Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Six: Outside the Cubicle (1/2)
Xiao Yu was shocked.
T-The overseas industries as well?
“What are you doing? We’ve started already,” Chu Ge urged.
“Ohh, coming, coming. Let’s fight back!” Xiao Yu snapped back from his thoughts and quickly began to move his immobile character, swiftly devoting himself to the game.
In the end, he did not push the topic. It may have been his instinct as a nobody telling him that the more he asked, the more trouble he was inviting.
“Oh right, there may be some trouble brewing for YL. You can take a short break before heading back to YL for work, but I’ll need your help to cover for me.”
“Oh, sure, sure.” Xiao Yu agreed without hesitation. “What post did Yan Jin arrange for you?”
“The Chairman.”
Chu Ge spoke very calmly as if he was describing what he ate for lunch.
Xiao Yu choked on his saliva and began coughing violently.
“What’s wrong?”
“N-Nothing…”
It’s probably better if I keep my comments to myself.
……
The exhibition was a success – at least for YL.
When the whole event ended, a small evening party was held as usual, and the participating companies and staff were all invited. Xiao Yu, He Xinjia and Jing Mo went as a group.
Many of the industries’ big shots attended the evening party, making it a great opportunity to meet and befriend these kinds of people. However, that was not the case for Xiao Yu. After that exhibition, he no longer needed to deliberately get to know these big figures.
The moment he entered the main hall, he was the focus of everyone’s attention and the person that everyone wanted to rope in.
As an outstanding designer, his only worry was finding someone who appreciated his talent and following them to ensure a better career progression. In the past, Xiao Yu could not show off his true ability because of the pressure put on him by SI. Now, he no longer had to worry about that anymore. Yan Jin’s YL was without a doubt, the best place for him to use his talent and fully express himself.
Moreover, before he clarified his doubts about the stack of contracts that he had signed, there was still the question of whether YL was even “Yan Jin’s YL”. The thought of managing such a big company almost scared Xiao Yu to death.
In any case, he would have to hold the fort till Yan Jin got back…
Those people who had their eyes on Xiao Yu would never guess that the arrogant and cold looking designer who had a blank look on his face was actually daydreaming about his chairman.
In the middle of the evening party was a cocktail appreciation session. Regardless of their status, many of these attendees came up with all sorts of excuses to surround Xiao Yu. The designer had turned down several toasts, yet in the end he couldn’t handle the crowd’s passionate approach and ended up fleeing to the washroom.
He avoided the crowd and went in the opposite direction of the hall. After three rounds, he finally snuck into the washroom furthest from the main hall.
The people in the washroom were smoking but they did not notice him.
Xiao Yu sneakily slipped into the first cubicle and shut the door behind him. He let out a sigh of relief as he sat on the toilet seat.
The washrooms of high-class hotels were indeed pretty good. Along with the smooth background music and pleasant smell of air freshener, Xiao Yu was quite satisfied with his hiding spot.
The evening party would end in half an hour. He could wait till then and return to the hall as if nothing had happened.
That was what Xiao Yu thought to himself as he took out his mobile to play his game. Then, he heard someone saying his name.
That’s right, he heard his name.
He clearly heard “Xiao Yu” and a weird pronunciation of “FISH”.
Xiao Yu’s hands shivered a little.
No way, they still managed to find me here?
Shocked and afraid, Xiao Yu was already prepared to open the door to apologize when he heard something unpleasant.
“How could I not realize in SI that he was a slut who slept his way to the top.”
The person who had spoken had a unique articulation. He was one of SI’s designers, an ex-subordinate of Xiao Yu, whose name was Qi Feng.
Xiao Yu hooked the door ledge back.
The lock made a soft click, but it went unnoticed by the emotional group of people out there.
“How do you know what he’s done?” The person who replied sounded familiar. Although Xiao Yu could not recognize who it was yet, he was quite sure that the person must be from the design department anyway. He would probably recognize him if he saw his face.
“It’s obvious. How else could he achieve so much? The mystery designer, gosh, it had to be Chairman Yan over-praising him.” The other person sounded different from the first person, which meant he was probably the third person out there. Xiao Yu still felt that it was a familiar voice.
“Plus, I heard they are a couple now… Hah. He’s just a guy; Chairman Yan must be playing with him. Just wait till… No matter how high he goes now, he will fall from that spot eventually.”
The person had suddenly lowered his voice at the most critical point making Xiao Yu unable to catch what he said.
But it was more than enough.
Xiao Yu’s breathing became a little calmer.
Qi Feng was a quick-witted person and was popular with everyone. He had graduated from University S as a design major and had been working at SI for almost two years now. The reason Xiao Yu had a deeper impression of him was because Qi Feng had been an intern that Xiao Yu had hired into the company.
It had been the first time Xiao Yu was in charge as an interviewer. He was more nervous than the interviewees and had ended up in the wrong meeting room. While he was at a loss, he was brought to the correct meeting room by a kind-hearted interviewee.