Chapter 1 Leaving the Store

Walking out of the small store near the West Gate, Pei Qian was quite cautious, constantly watching out for rocks under his feet and whether his shoelaces were untied again.

Tang Yishu followed behind him with her head down.

Although she wasn't clear on what specific job she was going to do, she didn't dare to ask too much.

As they passed a milk tea shop, Pei Qian bought an iced milk tea and a hot milk tea, then handed the hot one to Tang Yishu.

Tang Yishu was a little embarrassed, but at Pei Qian's insistence, she took the milk tea, holding it to warm her hands.

"Do you have any hobbies?"

"Like... playing the piano? Singing? Painting?"

Pei Qian asked tentatively, but Tang Yishu silently shook her head, rejecting all these options.

Pei Qian thought about it and realized that someone with Tang Yishu's family circumstances was lucky to even be in school, let alone have the money to pursue these hobbies.

But the problem was... what kind of job should he arrange for her?

Pei Qian had hired Tang Yishu entirely to use her as a mascot. Since she had such a special halo effect, he would just place her in the center of the office to change the office's fortune over a long period.

There was no need for her to be responsible for any specific tasks.

After all, Tang Yishu was smart and a good student, so she would probably pick up actual work quickly, and President Pei didn't want to be backstabbed by a top student again.

However, he had to find something for her to do.

"How about you go to the company and water my plants?"

Pei Qian thought that with the way this girl almost killed Zhang Wei's pothos, wiping out all of Tenda's potted plants shouldn't be a problem, right?

Then he could buy a new batch and spend some more money. That would be great.

Tang Yishu quickly waved her hand, "No, Senior, I can't take care of plants."

"Ever since I was little, the animals and plants I've raised have always gotten sick for no reason, except... except for cats."

Cats?

Pei Qian thought about it. Cats were fine too!

It just so happened that there was a pet hospital nearby.

"Come with me."

Tang Yishu, holding her milk tea, followed Pei Qian again and entered the pet hospital not far away.

This pet hospital was small, with only three consultation rooms and one operating room, mainly serving the people in the surrounding residential areas who kept pets.

There were also often stray cats nearby. Students from the school or bored housewives from the residential areas would often bring these stray cats in for treatment or sterilization.

Many stray cats would be adopted, but some were unwanted and could only be kept in the pet hospital.

Pei Qian came to the pet hospital and asked, "Have you had any stray cats brought in recently?"

The young female doctor on duty at the front desk said, "Yes, someone brought in a black cat before. We just finished vaccinating and sterilizing it a while ago, and it just had a bath a few days ago."

"Are you thinking of adopting it, sir? This cat is quite cute, but it's a bit older, so it's not as adorable."

Pei Qian nodded, "I'll take a look."

The female doctor led Pei Qian and Tang Yishu inside. In a cage in the corner was a black cat with short fur. It was all black except for its four white paws.

Although the black cat's eyes were wide open, its pupils were perfectly hidden, making it difficult to tell whether it was sleeping or awake.

This cat looked at least six months old and wasn't as cute as a kitten, which might be one of the reasons why no one wanted to adopt it.

The pet hospital had limited conditions, so it mostly stayed in a cage, for fear that it would run away if let out. It also ate cat food that wasn't of very good quality, so it didn't look very plump.

Pei Qian asked, "Is it male or female?"

The female doctor replied, "It's a neutered male."

Pei Qian said, "...That's good."

He turned to look at Tang Yishu, "Do you like it?"

Tang Yishu nodded, "As long as it's a cat, I, I like it."

Pei Qian turned to look at the female doctor, "Okay, I'll take this cat. Please prepare a cat carrier, cat food, canned food, and a litter box for me."

These things could be bought online, but there wasn't enough time, and Pei Qian was too lazy to bother, so he bought them at the pet hospital. It was a bit more expensive, but so be it.

The female doctor didn't ask any more questions and immediately had two male doctors get everything ready.

She could tell that Pei Qian didn't seem to be short on money, so the cat's living environment wouldn't be bad. And Tang Yishu looked like a very kind girl, so she wasn't worried that the cat would be abused.

Soon, everything was ready.

The female doctor put the cat into the cat carrier. It was very well-behaved and didn't move, only its two bright black eyes stared at Tang Yishu.

Pei Qian paid the bill, carried the cat carrier on his chest, held the litter box and a small bag of cat litter in his left hand, and held the cat food in his right hand as he walked out of the pet hospital.

Tang Yishu helped carry the canned cat food, food bowl, and water bowl.

The cat kept staring at Tang Yishu next to her.

Pei Qian was speechless. "I'm the one who redeemed you, okay!"

The company's business car was parked at a restaurant nearby. Xiao Sun, who was in the car, was a little stunned when he saw President Pei carrying a cat carrier and so many things in his hands. He quickly got out of the car to help.

