Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 435: Four hundred thirty-five: Interest or impulse?_1

Chapter 435: Four hundred thirty-five: Interest or impulse?_1

That was definitely not the result she had hoped for.

She wanted to stay by Jia Xiaoyi’s side, even if it meant only maintaining a subordinate relationship with him.

If they truly became estranged, it would be something she’d regret for a lifetime.

In the afternoon, Jia Xiaoyi went straight to the cafe.

The renovation was nearly complete, and, thanks to Jia Xiaoyi’s generous investment, the renovation team had been very dedicated.

Now there was no set time for the renovation; it meant they could renovate twenty-four hours a day without stopping.

Jia Xiaoyi waited alone in the cafe for the first interviewee.

It wasn’t long before the first figure appeared outside the shop.

"Hello? Is this the place that’s hiring?"

A girl walked in.

She appeared young, about the same age as Xiao Fang, probably a university student.

"Yes, please have a seat," Jia Xiaoyi said to her.

"Hello, my name is Jia Xiaoyi, but you can just call me Xiao Yi," Xiao Yi said to Jia Xiaoyi.

After speaking, she sat down across from Jia Xiaoyi.

"I am the owner of this cafe, Jia Xiaoyi. Thank you very much for coming to the interview. Could you give a brief self-introduction?" Jia Xiaoyi asked very politely.

Xiao Yi was quite surprised to hear Jia Xiaoyi was the owner of the cafe.

Seeing his young appearance, she hadn’t expected him to be the owner; she had assumed the owner of such a cafe would be close to their fifties.

Having a cafe in such a location would require a significant amount of money, something most people couldn’t afford.

"Hello?" Jia Xiaoyi looked at Xiao Yi, who had yet to speak, and reminded her kindly.

It was then that Xiao Yi snapped back to reality.

"Sorry, sorry. My name is Jia Xiaoyi, I’m nineteen, with a high school diploma. I’d like to apply for the position of coffee barista," she said to Jia Xiaoyi.

"Coffee barista? Do you have any experience in this role?" Jia Xiaoyi asked.

Of course, Jia Xiaoyi had an idea in mind; it was unlikely for someone of nineteen to have much work experience.

By the look of her, she had just graduated from high school not long ago.

If she was seeking work, it was likely she had no intention of continuing to university.

In society, this was a perfectly normal occurrence.

The ubiquity of educational qualifications only started to become apparent with the generation born in the 1990s. By now, most people had just a high school diploma like Xiao Yi.

Jia Xiaoyi found this normal and would never look down on her because of her educational background.

An educational background can’t prove a person’s character.

"I don’t have experience in this field, but I am willing to learn. I’m really eager to learn; I’ve been very interested in this industry since I was young,"

she said to Jia Xiaoyi.

As she spoke, there was a longing for the job in her eyes.

Jia Xiaoyi listened in silence without speaking.

I don’t yet know how, but I can learn.

Years later, this phrase would become a cliched panacea in speech.

But in today’s society, such a saying was not yet commonplace, and from Xiao Yi’s demeanor, it was clear she was quite serious.

However, sometimes interest wasn’t of much use; Xiao Yi had only a casual interest in the industry.

But how long this interest could last, it was still an unknown.

Perhaps when she really understood the industry, she would no longer be so interested in it.

"What varieties of coffee have you tried? And how much do you know about coffee?" Gu Chen continued to ask.

He asked this question because Xiao Yi had just mentioned that she had heard about the industry since she was young.

If she truly liked it from a young age, then she should have some understanding of the industry over the years.

So he wanted to hear what Xiao Yi thought about it.

But the development of the situation was beyond Gu Chen’s expectations.

When Gu Chen asked Xiao Yi to talk about the varieties of coffee, Jia Xiaoyi hemmed and hawed and couldn’t say a word.

Now, Gu Chen was pretty much certain that for Jia Xiaoyi, it was indeed just a matter of interest.

"I’m sorry, you may not meet the requirements we’re looking for in a candidate," Gu Chen said straightforwardly.

After he said that, Jia Xiaoyi immediately became nervous.

"Please, boss, can you give me a chance? I’m really willing to learn.

I can endure hardship, no matter how tired, I can persevere," she pleaded with Gu Chen.

Gu Chen looked at her cautiously begging.

His heart softened a bit.

There’s a saying that a coquettish woman is blessed, and now Gu Chen thought this saying was absolutely true.

"Sigh, if you really want to try, it’s not impossible.

But you definitely can’t start as a coffee brewer. If you accept, you can start as a waitress, gradually understanding coffee.

Or become an assistant to a brewer, slowly learning."

Gu Chen wasn’t really refusing to give her a chance.

At this point, Gu Chen still proposed two options to her.

Either start from scratch as a waitress.

Through the waitress job, she could learn about the various brands of coffee in the shop to supplement her coffee experience.

Or she could become an assistant to a coffee brewer, like an apprentice observing these matters from up close.

After Gu Chen proposed these two alternatives, it was clear that neither was as attractive as being a coffee brewer.

Seeing that she was hesitating to make a decision, Gu Chen was about to issue an ultimatum.

But just one second before Gu Chen was about to give the final warning, she suddenly spoke up.

"Then I’ll start as a waitress and see how it goes," she told Gu Chen.

Gu Chen nodded in response without any unnecessary words.

Starting as a waitress wasn’t a bad idea.

The reason Gu Chen suggested this was because he had his own reasoning.

On one hand, he wanted to see how much hardship Jia Xiaoyi could endure.

On the other hand, being a waitress also had its advantages, like hearing the conversations of customers.

In the coffee shop, the conversations between customers would definitely relate to coffee to some extent.

During the process of working as a waitress, Jia Xiaoyi could also gradually accumulate her own experience.

"Then you can come to work the day after tomorrow. As for the salary, it will be based on the standards for a waitress," Gu Chen said.

Hearing that she could come to work, Jia Xiaoyi couldn’t hide her joy.

"Thank you, boss! You’re really a good person!" she told Gu Chen.