The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 23 - Missed the Job

Chapter 23: 23: Missed the Job

Chapter 23: 23: Missed the Job

When she woke again, she was already in the hospital, with her parents sitting beside her.

Seeing her parents’ anxious and worried faces, Lu Jingqiu’s long-suppressed emotions finally erupted, “Mom, sob sob..”

The long-repressed sadness and anger exploded out all at once.

“You child, you start crying as soon as you wake up, just like when you were little.” Saying this, she hurriedly sat beside the bed and embraced her child in her arms.

“Mom, I know everything, why did you keep it from me?”

“Know? Know what…” Zhou Lanping’s words were cut off as she suddenly understood the meaning behind her daughter’s words, stunned for a moment, then turned to exchange a glance with Lu Xianrun, both feeling distressed.

The daughter’s illness this time seemed to be because of her; they knew this day would come, but they didn’t expect it so soon.

Lu Jingqiu cried her heart out, and as Zhou Lanping hugged her daughter and comforted her, she also began to cry, while Lu Xianrun beside them felt as if his heart were being stabbed, choking up repeatedly.

The family spent a sorrowful morning together, and as their emotions gradually stabilized, Zhou Lanping explained her condition to her daughter and expressed her unwillingness to seek treatment.

Lu Jingqiu knew that in her mother’s final days in her previous life, it was the surgery that accelerated the deterioration, and her aunt said that her mother suffered greatly towards the end.

If her mother didn’t want to undergo surgery, then they wouldn’t do the surgery, but she still didn’t want to give up. If dad said they should take mom to the Capital City, then they should, at least for an examination. There might be a chance.

In the afternoon when work was over, Aunt Wei came to visit her, arriving and saying, “You child, your mom came early in the morning to get your medicine. How could you run outside with a fever over thirty-eight degrees? Luckily you met a kind person who sent you to the hospital.”

Lu Jingqiu recalled that when she fainted, she saw a military uniform just like her dad’s. It must have been a soldier.

“Auntie, is he still here? I really need to properly thank him.”

“He left early, and even paid your medical expenses for you. I told him your family had been notified, and only then did he rush off hurriedly.”

“Ah, he left? What does he look like? Did he leave an address or a phone number?”

“A young and handsome military man, he didn’t leave anything behind. Probably had some emergency.”

Zhou Lanping said, “Your dad will find out about this. You should just rest well. Do you know that you’ve been unconscious for two days?”

Upon hearing this, Lu Jingqiu immediately became anxious, “Two days? I’ve slept for two days?”

Aunt Wei said, “Indeed, the doctor said that your heart was filled with pent-up emotions, and you were under severe stress, which led to your body’s debilitation. You’re a young girl, how could you have such pent-up emotions?”

Lu Jingqiu pursed her lips and didn’t speak.

Zhou Lanping smiled and quickly diverted the topic. Apart from her superiors and Doctor Zhang, no one else knew about her illness.

She didn’t even tell Wei Guixiang; she didn’t want everyone to worry about her.

After her mother sent Aunt Wei away, Lu Jingqiu checked the time and said to her father, “Dad, I want to be discharged from the hospital. I need to visit the publishing house this afternoon to see if I got the job.”

Lu Xianrun had been so preoccupied with his daughter’s illness that he had forgotten about the exam. Now that he was reminded, he became worried too, “The doctor said you need to hang on for another two days of IVs, I’ll go ask in the afternoon.”

“I want to go by myself. I’m already better, and I can still come in every day for IVs even after being discharged. Dad, I want to go home.”

Unable to argue with his daughter, Lu Xianrun reluctantly arranged for her discharge when the doctor returned to work in the afternoon.

Lu Xianrun had come in a military vehicle and, not feeling at ease about leaving the mother and daughter alone, drove them straight to the publishing house after her discharge.

Upon arriving at the publishing house, Lu Jingqiu immediately noticed the posted acceptance notice at the main entrance.

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Zhou Lanping followed behind and the first thing she saw was her daughter’s name, joyfully saying, “Qiuqiu, look, your name is up there too!”

