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Delta blinked—this guy's pretty perceptive…

"Yes."

"Although I certainly don't have any connections, if you need any internal resources within the company, please feel free to come to me, and I will help you solve it."

“But you’ve only just joined the company, and you’re so young. If you do this…”

"It's ok."

Xu Qi remained calm.

“I’ve heard Miss Rita say that this is more than just a job for Miss Delta, right? If that’s the case, I’m serious about it too.”

Delta held her breath—it was the first time she had realized so clearly that this young man named Xu Qi was now her boss…

What is this? A born leader?

"I understand. If needed in the future, I will definitely not hesitate. Well then, I'll take my leave now."

The moment Delta closed the door, Xu Qi suddenly sensed something was wrong.

This is!?……

"Well!!"

A sudden, indescribable tremor ran through Xu Qi, and everything suddenly felt utterly meaningless—he surrendered…

He slumped back in his chair, while Ellie leaned out, took a napkin from Xu Qi's table, and began to help clean up the stains.

Crawling out from under the table, she climbed back onto Xu Qi, smiling at him and asking, "Are you done yet?"

indeed……

Moreover, the thrill is truly indescribable... after all, it's deep...

"Did you drink it?"

"Hmm, this is so sudden... I really don't know what the professor did to your body?"

You know it was only once, right? This morning Mei teased you, and at the company you were flirted with by all sorts of older women...

It seems that choosing not to be completely drained the night before in order to prepare for work the next day is not a good approach.

Ideally, I could stay in a state of sage mode all day long.

But seriously... how thoroughly would they have to be squeezed dry?

Xu Qi shuddered.

He rolled his eyes, patted Alicia's plump buttocks, and gestured for her to get up.

"Okay, I have to work now, I can't stay with you."

"Huh? You're discarding me after I've served my purpose, aren't you? I just helped you vent..."

Xu Qi squinted.

"It seems I'm not the only one who wants it... My lovely Miss Alicia wants it too, right?"

Her face flushed instantly, and Ellie's eyes darted left and right, becoming increasingly unfocused.

Xu Qi gently patted Ai Li's head and said, "Let's talk about it when we get back tonight, okay? I have to work during the day, so it's really not possible."

"Oh... I'll be going now then? I'll wait for you to come back tonight."

"Okay, wait for me tonight."

After straightening her clothes and waving goodbye, Alicia walked out of Xu Qi's office.

Meanwhile, Ms. Rita outside seemed to be working diligently. After noticing Alicia coming out, the two exchanged a glance and then nodded to each other.

However... what Ellie thought was a good disguise was, in Rita's eyes...

Miss, please take a closer look at that little white spot on the hem of your skirt.

Rita sighed—what kind of people are these? Doing this at work… are you kidding me?! Her impression of Xu Qi in the office also worsened considerably.

After all, it couldn't possibly be that such an innocent and lovely girl who brought it up voluntarily, right? It could only mean that Xu Qi coerced her…

That damned, sadistic man! Absolutely! Lady Durandal must not be allowed to have any contact with him!

Don't worry, I'll slowly test your evil nature over the next few days... Hmph! Xu Qi, I'm going to make you lose all face in this company!

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Because the project is still in its early stages, there isn't much work to do in a day.

In the afternoon, Xu Qi didn't stay in the office all the time. Accompanied by Rita, he went to the offices of other staff members to get acquainted with them.

After all, he was a leader parachuted in, so many things had to start with getting to know him.

Then I discussed a few panel layout issues from the first episode with Bronya.

"Speaking of which, I have a job tomorrow afternoon that I need you to come with me."

"Ok?"

"Test sound".

"Voice actor?"

“That’s right, voice actors… Tomorrow afternoon is the audition for the main roles. We need to finalize the voice actors for the male lead, the second male lead, the female lead, the second female lead, and the villain, Kruze.”

Xu Qi suddenly realized—they really moved fast...they're already at the audition stage tomorrow.

But that makes sense, since Bronya, as the director, had almost finished drawing the storyboard for the first episode.

It seems I need to step up my efforts too.

"Don't rush off work yet. I'm treating you and your colleagues to dinner since you're new in charge."

"Delta and Rita?"

"Yes, they are all elite soldiers I handpicked. I think you must have learned a lot from them in just one day."

Xu Qi thought of the handsome senior Delta and nodded in deep agreement.

Then I thought of Rita-senpai...

Xu Qi subconsciously looked at Bronya.

