Chapter 111

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Chapter 111: The Blooming Lily

Shen Yunchu gathered her emotions and walked out of the restroom.

In an instant, she seemed to transform from a fresh, inexperienced university graduate into a strong, capable elite of the professional world.

Of course, this was largely thanks to everything she had learned from Lu Shiqing about company management.

Although the atmosphere at Yun-Xiao was relatively relaxed, Shen Yunchu still felt she had to be more strict. These newly recruited graduates, fresh out of school, had yet to experience the harshness of the real world—they were naive and unaware of how things truly worked.

If Shen Yunchu didn’t assert her authority, she would never be able to keep them under control.

But in truth, she was the same age as them.

She sat quietly in her office, patiently waiting for Ye Xiao to arrive.

About an hour later, the office door was pushed open.

A petite girl with golden hair carefully poked her head in through the doorway.

Who else could it be but Ye Xiao?

“Who’s there!”

A clear and stern female voice rang out, sharp yet beautiful, startling Ye Xiao instantly.

Part of it came from guilt, and part of it was the unfamiliarity she felt from the person in front of her.

Was this really the same Shen Yunchu she knew? The girl who had lived with her in their rented apartment, who used to think only about eating and having fun, always smiling like the cheerful girl next door?

If Ye Xiao hadn’t known clearly that this was Shen Yunchu’s office, and that the person inside was indeed her, she might have thought it was Shen Yunchu’s older twin sister.

Shen Yunchu turned her head, and the moment she saw who it was, her cold, tense expression instantly melted away.

From an aloof ice queen, she transformed back into the sweet girl-next-door in front of Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao let out a breath of relief.

“Yunchu-jie, I’m here~”

“Shen Yunchu’s Affection +2.”

“Shen Yunchu’s Affection +2.”

Seeing Ye Xiao show up as promised, Shen Yunchu’s mood brightened significantly.

Ye Xiao also heard the system’s familiar notification sound in her ear.

“System-chan, didn’t you say that after 80 points, affection increases are extremely difficult?”

“Didn’t I also say that someone like Yunchu-chan, who started with full-hearted devotion and 90 affection points right off the bat, is incredibly rare in this industry?”

Well, in any case, the affection had gone back up a bit—that was good.

Thinking about how Shen Yunchu had looked earlier, Ye Xiao couldn’t help but feel even more guilty.

Although she had still been doing some online work recently, it mostly involved casually assigning tasks or giving general direction to employees.

The company’s actual day-to-day operations were entirely maintained by Shen Yunchu.

Without her, Yun-Xiao might have been in a half-paralyzed state these past couple of weeks.

“Xiao Xiao!”

Seeing Ye Xiao, Shen Yunchu’s face lit up with joy. All her previous grievances and sadness seemed to vanish into thin air.

This time, she hadn’t stood her up.

She came to see her!

“I thought for sure you were going to ghost me again… just vanish like last time…”

“How could I? Yunchu-jie, I’m here, aren’t I?”

Looking at Shen Yunchu, Ye Xiao suddenly felt a pang of heartache.

She walked up, stood on her tiptoes, gently patted Shen Yunchu’s head, and said earnestly,

“Yunchu-jie has worked really hard. Don’t worry, I won’t disappear like that again.”

Shen Yunchu gently nodded, squinting her eyes, a satisfied expression blooming on her face.

Her emotions drove her body—before she knew it, she wrapped her arms around Ye Xiao.

Breathing in the faint citrus scent from Ye Xiao’s body, it felt like all her efforts had finally meant something.

After a brief moment of tenderness, Shen Yunchu led Ye Xiao to the sofa.

Gazing at Ye Xiao’s adorable face, and surrounded by the comforting orange-blossom aroma, Shen Yunchu’s eyes began to glisten.

“Xiao Xiao~”  She whispered softly, full of emotion.

“Yes, Yunchu-jie, I’m here—mmm…”

Before Ye Xiao could finish, her soft, red lips were already sealed by Shen Yunchu’s.

Having gone more than ten days without Ye Xiao’s affection, even the slightest physical contact and that familiar scent were enough to throw Shen Yunchu into a state of longing.

Even though she could detect a faint trace of some other unfamiliar scent besides the citrus one on Ye Xiao—

Did Shen Yunchu care?

No. If she cared, how could she have watched Ye Xiao fool around with other older women and never said a single word of reproach?

As long as Ye Xiao’s heart still had her in it, that was enough.

A blooming lily flower gently began to unfold within the walls of the Yun-Xiao executive office.

“Yunchu-jie, here’s the latest batch of player feedback we’ve collected, do you want to take a—”

Suddenly, the office door was pushed open, and a girl’s unfamiliar voice rang out.

“S-sorry… I didn’t mean to interrupt!”

The girl took one look at the scene of the blooming lily and immediately slammed the door shut.

She was a first-batch campus hire from Binhai University, named Ban Hui. Because of her strong capabilities, she had been entrusted with important tasks by Shen Yunchu.

Ye Xiao usually didn’t manage these things—compared to her, Shen Yunchu felt much more like the company’s real boss, while Ye Xiao was more like a game designer.

Ye Xiao instantly wanted to push Shen Yunchu away. If she didn’t act fast to interrogate that employee, their relationship might be exposed to the entire company.

She hated those gossip-hungry people the most.

However, Shen Yunchu held onto her tightly, refusing to let go.

So what if someone saw? Shen Yunchu had never wanted to hide Ye Xiao anyway.

She loved her—so very, very much—even if her scent carried traces of someone else.

Pulled back by Shen Yunchu, Ye Xiao returned to the moment again.

This time, to avoid further interruption, they locked the office door.

Outside the door, Ban Hui clutched the documents in her hand, her chest rising and falling rapidly, eyes wide with disbelief.

What had she just seen?

Everyone in the company already knew that Yun-Xiao’s founder was a blonde girl, and that the popular game “My World” had been developed entirely by Ye Xiao alone.

Once that was known, even though Ye Xiao looked small and childlike, she earned everyone’s admiration and respect.

No one looked down on her.

But what she had just seen…

Everyone knew that Shen Yunchu, as the executive assistant, was very close with the young boss Ye Xiao—but no one had ever suspected “that” kind of relationship.

The company’s senior leadership… turned out to be a blooming lily.

But soon, Ban Hui broke into an “auntie smile”—she was a die-hard Yuri manga fan.

She instantly became a shipper of the Ye Xiao × Shen Yunchu pairing.

She had no intention of telling anyone about what she saw. On the contrary, she decided to keep this secret close to her heart.

After all, even if she told the close friend she’d joined the company with, that friend probably wouldn’t believe her.

She had already been teased plenty of times for constantly pairing up female colleagues as romantic couples.