He stole his best friend's photos and fell for a tycoon's heir through online dating.

Less than three seconds after this message was sent, the other side exploded.

"Brother, how dare you!!!"

"Baby forgives you!!! Forgives you!!!"

"Don't come back!!!"

Zhou Siyan looked at the three exclamation marks, a faint smile spreading across his eyes.

He could almost picture Xia Ruo on the other end of the phone, anxious, angry, and helpless.

Zero: [Is the baby still angry?]

"I'm not angry anymore..."

"But brother, remember, from now on you must stand by baby's side! No matter if baby is right or wrong, you must stand by baby's side!"

As Zhou Siyan looked at the line of text, he suddenly remembered what Doubao had said: "Girls are the ones who understand their boyfriends' reasoning."

She chuckled softly, her eyes overflowing with tenderness.

Zero: [Okay. Got it. From now on, no matter what happens, I'll stand by Baby's side.]

Zero: [So, what does Baby think of President Huo?]

Xia Ruo stared at the message, tilting her head and thinking for a moment.

What's Mr. Huo like? He's handsome, but cold. His moods are unpredictable and hard to fathom; you can never figure out what he's thinking.

But she couldn't do that. She was a woman with a boyfriend, and it wasn't appropriate for her to comment on another man—especially her boss—in front of him.

"It's alright, nothing special."

Everything was just average; he was just an ordinary boss.

No, no one is as good as my brother. My brother is the best.

Zhou Siyan's lips twitched slightly as he looked at the words "very average".

An ordinary boss...

Nothing special...

At twenty-eight years old, he was the sole heir to the Zhou Group. He was surrounded by flatterers and had heard more praise than he had ever tasted salt.

He has the height, the looks, and the resources; from top to bottom, inside and out, he's a superior person.

He suddenly wondered what her reaction would be if she knew that Huo Sinian was Zhou Siyan.

But he held back.

Now is not the time.

Zero: [Good girl/boy. Go on with your work, you have a meeting and report this afternoon. Good luck, baby.]

Xia Ruo's pupils dilated suddenly as she looked at the message.

"Brother, how did you know the baby had a meeting to give a report this afternoon???"

Zhou Siyan's fingers paused for a moment, but he remained completely calm.

Zero: [The baby said it himself last night, that he needed to report back this afternoon, did he forget?]

Xia Ruo scrolled up through the chat history.

Did she say that last night?

So much happened last night—working overtime, spilling coffee, applying medicine, eating, being asked about Wanwan, being interrogated by my roommates when I got back to the dorm…

My brain feels like it's been stirred up; everything's mixed up.

Maybe... he said it?

Perhaps he did say it.

"Oh, baby forgot, hehe." This was followed by an embarrassed little face scratching her head.

Zhou Siyan's smile deepened, like a hunter watching his prey walk step by step into a pre-set trap, while the prey remained completely unaware.

"Baby's off to work, big brother's gotta work hard too~"

Zero: [Okay.]

Xia Ruo placed her phone face down on the table, took a deep breath, and opened the planning document.

She wasn't afraid of giving a bad speech at the afternoon meeting.

What she feared was speaking too well.

An intern, after only three days on the job, independently completed a project plan and was able to present it confidently in a meeting.

Is this normal?

Would Huo Sinian find that strange?

But she remembered Huo Sinian's expression when he looked at the plan last night—it was completely expressionless.

I can't see satisfaction, nor can I see dissatisfaction.

Does he think she writes well or poorly?

Do you think she exceeded expectations, or do you think she was always expected to be at this level?

Xia Ruo shook her head.

Forget it, we'll deal with whatever comes our way.

At worst, I can just say I found a template online and filled it out accordingly.

Anyway, a busy CEO doesn't have time to check whether an intern's plan was done by themselves or just copied from a template.

She picked up her water glass, took a sip, and her gaze fell on the time in the lower right corner of the computer screen.

It was 10:15, and there were still several hours until the afternoon meeting.

Let's make a PowerPoint presentation. It's so awkward to just stand there and talk about the project proposal...

She opened the PowerPoint presentation and began working on it page by page.

Just as I was working on the last page, something cool was suddenly pressed against my face.

Xia Ruo was startled and shrank back, almost falling off the chair.

Turning her head, she saw Lin Wanzhi standing next to her, holding a cup of milk tea, her eyes crinkling with a smile.

"Ruoruo, you're so focused," Lin Wanzhi said, tilting her head as she looked at her computer screen.

"Did you make this PPT? It's really well done, like a professional's."

"Oh dear, I just used a template." Xia Ruo smiled guiltily, reached out and took the milk tea. The cool cup felt comfortable against her palm.

"Where did you get this milk tea?"

"The boss paid for it~ Didn't you see the group messages?"

"Sister Zhang said the boss saw everyone's been working hard lately and gave us some money for milk tea. I'll get it for you~"

"Mango pomelo sago, your favorite~"

Xia Ruo glanced down and saw that it was indeed mango pomelo sago. It was her favorite flavor, and President Huo had also ordered it last night.

"Alright, Ruoruo, take a rest," Lin Wanzhi pulled up a chair and sat down next to her, resting her chin on her hand as she looked at her.

"Seeing you working so hard makes my heart ache."

She suddenly remembered something, and her eyes darted around:

"By the way, Ruoruo, do you know him? Do you remember Liu Yinan?"

"Hmm, what's wrong with him?" Xia Ruo took a sip of mango pomelo sago, the sweet and sour mango flavor spreading on her tongue.

"My brother told me last night that this guy is really capable."

He looked at Liu Yinan's transcript and several competition awards, and contacted him, saying he could arrange an internship at Lin's company, with a direct promotion to full-time upon graduation and a starting annual salary of one million.

"and then?"

"And then—" Lin Wanzhi shrugged, her expression a mixture of helplessness and admiration.

"Liu Yinan said that he and his friends were preparing to start a company, had already set up a studio, and had a project to launch soon, so he declined my brother's offer."

She emphasized, "How about it? Pretty ambitious, huh?"

You know, although my brother seems very gentle and easy to talk to, he is very serious about his work and very strict when it comes to hiring.

I was already shocked that I even contacted him, but I didn't expect him to be unwilling.

Xia Ruo sipped her mango pomelo sago and nodded.

"That's certainly impressive. But talented people like that all want to start their own businesses and don't like working for others."

"That's true!" Lin Wanzhi clapped her hands.

"It seems like all the people in that studio are from our school. I even went to check it out this morning—the studio's name is Dream Chasing Game Studio."

Xia Ruo paused for a moment.

"Wanwan, type it again."

Her voice suddenly changed, carrying a seriousness Lin Wanzhi had never seen before, "What's your name?"

"Dream Chasing Game Studio?" Lin Wanzhi blinked, a little confused by her expression. "What's wrong?"

Dream Chasing Game Studio...

Xia Ruo chewed on the name twice.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck a forgotten corner of her mind.