Chapter 2270 - 727: Xue: Help!_3

Lin Muxue looked at her family, and that resentment that had been bottled up for two years had almost all dissipated.

She took a deep breath, shook her head. "It’s all in the past. I know you had your difficulties back then."

She didn’t say she forgave them, but that one sentence, "It’s all in the past," was already enough to let Lin Muchuan and Wang Suxia breathe a sigh of relief.

Wang Suxia’s tears suddenly came streaming down.

Peng Xiaomeng hurriedly pulled out some tissues and handed them over.

The tense, sword-drawn atmosphere in the living room finally turned harmonious.

Lin Muxue looked at Lin Muchuan and casually asked, "Bro, are you still working at that old machine factory?"

"Yeah, been there more than four years now."

Lin Muxue took a sip of hot water, then looked up. "I heard from Jiajia that your company is about to fold?"

Peng Xiaomeng’s heart gave a violent jolt; she instantly realized something, even stopped breathing.

Lin Muchuan’s face flushed red, and he lowered his head in shame. "Mm... the industry’s in a slump now, and the company is also... ai."

In his eyes, he’d sucked so much blood out of the family and even caused his little sister to suffer such a huge grievance, yet ended up achieving nothing. It was really humiliating.

He’d majored in Automation in college, and after graduating went into this traditional machining factory. The technical content wasn’t high, and the business relied heavily on foreign trade orders.

With the current situation, the company was hanging by a thread.

As for himself, he hadn’t learned any cutting-edge tech; instead he’d picked up a whole body of old-school manufacturing inertia. If he wanted to jump to a high-tech industry, his knowledge structure and work pace couldn’t keep up.

Stuck in between, extremely awkward.

Right then, Lin Muxue opened her black-and-gold Birkin bag.

She took out a finely made business card, gently set it on the coffee table, and pushed it in front of him.

"This is the contact info for the general manager of TY Precision’s Chang’an branch, Wang Mingwei."

Her voice was very calm, like she was mentioning something trivial.

"I’ve already told him about your situation. Tomorrow morning, just go find him directly. As for your new job, he’ll help arrange it. You’ve got Dudu now, your pressure is huge. Dad’s getting old too, so try not to work on construction sites anymore."

"Boom——"

These few sentences exploded in the room like thunder.

Lin Muchuan stared blankly at that thin business card, his lips trembling, unable to say a single word.

Peng Xiaomeng bit down hard on her lower lip to stop herself from screaming, her eyes bursting with unbelievable joy.

She dreamed of her husband getting into a stable, big company, but she never imagined... it would be TY Precision directly?!

That’s TY Precision! The ceiling of domestic manufacturing!

For someone like Lin Muchuan, who studied automation and works with machinery, that was practically holy ground.

Salary and benefits, welfare, stability... it was beyond imagination!

And it was just arranged like that?! And contact straight with the general manager?!

Wang Suxia and Lin Baoshan exchanged a look, their expressions extremely complicated—there was surprise and joy for their son, and guilt and unease towards their daughter.

"Aiya! Thank you, Xue! Muchuan having a little sister like you is... is... the greatest blessing ever!"

Peng Xiaomeng was the first to react. She was so excited she spoke incoherently, and quickly nudged her still-dazed husband.

"Xue." Lin Muchuan’s voice was shaking. "Thank you. Will... will this make you owe too many favors?"

"Heh, not that bad." Lin Muxue lifted her cup leisurely. "I came this time on behalf of the company to cooperate with TY Precision. And I get along well with Miss Ouyang, so this is just something I did in passing."

And as the four words "Miss Ouyang" floated lightly out of her mouth—

Even Lin Baoshan’s eyes went wide.

Lin Muchuan and Peng Xiaomeng were stunned on the spot, full of disbelief.

"O–Ouyang... Miss? You mean the chairwoman of TY Precision?!" Lin Muchuan stammered.

Lin Muxue chuckled. "Mm. The apartment I bought in Shanghai, she transferred it to me as a favor."

The small living room instantly fell into an eerie silence.

