Adored by Him: My Blissful Days as the Girl Next Door-Chapter 379 - 378 Temporary Holiday Job

As the final exams were approaching, Zhao Meimei adamantly refused to move back to the school dormitory for late-night study sessions.

Shi Yang saw her going out early and coming back late every day, looking exhausted, and advised her, "It’s just two weeks until the exams. Why don’t you move back to the dormitory?"

Zhao Meimei looked up from her textbook and refused without hesitation, "No! I’m reviewing at home."

In the study room, there was only one study table, the two sat shoulder to shoulder, with Zhao Meimei occupying half of it with her books and exercises, and Shi Yang occupying the other half with a laptop, tapping away and flipping through the winter window display designs sent from headquarters.

Shi Yang shifted his gaze from the computer to her, "Why not?"

Zhao Meimei leaned over, rested her head on Shi Yang’s shoulder, and kissed his chin with her head tilted back, "Because I don’t want to be separated from you. If I go to school and live in the dormitory, I won’t be able to see you."

Shi Yang couldn’t help but speak affectionately, "You can’t bear to part with me, huh?"

Zhao Meimei nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I really can’t. I just want to be with you every minute."

Shi Yang lowered his head and kissed her forehead, "Good girl, alright, hurry up and memorize the questions. I’ll go make some milk later."

Zhao Meimei acted spoiled, "Sticking to you, I can’t get up."

Shi Yang laughed, "Am I glue? Touch me and you get stuck."

Zhao Meimei raised her head, wrapped her arms around Shi Yang’s neck, "You’re not glue, you’re a magnetic field. When I touch you, I’m drawn to you and can’t be pulled away."

Shi Yang said in a hoarse voice, "Really? Then kiss me, let me see if your lips stick too."

The two of them leaned in toward each other and gave a loud kiss.

Every night curled up together, even simple conversations meant happiness and bliss for Zhao Meimei and Shi Yang.

A few days after the final exams ended, Zhao Meimei received a call from Peng Hui while she was helping her mom organize returned goods in the warehouse.

Zhao Meimei pressed the answer key, and Peng Hui’s voice came through immediately, "Hey, Meimei, what are you up to?"

Zhao Meimei sat directly on a pile of packaging bags and stretched her legs, saying, "Helping organize goods in the warehouse."

Peng Hui: "Tired?"

Zhao Meimei straightened up, "Not really, what do you need?"

"Oh, I do have something. Meimei, you know the foreign language school on Yidao Street, right?" Peng Hui asked.

Zhao Meimei: "Yes, I know. What’s up?"

Peng Hui said, "They’re hiring teachers right now. I’m thinking of going there for a try. Will you go with me?"

Zhao Meimei was stunned, "Is it reliable? What’s the offer? Our vacation is only two months, we can’t work for long."

Peng Hui hurriedly said, "Of course it’s reliable. My sister and I happened to pass by their place while shopping, and there was a recruitment ad at the school gate. It’s for holiday tutoring teachers, temporary ones. Our major is foreign languages, it matches perfectly. Let’s give it a try—if it works, great; if not, no big deal. Come with me, we’ll have each other’s company."

Zhao Meimei thought about it, and since she was free during the holiday, going to a foreign language school for an early experience sounded nice, so she agreed gladly.

Zhao Meimei didn’t tell her family, or even Shi Yang, about wanting to work during the holiday, mainly because she was afraid of failing the interview and getting embarrassed if she mentioned it beforehand.

On the interview day, quite a few people came. When Zhao Meimei and Peng Hui went in for their interviews, they were called in one after the other. When Peng Hui came out, Zhao Meimei quickly asked, "How did it go?"

Peng Hui looked excited and thrilled, "They said I’ve been hired and told me not to leave yet."

When Zhao Meimei heard that Peng Hui got selected, she wasn’t that nervous anymore.

The staff responsible for the interview asked detailed questions. After knowing Zhao Meimei’s school and major, they inquired about her usual professional course scores, and chatted a bit in a foreign language, then handed Zhao Meimei some materials to read and translate directly.

Zhao Meimei had two sentences that weren’t translated accurately; she thought she’d be eliminated for sure. But the interview staff handed her a form, asked her to fill it out, and notified her that she’d been hired, telling her to wait outside.

After the actual interviews were over, a total of twenty people were left.

The staff organized them into the meeting room to explain in detail the specific salary and class fees: a one-week internship with fifty yuan per day, and after officially joining, elementary grades 1-3 tutoring class was eight yuan per session, and grades 3-6 tutoring class was ten yuan per session.

Peng Hui whispered to Zhao Meimei, "Damn, teaching only third to sixth grades all day for five sessions is just fifty yuan, only fifteen hundred a month, less than what a salesperson makes. No wonder the hiring requirements are so low. Believe me, not many will want to stay after this!" 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Zhao Meimei didn’t mind; hearing they’d really pay, possibly even as much as fifteen hundred, her eyes lit up, her mind silently exploded with fireworks, and her slender eyes twinkled with radiant excitement. If she could really earn this money, it’d be her first major income.

Once the staff finished detailing the salary and benefits, a portion of the interviewees immediately voiced that the wage was too low and the working hours too long, the effort not matching the reward, and began backing out.

As predicted, by the time it came to paying the deposit and getting the teaching materials, including Zhao Meimei and Peng Hui, only eight people remained.

Leaving the school, Peng Hui complained, "The pay is too low. I could stand all day here but might as well find a temporary sales job or hand out flyers for commission."

Zhao Meimei linked her arm with hers, "You were the one who dragged me to the interview, now that we’re in, you want to run? I’m telling you, no way! You have to stay with me! I also think it’s a valuable opportunity. We haven’t even received our university diplomas. Where else would hire us as interns? Consider it practice. After graduation, when we really look for internships, we might not even get paid and have to pay out of our own pockets."

During the first internship week, the school assigned specific teachers to mentor the interns, one teacher per internship student.

Zhao Meimei was with a young female teacher in her thirties named Liu Wenjing, who had delicate brows and smiling eyes, always appearing warm and friendly to everyone,

Peng Hui privately said to Zhao Meimei, "Look at your Teacher Liu, she’s so nice, with a kind and approachable look, unlike our Old Xu, who maintains a stern face from morning to night, never showing a smile. I’ve spent three days with her and haven’t taught a single class."

Initially, Zhao Meimei felt fortunate too, but after working with Liu Wenjing for two days, she found out that Liu Wenjing was actually a classic two-faced person.