The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 398 - 387: Summer Ends, Autumn Comes

Summer gave way to fall, and little Xiao Cheng finally learned to walk, no longer confined to the inside of the house.

At first, he played in the front and back yards, but as time passed, he yearned to venture out.

Big Sister Erping thus took him to play with other kids of the same age in the alleyways.

He would occasionally run over to play with Xiao Jun at Xinyue’s house.

In the blink of an eye, another semester had passed.

This year, Lu Jingqiu also spent the festival season in Capital City.

Throughout the year, Lu Jingqiu and Jiang Nanzhou had met many friends in Capital City, and they had started taking little Xiao Cheng to visit various relatives’s homes.

Even Gao Qing’s place saw them several times.

After the holidays and the start of the new school term, Lu Jingqiu could tell that their graduating class and the first class would graduate at the same time, everyone was excited.

In two more months, some who had been eyed by their work units would be able to go report for internships.

A few days ago, Deputy Editor Yang had called her and Luo Xinyue to the agency to discuss their work assignments.

The agency had already applied to the higher authorities for their assignments, telling them to prepare to start working there in two months’ time.

Moreover, in this month, the agency planned to relocate, finally ending their two-year-long nomadic existence.

Now, the agency was moving into a building, with the entire third floor belonging to them.

Yang Bo teased them, saying, "You two are really lucky, the agency’s relocation happened while you were at school, and by the time it moves to a better place, you’ll be back. You completely missed the hardest time."

Upon reflection, Lu Jingqiu and Luo Xinyue realized it was indeed true.

As the first half of the year arrived, the two of them faced even more responsibilities.

Recently, they needed to publish several fairy tale books and books related to early childhood education.

So during this period, apart from attentively continuing their studies, they spent their time drawing.

By April, the two received notice of their internships from the school.

From students, they had now transformed into members of the working society.

The four dorm mates would soon part ways, with He Yu and Chen Qingru feeling somewhat reluctant to say goodbye.

The most affected was He Yu, as her parents had pulled some strings, and she would be working at the Urban Construction Bureau upon returning to Shanghai.

With her portfolio and awards, West City had also extended an invitation, but considering her family was in Shanghai and Shanghai offered more prospects for development, her parents wanted her to build her career there.

Chen Qingru’s situation was even more impressive, as she had directly been offered a teaching position at the school.

Out of the dozen or so people in their class, everyone was in high demand, despite her not being the most outstanding.

But it was her New Year’s painting that got sold to a printing factory and mass-produced, earning her a small measure of fame. The school, after much consideration, decided to keep her on as a teacher.

As it happened, the department had seen an increase in new students these past two years and was short on teachers.

On the day of their departure, the four gathered for a meal at a restaurant outside to bid farewell to He Yu.

"We don’t need to dwell on parting sorrow. Jingqiu has a place there; whether we’re checking the house or staying over, we’ll always meet. Plus, whenever I have time, I’ll come and visit you guys. Qingru, are you renting a place outside, or has the school arranged accommodation for you?"

"The school has arranged a single room in the teachers’ dormitory for me. I haven’t checked it out yet, though, as the school is on vacation, and I have more than a month off."

"When the time comes, come over early. Whatever you need or lack, just come to Xinyue and me."

Luo Xinyue nodded in agreement, saying, "Right, graduating is almost like not graduating—we’ll still see each other. Ah Yu, don’t forget to write to us and call."

"Don’t worry, I definitely won’t forget about you guys," He Yu reassured.

With that, they clinked their glasses in celebration, marking the beginning of a new journey in life.

After seeing off He Yu, Lu Jingqiu also communicated with Yun Yuzhi and Li Yinger.

Zhang Yumin and Yun Yuzhi, one went to the Ministry of Agriculture, the other became a teacher at a local high school.

Li Yinger’s case was troublesome, Li Qing wasn’t on her side. freewēbnoveℓ.com

Li Yinger was assigned to another teacher’s college, whereas Li Qing had to return to her original workplace.

The original workplace was also a very good department.

The two of them were now going to be separated and were struggling to find a solution.

Lu Jingqiu was quite worried for them.

Yet she didn’t know that while she was worried about others,

a problem had arisen on her side.

On Saturday, Lu Jingqiu was at home tutoring Yiyi in English.

Yiyi was going to sit for the college entrance examination this year, which was only two months away.

Then Luo Xinyue came over all of a sudden, looking rather pale.

"What’s wrong? Why the rush? Sit down quickly."

"Sit down? Jingqiu, we have a problem. Shang Ze told me that he met a friend today who saw a new allocation list in his office with your name on it?"

"My name? What do you mean? Wasn’t it at the children’s publishing house?"

Lu Jingqiu’s heart skipped a beat when she heard this, and she quickly asked.

"No, it’s at a cinema. How did that happen? Why the cinema? We’re not unaware of what happens at a cinema—it’s drawing posters every day. You’d be dead drawing new posters nonstop. Shang Ze even made a special inquiry and found out it was just added recently. The documents have been stamped. What do we do now? Let’s rush to the school and ask Professor Shi."

In the face of Luo Xinyue’s urgency, Lu Jingqiu became much calmer. With the stamps already on, this wasn’t likely to change.

After explaining the situation to her family, she went with Luo Xinyue to ask Professor Shi.

It was only then that they found out Professor Shi was also kept in the dark; the school had not received any notification.

He said he would investigate and told her not to worry for the time being.

On Monday, Lu Jingqiu went to ask the personnel department, which was also unaware of the situation.

"The person was reported to the higher-ups. The documents for your graduation allocation should’ve been sent down by now. What’s this situation? Where did you see the document?"

Luo Xinyue was taken aback. She couldn’t disclose that, as it was an unintentional glimpse. Revealing it would cause trouble for her friend.

Deputy Editor Yang was surprised when he learned of it and asked her if she might’ve seen it wrong.

"Everyone in our office, including the higher-ups, knows that you, Lu Jingqiu, have already been set to join our society. How could such talent be sent over to the cinema? That’s impossible, Editor Lu. You’re someone I have my eye on; who would dare compete with me for you. Tomorrow I will go to the cinema and talk to Old Wang to find out the truth."

Lu Jingqiu said, "I appreciate your help, Editor Yang. I also just heard about this and am not entirely sure. If that turns out to be the result, I do not wish the leaders to be troubled because of me—it’s all the same wherever I am."

Lu Jingqiu didn’t dwell on the matter too much. With her current fame in the art world, even if the formal allocation failed, she would still be highly sought after if she applied to other publishing houses.

Late that evening, she returned home only to have Niannian rush in with news: "I heard from my dad that your placement has been changed. He’s been investigating the last couple of days and found out it was a Secretary named Li from the Ministry of Finance who changed it."

Lu Jingqiu frowned: "The Ministry of Finance? How is it connected to the Ministry of Finance?"

"Who knows?"

Luo Xinyue said, "If we know the specific person, it’ll be easy to handle. I’ll go back and have my dad ask around."

This matter was initially known only to the few of them, but then Shang Ze told Shen Mu.

After class, Shen Mu also came to inquire about her situation.

Most people from his school were allocated to government units.

Most were returning to their hometowns for positions, some were going to teach in schools, and some young people chose to pursue further studies.

Shen Mu’s future had already been arranged by Father Shen; however, graduates from their school weren’t going to start their jobs until June.