Xiao Qi asked the butler to drive her directly to the Jinghai Canal Grand Hotel.
Li Weijin's family had a driver, but the butler was the most reliable, so she asked the butler to take her.
When the butler heard that the little girl was going to a hotel, he felt a little worried about letting a young girl go to a hotel.
He subtly tried to find out from Xiao Qi why she was going to the hotel.
Actually, he could have just asked directly. Xiao Qi answered directly.
Xiao Qi felt that the butler was especially talkative and intimate today, like her own grandfather. She didn't have any memories of her grandfather since he passed away when she was very young, but she imagined her grandfather would be like this.
With Xiao Qi's frankness, the butler only had to ask her a few questions before she readily told him all about her family background.
"My dad makes bamboo crafts. Recently his bamboo weaving skills were selected as a representative work of China's intangible cultural heritage. Now there is a bamboo craft exhibition hall next to the city museum displaying my dad's works, and my dad also sells some crafts there. My mom helps with the work."
"My dad has three brothers and three sisters. My dad is the oldest."
"My mom has two sisters and lots of brothers."
"It was very difficult for my dad. He is lame so he can't do farm work."
"My mom has an outspoken personality and is very good at arguing. No one can out-argue her, she's amazing."
"I'm going to do this auction house internship out of curiosity since I've never done it before. I want to see what it's like and I can earn money too."
"I want to use my prize money to buy houses, I want to buy lots and lots of houses."
Xiao Qi didn't even realize why she was babbling on and telling the butler all this information about herself for no reason.
Other than the incomprehensible system, she basically told him everything.
The butler still had a benevolent expression, listening attentively and occasionally nodding, very serious, which made Xiao Qi want to keep talking...
The butler even asked her what she thought about young master Li Weijin.
Xiao Qi was about to reply when she realized they had already arrived at the Jinghai Canal Grand Hotel...
After getting out of the car, Xiao Qi felt confused.
What was the butler's surname?
She didn't know anything about him, yet she had babbled on as if she was hypnotized and told him everything.
This butler was too amazing.
The next time Xiao Qi sees the butler, she should act like yesterday and not say a word, keep her mouth shut, get in the car and start studying... Society is so scary. She felt like she still had a long way to go to improve herself.
Xiao Qi arrived at the Jinghai Canal Grand Hotel and saw a McDonald's nearby. She decided to go to McDonald's to get some lunch. Although it was a bit oily, among fast food chains, McDonald's and KFC were the most reliable. With her strong sense of smell she wouldn't feel uncomfortable either, and the ingredients were relatively fresh, it was just too oily.
After eating a meal for two combo, Xiao Qi had planned to sit in McDonald's for a while to read her book while waiting for the meeting time. But this McDonald's was too crowded with constant streams of people coming and going. Xiao Qi didn't feel right hogging a seat either.
She went straight to the hotel instead.
As soon as she entered the hotel, she felt the cool breeze.
It was very spacious and dim inside.
The overall décor gave a sense of black glass.
Looking from afar, there was a huge flower bouquet in the middle, which stood out brightly against the surrounding darkness.
When she walked closer, she realized it was a large tree made up of iPads, with several iPads hanging from each branch. The screens were all brightly lit, uniformly cycling through images, so from a distance it looked like a glowing tree.
The first thing that caught her eye when she entered was this tree. She unconsciously walked closer, not knowing where the elevators were. This didn't look like a typical hotel lobby.
Xiao Qi asked a server, who pointed her in the direction of the elevators.
She followed the direction the server pointed. First she saw a bronze horse sculpture, much taller than a person, very majestic. It was in its own room, a lone horse, looking rather lonely but also cool. Only then did she see the elevator hall.
Surprisingly, the front desk of the Jinghai Canal Grand Hotel was on the 16th floor. Xiao Qi had stayed at hotels twice before and remembered hotel front desks usually had nice sofas to sit on.
When she arrived on the 16th floor, the environment was really good, ten times better than McDonald's.
Facing the window, she could even see the sea. The view was great.
