Ch114.2 – Phone Call

At this moment, someone called Zhou Sheng. Yu Hao’s heart jolted, but Zhou Sheng hung up right after he picked it up. He said, “I’ll give Junjun Jie a call?”

Yu Hao said, “Don’t, she’s busy.”

“Tell me the truth,” Zhou Sheng said, “Did it fall through?”

“No.” Yu Hao said, “Just let me wait for awhile longer……”

Zhou Sheng said, “I’ll call her and ask.”

“It’s not like she’s obligated to find an internship for me,” Yu Hao said, “What are you going to say to her? Helping us would be a favour, but it would be reasonable for her not to. It’s not like she owes us.”

“That’s true.” Zhou Sheng said, “I’m very grateful towards her, but if it doesn’t work out we’ll have to think of other ways too ah.”

“What other ways are there?” Yu Hao asked, “Aren’t I sending out my resume too?”

“So that is the case?” Zhou Sheng said, “Why didn’t you say so sooner?”

Yu Hao, “I didn’t want to! You were annoyed in the first place! What use would there be in saying it?”

Zhou Sheng, “You think I’m annoying?”

Yu Hao, “I’m not saying that you’re annoying, what I meant was that you already feel plenty annoyed!”

They finally quarrelled. Yu Hao and Zhou Sheng had been trying their best to restrain themselves over the matter regarding their internships, but it still broke out in the end. However, Fu Liqun just happened to come back, and he was panting like a husky that was suffering from heatstroke. He went straight to the refrigerator to get a drink, while Yu Hao and Zhou Sheng acted as if nobody else was present as they sat down and quarrelled. Fu Liqun suddenly said, “It’s so hot outside that my tongue’s falling out.”

Silence suddenly fell. When Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao heard that, their faces turned taut as they tried to withhold their laughter, but Yu Hao still burst out laughing in the end, and Zhou Sheng just sighed helplessly.

“I’ve been hammered.” Zhou Sheng suddenly said.

Yu Hao, “It’s really difficult to find a job in the first place……”

“Hammered by you.” Zhou Sheng said earnestly, “Why didn’t you tell me?”

Yu Hao said, “I just……okay, it’s my problem. I was wrong.”

“I’m so tired.” Fu Liqun sat on the ground in front of the refrigerator with his long legs stretched out, “Young Master, Young Madam, we’re going crazy from a serious shortage of staff. I’m serious about asking both of you for help. Would it be okay if we paid you salaries?”

Yu Hao said, “I’ve finished the leaflets for you, Gege, you can do it.”

Zhou Sheng didn’t say anything anymore. At this moment, Yu Hao knew that Zhou Sheng was seriously considering his proposal.

Yet in the end, he still said, “No, let’s not all get tied onto the same boat.”

“Okay then.” Fu Liqun was somewhat dispirited, “I’ll go distribute leaflets by myself on the streets tomorrow……”

Yu Hao said, “I’ll distribute them with you. It’s Saturday tomorrow, it’s not like I have anything else to do anyway.”

Fu Liqun, “I’ll pay you guys daily.”

Zhou Sheng said, “Ai, I haven’t promised you……” Just as he was speaking, Zhou Sheng’s phone rang again. Zhou Sheng picked it up, and the other side was still asking about loans. Zhou Sheng said impatiently, “Come come, I have 3,000 leaflets to distribute for a gym here, if you help me distribute them I’ll ask you for a loan……”

“What the hell is this?!” Zhou Sheng said, “Gege are you nuts? How can this leaflet be read?”

Fu Liqun said, “The brand needs to be highlighted……could these words be turned into a kind of rainbow black colour?”

Yu Hao blew up too. “Make one for me to see?”

Fu Liqun, “It’s the kind where the black words can reflect light, and reflect the colours of the rainbow……”

Yu Hao was on the verge of vomiting blood from creating this leaflet. Party A’s requests had effectively alleviated the couple’s mood to quarrel, and they instead focused their efforts on attacking Fu Liqun’s aesthetic sense. In the meantime, Zhou Sheng’s phone rang countless times, and he brutally hung up on all of them. In the end, Fu Liqun said, “Young Master, look at your phone? What if it’s a call for an interview?”

Zhou Sheng picked it up, “I don’t want a loan……Yu Hao? If you’re looking for Yu Hao why are you calling me?”

Yu Hao was alert at once and mouthed, “Who?”

