Chapter 8
Two o'clock in the afternoon.
Although the sun was shining brightly that day, the temperature was a few degrees lower than yesterday.
The wind was sharp and the frost was fierce. The pedestrians on the road all hunched their necks and walked with their heads down, taking heavy steps against the wind.
Yue Qianling was probably the only person with brisk steps. She was carrying a small bag containing a digital tablet, a water cup, and some office gadgets. She stood in front of the HC Interactive Entertainment Building, looking up at the office building. It seemed as if five words were written on her face: "The Master is back again!"
Because it was not working hours, the elevator was empty.
Yue Qianling carefully fixed her hair in front of the mirror, making sure that she was dressed meticulously and looked good enough before she stepped out of the elevator.
Most people in the mobile game division knew about what happened yesterday, so they were not surprised to see Yue Qianling come back, but they would more or less look at her a few more times.
There is no such thing as paper that can cover up the truth in the company, not to mention that this absurd and funny gossip had already quietly spread among various WeChat groups when Yue Qianling was riding the subway.
I don't know who took a screenshot of what the team leader said in the group and sent it out. Now almost everyone in the company knows that Yue Qianling regretted it the day before and still wanted to come back to work. The boss said something very harsh in the HR department, almost devaluing Yue Qianling to the point of being worthless.
As a result, the game spenders wanted to go on a collective strike this morning, and the boss immediately forgot what he had said before and asked the HR department to call Yue Qianling immediately.
After consulting the HR department for a long time but they couldn't explain the situation clearly, the boss even grabbed the phone and started nagging.
He couldn't even wait until the next day and called the person back right away.
At this moment, the project team members felt relieved when they saw Yue Qianling coming back.
Christmas is less than three days away. If the card issue of this event is not resolved, they will lose their bonuses at best, or the game will be ruined at worst, and they will even lose their jobs.
So when Yue Qianling arrived, they immediately asked her to start redrawing the card.
Yes, the boss said, just redraw it this time.
But Yue Qianling was cautious. There was no rush about the card issue. She had to complete the employment procedures first.
"Team leader." Yue Qianling walked to her workstation with the process sheet in hand. "I'll go through the onboarding procedures right away. Please send me the requirements document first."
The other people in the group glanced over here, exchanged glances with each other, and sat back without saying anything.
Speaking of this rollover incident, the person who was actually caught in the frying pan was actually the team leader.
When Yue Qianling left, the team leader took over the male lead task from her and said hypocritically: "She left as soon as she said she would, and these tasks fell on my head again. It's really a headache."
Then he handed over the scene original painting task that he was originally responsible for to someone else.
In fact, everyone knows that being responsible for such a popular protagonist, although the salary will not be increased, it is always an honor to talk about it.
After all, every time there is a meeting to take stock of the popularity of characters, the artists responsible for the most popular characters are always in the spotlight.
So when Yue Qianling resigned, she never told anyone, probably because she had been looking forward to taking over this popular job.
But who could have expected that this would turn out to be such a big deal.
It’s not terrible if the quality of your drawing is not good.
What’s scary is that there is a comparison, and it is the interns who make the terrible comparison.
Now, those who were originally jealous of the team leader taking over the popular role began to be glad that they did not grab the job, and some even felt a little gloating.
However, the team leader has been in the business for several years, so he is capable of dealing with this embarrassment.
The team leader, who had been buried in front of the computer, finally looked up and nodded with a forced smile.
"Oh ok, I'll send it to you right away."
Then she fiddled with the mouse and said in a sarcastic tone: "Today's players are so hard to please. Just because the style changes a little bit, they react so strongly. Sigh, who says that players are God? I have to trouble you to come back again."
"No trouble, I'll give you a raise." Yue Qianling said with a smile, "But the card design this time is not a matter of style, it's really too ugly. Who drew it? Did they just hire someone to do it?"
The team leader's typing hands froze, his eyes turned awkward, and he uttered a word after a long while.
