Chapter 209
Chapter 209
His normally aloof face showed no particular emotion. He merely stepped back in silence and made way for Yun Youyou.
“My apologies, young miss. I didn’t clear the way in time.”
Yun Youyou: ……
Excellent. She had finished digging out the Milky Way. Now she could start on her nostrils.
Jiang Mixue silently backed away and hid in a corner.
This wasn’t something a little ghost like her should have to face.
Yun Youyou possessed impressive mental fortitude and forcibly pretended the humiliating incident had never happened.
She tentatively asked, “How long have you been standing there?”
Fu Yiming remained perfectly calm.
“Since you started playing with fire.”
Good grief. He hadn’t missed a single one of those humiliating lines.
Under the strain of extreme embarrassment, Yun Youyou’s brain short-circuited and her mouth began running out of control.
“Oh. Then would you like to play with fire with us?”
Fu Yiming hadn’t expected Yun Youyou to invite him.
After a moment of surprise, he politely declined. “I think I’ll pass. I don’t have a diaper.”
Yun Youyou laughed stiffly.
“It’s fine. The Company has fire extinguishers.”
Jiang Mixue remained curled up in the corner the entire time.
So awkward!
It was awkward enough to make a ghost wish she could die all over again!
She suddenly remembered that she could walk through walls to escape.
She didn’t want to spend another second in such an embarrassing situation.
Forgive me, my dear Youyou. Tonight, I must set sail before you.
Jiang Mixue walked straight through the wall, leaving Yun Youyou all alone.
“Why are you still at the Company this late?”
Fu Yiming asked in confusion.
Yun Youyou said, “Uh… I came to keep Mixue company while she worked overtime.”
Only then did she remember that Jiang Mixue had been behind her.
She had to drag another ghost into such an awkward situation.
But when Yun Youyou turned to look, the ghost had vanished and left the building empty.
!!!
“Where did she go?!”
Yun Youyou searched for ages but couldn’t find the ghost.
Fu Yiming glanced around, then calmly withdrew his gaze.
“She probably left already.”
Yun Youyou was furious.
The bonds of ghostly friendship were flimsier than a shattered ice pop!
Fu Yiming lowered his eyes to Yun Youyou’s puffed-up cheeks and suddenly felt like laughing.
In the end, however, he managed to hold it in.
If he actually laughed aloud, her cheeks would probably puff up even more.
“Come on, young miss. I’ll take you home.”
Fu Yiming’s voice held a hint of teasing.
Fortunately, the night was dark enough to barely conceal the embarrassed pink on Yun Youyou’s cheeks.
She was profoundly grateful that the elevator still worked.
Standing together inside, they both felt that remaining silent would be somewhat awkward.
Yun Youyou glanced at the person beside her from the corner of her eye.
“Why are you still at the Company so late?”
Fu Yiming said, “I forgot something. I planned to come back and work a little longer after dinner. I didn’t expect…”
He hadn’t expected to witness such a spectacular scene.
Yun Youyou greatly admired Fu Yiming’s dedication to his work.
Even a ghost couldn’t match his dedication.
He worked so earnestly even inside the Game.
Fu Yiming escorted Yun Youyou to the entrance of her dormitory building.
Only after she went upstairs did he turn and leave.
A ghost had somehow been escorted home by a Player.
Once Yun Youyou returned to her dormitory, Jiang Mixue finally sent her a message.
[I’m sorry! I lost my ghostly mind for a moment. By the time I came to my senses, I was already outside the building. Hit me! Curse me!]
Yun Youyou: [As a domineering CEO, my heart is broad enough to embrace every river. I forgive you.]
Jiang Mixue: [I’m touched! I love you!]
Yun Youyou: [What about the task? Should we go back now?]
Jiang Mixue: [I already completed it successfully. As soon as you two left, I slipped back into the Company.]
Yun Youyou: [Smart!]
After chatting for a few more moments, Yun Youyou set down her Light Brain and sprawled across the bed, ready to sleep.
By the time Yun Youyou woke, it was already eight o’clock.
She was going to be late for work.
Yun Youyou hurriedly raced to the Company, only to find that there wasn’t a single ghost there.
?
No ghost had announced that they had the day off.
Another hour passed before ghosts began trickling in.
The female colleague from yesterday was surprised to see Yun Youyou too.
“Why are you here so early?”
Yun Youyou said, “Early? But I’m already half an hour late.”
The female colleague put on an inscrutable expression.
“You don’t understand. At our Company, arriving half an hour late counts as early. An hour late counts as clocking in on time. More than two hours late is called working off-site.”
Realization dawned on Yun Youyou. “I understand now.”
“But aren’t you afraid the Game is secretly watching?”
The female colleague waved dismissively. “How could it be? There are so many Instances in the Game. If it monitored them one by one, how could it possibly keep up?”
Yun Youyou said, “You have a point.”
She had definitely come to the right Company.
The Game: …You people are treating me like I’m dead, aren’t you?
Usually, however, it turned a blind eye to such things.
Unless it involved someone like Yun Youyou, whom it couldn’t ignore even with both eyes closed.
The moment the older man appeared, he called out to Yun Youyou.
“Come on, come on! I heard the Company next door is haunted. Let’s hurry over and watch the excitement!”
Yun Youyou said, “But isn’t our Company already full of ghosts?”
The older man said, “What’s there to see about our ghosts? Nothing beats the terrified looks on the Players’ faces.”
The older man coaxed Yun Youyou into going to Fu Group.
The moment they entered, the older man used his bulky body to forcibly carve a clear path through the crowd.
No matter how Yun Youyou looked, she couldn’t see any fear on the employees’ faces.
Had the supernatural activity they created last night not been frightening enough?
Walking behind the older man, Yun Youyou sensed everyone’s gazes gathering subtly on her.
The employees’ faces were full of scrutiny, curiosity, excitement, and that all-too-familiar modern expression of people eager for gossip.
Through the packed crowd, Yun Youyou spotted Jiang Mixue.
She looked like a walking corpse, utterly devoid of spirit, with a trace of numbness mixed into her expression.
When she saw Yun Youyou, she said something.
But they were too far apart, and Yun Youyou couldn’t read lips.
It wasn’t until ten minutes later that she finally learned what had happened.
After completing the task the night before, Jiang Mixue had forgotten to disable the surveillance cameras.
When the employees arrived that morning, they found red paint splashed all over the walls.
Naturally, they checked the security footage.
And there, on the recording, was footage of Yun Youyou and Jiang Mixue embracing.
Fortunately, the audio was muffled and unclear, which spared them a little dignity.
As everyone interpreted it, the surveillance footage told a strange story.
Yun Youyou and Jiang Mixue had originally been lovers, enjoying a romantic date at the Company late at night.
Then President Fu suddenly appeared and stole Yun Youyou away from her lover.
Devastated after losing her beloved, Jiang Mixue decided to take revenge on the Company.
That was why the Company looked like this in the morning.
It was truly a tragic and moving love story.