It was a stranger’s number. Zhou Sheng gave him one side of his earphones, a man’s voice rang out from the other end.

“……phone number? You don’t need to care about how I know it.” That man said, “Could you ask him if he’ll be free at 3pm tomorrow? I have a flight at 6pm.”

Zhou Sheng said, “Why are you looking for him?” As he spoke, he tossed Yu Hao a glance to ask, “you know him?” Yu Hao had never heard that voice before, so he shook his head. Why didn’t he call Yu Hao’s number instead?

Zhou Sheng was still talking to the man, while on the other side, Fu Liqun had picked up Yu Hao’s phone and was waving it at him. The caller was “Old White-Eyed Wolf”.

Yu Hao, “……”

Yu Hao’s contacts on his phone was connected to Zhou Sheng’s, and the contact name Zhou Sheng input for Zhou Laichun was that name. Yu Hao returned the earphone to Zhou Sheng and let him talk by himself, while he picked up Zhou Laichun’s call.

“Hi Daddy.” Yu Hao said calmly.

Yu Hao knew that Zhou Laichun was a hoodlum now, and the only way to deal with a hoodlum was to be even more of a hoodlum than him.

Zhou Laichun, “Yu Hao, let me ask you, did you use your own email to send Zhou Sheng’s resume to Tian Jia?”

Yu Hao thought, it can’t be ba, news have already travelled that quickly? On the other side, Zhou Sheng had already finished talking to the mysterious man and hung up. He looked at Yu Hao. Yu Hao turned his phone on loudspeaker, in any case it wasn’t as if Fu Liqun was an outsider.

“……Tian Jia’s boss just had tea with me. Director Fu knows that Zhou Sheng is my son.” Zhou Laichun said, “What about this, just ask Zhou Sheng to come intern at Yun Lai Chun ba, stop sending out resumes anymore. Otherwise, they might think that I’m sending him out to steal the business secrets of my competitors, and I’ll never be able to explain it clearly.”

Zhou Sheng interrupted, “I’ll take note to avoid the food and beverage industry. I won’t go calling on any food and beverage businesses in this city to avoid imposing on you.”

Fu Liqun tactfully got up to avoid this topic. Zhou Laichun continued, “Is that fun?”

“None of your business.” Zhou Sheng mocked.

Yu Hao indicated with his gaze to ask Zhou Sheng to have a proper talk with his father. This was another matter altogether; ever since coming out, this was the first conversation on the phone Zhou Laichun has had with his son.

“If you really want to make decisions for yourself in your life,” Zhou Laichun said, “Then prove yourself with your own abilities ba. I’ve already said this much, how much more do you want me to give in? I’ve already sent your resume to the Chief Financial Officer, you can report to the company whenever you want next week. You know where the company is, I’m hanging up now.”

The call ended, and silence fell upon the dining table.

Yu Hao was about to speak when Zhou Sheng said, “At first, my idea was to send both our resumes to Beijing or Shanghai together. Whoever found a company to intern at first could rent a place there beforehand, then the other would go over and slowly try to find an internship there too.”

Yu Hao was stunned. Zhou Sheng continued helplessly, “The only reason I decided to stay in this city was because you said that Junjun Jie had already arranged everything for you. Wherever we are would be home, isn’t that right? The reason I’m not helping Gege is because of this too. After the gym starts up, but you get upset working in this city and want to go someplace else, I would then be able to leave with you at any time, right?”

Yu Hao remained silent as he didn’t say anything, and just looked at the tablecloth on the table.

Zhou Sheng was less irritated now. He took a bottle of coke and opened the drawer. There was a pack of cigarettes inside that Xia Lei had brought over. He took a cigarette and said, “If we can’t find one in this city then so be it. The world is so vast, we can go wherever we want; Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Shenzhou, it’s not like it would stump us. Just take a bag and go. As long as we’re together, there’s nothing we can’t overcome. Since it fell through on Junjun Jie’s side, you should have said so sooner, and we could have just sent our resumes elsewhere! You’re gonna be the death of me now!”

Zhou Sheng lit up the cigarette. Fu Liqun changed into another set of clothes and came out, and when he saw Zhou Sheng admonishing Yu Hao, he didn’t dare interrupt. “I’ll go print the leaflets, don’t wait up for me for dinner tonight.”

