Mind Reading - Chapter 5.1

Chapter 5 Part 1

To avoid getting stuck in track, Su Tang drove to Zhenghua Company and parked the car early. She called her grandma to report her safety before sitting down in a restaurant called Yonghe Dawang opposite the company and opened the file Shen Yi gave to her.

There was a pile of A4 printing paper inside, the smell of fresh ink filled her nostrils as soon as she opened it. Su Tang took the stack out and blinked at the headnote of the first paper.

A square logo was printed on the top, the same logo on the building opposite her.

It was Huazheng Corporation’s logo, and Huazheng Construction Corporation was a unit under the corporation.

Su Tang quickly flipped through the freshly printed materials, including a few pages of descriptive articles about the company, and a set of engineer reports of the residential area Shen Yi lived in, including the bid document, blueprints and inspection report of such. Whether it was articles or the materials, every header was printed with the company’s logo. The typesetting was all unified as if they were taken out from some sort of volume of files.

Engineer reports were part of the company’s internal information, and no one could search on the internet and print them out, why did Shen Yi have them?

She recalled the slight encouraging smile Shen Yi had on his face when he gave her the file, Su Tang felt anxious; there was no way that he worked under it……

He only admitted that he was a businessman, but he never said what kind of business, and he was definitely a businessman if he worked under the construction company.

Su Tang thought it through, and her first reaction was to pick up her phone and click into the messager page, editing a quick message.

——You work at Huazheng Corporation?

She deleted it before she could press the send button.

What was the meaning of this question now? Asking him for connections?

Su Tang didn’t look down on seeking connections to find jobs. It was their own matter to survive in the society, but she didn’t think that he would take her that seriously with their new friendship that was barely twenty-four hours long.

If he really planned to get her in with his connections, why would he bother to print out so many materials for her late at night?

Su Tang put her phone away and glanced at the tall building opposite her under the not too piercing sunlight. She chugged the warm soy milk and tidied up the messy papers, reading every page seriously from the first page again.

He printed these out for her when he was sick, she wouldn’t let his good intention go to waste no matter what.

Su Tang read while eating breakfast until 8:40 and scanned the last few pages of inspection reports and headed towards the building across the street.

The interview was held at the meeting room on the fifth floor. Su Tang signed in at the entrance and took the elevator. The corridor was filled with people, all men were dressed in suits and ladies were either in a shirt with pants or knee length skirts, her white T-shirt and khaki-colored pants with a file in hand made her look like she was delivering newspapers from the reception office.

Su Tang laughed at herself for already losing the dress code part and found a corner, silently contemplating about her future plans.

Grandma said she was going to make her braised fish for lunch today……

The interview proceeded just like what she anticipated. It was almost half past eleven when she came out and she messaged Shen Yi while waiting for the lift.

——I finished my interview, thank you for the materials. Is it a good time for me to go back to the hospital and give the car back to you?

Su Tang admitted that she missed Shen Yi’s always smiling face after getting bombarded by three cold-faced examiners.

Su Tang waited for a whole two minutes before she received a long reply.

——Traffic is bad at this hour, you are tired and it’s not safe to drive, don’t bother to come. My assistant is at your interview place, her surname is Qin, and she will contact you soon. You can just give her the keys. You can take the subway’s Line Two for the sanatorium, it goes straight to the front. Have a good rest.

Su Tang felt a little dazzled by how careful and considerate he was, she didn’t even bother to think about why his assistant was here. She hesitated for a while and replied honestly.

——I promised I’ll fill the petrol for you, are you gonna let me get away with it?

Shen Yi replied instantly.

——You can do that for me mentally.

Su Tang didn’t argue back but typed and sent a whole screen of “fighting” to him.

Su Tang just sent the message when the lift’s door opened.

It was always crowded when workers headed off to lunch break. She quickly squeezed inside like a sardine in a can as she didn’t know how long she would wait if she missed the ride. She squeezed with the crowd to the first floor and received a message as soon as her phone had a signal again.

——Thanks! Thanks!

Su Tang replied with a short smile.

——What did you send? It’s all censored to star signs.

An unfamiliar number called her phone before Shen Yi’s reply. She guessed it was Shen Yi’s assistant and quickly picked it up. She just held it to her ears and the person on the other side of the phone started speaking before she could.

“Hello? May I ask, is this Miss Su Tang?”