It got colder in November, and the bare streets were lifeless.
Floor-to-ceiling windows kept out the howling wind, and a simulated fireplace created a warm atmosphere.
The interns greeted each other, took their pens and notebooks, and came to the spacious meeting area for Monday morning meeting.
The meeting area of the new studio was not like the meeting rooms of other companies. There were no boring long conference tables and no rigid LCD display screens.
The seats scattered around were put together randomly like Tetris. Employees could give full play to their imagination in whatever shape they wanted to sit on.
Ten minutes passed, and the brief Monday morning meeting was over.
Ding Yinan looked in Guo Yi’s direction and greeted, “Xiao Guo, come to my office.”
The general manager’s office was slightly different from the open and inclusive office environment outside, and it looked calmer.
Ding Yinan asked Guo Yi to sit down on the sofa for entertaining guests, then took two pages of information, put them on the coffee table, and said, “There is a new order, and the client asked you to take it.”
Guo Yi glanced at the floor plan on the coffee table and said, “It’s Lin Guo.”
“Hm.”
Ding Yinan said, “He just bought a sixty-square-meter loft apartment.”
Lin Guo’s mansion had just been renovated not long ago, and now he bought another house. If Ding Yinan didn’t know about the things between him and Guo Yi, he might have thought that Lin Guo was planning to switch careers and invest in real estate.
“Do you want to pick it up?” Ding Yinan asked, “I respect your wish, you don’t need to pick it up.”
Lin Guo was the first client of the studio and later introduced several orders to the studio.
If possible, Ding Yinan didn’t want to offend his old customers, but the two of them were in special circumstances, and he couldn’t force Guo Yi to accept the order.
Guo Yi lowered his eyes, looked at the ground, then looked at Ding Yinan again, and said, “Let me take it.”
Ding Yinan asked worriedly, “Are you being forced?” Guo Yi shook his head, “No.”
“That’s good.”
When Ding Yinan said this, seeing that Guo Yi’s mood was still not the same as usual, he asked worriedly, “How are you and Lin Guo doing?” Guo Yi was silent for a while, and said, “We are fine.”
What was that? A question mark popped up in Ding Yinan’s heart, but he didn’t ask any more questions as he heard Guo Yi’s tone seemed to be all right.
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But at this time Guo Yi suddenly said, “He lied to me.”
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After Guo Yi left, he went to the Internet to check the news about Lin Guo. It turned out that some gossip media recently revealed that Lin Guo clubbed late at night until the early hours of the morning, but this incident did not cause much trouble, because fans and passersby said that’s the freedom of a star.
But Ding Yinan still noticed something strange.
The band that Lin Guo played with was a well-known rock band in China.
If you had to say it, they should be regarded as second-rate, so as not to be defined as third-rate.
And the reason why Guo Yi said that, without thinking about it, must be because of his hostility towards that band.
As for why there was hostility… it could only be because of that evildoer Lin Guo.
“Ah.”
Ding Yinan shook his head with emotion. It seemed that their studio was going to become a “base” for incubation.
When he came home from work, Ding Yinan was not used to the empty room for a moment.
San Baisui rushed over to meet him, diluting the loneliness that Huo Zhixiao was not at home.
The B&B renovation project introduced by Zhang Hui had come to an end, and Huo Zhixiao needed to go to the site.
In the past, Ding Yinan and Huo Zhixiao went on business trips to the location of the B&B together, but recently Ding Yinan was preparing for the domestic MBA entrance examination, so he didn’t have time to go there with Huo Zhixiao.
It was Huo Zhixiao’s idea to let Ding Yinan go to study for an MBA.
At first, it was only because of Guo Yi’s affairs that Ding Yinan wanted to get a psychological counselor certificate, but after considering the time cost and professional relevance, he decided whether to get a construction engineer certificate or take on a more difficult architectural challenge teacher certificate.
However, before making a decision, Ding Yinan was always lacking in motivation because he couldn’t figure out what to do with these certificates, and it seemed that he was just researching for the sake of research.
Later, it was Huo Zhixiao who woke up Ding Yinan: “The research is done by the workers, you just need to be your boss.”
In the end, Ding Yinan decided to study for an MBA at his alma mater.
In name, this was the top MBA class in China, but in fact, it was a social class for bigwigs from all walks of life.
Ding Yinan himself had a huge alumni resource, and after he entered this class, his connections would become even better.
Halfway through the book, Ding Yinan suddenly received a WeChat message from Huo Xun asking him for information on a project that Huo Zhixiao was in charge of before.
Since coming out with Huo Xun at the awards ceremony last time, this was the first time Huo Xun had contacted Ding Yinan.
Ding Yinan packaged the project information and sent it to Huo Xun’s mailbox. Not long after, Huo Xun sent another WeChat message, saying that a client had taken a fancy to that project, and if the other party was willing, he would introduce that client.
A very alienated and very official conversation, it seemed that it was just a business cooperation between two company bosses.
