children knew how to play with mobile phones. Were there still people who had just learned to watch TV and use a mobile phone?

What kind of primitive life had Sister-in-law lived before!

Looking at her, she was a standard oriental beauty, and she spoke Chinese. She didn't look like someone who had illegally immigrated from some remote corner of the African continent...

Not understanding electronic devices meant saying goodbye to many relatively easy office jobs. But since he was introducing a job to his sister-in-law, he certainly couldn't find work that was too demanding.

Zhou Yan frowned in thought, then seemed to have an idea and asked:

"Then, Sister-in-law, is your handwriting beautiful?"

"Sometimes my mother can't handle the workload alone, and she needs someone to help her write documents. The requirements aren't high; beautiful handwriting is enough."

"I can do that!"

Long Yue's eyes lit up. She excitedly found a pen and white paper in the living room and skillfully began to write.

After waiting for so long, she had finally been asked about something she was good at!

Zhou Yan leaned in, his face full of anticipation.

However, as Long Yue's characters appeared on the paper stroke by stroke, his expectant expression turned into astonishment.

It wasn't that her handwriting was bad; quite the opposite. Her writing was delicate and lively, as elegant as flying dragons and dancing phoenixes. But the problem was... the characters didn't look like Chinese characters!

As a university student, he couldn't understand a single character!

"How is it~?"

Long Yue held up the writing on the paper high for everyone to see, her face full of confidence.

She wouldn't dare say anything about other things, but she was full of confidence in her own handwriting.

As the Empress of the Extreme Saint Heavenly Palace, she often had to review official documents, so writing was no problem for her at all.

Everyone in the Immortal Realm who had seen her handwriting praised it without exception!

Zhou Yan leaned closer to examine it repeatedly and carefully, then awkwardly pointed to the characters on the paper.

"Uh... Sister-in-law, your handwriting is quite beautiful, but I can't understand what you've written. What is this script?"

"It looks like it has traces of Chinese characters, but it's not quite right. What kind of font is this?"

"Immortal Script~!"

Long Yue lifted her chin and puffed out her chest, her expression proud.

Immortal Script initially borrowed from ancient Chinese characters used by mortals. Over time, it gradually incorporated the unique characteristics of the immortal race and evolved into the script of the Immortal Realm, hence its name.

Immortal Script resembles ancient Chinese characters but is more intricate and complex. Ordinary mortals cannot write it, and it was specifically designed to highlight the noble status of the immortal race.

"Immortal Script...?"

Zhou Yan looked utterly bewildered, at a loss for words for a moment.

He had seen various fonts like Kai, Song, and Li scripts since he was a child, but this was the first time he had ever heard of Immortal Script...

Lin Fan sighed softly, wearing an expression of "I knew this would happen."

He had heard long ago that the Immortal Realm had a unique Immortal Script system. Long Yue was born and raised in the Immortal Realm, so naturally, she only learned Immortal Script.

She had only been on Blue Star for a month, and her understanding of this world could be described as infantile.

Even her recent learning of Pinyin was based on the Xinhua Dictionary he bought her. Currently, typing required her to slowly input each Pinyin syllable, taking a long time. How could she possibly write documents...

"Yanzi, actually, your sister-in-law has never been to school and isn't very good at writing. She's still in the beginner stages..."

Lin Fan leaned close to Zhou Yan's ear and explained in a helpless whisper.

"Huh??"

Zhou Yan's expression was one of shock again. He looked at Long Yue as if she were some rare specimen.

Not only was his sister-in-law clueless about electronic devices, but she had also never attended school!?

He had always thought that the phrase "a fish that slipped through the net of nine-year compulsory education" online was just a joke from some silly netizens. He never imagined it could be true...

And that person was his sister-in-law...

Having never attended school and being completely unfamiliar with electronic products, what kind of work could she possibly do...?

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