Hidden Moth-Chapter 257 - 141: Roots Still Awaiting Concealment in the Dust

Chapter 257: Chapter 141: Roots Still Awaiting Concealment in the Dust

"After all, it’s just looking at a shop, not like you can make promises about stock options and going public..."

He Kao almost laughed, and Gao Xue’e leaned in, hooking his chin with her finger and said, "Young people nowadays, it’s good enough if they’re not depending on their parents! Let’s talk about something realistic. Her parents want her to come home and work, so her value is reflected in two aspects.

First is the saved expenses from laying off hired help, and second is the additional profit created because family members are more responsible. Have her parents given her these rewards?"

He Kao: "Didn’t I say yesterday, they just give her a bit of pocket money every month, saying it’s to help her save for her dowry, and that they’re afraid she’ll spend money recklessly... Now that this issue has come up, my aunt has even more reason."

Gao Xue’e: "No one else can interfere with this, anyway, I’ve already given my advice."

He Kao: "But Xiaoshan in her current state, it’s not easy for her to find a suitable job."

Gao Xue’e shook her head: "What do you mean by unsuitable? She at least has a degree, isn’t too old, looks quite decent, especially very refreshing.

Replacing her might not give you these innate qualities, and for that, you have to thank your uncle and aunt. After all, genes are given by parents, and they raised her, sent her to school.

She doesn’t even need to go far, just find a big company in Qi Yuan locally, like an Internet technology company; she could apply for a receptionist position!"

He Kao: "A receptionist?"

Gao Xue’e: "What, looking down on that position? She was originally watching a shop in town, right? And let me tell you, positions like this make it easiest to find a partner!

Take our company as an example, a bunch of tech nerds, high education, decent salary, don’t look bad either, just need a good makeover. Some of them might even get stock options when the company goes public in the future.

These guys usually don’t have the opportunity to meet many girls, nor the time to go out and date, just rely on introductions and blind dates from acquaintances.

Across from our building, the Golden Locust Group’s branch, their office takes up just one floor, less than two hundred employees, over a hundred single guys.

They change receptionists every six months on average, getting wooed by these tech nerds. Once I even asked their HR, doesn’t it get tiring? They responded well, saying it’s helping solve life’s problems for the internal employees."

He Kao: "Isn’t that a bit off-topic?"

Gao Xue’e laughed: "Right, it’s a bit off-topic, that’s the next step, but we must first have the first step. Besides, she already has a tech nerd, it’s our project group’s Huang Xiaopang. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Your cousin herself doesn’t even know, he spent fifteen grand to help her solve the problem, what kind of person does that? Even bootlickers wouldn’t lick like that, and Huang Si wasn’t even pursuing her, nor did he ask her for anything!"

He Kao: "You think Xiaopang is foolish?"

Gao Xue’e: "No, I wouldn’t call it foolish, more like carefree. Truly fitting for your old friend, incredibly carefree!

He’s purely helping your cousin, without any strings attached, if you consider such a person a bootlicker, then your aunt’s family is the foolish one."

He Kao diverted the topic: "So you suggest Xiaoshan apply for a receptionist position at the Golden Locust Group’s branch?"

Gao Xue’e: "I’m just using it as an example, providing a line of thought. Given her professional qualifications, a role in our department coming through social recruitment definitely won’t happen; even other departments in our branch probably won’t work.

But we do have some partnership units in Qi Yuan, including affiliated and holding subsidiaries. It’s not that there’s no suitable position for her, there are ways to arrange."

He Kao: "Sounds like you can arrange a new job for her?"

Gao Xue’e: "Not that I can, but if it’s really necessary, the conditions are there. But you can’t actively pursue this kind of matter, otherwise you’re not helping; it might end up creating animosity."

He Kao nodded: "I understand, that’s the logic. But I estimate that Xiaoshan herself will have a hard time making this decision, otherwise she wouldn’t have returned home."