Xiao Qi ordered a lemon water and found a corner sofa to sit down. There was still more than an hour before the meeting time, so she could take a nap and read her book.
After dropping off the girl, the butler went back. He felt the girl who could become a Fortune's daughter-in-law was still a bit simple and innocent, and needed more training. Compared to her, his young master was good and would definitely not casually talk about family matters to outsiders.
It was a pity he didn't have enough time, otherwise he could have found out whether the girl liked his young master or not.
But it was normal for the girl to be innocent and naive at her age. It would be strange if she wasn't.
The worldly-wise butler went back to report the situation to his young master.
Coincidentally, Madam Gao Cuihua was talking to the young master. The butler stood properly to the side waiting.
"Dear, let's go to the auction together this afternoon. See if there's anything you like."
"I'm not going."
Butler: "Cough cough cough cough cough..."
Li Weijin was a bit surprised to see the butler suddenly coughing loudly beside him.
"Butler Bao, do you have a cold?" Gao Cuihua asked strangely.
"Madam, I don't have a cold. Young master, I sent Miss Xiao Qi to the Jinghai Canal Grand Hotel. She has an auction house internship this afternoon."
Gao Cuihua immediately laughed loudly, "If you don't want to go just don't go. Stay home and study in the afternoon. Mom will go by herself. Auction activities are very boring, and I don't want to disturb your study."
Li Weijin: ...
"I'll go."
After lunch,
Gao Cuihua had a nice nap, then woke up to put on a facial mask and make herself up carefully. She was meeting friends at the auction and had to dress up since women cared a lot about face. Although she was rich, she was often looked down upon as tacky.
Gao Cuihua didn't mind though. The more others looked down on her, the more dazzling she would make herself up. I'm tacky, I'm rich, so what.
After making herself up, Gao Cuihua went downstairs and saw her son dressed neatly in a black suit and blue shirt, looking extremely handsome.
Tsk tsk, it was only because of his good looks that Gao Cuihua didn't regret not having a daughter.
Ah, too handsome! He would definitely give them great face when bringing him out. Usually her son was reluctant to go out.
Xiao Qi arrived at the 26th floor at the scheduled meeting time. Quite a lot of people had arrived, all pretty young girls dressed nicely. The pay for this internship was not low, 600 yuan for an afternoon, but it wasn't frequent either. The requirements were high too, asking for good temperament and minimum height of 165 cm.
Xiao Qi just met the minimum height requirement at 166 cm.
A woman wearing a cheongsam came and called the 12 girls to line up.
The girl next to Xiao Qi was taller, probably around 170 cm. She had makeup on and said she was from the management school. She asked which school Xiao Qi was from. Xiao Qi said Enhua.
Upon hearing Enhua, the girl exclaimed loudly, "Your aristocratic Enhua school also comes for internships ah!"
Many people looked over curiously. Then she covered her mouth, pretending to be embarrassed... Xiao Qi found her more seasoned than her classmate Chu Yu, whose tricks were rather amateur. Chu Yu would also speak loudly and then act embarrassed and delicate.
The girl asked Xiao Qi a bunch of questions. Having just experienced the butler's smooth attempt at probing into her background, Xiao Qi had finally learned her lesson this time. Facing such direct questions, she just smiled without revealing anything.
The woman in the cheongsam sized them up, rejected three of them, and directly told them to leave.
Showing her authority right off the bat, it gave off quite an authoritative feeling, and the giggling young girls instantly quieted down.
"I already said there are height requirements. Wearing such high high heels to barely reach five foot four or five foot five, makeup can rescue your face, but I can't save this height. My surname is Wang, just call me Sister Wang."
After she finished speaking, she looked them up and down again, stopping in front of Xiao Qi.
"Such exquisite facial features, but you look too young. How old are you? Over 16 years old?"
Xiao Qi stood up straight, feeling very awkward being asked this, would she also be told to leave? Still, she looked straight at the other party and answered, "I'm seventeen and a half, I'll turn eighteen at the end of the year."
"Tsk tsk, so young. Later give her some makeup to look more mature." Sister Wang said to a female staff member next to her.
