"Hello? All right, mm-hmm, I'll tell him. Okay, sorry to trouble you. Thank you." After a round of pleasantries, Ye Chun hung up and sighed helplessly before glaring at Ji Jue. "It's about you again."
"Ah? Who was it?"
"The university."
Ye Chun shrugged.
As a freeloader of the Ye Family and a slacker at the workshop, a disgrace to Professor Ye's educational career and deadweight to Modern Alchemy, she had a job too—though that job mostly consisted of lounging around at home and eating. Once she went out, however, she still had to dress professionally and handle social engagements.
As Ye Xian's assistant.
There were only three people in Tide Sound Workshop. Ye Xian could never be bothered with trivial matters; restocking materials, purchasing supplies, communicating about orders, and replying to messages were all handled by Ye Chun alone.
It had been fine before. After all, her aunt's personality ensured that they would not receive many orders, while the clients behind large orders were usually easy to deal with and didn't care about petty matters.
But after Ji Jue joined them, the workload had increased several times over.
By now, Ye Chun was, in a sense, also Ji Jue's assistant and manager. People who could not find Ji Jue would often follow the trail until they found Ye Chun instead.
The other matters were manageable. She could discuss Association business with its local manager, and as for orders... Ji Jue had only just earned his Craftsman position. What orders could he possibly have?
Most of the time, Ye Chun had been racking her brains to collect junk for him. Their warehouse stock was limited, after all, and it was simply unrealistic to expect Ye Xian's scrap to feed Ji Jue.
Fortunately, Ji Jue was not picky. Good materials worked,