"I, I drew it. I've been really busy lately. Now that you're gone, I have to clean up the mess. I don't have the energy to do that. I just drew it casually. I didn't expect that players would only recognize your style of painting."
"Oh, so you drew it!"
Yue Qianling leaned on the table, covering half of her face with paper, "That's not what I meant just now, don't take it to heart."
After saying that, she turned and walked away.
It is awkward to leave one room empty in a crowded office area.
No one said anything, but the team leader seemed to have heard everyone's laughter and his face turned red unconsciously.
She slammed the table and said, "Hurry up and hand in the weekly report!"
The other side.
Yue Qianling went through the onboarding procedures smoothly and was walking towards the Finance Department.
She was depressed for several days, thinking there was no chance of her coming back.
Who would have thought that overnight, the situation would take a sudden turn and he was able to vent his anger in front of the team leader.
If the environment didn't allow it, she would even want to jump a few times on the spot.
When she was applying for her salary card, the person in the finance department saw her smiling face and asked, "Are you in such a good mood?"
"Of course." Yue Qianling narrowed her eyes and smiled, "How can I not be happy to see you beauties again?"
The finance people were so amused that they giggled and their attitudes became several times better than usual.
After getting the various cards, Yue Qianling was about to leave when she heard a girl next to her complaining, "The people from the Ninth Division put the wrong invoice again!"
Yue Qianling had sharp ears and caught the key word "Ninth Business Unit" and stopped.
The girl came out reluctantly with a pile of bills, still muttering, "They have such bad tempers. I'll have to give them a hard time again."
Yue Qianling glanced at her, and then stepped forward and said, "Sister, are you going to send these things to the Ninth Division?"
The girl nodded and said, "Yeah, what's wrong?"
"I'm going there too." Yue Qianling held out her hand, "How about I help you, so you don't have to make another trip."
The girl just looked at Yue Qianling in confusion, thinking that it was a good thing for someone to run this errand, and she didn’t bother to think about why Yue Qianling “just happened to be there”.
"Then thank you for your help. Just give it to the chief planner and tell them that the invoice was posted incorrectly and needs to be re-posted." She immediately stuffed a bunch of invoices at Yue Qianling and praised her, "You are so beautiful, they will definitely speak softly to you."
When Yue Qianling heard this, he instantly became more confident.
"Then I'll go!"
This was Yue Qianling's first time coming to the Ninth Business Unit. For some reason, she felt a little nervous and a little curious.
As soon as he entered, he looked around calmly, and only relaxed his pace after making sure that Gu Xun was not in his sight.
Maybe it was because it was on the top floor, but she felt the lighting here was brighter than on other floors.
Everyone's desk was filled with various sophisticated models, and on one wall was projected three views of an original drawing of a sniper rifle.
The employees were sitting, standing, running around, and gathering in groups of three or five in a complete disarray. There was even a few people playing games together.
It is obvious that compared with their mobile game department, the ninth business unit is noisier, flatter, and bustling everywhere, but full of vitality.
The feeling of nostalgia is overwhelming and fills every corner of the air. It is hard to believe that this project and their project where life and death depend on water flow belong to the same company.
Stepping into here is like stepping into a utopia.
She looked at it for a long time, and finally remembered her mission, so she asked someone at random: "Excuse me, where is your chief planner?"
The man didn't even look back at her, he just raised his hand and pointed in a direction: "That's the fat guy."
Yue Qianling looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a rather fat man standing there, talking on the phone with saliva flying all over his body.
Yue Qianling thanked him and walked over there.
She stood behind him and waited for the man to hang up before she said, "Hello—"
However, before she could finish her next words, the man frowned and waved his hand impatiently, "My bad! I'm annoyed, go away."
Yue Qianling: “…”
She understood why the people from the Finance Department were so reluctant to come here.
