bookrebus Chapter 12: No Way to Go
Chapter 12: No Way to Go
They had originally agreed to go out together in the evening, but before they went, Lin Jiaran returned home after receiving a call from her sister. Xu Hui also went home thinking that it would not be fun to go alone, so they did not go.
"Have you found a place for your internship?" Lin Jiaran had dinner outside and came back to lie down in her room playing with her phone. After Lin Qing came in, he sat beside her bed and asked.
"I have interviewed, and I will wait for notification."
"Have you already had the interview? Which company? Do you need me to help you with some arrangements?" Lin Qing looked a little surprised.
"No, it's just a small company."
"Where is it? Is it far from home?" Lin Qing asked tentatively again.
"It's a bit far, so I plan to rent a house outside. As long as the interview is accepted, I will pay the rent. I have already found a house."
"Do you have money to rent a house?" Lin Jiaran's monthly pocket money is limited, and she lives paycheck to paycheck, so Lin Qing couldn't help but ask this question.
"My dear dad transferred 50,000 yuan to me yesterday and told me to make my own plans. As long as I don't do anything illegal, I can get 50,000 yuan in pocket money every month during the three months of my internship." Lin Jiaran supported herself on the bed with one hand and showed her transfer page to her sister in a show-off manner.
"And the curfew has also been cancelled." Lin Jiaran lay on the bed with her legs crossed in a happy mood and couldn't help shaking her legs.
"Okay, how did you do it? You asked him to give you so much pocket money every month, and also cancel your access control." Lin Qing said after returning her phone to her.
"Nothing, I just stumbled upon the old antique key that was a family heirloom given to him by his grandfather, so I gave it to him in exchange for the three wishes he could fulfill for me!"
"So what you exchanged with him was that you moved out during your internship and received monthly pocket money and door access?"
Lin Jiaran nodded proudly.
"Since you have already found an internship, I won't ask for you anymore. You should go to bed early."
Lin Jiaran waved happily.
She lay at home every day playing with her phone waiting for phone calls. After lying at home for a week, she still didn't get a phone call to notify her of joining the company. So she found the phone number for the interview and called it.
"Hello, I interviewed at your company when I was in Anhui University, and I want to ask if I passed the interview."
"What is your name, please?"
"Lin Jiaran."
"Okay, this is what you just said that you haven't received a phone call notification, right?"
"Yeah."
"In our company, we generally do not call to notify candidates who are not hired, so unfortunately..." the young lady on the other end of the phone spoke to her very patiently.
“I wasn’t hired, was I?”
"That's what it should be."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Jiaran stomped her feet on the ground in anger. Wouldn't it be easier to find a new internship place earlier if she was notified earlier? She had to wait an extra week in vain. The original notice was one week, but she waited another week.
As she said that, she picked up her computer and quickly went online to see if she could find it. So many days had passed and most of the intern recruitments had already been filled.
Dingsheng Design was in urgent need of hiring a designer, so Lin Jiaran called the number listed above.
"Hello, I saw on the Internet that your company is recruiting designers. Do you accept interns?"
"We recruit anyone with a design background," the person on the other end of the phone said to her politely.
"If you need anything, add me on WeChat. My WeChat ID is my phone number."
"Okay, okay, thank you."
Lin Jiaran copied and pasted the number and added her on WeChat. After asking for her name and contact number, he told her to wait for notification. With the previous experience as a lesson, Lin Jiaran told her to call him no matter what the result was.
Within two minutes, she received a call.
"I'm sorry, it's like this, our company has already recruited enough interns, so we can't recruit another intern for this position? I just received a notice from the Human Resources Department, I'm very sorry."
"It's okay, it's okay." She said everything was fine, but her true colors were revealed after she hung up the phone. The yellow Pikachu doll on the bedside table was used as a boxing sandbag, and after being hit by two punches from her, it was casually thrown somewhere in the room.
After venting her anger, she calmly searched for suitable companies online. She looked around until her eyes were almost blinded, but she still hadn't found a suitable one! Lin Jiaran threw her notebook on the bed in annoyance, and lay down on the bed with the notebook, complaining bitterly.
"Have you found an internship place?" Lin Jiaran sent a message to Xu Hui.
"What the hell? I've been working on the assembly line for a week. Where are you now?"
"I haven't found an internship at home yet."
“You’re not planning on graduating this year?”
"You don't plan to graduate, is your family still hiring? I'm going to hang out there!"
"Lin Jiaran, have you been offline for this week? Didn't you read the group messages? Students who haven't found an internship place should go and report to the companies that have been notified. There will be no waiting after the deadline. If you miss the deadline and your internship is less than three months, your graduation will be postponed!" Xu Hui was on the phone and immediately called her to talk to her directly.
"What group message? Did they block me? Why didn't I receive it?" Lin Jiaran jumped up from the bed and sat on it. She looked through all the school's WeChat groups but didn't find any notifications.
"Oh my goodness, you probably didn't even download DingTalk!"
"What's Dingding?"
"You can check the messages in the WeChat class group yourself." Xu Hui said and hung up the phone, too lazy to say more to her.
Lin Jiaran opened the class group message that she had blocked and slowly looked through the records. A week ago, they were notified to download the DingTalk software and check in online every day, and all future class information would be announced on DingTalk.
She felt petrified instantly. She never read the messages in the class group, and Xu Hui hadn't found a suitable one, while Lin Jiaran had been waiting for notification from that company. Xu Hui was forced by her brother to work on the assembly line in his company. She had to go out early and come back late every day. She was supervised and was not allowed to play with her mobile phone during work. She was so tired at night that she had no extra energy at all. She fell asleep as soon as she got home every day. Today, she had a rare rest and had time to reply to Lin Jiaran's message.
After downloading, she joined the class group. Yesterday was the last day for registration, and she missed the deadline perfectly. She also missed the clock-in for six days, which was considered as truancy! And one point of credit would be deducted for each class she missed! She wanted to bang her head against the wall. How could her meager credits withstand such a deduction! Deducting one point would be like cutting her aorta, which would directly affect her graduation.
Lin Jiaran thinks that only a perverted school like Anhui University likes to deduct credits at will!
She picked up her phone and made another call, "Are you coming home tonight?" It was her sister who was asking for a favor and her tone was extremely flattering.
"I think so. What's the matter?"
"Can't you just give me a definite answer whether you will reply or not?" Lin Jiaran felt a little anxious and spoke in a hurry.
"I'm on a business trip in Shancheng. If you need anything, just tell me on the phone."
"When did you go to the mountain city? Nothing special. I just need you to call me and ask for six days off. I haven't clocked in for six days, so I'll lose credits. Also, I haven't found an internship, and I've missed the deadline. Can you talk to your boyfriend and let me get in through the back door?"
"You mean you're going to Shengshi for an internship, right?"
"It's not that I want to go. The school has designated that those who haven't found an internship should go to Shengshi. Yesterday was the last day to register. I just found out today that the three-month internship period is just right for those who registered yesterday. After yesterday, it will be considered that the internship period is not enough and credits will be deducted if you told me when I was filling out the application that this school likes to deduct credits so much, I would never have gone!"