The Security Guard Position Was Inherited

Although Su Lai’s tone was calm, it carried an indescribable sense of
conviction.

It wasn’t just the interviewer and HR who were stunned. All the players present
looked at Su Lai in disbelief. In the real world or the contaminated world, was
this something a humble job seeker could say?!

In the crowd, Bai Ke couldn’t help but give a thumbs-up. Only his Lai-ge, with
clear goals, swift action, and a strong sense of nostalgia. He was still
“thinking about” his old mother Wang Chunying, who had disappeared in the urban
village.

The head interviewer’s facial muscles began to twitch. The smile at the corners
of his mouth gradually twisted. “Mr. Wang Xiaosi, our company currently does not
need any security guards.”

He had never seen an applicant like this. Far too opinionated. The company
disliked opinionated employees. Employees were just consumables for making
money. Consumables didn’t need their own thoughts.

“Wrong.” Su Lai corrected him. “It’s that you didn’t need one before. Now you
do.” “Don’t believe me? Call the lobby.”

The interviewer wasn’t easily fooled. He immediately had 999 call the lobby
while pressing the button to page the security guard.

Half a minute later, 999 returned with a grave expression, bringing even graver
news to the head interviewer—— “The security guard has disappeared.”

“Impossible! He’s the Director’s nephew’s cousin. He got this job through
connections. He wouldn’t just quit!”

The head interviewer instinctively glanced at Su Lai. This guy in the burial
suit looked completely calm. “This nephew’s cousin might have been poached by a
competitor.”

“See? The security guard position—you didn’t need one before. Now you do.” Su
Lai was all smiles. Even with a friendly smile, he gave off an unapproachable,
thorny vibe.

During the interview, he had already answered a similar question: “What if the
position you want isn’t available?”

——Of course, just make it available.

He didn’t want to put a knife to the leader’s throat to create a position yet.
He didn’t like that former colleague. He didn’t want to be patrol partners with
him.

Su Lai was never one to beat around the bush. He was direct, efficient.

Not believing his luck, the head interviewer decided to go down to the first
floor lobby himself.

Sure enough, the guard who had been hanging around was gone. In the security
booth was a note——

「Goodbye, Fortuitous Retribution Building. I have found a more suitable job. Let
the new colleague Wang Xiaosi inherit the security guard position.」 「Signed, the
Director’s nephew’s cousin.」

“…” The interviewer’s hand holding the note was shaking. From anger.

Inherit the security guard position… what kind of nonsense was this? Was there
no respect for company procedure? Had this been approved by him? Was quitting
this casual? Did he have no regard for leadership or the rules?

Su Lai poked his head in. The handwriting on the note was crooked. It showed
that when writing this, the security guard’s mental state was not stable.

Probably written with a kitchen cleaver at his throat, right? Su Lai was very
satisfied with this resignation letter.

The lengthy signature also conveyed a message: people working in Fortuitous
Retribution Building didn’t deserve names. They only had employee IDs,
departments, positions, and family relationships. These formed the symbols of
beasts of burden in the workplace.

“What exactly is going on?” The head interviewer turned to question the equally
bewildered employees.

Everyone looked down, not daring to make eye contact with their superior.

Only Su Lai openly met the head interviewer’s gaze, still with that same
half-dead calm. “This former colleague is about to have a brighter future. We
should, of course, wish him well.”

In the crowd, Bai Ke cooperatively applauded. The applause started slow, then
grew faster. Having once been cousins, he was happy to support Su Lai.

Applause was contagious. Driven by Bai Ke, a few unsure NPCs also started
clapping.

Sporadic applause spread through the crowd, breaking the head interviewer’s
unsettling silence. The atmosphere gradually moved towards an absurd easing.

Clap, clap, clap. Everyone looked out at the thick fog beyond the building,
pretending to farewell a former colleague with a bright future.

The workplace itself was an absurd collective performance. The workplace-soaked
Bai Ke was already used to it. He clapped with particular enthusiasm.

The head interviewer held the note, not speaking. He seemed to be thinking about
how to find a way out of the trap he had set for himself.

Moreover, if an employee suddenly quit and no new hire filled the position, it
would be his department’s responsibility. Of course, he didn’t want to take the
blame. He needed to think of something…

As he thought, the head interviewer’s tense face began to relax. His eyes
rolled, and his peripheral vision again shifted to Su Lai.