Gao Xue’e spread her hands: "Then there’s no way, you’re not her parents, and she has to choose her own path." As she said this, she leaned her shoulder over, "Xiao Kao, why are you so concerned about this cousin?"

He Kao smiled wryly: "My uncle went to Northeast Kuan Chun for college at eighteen, then settled down there. In Qi Yuan, I don’t have many other close relatives, just this one younger cousin growing up.

Today I’m not asking you to help introduce her to a job, just want you to help analyze the situation. What are my aunt and uncle thinking?"

Gao Xue’e: "Are you including the last time they hid prohibited items at your home?"

He Kao nodded: "That’s right!"

Gao Xue’e reached over, wrapped her arm around his head, ruffled his hair, and said: "It’s not complicated, some people only look at themselves when doing things, only consider the present, don’t think about the bigger picture.

This is essentially a reflexive animalistic response, there’s a term for this situation—anti-intellectual."

He Kao: "Anti-intellectual?"

Gao Xue’e: "Yes, cats and dogs are like this, but humans aren’t, because humans have intelligence. Isn’t our department’s project related to artificial intelligence?

If actions only consider oneself, only look at the present, wouldn’t that be anti-intellectual? So-called anti-intellectual is anti-social, against causal linkages, a regression to animal instinct.

Even ignoring moral factors, this decision-making mechanism seems simple and straightforward but is very low in effectiveness."

He Kao: "The way you speak, it’s really knowledgeable!"

Gao Xue’e deliberately puckered her lips, bragging, "Of course! My thesis topic was related to decision-making mechanism management."

Then her tone shifted, "But often, you shouldn’t try to reason with people who don’t want to be reasoned with. Having such parents can be quite a headache... I’m reminded of my own mom."

He Kao: "Is your mom as fierce as my aunt?"

Gao Xue’e: "Not really, she’s very goal-oriented and weighs things carefully, often considering several steps ahead. She just constantly wants to package me up for a good price."

He Kao: "Oh, what price?"

Gao Xue’e: "What price? No sense! Let me give you an example. Two years ago, she introduced me to the local mayor’s assistant."

He Kao: "That’s a pretty high rank, vice-department level, right?"

Gao Xue’e knocked him: "Vice mayor is vice-department; a mayor’s assistant is half a level lower. He just got promoted to this position, still a main department level, considered reserved for vice-department.

The guy’s wife took their child abroad, supposedly for schooling and adult companion reading, but they don’t plan to return. Based on organizational requirements, he cut ties...

He’s ten years older than me, twice my weight, has chronic health issues. But in my mom’s eyes, certain advantages overshadow these flaws.

Because those flaws don’t affect her directly, but the advantages benefit her, my dad, other relatives—all part of her decision-making mechanism."

He Kao: "Did you fall out with your mom over this?"

Gao Xue’e: "Not to the extent of falling out, I just wasn’t willing. If you’re not willing, then just aren’t. Life isn’t just about one thing, no need to fuss.

What your aunt did surely involves things your cousin doesn’t want; what your cousin does likely includes things your aunt doesn’t want. It’s just like that, they both need to understand the principle."

He Kao: "That’s you, but not everyone can manage this, both resolving it and not falling out."

Gao Xue’e laughed: "What storm hasn’t the old lady been through? Besides, now I’m a cultivator, can’t handle ordinary people?"

That remark seemed both joking and serious; few have as perilous experiences, and indeed she’s practicing Techniques in the Foundation Establishment stage before Entry Level, with the help of Spirit Medicine like Peiyuan Pill.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the sorcerer’s Divine Techniques seem like the legendary Immortal. For instance, when Li Xiuyuan demonstrated the Hidden Moth Gauze’s magical effects, even Tier Three Sorcerer He Kao thought—that was an Immortal’s feat!

After saying this, Gao Xue’e might have felt slightly arrogant, curling over, and softly said, "Those earlier words were spoken lightly; actually, I only recently came to understand many of those principles."

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