The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

A gentle evening breeze blows, and the city lights begin to twinkle.

Xu Xi, wearing a brown trench coat, walked briskly through the campus with her hands in her pockets.

The hem of her trench coat reached the top of her boots, swaying back and forth with her steps.

Since starting her food delivery business, Xu Xi's clothing has become darker, losing her former pure and sweet look.

In Xu Xi's heart, her pure and lovely nature can only be revealed to one person.

"Good evening, Sister Xi."

"Hello, Sister Xi."

"Good evening."

She occasionally encountered several food delivery workers who were taking a break on campus, and they all greeted Xu Xi.

Although most of them were Xu Xi's seniors and were older than her, they all respectfully addressed Xu Xi as "Sister Xi".

For no other reason than that Xu Xi enabled them to earn several times their own living expenses in their spare time.

You have money, you have ability, and you can help me in some way. In our relationship, you are the one in a superior position, so you are my brother or sister.

This has nothing to do with age or status.

Xu Xi responded with a smile, occasionally asking if there was anything uncomfortable during the work process.

This was her first time starting a business and maintaining a small team of forty or fifty people, so it was inevitable that there would be oversights.

"Sister Xi, I have a question."

"Each vendor marks the dormitory number on the packaging differently. Some write it on the outside of the packaging, some write it on the inside, some write it on a piece of paper and stuff it inside, and some write it so vaguely that it's impossible to tell which one is which. Several times, takeout orders from other buildings have been assigned to our place."

"Delivering food is already very busy during the lunch and evening rush hours. It's a waste of time to look for dormitory numbers everywhere. Sometimes we don't have time to check carefully, and it's troublesome if we lose the food or deliver it to the wrong room."

"I know you understand how hard it is for us to deliver food, and you never deduct money from our food damage, but we don't want you to bear this loss for nothing. Let's just deliver the food honestly so that everyone can be happy."

"Okay, I understand."

Xu Xi nodded slightly while carefully noting the note down in her phone's memo app.

After saying goodbye to the deliveryman, Xu Xi continued walking towards the school gate.

As she passed the meal pick-up point, she saw Gu Shuchang squatting on the ground distributing meals.

"Shuchang, are your legs okay if you keep squatting like that?"

Xu Xi stepped forward and helped him up.

"No problem!"

Gu Shuchang wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"I just can't walk for long periods of time, but I'm fine squatting or standing."

He concealed something: he also couldn't squat for long.

It's not easy to find such an easy part-time job with such good pay.

Of the entire food delivery team, his job was the easiest.

He even felt that Qi Yu and Zhao Lin could finish the task while delivering the food.

If he told the truth, Xu Xi wouldn't have a more suitable position for him, and would probably kick him out of the team.

"Oh, right, Sister Xi, this is for you."

Gu Shuchang took out a cup of milk tea from the corner and handed it to Xu Xi.

As black tea and milk intertwine, clean ice cubes float on top, interspersed with faintly visible pearls and wild fruits.

In this season when the lingering summer heat hasn't quite subsided, a cup of iced milk tea like this is truly mouthwatering.

"No need, don't buy me anything in the future!"

Xu Xi put her hands in her trench coat pockets, her brows furrowed, and refused sharply.

Her reaction startled Gu Shuchang.

He scratched his head and explained.

"Um... Sister Xi, you've misunderstood."

"This was just delivered by Brother Nian. He brought some for everyone, including the students who are resting. You're the only one who hasn't picked it up yet."

"Oh, I see."

Xu Xi's tone softened as she reached out and took the cup of milk tea.

Insert the straw, puff out your cheeks, and take a small sip.

It's cool and sweet, but not cloying.

The pearls are soft and chewy, with a very smooth texture.

Xu Xi sat in the pavilion, sipping her milk tea while pondering the dormitory number labeling issue raised by the classmate earlier.

To solve this problem, we need to start from the merchant's side.

While the marking areas can be standardized, achieving clarity is a real challenge.

Everyone has different writing habits; some people just write sloppily.

Moreover, during peak dining hours, not only are delivery drivers busy, but restaurants are also busy.

It's already quite good that they can serve meals on time; it's impossible to expect them to write their dormitory numbers neatly, as it's 100% impossible.

It would be great if we could print out the order form like when we normally order takeout.

The printed fonts are all uniform and clear, so no one will have trouble seeing them.

Sigh, we still need to create an integrated system.

Xu Xi chewed on the pearls, picked up her phone, and dialed the software company she had contacted that morning.

"Hello? I'm the one who consulted about setting up a food delivery order system this morning..."

"Yes, that's right."

"Can the price be lowered a bit more?"

"Oh, okay, sorry, it's over budget."

...

"Feed? Hello, I am..."

......

She asked at many stores, but the prices there all left her very dissatisfied.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Xi was in a state of utter confusion.

Forget it, I'll save up some money first and figure out how to build the system next year.

"Sister Xi, you just said you wanted to create a food delivery order system?"

At some point, Gu Shuchang stood next to Xu Xi.

"Yes, that's right. Now that the scale has grown, relying solely on manual management is becoming a bit chaotic."

Xu Xi rubbed her temples and sighed.

Gu Shuchang swallowed hard, his lips trembling.

"Sister Xi... I feel like I can give it a try..."

"Can you do it?"

"Yes! I'm a computer science major, and I have experience working on similar systems before."

Gu Shuchang pushed up his glasses and began to speak slowly and deliberately.

A year ago, he saw a programming project subcontracting offer on a second-hand website that sells everything.

When Gu Shuchang clicked on it, he found it was a backend management system for a restaurant.

This was a piece of cake for him.

So he happily accepted the job, and using the computer lab during class, he completed the work in two days.

"How much money did you make from this deal?"

Xu Xi raised her eyebrows and asked curiously.

"500!"

As Gu Shuchang spoke, a smug smile appeared on his lips.

"puff!"

Xu Xi couldn't hold back and spat out all the milk tea she was holding in her mouth.

"Um... Sister Xi, what's wrong?"

Gu Shuchang touched his clothes and asked, puzzled.

Fortunately, Xu Xi turned her head to the side at the crucial moment.

Otherwise, his newly bought clothes would suffer terribly.

"Cough cough...it's nothing..."

Xu Xi took out a tissue from her pocket and wiped her mouth while coughing.

No... I've been negotiating with those software companies for so long, but I still haven't been able to get the software cost down to 100,000.

Now you're telling me you did it for someone else for 500?

"Shuchang, if you can help me build this system, I'll give you five thousand yuan."

"Huh??? This...so many???"

Gu Shuchang was startled and even started to stutter.