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Yang Hao didn’t really take Xu Xiaodong’s words to heart, to him the other party was at most someone who would call him “Yang.”
He found this address quite endearing actually!
Of course, the main reason was the vast discrepancy between their statuses; there really was no need for Yang Hao to take offense at such an insignificant person.
Seeing Yang Hao respond this way, Xu Xiaodong’s hanging heart was finally put at ease.
If he really offended this big CEO, that would be a loss not worth the gains.
The catching-up Xia Ying first exchanged some pleasantries with Guan Mengmeng, talking about scheduling a meal or something, but eventually she turned the conversation towards Yang Hao, “Yang, I graduated from the Cultural Management program at Capital Normal University, and I’ve been looking for a job recently.”
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“I saw that Jiangcheng Newspaper Group is hiring, and I’m wondering if my qualifications match?”
Xia Ying’s original plan was to talk to Guan Mengmeng about this matter later on.
But after thinking it over, she felt it was better to talk to Yang Hao in person.
After all, a face-to-face encounter always adds a personal touch!
And faced with Xia Ying’s direct job application, Yang Hao laughed and pointed to Wei Zhengyi, who also came out to see him off, “The Group’s HR is managed by Mr. Wei, so you should talk to him about this.”
Yang Hao wasn’t familiar with Xia Ying’s specific situation, so he simply passed the buck to Wei Zhengyi.
“Thank you, Brother Yang.”
Xia Ying was somewhat cunning; Yang hadn’t said whether it was possible or not, but her thanks made it seem as though he had already agreed.
“Mengmeng, that Xia Ying, are you familiar with her?”
After getting into the car, Yang Hao nonchalantly asked.
“We were quite close in high school, but then she went to Capital City for university and our contact dwindled, we haven’t seen each other for a long time before today,” Guan Mengmeng detailed their relationship truthfully.
“In that case, I’ll just let Wei handle it by the book.”
If Xia Ying had been a good friend of his daughter, Meng, Yang Hao wouldn’t mind giving a helping hand, but for an acquaintance, a job interview and the usual procedure would suffice.
After dropping Guan Mengmeng off at her house, Yang Hao made a round at the recently opened hot pot restaurant. Thanks to the opening promotions and the weekend, the business was good, with an occupancy rate of around eighty to ninety percent.
Because the business was booming, the manager Xu Meizhu was quite busy, so Yang Hao didn’t linger in the store and walked back to Star Cloud Bay.
While waiting for the elevator, Yang Hao, breaking convention, encountered a neighbor.
Since there were only eleven households in his building and more than half of them didn’t live there regularly, Yang Hao seldom ran into neighbors during his time living there.
But today he did bump into one.
The person was a tall woman, about the same height as Sun Xinyi, dressed in sportswear with a pale pink peaked cap on her head and her face concealed by a black mask, giving off a mysterious air.
Both entered the elevator together.
Yang Hao pressed the button for the 28th floor.
The fully-equipped woman glanced at the number 28, then subconsciously looked at Yang Hao before pressing 27.
Turns out they were neighbors just a floor apart.
Yang Hao was quite surprised and couldn’t help saying, “I didn’t expect you to live right below me.”
The woman frowned, then rolled her eyes at Yang Hao, “It’s upstairs and downstairs!”
“Uh…”
Yang Hao paused, wondering why the woman rolled her eyes at him.
Did I say something wrong?
Yang Hao silently repeated his words to himself in his mind.
It only then dawned on him that there might have been an ambiguous connotation to his words.
However, even though he hadn’t realized it, the woman seemed to understand instantly.
She must be quite an experienced driver.
Soon, the 27th floor was reached, and the woman strode out of the elevator with purpose.
Watching her leave, Yang Hao felt there was something vaguely familiar about her, but he couldn’t quite place where he had seen her before.
Back home.
The nanny, Jiang Yuqi, was dancing with Xixi.
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These past two days, the little girl learned a new dance at kindergarten, but she wasn’t very good at it, and right now, Jiang Yuqi was giving her a makeup lesson.
“Mrs. Qiqi, did I dance it right just now?”
As he entered the door, Yang Hao heard this sentence.
And then he froze.
Mrs. Qiqi!
What kind of title was that!
His own daughter was calling this young nanny “mom”?
Had she found herself a stepmother behind his back without his old man knowing??
“Daddy, you’re back~”
Just as Yang Hao was feeling puzzled about the “Mrs. Qiqi” title, he saw Xixi, who noticed his return, immediately run towards him with a cheerful smile.
“Xixi, what did you just call Mrs. Qiqi?”
Yang Hao asked as he touched the little girl’s forehead.
“Ah?”
“Daddy, did you hear??”
Xixi opened her little mouth in surprise.
“Yes, I heard.”
“So, Xixi must tell the truth.”
Yang Hao said sternly.
“But that’s a secret between Mrs. Qiqi and me…” Xixi’s chubby little face showed a look of dilemma.
“It can be a secret between you and daddy too.” Yang Hao said.
Xixi pouted her lips, thought hard for a moment, feeling as if daddy made sense, she sneakily glanced at Jiang Yuqi in the living room area and whispered, “Daddy, Mrs. Qiqi promised me that when it’s just the two of us, I can call her Mrs. Qiqi Mom.”
“You have to keep it a secret~”
“Yeah.”
“I will keep the secret!”
Yang Hao nodded, and then solemnly gave his little girl a high five.
“Yang, Manni says she wants to take Xixi out to play, she’ll come by shortly to pick up Xixi.”
Yang Hao, carrying Xixi in his arms, walked into the living room when Jiang Yuqi suddenly spoke up.
As the family’s nanny, usually the one looking after Xixi, she had long since added Xixi’s aunt, Li Manni, on WeChat. Since they were about the same age and shared topics like Xixi and Yang Hao, the two of them were quite active on WeChat.
Therefore, when Li Manni wanted to take Xixi out to play, she would message Jiang Yuqi directly on WeChat. After all, the brother-in-law wouldn’t object, and she would simply inform him after picking up the child.
“Yeah.”
Yang Hao nodded and asked, “Are you going with them?”
“I won’t be going.”
“Today is my sister’s birthday, later I need to go back to the rental place to celebrate with her.”
Jiang Yuqi honestly reported her schedule.
“Today is Director Cai’s birthday?”
“Yes.”
Jiang Yuqi nodded, “We have plans to eat at home, my sister has a cleanliness fixation, she doesn’t like eating outside!”
“That is in line with Director Cai’s style.”
Yang Hao had quite a few dealings with the “acting CEO” Cai Meichen, and he roughly understood her personality.
Her most noticeable trait was her cleanliness fixation; her clothes, shoes, always spotless, not a speck of dust in sight.
Yang Hao had been to her office, which was equally clean. She didn’t even let the janitors clean her office, finding the shared cleaning tools they used unhygienic, so she always cleaned her office herself.
Actually, Yang Hao was quite curious. With someone like Cai Meichen, who had a cleanliness fixation, once she had a boyfriend, would she nag about the thing she considered dirty?