CHAPTER 78: CHAPTER 78: PAYDAY

"Xiao Lin!"

Lin Xiaoyan heard a shout from behind and turned around to see a group of off-duty police officers across the street.

Each of them looked somewhat familiar, and they were smiling and greeting her.

Lin Xiaoyan felt a bit nervous, awkwardly smiled, and greeted them back.

With them watching her, Lin Xiaoyan felt uncomfortable both standing and walking away, which was really awkward.

"We’re off work, we’re leaving now!"

A police officer noticed Lin Xiaoyan’s unease and loudly said goodbye to her.

Lin Xiaoyan replied with, "Okay."

Suddenly, she realized that they were across the road and might not hear her.

She took a deep breath and shouted, "Okay, goodbye."

The people across the street heard her and laughed, nodding as they left.

After they all left, Lin Xiaoyan heaved a sigh of relief and quickly walked away.

At that moment, Lin Xiaoyan suddenly felt she could get a means of transportation.

However, she needed to first check if there was a place to charge and park it where she lived.

Lin Xiaoyan returned to her residential complex, first bought some groceries at the supermarket downstairs, then went to the property management office at the entrance to inquire about a parking place for an electric bike.

After finding out about the parking place, she decided to buy an electric bike tomorrow after work.

She had obtained her driver’s license in the summer after her senior year in high school, but she hadn’t driven a car since getting the license.

So she never really considered buying a car.

Back home, Lin Xiaoyan habitually glanced at her account balance.

"Huh? Oh my!!!"

Lin Xiaoyan’s eyes widened as she saw the thirty thousand credited today; she clicked it open and found it was from the Special Investigation Bureau’s account.

"Got my salary!!!"

Lin Xiaoyan was extremely surprised, but it was indeed thirty thousand a month in salary.

Oh my gosh!!!

So excited!!!

Lin Xiaoyan had just spent eighty thousand today, and was feeling a bit guilty about it.

Now with thirty thousand coming in from the Special Investigation Bureau every month, she thought she didn’t have to worry about the milk tea shop’s business anymore.

"Gurgle..."

Her stomach growled with hunger, so Lin Xiaoyan put down her phone and happily went to cook.

After dinner, Lin Xiaoyan opened the recruiting information again and found someone had sent her a resume.

She immediately contacted the person and agreed to have them come for an interview at the shop tomorrow.

With the arrangements made, Lin Xiaoyan’s excitement remained.

"Ding"

A message from Gao Qing arrived, and Lin Xiaoyan quickly opened it.

Gao Qing said that today her parents went with her to look at the two apartments and were quite satisfied, but they hadn’t decided on which one at that time.

After replying to a few of Gao Qing’s messages, Lin Xiaoyan was prepared to ask her parents.

"Daughter, we looked at those two apartments today, one is a bit small, just over ninety square meters, with two bedrooms, a living room, and one bathroom.

Another one’s over a hundred and thirty square meters, with three bedrooms, a living room, and two bathrooms..."

"Your mom and I thought, if you decide to buy, I suggest you go for the bigger one because there are schools nearby, which will be convenient for children’s schooling once you get married and have kids..."

"If you don’t have enough money, your mom and I have some here, we can chip in for you..."

Listening to her dad, Lin Xiaoyan’s heart felt warm, and she refused, "No need, Dad, I have money."

"Besides, I’m planning to pay in installments, and I can afford the monthly payments."

Lin Fu looked at his daughter, confirming she wasn’t lying, but he couldn’t figure out how she could have money so soon after just graduating.

After hanging up the call with his daughter, Lin Fu couldn’t sleep for the entire night.

Early the next morning, Lin Fu looked at Lin Mu and said, "I want to go to Sea City to see Yanyan."

Lin Mu heard this, paused for a moment, "Actually, I’ve had this thought for a while, I’m afraid Yanyan might be..."

Lin Fu furrowed his brow, "Don’t think too much, what if Yanyan’s telling the truth? I’ll buy the tickets now, and we’ll go take a look to ease our minds.

If...

If... really... then we’ll bring her back!"

Lin Mu nodded, "Alright!"

The two quickly packed and bought tickets, heading for Sea City.

Meanwhile, Lin Xiaoyan was unaware that because she wanted to buy a house, her parents, fearing she went astray, were rushing over to see what was going on.

But even if she knew, she would understand.

Imagine, an ordinary family girl, just graduated, not exceptionally beautiful, and only two months out of school, how could she suddenly have enough money to buy a house!

If she were them, she’d doubt it too.

After hanging up her dad’s call, Lin Xiaoyan messaged Gao Qing, telling her she wanted the bigger apartment.

Said she’d send back her ID for Lin Fu to handle the paperwork on her behalf.

Gao Qing was thrilled to see Lin Xiaoyan’s decision.

She finally closed a deal!!!

The interviewee for today made Lin Xiaoyan both excited and a bit nervous since early morning.

In a hurry to head out, while sitting on the subway, she recalled the questions the boss asked her during her interview.

Thinking about what to ask when she meets the person later.

"Wow, a handsome guy!"

"So handsome, hurry and take a picture!"

"Is he a celebrity?"

"Doesn’t seem like it, but he’s really handsome..."

As Lin Xiaoyan thought about what to say when they met, she heard voices behind her, turned her head to look.

She saw all the girls in the carriage excitedly holding up their phones, taking pictures of a man in front of her.

Although they weren’t taking pictures of her, Lin Xiaoyan felt uncomfortable all over, so she stepped back to distance herself from them.

As soon as Lin Xiaoyan stepped away, the girls behind quickly moved to her previous position.

Then, more girls joined in, edging closer to the handsome guy in front.

Lin Xiaoyan was pushed to a corner, frowned, and wanted to get away from there.

She looked up and saw the next stop was coming up, so to avoid being unable to get off, she moved to another section of the carriage.

However, she underestimated the enthusiasm of these girls.

Upon hearing there was a handsome guy, girls from the other carriage sections also "inadvertently" walked over.

"Wow, he really is a handsome guy!!!"

Upon hearing an exclamation, Lin Xiaoyan frowned, not caring whether he was handsome or not, she just wanted to get off the train!

"Sweetheart, come stand here with me."

An elderly lady sitting in front saw Lin Xiaoyan feeling uncomfortable being squeezed and beckoned her over, shifting her legs to make space.

Seeing this, Lin Xiaoyan gratefully thanked her and moved over, finally having a space to breathe.

"Thank you."

The elderly lady smiled and shook her head, "It’s nothing."

Then the elderly lady looked up, "They all say there’s a handsome guy, blocking my view, can’t see if he’s really handsome."

Seeing the eager look on the elderly lady’s face, Lin Xiaoyan smiled, not expecting even the elderly lady to want to see the handsome guy.

"Huanghai Station arrived..."

The stop had arrived!

Lin Xiaoyan hurriedly guarded her shoulder bag and squeezed her way out.

"Oh dear, I need to get off too..."

The elderly lady slowly got up, preparing to get off the train.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoyan paused, then stopped trying to squeeze out, keeping an eye on the elderly lady to exit together.