Zhou Sheng looked at Yu Hao. Yu Hao nodded, then Zhou Sheng patted his thigh and moved back a little to make some space in front of him, to indicate for him to sit there. Fu Liqun left, then Yu Hao shifted over. Zhou Sheng hugged Yu Hao, and the two of them began surfing the Internet to look at recruitment information at other places.

“Oh right.” Yu Hao suddenly remembered and asked, “What did that guy say?”

“He said that he got to know you from a friend.” Zhou Sheng said, “He’s working on a project and asked if you would be willing to have a chat.”

“That’s fine.” Yu Hao said immediately, “When’s the appointment?”

“Tomorrow at 3pm, Annvita Teahouse.” Zhou Sheng said, “He said that you could go if you want to, and he’d wait until 4pm before leaving.”

Yu Hao asked, “What’s the project?”

Zhou Sheng shrugged. “Don’t go, he doesn’t sound like a good guy.”

Yu Hao initially suspected that it was Xiao Yujun who had called him, but Xiao Yujun wouldn’t have given Zhou Sheng a call. And it doesn’t sound like someone from the media industry either……

“I want to go.” Yu Hao said.

“So you must insist on opposing me.” Zhou Sheng said while he both cried and laughed.

Yu Hao looked at Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng said, “What! Want to fight again?”

Yu Hao leaned over and kissed him on his lips. Zhou Sheng’s anger dissipated at once, and he tried his best to control his lips from curving upwards. “Okay then, I’ll accompany you.”

Yu Hao asked, “What about your internship?

Zhou Sheng said, “I’ll continue sending resumes out. Choose a place, Beijing ba.”

Yu Hao thought that was fine too, so he sent resumes out to more than a dozen companies in Beijing, including those in the new media and food and beverage industry.

The next day, their house was full of leaflets. Fu Liqun and Xia Lei were dividing them up. Yu Hao took a stack of 400 leaflets and said, “I’ll be in charge of Baiyang Road, you don’t need to worry about that.”

Fu Liqun requested for him to introduce the gym as well when distributing the leaflets, and it would be best if he could get their contact numbers for ease of getting in touch with them again. It was Yu Hao’s first time distributing such difficult leaflets, and the weather was really hot too. Zhou Sheng was afraid that he would get heatstroke and asked him to rest in the teahouse, but Yu Hao insisted on going everywhere to distribute the leaflets.

“Be careful of getting heatstroke.” Zhou Sheng said, “What are you working so hard for? Could you just go in and take a break?”

“It’s our own business ah!” Yu Hao said, “Our money!”

“The other party would be dumb if they actually left you their contact information!” Zhou Sheng said, “When Gege said that I wanted to tell him that it was impossible!”

Yu Hao said, “In any case I have to try, stop scolding me! I’m becoming dumb from all your scolding!”

Zhou Sheng said, “It’s too hot! I just can’t bear seeing you like this!”

Under the hot sun, the two of them almost started quarrelling again. Just as Yu Hao was standing there feeling gloomy, a boy with a camera slung around his neck dressed in a T-shirt, beach shorts, and AJ slippers walked over. “Don’t fight don’t fight, Babe, Gege will leave you my contact information.”

Yu Hao, “……”

Zhou Sheng, “……”

Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao looked at the guy together. Yu Hao sensed danger, but fortunately Zhou Sheng didn’t act up. That guy left his phone number and even threw Yu Hao an enigmatic smile and made eyes at him. “You can call me at any time.” Then he made a ‘calling’ gesture before pushing open the door to the tea house and went in.

“Was he the one who called yesterday?” Yu Hao asked.

“No!” Zhou Sheng said coldly, then turned and walked away.

Yu Hao wondered if he was being flirted with just now. He saw Zhou Sheng push the door open and went in as well, thinking, please don’t pick a fight with that big guy. Fortunately, Zhou Sheng didn’t sit next to that guy. He ordered a family-size bucket of ice cream and placed it in front of the glass windows.

Yu Hao, “……”

Zhou Sheng picked up a spoon and under Yu Hao’s gaze, dug up a large scoop and slowly lifted it up.

Yu Hao, “……………………”

Zhou Sheng raised an eyebrow and seemed to turn into a male model in an ice cream commercial. His eyebrows alone were rich with expression. He shook his head helplessly, closed his eyes and began eating the ice-cream.

“Aren’t you going to distribute leaflets?” Zhou Sheng said, “What about the business? Not doing it anymore?”

Yu Hao had already sat down opposite Zhou Sheng, “I’ll take a break……it really is very hot.”

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