Luna checked out Cedric’s comic on the spot.
"I have to admit that it’s indeed a good idea." She said joyously as soon as she pictured them in the sa ga.
"It is?" Xiaoshi was surprised, especially since she was afraid that her idea was too lowly for Luna to approve.
"Indeed. Why don’t you write the whole proposal? You can give it to later and I will show it to Cedric and Cheng Yu. If the turn out is better than we had estimated for the original version, you will directly qualify as a permanent employee."
"Thank you, Luna." It was almost unbelievable. She had gained so much approval on her first try? In the next second, her expression turned sad.
As though reading her mind, Luna laughed. "Are you worried that I’m going easy on you because we knew each other before I scouted you?"
"Uh-huh..." Xiaoshi nodded shyly.
Luna was amused. "Don’t worry. I am a business-minded person. Of course, I will not risk ruining my company’s projects for the sake of friends. Even if it is Lanni, she will have to work hard and earn it."
Hearing that, Xiaoshi felt reassured. She would only feel reassured if she got the things she deserved by working hard, not by having people be lenient on her.
A knock resounded on the door and Cheng Yu ca in with a notebook and a stylus in her hands. She glanced at Xiaoshi and when the latter left, she walked to Luna’s desk.
"Luna, I completed the initial drafts."
Luna took the notebook from her hand and scrolled through the drafts. She nodded in satisfaction. "However, you may not be able to use them as they are."
"Is there anything I should change?" Cheng Yu looked over.
"Not the drafts... the story." She went ahead to explain Xiaoshi’s proposal. "So, you and Cedric will work together on this. You can bring over the final drafts once you are done."
"Are you kidding ?" Cheng Yu wws stumped. She had to work together with that stubborn-as-hell man? Sadly, even she couldn’t deny the fact that rging both books would bring about a much better effect than if it was just one of them.
Luna burst into laughter when she saw her friend’s defeated expression. "Are you unwilling to work with Cedric? Scared that you will fall head over he3ls in love with him, huh? Or could it be that you are already in love with him and are scared that your feelings will be revealed if the two of you work together?"
Cheng Yu grabbed a piece of strawberry from the colorful fruit salad that Luna was munching on while working, and shoved it into the latter’s mouth. "Keep your mouth full. Is there any CEO who plays around as much as you do?"
She had just finished her statent when she recalled that there indeed was one. "Lin Jian is a special case."
Luna laughed. "Why don’t you get to work then, Author Yu?"
Cheng Yu rolled her eyes and decided to bite the bullet. It was for the sake of the company after all.
In the end, Cedric and Cheng Yu sat opposite each other in the latter’s office. While Cheng Yu tried her best to finish up as fast as possible so they could forget about this, Cedric did the opposite—he was trying his best to drag it out as much as possible so he would get to spend more ti with Cheng Yu.
At first, Cheng Yu didn’t mind. But after hours with no noticeable progress, she couldn’t take it anymore. "You are doing it on purpose, aren’t you?"
"Yes." The idiot didn’t even bother to deny it.
She sucked in a breath. Could she slap him to death? Because heaven knew just how tempted she was to do that.
Seeing how riled up she was, he leaned over the desk. "Are you alright? You look distressed."
Cheng Yu rolled her eyes. "You are right here in front of . How can I not look distressed?! I’m so worked up that my head could explode, okay!"
"Yu, how can you say that? You even yelled at , my heart is broken." He recoiled and clutched his chest pitifully.
"Then why aren’t you dead yet?" She sighed, wishing she could send him to heaven with a kick.
Cedric knew that acting pitiful wouldn’t work on her this ti. He had used the pitiful trick too many tis. Hence, he changed his tactics a little. "What do you say we grab a snack? I’m so hungry..."
Cheng Yu was about to deny it when her stomach rumbled. She had forgotten all about food when she got busy. Hence, her series of scolding turned into one word, "Okay."
Cedric was overjoyed. She said yes!
Happily gathering their equipnt and keeping it away safely, he led her out of the office. The employees cafeteria had been opened recently and all the food served there was delicious, so he suggested going over.
All Cheng Yu wanted was to eat so she nodded to whatever he said.
In just a few seconds, she started hearing chatter around them.
"Isn’t that Cedric? He really managed to get Miss Cheng to go out with him?" A female agent gossiped aloud.
"Hush! Do you want to die? I heard she is the mysterious co-founder of Moonlight studios." A short-haired girl jabbed her, even though she wasn’t whispering herself. She looked at the duo and added, "Though I have to admit that they look together."
"Yeah... but it’s such a pity that she is technically his boss. Do you think she can say yes to him?" The first girl sighed like it was pitiful outco.
The short haired girl looked surprised. "But, he is Cedric Han. He is a young master from a wealthy family so although she is his boss, he can still deserve her based on his family background."
Cheng Yu’s gaze darkened as she glared at the man beside her. What a magnet of gossip. He was no different from the playboy, Lin Jian.
...
Speaking of Lin Jian, the man was currently sitting on needles on a bench in Hillside Hospital.
"Why hasn’t Ruby woken up yet? What happened to her? Why did she faint?" He had mumbled these, and many other questions on repeat for so long that he couldn’t keep track.
When he thought he could pass out from anxiety, he heard footsteps heading towards him and was surprised to see Xiehan and Lanni.
"Xiehan! You are here." He dashed to his friend’s side like he had seen a saviour.
"Behave yourself." Xiehan blocked the other before he could hug him. Was this man an idiot?
"You are so an!" Lin Jian lanted then rembered why he was distressed. "Ruby hasn’t woken up yet. Do you know why she fainted?"
"I don’t know." Xiehan explained what had happened.
Lanni let go of his hand. "From what you said earlier, she had Xiaoshi trick you into eting her, and as soon as you realized that it was her, you turned to leave but then she fainted while trying to chase after you?"
"Yes." Xiehan looked at her nervously. Was there anyone who would believe such a twisted plot? She would trust him, right?
Lanni studied his face, making him feel like he was standing on pins.
However, she wasn’t even focusing on him but on her inner thoughts. "Mmh... sothing is fishy about all this."
Xiehan felt his soul leave his body. "Honey, I promise. This is what really happened."
Lanni was confused for a mont then slapped her forehead when she understood his train of thought. "Sothing is fishy about her, not you."
"Oh..." He let out a sigh of relief and pulled her into a hug.
Lin Jian was speechless. He thought they had co to comfort him but they were comforting each other instead?
A doctor left Ruby’s ward, coming to his rescue. "Are you the patient’s close family?"
"We are... her friends." Lin Jian answered truthfully, despite being tempted to claim to be her family.
The doctor looked troubled as he took off his mask. "Can you contact her family?"
"We can... but her dad is overseas on a business trip. Is it... sothing too serious?" Lin Jian’s heart raced. Why did the doctor sound so solemn?
"Why don’t we talk in the office?" He led the way, and the trio followed him.
It was understandable for Lin Jian to be anxious since he liked her, but Xiehan didn’t know why he was feeling the sa way.
He was, in fact, so tensed up that his hands were trembling. It was a feeling he couldn’t comprehend no matter how he tried.
Lanni noticed the fear in his eyes and held his hand, squeezing it comfortingly. Perhaps he was scared that he would be blad for what happened to Ruby, she thought.
...
Sitting in the doctor’s office, the man went ahead to explain a series of dical mumbo jumbo that they could barely understand.
In the end, he dropped the bombshell. "Ruby has been diagnosed with Leukemia."
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