After putting everything into the trunk, Pei Qian put the cat carrier in the back seat, motioned for Tang Yishu to sit in the back, and sat in the passenger seat himself.

"Let's go back to the company."

Sitting in the car, Tang Yishu seemed a little uneasy. She looked at the kitten in the cat carrier next to her from time to time. The two of them stared at each other through the cat carrier.

Soon, they arrived at the company.

After parking the car in the underground garage, Xiao Sun carried the cat food, litter box, and other miscellaneous things to the company.

Pei Qian walked in front with Tang Yishu.

Tang Yishu hurried to catch up with Pei Qian and said softly, "Senior, what, what exactly am I doing?"

Pei Qian thought for a moment, "Hmm... an encourager..."

Tang Yishu was a little surprised, "Ah? An, an encourager?"

"But, Senior, I'm not very good at talking, and I'm not very good at encouraging people, what should I do..."

Pei Qian looked at her, "Let me finish. Your position is the encourager's... poop scooper."

Pointing at the cat, Pei Qian added, "It's the encourager."

"I'll leave you a separate workstation in the company. When you don't have classes, you can come over and be responsible for scooping its poop, feeding it canned food, taking it to the vet, and so on."

"As for the salary, since it's a part-time job, I can only pay you 3,000 yuan per month for now."

"After scooping the poop and feeding it, if you don't have anything else to do, you can sit here and read or surf the internet. You're free to come and go."

Tang Yishu was shocked, "Too, too much."

Pei Qian shook his head, "That's how our company's salary is. Come with me."

The two of them took the elevator to Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Coming out of the elevator, Pei Qian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He hadn't encountered any problems along the way, such as a car tire blowing out, brake failure, or the elevator stopping.

It seemed that the halo effect that came with Tang Yishu was relatively limited and didn't have such terrifying destructive power.

Thinking about it, if Tang Yishu really had the kind of constitution where accidents happened wherever she went, how could she have grown up so safely?

At most, she just had some small bad luck, and it could affect the luck of the people around her.

But Pei Qian was even more satisfied with this.

Because what Pei Qian needed now was this kind of small bad luck!

If it was a big bad luck, such as brake failure while driving or the engine catching fire while flying, that would be too terrifying, and Pei Qian would be very worried about his and his employees' safety.

But this kind of small bad luck could maximize the reversal of President Pei's unfavorable situation of making money without endangering the safety of Pei Qian and his employees!

Because Pei Qian was very clear that many of his successes actually stemmed from some coincidences.

For example, "Lonely Desert Road" became popular at the beginning because the game was discovered by Qiao Laoshi.

If Pei Qian's luck was a little worse, and Qiao Laoshi hadn't discovered it?

Wouldn't there be so many things to worry about!

Sometimes, luck can be a matter of a hair's breadth. If a small link doesn't happen, the domino effect may not happen, and President Pei's plan to lose money might be successfully achieved.

Therefore, this degree of bad luck can be said to be just right!

Entering the company, Xiao Sun put down the pile of things in his hands.

Pei Qian opened the cat carrier and let the little thing out.

Li Yada saw the cat and immediately put down her work and rushed over.

"Wow, President Pei, where did this kitten come from?"

"So cute!"

The other employees in the company also gathered around, instantly surrounding the little black cat.

The little black cat, with its four snow-white paws, wasn't afraid of strangers and walked around sniffing everything.

Pei Qian smiled and said, "Everyone has been working too hard recently, so I specially hired an encourager. From now on, this little guy will be everyone's encourager. When you're tired from work, you can pet the cat to relieve fatigue."

"Also, this is Tang Yishu. She's also a new member of the company. She's mainly responsible for taking care of our encourager."

Tang Yishu lowered her head, "Hello everyone."

Hearing that President Pei had even hired a dedicated poop scooper for the cat, everyone was a little shocked. After all, scooping poop and feeding the cat didn't require a dedicated person. Everyone could just feed it when they were tired from work.

However, everyone immediately realized that President Pei's words might be a joke, and they speculated that the real responsibility of this girl, who seemed quite shy, might be to take on some other work.

Li Yada asked, "President Pei, what's the little guy's name?"

Pei Qian then remembered that he hadn't given it a name yet.

After thinking for two seconds, Pei Qian said, "Let's call it 'Yintang'."

Li Yada, "Huh?"

"Yintang" happened to be inspecting Bao Xu's workstation at this time, turned its head to give Pei Qian a contemptuous look, and meowed twice in protest.

"See, it likes the name very much."

Pei Qian ignored Yintang's protest. His eyes quickly scanned the entire office area and quickly determined the center of the entire office area.

Pei Qian thought that if he let Tang Yishu sit in this position, her halo effect should be able to radiate to the entire company, right?