Seeing that Ye Linchen had fully immersed himself in his work and had returned to his usual decisive and businesslike manner, Li Hongying and Lin Xuemei refrained from asking any more questions about her uncle.

The two quickly gathered their thoughts and, together with Ye Linchen, threw themselves into the meeting.

All three offered their own ideas regarding "Jinggong Software".

Ye Linchen wrote down all these ideas and created a preliminary structure for a business book.

More than an hour later, the meeting ended, and everything was clearly assigned.

Lin Xuemei stretched, then, as if suddenly remembering something, laughed and said, "Hey, it's a deal! I'm treating everyone to dinner this weekend! Nobody's allowed to skip it!"

The argument just now had been so upsetting that Li Hongying had almost forgotten about it.

She paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "I was just kidding. You're really going to treat me? Okay, then I'll have to eat my fill."

Lin Xuemei raised her chin and said generously, "Of course it's true! I'll invite you right away! I'll invite Xiao Juan too. If Lina isn't filming this weekend and has to go back to school, I'll invite her too. Let's have a good get-together in our dorm."

Li Hongying thought for a moment and tentatively asked, "Then... should we invite Yutong too? With her temper, if we don't invite her, she might overthink it and think we're deliberately isolating her."

Lin Xuemei's smile faded slightly, but she still nodded.

“I know. Let’s call them. I’ll have my boyfriend come over so he can officially meet you and make him spend some money.”

When her boyfriend was mentioned, Lin Xuemei's face lit up with a smile.

Ye Linchen and Li Hongying naturally had no objection to Lin Xuemei's suggestion and agreed with a smile.

The three chatted for a while longer before Lin Xuemei and Li Hongying packed up their things and left, laughing and talking.

The room returned to silence, leaving only Ye Linchen alone.

She sat down and began to organize her thoughts for her part of the report.

But before she could write two words, her gaze fell on the document that had been placed to the side of the table.

This is a background introduction about "Early Summer Fashion Design Studio".

Ye Linchen stared at the document for a long time, but in the end, he did not choose to throw it away. Instead, he put it away.

Then, Ye Linchen buried himself in the report in his hands, completely forgetting about the time.

When Ye Linchen's neck ached and he raised his head to move it, he realized that it was already pitch black outside the window.

Ye Linchen checked the time and realized it was almost one o'clock in the morning.

At this time, the dormitory curfew had long passed.

I can't go back to the dormitory.

Ye Linli put away the half-finished report, got up, went to the bathroom to wash up quickly, and then lay down on the bed.

I slept without any dreams.

The next morning, Ye Linchen was still fast asleep when he was woken up by a series of urgent knocks on the door.

"Thump thump thump! Thump thump thump!"

The knocking was urgent and chaotic, revealing a sense of panic.

Ye Linchen was still a little dazed when he was woken up.

Who would come looking for her so early?

She rubbed her eyes and forced herself to get up to open the door.

Unexpectedly, when the door was opened, Zhao Yutong was standing outside.

Zhao Yutong clearly hadn't slept well all night; her eyes were red and swollen, with two thick dark circles under her eyes.

She was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, but the clothes were wrinkled and her hair was a bit messy.

When Ye Linchen opened the door, Zhao Yutong's eyes were filled with tears, and she kept apologizing.

"Senior! I'm so sorry! I...I'm so sorry about yesterday!"

Zhao Yutong was incoherent, her face flushed red. "I was too emotional yesterday. I'm not human. I said those awful things I shouldn't have said! I really know I was wrong. You can scold me, you can punish me however you want! I'm so sorry!"

Seeing her like this, Ye Linchen's anger subsided considerably, and he could only sigh.

She turned to the side, gesturing for Zhao Yutong to come in first: "Come in, don't stand at the door."

Like a child who had done something wrong, Zhao Yutong lowered her head and shuffled into the house, standing awkwardly to the side, constantly apologizing.

"Senior, I thought about it all night yesterday, and I really know how wrong I was... I shouldn't have brought my personal emotions into my work, and I shouldn't have said those hurtful things to you... I regret it so much... I really regret it!"

"I know nothing I say can make up for it, but I will change, I promise I will change! Please, give me another chance!"

Ye Linchen poured her a glass of warm water, sat down at the table, looked at her, and said calmly, "Okay, I forgive you."

"Now that you know where the problem lies, remember it and don't make the same mistake again."

Ye Linchen looked at Zhao Yutong and continued speaking very seriously.

"Yutong, you are a smart girl, but sometimes you are too impulsive. Whether you stay in our team or work for a company outside, if you want to move up and become a manager, the most basic rule is that you can't be emotional."

"You can't expect to solve every problem with an 'I'm sorry' after you lose your temper. People may forgive you once or twice, but not a third time. Making a mistake, apologizing, and then continuing to make the same mistake is the behavior that most destroys other people's trust."

Ye Linchen looked at her and said, word by word, "I'll let this matter go this time. But there's a limit. If it happens again, I'll have to ask you to leave our project team. I mean what I say."

If it were anyone else, Ye Linchen certainly wouldn't have said these things, nor would he have chosen to forgive.

But Zhao Yutong was, after all, her first student.

Zhao Yutong's parents supported her when she was struggling financially and needed help the most, and they also kindly helped her find students.

She remembered this kindness, and this is her way of repaying it.

Zhao Yutong bit her lower lip tightly after hearing Ye Linchen's words.

She lowered her eyes, concealing the fleeting emotion that crossed them.

But in the end, she nodded firmly and said in a muffled voice, "...Yes, senior, I understand."

Ye Linchen looked at her like this and remained silent for a few seconds.

She stood up, walked to the table, took out the background information on "Early Summer Studio" that she had put away, and handed it to Zhao Yutong.

Zhao Yutong looked at the background information handed to her, then looked up at Ye Linchen with a puzzled expression.

"Senior, what's this?"

Ye Linchen replied, "Didn't you say you were interested in this studio yesterday?"

She tapped the document with her fingertip.

"You'll be in charge of completing this company's business report independently."

"You've been attending meetings with us for so long, and your major courses should be covering business reports. You should have a general idea of ​​how to write them and what to include."

"Since you believe your choice is better than ours, then prove it to us with your actions and the results you produce."