We moved to Golden Courtyard

Rita is really... she always does whatever she wants, I'm afraid she'll spoil me rotten one day.

"Isn't it great? Anyway, everyone knows what you mean by staying in my office for so long."

"Ideally, the whole world would know that Rita Rossweisse is your woman, wouldn't you say?"

That's not quite that exaggerated.

"Oh, by the way, Bronya is looking for you. Should you go over there first?"

"Okay, let me print out this acquisition plan."

While saying this, Xu Qi had already finished operating the computer.

Rita pulled Xu Qi off the chair, saying, "Don't bother. She's not looking for you about the acquisition, but about Editor V later."

"Hey, hey, hey? Don't rush, I'll go with you."

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Swaying along the way, not knowing where to go, Xilin had never felt as lost as she did today.

She never imagined that Seele would say these things to her.

Just a week ago, everyone was fine, chatting and laughing. At that time, Xilin naively thought that such days could last a lifetime.

But just today, in a short morning? No, probably less than an hour, it was as if everything was gone.

Xier also likes Mr. Xu Qi...

I should have realized it a long time ago. It doesn't require any detailed observation. Just take the time I went to Ocean Park a couple of days ago, didn't I see it?

Perhaps I'm the only one still stuck in the naive mindset of everyone being good friends.

What's wrong with that?

After all, Sirin... never had any friends.

"I wish you happiness."

This was the only thing Sirin could think of to say.

She suddenly didn't want to see Seele. Seeing her would make her feel annoyed, but this annoyance came inexplicably.

At least Celine didn't understand why she suddenly became angry.

Surely I don't actually like Xu Qi too?

Xu Qi...

As soon as Celine thought about this, her body suddenly started moving uncontrollably toward the production office, as if there was something there that could attract her.

It's Xu Qi.

No one was surprised by Celine's appearance along the way, since she had already come once before.

It's hard to imagine that when Xilin first arrived at work in the morning, she could be all smiles, holding a bag of chocolates, full of girlish charm, and giving it to Xu Qi.

But now... he was like a walking corpse, aimlessly wandering into Xu Qi's office.

What exactly happened in between?

Xilin tried pushing the door and found it wasn't closed, so she naturally went inside.

Ellie looked up and saw Celine push open the door and enter—was she looking for Xu Qi? But he wasn't here…

However, the understanding Alicia didn't go up and ask any more questions. She figured that Celine would come out when she couldn't find Xu Qi, or she could just stay inside a little longer.

If the little girl were to play any pranks... given how much Xu Qi values ​​Xilin, he probably wouldn't care.

So they just left it alone.

And indeed, just as Ellie had suspected, when Sirin saw that no one was in the office, she was about to leave when she discovered several pages of paper scattered on her desk.

From a distance, you can almost see two English letters in the title—M…H…

I picked it up and looked at it—"Business Plan for the Acquisition of MHStudio".

819. Seele? Just a simp.

"Rita, please tell your sister to come over this afternoon when you're editing V, so she can give her opinion and see if 'Meteor' fits the visuals."

"What does Supervisor Xu think?"

"If you ask me, it's definitely a perfect match, an absolutely perfect match! But I'd still like to have my sister come and take a look, just like a project acceptance test, to see where the results are being used."

"Ok."

Rita took notes as she walked, but that didn't stop her from writing beautiful handwriting; she was practically the perfect secretary. When there was work to be done, the secretary did it; when there wasn't…

Don't say anything.

As Xu Qi opened the office door, preparing to give further instructions, he unexpectedly saw papers scattered on the floor.

He and Rita exchanged a glance, both looking somewhat puzzled.

Was it really this chaotic before you left?

Xu Qi walked over and picked it up, discovering it was exactly the "Business Plan for the Acquisition of MHStudio" that he had printed out earlier to give to Bronya.

Did this thing fall on the ground when we left?

Rita shook her head firmly.

Xu Qi suddenly had a bad feeling. Just then, Ai Li walked over and said, "Xu Qi, Miss Xi Lin came to see you just now."

Sirin? ...Sirin!?

"and then?"

"I saw her go into your office, and she left a little while later. I guess she couldn't find you."

Xu Qi smiled wryly, waved, and when Ai Li came close, he reached out and pinched her round cheek.

"What are you doing? Stop pinching my cheeks!"

"Next time, if my office is empty and you happen to be there, remember not to let anyone into my office, understand?"

"Oh……"

Xu Qi was somewhat anxious inside, but he didn't show it too much on his face.

