Looking at Chu Tian’s innocent face, Xu Qingqiu felt completely deflated, and her voice lowered significantly.
"Chu Tian, are you really not Young?"
"Huh? Young? Are you looking for Young? How could I possibly be him?!"
"Isn’t he the one who writes songs for you? Don’t you know who he is either?"
Xu Qingqiu pouted in annoyance and said, "How would I know? He always appears and disappears mysteriously. I thought he was..."
"Thought he was what?"
"Hmph~ It’s nothing. Let’s go back."
"Oh, okay. But do you really need to go to such lengths to find Young? Hiding in the bushes in the middle of the night—quite an idea you had there."
"It’s just . Imagine if it were soone else. What if they had a heart condition or sothing? That would be a big problem, wouldn’t it?"
Along the way, Chu Tian babbled incessantly. Xu Qingqiu, already in a bad mood, finally couldn’t stand it anymore.
"Oh, stop it! How would I know what you were doing in the office in the middle of the night instead of being ho?"
"I fell asleep there!"
"You’re unbelievable, Chu Tian! Anyway, have you eaten yet?"
"Not yet. Are you treating?"
"..."
As the two walked away, the commotion gradually settled down.
Little did they both know, each harbored their own calculations.
After parting ways post-dinner, Chu Tian watched Xu Qingqiu leave and smugly curled his lip.
This girl, trying to catch in the act! Luckily, I noticed in ti, and fortunate that I didn’t rush to send the rest of the songs. Otherwise, I might have really been exposed today.
Originally, he planned to write a few songs from his mory for her to help compile an album. However, he then felt there was no need. Bypassing the system like that wouldn’t grant him any Reputation Points. Right now, he wasn’t in any particular need to spend money; rather, he needed more Reputation Points. So, why bother going to the trouble of writing songs for her himself? In a few days, Xu Qingqiu’s recorded songs would be released, which would bring another wave of Reputation Points. He could directly exchange them for finished products—lyrics, sheet music, arrangents, demos, everything would be included. Wouldn’t that be much easier than him painstakingly composing the tunes and laboriously creating the musical accompanint? He wasn’t a masochist looking for trouble. Was he stupid?
Shaking his head, Chu Tian walked towards ho, his pace slow and Youyou.
anwhile, Xu Qingqiu, driving back, was also not at peace.
For so reason, I didn’t et Young today, but it doesn’t matter; I have plenty of ti. From past indications, Young is most likely to appear at night. He even left a ssage saying he’d send a few more songs. Plus, he hasn’t taken the bank card for the money transfer yet. One way or another, he’ll have to make a trip, right? Given this, I don’t believe I can’t catch him!
Xu Qingqiu gripped the steering wheel tightly, psyching herself up. The gloom on her face was swept away, as if she could already see herself eting Young.
「...」
The next morning, as soon as Chu Tian arrived at the office, he saw workers bustling about at the entrance.
Xu Qingqiu stood beside them, arms crossed, enthusiastically directing their work.
"What’s going on here?"
Upon hearing Chu Tian’s voice, Xu Qingqiu glanced at him, eagerly pulling him over to explain, "See? I called last night and arranged for the latest wireless charging surveillance!"
"It cos with its own battery, doesn’t need a network, has its own signal, and can be used even when the power’s out. Plus, there’s only one corridor here, so you can see whoever cos through. How Is It? Pretty impressive, huh!"
"Impressive, very impressive..."
Chu Tian forced a bitter smile, feeling utterly helpless.
Was it really necessary? Installing caras inside the company was one thing, but outside too? All this wireless and charging technology, just to find Young? Anyone in the know would understand she wanted to find out who he was. People who didn’t know any better might think she was trying to catch so notorious fugitive. Her dragnet is even tighter than the Heavenly Net, isn’t it?
Now Chu Tian was really in a bind. If she gets these installed, doesn’t that an I can’t send her songs? Or rather, if I do, I’ll basically be exposing myself the mont I make a move? Isn’t that a bit too unsportsmanlike?
"Boss..."
"Hmm? What’s up? Do you think I’m really impressive?"
"Ah? Yeah, it’s impressive. But, you know, one cara after another... isn’t that inappropriate? After all, those people installing the caras... who knows what kind of people they are."
"Have you ever seen a celebrity’s studio with surveillance caras?"
That was indeed a fact. Normally, celebrity studios were completely devoid of any surveillance equipnt.
Caras used to be installed, but after too many incidents, both dostically and internationally, celebrities were constantly embroiled in scandals leaked from studio surveillance.
So people were so unscrupulous that if a celebrity t another male or female star in the studio, it would be headlines the next day.
After all, with the developnt of the internet, who knew how many people were watching behind a cara? To install caras, it was necessary to network with the relevant departnts, and the installation companies also had access to the feed, which ant there was virtually no confidentiality.
So, eventually, celebrity studios generally banned any surveillance equipnt. This was true in Chu Tian’s original world, and it was the sa in this world. That was why Xu Qingqiu’s studio initially had no caras.
Because it was too invasive of privacy, Sister Hua had strongly objected when Xu Qingqiu decided to install them. However, Xu Qingqiu had stood her ground in the end.
Faced with Chu Tian’s question, Xu Qingqiu casually waved her hand and said with a smile, "I thought about that, so I had the inside ones removed. Just keeping this outside one is enough, right?"
What does she an, ’just keeping the outside one’? That’s even worse than having them inside! It’s just this one corridor; anyone who cos will be seen.
"It’s almost set up; it’s already lit up. See that red light? They said that with that light, it can see clearly even in pitch darkness!"
Watching Xu Qingqiu boasting with such pride, Chu Tian almost laughed out of frustration.
Alright, so she wants to play it this way, huh? I refuse to believe it!
Originally, he hadn’t cared much. If he was exposed, so be it; he would just ask her to keep it a secret.
But seeing Xu Qingqiu like this, it was clear she was hooked. This wasn’t about catching Young anymore; she was treating it like a ga.
This approach of hers actually ignited Chu Tian’s competitive spirit, sothing he hadn’t felt in a long ti.
You think this is quite fun, don’t you? In that case, let’s really play! You have your Strategy, and I have my counter-tactics. It’s just surveillance, right? Let’s see if it really works!
"No wonder it’s high-tech; this surveillance is really impressive!"
"Right? This is what they call ’The Heavenly Net is vast, but it misses nothing!’"
"Alright then, Boss, you carry on. I’ve got to slip out..."
"Where are you going?"
"To work, what else? You don’t expect to stay here and watch people install caras, do you?"
"What work? It’s almost done anyway. Co with to record a song; there’s still one left!"
"Oh right, there’s still one more song. Let’s go then."
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