Bronya was taken aback—what did this mean? Did this kid mean he was expressing something, or that he had learned more from her? Oh dear, she was almost embarrassed…

Seeing Bronya's cheeks suddenly flush red, Xu Qi's lips began to twitch.

Help! It seems he's really getting caught in some inexplicable vortex!

195. Are you planning to seduce Bronya?

I originally thought that Bronya's dinner invitation would be to a high-end place, such as a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

The final location chosen was completely unexpected by Xu Qi.

"This is barbecue, isn't it..."

"It is indeed barbecue."

"It's barbecue."

"What did the barbecue do to you!?"

Xu Qi shrugged, glanced at Bronya beside him whose cheeks were flushed and who looked slightly embarrassed and annoyed, and said, "No, it's nothing. Does Bronya come here often?"

"Yes, but in the past, I always came alone."

Delta and Rita exchanged a glance, clearly not expecting Bronya, the president, to have this side to her.

It's probably because of Xu Qi...

The four of them casually found a seat by the roadside. As soon as they sat down, Xu Qi couldn't help but sigh, "It really makes me nostalgic... for these kinds of barbecue stalls that are like open-air food stalls."

Bronya's eyes lit up, and the other two also cast curious glances at her.

After all, no matter how you look at it, Delta and Rita don't seem like the type of women who would normally go out for barbecue. In fact, the fact that this group of four was even here has already attracted a lot of attention.

Most of them were driven by curiosity...

"In the past, whether I was in school or working, I would go out with friends to eat barbecue or something else on weekends and holidays."

A few people got together, ordered two cases of ice-cold beer, chatted about recent events, and reminisced... It brought back fond memories.

“Ah…” Bronya looked envious. “Isn’t it nice? I always have to come alone…”

"Then call me next time."

Bronya glanced at Xu Qi, then moved her chair closer to him and leaned in to say, "Little virgin, are you planning to seduce me?"

"no!"

Neither is a virgin nor a conquest guide!

Delta frowned after reading it, then leaned closer to Rita and said, "Rita, you need to keep it up."

"Ok?"

"It seems she also has designs on Supervisor Xu. Your enemy looks much stronger than you thought."

Rita: ...

What exactly did I do that made you start to have these interesting thoughts about Xu Qi, Director Delta?

As we were chatting, the owner brought over a large iron platter of skewers.

I have to say, it was quite delicious; no wonder it's a barbecue restaurant that Bronya frequents.

Even Rita couldn't resist temporarily setting aside her ladylike reserve and trying a skewer – it was amazing!

Would you like some alcohol?

"I'm fine with anything, but Bronya, don't you have to drive later?"

Rita said, "I can handle it. I don't drink anyway."

"Huh?" Delta glanced at Rita and clicked her tongue, "Really, you don't even know how to seize such a good opportunity."

"..."

Bronya opened a bottle of ice-cold beer and personally filled Xu Qi's glass.

"Huh? Director Bronya! This..."

"Sit down!"

Bronya gave Xu Qi a disapproving look and said, "We're friends, you said that, right?"

Xu Qi was taken aback for a moment, then nodded firmly.

"That's good then. Besides, we're an animation company. Even though I'm the director, I still have many shortcomings. It's common for me to be criticized by my subordinates."

Is that so?

"So don't worry about these things. Today we're here to break your long-standing, habitual mindset of unspoken rules in state-owned enterprises."

That's already broken so many things... Xu Qi thought with a wry smile.

"And I'm really... really happy that you could come and participate in the script design for Seed!"

Bronya tilted her head back, letting the icy drink flow down her throat, and then let out a satisfied sigh—this is what summer should be like...

"After all, that Arahat A, which you criticized as utterly useless and fought purely for the sake of battle... was created by me..."

"well!?"

Xu Qi glanced at Delta and Rita, and received affirmative nods from both of them.

"But there's nothing I can do... The company doesn't have good screenwriters, let alone excellent ideas. The proposals they produce are the kind of things that you can tell won't work at first glance!"

But... there was nothing we could do... Alahat's popularity was already declining, and we desperately needed a work that could revive this IP, but as you can see... it was a complete failure.

……

Delta sighed.

"Moreover, the staffing was also very poor, because the company unanimously believed that there was no need to invest more effort in this kind of work, so a considerable number of people were withdrawn to rush to work on another project."

"Another one?" Xu Qi was stunned, his mouth agape as he exclaimed, "The Idolmaster!?"