Xiao Qi asked the butler to drive her directly to the Jinghai Canal Grand Hotel.
Li Weijin's family had a driver, but the butler was the most reliable, so she asked the butler to take her.
When the butler heard that the little girl was going to a hotel, he felt a little worried about letting a young girl go to a hotel.
He subtly tried to find out from Xiao Qi why she was going to the hotel.
Actually, he could have just asked directly. Xiao Qi answered directly.
Xiao Qi felt that the butler was especially talkative and intimate today, like her own grandfather. She didn't have any memories of her grandfather since he passed away when she was very young, but she imagined her grandfather would be like this.
With Xiao Qi's frankness, the butler only had to ask her a few questions before she readily told him all about her family background.
"My dad makes bamboo crafts. Recently his bamboo weaving skills were selected as a representative work of China's intangible cultural heritage. Now there is a bamboo craft exhibition hall next to the city museum displaying my dad's works, and my dad also sells some crafts there. My mom helps with the work."
"My dad has three brothers and three sisters. My dad is the oldest."
"My mom has two sisters and lots of brothers."
"It was very difficult for my dad. He is lame so he can't do farm work."
"My mom has an outspoken personality and is very good at arguing. No one can out-argue her, she's amazing."
"I'm going to do this auction house internship out of curiosity since I've never done it before. I want to see what it's like and I can earn money too."
"I want to use my prize money to buy houses, I want to buy lots and lots of houses."
Xiao Qi didn't even realize why she was babbling on and telling the butler all this information about herself for no reason.
Other than the incomprehensible system, she basically told him everything.
The butler still had a benevolent expression, listening attentively and occasionally nodding, very serious, which made Xiao Qi want to keep talking...
The butler even asked her what she thought about young master Li Weijin.
Xiao Qi was about to reply when she realized they had already arrived at the Jinghai Canal Grand Hotel...
After getting out of the car, Xiao Qi felt confused.
What was the butler's surname?
She didn't know anything about him, yet she had babbled on as if she was hypnotized and told him everything.
This butler was too amazing.
The next time Xiao Qi sees the butler, she should act like yesterday and not say a word, keep her mouth shut, get in the car and start studying... Society is so scary. She felt like she still had a long way to go to improve herself.
Xiao Qi arrived at the Jinghai Canal Grand Hotel and saw a McDonald's nearby. She decided to go to McDonald's to get some lunch. Although it was a bit oily, among fast food chains, McDonald's and KFC were the most reliable. With her strong sense of smell she wouldn't feel uncomfortable either, and the ingredients were relatively fresh, it was just too oily.
After eating a meal for two combo, Xiao Qi had planned to sit in McDonald's for a while to read her book while waiting for the meeting time. But this McDonald's was too crowded with constant streams of people coming and going. Xiao Qi didn't feel right hogging a seat either.
She went straight to the hotel instead.
As soon as she entered the hotel, she felt the cool breeze.
It was very spacious and dim inside.
The overall décor gave a sense of black glass.
Looking from afar, there was a huge flower bouquet in the middle, which stood out brightly against the surrounding darkness.
When she walked closer, she realized it was a large tree made up of iPads, with several iPads hanging from each branch. The screens were all brightly lit, uniformly cycling through images, so from a distance it looked like a glowing tree.
The first thing that caught her eye when she entered was this tree. She unconsciously walked closer, not knowing where the elevators were. This didn't look like a typical hotel lobby.
Xiao Qi asked a server, who pointed her in the direction of the elevators.
She followed the direction the server pointed. First she saw a bronze horse sculpture, much taller than a person, very majestic. It was in its own room, a lone horse, looking rather lonely but also cool. Only then did she see the elevator hall.
Surprisingly, the front desk of the Jinghai Canal Grand Hotel was on the 16th floor. Xiao Qi had stayed at hotels twice before and remembered hotel front desks usually had nice sofas to sit on.
When she arrived on the 16th floor, the environment was really good, ten times better than McDonald's.
Facing the window, she could even see the sea. The view was great.
