After a day off, everyone at work seemed a bit lethargic.
Lu Xiaowei had taken a sick day today and didn’t come to work, leaving her tasks for others.
The operations team was very busy today.
The test reports needed for the afternoon meeting were not finished.
Originally, each person had been assigned tasks, and according to the schedule, everything should have been completed on time.
But now that Lu Xiaowei was absent, the whole operations team became disorganized.
“What the heck, taking leave at this time, why couldn’t she have finished her work?”
Zhou Jiale was irritated and couldn’t help but complain softly.
“And she didn’t even mention it, leaving everyone caught off guard.”
Jiang Nanshu was equally frustrated.
She couldn’t understand what Lu Xiaowei was thinking. Ever since she was caught leaking information by Song Ye, she had been slacking off at work.
Did she not want to work anymore?
“Who will be the main speaker for the meeting this afternoon?” Li Junyi asked.
Zhou Jiale turned to ask, “Yeah, who will speak?”
In the afternoon meeting, the operations team would present and analyze the test report.
Originally, Lu Xiaowei was supposed to be the main speaker, but now that she suddenly took leave, everyone was at a loss.
Someone suggested, “How about Li Junyi? You do it?”
Li Junyi quickly replied, “I’ve never been the main speaker. What if Song Ye suddenly asks a question and I can’t answer?”
He was actually one of the younger members of the team, younger than Zhou Jiale and Jiang Nanshu.
“Nanshu, how about you?
You’ve been a team leader and director before, so you probably have more experience than us,” Zhou Jiale turned to Jiang Nanshu.
Jiang Nanshu looked up at them, smiled, and said, “Sure, send me the materials.”
She didn’t mind taking charge at work, as long as it was within her capability, she had always been very proactive.
In the company, if you don’t step up, your boss and supervisors won’t notice you.
She was always efficient at work.
She used her lunch break to finish writing the test report. She uploaded the report and stood up to stretch a bit.
Zhou Jiale brought her a sandwich and a cup of milk tea and leaned over to take a look.
“Is it done?”
“Mm.” Jiang Nanshu took a bite of her sandwich and opened the monitor to check on Little Bei.
It was Little Bei’s first time staying home alone without a cage, and Jiang Nanshu was worried whether the little guy had destroyed the house.
As soon as she opened the monitor, she heard a “clang” sound, followed by the sound of shards scattering all over the place.
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
She stared at the monitor screen where Little Bei was wandering around the dining table.
This vase had always been placed on the table, and she thought Little Bei, with his injured leg, couldn’t jump on the table, but she hadn’t expected…
“Is this your cat?” Zhou Jiale leaned over to look and asked sympathetically, “Is this vase expensive?
Is it a vase, or just a decorative piece?”
“…It’s a vase.”
But Lu Youchuan probably didn’t use it as a vase.
It was a creative ceramic piece, more like an art object, with dried flowers inserted for decoration.
Whether it was expensive, she didn’t know, but it looked well-made and probably wasn’t cheap.
There was a similar one in Song Ye’s dining room.
Jiang Nanshu watched Little Bei slide off the chair and play with the broken porcelain on the floor, worried it might hurt itself or scratch the floor, which would be troublesome.
“I’m going to make a call.”
She grabbed her phone and quickly walked to the safety passage to call Song Ye.
In the office, Song Ye was reviewing a proposal submitted by Li Yi. Jiang Nanshu’s call surprised him.
He picked up the phone and answered in a low voice, “Hello.”
“Song Ye, is your cleaning lady at your place?
If she’s there, can you ask her to check on my house?
Jiang Nanshu spoke quickly, clearly anxious.
“Little Bei broke the vase on the dining table.”
“I’ll make a call.” Song Ye comforted her, “Don’t worry.”
The cleaning lady usually came at 10 AM and left around noon.
It was now past 1 PM, and the lady was already gone.
But she lived in the old neighborhood right across the street, so it wouldn’t take long for her to come over.
Song Ye called the cleaning lady and asked her to stop by Jiang Nanshu’s place to clean up and take Little Bei back to his place.
After hanging up, Song Ye called Jiang Nanshu back, “I spoke to the cleaning lady.
She will go over to clean and take Little Bei back with her.”
“Did she take it? There’s a vase in your dining room.”
Jiang Nanshu quickly stopped him. She didn’t want to compensate for two vases.
“That vase must be expensive, right?”
Song Ye typed a few words on the keyboard, then casually laughed.