Seeing that person turning around and about to leave, Yue Qianling quickly grabbed him and said, "Hello, this is the invoice returned by the Finance Department. The invoice is wrong and needs to be reissued."
The man didn't even look at her, and roughly broke free from Yue Qianling's hand, half-shouting: "Why bother with so much trouble? If there's a problem, can't they just re-paste it? Getting paid without doing any work? Get out of the way! Don't bother me!"
Where does such an unreasonable person come from? ! Do you really think you are the king? !
Yue Qianling was furious, his eyes were glaring, and he was about to swear at her——
But she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure walking towards her.
Her heart rate suddenly changed, and the words on her lips suddenly became: "Don't be so fierce~"
“…”
When the planner heard this gentle and delicate voice, his mind was startled and he turned around in confusion.
Yue Qianling blinked her big eyes and looked at him pitifully.
The voice, neither light nor heavy, floated away and reached Gu Xun's ears.
The voice seemed to gently pluck a string in his mind, creating a familiar ripple and quietly grabbing his attention.
For a moment, Gu Xun even thought it was that person speaking.
However, when he stopped and turned his head to look over, he heard——
"I'm sorry to disturb you at work, but..."
Yue Qianling saw Gu Xun approaching, and her voice became softer. She bit her lip and continued, "The date is wrong. I can only trouble you to redo it, okay?"
Perhaps no man can resist the coquetry of such a beautiful woman.
Yue Qianling's plan really slowed down, "Oh, then show it to me."
Yue Qianling glanced at Gu Xun again, and seeing that he was still looking at her, she continued to put on a weak look and blinked, "You are so kind, otherwise I don't know how I would report back."
Gu Xun: “…”
Hearing this, he finally frowned, let out a light "tsk", turned around and walked away in a slightly farther direction.
When the planner saw the little girl acting like a spoiled brat, his temper disappeared and he said in a friendly manner, "It's no big deal. Bring it here. I'll get it done in a minute."
Yue Qianling looked in the direction where Gu Xun left and let out a light sigh.
That was a close call, my image as a fairy woman almost collapsed.
After completing the task, Yue Qianling happily returned to the mobile game division.
As the event was approaching, everyone was very busy, and Yue Qianling was happy to have some peace and quiet, so she sat down and started drawing the line draft.
In fact, this time she was given a very important task.
The Christmas event was originally scheduled to start on the 22nd, but now she only has less than three days left. She has to redraw two card faces, and if they do not meet the requirements of the demand document, they will have to be modified.
The sky was gloomy, and the weak sun had disappeared behind thick clouds at some point.
Yue Qianling finished the line drawing and looked up. The night had already enveloped the window, but most people in the office had not left yet.
But she had to go back to school, otherwise she would have to argue with the dormitory manager for a long time before she could get in.
After packing up her things, Yue Qianling left the company quietly.
When she walked downstairs, she suddenly thought about it and turned around to look up.
The ninth business unit on the top floor was still brightly lit.
They should be even busier, I don't know when they will take a break.
Just as I was thinking about it, the door of the elevator in the building lobby opened, and under the bright light, Gu Xun was striding towards me.
The two people's eyes met from a distance as they looked through the crowd coming and going.
Yue Qianling suddenly tightened her breathing and stared at him.
So her choice was not wrong.
If you stay here, you will have all kinds of unexpected opportunities to meet people.
For example, at this moment, Gu Xun was walking towards the direction where she was standing.
The closer the distance, the more nervous Yue Qianling became.
In just a few seconds, she had rehearsed several ways of greeting in her mind.
It seemed like just a moment, and Gu Xun was only one step away from her.
Then ask him if he wants to go back to school together.
Yue Qianling clenched her fists, adjusted her expression calmly, and was about to speak, but she didn't expect Gu Xun to speak before her.
"Didn't you resign?"
He lowered his eyes and looked at her.
Yue Qianling pursed her lips and smiled, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
At the moment she was stuck, Gu Xun's next sentence had already come out of his mouth: "Why haven't you left yet?"
