fantasy novels Chapter 610: Room and Board Included?
Chapter 610: Room and Board Included?
Cao Mingxin followed Xia Xiaomin into the boss’s office and immediately sensed something was off.
Especially Candy, why was she sneaking glances at him?
"Boss, Director Cao is here."
"Mm."
Hearing the boss just respond with a nonchalant "mm," Cao Mingxin inexplicably felt anxious.
In those brief three seconds, Cao Mingxin reviewed his performance over the past year and found no issues, not even with the accounts, which he had double-checked with Zero many times without any problems.
As for embezzlement, there was absolutely none. At Candy Technology, embezzlement was a grave offense, especially for someone in the finance department.
After a while, Mo Jingchun put down his mouse and slowly looked up.
First, he glanced at Cao Mingxin, whose forehead was already sweating, then he took a peek at Candy, who was sitting on the sofa with her big eyes intently watching.
As their eyes met, Candy blinked and smiled cheekily.
Anyway, it had nothing to do with her. What kind of bad intentions could a little kid have? She was just following orders.
"Bo... Boss..."
Hearing this, Mo Jingchun touched his face, puzzled, and took out a small mirror.
"Fair and tender, where do I look old?"
Not only Cao Mingxin, but even Xia Xiaomin couldn’t stand it.
Though she didn’t know what was going on, if the boss wanted to, even stepping into the office with the left foot first was a mistake. Speaking of which, she seemed to have stepped in with her left foot first when she entered earlier.
The small mirror was taken by Candy to play with. Mo Jingchun knew he probably wouldn’t get it back.
"Sigh~"
With Mo Jingchun’s sigh, Cao Mingxin felt even less confident.
"Old Cao..."
"Boss, please go ahead."
"Did you look at the fifty yuan that Candy gave you?"
What? Cao Mingxin’s eyes widened, and for a moment, he couldn’t process it.
"From your expression, I guess you didn’t realize it was a counterfeit bill."
Hearing this, Cao Mingxin was utterly dumbfounded.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
Besides question marks, there were only more question marks in his mind.
"Alright, stop looking like a bullied little wife."
"I’m not going to do anything to you."
Even now, Cao Mingxin didn’t understand what was going on with the boss.
Seeing Cao Mingxin’s silent face, Mo Jingchun cheerfully said, "I’m planning to spend money to send you for further training. Your deputy will temporarily take over your position as director. What do you think?"
Feeling down, Cao Mingxin thought to himself, how can I refuse?
"Boss, where to?"
"Of course, to the best place for learning. Otherwise, what’s the point of me spending money?" Mo Jingchun said in surprise. In fact, Mo Jingchun had this idea since the first half of last year, but it’s been delayed until now due to various matters.
Where’s the best place to learn finance? Of course, it’s the place with room and board! Anyone involved in finance knows that the top figures who apply knowledge the best are all staying there.
Imagining going to such a place for training, Cao Mingxin’s face turned pale.
People often joked about going to prison for further education, but that was just talk.
Cao Mingxin’s reaction, on the other hand, left Mo Jingchun bewildered.
I’m just asking you to study, is it really worth such a big reaction?
"What are you thinking? I’m just suggesting you take a year’s course at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. What’s got you so scared?" Mo Jingchun raised an eyebrow.
"Boss, you’re talking about Shanghai University of Finance and Economics?"
"What else would I mean?"
Cao Mingxin gave an embarrassed smile, looking much more assured.
"I thought you meant the kind of place with room and board."
Mo Jingchun’s face twitched as he earnestly advised, "Old Cao, listen to me, watch fewer TV dramas."
After Cao Mingxin left, Candy promptly handed over ten yuan.
Touching the still ink-scented ten-dollar bill, Mo Jingchun looked at Candy and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Big Brother, how about I treat you to milk tea?"
"Not a chance." Mo Jingchun discreetly tucked the ten yuan into his pocket. Though milk tea is delicious, one shouldn’t indulge. For a growing child, even drinking it once a month is a bit much.
In the next second, Candy, grinning, snatched the ten yuan back from her brother’s pocket. If he won’t let her drink milk tea, how can he expect to take her money? There’s no such good deal in the world.
Mo Jingchun wasn’t annoyed at all.
What good is money if you’re hungry but can’t buy milk tea? In this small patch of land, he truly calls the shots.
Without his permission, one couldn’t even leave the park, let alone buy milk tea.
Obviously, Candy could understand this, otherwise, she wouldn’t have tried to "bribe" her brother. After being rejected, she looked a bit downcast.
"Put on your backpack; it’s time to go home."
"Okay, smelly brother."
"Little Grey, help me carry my backpack."
On the other side, returning to the finance department, Cao Mingxin intended to find Ya, but upon entering, he found the entire finance department was empty.
Deciding to criticize Ya the next day, Cao Mingxin sat down and noticed a note and the counterfeit bill under his thermos cup.
"Cao, this is a counterfeit bill, which you must already know."
He wondered why everyone had left today, not a single person around, and realized they must all have known about the counterfeit bill.
Studying the counterfeit bill closely, he really couldn’t tell it was fake at first glance.
Beep beep beep~
Darn, it really is a counterfeit bill.
When he got home, Mo Jingchun went straight to the kitchen to cook, while Candy immediately tore open the box her sister Xia gave her.
Inside were first-grade textbooks, books she had hugged all the way from the office to home.
Chinese, Math, English...
Full of curiosity, Candy opened the math textbook and felt a little disappointed.
What, the material was the same stuff she had learned in kindergarten.
Soon, Candy was captivated by the little stories in the Chinese textbook.
Unbeknownst to her, time flew by.
When Candy looked up again, it was because of the alluring aroma of braised pork on the table.
"Wash your hands for dinner, braised pork isn’t tasty if it’s cold."
"Mm-hmm." Nodding, Candy put down the textbook and dashed to the bathroom.
When she returned to the table after washing her hands, her brother had already served her rice.
"Wow! Big Brother, your braised pork is even tastier now."
"Really?" Mo Jingchun was delighted.
It’s not that his cooking skills had improved; it was mostly due to different ingredients.
The taste difference between farm-raised pigs and home-raised pigs was astronomical.
"Woof woof woof~"
Looking down at Little Grey, Candy said, "I know, I know, I won’t forget you."
"Meow~"
Just as Candy was about to agree, Mo Jingchun intervened.
"Bun can’t have any."
"Already quite chubby, more braised pork will lead to high blood pressure."
Hearing this, Candy blinked and helplessly looked at Bun.
"Bun, you heard him, brother won’t allow it."