Chapter 92: The Daily Life of Eating Melons in the Compound with a Sickly Sister-in-law

Chapter 92: The Daily Life of Eating Melons in the Compound with a Sickly Sister-in-law

Li Datou's heart sank halfway. "How about the second place?" He could only pin his hopes on the second place.

Supervisor Liu arched an eyebrow. Actually, he had already said that the engineers and leaders in charge of grading the papers were absolutely fair, and the results were pretty much accurate, with basically no surprises.

Sigh, there's always someone who doesn't believe that this time the process was truly fair. Forget it, I'll just recalculate everything properly to avoid more trouble or complaints.

"Alright, let's look at the second place's paper. The calculation questions are fine, the quotation questions are fine, and the political questions are also fine. These two candidates are very meticulous; their quotation questions left no room for the grading leaders to deduct points." Supervisor Liu was quite pleased.

He had a deep admiration for Chairman Mao and could easily recall the chairman's quotations. He had a special liking for such diligent students!

"Now that everything has been regraded, do you have any objections?"

After witnessing this process, everyone exclaimed, "Wow! After all the regrading, only your score dropped, while theirs stayed the same. Was it worth it?"

Li Datou forced a smile that was even more bitter than crying. "No more questions!"

He left in silence.

Supervisor Liu looked at the others again. "I've already said that our exam this time was completely fair and just. The leaders and engineers who graded your papers used the same methods. Where they were lenient on one paper, they were lenient on every paper, and the scores and rankings are more or less accurate."

With the papers from two departments being used as illustrations, surely no one still doubts it, right?

Those who had witnessed the spectacle also realized this. Now that Supervisor Liu had brought it up, and after the regrading of the top papers from the two departments, they had no choice but to believe his words were true.

Those who were selected were happy, while those who weren't were utterly disheartened.

After accepting the reality, the crowd stopped gathering around. After a while, the people gathered downstairs at the office building finally dispersed.

At the door, Jiang Yang and Lin Shu had already left. Lin Shu was dragged away by Jiang Yang.

The people upstairs didn't get to fully enjoy the drama. Some were a bit disappointed.

"No, I have to ask my colleagues downstairs during lunch!"

"Count me in, count me in, I want to hear too!"

"Me too, me too..."

Yu Liang also planned to find some colleagues downstairs to ask during lunch. It was really unbearable to only get half the story.

They hadn't figured out the situation yet when the person involved was pulled away.

"Qing Qing, I was so nervous just now. Look at my hands, they're all sweaty!" Wang Jiaojiao held up her hands to show Lin Qing as they walked.

"I was so nervous too! Luckily, both of our papers were fine."

"Yes, yes, we're both great! Thank goodness there were no issues!"

"Yes, after reporting tomorrow, we can start working together!" Lin Qing said happily.

She was quite looking forward to working with her good friend Wang Jiaojiao.

She thought that after saying this, she would get Wang Jiaojiao's agreement, but when Lin Qing looked over, she saw a bitter expression on her face.

"Jiaojiao, what's wrong?" Lin Qing sensed that something was off.

"I..." Wang Jiaojiao smiled at Lin Qing, but it didn't reach her eyes.

"Is there something you can't tell me?" Lin Qing asked carefully.

"No," Wang Jiaojiao said with a bitter shake of her head.

"We're best friends. If you're troubled, you can talk to me," Lin Qing said softly to her.

Hearing this, Wang Jiaojiao immediately voiced her concern, "Actually, I didn’t plan on coming to work!"

"Wait, why? You already took the exam, right?"

"Then why were you so nervous just now?"

"Actually, I took the exam for someone else!"

"What? What did you say?"

Lin Qing thought she must have misheard!

"You... you're kidding, right? Who did you take the exam for?" Lin Qing couldn't believe it.

Then Lin Qing saw a sweet smile spread across Wang Jiaojiao's face as she softly said, "My boyfriend."

"What?" Lin Qing was stunned.

"Wait, you took the exam for your boyfriend? Why didn't he do it himself?"

Wang Jiaojiao's smile vanished, and a sad expression took over, "He's not a factory employee's family member."

"But you said he's your boyfriend. If you get married, wouldn't he be connected to the factory?"

"But my dad doesn't approve of us being together."

"If your dad doesn't approve, why are you still sneaking around with him?" Lin Qing was puzzled.

"But I like him," Wang Jiaojiao said with a shy smile.

Lin Qing had no response. She'd never dated anyone before, just went straight to marriage, so she didn't quite understand these feelings.

"Do you have any idea why your dad disapproves?"

At this, Wang Jiaojiao, pouting, defended her dad as old-fashioned, "My dad thinks his family's not well-off, and he's jobless!"

"So what do you see in him? What's so great about him?"

Wang Jiaojiao thought for a moment, "Well... is being good-looking enough?"

Lin Qing: "..."

"Good looks don't put food on the table, you know."

"What else is there?"

"He's really thoughtful and even cooks for me!"

"Did he ever take you to a state-run restaurant?"

Wang Jiaojiao shook her head, "His family's not well-off. How could I let him take me to a state-run restaurant?"

"Are you really willing to suffer through hard times with him?"

"How is that suffering through hard times with him? I've already passed the exam for this position. As long as he starts working, he'll receive a salary. How is that suffering through hard times with him?" Wang Jiaojiao didn't think this was a problem.

"How is his family's situation? Do his parents have jobs? How many siblings does he have?"

"It's just his father who has a job, and his mother is a stay-at-home mom. There are three brothers, two sisters, and he is the eldest son in the family." Wang Jiaojiao knew this information wasn't told to her by her boyfriend, but rather her father, who had investigated and then informed her of these details.

Father Wang hoped these facts would make his daughter reconsider, but who would have thought that Wang Jiaojiao didn't get the hint at all? She simply felt that her boyfriend had it really tough!