CHAPTER 301: CHAPTER 298: KEEPING A DISTANCE

In Jie Yuting’s restaurant, Lin Wanwan chanced upon Lu Shouyue who came to eat.

Knowing she recently brought in a gigantic white truffle, Lu Shouyue casually remarked, "Why didn’t you contact me for an auction? Such a big one could go into my auction house, surely it would fetch a good price; the tycoons over there in Hong Kong Island really chase after white truffles."

Lin Wanwan laughed, "What auction house? We’ve already eaten a third of it! Does Teacher Lu want to take some? I only sold half to Boss Jie, the rest is stored here."

Lu Shouyue smiled, "No need, I come here to eat every day, I can taste it just the same."

Lin Wanwan didn’t insist, as Lu Shouyue would never shortchange himself when it comes to food.

Today they were served truffle risotto with green crab, a dish where good ingredients’ deliciousness can be magnified several times by Jie Yuting’s skilled culinary hand.

The two sat at a table, enjoying their meal in silence.

During the meal, Lu Shouyue cracked a few jokes to make Lin Wanwan laugh, gazing at Lin Wanwan’s shaking laughter with tender eyes.

"Teacher Lu, where did you find so many jokes, trying to make me laugh to death so you can inherit my Huabei account?" Lin Wanwan’s clear eyes were laughing to the point of tears.

Like a morning rose swaying with dew, its faint fragrance stirring up a person’s heart.

Lu Shouyue’s heart pounded like a drum, the faint fragrance emanating from Lin Wanwan particularly intoxicating.

He had already abstained from contacting Lin Wanwan for ten days, thinking that since it’s unrequited love, it’s better to give up; one shouldn’t love so humbly.

But who knew he would meet Lin Wanwan today at noon, a time when she never used to come to Jie Yuting’s place to eat.

That was also why he only chose noon, not evening to come, yet he still ran into her.

Could it be an inescapable fate and destiny?

Lu Shouyue had thought he could let go, when Lin Wanwan gave him a bright smile and waved to greet him, his closed off heart instantly crumbled.

The feeling of being moved is so unreasonable, it doesn’t shift with human rationality.

When emotion exceeds reason, that’s when steadfastness is tested.

By the time Lu Shouyue came back to his senses, he subconsciously was already using the humorous anecdotes from the Love Bible to charm.

Lu Shouyue felt a chill in his heart, calmly drank a few sips of ice water, using reason to restrain the whimsical thoughts.

Don’t fall any deeper.

He silently warned himself, yet the words he uttered turned into, "Wanwan, did you grow up eating cuteness?"

"Huh?" Lin Wanwan’s eyes widened slightly, feeling like she misheard.

Lu Shouyue smiled faintly, "Nothing, this truffle risotto is really good."

After speaking, he lifted his wrist to check the time, saying, "I have something in the afternoon, shall I head off first? You drove here yourself, right?"

Lin Wanwan nodded, "Yes, I drove. Teacher Lu, go ahead if you’re busy, no need to wait for me, bye!"

"Alright, bye." Lu Shouyue stood up, leaving without revealing a trace of emotion.

Perhaps, it’s time to go spend some time in Hai City, to keep some distance.

Jie Yuting, always alert, lifted his head to watch Lu Shouyue’s calm departure, a faint smile tugging at his lips.

He saw the intention to flee in his departing figure. Heh! Someone who always coolly rejects others has finally met his match.

Jie Yuting shifted his gaze to Lin Wanwan again, and she immediately sensed it, looking up to meet his eyes, giving a gentle smile displaying a row of white teeth.

Jie Yuting calmly looked down, cutting off the gaze.

This sly businessman, such a big white truffle and he refused to sell it all to him! And never honestly makes appointments, coming and going as he pleases; if it weren’t for the many high-quality wild seafood... Humph!

After eating, Lin Wanwan drove to the company.

The company was very quiet, everyone performing their duties in front of their computers. Although everyone was quite busy, most tasks were electronic operations, requiring little physical labor.

"Brought milk tea for everyone, help yourselves!" Lin Wanwan put the milk tea in the tea room against the wall, then strolled into her own office.

Han Qingxue, a beauty from Harbin in the Northeast, let out a cheer and came over first, "Thanks, boss!"

Gu Jingyu moved her gaze from the computer and wailed, "You feed us milk tea and cake every day, I can’t lose this fat now!"

Han Qingxue laughed, "You need to eat well to have the strength to lose weight! Come on, Sister Gu, have a drink!"

"Exactly! Young girls shouldn’t be losing weight too early; a bit of flesh looks good, who likes to look at just bones?" Accountant Zhou, nearing retirement age, came out from the finance room with a smile and chimed in.

The whole company only had four employees and one boss, the office atmosphere was very harmonious. At the end of the month, there would be a new operator coming to join, to make it convenient for Gu Jingyu to switch shifts.

This new operator would be the only male in the company, a mentor and colleague from Gu Jingyu’s previous company, whom she persuaded to join, named Pan Junqi.

Lin Wanwan had evaluated Pan Junqi’s previous store operations, and after a comprehensive assessment, believed that he was a relatively capable operator.

Ultimately offering him a post-tax salary of fifteen thousand a month, with a commission like Gu Jingyu’s, which is 5% of sales gross profit minus the basic salary.

The personnel would stay as it is, Lin Wanwan did not intend to further expand for the time being, as many aspects of cross-border e-commerce can be outsourced.

For example, packaging design and video production could be directly handed over to professional photography companies outside, which is much more convenient and quicker than asking a graphic designer to handle everything.

Lin Wanwan hired the graphic designer to supervise and liaise from a professional perspective, not intending for them to do everything. The only downside to this approach is that it’s costly, everything else is fine.

In the future, once the brand is more established, Lin Wanwan considered collaborating on live streaming with her neighbor, Zhu Xinyi, who is an online anchor in Yu City, but that’s for later.

Another neighbor in Yu City, Chen Chaofeng, happens to deal with FBA operations, which connects to international logistics for cross-border e-commerce. Lin Wanwan passed on her WeChat to Gu Jingyu, letting her choose.

Because once cross-border e-commerce goods are sent into warehouses, the right of goods is essentially transferred to the FBA freight forwarding company. Hence, finding a reliable and fair-minded freight forwarding partner is also necessary.

This part Lin Wanwan delegated, letting Gu Jingyu handle it.

After spending an afternoon at the company—actually everything was pretty much on track now, she didn’t need to go to factories or develop new products, so her role as the boss wasn’t very tasking.

She spent most of the afternoon reading medical books and writing a novel, sitting comfortably in the manager’s office, leisurely killing time with her laptop.

As the time approached, Lin Wanwan picked up her laptop and prepared to leave.

Just as she was about to go, Gu Jingyu called out to her, "Boss Lin, I need to talk to you."

Lin Wanwan retracted her foot that was stepping out, and let Gu Jingyu in, "What’s up?"