“Not expensive, just a few hundred bucks.
Do you want to buy a new one for Lu Youchuan?”
“Mm.”
“Just give him the one from my house.”
“……” Jiang Nanshu thought for a moment, “No need, I’ll buy one myself.”
Song Ye didn’t push her, smiling casually, “Alright, I’ll take you to pick one another day.”
Jiang Nanshu didn’t refuse and retorted, “Do you have time?”
“I don’t have time these days, but I will in a few days. It’s just a vase; if you don’t buy it, Lu Youchuan won’t say anything.
If you’re really in a hurry, you can take mine.”
Song Ye didn’t give her a chance to refuse, gently reminding her, “We’re preparing for a meeting, let’s put this aside for now.”
Jiang Nanshu hung up the phone, looked at the time—it wasn’t yet late, so she opened the surveillance.
While nibbling on some porcelain, she watched for a few minutes and then wandered into the living room.
The smoking area was next to the hallway, where a few people had come to smoke.
“Chen Yang?”
“Isn’t this from a cat scratch? Didn’t he keep a cat?”
“Bullshit, that’s not from a cat scratch.”
Chen Yang said mysteriously, “I think it’s a love bite. The boss might be in a relationship, haven’t you guys noticed that the boss seems a bit different lately?”
Jiang Nanshu: “……”
Why does it seem like she keeps hearing things about her own private matters?
But, where was Song Ye different? She was a bit curious.
“He’s not as cold as before. When he first took over the project, I felt like he was repressed.
Not a little, but very repressed.
I don’t know if it’s because of the plan being ruined.”
Chen Yang recalled while puffing out smoke, “But for the last month, that feeling of repression has lessened a lot, especially these past few days.
I think he’s definitely in a relationship.”
“You might be right.” The next to speak was Yu Fei, who was part of Song Ye’s team.
He glanced at Gao Xiaokun, “I think the boss might be in a relationship with your goddess.
Haven’t you heard the rumors?”
Jiang Nanshu actually wanted to hear more, but the snow had melted today, and the weather was still a bit chilly.
There was no air conditioning in the hallway, and she hadn’t worn a coat when she came out.
Standing in a sweater for ten minutes already made her cold, and she couldn’t help sneezing.
After a brief silence in the smoking area, Gao Xiaokun spoke up, “I think someone is in the hallway?”
Jiang Nanshu opened the door and walked out, looking at them.
The few people looked at her, their faces awkward, especially Gao Xiaokun, whose face turned red.
“Senior, it’s you.”
Seeing them so awkward, Jiang Nanshu comforted them, “I wasn’t eavesdropping.
I was just on a call inside.
” She curled the corner of her lips, “But I’m not in a relationship with your boss.”
After saying that, she turned and walked away.
The group looked at each other in silence.
Chen Yang patted Gao Xiaokun’s shoulder, “You have a chance now.”
Half an hour later, Song Ye had a meeting with the operations team, planning, main artists, programmers, and PM.
During the meeting, Jiang Nanshu opened the testing report, which included player survey scores, on-site feedback and Q&A, as well as scores from several rounds of testing.
She had created charts for comparison, making the data clear at a glance.
The test feedback and data were generally very good.
“Based on the test feedback, comparing with several rounds of testing, the core gameplay received high approval from players, and the art style was well-reviewed.”
She looked at Song Ye.
“Many players asked when the next test will be?”
Jiang Nanshu casually tied her hair into a bun, exposing her smooth forehead and delicate features.
She was the type of beauty with very good bone structure, and such beauties generally look even better the simpler they dress.
Today, she was wearing a simple dark gray sweater, with a matching turtleneck underneath, looking elegant in a simple but beautiful combination.
“This will be decided after I finish the senior management meeting the day after tomorrow.” Song Ye raised his eyes to look at her.
“According to my plan, probably around May.”
The main artist asked, “Then when can we start the mass production?
Our current personnel configuration is definitely not enough, we’ll need to outsource.
The best outsourcing companies need to be booked in advance.”
“We can compare a few companies first for style.”
Song Ye glanced at the PM, “You can make a development plan based on the schedule for the next few days.”
The next phase of the project would depend on how Song Ye negotiated with the boss.
Jiang Nanshu felt that things were not as simple as they seemed.
Song Ye needed to have a meeting with the planners, so the operations team and the main artists left, leaving the meeting room for them.
Zhou Jiale linked arms with Jiang Nanshu and walked out, speaking quietly, “I’m a bit worried about the next development plan.
