The matter is still spreading widely online, but Jiang Hua has completely let it go. Let the gossipers on the internet say whatever they want. After all, it was her own doing, and who can help her?
Jiang Hua had become incredibly depressed due to her previous mental state, but she has now recovered. However, she can't spend every day immersed in the game, chatting and doing quests with others; she must continue with her work.
Jiang Hua is always very serious about her work, afraid of making any mistakes, so she checks everything herself, fearing that any minor issues might make the game less than perfect.
Every time Gu Yiming arrived at the company before work hours, he would see Jiang Hua sitting at her desk working. Every time Gu Yiming quietly walked over, he would see Jiang Hua drawing figures, background scenes, and various monsters, marking the distribution and level of each type of monster.
Gu Yiming felt very sorry for Jiang Hua, but unfortunately their majors were completely different. So sometimes Gu Yiming could only sit next to her and stare blankly. Even if he was anxious and felt sorry for her, there was no use! You and Jiang Hua didn't even study the same major! Gu Yiming suddenly began to regret his choice. If he had chosen the same major as Jiang Hua, he could have helped her now and made her less tired.
However, Jiang Hua's talent in game character design is truly beyond that of ordinary people. From sketching and outlining to coloring, even the dynamic details of flowing clothes and smiling figures are handled exceptionally well. The department head has always had high hopes for Jiang Hua.
Not only Jiang Hua's department head, but also the senior experts in the company, all praised Jiang Hua's character designs. Every time they saw a new character drawn by Jiang Hua, there would be gasps and exclamations of admiration in the office. In their eyes, Jiang Hua was a junior with exceptional talent, and they had always taken good care of her. Gu Yiming was also very grateful to them.
Jiang Hua has great potential for development and is progressing much faster than others. Gu Yiming has witnessed Jiang Hua's progress and is truly happy for him.
Jiang Hua also noticed her significant progress and was very happy. She was about to invite Gu Yiming to dinner after get off work when the department manager rushed over, grabbed Jiang Hua's desk with both hands, squatted down, and gasped for breath.
Jiang Hua and Gu Yiming exchanged a glance. They both knew that the department manager, who was always calm and composed and never made a fuss, was now squatting in front of Jiang Hua, panting heavily. Something must have happened.
"Manager, what's wrong? Has something happened?"
Jiang Hua squatted down as well. The department manager grabbed her hand and said, "Jiang Hua! Something terrible has happened! Your...your game character has been...stolen!!!"
Jiang Hua was stunned. Gu Yiming gestured to the department manager not to rush and to explain slowly.
Perhaps because this matter was too important, the department manager suddenly stood up and said, "Jiang Hua, one of your favorite quests that you recently drew has been stolen by another game company!"
Upon hearing the news, Jiang Hua felt a wave of dizziness. She had just stood up when she stumbled and nearly fell back to the ground. What was the department manager saying? Her favorite character had been stolen? Were you kidding me?
Gu Yiming quickly helped Jiang Hua up. He knew how much this had affected Jiang Hua, and if things weren't cleared up, she might go crazy.
"What exactly happened?"
"Here's the thing! Recently, a game company released a new Xianxia mobile game. I wanted to see what their game design was like so we could modify and learn from it. But when the interface just switched to the character selection screen, I saw Jiang Hua's favorite character image appear on their mobile game!"
As he spoke, the department manager pulled a bottle of mineral water from under Jiang Hua's desk, unscrewed it, took a swig, and continued.
"I was afraid Jiang Hua wouldn't be able to control herself after finding out about this, so I came to tell you. But Jiang Hua, their game was released before ours, so we can't appeal against that company, so..."
"So, drawing means you have to suffer in silence?"
Gu Yiming was displeased. What was this? Did Jiang Hua's favorite character image have been stolen, and she was left with no recourse but to suffer in silence?
After getting off work, Jiang Hua collapsed onto the sofa as soon as she got home, without even taking off her shoes. Gu Yiming followed her to her house, and seeing her like this, he was glad he had come along.
He took off his own shoes, walked to Jiang Hua's side, squatted down and took off Jiang Hua's shoes, put the slippers on the ground so that Jiang Hua could get out of bed later, and then went to wash the mop and wipe the floor clean for Jiang Hua.
"Yiming..."
Gu Yiming, who had just finished his work, heard Jiang Hua's muffled voice from inside the bathroom. His heart clenched, and he threw the mop aside and ran out, squatting down next to the sofa and patting the back of Jiang Hua's head.
"What's wrong, darling?"
"There's definitely a mole inside our company!"
Jiang Hua suddenly sat up, and Gu Yiming, who had just stood up, bumped his head on the nose by Jiang Hua when he was only halfway up.
"Ouch! Yiming, your nose is bleeding!"
Jiang Hua hurriedly jumped off the sofa, lifted Gu Yiming's head at a 45-degree angle, stuffed a bunch of napkins into Gu Yiming's hands, ran to the bathroom, rinsed a cold towel, and applied it to Gu Yiming's forehead.
The bleeding stopped quickly. Gu Yiming shook his stiff neck and looked down to see Jiang Hua looking at him with concern, her eyes red. She must have been crying silently. But what angered Gu Yiming the most was that Jiang Hua had run to the ground without wearing slippers!
Gu Yiming bent down and picked up Jiang Hua. Jiang Hua was startled and didn't dare to move, afraid that Gu Yiming would make her nose bleed again.
Gu Yiming placed Jiang Hua on the sofa, then knelt down on one knee, took her ankle, and put her slippers on. Instantly, pink heart-shaped bubbles surrounded them, floating into the sky.
"Tell me, what were you trying to do by jumping around like that just now?"
Gu Yiming sat down next to Jiang Hua and said in a very displeased tone.
"Yiming, listen to me! There must be a mole in our company! Otherwise, why would we give this persona to another company!"
Jiang Hua's face was filled with resentment, her small fists clenched tightly, as if the traitor was in her hands and she was carrying out a mission to crush him to death.
"I know, but we can't jump to conclusions about this; we need evidence, right?"
Gu Yiming knew perfectly well that there was definitely a mole within the company who was already threatening them.
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