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Han's Jewelry, the 28th floor of Tianxing Building.

To work here, one either needs to already be established as one of the best in the industry or be an incredibly able newcomer who has an incredible academic record.

Xu Xingling is one of those who was an outstanding student. He was stellar enough to win several academic awards before graduation, and since he was also very elegant in appearance and gentle in temperament, his teachers were very willing to pave some roads for him.

He was, in fact, recommended to the Han’s jewelry design department by a teacher.

The teacher was an acquaintance of Wang Yun’s, and was able to win Xingling an interview.

When Wang Yun reviewed Xingling’s portfolio, she immediately recruited him onto her team. If you are not reading from readerfeedertranslation.blogspot.com, this work was stolen.

"What do you want to see? Do you want me to show you around?" Wang Yun had taken a few days off before today, but for her son’s sake, she was willing to put her work aside for a little while longer.

"No, you go do your work; I can go look around myself." Exploring by himself, Li Dong's arrival soon attracted widespread attention from the design department.

He is the second son of the Han family, so the news of his presence spread through the company at an astonishing speed.

When Xu Xingling saw him, he dropped his coffee.

"Second Young Master?" Ever since last night, when Xingling had served Second Young Master Han with his mouth, Xingling hasn’t been able to stop thinking about his taste. He was wishing that the swelling on his face would heal faster so that he could go find Yubai and offer himself up.

"Why are you so careless?" Li Dong approached Xingling and could see the confusion on his face. He called for a janitor to come clean up the mess: "Could a janitorial staff come and tidy this up, please?"

When the coffee was spilled, someone had already called for a janitor, not for Xingling’s sake, but rather, to make a good impression on the Second Young Master.

At the same time, they felt quite sorry for Xingling. It seemed as if he would leave a bad impression on Second Young Master.

"Check the ground carefully and don't leave any broken glass." Li Dong stood beside Xingling patiently and directed the janitor as she cleaned.

Li Dong’s appearance made Xingling’s heart tremble, and similar to how he couldn't move his gaze away whenever he ever saw Han Tianlin, Xingling couldn’t bear to look away from Li Dong. If you are not reading from readerfeedertranslation.blogspot.com, this work was stolen.

"Eldest- Second Young Master!" Xu Xingling pinched the palm of his hand to remind himself to filter his words better.

He didn't want to be so obvious with his exaggerated love for Tianlin in front of Yubai. Although the Second Young Master seemed to have a good temper, Xingling knew it was inappropriate.

"What are you doing not going to the bathroom to clean off your shoes?" Li Dong saw that not only were the foolish male lead’s shoes stained with coffee, but his pants were also.

"It's okay, it’ll be fine once I wipe it down with a wet wipe." Xu Xingling doesn't feel very distressed over his white shoes, as his mind is now completely focused on Li Dong. "Why did you come to the company?"

And it doesn’t seem as if Yubai was at all surprised that he worked in the company. Did Yubai already know?

Xu Xingling couldn't help but think crazy thoughts. Was it possible that Second Young Master Han was a bit interested in him?

Could it have started that day when he served him in the car?

"Do you need a reason for me being here?" Li Dong cocked an eyebrow. He didn’t plan on standing here too long awkwardly to converse with Xingling. Han's Jewelry Design is such a high-end company, the likes of which he hadn’t ever seen before in his entire life; he’s really looking forward to touring the place.

Xingling saw Li Dong turning to leave and immediately followed without hesitation. "Second Young Master, wait for me!"

From a certain perspective, Xingling actually has quite a bit of initiative. He said he would serve Yubai, and so he did, and if he doesn’t agree on some issue, he would make it clear immediately with no skirting around the issue.

Li Dong noticed that he followed but did not stop him. Instead, he asked, "How long have you been in the company?"

"Two months; I’m still an intern." Xu Xingling stared at Li Dong from the corner of his eye. Although Yubai is only six or seven points similar to Tianlin, Xingling is satisfied and infatuated, completely unwilling to move his gaze.

"Is it a stressful time for you?" Li Dong remembered that Xu Xingling was from only a slightly better-off family. His parents both lived in school for work, while he lived alone outside.

Although the apartment Li Dong visited last night was not in the city center, the rent for it still should not be cheap.

"It's okay for the time being. After I become a regular employee, I will be paid better." Xu Xingling is now looking forward to being a full-time employee, or else living expenses would be too high. He’s been living off of his savings recently.

But Xingling was surprised that Second Young Master would care about his life at all; it seemed like an action that was completely juxtaposed from his rumoured personality.

"Oh." In reality, Li Dong was just casually chatting. From the reflection in the glass, he saw Xu Xingling staring at him intently. That sort of focus on anyone would irritate them. "Okay, go back to work, stop following me."

"I’ll walk around with Second Young Master for a while and introduce the company to you…”

"No need." Li Dong rolled his eyes: "It’s my own company; do I need you to act as a tour guide?"

Xu Xingling blushed. He only made this suggestion because he heard some of his colleagues saying that Second Young Master Han had never been to the company.

"You’re dressed pretty casually today,” Li Dong commented as he looked Xingling up and down. The design department never required its employees to be in business attire, so everyone dressed comfortably. "You really don’t look as if you had just sold yourself off yesterday."

His clothes all had loose threads and holes here and there.

At best, this could be considered fashionable. At worst, indecent.

"I don’t usually wear this to work," Xingling said, a bit embarrassed. He actually wore it for Tianlin; his gay roommate had advised that men all liked visually appealing sights. Maybe they would immediately pounce on you if they saw you dressed to their liking.

Hearing this, Xingling felt really covetous in his heart. Even in his dreams, he would desperately desire for Tianlin to pounce on him. Or for himself to pounce on Tianlin; it really didn’t matter.

While he never was able to do anything with Han Tianlin, he was at least able to bag Second Young Master Han. Although Xu Xingling was a little grievous and regretful deep down, his heart was still filled with joy.

What's more, it was Tianlin’s order for him to be with Yubai. Not to mention telling him to serve other men, Xingling would be willing to give up his life if Tianlin ordered it.

"What are you still doing here? Still not leaving?"

Xu Xingling racked his brains to think up an excuse to stay a bit longer. "I've been sitting for a long time, so I want to stretch my legs and walk around the company for a bit," he said. He, in truth, just wanted to stay with Li Dong a bit longer.

"..." Li Dong could finally empathize just a little with Han Tianlin’s struggle.

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translator's notes: welcome! hope you enjoyed the new chapter! firstly, when li dong was commenting on xingling's clothes and the night before...

and one last disclaimer: i have exams coming up all of next week, so i will not be able to come out with any updates until next thursday, the 10th. starting thursday, i’ll post a chapter a day for a week straight to make it up to you guys! after that week ends, i’ll be posting in a regular pattern of updates for two days straight and then taking a day off.

also, if you would like to read all current chapters offline, there is a pdf version attached to the toc!

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