I heard they didn’t get a year-end bonus last year, and a lot of people resigned after the new year.
I don’t know if we’ll get one this year.”
Jiang Nanshu came a bit late, and even if they did have a year-end bonus, it wouldn’t be much.
If the project team didn’t get a year-end bonus this year, probably a lot of people would leave after the new year.
The worst-case scenario was that the company wanted to cut the project this year, which would save the year-end bonuses.
After all, with so many people, the total year-end bonus would be quite a large amount.
Jiang Nanshu thought for a moment and comforted her, “We haven’t been here long, so it’s not a big loss.”
“Right,” Zhou Jiale thought for a moment, then looked curious, “Why didn’t you wait to get the year-end bonus before quitting? It’s quite a good deal!”
Jiang Nanshu quit mainly because the company’s internal management was too complicated, and she didn’t want to get involved in the drama.
So she just quit.
“I didn’t want to work anymore, so I quit.”
Today, work ended a bit early, and Jiang Nanshu didn’t get home until after nine.
She took a shower, tidied up, and it was almost ten.
Sitting on the sofa, she sent Song Ye a message asking when he would be home.
The aunt had cleaned up the mess in the afternoon and had taken Little Bei to Song Ye’s house.
She didn’t know if he would find it strange that both houses shared the same password.
Should she change the password?
But her password was her birthday; why should she change it? Let Song Ye change it?
S: [You can change it yourself.]
S: [Don’t you have the password?]
Jiang Nanshu: “……”
She lowered her head and replied: [It’s not convenient, I can’t just change someone else’s.]
S: [You didn’t change it before, the bed was left for you to sleep in.]
shu: [……]
The screen showed that the reply was being typed…
S: [I’m in the elevator, I’ll be home soon.]
So, was he just teasing her?
Jiang Nanshu rolled her eyes, went to her room to change clothes, and walked to the door.
Song Ye had just stepped out of the elevator.
His jacket was casually draped over his arm.
He glanced at her, then went to open the door.
Jiang Nanshu followed him, intending not to bother him, but Song Ye had already taken out her slippers.
She paused, then decided to go in.
Once inside, she first checked to see if his vase was alright.
Seeing that the vase on the dining table was safe, she relaxed.
She then looked at the living room, where Meat 松 and Little Bei played on the carpet, looking harmonious.
She was curious: “Why doesn’t Meat松 touch the vase or destroy the furniture?”
Song Ye threw his jacket on the back of the sofa and lazily sat down.
“I trained it. When I first got it, it was quite naughty.”
Many vases and decorations were broken, and the sofa had been ruined a lot.
It seemed like a typical part of owning a cat.
Jiang Nanshu didn’t know why, but suddenly, she went quiet.
She thought about how Song Ye had raised Meat 松 for so many years on his own, and her heart felt a bit heavy.
She bit her lip, walked over to the carpet, and picked up Little Bei.
“I’ll head back now. Thanks for today.”
Song Ye hadn’t expected her to leave so quickly.
He paused for a few seconds and nodded, “Mm.”
Jiang Nanshu glanced at his long legs and walked over.
Suddenly, she tripped on something.
Before she could react, she fell toward the sofa, directly landing on Song Ye.
Song Ye instinctively straightened up and reached out to catch her.
“Ah!” Jiang Nanshu screamed, her chin hitting his neck, and her lips brushed against the warm skin of his neck.
She felt a sharp pain in her teeth.
The man wrapped his arms around her waist and let out a low hiss.
Little Bei, squeezed between them, let out a pitiful meow.
Jiang Nanshu finally realized how intimate their position was.
She quickly jumped up and sat beside him, holding Little Bei in her arms.
Her face turned slightly red as she cautiously looked at the man’s neck.
She noticed that the old wound on his neck hadn’t fully healed, and now there was a new mark.
Song Ye raised his hand to touch the spot and looked at her with a deep gaze.
Before he could speak, Jiang Nanshu spoke first, glaring at him.
“Why did you trip me?”
Song Ye felt wronged.
He scoffed and didn’t say anything more.
He opened the surveillance footage for her to see.
The culprit wasn’t him.
He had been sitting still the whole time.
It was Meat松 who had run out.
“……”
Jiang Nanshu looked at the footage, speechless.
“I know you don’t like me,” Song Ye looked at her with a guilty look on her face, then self-mockingly smiled, “But you sure seem fond of my neck.”
“……”
Why didn’t she bite him earlier?
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