"Hey, Director Li, it’s me, Xu Wenqian from Wangzhou Culture, yes, we’ve been in contact before... I wanted to ask about the charity gala I applied for earlier, has there been any outcome on the approval... Hmm, ah, is that so, okay, okay, I’ll wait..."
The weather in Magic City is nice today, the sunlight shines through the window, hitting the face of the woman dressed in professional attire, making her features glow with a golden hue, giving off an inexplicable sense of sanctity.
But at this moment, Xu Wenqian looks a bit disheartened, resting her chin on her hand, her rosy lips slightly puckered, looking melancholic.
"Oh, I’m still too stupid, the boss will definitely blame me..."
Looking at the phone screen after the call was disconnected, Xu Wenqian sighed, feeling a bit annoyed and self-critical.
From the moment she arrived in Magic City, nearly two months have passed, and during that time, she has been tirelessly working on establishing the "Wang Foundation". She expended countless hours and effort, running to numerous places, and with Jiang Qingkui’s occasional visits, finally managed to get the foundation registered.
Yet now, she’s stuck again at the charity gala’s approval...
Events of this magnitude surely need to be reported and approved, especially in a metropolis like Magic City where the procedures are even more rigorous.
Initially, following Jiang Qingkui’s plan, the charity gala was expected to be held in mid-October, but now, with October almost ending, not even the first approval has been completed, leaving Xu Wenqian extremely anxious.
The "Wang Foundation" was her responsibility, and she really wanted to repay Zhou Wang through this initiative, feeling she owed him far too much...
Although Zhou Wang always emphasized that they were not only superior and subordinate but also "boyfriend and girlfriend", Xu Wenqian felt that as a woman like her, she wasn’t deserving of being Zhou Wang’s girlfriend.
He shines so brightly, while she is so insignificant, not to mention she had a five-year relationship before, perhaps in many people’s eyes, she is the so-called "broken shoe".
This hidden inferiority complex is why Xu Wenqian just wants to maintain the status quo, being Zhou Wang’s little assistant, always by his side.
If occasionally she could catch his eye, briefly elevated to "little sweetheart", Xu Wenqian would be content.
Yet now, due to consecutive setbacks, Xu Wenqian feels she’s not even competent as an "assistant".
Her gaze sweeps outside the window, just a street away is the Bund of Magic City, where towering buildings rise high and bustling traffic flows below, with art and commerce intertwining, as if every brick and tile radiates the city’s prosperous aura.
But Xu Wenqian feels so small in this city, and having lost some support, she thinks about escaping every day...
She misses him badly, even though it’s only been a little over a month, it feels like she hasn’t seen Zhou Wang for a year.
"No way, I can’t give up, the boss should be coming to Magic City soon, I definitely can’t let him down!"
Thinking of Zhou Wang rekindles her fighting spirit, and after silently cheering herself up, she reopens her computer and continues perfecting the charity gala’s plan.
Time passes, and she doesn’t know how long, when the sun starts to lean west, and her phone goes "ding", Xu Wenqian stretches her arms, momentarily shifting her gaze from the computer screen, picking up the phone beside her.
The message is from a girl with an anime avatar, her original nickname was "Cherry Little Whirlwind", but Xu Wenqian has remarked her as "Duoduo".
The two girls had met unexpectedly at a comic convention, initially adding each other as friends because they were from the same hometown, and then Xu Wenqian found they got along well, gradually developing into "online besties" who contacted each other daily.
From Xu Wenqian’s perspective, this girl named Duoduo is really interesting; for instance, she changes her avatar daily, but it’s hard for anyone not paying frequent attention to notice the subtle differences as the avatars are all from a set.
(Avatar example chart of Duoduo)
At first glance, there isn’t much difference, but it represents her different moods each day: cheerful, daydreaming, gloomy, full of fighting spirit, etc.
So when Duoduo messages asking what she’s doing, Xu Wenqian quickly glances at her avatar, seeing it’s in a normal daydreaming state, Xu Wenqian replies: "Just about to get off work for dinner, what about you?"
Duoduo: "I just finished my part-time job too, found a sushi place that looks delicious, Sister Qianqian, are you interested? Give me a chance to treat you~"
Xu Wenqian: "Sorry, Duoduo, can’t do today, I already have plans..."
"Wenxi, Wenxi, hey, I knew you’d still be here, it’s almost six o’clock, why are you still stuck in front of the computer?"
Xu Wenqian was just typing when the office door suddenly swings open and a fashionably dressed girl rushes in, loudly exclaiming the moment she enters.
Xu Wenqian helplessly puts down her phone, "Lijia, can’t you knock first next time, my heart can’t take surprises like this..."
"Hehe, besides me, no one else would barge in here, what’s there to be afraid of?"
Wang Lijia laughs cheekily, walking over directly to rest on Xu Wenqian’s shoulder, "Unless you’re up to mischief... Let me see who you’re chatting with, is it your mysterious boyfriend or your sketchy boss?"