"Cirin must have seen this thing... Rita, what do you think that girl is thinking now?"

Rita must have been sending a message, but now that she's received a reply, she says with a grave expression, "Sir, whatever she's thinking right now, I think our top priority is to find her."

Xu Qi's expression changed drastically!

"She's not in the original art office?"

"I just asked a few people, and they all said they haven't seen Celine. Sir, do you think it's possible that..."

"Don't rush."

Xu Qi took a deep breath. If it were before, he probably would have already rashly started calling for help. But right now, Xu Qi was forcing himself to calm down.

After a moment's thought, his first decision was...

"Ellie, close the office door."

"Okay! Got it!"

Just as Ai Li closed the office door, she heard Xu Qi speak.

"Whether Sirin is missing or has run back to MH, we can't let too many people know about this for now, especially people outside the studio!"

Rita, go and report the situation here to Bronya. Ellie, go find Delta right now and have her take a few trustworthy people to search the company.

And contact people outside to keep an eye on MH's headquarters and see if Sirin has returned.

Rita and I had just left the office, no more than 20 minutes ago. Even though we had just left, Celine arrived right after us, and she still had about a 10-minute drive to get to MH.

When you see Delta later, tell her this first: do as I say and get moving!

"it is good!"

Rita and Ellie both left the office, and Xu Qi felt quite at ease leaving the matter to them.

Actually, Xu Qi was more inclined to believe that Xilin hadn't left the company yet.

Considering the friendship between Xu Qi and Xi'er, she probably wouldn't choose to return to MH directly. Xu Qi was willing to believe Xi'er on this point.

But if it were in the company... or the studio, places she might go, Delta would definitely arrange for someone to look for her.

So what other places might be the kind of unexpected places where Celine would choose to be alone when she's going through such a difficult time?

Xu Qi didn't rush to act. He slowly sat down on the sofa. If Xu Qi smoked, he would definitely have one in his hand by now.

After calming down and thinking about it again, he realized that in the morning, Xilin had acted like a young girl with a heart full of love, running over to give him chocolates.

How long has it been? She's already mentally broken after seeing this plan to acquire MH?

This is absolutely absurd...

If this really happens, then something must have happened in between.

Who else, besides herself, could cause such a huge emotional fluctuation in Sirin?

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Seele listlessly dealt with the sketch in her hands, her eyes still bloodshot, her mind filled with the words... "I wish you happiness."

I'm very annoyed and unhappy.

Hei hope disliked roundabout ways of speaking. She only wanted to force Xi Lin to give up contacting Xu Qi, but in the end, what was this... her last act of stubbornness?

This is a real problem – stuck in the middle!

Actually, there's also a tiny bit of... concern about Sirin's condition.

However, Hei hope would never admit that she would worry about any little one other than Xi'er.

Having finally regained full control of her body, Seele didn't want to stay at her workstation drawing until she calmed down.

So what does that make her? Someone who works for free?

We need to find some fun. Oh, right, right, didn't she lie to Xier by saying that she also liked Xu Qi, so that once she met Xu Qi, she could just hand everything over to her?

Okay, that's settled then.

Just as Seele made up her mind, a commotion came from the workstation next to her.

With a hint of joy that she herself didn't even notice, Xier turned her head and said, "Xilin? You've finally...returned to...Mr. Xu Qi?"

"Did I disturb you?"

Sitting at Xilin's workstation, Xu Qi had a warm smile and impeccable manners. Even Hei hope had to admit—this man was truly charming.

"No... Mr. Xu Qi, are you here to see Xilin?"

His tone was somewhat sarcastic.

"I guess so. I accidentally upset her just now, and now I don't know where she's gone, so I wanted to ask her best friend."

Seele, where do you think Sirin will go?

How would I know?

Seele turned her head away sullenly, her cheek...—the person who came to find her wasn't there for Seele, but for Sirin!?

Hei hope suddenly understood why Xi'er's emotions were fluctuating so much.

I clearly... I clearly like you too!

Why don't you ask me more questions about me?

Why are you always calling her "Xilin"? Is she your father?

"Seele".

"Hmm?" The impatient voice came from his nose. Hei Xi didn't even notice that in his mind's eye, Xi'er had already started rolling around on the ground crying and screaming—"Why aren't you answering Mr. Xu Qi's questions?"

Luckily, Hei hope didn't hear it, otherwise she would definitely be cursing right now.

Byd, what kind of simp are you? You answer every question he asks?