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Chapter 1219 Something's Wrong With Him

When the three returned from the city, they had already asked the class monitor and the other two to prepare food in the studio. The class monitor and the other two girls were classmates with Lao Zhao, and now that the class monitor and Director Wang were together, they naturally integrated into their dormitory group, so they naturally had to be there.

As a studio employee, He Xiaoyue is naturally included in the same list, and Liu Ruyan, as Lin Mo's girlfriend, is also required to attend today.

Now that Lin Mo is dating someone, he naturally wants to introduce Liu Ruyan to his best friend.

As for Miss Yuan, she came on her own initiative. Moreover, she had long admired Old Zhao, having even eaten his stewed goose in an iron pot in Harbin last year. Naturally, she wanted to meet him.

However, Old Zhao's appearance was quite different from what she had imagined. After all, Old Zhao had become rather thin and emaciated. You must know that Old Zhao used to be a muscular, burly man from Northeast China.

"Come on, welcome back to school, everyone! Let's have a drink!"

The Sichuan girl raised a glass of beer and smiled, looking very happy.

Even Lin Mo, who doesn't like drinking, switched to beer and clinked glasses in response.

Liu Ruyan also drinks beer. Emperor Ruyan's alcohol tolerance is enough to drink a round trip with everyone present combined, so Lin Mo has never been worried.

As for the class monitor, He Xiaoyue, and Miss Yuan, they drank beverages. The class monitor and He Xiaoyue don't drink alcohol, and Miss Yuan simply doesn't like drinking alcohol.

No one has ever been able to force her to do anything she doesn't like, not even Old Zhao who came today, not even the King of Heaven himself.

With the clinking of glasses, everyone drank their wine in one gulp.

"Eat up, eat up, don't be shy, we're all family. Oh, right, squad leader, get Old Zhao some noodles," Lin Mo said.

After saying that, the squad leader stood up, then brought over a bowl of noodles and placed it in front of Old Zhao, saying with a smile, "Here you go, dumplings before getting on the train and noodles upon getting off. This is your staple food for today, to bring good luck!"

Looking at the large bowl of noodles in front of him, Old Zhao was momentarily dazed, then quickly picked up the bowl, took a big bite, and gave a thumbs up: "Hmm~ these noodles are good. I thought they were dried noodles or instant noodles, but this looks like hand-pulled noodles."

"Knowing you're from the Northeast, how could I possibly make you noodles? This was made by the squad leader himself. His cooking skills have improved a lot lately; haven't you seen how he's fattened up Director Wang?" Lin Mo said with a smile.

As roommates, they naturally knew some of the habits and ways of thinking of people from Northeast China. For some reason, people from Northeast China extremely dislike eating noodles. If someone eats noodles, it's probably because that family is going through a tough time and is in dire financial straits.

If there were any other option, Northeasterners would never eat dried noodles. Some would even rather go hungry for a meal or two than eat them. On the contrary, hand-pulled noodles are considered the highest grade of noodles in the eyes of Northeasterners.

Unless you're really close, you wouldn't go out of your way to cook a bowl of hand-pulled noodles for someone; you could just go out and find a restaurant and get it done.

"That's right, the squad leader is currently learning cooking from Lao Mo, and his skills are top-notch," Director Wang said proudly.

Old Zhao nodded in agreement, saying enviously, "I never thought you'd get hooked, you deserve to die!"

The familiar recipe, the familiar taste. Liu Ruyan and Miss Yuan exchanged a glance. Sure enough, they came from the same dormitory, and even their tone of voice was similar.

"What's so great about me? Old Mo, he went out for an internship and managed to win over the boss of the company where he interned. Now he's living off her. He's the one who deserves to die!" Director Wang laughed.

Upon hearing this, Old Zhao looked up at Liu Ruyan, then at Lin Mo, thought about Lin Mo's previous behavior, and nodded firmly: "That makes sense!!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan covered her mouth and chuckled, clearly pleased.

"Old Zhao, this is Sister Yuan. She used to be Lao Mo's colleague, and now she's our studio's big spender. From now on, you can call her Sister Yuan, and she'll take care of you," Chuanmei said quickly, afraid of neglecting her big spender.

Upon hearing this, Old Zhao quickly raised his glass: "Hello, Sister Yuan. It's our first meeting. I'll drink this first as a sign of respect. Please take good care of me!"

Upon seeing this, Miss Yuan immediately raised her chin, then raised her glass to clink with his and smiled, "Of course!"

After ten minutes of eating and a few drinks, everyone started chatting casually.

"Old Zhao, how many days are you planning to stay here this time?" Lin Mo asked.

Old Zhao: "After we finish taking graduation photos on the 5th, let's grab a bite and then leave!"

Sichuan girl: "Why are you leaving? Your lousy job has ruined you. Look how skinny you are. Why suffer all that injustice outside? Don't leave. Stay here with your buddies."

By the way, what do you do for work again? I knew you seemed to be in Liaoning Province!

Hearing this, Old Zhao rolled his eyes at him and said, "You don't even know what my job is, and you expect me to work for you?"

"You must be doing really well at your job, kid?" Director Wang asked, somewhat surprised.

Old Zhao shook his head: "No, he's just a programmer at an ordinary company, similar to Lao Mo's previous job, and the salary is average!"

"Then what are you talking about? Hurry up and send a message to your boss saying that your salary isn't enough to make me work my ass off for you. Let's be brothers, together we can conquer the world!"

