Chapter Sixty-Four: The Misery Continues (2/2)

Nannan deserved the biggest credit this time. No matter how it would turn out in the end, Xiao Yu had to thank him properly.

Speaking of that, when Xiao Yu contacted Nannan yesterday, he mentioned doubling the remuneration for every drawing. However, he was rejected by Nannan.

Nannan’s original words were: “Oh Guru, I’m considered one of those people who lurks around the edge of this circle. I do have some knowledge about the market price of a drawing. Five hundred thousand is already more than enough. Plus, the guidance from Guru is what makes this deal priceless. In fact, it’s perfectly okay even if you don’t give me any money.”

That reply was so well-said that it won everyone’s hearts and moved Xiao Yu greatly.

And what was the truth?

Nan Wei looked at his childhood sweetheart very awkwardly and asked: “No matter how I reject him, Guru insists that he must pay me. What should I do with this money?”

“Immediately return it to Yan Jin.” The childhood sweetheart replied without even lifting his head.

“That wouldn’t work for sure.” Nan Wei instantly overruled him and came up with his own solution: “Why don’t I save up this money and use it as gift money at cousin’s wedding?”

“If you dare to give a few hundred thousand as gift money, Yan Jin would surely chase you out on the spot.”

“That’s not the same. It’s not the amount of money that matters.” Even when Nan Wei was sneered at, he still felt that his idea was very feasible: “This money is proof of my future sister in-law’s silent efforts for cousin. It has special meaning to it.”

“…… If that’s what you think, then why did you still ask me?”

“Tch. You’re such a boring person.”

A certain childhood sweetheart scoffed internally. They weren’t sure what was going on with Yan Jin’s side, but Nan Wei insisted on covering up the truth. He hoped that things would not go wrong afterwards or both sides would suffer.

In a certain sense, the childhood sweetheart was a man who had seen through everything in this incident. It was a pity that after years of being violently bullied by Nan Wei, he would not dare to say anything that opposed Nan Wei’s views.

Nan Wei turned to look at the calendar and asked: “Speaking of which, the opening ceremony is starting soon. How’s the voting for Ragnarok?”

When he was finally asked about something related to his profession, the childhood sweetheart promptly switched on his computer and showed Nan Wei the statistics that he had arranged: “I’ve been following it closely during this period. There’s no problem at all for the voting and popularity rating. But I accidentally discovered that there was a work that’s very similar to your Guru’s design. His popularity rating wasn’t low either, and it’s also from SI…”

“Oh, that’s nothing. It’s very common to be plagiarized at such open competitions.” Nan Wei did not think that such a small matter was a problem at all.

The other man was left with no choice but to swallow his conspiracy theory and continued to discuss the main issue.

“Yan Jin placed your Guru’s drawing under the name of an unknown designer. I’ve investigated a bit and it turns out that this designer isn’t even YL’s employee. He’s probably Yan Jin’s friend. The consultant, however, is a senior employee at YL. Yan Jin was indeed thorough.”

“As expected of my cousin.” Nan Wei praised smoothly even though he wasn’t sure where his cousin was being thorough.

As the website was scrolled further down, Nan Wei immediately noticed something important: “Ehh? The organization committee includes the Nan family?”

“I’m puzzled about that as well. There was no news about that previously.”

“Haha! Even the Gods are helping me.” Nan Wei said excitedly: “With the Nan family involved, it’s such a minor thing to get things done under the table. The victory is in the bag.”

The childhood sweetheart laughed: “Will the Nan family help Yan Jin?”

There were no permanent friendships in the business world. Moreover, problems had surfaced long ago between the Nan and Yan family’s relationship. Now that the Nan family was declining, they were desperate to get Nan Chan to marry Yan Jin.

“That’s impossible. It’ll be a miracle if the Nan family doesn’t create trouble.” Even Nan Wei agreed with that: “We can’t depend on the Nan family. But it’s a different case if it’s Nan Chan. Plus, I didn’t say I’m helping Yan Jin. Cousin will figure it out on his own with YL’s cooperate works. I’m just helping my own friend~”

The other man declined to comment as Nan Wei ignored him and excitedly went to make a call to Nan Chan.

……

Xiao Yu idled his time away on QQ as he waited for Yan Jin to poke him.

He could not make it to the Autumn Release Conference and he could not watch it live like how he had previously. Hence, he had no choice but to reluctantly wait at home for updates.

There would be updates and videos uploaded after the conference ended, but if he were to wait until then, it would all be too late.

Although he had become a hamster, Xiao Yu still hoped that he could be at the front line during the battle. It turned out that he did have a way to fulfil this far-reaching ambition of his – Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both.

Not too long ago, Yan Jin had contacted Xiao Yu through Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both. Apart from informing him about the situation with the Ragnarok competition, the chairman also asked about the exhibition product that Xiao Yu had prepared for the conference.

Apparently, after Chairman Yan had seen how Xiao Yu’s work had gained popularity among the top few ranks, he was basically convinced that Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both’s work would pass the voting round for Ragnarok.

In fact, Xiao Yu had received information much earlier than the chairman. Although his work was placed under the name of another person arranged by Yan Jin, the QQ account stated in the registration was his. Two days ago, the staff from the committee had already informed him that he had passed the voting round. They also invited him to be present for the Autumn Release Conference and offered the condition to undertake the costs of the airplane ticket, food and lodging.

Xiao Yu had obviously rejected to attend without any hesitation.

What a joke, is the honor and glory of the great demon meant for you peasants to admire?

In the end, Xiao Yu ‘reluctantly’ joined a private chat group under the staff’s magnificent hospitality. Xiao Yu had been lurking in the chat group for a while. He could see that the chat group was full of amateur designers that had passed the voting round. Among them, there were many who hoped to use this competition to boost their careers.

Perhaps in that group chat, only Xiao Yu would be the salted fish that turned over¹.

When Yan Jin inquired about the exhibition item, Xiao Yu even kept him in suspense about it. Remembering that Yan Jin had not believed in him at all previously made the hamster unwilling to talk about it.

[Hn, it’s a secret. You’ll find out about it when the time comes.]

For some reason, seeing such a familiar tone made Yan Jin, who was on his way to the airport, suddenly think of his hamster.

I wonder how’s Fishy doing. Is Chu Ge really going to be okay dealing with him?

Chairman Yan expressed that he was very worried.