Assistant Architect Chapter 10

Translator: Blues

Editor: Shem

Bi Lele explained: “The little ball cactus was grown from the big ball cactus. Later on, it was transplanted into another pot alone, so there is no problem for the boss to raise two pots of plants, because they were originally one.”

Zhang Si Yi: “…”

"There is also a story related to this ball cactus," Bi Lele said, then she stretched her neck and looked at the direction of Gu Xiao's office before lowering her voice. "About two months ago, at the end of May, we’ve got a female intern in the group. It is said that she is Boss's junior in T big.”

"Oh?" Zhang Si Yi pricked up his ears, his eyes were glowing as he began to listen to the gossip.

Bi Lele pointed at Zhang Si Yi's seat and said: “That girl was sitting in your position before. At that time, she also asked the boss about the little ball.”

“Wait a minute,” Zhang Si Yi interrupted her and said, “I’ll make it clear, it was not my initiative to ask for this ball, it was Gu Xiao himself who said to the receptionist to give it to me."

Bi Lele: “…”

Zhang Si Yi repeated the conversation at that time, Bi Lele rolled her eyes and said: "The only 2 pots of ball cactus in this office all belong to the boss, you still admitted to him that you like ball cactus. As a matter of fact, it's just like asking for the ball in disguised!"

Zhang Si Yi's mouth twitched. At that time, he really didn’t know that little ball and big ball were one… Oh, yuck, why is this so weird?

Bi Lele continued: “Anyway, it was the girl's initiative to ask for it. She looked pretty good, had a cheerful personality, although not stated, everyone could see that she likes the boss. The boss did not directly refuse, rather he smiled and asked a question in one sentence, ‘The ball is grown from the big ball. If I just casually give it to a girl, what are you supposed to be?'"

Zhang Si Yi didn’t respond: “What?”

"Are you stupid? The ball was grown from the big ball, it is a younger brother of the big ball, Gu Xiao is the father of the big ball. Gu Xiao needs someone to help him to take care of his son. That is, of course Gu Xiao's wife ah!” Bi Lele started shouting the name of Gu Xiao.

Zhang Si Yi finally understood it, his face burned with embarrassment.

“At that time, the girl was so upset that she couldn't say a word, leaving the matter about the ball cactus unsettled. She didn’t stay long, she left the internship after two months. But after that, everyone believes that Gu Xiao will not give his ball cactus to other people so casually. Because if he give it casually, it will make people misunderstand it." Bi Lele said then looked at Zhang Si Yi with ambiguous eyes, “I didn’t expect him to give it away now.”

Zhang Si Yi was pletely confused, his heart was beating so fast and there was a series of questions flashed through his mind: It's done, when Gu Xiao gave me the cactus, what did he think of me? Damn, did he still think that I’m gay?

Zhu Hongzhen smirked and said: “You don’t listen to her nonsense, they love to make up stories. I feel like the boss was saying euphemistically that he wasn’t interested in that girl. Besides, isn't the ball an offspring that came out of the big ball? How could it be a brother?”

Bi Lele seriously said: “The ball cactus and the big ball cactus are brothers of the same root, if you don’t cut it, it will stick together! The seeds that e out after the cactus bloomed are the offspring, you have no culture!"

Zhu Hongzhen: “You win! I can’t find words to argue with you…"

Although Bi Lele made a reasonable point, Zhang Si Yi preferred Zhu Hongzhen’s rhetoric. He took a deep breath and forted himself: No, he just gave me the ball, how e there's so much tricky! (=_=)

However, this story also made Zhang Si Yi realized that for Gu Xiao he might not be special at all. Although they graduated from the same high school and from the same hometown, but what about this? Gu Xiao was not just a student in Ning, but also a student of T big University, there were countless of male and female juniors, not to mention senior and junior colleagues after he got the job….

After thinking about this, Zhang Siyi could not help but feel depressed. However, he didn't want to rely on any relationship to get the favor of Gu Xiao. Thus, he quickly adjusted his mood.

Because there was no new task in the early morning, Zhang Si Yi took the opportunity to take a picture of his work desk and sent it to his WeChat, he even added a note: “New start!”

He originally wanted to post a photo then put away the phone, but some people quickly liked the post. Zhang Si Yi's heart itched to see who liked it and found that it was another college classmate called Xue Wenhan, who was now still staying in the UK for a master’s degree. Xue Wenhan didn’t study a master’s degree in architecture, but transferred to a master’s degree in architecture-related literature.

Calculating the time difference, it was midnight over there. It seemed that he was still staying up late and Zhang Si Yi didn’t know whether the person stayed up late to study or to play.

Unexpectedly, there were a few new notifications above. Many people liked or sending a congratulatory message, and some asked him where he was. Zhang Si Yi couldn't even reply one by one.

Being the interest and liked experience all at once satisfied Zhang Si Yi’s longing for recognition, he intended to reply a few words quickly, but a familiar voice sounded behind him: “You seem very relaxed.”

Zhang Si Yi's body hair stood upright, he was scared to the point that he almost dropped the phone.

Gu Xiao was carrying a teacup and once again, appeared silently behind him. With a strange and fierce look in his eyes, he stared at Zhang Si Yi with a smile yet not a smile. He didn’t wait for Zhang Si Yi to say something and said right away: “e here.”

Zhang Si Yi hurriedly put the phone into his pants pocket and nervously followed up.

Two chairs were placed in front of the desk at Gu Xiao's office. After sitting down, a girl with a long straight hair came and softly asked: "Are you looking for me, Engineer Gu?"

Gu Xiao hummed and pointed at the vacant seat beside Zhang Si Yi for her to sit down.

Two people looked at each other, Zhang Si Yi stepped forward to greet the girl first: "I am Zhang Si Yi, the new one recruit yesterday."

The girl smiled shyly, shook hands with him and said softly: “I've heard. Hello, I am Du Rui Xuan."

After Gu Xiao saw them finished familiarizing with each other, he pushed the two stacks of data he was holding before in front of them and said: "This is the design outline of a young single apartment in S city, It needs three sets of proposal. Xiao Du, you do two sets, while Zhang Si Yi do a set. The initial design proposal will be discussed in the meeting room at 1:30 P.M. Today, before we get off work in the evening, it is necessary to plete the plane to make it into the drawing."

Zhang Si Yi was still digesting Gu Xiao's words when he heard Du Rui Xuan saying "I understood