Yue Qianling: “…”
Fuck you.
Are you serious in that tone? !
Yue Qianling's smile froze, turning into an awkward arc at the corner of her mouth.
She still pursed her lips and said word by word: "I didn't leave. I was called back to continue working."
Gu Xun raised his eyes.
Yue Qianling thought he was going to say something, but she only heard him say an emotionless "Oh" and then walked straight past her and left.
“…”
It seems to be extra cold tonight.
Gu Xun went directly to a restaurant next to the company for dinner.
The restaurant was about to close at night, and there were few people sitting in the lobby. The waiters were lazily leaning against the bar.
As soon as the meal came, the cell phone on the table rang.
Gu Xun glanced at the caller ID, picked up the phone, and picked up the chopsticks with his other hand.
"What's up?"
"I can't find you if I have nothing to do?"
On the other end of the phone, Luotuo had just arrived at the first floor, and there was a lot of noise all around. "I just got off the plane. I'm going to Jiangcheng on a business trip in a few days. Can you come and receive me?"
Gu Xun said without thinking: "I'm busy."
"Are you so busy?"
Camel thought for a moment and said, "No, you are busy as hell. I heard Xiaomai say this morning that you played COD5 again a few days ago."
At this point, Luotuo remembered something and asked, "Why are you playing single-player games again recently? Didn't you say that eating chicken was quite interesting some time ago?"
"A crappy mobile game is new enough." Gu Xun took a sip of cold water, "I'm going to eat, I'm going to hang up first."
"Wait a minute!" Luotuo stopped him from hanging up the phone, "You haven't been doing well lately."
"What's wrong?"
"Are you having a quarrel with Little Mahua?"
Gu Xun raised his eyelids and said calmly, "Why should I be upset with her?"
"You're obviously upset since you found out she has a crush."
Although Luotuo is seven or eight years older than Gu Xun, they grew up together. Luotuo is a delicate person and the emotional changes of people around him cannot escape his eyes.
He had long felt that something was wrong.
Gu Xun is a person who grew up playing 3A games. He has always looked down on the shoddy production of mobile games. The reason why he downloaded the mobile game was because Luotuo had a minor surgery at that time and was bored while recuperating, so he asked him to play with him for a while.
A few months passed and he was still playing, and Camel thought he had changed his personality.
But he had nothing to do these few days and thought about it. Thinking back on what Gu Xun had done in the game during this period, he finally had an epiphany.
He said clearly and firmly: "You like her a little bit, right?"
The call was silent for a moment.
Gu Xun's hand holding the water glass paused for a moment. His fleeting gaze was reflected in the ice water. The noise in the restaurant suddenly drifted far away.
Then, there was finally some emotion in his voice.
"Would I like a girl I've never even met?"
“…”
The camel was speechless.
It seems... that's right.
After hanging up the phone, Gu Xun took two bites of food and suddenly heard a commotion outside.
He looked up and saw snowflakes flying wildly under the neon beams.
Jiangcheng is a city where snow is rarely seen all year round, let alone such heavy snow.
The snow was like a raging mass of broken jade falling down, and the romance that had been hidden for the entire winter was awakened by the snow.
The city was in a frenzy, and it seemed as if everyone was celebrating the arrival of the first snow.
When Yue Qianling got off the subway, the snow was getting heavier.
She stood excitedly at the subway entrance, and like many people who discovered this surprise, her first reaction was to take out her phone and post a message to her friends.
Just three words.
“It’s snowing!”
After a while, the phone started vibrating frequently.
She glanced at her cell phone and suddenly stopped in surprise.
It's not surprising that Yue Qianling's parents sent messages to remind her to keep warm and her friends asked her where she was going to spend Christmas.
The strange thing is that the person who had not appeared for several days actually sent her a message for no apparent reason.
[School Prince]: Are you in Jiangcheng?
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