Interviewer: “Are you really willing to shine and provide warmth as a security
guard?”

Su Lai: “Rest assured, I am willing to inherit the position left by the
Director’s nephew’s cousin.” “Seamless transition. Be a good security guard for
Fortuitous Retribution Building.”

The head interviewer forced a smile. “Good. Welcome to the blessings of the
job.”

Five minutes earlier, Su Lai’s protective charm.

“Mom, I found a new job. But the security guard here is aggressive, bullying
me.” Su Lai spoke to the charm, his tone calm yet aggrieved.

The system followed. [「Wang Chunying’s Protective Charm」 skill activated.] [A
kid with a mom is a treasure. When facing a crisis, you can use the charm to
summon “Mom.”]

[Your “Mom” is picking up the meat cleaver from the kitchen…] [Your “Mom” is
accelerating…] [Your “Mom” is getting angrier…]

[Please note! The current instance is not suitable for the direct use of force.
Player Wang Xiaosi, please reconsider…]

Su Lai believed in Wang Chunying’s speed. Time was short. He couldn’t afford to
reconsider.

Although his phone had no signal after entering Fortuitous Retribution Building,
after activating the 「Wang Chunying’s Protective Charm」 skill, he decisively
called the landline at Wang Chunying’s house.

Beep beep beep—— In less than three seconds, the call was answered.

“Little Four? Your mom is just heading out. She’s already got her cleaver, said
she’s going to chop someone up for you.” It was Uncle Wang answering. He seemed
to be busy cutting watermelon; a thwack-thwack could be heard in the background.

“Uncle, let Mom take the call——” Before Su Lai could finish, Wang Chunying
hurriedly took the phone from Uncle Wang. “Little Four, who’s bullying you? Mom
will come deal with them right now.”

“Mom, calm down. If you really chop someone up, violence can’t solve the root
problem in the workplace.” Su Lai warned, then added, “At least not
immediately.”

Strange to say, after returning to reality for a few days, hearing Wang
Chunying’s voice on the phone again gave him an indescribable sense of
familiarity and security.

The system superfluously real-time broadcasted. [Your “Mom” has slowed her pace
and decided to make herself calmer.]

Wang Chunying: “Oh, oh, oh.” Whatever Little Four said, she agreed. She quickly
tucked her pulled cleaver into her waist. “Then what do you need Mom to do?”

Su Lai: “Is everything at our wonton shop running smoothly?”

Wang Chunying: “Very well.”

Su Lai nodded. “The wonton shop is just starting up. We’re shorthanded. I can’t
come back to help right now.” “If you’re willing, hire this blabbering security
guard. Put it on my cousin’s tab. Although this guard likes to pick fights, he
has an ox-and-horse build. He’ll definitely work hard. He’d be good as a meat
chopper for our wonton shop.”

“Oh, right, Mom. Bring me a box of urban village specialty.” Su Lai almost
forgot the most important thing.

Wang Chunying: “Urban village specialty? What?”

Su Lai: “The ones that crawl around our house that we can’t kill. The
cockroaches.”

Three minutes before, the first-floor lobby of Fortuitous Retribution Building.

The security guard reattached the yellow paper on the elevator door. Then, with
a wet rag, he carefully wiped away the invisible bloody fingerprints on the
elevator buttons.

The elevator showed no visible bloodstains, but the water in the plastic bucket
used to rinse the rag had turned murky and crimson.

As he wiped, he cautiously looked around, muttering to himself. “Cockroaches.
They don’t exist. How could there be cockroaches? A species with such a strong
will to live wouldn’t exist in Fortuitous Retribution Building…”

He kept peeking into the elevator cracks. Only after confirming no suspicious
crawling insects did he breathe a little easier. But his tense nerves never
relaxed.

“There are no cockroaches… That delivery guy must have been lying to me…”

After cleaning the elevator, he used the stained rag to wipe the upside-down
statue. Bathed in blood, the statue grew even glossier.

Cleaning the statue brought peace of mind. The resentment and irritation from
work vanished. The security guard’s gaze took on an empty piety. No extra soul.

Silence surrounded him. Only the sound of the rag rubbing the statue.

