Chapter Twenty-Six: The Confession on the Ferry Boat I (1/2)

Time passed by very quickly.

After hitting off the plan to collude together like villains, Yan Jin spent most of his days urging Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both to quickly submit his final drawing. Xiao Yu was anxious as well, but it wasn’t up to him to decide. So, he turned to urge Nannan. Nannan was also getting fidgety over the constant rushing, so he went to harass his childhood sweetheart who had not made an appearance in this story.

A certain childhood sweetheart: God dammit.

Very quickly, it was the day of the showdown.

Yan Jin woke up early in the morning. Xiao Yu, who heard the commotion, leaped off his cooling bed and ran out of the cage as he watched Yan Jin suit up formally before leaving the bedroom.

Xiao Yu: “Squeakk.”

Good luck.

After he was assured that Yan Jin had left, Xiao Yu immediately went for his iPad. It was frustrating for Xiao Yu to be unable to be at the venue itself. Thankfully, that foreign wealthy millionaire did not mind setting up a channel to broadcast the presentation, which was why Xiao Yu was able to see it live. That made up for some of the regrets he had.

It was still early, so Xiao Yu logged in to the games that he had not played for quite some time. Although he did not need to edit the drawing himself, his anxiety level was not too far off from those who were involved. Because of this deal, he had not been in the mood to play games for a long while.

The moment he logged in, his followers started wailing.

“Goddess! Don’t tell me you’re giving up on the game?”

“Oh Goddess, you’re my motivation to stay alive!”

“Why haven’t you logged in for so long, Goddess? Don’t tell me you have a boyfriend already?”

“Goddess nooo.”

“Goddess nooo +10086.”

Xiao Yu speechlessly exited the game.

Before he could admit that he was one hundred percent male in front of those idiots, Xiao Yu decided not to go online anymore. He should let those people calm down for a while in the meantime. Maybe he should gnaw on his melon seeds and watch some dramas instead.

Although Xiao Yu already knew the outcome, that anxiousness before the truth was revealed did not lessen. If he could, he really wished he could witness that competition live with his own eyes.

YL and SI, him and Lin Zhou.

……

YL Corporation – Chairman’s Office

“Chairman, it’s about time.” Secretary Fang knocked the door with a stack of files in her other arm.

“Let’s go.”

Secretary Fang followed closely behind Yan Jin in her high heels. The sharp heels landed on the surface, making a rhythmic tapping sound. Every step was like her hastening heartbeat; even her breath began to quicken.

Tension had engulfed the entire YL Corporation. Before the results were revealed, no one in the organization would feel relaxed. That deal not only represented their year-end bonus, it also reimbursed them for all the overtime they did.

Secretary Fang had not been with YL for that long; this was the first time she ever experienced such a fierce competition. She looked at Yan Jin enviously as he walked with a calm expression. That person was just like the rumors had said – sturdy and unmoving like the boulders, as if nothing would affect him. It was as if they were not going to meet some important client, but rather just going for a tea break at the cafeteria.

That person was their chairperson, YL’s chairman.

How wonderful.

When Yan Jin pushed open the meeting room doors, most of the people were surprised. A few of SI’s younger designers awkwardly made their greetings, but they did not continue any further. For most of them, this was their first time meeting Yan Jin in person. In fact, not only was SI’s team puzzled, even YL’s designers reacted the same way.

YL’s Yan Jin was known to dislike making any sort of appearance. He did not even appear at the previous Spring Release Conference and left everything in the hands of his vice-chairman and secretary. Although this order was considered an important deal, it was not at the level that required their chairperson to be present. From SI’s side, other than their design team, they only sent their design director and sales manager for this meeting. The two groups of people exchanged gazes with one another in dismay.

Only one person walked out of his seat and shook hands with Yan Jin.

“It’s great to see you here, Chairman Yan. It’s such an honor.” Lin Zhou smiled appropriately, “I’m sure it’s a big boost to YL design team’s morale.”

“Same goes to your team.”

Yan Jin did not comment much.

SI’s design director nodded a look of approval towards Lin Zhou, which prompted the latter to smile bashfully.

The meeting room could not be filled with too many people. Yan Jin’s unexpected appearance meant that there would be one less seat for their designers. Yet everyone was surprised to find that the seats for YL did not decrease. Instead, they had a few extras.

The employees of SI stared at the scene in front of them as they started to panic mentally.

As it turned out, YL’s representatives included Yan Jin, Secretary Fang, YL’s designing director, and three other designers. The ten allocated seats for YL were now left with four unoccupied seats. Compared to SI, who had eight designers attending the meeting, YL’s line-up was lacking.

But that did not change the fact that YL’s line-up had Yan Jin!

Just by simply sitting there, Yan Jin made everyone feel chills down their spines even though it was a midsummer day. While they started to request an adjustment for the room temperature, the ladies in the room started to peek at Yan Jin in silent consensus. Although that young and powerful chairman had a strong and cold-hearted mask on, his good looks and aura, actually increased his charisma, and even added a sense of mystery.

Even the gentlemen in the room were not spared. Of course, it was not like they were charmed by Yan Jin’s charisma, but they all felt threatened by this man who exuded an air of perfection from his entire body.

When the doors of the meeting room swung open once again, Yan Jin instantly got up on his feet.

The crowd was startled by Yan Jin as they quickly followed his actions and turned their gaze from the man to the doors.

The new arrival was a middle-aged man in his forties, who was also the client behind this deal: Mr. Ji.