Chapter 114 Euphemism

Elevator incident

Bu Qianli said calmly: "What's wrong?"

"She went offline last night and you followed her, leaving us, a group of hungry teammates, behind. Don't you have any explanation?" Jiang Ying said as he couldn't help but become curious.

"Hehehe, you can't be really..."

"Well, that's what you guessed."

Jiang Ying just asked casually and didn't expect to get an answer at all. As a result, when he just opened the door and was about to leave, he heard "hmm" from behind. Startled, he stopped suddenly and turned around to look into the eyes of the person behind him in disbelief.

"What did you just say? Did I hear you correctly?"

Bu Qianli said calmly: "I like her."

"Are you serious?"

Jiang Ying took a deep breath. Was he seeing things? Was the person in front of him really the Bu Qianli he knew?

Bu Qianli, who was so cold-blooded in both business and love that everyone kept their distance from him and shed countless tears.

As early as when he was in college, Jiang Ying had already seen how Bu Qianli, with a cool and handsome face, politely rejected those junior and senior students who rushed to confess their love to him one after another like moths to a flame.

This situation was not alleviated until Bu Qianli started her own business and rarely appeared on campus. However, as the company grew bigger and bigger, various magazines began to notice this company with extremely strong development potential and sent interview invitations to ET.

Jiang Ying and several company executives thought this was a good opportunity to promote the company, so they secretly arranged two formal interviews for Bu Qianli without his consent.

Seeing how they were being humble and submissive, Bu Qianli, who had always disliked such things, was silent for a long time, but finally agreed.

Once the interview was broadcast, the person became an instant celebrity, and the company's stock price soared, which also attracted more companies to extend olive branches to them. Although there are good sides, there are also bad sides.

Bu Qianli's looks and conversation attracted many people's attention, and they went to the company's official website to leave messages. Some even engaged in illegal activities such as stalking and harassing.

This also caused Bu Qianli to become increasingly annoyed with emotional matters, so until now, Jiang Ying had never seen him care so much about anyone.

"No, Boss, you don't even know what she looks like over the Internet, how can you like her?"

"Let's talk about this later. If you don't go back, Han Yun will have to go to work." Bu Qianli had no intention of continuing the conversation. He didn't even raise his head, and his tone was neither salty nor cold.

However, where Jiang Ying couldn't see, his right hand, which was lightly placed under the table, was holding a mobile phone and typing a line slowly.

[Ten Steps]: Good morning. [Puppy pat on the head.jpg]

When Jiang Ying saw Bu Qianli's serious look as if saying "I'm busy" and "Don't disturb me", the corners of his mouth twitched and a look of helplessness appeared on his forehead.

"Forget it. After all, "Heroes" is your game. It's easy to find out a person's information. I shouldn't worry about you. I should worry about the other protagonist."

"It's getting late. I'm leaving first. By the way, I'm going to take a month-long vacation after the project is finished."

"Okay." Bu Qianli nodded slightly and agreed very readily.

After getting the consent, Jiang Ying opened the door and walked out excitedly with full of curiosity and someone's quasi-fake promise.

However, what he didn't know was that although Bu Qianli agreed to his request for a holiday, she did not agree to Han Yun's request for a holiday.

It was not until a month later that Jiang Ying happily arrived at Han Yun's house dragging his suitcase, only to find out that his girlfriend was still busy working at the company and had no plans to travel with him.

His girlfriend told him that Bu Qianli thought that two senior executives asking for leave at the same time would cause unnecessary speculation, so she proposed staggered holidays. Jiang Ying was so angry that he almost rushed up to settle the score on the spot, but was stopped by Han Yun, who said that there was a little boy in Bu Qianli's office and ordered that outsiders were not allowed to enter or leave at will.

Not long after Jiang Ying left, a sound similar to a cough was heard. Bu Qianli lowered his eyes and looked over. It was a message from Chi Dong.

[Hibernation in winter and summer]: Yeah (*′v)

[Hibernation]: [Happy spinning in circles.jpg]

[Hibernation]: Good morning, Master!

Chi Dong was sitting at his seat at this time. The nervousness he had when he first started working had been relieved. Before receiving the news that one person was killed in ten steps, he had just moved a large stack of information back from the data room. These were all required by his teacher Sister Xuan who was in charge of the work.

It was said that this was to allow him to familiarize himself with future work matters and processes in advance.

After receiving the message from Bu Qianli, he looked around like a thief, and seeing that no one cared, he picked up his phone and secretly replied.

[Ten Steps]: So happy?

[Hibernation]: Yes, I am very lucky today and everything goes well.

[Ten Steps]: Let me guess, has my aunt’s condition stabilized?

[Winter Hibernation]: Bingo! Master, how did you guess so accurately? My mother is indeed recovering quickly. Yesterday, Dr. Lu even asked us to prepare the materials for discharge from the hospital.

[Ten Steps]: Well, it's a bit urgent for you to be discharged from the hospital. Do you want to stay in the hospital for a few more days for observation? I can help you arrange it.

[Hibernate]: No, no, you have helped me so much, I can hardly pay you back now.

[Ten Steps]: It is actually very simple to repay a favor.

