Chapter 135 - 102: Flower Sea VS Flower Sea Showdown

Chapter 135: Chapter 102: Flower Sea VS Flower Sea Showdown

Seeing how enthusiastic Lin Yan was, Fu Yao felt even more embarrassed and quickly changed the subject. "Auntie, I’m here to pick up work uniforms for the new employees!"

’Actually, I could probably explain things right now.’

’After all, given his current situation, it doesn’t seem like Uncle needs me to act as his cover anymore.’ But for some inexplicable reason, she felt she ought to be a person who keeps her promises. Since she had already agreed to help him, she decided not to explain.

Lin Yan sounded displeased when she heard this. "Honestly, Lin... How could he make his own girlfriend work when you come to visit the farm? I’ll have a word with him later!"

Fu Yao quickly replied, "Auntie, I’m the one who wanted a part-time internship. It has nothing to do with Uncle. Please don’t say anything to him!"

"Oh, is that so? Alright then!" Lin Yan nodded, liking the young woman more and more.

’Before, I felt she was obviously much younger than my son, and I was worried he wouldn’t be able to keep her. But things are different now. With the farm doing so well, what girl could he possibly not win over?’

Lin Mengyao, who was standing to the side, was dumbfounded.

She was putting the pieces together.

Especially after hearing Fu Yao say "Uncle."

’This logistics auntie is actually President Zhang’s mom?’

’And Fu Yao’s boyfriend is President Zhang.’

’No wonder...’

For a moment, Lin Mengyao’s mind was filled with this Eight Trigrams.

As they left after collecting the uniforms, she looked at Fu Yao with an envious gaze.

This girl was only a senior in high school, yet she had already achieved the ultimate dream for women like them: finding a boyfriend who was young, handsome, talented, and rich.

’President Zhang is young, isn’t he? And very handsome.’

’President Zhang must have talent; otherwise, how could he have created Li Yuan Farm?’

’And he’s definitely rich, that goes without saying. He’s the boss of Li Yuan Farm. How could he not have money?’

’Should I be a little nicer to this girl from now on? Maybe even try to get on her good side?’

"Mengyao, what’s wrong?"

"Oh, it’s nothing. Fu Yao, would you like some afternoon tea? I can order some for you."

After collecting the new work uniforms, Lin Mengyao and Fu Yao notified the new hires to come and pick them up, then instructed them to report to the farm early the next morning for training.

Although she had no experience in this area, she knew she had to clearly explain the farm’s operations and project details to the new employees. She had to make them memorize it all so they wouldn’t be completely clueless when questioned by tourists.

Afterward, she would also need to arrange for them to shadow veteran employees for a while to learn the fundamentals of serving tourists. That way, once the new project was ready, they could be transferred over directly.

Lin Mengyao breathed a sigh of relief once all this was done.

Even though she’d landed the Human Resources Supervisor position right after joining, this round of hiring had been anything but easy.

Then, she remembered something and sent her sister a WeChat message: "Sis, I’ve got some news. I don’t think you have a chance anymore!"

"What do you mean, no chance?" Lin Mengxi replied, adding a question mark emoji. ℴ

"Didn’t you say you were interested in President Zhang?"

"Being interested doesn’t mean I’m going to do anything about it. I’m not the type of woman to throw herself at a man."

"And that’s why you don’t have a chance! President Zhang has a girlfriend—it’s Fu Yao. That girl has even met his mother. His family already approves!"

"No wonder!"

Lin Mengxi’s surprised reply was just two words.

She had thought before that Boss Zhang was overly nice to a high school girl.

So that was the reason.

With such a large age gap between them, she hadn’t considered that possibility before.

But considering Boss Zhang’s status, it wasn’t surprising that he would date someone much younger.

After all, many men were already looking for partners in kindergarten, so to speak.

"Sis, did you already know?" Lin Mengyao asked.

Lin Mengxi replied, "Boss Zhang had Fu Yao draw up the design plans for a project worth tens of millions, and they’ve already started construction based on them. Do you think that’s possible without some kind of special relationship?"

"When you put it that way, it does sound kind of romantic." Lin Mengyao found it rather incredible.

"You only see the romance. You don’t see that all the outstanding men our age are being snatched up by girls who are so much younger. We’re becoming less and less competitive in the eyes of exceptional men our age. All the good ones are going for younger women!"

...

Lin Mengyao was instantly crestfallen.

’And here I am, still single.’

’Is this why that talented upperclassman I had a crush on never responded when I expressed my feelings?’

’Then there’s my other cousin. She’s 30, works a stable government job, and has ridiculously high standards. She insists on finding someone her age who makes 300,000 a year.’

’But in a small county town, is it even possible for a 30-year-old man earning 300,000 a year to still be single?’

’Even if he is single, a guy making 300,000 a year wouldn’t have any trouble finding a woman who’s several years younger!’

...

「Time passed.」

A day went by in the blink of an eye.

After a full day of training the new hires, Lin Mengyao spent the next morning arranging for them to shadow veteran employees to get used to their roles at the farm. Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.

Zhang Lin, however, had gone into the county seat early that morning.

This was the morning of the Liu County Bamboo Product Quality Guidance Summit.

Zhao Han had sent him an invitation the day before yesterday, so of course, he had to attend.

The summit was held in the same conference room as the last business meeting.

When Zhang Lin walked into the conference room, it was already filled with people.

As You City was known as the "Hometown of Mao Bamboo," there were quite a lot of people in the bamboo products business.

To his surprise, he saw a familiar face. He immediately spotted Huang Tao huddled together with another man, chatting about something.

Seeing his only acquaintance there, he walked over.

"Holy shit, Zhang Lin!" Huang Tao turned and saw him, his face a mask of surprise.

"Huang Tao, when did you start getting into bamboo products?" Zhang Lin asked in surprise.