Tomb-Sweeping Festival happened to be on a Sunday that year, and after finishing breakfast, Zhen Yu went out alone.
Her nstrual cycle had started on March 21st, which was a full fifteen days earlier than usual! She should have visited the traditional Chinese dicine practitioner as soon as her period ended, but because she was busy the previous weekend, she had to postpone it until today.
On Zhen Yan’s birthday, Zhen Yu had intended to discuss this matter with her mother. But in the end...
Ever since the previous ti Zhen Yu moved to live at the wonton restaurant, she had been brewing her own herbal dicine using the kitchen there, bringing her own pot to do so. Later when she moved back to the internet cafe to live, naturally, she took the pot back ho. Perhaps it was because Mrs. Zhen hadn’t needed to inquire about the herbal dicine for so long that she had pushed her daughter’s irregular periods to the back of her mind.
The traditional Chinese doctor opened his doors quite early; Zhen Yu arrived to find him already sitting in the hall.
"Doctor, I’ve been here twice before. My, my nstrual cycle is irregular..."
Even with the soul of an adult, Zhen Yu still felt sowhat embarrassed to discuss such matters with a male.
The old doctor pushed up his glasses and looked carefully at Zhen Yu, "Oh! It’s you! Little girl, why didn’t your mother co with you?"
Having anticipated this question, Zhen Yu quickly replied, "She’s busy!"
"Hmm," the old doctor neither approved nor disapproved, "Has your nstrual cycle shortened?"
"Yes!" Zhen Yu’s voice was a few notes lower, her ears beginning to burn with heat, "It changed from two months to forty-five days."
A slight smile appeared on the old doctor’s face, clearly happy at the prospect of curing his patient.
"Very good, very good! This is a positive sign! Stretch out your hand, I’ll take your pulse."
Obediently, Zhen Yu rolled up her sleeve a little and placed her arm on the table.
"...Not bad, not bad at all! It’s been a long ti since I’ve co across a child who is willing to persist with herbal dicine like you! Those parents, they complain about western dicine being bad for health, having side effects! Then they co to see a traditional Chinese doctor. But what then? They want to cure the illness but worry about the child suffering! Not only is it a waste of money, but all that fine herbal dicine... all gone to waste! Herbal dicine takes effect slowly; it needs to be taken patiently over ti."
The doctor beca aware that Zhen Yu didn’t say a word and suddenly ca to his senses, "Look at , going on and on. A well-behaved child like you wouldn’t need to tell you this, you already know to keep taking it yourself!"
Being praised like this, Zhen Yu could only force a smile on her face, feeling incredibly awkward inside.
"That prescription from last ti! So of the herbs need to be adjusted! This ti, take several prescriptions, and keep taking them until your nstrual cycle returns to normal," said the old doctor as he took out paper and pen to write, continuing, "Of course! If you don’t mind the taste, it’s also good to take a few extra doses! This prescription is nourishing and very beneficial for won’s health."
"No, no! Just getting back to normal is fine." Zhen Yu quietly rejected the idea to herself.
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For the young people at the end of the 90s, internet cafes were definitely a novelty.
Likewise! For those job-seeking at the ti, working in an internet cafe was also absolutely a novel affair!
With Zhen Yu’s encouragent, aside from posting a job recruitnt notice at the entrance of the internet cafe, Li Si’er also asked friends to introduce people to him! He had t with these people beforehand, then consulted with Zhen Yu. They planned that during her Tomb-Sweeping Festival holiday, they would invite all the promising candidates to the internet cafe for Zhen Yu to make the final decision directly.
Of course! Zhang San’er was also called by Li Si because different people have different personalities. The subordinates Li Si liked might not be to Zhang San’s taste, so Zhang San’er needed to interview them himself to screen the candidates!
After picking up her dicine from the traditional Chinese doctor, Zhen Yu rushed back ho. However, when she arrived, she was still ’late’, because even though there were free computers, several people were still sitting on the waiting area benches, clearly all there for the interviews.
Li Si’er had been closely watching the door, so as soon as he saw Zhen Yu co in, he imdiately went to greet her, "Xiao Yu, you’re back!"
"Have all the people arrived?" Zhen Yu didn’t waste words and went straight to business.
Li Si’er knew the score and instantly answered, "Two are still missing, but they should be here soon!"
Zhen Yu looked down at her watch, 8:52!
"What ti was the appointnt?"
"Nine o’clock!"
Zhen Yu decisively said, "Then let’s wait until nine o’clock! Anyone who cos after nine o’clock can just be sent away!"
"...Alright!" Among those who had not arrived yet was a relative of Li Si’er, but he still directly agreed with Zhen Yu.
Luckily for him, his relative didn’t make it awkward and arrived at the internet cafe three minutes before nine o’clock.
The other person was not so punctual.
Zhen Yu was leading Zhang San’er, Li Si’er, and Zhen Yan, already listening to the third person’s self-introduction, when the man finally arrived behind the group and placed himself there! Nonchalantly starting to listen along.
Zhen Yu gave Li Si’er a look, and he imdiately understood, making his way through the crowd towards the young man.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he said, "You’re late."
The young man sported a hairstyle that was a spitting image of Guo Fucheng’s. Hearing this, he tilted his head and lifted his right hand in a gesture that was sowhere between an orchid finger and not, thumb and middle finger touching the temple sliding upwards! While lifting his head in a cool gesture, all his hair fell perfectly in his hand!! And lastly, he affectionately patted his right temple a few tis with the palm of his hand.
Just by looking at this action alone, he was quite stylish, resembling sowhat the male movie stars from Hong Kong films. However, his looks were average at best, and his eyes were small. The ’style’ imdiately turned to ’pretentiousness’ as soon as his full face was revealed after flicking his hair.
After lowering his hand, he said without a hint of fault, "I’m only ten minutes late! Isn’t the interview still going on?"
Li Si’er, not good with words, simply stated, "Ten minutes is still late! Please leave."
"What the hell! Just because I’m late, I have to leave!!" The young man imdiately protested, raising his voice, "I haven’t even started my interview! Besides, if you call so many people at once, even if I had arrived on ti, it wouldn’t have been my turn right away! What’s wrong with being a little late?"
Seeing the man’s hair still perfectly in place and looking at his glaringly white sneakers, Zhen Yu tily stopped Li Si who was about to speak again.
"Li Si, let handle this."
"Oh," responded Li Si’er, stepping aside.
Everyone’s gaze moved to Zhen Yu, including the young man’s.
"This is an internet cafe, and we are hiring a network manager. The duties are as follows: First, you need to ’serve tea and pass water’ to all custors, especially to respond imdiately upon call."
Everyone seed to have no reaction to this requirent, indicating they had already understood that the internet cafe would sell snacks and the like.
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