[Hibernation]:?

[Ten Steps]: Have you ever heard of an old saying that if someone saves your life, you should repay them with your own life.

Chi Dong was so frightened by what he said that he almost dropped his phone on the ground. He was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. He stared at the phone that he had placed far away, looking as if he was facing a powerful enemy.

Chi Dong didn't know whether the man was joking or serious. If he was telling the truth, what should he do?

Do I really have to agree to this?

No, it can't.

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, it was immediately rejected by Chi Dong. He only regarded Shi Bu Sha Yi Ren as a friend and benefactor, and had no other thoughts at all.

What's more, he already has someone he likes. Even though that person only treats him as a junior and there is no other meaning, he still likes him.

Just when Chi Dong was hesitating about how to politely reject him, a message came from the other side.

[Ten Steps]: It's just a joke, don't take it seriously. [Pat the head.jpg]

After reading the message clearly, Chi Dong breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was just a joke, otherwise he would really have to keep his distance from him.

After all, they were just friends in the game, friends with similar values ​​and good conversation. Chi Dong didn't like others staying around him in the name of love, which was not a good thing for anyone.

At this moment, a bold guess suddenly flashed through Chi Dong's mind. Could it be that the man who killed one person every ten steps thought he was a woman?

Chi Dong frowned, his face pale, and he couldn't help thinking: If this is true, then he is guilty of a great crime. After all, he was the one who didn't tell them the truth. The fault lies with him alone.

Chi Dong clenched his right hand into a fist, looking flustered and uneasy. If he explained now that he was a man, how would Bu Qianli react? Disgust? Or hatred?

These thoughts have been spinning wildly in Chi Dong's mind.

[Hibernation]: [Cat laughing.jpg], don't worry, I don't take it to heart.

[Ten Steps]: [Smile][Rose] I have something else to do, so I’ll go get busy first. See you at the game tonight.

[Hibernation]: Okay, go and do your thing. See you in the evening.

Chi Dong didn't know that Bu Qianli was just making up an excuse to say he was busy, and actually just didn't want to hear him say no.

Seeing the avatars on the opposite side turn gray, Chi Dong clasped his pale fingers together. When he thought about how he would have to explain to them why he was a man playing a female character, his heart felt like a mess and he couldn't make sense of it.

While he was struggling over whether or not to tell the truth tonight, Bu Qianli, who was in the same building with him, had an even more gloomy look on his face, his handsome face tense, and the corners of his mouth slightly pursed.

As early as when the chat box kept showing the prompt that the other party was typing, he had already realized that Chi Dong was going to say no.

So without waiting for him to speak, Bu Qianli made up his mind first. His expression changed suddenly at that time, as if a layer of frost had condensed on his face, and his brows revealed an unprecedented irritability and unhappiness.

Although Bu Qianli expected Chi Dong to reject him, as the two of them got along more and more harmoniously, he began to have a little hope in his heart, but the result was still...

However, he will not give up. As long as Chidong is not with someone else, he still has a chance.

For several days in a row, Chi Dong was extremely busy. From the time he got to get off work every day, the number of documents on his desk never decreased, one pile after another. He had just finished sorting out a part, and before he could breathe a sigh of relief and take a break, another pile of documents would appear on his desk the next second.

The excessive workload, coupled with the constantly changing data and icons above the screen, caused him to lose a lot of weight in just a few days. He looked increasingly weaker, and if there had been a gust of wind outside, he might have been blown away by now.

That day, as the get off work was about to end, Chi Dong looked at the neatly stacked documents on the table, and he couldn't help feeling satisfied and proud.

I can finally get off work on time today.

Chi Dong stretched his waist lazily, and his pink fingers tapped his back which had started to ache in the past few days. He was very busy these days, and he could only have the energy to reply to Bu Qianli's timely and continuous messages during lunch.

After the two chatted that day, Chi Dong was kept by Sister Xuan that night on the pretext of improving work efficiency. He worked overtime in the company all the time. Even during his daily gaming routine, he would hide in the toilet to avoid being discovered and secretly ask Bu Qianli to clean it for him.

"Late winter."

Just as Chi Dong was stunned, a sharp shout suddenly rang in his ears. Turning around, he saw that it was his master sitting diagonally behind him, Sister Xuan, calling him.

"Yes, Master... Sister Xuan, what can I do for you?" Sister Xuan was about seven or eight years older than Chi Dong, and looked rather stern. Although she was the one taking care of Chi Dong, she did not allow Chi Dong to call her Master, but asked him to call her Sister Xuan like everyone else.

"Take this document to the 24th floor and hand it over to Xu Anjie." Sister Xuan handed him a document coldly, then picked up her bag without looking up and left the operations department with everyone else.

Chi Dong stared blankly at the few people left in the office. Seeing that they looked like they were about to leave at any time, he lowered his eyes and looked at the documents stuffed into his hands. He couldn't help but muttered softly.

"Oh, why am I the last one to leave again? I feel like Mercury is going retrograde recently. I wish it was like in the game."

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Done. The next step is still 10,000 words, which will probably be published on Friday. The rest of the time I will either be writing the next new article or this draft.