Chapter 59

Chapter 59

To figure out why Su Yu had been “diagnosed with a brain disorder,” Wen Miao had Wen Xin pull up the records for the school Su Yu attended. Afterward, she had Wen Tangtang look into the company where Su Yu had interned during that period-Hongyun Pharmaceutical.

Hongyun Pharmaceutical was a leading pharmaceutical enterprise in City A. However, many people were unaware that the actual controlling shareholder of Hongyun Pharmaceutical was one of Huangfu Junsheng’s men.

Realizing that Huangfu Junsheng was somewhat involved in this matter, Nan Mu felt a headache coming on, yet he also felt a sense of relief-at least their investigation was heading in the right direction.

Once they knew the group where Su Yu had interned, everything else seemed much simpler.

Nan Mu first downloaded a job-seeking app on his phone and searched for recruitment information regarding Hongyun Pharmaceutical.

Since their majors didn’t align with the industry, Wen Miao and Nan Mu scrolled through the job openings and requirements. They both locked onto the position of foreign trade sales representative, which had the highest number of vacancies, was marked as an urgent hire, and had a high acceptance rate.

Nan Mu originally wanted to “apply” himself, but he didn’t have an ID card. Wen Miao had one, but Nan Mu was worried about her safety-after all, she had been one of the victims before. Who knew if going there this time would be walking right into the enemy’s trap? Thus, he firmly opposed the idea.

In the end, the two of them wrote two resumes, one impersonating Wen Xin and the other impersonating Wen Tangtang.

To make it look authentic, Nan Mu included almost every award and achievement he could think of that Wen Xin had ever earned. Compared to Nan Mu’s packed CV, the one Wen Miao wrote could be described as mediocre; aside from her degree from A University of Science and Technology, her other personal achievements and awards were almost non-existent.

Having finished first, Wen Miao leaned over to glance at Nan Mu’s resume. “Aren’t you writing a bit too much?”

“A resume is supposed to look good,” Nan Mu said, turning to look at the resume in Wen Miao’s hand. “You wrote too little, didn’t you? You’ll easily be filtered out during the screening process.”

If they couldn’t get hired, they wouldn’t even make it to the pre-employment physical examination stage.

“It’s just a sales position. Why would anyone need such an exaggerated background? Look, the key is English speaking ability, and I’ve included that.” Wen Miao felt her resume was fine. “It’s a sales job. If you write something so flashy, the interviewer will find it strange.”

“Strange how?”

“Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut? Naturally, they’ll wonder why you aren’t looking for a better job and are applying for this position instead.”

Nan Mu’s perspective differed from Wen Miao’s. He believed that sales positions were extremely important. Back at Nan Huan Group, those in sales had to deal with enterprises from all over, so they needed a vast reservoir of knowledge. They had to be very familiar with the environmental protection requirements and policies of various regions and countries to correctly recommend suitable products to companies. Furthermore, they needed basic knowledge of instruments and equipment to help customers solve technical problems in the shortest time possible. They even needed to understand some biology, chemistry, and physics, because corporate clients might ask about the principles of the equipment or the composition of substances after decomposition.

Listening to Nan Mu’s understanding of a sales role, Wen Miao suddenly remembered Wen Tangtang telling her that Nan Mu’s parents were both scientific researchers. Therefore, Nan Mu’s life plan had also been to enter a research institute to continue his studies…

“By the way, what kind of work were you going to do after graduation? I heard from Tang Tang that your parents had everything arranged for you. Were you going to A Academy of Sciences to continue your research work after graduating?”

Nan Mu raised an eyebrow. “Why the sudden curiosity about that?”

“I just get the feeling you’re the type of person who has never actually gone out to look for a job.”

Nan Mu remained noncommittal and countered, “You haven’t worked out in the world either. How can you be so certain your understanding of a sales position is correct?”

Wen Miao was full of confidence. “Even if I haven’t eaten pork, haven’t I seen a pig run? It’s not that I understand the sales position; I understand the HR people who recruit for it! They definitely don’t think about sales roles the way you do.”
The two of them stood their ground, neither willing to yield, and finally decided to each write their resumes according to their own ideas. Since they were applying together, they figured at least one of them was bound to get in.

The afternoon after submitting their resumes, they both received notices for an interview.

Nan Mu had gone out of his way to buy a dress shirt, making him look remarkably like a professional businessman. However, Wen Miao couldn’t stop giggling at something on her mind.

“What are you laughing at? Is something wrong?” Nan Mu asked, bewildered. He looked himself up and down but couldn’t see anything amiss.

“It’s nothing.”

Wen Miao beckoned him closer with her finger. Once he leaned in, she whispered, “It’s just that you have too much presence. When that man who claimed to be the supervisor was walking in front with you earlier, I kept feeling like *he* was the one here for an interview, haha.”

Nan Mu chuckled. He leaned his straight back against the wall and joked, “Should I slouch a bit then?”

“That’s really not necessary.”

Nan Mu was handsome. While ten years had washed away his boyishness, it had left behind a sense of cool composure and maturity.

He just stood there, and without saying a word, his tall and upright figure made it difficult for anyone to look away. Even though he was wearing a plain white shirt and black trousers, it was hard to believe he was just a “salesman” applicant; instead, he looked more like a young nobleman taking a leisurely stroll.

“Anyway, with that resume of yours, there’s an eighty percent chance you won’t make the cut.”

Hearing Wen Miao’s muttering, Nan Mu voiced his disagreement. “Want to bet? I’ll definitely get the job over you.”

Wen Miao laughed at that. “A bet it is! What are the stakes?”

There was a reason Wen Miao was so confident. After submitting her resume yesterday, she had felt a bit anxious-she believed her credentials were fine, but since it was her first interview, she couldn’t help but feel uneasy. While looking up Hongyun Pharmaceutical online, she had stumbled into a forum where someone was selling the company’s interview questions. The poster claimed to be an insider at Hongyun Pharmaceutical and swore on his life that these were the actual questions.

The thread even had quite a few replies, with people claiming they had bought the questions, that they were real, and that they had already been hired, and so on.

On the surface, this looked like a typical scam to swindle people out of their money, and Wen Miao naturally didn’t believe it at first. Yet, the thought kept nagging at her, and she tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

In the end, it was only eighty-eight yuan-not enough to break the bank, and not a huge loss if it was a scam.

She used a burner account to add the person on a chat app. The seller seemed “sincere,” immediately sending Wen Miao a photo of his work ID, though the name and employee number were blurred out. He even said that if she didn’t believe him, he could send her his live location or more photos right then and there.

Ultimately, Wen Miao spent the eighty-eight yuan to buy the interview questions.

The questions weren’t particularly difficult, except for the last one: “Have you ever experienced an infringement of your rights by others? If you encountered an infringement issue, how do you believe it should be handled correctly?”

This was truly outside Wen Miao’s scope of knowledge, so she spent the night on Baidu looking up the correct legal procedures for handling such matters and memorized them.

Because of this, she was currently full of confidence, certain that she would pass the interview.

However, she hadn’t told Nan Mu any of this because she was afraid…

If she really had been scammed, it would be incredibly embarrassing.

“Let’s bet a wish,” Nan Mu said after a moment’s thought. “If I win, you owe me one wish. Of course, it has to be within your capabilities… Conversely, if you win, I’ll owe you one.”

“Deal! It’s a promise.”