"A monthly base salary of 5000, that’s too little. I make more than that in a day selling fruit. Even Miao Dabao, being the top in your company, only has 3 million fans. Too few. Overall, your company isn’t doing too well."
"Miss Chi, aren’t your expectations a bit too high? Ambition is good, but you need to know if you can handle it."
The man squinted his eyes.
Chi Youyou shrugged, "Given the conditions you’ve laid out, do you think I can’t handle it?"
As she spoke, she touched her face, "Honestly, I think I look quite good, but your company isn’t worth it!"
"You!"
"Wait a minute."
One of the men was enraged, but another quickly stopped him, "Miss Chi, our boss wants to speak with you directly."
"No need, step aside please, school is about to end, and I have to pick up my brother."
Chi Youyou glanced at the time; there were only 10 minutes left until school was out.
She had no intention of wasting more words with them.
"Miss Chi, no need to rush, someone will help pick up your brother. Your task today is to discuss signing the contract with us."
"Are you threatening me?"
Chi Youyou’s voice turned cold, the smile on her pretty face vanished, and her eyes gained a harder edge.
This was instinctual, like a beast emitting dominance when sensing danger.
The two men felt an involuntary chill. For a moment, they found her a bit intimidating.
But having seen much of the world, they quickly regained their composure, "Miss Chi, please don’t be nervous, we just want to make friends and have a nice discussion about signing with our company."
"Is this how you make friends?"
"If Miss Chi agrees, then it’s easy to discuss..."
"And if I don’t agree, you’ll resort to force?"
Chi Youyou interrupted, giving a cold laugh, "Are you sure you’re a legitimate company and not a gang?"
"Miss Chi, you’re quite the joker, of course, we’re a legitimate company."
She suddenly recalled something Chi Zaozao’s previous teacher mentioned, that the family of the fat woman had strong connections, even with ties to the underworld.
Looking at the two before her and their procedures, wasn’t this exactly the rogue behavior of street hoodlums!
In that case...
"Sorry, I don’t like being threatened. Our negotiations are over."
She stretched her neck, wrists, and ankles, scanning the surroundings with her big eyes – there were few people on the street, likely because they had orchestrated something.
Since they were thugs, she wouldn’t hold back.
"Miss Chi, you’re not seriously thinking of taking us on directly, are you? The two of us are..."
One of the men found it amusing, yet before he finished speaking, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, forcing him to double over, unable to utter a word.
"Is that it?"
Chi Youyou found it a bit amusing to watch.
"Are you okay?"
The other man frowned, watching Chi Youyou warily – her punch was too fast!
He hadn’t seen it coming at all!
"Your turn."
Chi Youyou flexed her small wrist with a clenched fist, "Oh right, your boss can probably hear me, right?"
She suddenly paused, pondering for a moment, "Those who desire more than they can handle will meet a bad end. You think you can sign me? You’re not worthy!"
"You!"
The man lashed out in anger, throwing a punch, but Chi Youyou easily dodged it, her slender hand gripping his wrist, "Your moves aren’t even as fast as my cat Mimi’s. School’s almost out; I don’t have time to waste words with you!"
Before finishing her sentence, she yanked hard, bringing him down with a knee, and threw him heavily to the ground.
"You... cough... refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit, cough... you’ll be sorry later!"
As he lay on the ground groaning, the man spoke through gritted teeth.
Chi Youyou narrowed her eyes, not paying him any more mind, and walked briskly towards the street corner.
Chi Zaozao, wait for me!