Chapter 1117
They were classmates, and Xu Shengnan was her senior.
Even if they were to give money, the Xu family did not have much money initially, and it was unsuitable to give money. It was more appropriate to give homegrown products.
Qiao Nan hurried to reject her kind intentions. “It turned out that you called me here to pass this to me? Vice President Xu, are you kidding? Since when have I been a great help to you? Don’t associate Gao Yan’s incident with me. I can’t take credit for it. He is a businessman. All businessmen are cunning. Since he hires you, it must be that you have talents. It has nothing to do with me.”
From her experience in two lifetimes, she could tell that Vice President Xu was a talent.
In particular, Gao Yan’s company was a new venture and it was still at the start-up stage. It was especially difficult and challenging at this stage.
A company would need at least two to three years for business to pick up.
When students graduated from the university, they would usually set their sights high. They were more interested to join those established companies with a proven track record instead of smaller start-up companies.
Nobody could guarantee that the start-up company would last and prosper and thrive, becoming the rising star.
Not many people would be willing to take the risk and even fewer people would be able to take the hardship.
Vice President Xu was different. She was able to keep the new English club going despite it being new and without any funds. She was determined to persist until the end and make it a success.
This proved that Vice President Xu had determination, could endure hardships, and had sharp business acumen.
To be honest, it was Gao Yan who stood to gain to have Vice President Xu as his employee.
During the internship, Vice President Xu was practically free labor for Gao Yan.
Every boss would welcome talented free labor. No matter how she looked at it, Gao Yan had more to gain.
But the two of them each took what one needed. Vice President Xu stood to gain as well.
“Vice President Xu, you seem to be in high spirits. Does it mean that you think highly of Gao Yan’s company? I remember that it is just a start-up company. Why do you have such confidence in him?” Qiao Nan blinked, feeling puzzled.
Xu Shengnan scratched her head. “It’s hard to say. Perhaps it’s because Senior Gao had been in the limelight when he was in school. He always succeeded in whatever he did. Therefore, when I heard that he was starting his business, all of us felt that he would never fail. Whoever works with him will live in the lap of luxury eventually. I am not afraid of taking hardships. If given the opportunity, I will definitely prove to everyone that I have made the right decision!”
Qiao Nan nodded. “It’s good that you know what you are doing. You must remember that it is because of your ability that Gao Yan asked you to do an internship at his company. It has nothing to do with me. I can’t accept these foodstuffs. You must have said nonsense in front of your parents to cause this misunderstanding.”
She did not do anything, so how could she possibly be so shameless as to take their local products?
“Stop it. I know very well if I have been basking in your glory or not. Take them. If not, I will be angry!” Xu Shengnan refused to budge. She would not accept Qiao Nan’s rejection. “Don’t worry. Nobody will say anything if you are seen with these foodstuffs. If you really take over my position, you should be ‘bribing’ me. Instead, I am the one who gave you gifts. They won’t be able to say anything about it.”
Xu Shengnan thought that Qiao Nan rejected her gifts because she was mindful of the election.
Qiao Nan refused to accept the gifts while Xu Shengnan insisted on giving them to her.
In the end, Xu Shengnan behaved like an Amazon, carrying all the things with her. She followed right after Qiao Nan, intending to go all the way to Qiao Nan’s house to leave the foodstuffs at her place.
“My goodness! Qiao Nan, not only have you turned prettier after the Lunar New Year, but you struck it rich as well. There is even a car to fetch you.” Xu Shengnan widened her eyes as a Land Rover stopped right in front of Qiao Nan. “Is this the elder that was mentioned in the thread?”
The relationship between Qiao Nan and the elder must be very good.
“Qiao Nan, who is this? Why did she carry so many things with her? Aren’t you going to make the introductions?” Zhai Hua rolled down the window, looking curiously at Xu Shengnan. “Don’t tell me you bought all of them?” The strong smell of local products drifted toward her.
Xu Shengnan looked at Qiao Nan with a puzzled look on her face. She heard that Qiao Nan was from Ping Cheng and her family was not doing well.
Since when did Qiao Nan, who came from a humble background, know so many well-to-do people?
If Qiao Nan did not tell Xu Shengnan that she almost ended up quitting school, Xu Shengnan would suspect that Qiao Nan’s profile in school was fabricated. She must be the daughter of a rich family and she pretended to be a countryside girl to fool them.
“This is my sister, Sister Zhai Hua. This is Xu Shengnan, my senior, and she is a third-year student. She takes great care of me in school.”
“I see. She indeed takes great care of you.” She could tell that the third-year student took great care of Qiao Nan. “You are such a friendly senior. Hello, are you so helpful to all of your juniors?”
If so, even if the Xu family had lots of money, their daughter would have splurged all their money.
“Of course not.” Xu Shengnan rebutted. Her family was not rich and they were not spendthrifts. Besides, she was not friendly to every single junior.
Since Qiao Nan addressed the person as her sister and Qiao Nan seemed very close to the person, Xu Shengnan stifled her anger and did not flare up. “I am close to Qiao Nan and she has been a great help to me. Therefore, I’m giving her these foodstuffs to show my gratitude. Since you are Qiao Nan’s family, I will leave them in your car.”
Actually, Xu Shengnan was tired from carrying all the foodstuffs.
Since Zhai Hua had a car, Xu Shengnan could finally be relieved of the heavy load. She dumped all the foodstuffs in the car before she patted Qiao Nan on the shoulder and said smilingly, “Qiao Nan, I will go back first. If there’s a chance, we might see each other in class tomorrow.”
Xu Shengnan was gone in a second, and she had put all the foodstuffs in the car. Qiao Nan was not in time to stop her. She could only watch helplessly as Xu Shengnan took off as fast as a rabbit.
Zhai Hua waited until Qiao Nan got onto the car before she asked out of curiosity, “Your senior is such a friendly and cordial person. What did you help her with?”
It was obvious that the senior did not know her identity and she believed that Qiao Nan would not tell everyone in the school about the Zhai family.
Therefore, it must be because of Qiao Nan that the senior was so nice to her. At times, Zhai Hua had to hand it to Qiao Nan.
Why was she so popular everywhere she went?
Qiao Nan had better interpersonal relations than many people.
“This is a beautiful misunderstanding. It has nothing to do with me.” Qiao Nan told Zhai Hua about Gao Yan. “I feel that it is because of Vice President Xu’s ability to endure hardship that Gao Yan selected her for the internship.”