For the half hour Xia Ning was gone, Qin Xun felt the days drag on. He kept glancing at Cheng Wan's office to see if she came out.
Not tempted by her looks.
But to feed his hungry Slacking System!
As long as Xia Ning signs the contract and starts slacking, he'll have another lottery chance in just days!
Finally he saw the aloof Xia Ning return expressionlessly to her seat.
Qin Xun asked, "Did you sign the contract?"
"Yes, as a planning assistant," Xia Ning smiled at him. "That is, your assistant."
Qin Xun blanked briefly then laughed, extending his hand. "Then let's have pleasant cooperation from now on!"
Xia Ning hesitated before shaking his hand. "Pleasant cooperation!"
"What should we do now?"
Somewhat excitedly Qin Xun replied, "Big things!"
Xia Ning's eyes lit up.
Could it be...
He's actually going to work properly?
Next, she saw Qin Xun stand up, pointing at his spot, "You sit inside today, I'll take the outside."
Xia Ning wondered, "Why?"
Qin Xun explained smilingly: "No camera there, we can slack wildly."
"Since you're my assistant, you're my person. Of course I won't let you lose out!"
So saying, he opened his desk drawer.
There was cola, candy, melon seeds, peanuts and piles of snacks. "Help yourself!"
Xia Ning: "..."
Humph...
A dog can't change eating shit!
Under Qin Xun's gentle, expectant gaze, Xia Ning reluctantly moved to his spot and started playing with her phone, reading news, yoga videos, cat care tutorials - slacking away.
At first she felt somewhat uneasy.
Later, she blended in.
Unknowingly, the morning passed.
Qin Xun secretly checked his system panel and saw the slacking points steadily rising.
In under 2 hours:
[Xia Ning's Slacking Points: 120 Note: Host gets 1 draw when she reaches 200]
He looked at Xia Ning in shock.
How did her points rise so quick?
Through observation, he discovered...Xia Ning was fully immersed when reading news, videos or cat tutorials slacking.
She seemed utterly unafraid of getting caught!
Qin Xun couldn't help admiring.
Expert!
An expert!
I still have much to learn!
...
Lunch break arrived.
Qin Xun and Xia Ning looked at each other somewhat awkwardly.
After a day together, neither familiar nor strangers and in a superior-subordinate relationship, it was time to break the ice by treating each other.
Qin Xun opened his mouth, "Are you eating?"
Xia Ning: "..."
"I do eat!"
Qin Xun went on, "What do you like? I'll...treat."
With a 2k monthly without housing, if 1k goes to rent, what's left for meals after shower products and other expenses?
Maybe 600 yuan?
So just 20 yuan a day?
3 meals a day averaging 7 yuan each?
Xia Ning smiled gently, "It's okay, I'll treat you."
After a pause her expression looked strange, "Consider it my thanks for teaching me to slack."
Qin Xun relaxed and headed out. "I know an affordable place with tasty food."
"Thanks for treating. I'll treat you next month when I get paid."
Xia Ning followed Qin Xun out.
Next month?
We'll see if you even last until tomorrow!
Consider this your farewell meal!
At lunch, they had 10 yuan bowls of noodles.
Qin Xun finished quickly while Xia Ning slowly ate half her bowl before feeling full. Just as she wiped her mouth, she noticed Qin Xun staring fixedly at her bowl.
Panicked, she spread her palm over it.
"I can buy you another bowl, but you can't eat this half. Not even dogs eat others' leftovers."
Qin Xun raised a brow. "What're you thinking? Just wondering how you filled up on so little."
Xia Ning: "..."
...
Noon.
Qin Xun napped face down on his work desk.
Unaccustomed to napping on her desk and feeling it was improper to sleep alongside a man barely half a meter away, Xia Ning played on her phone, covering her mouth as she yawned.
Suddenly, she came to her senses and was shocked.
Uh...
How did I unconsciously end up playing so casually and shamelessly in the office?
Didn't I aspire to build a proper company to show my dad?
Xia Ning glared at the napping Qin Xun.
Hmph!
It's all your fault!
...
The afternoon approached 2 pm.
The office colleagues gradually returned to work.
At 13:59:59, an alarm rang.
Qin Xun opened his groggy eyes, stretched and yawned. "Refreshing!"
From the corner of her eyes, Xia Ning smiled at him.
Soon you'll feel terrible!
Glancing around to ensure no one was looking, Qin Xun took out his phone to play. He wondered:
How come Sis Cheng didn't ask me to make PPTs today?
Oh!
Right!
I'm an esteemed planner now!
No more miscellaneous tasks.
Suddenly!
He saw a message pop up from Cheng Wan. Opening it:
"Qin Xun, upper management decided to do a planning proposal to expand company influence."
"Take a look at the requirements and give it to me before noon tomorrow."
Then another message followed:
"Planning a city-shocking charity show with 'charity' as the theme, displaying the company's strengths to all enterprises in the city, make it big in one shot."
"Budget: 50k!"
Qin Xun promptly put his phone down and read it carefully several times, getting a big headache.
As expected!
The 10k monthly job isn't that easy.
This was way tougher than making PPTs!
He worked fast on PPTs not just because his mental and hand speed greatly improved in overclocking mode.
More crucially, suffering under the 996 blessings in his past life, he had produced many flashy but empty PPTs.
He wasn't completely clueless!
But for planning and marketing...
Er...
Though the planet he was on now resembled Earth, they weren't completely identical.
Lots of things could be used for reference or even outright plagiarized.
He even thought of bringing over Earth tunes and becoming a singer. But sadly he's tone deaf.
Out of tune singing a song 8 times would produce 8 renditions.
Otherwise he could just use the famous charity song "Tomorrow Will Be Better" to directly solve this "charity" themed task.
He knew those ubiquitous products, trending events, hot celebrities back on Earth became popular through rounds and rounds of meticulous planning and marketing.
But his awareness lacked the specifics.
He was done for!