Lu Jingqiu saw it too, in the second row, and turned to her parents with a silly, giggling smile, “Mom, Dad, you guys wait here for me, I’ll go in and ask.”

Who knew that she would enter the publishing house full of joy, only to bump into Zhang Miao coming out of the office? “Editor Zhang, hello, I am Lu Jingqiu, I came today…”

Zhang Miao looked surprised and regretfully said, “Lu Jingqiu, why did you only come now? Our interviews ended yesterday.”

Lu Jingqiu said, “Yesterday?”

Zhang Miao nodded and added, “Didn’t you see the notice posted outside? We interviewed fifty people yesterday, and our chief editor even mentioned you, but it’s a pity you didn’t show up, we’ve already settled on someone.”

“I…” She was too excited earlier and failed to see the remark below, and now there was no point in explaining; they had already made their decision.

“Is there still a chance for me?”

Zhang Miao shook his head.

Lu Jingqiu’s eyes dimmed for a moment, but she quickly replaced it with a smile, “Editor Zhang, thank you. Since I’ve missed this opportunity, let’s hope for another chance in the future. I’ll be leaving now.”

Zhang Miao nodded and said, “I think your drawings are quite good. We’ll have the opportunity to collaborate in the future, our publishing house also often collects children’s works from the West City Newspaper Agency.”

Gratefully, Lu Jingqiu nodded and smiled, “All right, I will.”

Having said that, she left the publishing house with a heavy heart.

Her smiling parents were waiting at the entrance. Seeing their daughter come out so soon, they felt a sudden sense of unease, and upon seeing the look of distress on her face, they quickly went up to her and asked, “What happened? You came out so quickly?”

“They held the interviews yesterday; I didn’t come.” Lu Jingqiu didn’t need to hide her feelings in front of her parents, and at that moment, tears of frustration brimmed in her eyes.

Lu Xianrun hurried to comfort her with a heart full of sorrow, “It doesn’t matter if you didn’t get accepted here. I’ve already asked around for you at the logistics department, and I’ll mail you an acceptance certificate to your rural village another day.”

Zhou Lanping wiped away the tears threatening to fall from her daughter’s eyes and said, “What’s there to cry about if they didn’t recruit you? With the connections your father and I have, finding you a job isn’t a difficult task. Not just on your father’s side; I’ve also been inquiring these days. A patient of mine at the electric motor factory mentioned they are hiring. We just didn’t tell you because you said you wanted to rely on yourself.”

Listening to her parents, Lu Jingqiu’s tears became uncontrollable, falling even more fiercely. The couple felt their hearts quiver at the sight of their daughter’s scalding tears.

It was their daughter’s first foray into the working world, her first time facing a setback in job-hunting, and all they could do was to comfort and console her, teaching her to bear the weight of responsibility.

After getting in the car, Zhou Lanping shared many life lessons with Lu Jingqiu.

If it had been before, Lu Jingqiu certainly wouldn’t have taken it to heart; in her previous life, she lived to an age similar to her parents’, with no small amount of life experiences to herself.

But no matter how many experiences she had, no matter how much she knew, in the presence of her parents, she was always just a child, and seeing them made her feel utterly vulnerable.

In fact, it was probably for the best that she didn’t get the job; this way, she could spend more quality time with her mother.

If she really had started working, going out early and coming back late every day, how much time could she really spend with her mom?

She could also issue a leave of absence for family care to the village, explaining the special circumstances at home. Generally, they would agree.

…

“Xiao Zhang, did you finalize the deal with Master Qin about that nursery rhyme?”

At this moment, Yang Ting walked over with a file and seeing Zhang Miao, she asked casually.

“It’s all set. He said he wanted to choose the illustrations himself though. I have to take the candidates’ drawings over for Master Qin to see tomorrow. Oh right, that Lu Jingqiu came by just now.”

“Lu Jingqiu? Why did she come only at this time?”

“She didn’t give any reason, but she seemed very disappointed.”

Yang Ting also felt it was a pity; if Lu Jingqiu had wanted to, the job would have probably been hers nine times out of ten: “There’s nothing to be done, it’s a missed opportunity. We can’t help her either. Go take care of it.”

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