"Are you sure?"
Xia Xu had a smile on his face: "I thought you were thinking the wrong thing."
"Think... what are you thinking?"
Tang Youxin avoided his gaze, and finally simply lowered her head out of habit, buried her head in her chest and acted like an ostrich.
Maybe she was struggling for a while, thinking that it was not good for her to argue so unreasonably. After a moment, she carefully raised her head and said weakly: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you, please forgive me..."
Looking at that pitiful and weak little appearance, what else could Xia Xu say? Of course he could only forgive her.
"Okay, okay, I forgive you. Actually, I didn't care in the first place."
Xia Xu didn't want to tease Xiao Baihua too much because of her shy and introverted personality. He smiled, but then he became serious and said, "But I'm serious. I want to hire you to help me do something."
"But I can't do anything..."
Tang Youxin was a little lacking in confidence and said, "If you want me to help you with something, just tell me directly. You don't have to pay me. I will do my best to help you if I can."
"That's different..."
Xia Xu shook his head helplessly, paused for a moment, leaned forward and whispered mysteriously, "I'll tell you a secret. I've learned fortune-telling. I'm the contemporary successor of Guigu Shensuan."
People who are unwilling to accept charity from others are usually not willing to take advantage of others for nothing. He knew that he would not be able to get Tang Youxin to agree unless he gave a convincing reason today, so he could only try to trick her.
"ah?"
Tang Youxin was dazed, as if she hadn't followed Xia Xu's sudden change of topic.
Aren't you talking about part-time jobs? Why are you suddenly talking about fortune-telling
"I calculated with my fingers and found that you are a rare genius that only appears once in a century."
Xia Xu said with a serious face, "That's why I want to hire you as an employee in advance. If possible, I hope to sign a contract similar to a training agreement, which means that I will be responsible for your academic expenses, and you must work for me after graduation."
“No… don’t.”
Tang Youxin spoke the most forceful words in the most cowardly tone.
She wouldn't believe Xia Xu's obvious nonsense.
Is it possible that anyone knows better than oneself whether one is a genius or not
Although her grades have always been good, that's only because she's smart and works very hard. She doesn't think she's qualified to be called a genius, and she doesn't have a photographic memory or any special skills.
Xia Xu wanted to ask her to work probably to help her, and she was very grateful for it, but she couldn't accept it with peace of mind.
"you… "
Xia Xu was now stifled by Tang Youxin's timid and tough words, and felt a tightness in his chest.
It is actually the easiest to deal with people who can be dealt with by money or other benefits. Tang Youxin's situation is really a bit difficult to deal with.
"Forget it. In that case, I won't say anything about hiring or training you. Just treat it as a part-time job. Come to my place for a couple of days this weekend. I really need your help right now."
Xia Xu took a deep breath and could only settle for the next best thing.
The reason why he suddenly wanted to "hire" Tang Youxin was not purely to win over this five-star programming genius, nor was it out of pity, but because she could really be of use.
Don’t forget that in addition to the five-star talent, Tang Youxin also has this five-star special fate.
Lucky Husband (5 stars): A lucky star descends from heaven to bring good luck to the husband. The luck of the people close to him and loved ones is enhanced. The luck of the husband who marries him will be greatly enhanced, and good luck will be triggered with probability.
Although this fate is called "lucky husband", according to the description, the effect can also be achieved with people who are close to and admired. If there is an extra layer of superior-subordinate relationship, the effect may be even stronger.
Moreover, no matter how magical this fate is, it is impossible for all the people Tang Youxin is close to and loves to receive blessings. It is very likely that only the closest one or a few people will be blessed. Striving for an extra layer of connection may be the difference between nothing and something.
This can enhance one's luck and even give one a probability-based chance of getting good luck. In this world with "plots" and typical cases like Zhang Jianmin, it is necessary to believe in these things.
In fact, he felt that it was luck that played a role in him encountering the plot of "The Dying Man".
After all, there is almost no risk in the plot of a dying person, but there are many opportunities to make money. Just one report phone call can make tens of thousands of dollars without any investment. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is some kind of "lucky encounter".
The noodle shop run by Xue Mingjie is remote and deserted, and under normal circumstances, few people would patronize it. If he had not invited Tang Youxin to dinner before, and if he had not taken into account her introverted personality and specially chosen a deserted shop in front of the door, he might not have met Xue Mingjie, and naturally he would not have encountered the plot of "The Dying Man".
"Is there really something I need to do?"
After listening to Xia Xu's words, Tang Youxin hesitated and looked conflicted. She hesitated for a moment before asking in a soft voice.
She really wants to make money. It has become an obsession and cannot be faked.
She didn't want to take advantage of Xia Xu, but if she really wanted to give him a job for the purpose of hiring someone, she would still be tempted.
"Of course it's true. I just rented a small store, but it's very dirty and messy inside. It will definitely cost a lot of money to hire a housekeeper to clean it."
Xia Xu deliberately acted like a profiteer, and smiled mercenaryly: "It will definitely be much cheaper if I ask you, and I can save a lot of money. By the way, I can also let you do some odd jobs. In your free time, you can help me with my lessons and save me a lot of tuition fees."
"Well... well, just give me fifty dollars a day."
Tang Youxin hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded slightly, but with a trace of shame on her face.
Xia Xu's acting was obviously fake, anyone who was not a fool could see that there was some "favor" behind hiring her, and he said that just to take her feelings into consideration.
But she really, really wants to make some money!
At worst... At worst, I can just do more things like Xia Xu said.
"That won't work."
When Tang Youxin was struggling, Xia Xu shook his head.
"Eh? Expensive... Expensive?"
Tang Youxin raised her head and twisted her fingers awkwardly: "How about giving me thirty yuan? It's okay if you don't give me anything. I can help you for free, as long as it doesn't delay the class."
"Do I look like such a stingy person?"
Xia Xu knocked her forehead in annoyance and said, "It's too cheap. It costs more than fifty yuan to hand out flyers outside for a day. It's not even enough to hire a housekeeper for half an hour."
After that, he became serious again, staring into Tang Youxin's eyes, and said seriously: "I'm not being kind and pitying you or wanting to help you because of our relationship. I'm just asking someone to do something normally. If I don't ask you, I'll ask someone else, so there's no need for you to do this."
"Then... I don't know their salary either."
Tang Youxin weakly refuted and said, "You are the boss, why don't you pay the salary, but it can't be too much."
"Other people would like to work as little as possible and get paid as much as possible, but it's the other way around for you."
Xia Xu couldn't help but smile: "Xiao Tang, look at you, just based on your ideological awareness, you are one of the top ten employees. Even if you don't have any special skills, a lot of bosses will definitely scramble to hire you."
"Can I call you Xiao Xin? Xiao Tang feels weird."
Tang Youxin raised her hand timidly.
"Xiao Tang was just joking, so just call her You Xin."
Xia Xu chuckled and said, "It's just a part-time job. You don't have to treat me as your boss or anything. As for compensation, I'll just make a hundred a day. Nowadays, you can find a job that pays two or three thousand a month."