Just then—

"Ring ring ring——" The phone in her bag started ringing.

[TY Precision – Secretary Chen]

Lin Muxue’s heart skipped slightly. She shook the phone. "It’s Miss Ouyang’s secretary calling. I’ll take it."

With that, under the family’s extremely shocked and awestruck gazes, she got up and walked toward the balcony.

"Hello? Secretary Chen."

"Assistant Lin, good afternoon, did I disturb your rest?" Secretary Chen Jing’s steady, capable voice came through the line.

"No, not at all. What can I do for you, Secretary Chen?"

"Hehe, nothing major." Chen Jing laughed. "I heard from President Wang at the Chang’an branch that you’re planning to have your brother join, as an equipment engineer?"

Lin Muxue’s heart tightened. She quickly explained, "Yes. His major in college was Automation, and he’s been working in a machining factory, so the specialty roughly fits."

She’d thought this matter was just a one-sentence favor. Given her current status, arranging a basic position for a family member was perfectly normal. She hadn’t expected it to actually alarm Miss Ouyang’s chief secretary.

She suddenly felt a bit uneasy, not sure what the other party meant.

"Assistant Lin, don’t misunderstand, I don’t mean anything else." As if guessing her thoughts, Chen Jing’s tone stayed gentle. "I called because President Wang’s arrangement isn’t quite appropriate."

"Ah?"

"Since he’s your older brother and has a related background, just assigning him as a regular equipment engineer would be a waste of talent. My suggestion is for President Wang to rearrange a reserve-cadre position, first place him in the automation technology R&D department to follow and learn for half a year. If he can keep up, we’ll train him toward a high-tech specialist role in the future. Naturally, his salary and benefits will be at the reserve-cadre standard."

Lin Muxue instantly exhaled in relief. "Okay, thank you so much, Secretary Chen!"

"You’re welcome." Chen Jing then asked about her schedule in Chang’an, and suddenly changed the topic, sounding like she was casually chatting. "By the way, Assistant Lin, next week you’ll be accompanying President Tang to New York to attend Smile Holding’s global shareholders’ meeting, correct?"

"Yes. Before that we’ll go to a French estate first, the itinerary is already set."

"Hehe, then you’ll be seeing Chairman Jin in person." There was a faint, indescribable smile in Chen Jing’s tone. "Funny coincidence—you may not know this, but the private trips and everyday affairs you’re handling for President Tang now used to be personally arranged by Chairman Jin. From that angle, you could say you’ve perfectly replaced some of the functions Chairman Jin had at President Tang’s side. I believe when you two meet, you’ll probably have a lot to talk about."

Lin Muxue’s whole body went stiff, she even doubted her own hearing.

(⊙_⊙)?!

What the hell?!

The private secretary stuff I’m doing now... used to be done by Chairman Jin?!

In the receiver, Chen Jing’s voice stayed steady. "Also, we just received word that Chairman Jin has specially issued a letter in the name of Smile Holding’s board of directors, inviting President Tang’s work assistant—Shen Yuyan—to also attend this shareholders’ meeting. I believe President Tang will inform you soon; you two assistants can communicate in advance about the itinerary details."

"Then I won’t keep you, enjoy your family reunion. Goodbye."

"G–goodbye..." Lin Muxue replied numbly.

The busy tone of a disconnected call sounded in her ear.

She gripped her phone, standing on the balcony, her mind buzzing.

An absurd, yet heart-racing thought surged up uncontrollably.

In her worldview, Chairman Jin was President Tang’s main palace, the lofty mastermind behind the scenes.

But from what Chen Jing just said, Chairman Jin had actually done this kind of private secretary work?

If that was really the case—

She suddenly seemed to understand why Chairman Jin’s attitude toward her always carried a vague sense of scrutiny and warning.

Chairman Jin personally inviting Shen Yuyan to New York?

Is that a warning? A knock on the head? Or is she grooming Shen Yuyan to replace me?

I’m screwed! Totally screwed!

Someone save me! How am I supposed to play this game now?!