"Now that you're here, I'll give you 20% of the profits from Wangcai's account. That way, the five of us will each get 20%, and your salary will be the same as Squad Leader Wang's. It's settled then!" Chuanmei said. Miss Yuan didn't want the share of Wangcai's account, nor did Lin Mo. Squad Leader Wang and He Xiaoyue would each get 20%, and because they needed Li Shiya to attract traffic, Chuanmei would get 40%. Now that Lao Zhao was back, giving him 20% would ensure that the income of the squad leader and others wouldn't decrease, and everyone's income would be the same—it was perfect.

It has to be said that the Sichuan girl is quite generous. You know, there are countless people who fall out with their friends over money these days, but she is willing to share a portion of her profits just to keep her friends by her side.

It's possible that, apart from the few people present, no one else could persuade him to share his profits.

Even Lin Mo nodded in agreement, thinking it was indeed a pretty good idea. Besides, Lao Zhao was also a computer science major, so working at the studio would be a good fit for his major.

The class monitor and He Xiaoyue adapted quickly, so Director Wang should be no less capable.

"Let's talk about it later, there's no rush. We have to wait until we pass the defense first!" Old Zhao didn't refuse on the spot, but instead laughed it off.

Since his current job and income make it impossible for him to refuse such a well-paying job offer, it's better to skip this topic.

Because Lin Mo had drunk the brain-boosting liquid and his IQ had improved, he vaguely sensed something from the side, but he wasn't sure. So he said, "You're not reluctant to leave your girlfriend, are you? Why don't you have her come back with you? One more person won't make a difference. If Chuanzi can't make room here, I'm not short of space. I have a restaurant and a hotel. I can find room for one more person anywhere."

As for accommodation, don't worry about it with Sister Yuan here; after all, we're all under her protection!

"I love hearing what you're saying, Mozi. Don't worry, just call me Sister Yuan, and I definitely won't let you suffer any losses. The two-bedroom apartments that the squad leader and Director Wang have, I'll arrange one for you to live in in this neighborhood, absolutely no problem!" Miss Yuan patted her flat chest and assured her.

It has to be said that the flat-chested loli is both rich and generous in terms of finances, and equally generous in terms of her figure, as if she's afraid others won't know that she's patting her chest.

Take Liu Ruyan, Zhao Yun, and class monitor He Xiaoyue for example. They rarely pat their chests, especially Ms. Zhao Yun, who is so wealthy that it's quite a sight when she's being generous.

"Hey, that's not how it is, okay, okay, I'll think about it. This isn't something I can decide on my own, I have to discuss it with her, right?" Old Zhao said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, everyone skipped the topic and immediately turned to asking Old Zhao about his experiences over the past year.

According to Lao Zhao, his life has been quite uneventful over the past year. After going out for an internship last year, he has been going to get off work and coming home every day. When he finally gets a holiday, he stays at home to rest and rarely goes out to play.

He even gave up gaming because of the heavy workload. It wasn't that he didn't want to contact them, but he really didn't have the energy.

The job was neither good nor bad; the salary was enough to get by, but there was no way to save any money. Compared to them, life was as mundane as could be.

Lin Mo listened and realized that if it weren't for a series of coincidences, they might not be doing as well as Lao Zhao now, except for Chuan Mei.

After all, the girl from Sichuan comes from a well-off family, and before they returned to school in their senior year, this guy already had hundreds of thousands of followers. In this era of self-media, hundreds of thousands of followers are enough for him to make a living.

But apart from the girl from Sichuan, the rest of them thinking they could find a decent job based on their university majors was simply wishful thinking.

Otherwise, when the four of them returned to the dormitory today, many classmates would have jokingly asked if Chuanmei's studio needed more staff.

It's not easy to find a job these days, especially one with a good income.

As for Lin Mo and the other two, they didn't hold back either, and recounted their experiences, from their internships to returning to school, and finally to the present.

The story of the Sichuan girl is the most interesting. Although Lin Mo's story is much better than the Sichuan girl's, it is not on social media. He only talked about how he became friends with Sister Yuan during his internship, worked together to become the department manager, and then turned the boss into his girlfriend.

Wang Chu's experience was the simplest, mainly focusing on how he got together with the class monitor. Of course, because the class monitor was there, Lin Mo and Chuan Mei tacitly avoided mentioning the nine Holy Grails.

The meal lasted until 9 p.m., and everyone was very happy.

"Alright, you guys go back now. I'm heading back to my dorm. See you tomorrow!"

At the back gate of the school, Old Zhao casually waved his hand and said.

"Okay, let's have breakfast together tomorrow morning. I'm doing my morning exercise now!" Lin Mo invited.

Old Zhao shook his head at this: "Forget it, I don't do morning exercises anymore, I'm exhausted. I'd better sleep a little longer!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and turned to leave. Seeing this, everyone could only turn around and walk towards the residential area.

Soon, everyone went upstairs. After Lin Mo went upstairs and closed the living room door, Liu Ruyan took off her shoes and said in a deep voice, "Little brother, pay more attention to your classmate these days. He's acting a bit strange!"

Lin Mo: ? ? ?

"Keep an eye on Lao Zhao?"

Liu Ruyan nodded: "Yes, although he seems fine, I always get the feeling that he has a lot on his mind. He's not a relaxed person!"

Lin Mo:

(End of this chapter)