Chapter Thirty-One: The Goal was the Autumn Release Conference (1/2)

After Xiao Yu uploaded his post, he then proceeded to save a copy of those pictures in the image gallery.

When everything was done, he energetically went off the desk – he did not jump off the desk, but he instead walked down the steps.

Not long after he had fallen off the desk, Yan Jin ordered a custom mini-spiral staircase that connected the desk to the floor so that it would be convenient for Xiao Yu to get off the desk to play.

Initially, Yan Jin did pay extra attention and would only put the stairs out when he was at home. After he realized that Xiao Yu didn’t really run out of the room, the stairs were then placed there permanently.

Xiao Yu reached the floor and subsequently climbed onto Yan Jin’s bed using the bedsheets.

The morning sunlight shone into the room through the gauze curtain as it gently landed on the face of the man who was deep asleep, making it unclear which was complementing which. The tall nose bridge, those sensual thin lips, and those long eyelashes which created a small shadow underneath them – every feature he had was obviously a blessing from the creator.

Xiao Yu did not want to wake Yan Jin up, so he quietly watched the man for awhile and then obediently ran back.

The incident yesterday was still clear in his mind. Now that Xiao Yu recalled it, his heart was filled with more warmth than before.

To be taken care of by Chairman Yan, he really felt that he had no regrets left in life.

Xiao Yu thought absent-mindedly – the apple he ate yesterday tasted really delicious; he had never eaten such a delicious apple before.

Xiao Yu’s gaze then landed on the bag of melon seeds not too far away and a thought came to his mind.

Dilidadilida –

When it was about nine in the morning, Yan Jin woke up because of his ringing phone. He subconsciously reached out towards the bedside cabinet, but it was to no avail. That was when he finally woke up completely from the constant ringing and followed the noise – he got off the bed and walked to his desk.

The phone was lying on the desk, and the incoming caller was Chu Ge. He probably called to ask about Fishy’s condition, so Yan Jin did not answer the call, but he instead sent a message that he would call back later.

Fishy was not on the towel anymore. Yan Jin turned his gaze and looked at the cage and realized that the little thing was indeed back hiding in his house, deep asleep. His little whiskers trembled which made him look even more adorable.

Seems like everything is fine.

Yan Jin sighed in relief. When he was about to leave his room to return Chu Ge’s call, he noticed that there was a pile of peeled melon seeds on the desk.

It was piled up neatly into a small mountain, just like the autumn bumper harvest’s rice crops, golden, bright, and dazzling.

Yan Jin became confused at that moment.

Fishy guards his food well, it’s impossible that he would forget to eat them after peeling them. So the remaining possibility would be…

Yan Jin’s heart softened instantly.

Fishy was indeed too intelligent that sometimes Yan Jin even suspected that there might be a human soul in Fishy’s body. But such a ridiculous thought was quickly brushed away.

If that was the case, it would be so wonderful. Yan Jin would not even think that it was eerie; he would instead feel very lucky.

And he’d be grateful for the mysterious luck he had.

When Xiao Yu woke up again, it was already eleven. He went out from his cage and immediately noticed that the pile of peeled melon seeds was already gone. Substituting that was a white ceramic bowl.

Xiao Yu waddled over to the bowl. Using both his paws to hold on to the edge of the bowl, he peeked into it.

A small bowl of apple slices.

That bowl with the apple made Xiao Yu realize something. No matter how many favors he owed Yan Jin, he would probably never be able to finish repaying them.

Fine, I’ll do my best for the Autumn Release Conference, that would be the best payback for Yan Jin.

Xiao Yu wondered if and when Yan Jin would finally realize that Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both was, in fact, his own hamster. He wondered and concluded that it would be better if Yan Jin never found out the truth.

Speaking of the Autumn Release Conference, Xiao Yu was actually still trying to recall his memories. After all, the Autumn Release Conference would not be competitive in nature like competing over a deal. Back then, Xiao Yu was in charge of the designs for the entire team. But now, he couldn’t remember what had happened back then.

The only thing he recalled was the mystery designer’s work.

This time around, the three-day Autumn Release Conference would have a special display segment. The organizer had formed an alliance with several other jewelry associations from other cities. It would be an original jewelry exhibition and its theme was Ragnarok. In addition to that, there would be an online voting system aside from the live scoring panel from other professionals. Ultimately, the selected top three would then receive prize money, the best exhibition booth location for the Autumn Release Conference, priority rights for the exhibition booths for all events held by the participating jewelry associations for the next three years, and publication rights to the highlighted sales section for most major online shops.

Such generous rewards were simply too attractive, which was why the themed exhibition had gained so much attention from a majority of large-scale enterprises.

Because the themed exhibition would be utilizing 3D techniques, even if the submission was just a drawing, so long as the details were filled correctly, it would also be possible to present the image of the final product through the electronic screen. That was also why many designers had submitted their work as individuals instead, and that included Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu still remembered that he was dealing with so many details simultaneously for the exhibition back then, and yet he insisted on burning midnight oil several times for almost half a month as he forced himself to draw the themed product meant for the exhibition. Every designer would definitely want to showcase themselves on the big stage to let more people see their works.

But it was a pity that he fell behind in the end.

However, it was exactly because of this that the mystery designer’s name became renowned in the entire designing business.

That was also when Xiao Yu realized that the mystery designer’s design style resembled his own, which lead him to suspect that person might be plagiarizing his own work.

……

Xiao Yu had not come up with the detailed design for the Autumn Release Conference. However, he already sent Nannan the contents of the themed design – and that was the work of the mystery designer in his previous life.

When Xiao Yu opened his iPad, he saw that Yan Jin’s reply.

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Congratulations, Chairman Yan. (This was sent yesterday by Xiao Yu.)