Until a ding. The security guard instinctively turned around.

He saw an auntie holding several cleavers, wearing an apron, standing at the
building entrance. The automatic glass doors opened and closed, opened and
closed. The emergency button started erroring, emitting an unsettling beeping.

The auntie’s murky eyes rolled. Thick liquid dripped continuously from the
blades. Layers of crimson were faintly visible on her wrists and sleeves.

At that moment, this uninvited guest was staring at him with the eyes one would
give a dead thing. The security guard shivered violently.

“Auntie, you’ve come to the wrong place.” As a security guard with years of
experience, he quickly realized this aggressive auntie was barely their kind.

But from her attire, she was clearly on the wrong “set.”

Wang Chunying looked up at the blinking sign on the building’s roof. Her tone
was still half-dead. “Didn’t come to the wrong place. Fortuitous Retribution
Building.”

Security guard: “It’s working hours. Do you have any business here?” All the
applicants for today were already here. There shouldn’t be any new visitors.

Besides, this auntie was past the right age. Having seen too much, she would be
hard to gaslight. Old and in poor health, she couldn’t be exploited. The company
would absolutely not hire someone like that.

Wang Chunying stared unblinkingly at the guard. “Young man, I’m here to poach.”

The guard was shocked. He swallowed hard and quickly waved his hand. “Auntie,
I’m not into that.”

Wang Chunying corrected him. “Sorry, wrong word. I’m here to recruit.” “My
wonton shop needs a meat grinder. My son thinks you’re very suitable. He told me
to hire you.”

The guard’s shock doubled. “I already have a job.”

Wang Chunying: “Quit.”

The guard’s eyes rolled. “Says who?”

“Says me. I can give you a 0.1% raise and provide room and board. Three meals
with a mix of meat and vegetables, no pre-prepared meals.” Wang Chunying’s face
showed calm sincerity. “And says these cleavers in my hands.”

The blades were lustrous and full. Clearly, they had drunk plenty of blood and
chopped plenty of meat.

Wang Chunying had been crazy for years. She had developed serious combat skills.
But now she had found her “son,” and the wonton shop was back on track. Doing
business with the neighbors, it was hard to unleash her fighting power without
scaring them.

If Little Four hadn’t warned that violence couldn’t solve the root problem in
the workplace, she would have already lost control, put on her arm guards and
apron, and started fighting.

The security guard felt the overwhelming killing intent from the auntie. At the
same time, the offered salary was tempting. After all, in this Qingyun Building,
even breathing wasn’t free. Even he, the connected one, was no exception.

“But I’m the Director’s nephew’s cousin. I have connections here. I have it
better than others.” The guard struggled a bit.

Wang Chunying shook her cleaver. “Working at my shop, you’ll have connections
too.” “You’re my son’s former colleague.”

The guard was confused. “Auntie, who’s your son?”

“Not convenient to disclose right now.” Wang Chunying had already put the
cleaver to the guard’s neck. “But he’s more suited for the security guard
position than you.”

In Wang Chunying’s mind, her Little Four was the best. Whether it was looks,
combat skill, driving ability, or taste in footwear, among the young people she
knew, no one could compare.

She didn’t know why Little Four needed to come to this dump to apply for a job.
But since Little Four had used the charm to summon her, she would do her task
well.

Thinking this, the cleaver in Wang Chunying’s hand shook a bit. There was a
restless, hungry thirst. The blade seemed to be screaming: meat’s here!

The security guard completely panicked. His gaze darted between the blade and
Wang Chunying’s expressionless face. “Auntie, isn’t there room to negotiate?”

Wang Chunying: “Negotiate what?”

Guard: “Whether I should change jobs… no, no, negotiate my salary at your shop…”
Seeing the auntie’s expression grow more unpleasant, the guard’s voice trailed
off. He knew his own combat ability. He couldn’t subdue this crazy auntie with
manual labor strength.

Wang Chunying: “Salary is decided by my nephew. I don’t negotiate with you.”

“Auntie, wait. I need to hand over my work…”

Wang Chunying: “Just leave a note saying you’re resigning voluntarily.” “The sun
rises every day. This company can function without anyone. There will always be
someone to replace you.”

“In a building that treats people like animals, you don’t need to think of
yourself as a dish. You need to be a person.”