Phew... I actually passed that easily!
In the single-occupancy apartment at the Ascott, Lu Yuning let out a long sigh of relief, causing her... to bounce along with the motion.
Her face was beaming with the joy of pure happiness.
Friends who work regular jobs know that client overlords are truly difficult to deal with.
This is especially true in the design industry. A classic scenario goes like this: the client isn't entirely satisfied with the first draft, but they don't hate it either. They ask you to make changes, so you revise and revise, only for them to finally say, I think the first version was actually the best, haha.
When encountering this situation, designers who have burned the midnight oil simply want to cough up blood.
In Lu Yuning's initial assumption, she thought Su Bai wouldn't be the type of boss who was easily satisfied.
It wasn't that she felt Su Bai lacked a kind demeanor, but rather that since he had paid such a high price to hire her, his requirements would naturally be very high.
And Lu Yuning happened to be the type of person with very little self-confidence.
So, she had already prepared herself to revise the draft many times.
Then, something magical happened—the first task Su Bai gave her was approved in one go!
Oh my god, Lu Yuning was simply stunned. In her short career, which felt like she had done a lot of odd jobs, this was the first time she had encountered a one-shot approval.
One must understand that typically, even if a leader is satisfied with your work—truly satisfied from the bottom of their heart—they will still ask you to deliberate on it a bit more.
Or perhaps offer some innocuous, superficial suggestions.
What is this called? This is called the art of leadership!
If they don't offer opinions, how can the leader appear wise?
Conversely, sophisticated experts at slacking off in the workplace will intentionally leave a few flaws for the leader to pick out.
However, a straightforward girl like Lu Yuning naturally didn't understand these principles.
That was exactly why she was so easily bullied at her previous company.
Woo woo woo, I'm so touched. The boss really treats me so well...
Lu Yuning couldn't help but share this good news in her roommates' group chat... oh, they should be called former roommates now.
After all, she had already moved out of that shared rental.
But the friendship remained. Those two older sisters had actually taken good care of her. Although their profession was a bit awkward to discuss, they had indeed treated Lu Yuning, this green and naive girl, with genuine kindness.
Moreover, after Lu Yuning was chosen by Su Bai, they were merely envious; they didn't badmouth her behind her back or let it evolve into jealousy and hatred...
Lu Yuning: Sister Chen, Su Bai is really so straightforward. He actually approved my concept design draft on the first try!
Lu Yuning: [Sticker: Little bunny dancing with a carrot]
Selina Chen: Huh??
Selina Chen: Wait, you've barely been living in Young Master Su's love nest for how long, and you've already started working? Shouldn't you be living a shameless, debaucherous life with him for a few days first?
Lu Yuning: ...
I'm going to die of embarrassment!
Her face immediately turned so red it looked like it might drip blood.
What was she talking about? She was clearly working for Su Bai in a very proper manner. Why did Sister Chen's mind go in that direction?
Well, actually, it wasn't surprising, given that their profession was serving men, um...
Lu Yuning: It's nothing like that! Since Su Bai assigned a task, I definitely have to perk up and throw myself into work as fast as possible to repay him!
Selina Chen: ...
Selina Chen: Alright, I really don't understand you artistic types.
Selina Chen: So? Is a one-shot pass that strange? Oh, Ningning, I've always told you that with your skills, you shouldn't stay in ordinary companies. Your style is too avant-garde; maybe only truly wealthy people can appreciate it. Look, Su Bai likes it a lot.
Lu Yuning: So that's the reason... Woo woo, that's really great...
To be honest, Lu Yuning felt Sister Chen was right. She and Su Bai really seemed to be on the same wavelength.
When they first met at the bar, they had chatted very agreeably.
However, how could Sister Chen let go of an opportunity to tease her former roommate?
Selina Chen: Of course, that's just one aspect. Maybe he's hinting at something. He gave you such an easy job; shouldn't you hurry up and use that body of yours—a stunner rarely seen in this world—to give him some feedback?
Lu Yuning: Woo woo, Sister Chen stop talking.
Lu Yuning: Su Bai might not necessarily be interested in me.
Lu Yuning: The girls around him all seem so dazzling. By comparison, I appear too ordinary.
Selina Chen: Be confident, sister! Where are you ordinary? I'm asking you! If nothing else, just that pair of anti-gravity... you have is ridiculous enough. Do you know how hard it is to have... like that? Ninety-nine percent of them out there are silicone and surgery!
Eh?
That makes sense... wait, no, that makes no sense at all! How could she be that...
Lu Yuning's thinking stalled, and her expression became vacant and dazed.
It seemed Sister Chen was right. She indeed didn't sag much, so the effect when wearing clothes was exaggerated. This was also one of the core reasons she was always gossiped about by various cliques of girls during her student days.
But, this couldn't be used as proof of her greatness, right? She felt her own temperament was just that of a little country bumpkin. She completely lacked the dommy mommy or queen vibes of those great artists.
Regarding this issue, Sister Chen gave an answer that surprised Lu Yuning.
Selina Chen: Are you stupid, child! Real super-tycoons love the wholesome, silly girl look. Aren't you exactly that?
Lu Yuning: For real?
Selina Chen: Look at so-and-so, that famous director. The female stars he made famous all have that slightly rustic but very pure temperament. Of course, their bodies might not actually be pure, but that's roughly the idea...
Selina Chen: I've been mixing in the nightclub circle for so many years and I've seen many, many bosses' wives. A lot of them are this type... Oh, of course, a man like an eagle such as Su Bai probably won't marry easily. But taking you in as a concubine would still be pretty nice~
A concubine... she hadn't thought of that.
To be fair, although Sister Chen was snobbish and vulgar, she had one good trait: when chatting with close acquaintances, her mouth was sharp but very real.
She had even inadvertently guessed Su Bai's policy regarding male-female relationships.
Lu Yuning couldn't handle it at all and decisively found an excuse to slip away.
Her mind kept replaying images of...
...
In broad daylight, she actually started again.
She couldn't help it. This apartment was simply too comfortable. It was great to live in, and using it as a studio was no problem either. Lu Yuning was naturally a homebody, so she could nest in the apartment all day long.
...
However, just as she paused to rest, someone suddenly rang the doorbell.
Ningning, I'm here to bring you the blender...
It was Senior Zhou Jialu's voice!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
