ehess: 007-01

007-01

Back in the private dining room, quite a few people glanced over at Li Dong. He tried his best to suppress his goosebumps and put his phone down to briefly say to Han Tianlin, "Brother, excuse me for a moment while I go take a call."

Han Tianlin was currently immersed in a conversation with someone else. He waved at Li Dong dismissively. "Go, if you feel bored, leave first." As his older brother, Tianlin is very understanding about his younger brother’s impatience with socializing..

"Hey." Li Dong slipped out of the room and found a more quiet spot to talk to Xingling. "What's the matter with you? Why do you sound like you’ve been drugged with aphrodisiacs?"

Li Dong thought it was extremely fortunate that he hadn’t turned on speaker phone just then, otherwise, he would have directly beheaded his reputation.

"I thought Second Young Master was ignoring me again." Xu Xingling whimpered from the other side of the phone. He had been ringing Li Dong’s phone for a while, but Li Dong never picked up and didn’t even text him a response.

"Didn't I already tell you? I was out with a group of people having lunch!" Li Dong explained angrily, "I’ve picked up now; say what you have to say, quickly!”

"It’s nothing really, it’s just… it’s just… texting you just now made me think about…” Xu Xingling gasped. If you are not reading this on readerfeedertranslations.blogspot.com, this is stolen work.

"About?" Li Dong was very familiar with Xingling’s tones of voice and moods now, and knew that he was complaining like a little wife..

Xu Xingling didn’t dare complain about Second Young Master, though. He was currently hiding out in the bathroom, his body burning hot and his face contorted. "Second Young Master, I miss you so much..."

His voice sounded just like a meow once more.

Li Dong didn't like this sort of sound at all. This shoddy person was panting so heavily, too.

"..." No one spoke on the call for a straight five minutes after Xingling’s little meow that was more like a cat during spring mating season than a human. Li Dong would naturally not stupidly wait around for Xingling to compose himself, and just slipped his phone into his pocket, call still active, and walked out to his car to drive away.

"Second Young Master?" Xu Xingling returned to his normal voice shyly after calming down a bit, calling out to Li Dong. "Are you still there? Second Young Master?" Where did this person disappear to?

Xingling listened, but there was no response for another few minutes.

Xu Xingling's smile broke down, and he muttered: "Ignoring people yet again.”

Xingling felt as if this was his loneliest and emptiest moment ever, where he had a desperate desire to be comforted and kissed and be called baby but had no one to do so.

"Hmph!" After hanging up, Xingling called yet again. "Second Young Master~"

"Are you comfortable now?" Li Dong was driving currently, so he was taking his call through a bluetooth in ear.

"What did you say?" The stupid male protagonist said, dragging out the end of his words purposefully, wanting to coquettishly pick a fight with Li Dong. 

Li Dong asked him right back, “What did you say?” Is it so fun for Xingling to pretend that he’s thinking innocent thoughts when he clearly isn’t?

"Well, I’m okay now." Xu Xingling cleared his throat. “Mua~ Kisses Second Young Master! I’ll be heading back to work now. I really want Second Young Master to come pick me up after work this afternoon. Please do, if you don’t, I’ll die!"

"What bullshit..." If you are not reading this on readerfeedertranslations.blogspot.com, this is stolen work.

"It's true!" Xu Xingling's tone had become normal for two sentences, but he was now speaking breathily again.

Li Dong hung up the phone as if he was being burnt and placed a hand over his heart.  "My God..." A male protagonist who pretended to be innocent and pure when he clearly wasn’t was already bad enough, but this male protagonist who now switched the script and completely dropped his innocent disguise was even more terrifying!

After scaring Li Dong off, Xingling scoffed, saying, "Really, he hangs up on me suddenly like this all the time."

But Xingling’s good mood wasn’t killed off by this, and he skipped out of the bathroom humming happily.

Xingling washed his hands and freshened up his appearance. As Xu Xingling exited the bathroom, he instantly transformed from a little wildcat desperate for love into a talented, young designer.

"Xingling, how come you’re still here so late, too?" Xingling ran into a colleague on the way who greeted him.

"I had to stay back for a while because my stomach was aching a bit, but I’m fine now." Xu Xingling moved to accompany his colleague to walk out of the restaurant together.

"By the way, all of us in this office wil be having dinner and then going to the karaoke together this afternoon. Wanna join?" The colleague looked at him and said. This new designer in front of him was very favored by the boss, but was too new to be very familiar with any of his peers.

He’s such a handsome young man, it should be appropriate to ask him to join them in their fun.

"This evening?" Xingling suddenly looked very regretful, saying, "Unfortunately, I already made plans with a friend for tonight. But once I get my paycheck next month and become a full time employee, I’ll definitely treat you to dinner."

"Full time? That’s wonderful! You’re so incredibly skilled that you definitely deserve to work full time at the company” The colleague sincerely congratulated him. “In this case, let’s eat out together some other time. Have a great afternoon!”

”Thanks, you too!" Xu Xingling smiled and waved to his colleague, returning to their seats to prepare for work.

Xingling fantasized about going out with Second Young Master this evening, and thought that he would definitely have loads of fun.

"You finally came back; are you okay?” Bailun’s workspace was conveniently right next to Xingling’s. He looked him up and down suspiciously. "Did you really have a stomach ache, or was it a fever? Your face is so flushed.".

"Is it?" Xu Xingling touched his face innocently, then took a look in his compact mirror that he laid down on his desk in order to observe his face more carefully. Fortunately, his skin is still very pale, but it seems to be a bit dry..

Xingling feels tempted to put on a sheet mask; wouldn’t it be too late to put one on later in the afternoon, right before he meets Li Dong?

"Hey, Teacher Zhang is here." Xia Bailun pointed out to him.

Meanwhile, Xu Xingling was still checking himself out in the mirror, but when he heard that, he immediately moved, as if his body was acting purely on instinct, to put away the mirror and pretend as if he was intensely studying the documents in front of him.

"Xingling, about the two design drafts you submitted, I wanted to go over them with you real quick." Teacher Zhang walked over to Xu Xingling, smiling at the hardworking young man. She felt very relieved seeing him still working. "Are you working on a new draft now?"

She saw a sketch on the desktop.

It's still very simple currently, but the lines are neat and the sketch is definitely starting to take shape.

As a greatly respected teacher in this industry, Teacher Zhang certainly does not plagiarize the work of newcomers. However, she reminded Xu Xingling: "Make sure to store your sketches well, or else you may find yourself at a loss."

"Mrs. Zhang, this is just a random doodle, not a new design." Xu Xingling said, embarrassed. He hurriedly hid the drawing inspired by Second Young Master. "Shall we go to your office to discuss the drafts?"

Teacher Zhang, as a leader in the design department, has her own independent office.

"Yes, come on."

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