When Xia Zhiyi came out, she found that everyone who was waiting looked over at the same time.
The few people he knew all seemed hesitant to speak, their eyes darting back and forth between him and the slowly closing door behind him.
Xia Zhiyi paused slightly, then smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
After saying that, he looked at the staff members who came out one after the other, and asked, "Is the next person going in?"
The staff member quickly replied, "Yes, yes, the next one is number 23. Is number 23 here?"
One person, holding up number 23, stood up and strode over, shouting, "Here! Here!"
Xia Zhiyi glanced at him; he was a very unfamiliar person, not very old, probably a newcomer.
He smiled and nodded at the visitor, receiving a somewhat nervous response in return, " Teacher Xia."
As they passed each other, Xia Zhiyi caught a faint scent of perfume on the other person, leaving her speechless.
It wasn't that Xia Zhiyi to men wearing perfume; the main issue was that there were quite a few people auditioning, and although the lobby was relatively spacious, it was still an indoor environment and relatively enclosed.
This led to a situation where one person wearing perfume was fine, two people weren't a problem either, but three, four, five, six—at least a dozen people present—had meticulously prepared for today's audition. Whether they applied scented oils to their clothes or sprayed perfume directly on themselves, the fragrance...
The main advantage is the variety of types.
To put it bluntly, the air in this lobby isn't very fresh.
It smells a bit strong.
Especially the longer people stay here, the more... cough.
"How did it go, Teacher Xia?" The first to ask was Zhao Ziwang, who was closest to Xia Zhiyi, and his tone was somewhat teasing.
Xia Zhiyi: "The results won't be available for another three days, I don't know either."
This surprised Zhao Ziwang: "You want three days?"
Xia Zhiyi smiled, "Yes, this is the procedure."
Zhao Ziwang shrugged. "Alright, are you going to leave now or stay and see what happens?"
Xia Zhiyi: " Sister Chen is still waiting for me in the car, so I won't stay here any longer."
The air here isn't very fresh, and the numbers are random. Who knows if Zhao Ziwang will be unlucky enough to be the last one to appear? There's no need to stay and wait for him.
Zhao Ziwang exclaimed "Ah!" without thinking much of it, "Alright, you can go now. If you're free tonight, how about we meet up for dinner?"
Xia Zhiyi: "Okay."
With that, Xia Zhiyi smiled and greeted the other people who had gathered around to inquire about the situation. Without lingering, she left.
Once Xia Zhiyi was out of sight, and having not yet had a chance to ask about the result, he turned to Zhao Ziwang and asked, " Brother Zhao, what did Teacher Xia say to you? He auditioned for so long, has he already been cast?"
The change in how they address each other also shows that Xia Zhiyi still wields considerable influence in this circle, even though he is still young.
As for whether this intimidating power stems from Xia Zhiyi's acting skills or his actual fighting prowess, well, let's not delve into that.
Zhao Ziwang smiled and said, "Guess?"
"Hey, Brother Zhao, stop joking..."
Zhao Ziwang: "Hehe."
Laugh as much as I want, but I won't say anything, hey!
On the other side, Xia Zhiyi went down to the basement parking lot via elevator. When she opened the car door, she saw Xu Chen sitting in the back seat with a business laptop on his lap, a tablet and two mobile phones beside him, busy with something.
Hearing the noise, Xu Chen merely glanced at him and said, "You sit in the passenger seat, I have some things to take care of here."
Clearly, it was the front row that prevented Xu Chen from setting up his position.
Xia Zhiyi glanced at the interface displayed on the tablet, smiled at Xu Chen, closed the car door, went to the front seat, and greeted the driver, " Sister Chen, how long have you been busy?"
Driver: "It started about half an hour ago after I received a phone call. It seems like something happened to Teacher Fu again."
The word "again" is very clever.
If in the past, when Fu Yunyi had so many messy things going on around him, it could be explained by the character settings that the plot had given him, now that Xia Zhiyi and Fu Chi have both confirmed that the so-called plot and fate have really disappeared, Fu Yunyi has caused quite a few troubles in the past three years.
Therefore, the fact that some people have a lot of messy things going on is entirely their own fault.
However, it cannot be said that Fu Yunyi deliberately caused trouble. Either he acted on impulse to uphold justice for others, or he was dragged down by people who were jealous of him.
In the past three years, Xia Zhiyi that Fu Yunyi has not actually caused any trouble of his own volition.
Xia Zhiyi: "There's nothing we can do. Our Teacher Fu can't stand being wronged herself, and she can't bear to see others suffer either."
Therefore, when faced with unfair situations, he would not become an indifferent bystander like others, nor would he accept it as "normal" or "everyone does it this way." If it weren't for the Fu family backing Fu Yunyi, his disrespectful behavior would have been suppressed long ago.
Over the past three years, Fu Chi's company has cooperated deeply with the country and has gained considerable influence both domestically and internationally. After learning that Fu Yunyi is Fu Chi's nephew, apart from those who are still out of their minds and think that Fu Yunyi and Fu Chi are at odds because of their interests, only those who are truly not in their right mind will go after him.
Xu Chen was busy as a bee in the back, and occasionally you could hear him talking to someone. Xia Zhiyi didn't bother him and took out her phone to entertain herself.
[ A Certain Xia Who Wants to Retire: The audition is over. There were quite a few people here today.]
[ A Certain Xia Who Wants to Retire: Your nephew's in trouble again. Sister Chen is so busy she wishes she had ten hands. Remember to have your nephew give Sister Chen her bonus.]
They replied very quickly.
[C: You've worked hard, shall we have lunch together?]
[C: What is it now?]
[C: He told me before that he wanted to give Xu Chen some shares.]
[ A Certain Xia Who Wants to Retire: This is great, is it from Tianhuan?]
[C: Hmm.]
[C: He wouldn't be so stupid as to ask me to share Hangu with Xu Chen.]
[ A Certain Xia Who Wants to Retire: That's true.]
[ A Certain Xia Who Wants to Retire: I made plans to have claypot rice with my sister at noon, but it's quite far from your company, so we won't be going together.]
[ A Certain Xia Who Wants to Retire: If you want some, my sister and I can pack some up and send it over to you after we finish eating. I'm free this afternoon anyway.]
[C: line.]
They've been dating for almost four years. Because of Xia Zhiyi's own reasons, even if Fu Chi initially wanted to keep them together 24/7, he couldn't.
Over time, Fu Chi gradually corrected his inexplicable clinginess, and now the two of them get along almost like an old married couple.