"Have you tallied the interview applications for this year?"

A man pulled open the curtains, allowing the rising sun to sweep away the shadows in the office. A ray of sunlight shone on the name tag on the desk, reflecting a unique gold-plated glow.

" President-Park Chung-min "

As Park Chung-min turned around to wipe his name tag, Lee Zhilu, who had been standing in front of his desk, placed a folder on his desk.

"President, there are about 20 people this time."

"20th?" Park Chung-min raised his eyebrows." It's about the same number as the previous years. Fortunately, the initial requirements have been relaxed. I thought..."

"Um, President." Li Zhilu couldn't help but interrupt Park Zhongmin.

" What?" The moment Park Chung-min frowned, Li Zhilu lowered his head and continued," 20 is just the number of applicants."

Li Zhilu lowered his head even more after he finished speaking. However, other than the sound of the folder being flipped, the expected scolding did not come. He could not help but raise his head slightly to observe Park Zhongmin's expression.

President, aren't you angry?"

"What's wrong? Do you want me to scold you?"

Park Chung-min glared at Li Zhilu, who was shaking his head, and then took out a cigarette from the drawer and lit it.

"You're just a human resources manager. There are some things that you can't do anything about."

After taking a few puffs, he threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray and looked up at Li Zhilu.

"Have they submitted their resignation papers?"

"Chief Liu and the others have already handed it in. We're only missing Minister Li's." As Li Zhilu spoke, he stole a glance at Park Zhongmin." He…" He said he wanted to talk to you again."

"Talk?" This time, Park Zhongmin slammed the table and stood up." What's there to talk about!"

Li Zhilu was shocked and sighed in his heart.

"They even dare to touch trainees. They're all veterans of the company. Don't they know what these children mean to the company?"

As he spoke, Park Chung-min picked up the folder and shook it in the air a few times. Then, he slammed it on the table, and the loud sound echoed in the room.

" Did you see that? The media has only released the news for two days, and they can't even recruit anyone. This is what they did!"

After venting, Park Zhongmin's chest was still heaving violently. Li Zhilu stood quietly in place and observed Park Zhongmin's expression. After a while, he finally found the right opportunity.

"President, how do we determine the number of candidates for this year's semi-finals?"

Park Chung-min sat back in his chair after hearing that. He clenched his fist and placed it on the document containing the resume. His brows were tightly knitted.

" Let's recruit them all for the second round. We, Cube, are a big company after all. The number of candidates for the second round has to be made public, so we have to take care of our reputation."

"Alright, I understand."

Just as Li Zhilu was about to turn around and leave, Park Zhongmin called out to him again.

" Although we went easy on them this round, ask them to raise their standards a little during the second round. I don't want to keep idle people around."

"Alright."

After Li Zhilu closed the door, he let out a long sigh. Then, he looked back at the number on the door and shook his head.

" Sigh, if President Hong wasn't sick, these things wouldn't have happened."

Li Zhilu mumbled to himself as he slowly walked toward his office.

At the same time, in a hotel room, Wang Shiyu had just opened his eyes.

"Passed?"

When Wang Shiyu opened his eyes in the morning, he took out his phone and saw the notification that reminded him to participate in the second interview. He rubbed his eyes and confirmed it again before chuckling.

Although he got an unexpected surprise as soon as he got up, Wang Shiyu didn't have time to be happy before he got up and washed up. Today, he had an appointment with an agent to look at a house.

After going out and following the agent around a few times, Wang Shiyu finally chose a single apartment for the first time. After completing the procedures, Wang Shiyu ran to the nearest supermarket to get his daily necessities.

Wang Shiyu finally finished all the preparations for the check-in after putting the luggage he had brought from the hotel into the bedroom. After taking a nap in bed, Wang Shiyu went out again. He still had something important to do.

"Zhixiu, aren't you coming with us today?"

"I still have something else to do. You guys go have fun."

At the entrance of the company building, Kim Ji Soo smiled and rejected the invitation of his friends. Then, he walked to the intersection of the alley.

Walking in the desolate neighborhood, Kim Ji-Soo grabbed his backpack tightly and quickened his pace. He looked like a race walker.

When he was about to reach the open space, Kim Ji-Soo looked back to observe the situation behind him. He only turned to the open space when he found that everything was normal.

"Hmm?"

Two bowls suddenly appeared beside the bushes that were originally empty except for garbage. One was filled with food, and the other was filled with something that looked like milk.

"Didn't I say not to walk here alone again?"

Kim Ji-Soo, who had been wondering, was shocked by the sudden voice. He immediately reached into his bag. When he turned around and saw that it was Wang Shiyu, he let out a sigh of relief and put down the bottle in his hand.

"Don't worry, I'm prepared."

Kim Ji-Soo shook the thing in his hand after saying that. Wang Shiyu leaned over and saw that it was pepper spray. He couldn't help but chuckle.

"What if that person called someone else yesterday?"

"Don't worry." Kim Ji Soo took out a bottle of pepper spray from her bag." I still have more."

Wang Shiyu couldn't help but shake his head when he saw the girl's expression. He was about to say something but was interrupted by Kim Ji-Soo.

"Did you bring these over?"

"The fish cake shop tastes good. I planned to come back today to try it. I happened to see a pet hospital on the way, so I went in and asked around. Then, I bought some goat milk or something."

Wang Shiyan looked at Kim Ji-Soo and said," I haven't used up all the milk powder I bought. Leave it to me. I think it should be ready in a few days."

"Then wouldn't I have to trouble you?"

"It's okay. I'm not too busy recently. Besides, this is considered a good deed, right?" Wang Shiyan looked at Kim Ji-Soo, who was still a little embarrassed, and said," How about this? I'll feed your cat, and you can spend some time with me in Seoul next time. I see a lot of changes here, and I don't know where to go."

"Okay, I'm basically free on the weekends. Just give me a call."

Only then did Kim Ji Soo regain his smile and nod gently.

At this moment, the cat came out. Seeing that it ate much faster today, it felt that the food prepared today was more to its liking. After it left satisfied, Wang Shiyu stood up.

"Let's go. I'm the first one to eat fish cakes today. It's my treat today."

As the two of them walked to the fish cake shop, Kim Ji-Soo suddenly thought of something.

"Zhenghe, what if that person called the others to guard you?"

"You're not even afraid of two bottles of pepper spray. Why are you worried about me?" Wang Shiyu looked at Kim Ji-Soo and said with a smile," After all, Shiyu and I used to be the Taekwondo Twin Stars of our school. Besides, I don't know how to run when I see a lot of people."

After the word Shiyu was said by Wang Shiyu, Kim Ji-Soo's expression darkened visibly like last time.

Wang Shiyu noticed this change. Although he quickly changed the topic, he could only sigh in his heart.

It seemed that he still had a long way to go to figure out Kim Ji-Soo's views on that matter.

With this thought in mind, Wang Shiyu followed Kim Ji-Soo to the last intersection in front of the fish cake shop.