Dante Yinan vaguely felt that this was a good start because Huo Xun took the initiative to introduce clients to them, at least it showed that he recognized their professional ability.
Ding Yinan thanked Huo Xun, then put the phone aside, and continued to read the book in his hand.
Ten o’clock in the evening passed quickly, Ding Yinan went to take a shower and came back, and sent a message to Huo Zhixiao.
[Ding Yinan: Are you done with your work?]
[Huo Zhixiao: This boss is too good at chatting]
All homestay owners seem to have their own chattering skills, drinking and chatting with guests is their daily pleasure.
Ding Yinan had experienced the nagging skills of the owner of the homestay before, and most of the time, they would not give up until after eleven o’clock in the evening.
He knew that Huo Zhixiao couldn’t get away, but at night, he didn’t want others to take up Huo Zhixiao’s time.
He made a phone call and pretended to talk about work, giving Huo Zhixiao an excuse to go back to the room.
The environment on the other end of the phone was completely quiet, and Ding Yinan heard Huo Zhixiao ask him: “Wife, do you miss me?”
“Yeah.” Ding Yinan replied bluntly, “I really missed you.”
“I miss my wife too.” Huo Zhixiao smiled, “I’m not used to not having you by my side.”
“I’m not used to it either.” Ding Yinan said, “No one hugs me to sleep.”
Ding Yinan learned a lot of shameless love words from Huo Zhixiao, and he became more and more comfortable in speaking.
As the saying goes, blue comes out of blue and is better than blue. This is a true portrayal of the relationship between the two of them.
Huo Zhixiao said: “Should I fly back right now?”
“Don’t.” Ding Yinan was quite sensible, and he only missed him for two or three days. Huo Zhixiao would be back soon. He changed the subject and said, “By the way, Mr. Huo came to me today.”
“What did he ask you for?” Huo Zhixiao asked.
“Introducing us to clients.” Ding Yinan said, “It was a little sudden, and I was caught off guard.”
Huo Zhixiao was silent for a while and asked, “Do you remember that I changed the background of Moments a few days ago?” Huo Zhixiao’s Moments background was the most proud building in all his designs before, but since he and Ding Yinan’s wedding photo was taken, he changed the background of his Moments to a photo of the two holding hands.
Anyone who saw his circle of friends would know that his lover was of the same sex.
“Did he see it?” Ding Yinan asked.
“He asked me to switch back.” Huo Zhixiao said.
Ding Yinan clicked on Huo Zhixiao’s circle of friends again and looked, no surprise, Huo Zhixiao didn’t change back.
“And then?” Ding Yinan continued to ask.
“I said no. After a long time, he sent me a message.”
“What kind?”
Huo Zhixiao didn’t answer immediately but sent a screenshot in WeChat.
On the screen was the conversation between Huo Zhixiao and Huo Xun. Huo Xun asked Huo Zhixiao to pay attention to the influence, but Huo Zhixiao didn’t feel the need.
At the end of the conversation between the two, there was a message from Huo Xun 12 hours later.
[Huo Xun: Young man, take it easy.]
Ding Yinan stared at these five words for a long time, and when he realized that Huo Xun recognized them, he couldn’t help but smile faintly.
——End of text——
Translator’s Note: Hello everyone! Thank you for sticking with me from beginning until the end! I often read your replies and it cheers me up everytime I’m down, so I hope you enjoy the ride this series offer~
Next up, there are 9 chapters of side-story, covering Lin Guo and Guo Yi, San Baisui, as well as our main pairing on the last 2 side-story’s chapters.
Thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the update. I have really enjoyed this story and your translation is great.
Thank you so much!!!
Already the end ? QAQ I loved this story more than I thought I would in the beginning… Thank you for translating it !
Congratulations on finishing the main story 🥳. Thank you for translating and sharing with us this beautiful novel!
I’m so happy for our main couple but can’t help but feel sad now that it ended QAQ looking forward to the extras! 💙
Thank you for translating this story 🙂 I really enjoyed it.
Ahhh it’s the end already? I’m gonna miss them :< tho there’s still extras!
Thanks for the chapter!!!
The end already! They’re a sweet but also a power couple 🥰
Thanks for the chapter 💞
Yay! Thanks so much for your hard work translating! This story was very enjoyable. I didn’t really like hzx at first but now he’s a giant lovable puppy.
Thanks for the chapter 💕💕
Thank you Eili for the lovely translation! Wish you the best
Eli, thanks so much for translating this. I liked this couple a lot. I loved the previous novel I read from this author so I did have some high expectations but at some point I realised it was a work on it’s own standard and just enjoyed it for what it was so I cannot even compare them. Thanks for this experience!
Thank you for the translation!
Thank you for translating this story, it quickly became a favourite! It’s been alot of fun and so heart warming to follow their love journey 💕
And thanks to the people commenting making me laugh on multiple occasions heh