Xiao Qi ordered a lemon water and found a corner sofa to sit down. There was still more than an hour before the meeting time, so she could take a nap and read her book.
After dropping off the girl, the butler went back. He felt the girl who could become a Fortune's daughter-in-law was still a bit simple and innocent, and needed more training. Compared to her, his young master was good and would definitely not casually talk about family matters to outsiders.
It was a pity he didn't have enough time, otherwise he could have found out whether the girl liked his young master or not.
But it was normal for the girl to be innocent and naive at her age. It would be strange if she wasn't.
The worldly-wise butler went back to report the situation to his young master.
Coincidentally, Madam Gao Cuihua was talking to the young master. The butler stood properly to the side waiting.
"Dear, let's go to the auction together this afternoon. See if there's anything you like."
"I'm not going."
Butler: "Cough cough cough cough cough..."
Li Weijin was a bit surprised to see the butler suddenly coughing loudly beside him.
"Butler Bao, do you have a cold?" Gao Cuihua asked strangely.
"Madam, I don't have a cold. Young master, I sent Miss Xiao Qi to the Jinghai Canal Grand Hotel. She has an auction house internship this afternoon."
Gao Cuihua immediately laughed loudly, "If you don't want to go just don't go. Stay home and study in the afternoon. Mom will go by herself. Auction activities are very boring, and I don't want to disturb your study."
Li Weijin: ...
"I'll go."
After lunch,
Gao Cuihua had a nice nap, then woke up to put on a facial mask and make herself up carefully. She was meeting friends at the auction and had to dress up since women cared a lot about face. Although she was rich, she was often looked down upon as tacky.
Gao Cuihua didn't mind though. The more others looked down on her, the more dazzling she would make herself up. I'm tacky, I'm rich, so what.
After making herself up, Gao Cuihua went downstairs and saw her son dressed neatly in a black suit and blue shirt, looking extremely handsome.
Tsk tsk, it was only because of his good looks that Gao Cuihua didn't regret not having a daughter.
Ah, too handsome! He would definitely give them great face when bringing him out. Usually her son was reluctant to go out.
Xiao Qi arrived at the 26th floor at the scheduled meeting time. Quite a lot of people had arrived, all pretty young girls dressed nicely. The pay for this internship was not low, 600 yuan for an afternoon, but it wasn't frequent either. The requirements were high too, asking for good temperament and minimum height of 165 cm.
Xiao Qi just met the minimum height requirement at 166 cm.
A woman wearing a cheongsam came and called the 12 girls to line up.
The girl next to Xiao Qi was taller, probably around 170 cm. She had makeup on and said she was from the management school. She asked which school Xiao Qi was from. Xiao Qi said Enhua.
Upon hearing Enhua, the girl exclaimed loudly, "Your aristocratic Enhua school also comes for internships ah!"
Many people looked over curiously. Then she covered her mouth, pretending to be embarrassed... Xiao Qi found her more seasoned than her classmate Chu Yu, whose tricks were rather amateur. Chu Yu would also speak loudly and then act embarrassed and delicate.
The girl asked Xiao Qi a bunch of questions. Having just experienced the butler's smooth attempt at probing into her background, Xiao Qi had finally learned her lesson this time. Facing such direct questions, she just smiled without revealing anything.
The woman in the cheongsam sized them up, rejected three of them, and directly told them to leave.
Showing her authority right off the bat, it gave off quite an authoritative feeling, and the giggling young girls instantly quieted down.
"I already said there are height requirements. Wearing such high high heels to barely reach five foot four or five foot five, makeup can rescue your face, but I can't save this height. My surname is Wang, just call me Sister Wang."
After she finished speaking, she looked them up and down again, stopping in front of Xiao Qi.
"Such exquisite facial features, but you look too young. How old are you? Over 16 years old?"
Xiao Qi stood up straight, feeling very awkward being asked this, would she also be told to leave? Still, she looked straight at the other party and answered, "I'm seventeen and a half, I'll turn eighteen at the end of the year."
"Tsk tsk, so young. Later give her some makeup to look more mature." Sister Wang said to a female staff member next to her.
