Chapter 109: Paid Leave Tomorrow and Club Recruitment
When I arrived at the bakery, I noticed that there seemed to be more customers today.
“Ying Shiqian Senior, I’m here to see you~”
After entering, I saw Ying Shiqian Senior busy at work. Tang Yihan should be in the back; it’s late, so she shouldn’t be making any new products, right?
“Eh? Xiao Han? Isn’t today the new students’ enrollment? Why do you have time to come here?”
“Hiya, just wanted to join in the fun, I came back after wandering around this evening.” I moved closer to Ying Shiqian Senior and explained, “But there seem to be quite a few customers today, are you busy?”
“Yeah, with the new students enrolling, the nearby area will soon fill up, so naturally there are more customers. I can’t slack off anymore,” Ying Shiqian sighed with a tired expression.
“I see, I was wondering why there weren’t many customers before; it turns out there weren’t many people living here?”
After all, there aren’t many people nearby, and naturally, there wouldn’t be many customers. Now with the new students enrolling, there are more people, or the returning old students are back, so the customers have increased.
Sigh, it’s a bit of a pity, as I’m starting classes soon and don’t have much time to come for part-time work.
“Of course, this year’s freshmen are assigned dorms in this area, no choice but to work hard instead of slacking off like before,” the senior lamented.
“Not slacking off is good; it’s just right for raising funds for the club.”
“Funds? The money earned might not even be enough for Tang Yihan to create one person’s share. Baking pastries should have high profits, but with Tang Yihan involved, it’s likely we’ll end up losing money,” Ying Shiqian pouted, complaining helplessly.
It seems the existence of this bakery relies entirely on the store manager’s wallet and the Small Treasury.
It really is hard work; they still have to pay three employees.
“Oh right, Xiao Han, today is the start of the new school year. Did you go to the reporting place? It must be lively, right? I didn’t have time to go see it, such a pity.”
“It was really lively, and even more grand than when I enrolled. I feel somewhat unbalanced in my heart.”
“Sigh, I envy you. But Xiao Han, are you interested in accompanying me for a while tomorrow?” Ying Shiqian asked, but her tone carried a hint of testing.
“Huh? Accompany you? What do you want to do? I’ll be busy now that school has just started.”
“Sigh? What could be so busy at the start of school? I just want you to accompany me to the reporting place tomorrow. Sigh, the store manager is up to her usual antics today,” Ying Shiqian seemed to recall something unhappy.
“What happened? What’s the store manager doing now?” I asked curiously.
“She also went to welcome the new students today and saw many clubs recruiting at the new students’ enrollment spot, so she contacted us to recruit tomorrow and the day after. It’s really spontaneous,” Ying Shiqian sighed helplessly.
“Huh? Club recruitment, so you’re going in the end?”
“Yeah, I played rock-paper-scissors with Tang Yihan and lost, and she won’t accompany me, saying she has to watch the store. Seriously, what’s the big deal if the store closes for a few days?” Tang Yihan complained to me, “Oh, right, to prepare for recruitment, she even set up a group chat for the Red Velvet Bakery. Let me add you in.”
“Eh? Alright, I am also a member of the club anyway.” I took out my phone and was quickly added to a group by Ying Shiqian.
The group name is simply “Red Velvet Bakery Club,” and apart from the store manager and the two seniors, there’s also Tan Han, but there were already over ten people in the group chat at that time.
As soon as I entered, I received a warm “Welcome, newbie,” and even Tan Han tagged along with a “+1.”
Seeing this, I instinctively froze since I had promised Bai Jie not to have any contact with Tan Han.
Forget it, let’s go with the cold treatment, just like my girlfriend.
Time will make one forget everything.
“Xiao Han~ Since you have nothing to do anyway, why don’t you accompany me for the next two days during the new students’ enrollment? I’ll be so bored alone~” Ying Shiqian transformed back into a pitiful creature, tugging at my arm and looking all sad.
“Ugh… Well, Ying Shiqian Senior, don’t do this, I’ll accompany you…”
“Deal! It’s settled!” At that moment, Ying Shiqian switched from a pitiful appearance to a victorious one.
“But if I have something to do, I won’t be able to accompany you. I really do have things to take care of,” I quickly opened my mouth, seeing the senior’s expression.
“School just started~ What could new students possibly be busy with?” Ying Shiqian said indifferently.
“Today is class allocation, you know. I was assigned to Class 14 and even met with my advisor today. Unfortunately, I was appointed the class leader for Class 14, so I have quite a bit on my plate.”
“Huh? You became class leader so quickly?” Ying Shiqian was shocked to hear this.
Becoming class leader on the first day of school? When they were selecting class leaders in her class, the competition was pretty fierce!
“It’s just a class leader, it shouldn’t be anything to worry about, right?”
“A class leader! The head of a class! You’ll get to enjoy all kinds of benefits, and compared to those benefits, the responsibilities are nothing!”
“That shouldn’t be the case, right? Well, I do have quite a bit to do. As of now, I don’t even know who’s in my class, yet the advisor asked me to create the class group and pull all the students in,” I started complaining.
“That… does sound pretty troublesome…”
“By the way, senior, how did you get pulled into the class group by your class leader back then? Give me some tips.” I asked the senior.
“Eh? This… I almost forgot; I think my class leader directly added me in. I didn’t even realize how that group suddenly appeared, sorry, I can’t provide any reference for you,” Ying Shiqian said apologetically. “But you can accompany me to the club recruitment. Who knows, you might meet your classmates from Class 14? Right?”
“The odds of that are too slim! Besides, didn’t you just lament not being able to see the new students’ enrollment event?” I immediately countered.
However, I remembered the advisor mentioning granting me class leader privileges, possibly to check the basic information of my classmates. I wonder what that basic information includes?
Would there be talents and such?
After all, peeping into others’ privacy is unethical, yet it’s always tempting, and since it granted the privileges, it can’t be called snooping; it’s about understanding classmates’ information!
I don’t know how many people will be in our class. I hope it’s not too many; I’m not too concerned about this. Based on my past experience, around thirty to forty students in a class should be the maximum, right? Remembering names one by one could be quite a mental exercise.
Thinking about it now feels troublesome.
“Ugh, whatever, Xiao Han, you promised. I want to see you tomorrow morning; if I don’t see you, just call. No matter what, you have to accompany this empty-nester senior, okay?”
“Who’re you calling an empty nester? Fine, tomorrow I’ll see if I can get up.”
“Mm, you have to come! I’ll check you in. You’re contributing to the bakery, and the store manager won’t forget your efforts. I’ll share half of my double pay with you tomorrow~”
In the end, I agreed because really, who could turn down money?
It turns out Ying Shiqian has double pay tomorrow. Even if she gives me half, it really sounds great to enjoy a day of paid slacking off in another place.
After staying here for a while longer, I finally prepared to return to the dormitory. I should chat with Guan Qiuling; it’s dangerous to recklessly bring a risky senior into a villa!
This troublesome child should be properly educated.
