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SAY NO TO PIRACY, SUPPORT ORIGINALS

Why you?

Zhao Heng got stuck in a meeting.

The documents are too important. I feel better picking them up myself.

Go get them for me.

Me?

Take my advice.

She'll be back in a few months after she has the baby.

And when she comes back, she'll still be above you.

It's better to make peace than to hold a grudge.

I wasn't around when you took leave.

You're my mentor. I thought I'd come to see you.

If your expression were more sincere, I might actually believe you.

I'm not here to kick you while you're down.

I don't care. Business is business.

Everything's here. Count them.

Seems like we're missing one database key USB drive.

Wait here. I'll get it.

Zhiwen,

I dropped something in the couch cushions.

Can you get it for me?

I'm talking to you.

Coming. Let me finish this round.

My colleague is waiting at the door.

Just get it for me. Get it and make her leave.

Stop rushing me!

I said I'll go after this round.

Fine. I'll wait.

Help me when you're done.

Are you crazy?

I am crazy!

Get away!

-Are you okay? -Don't touch me.

Are you alright?

Let… Let me help you up.

What are you doing? Come help!

Hurry up. The floor is cold.

You're always like this. A little bump and you act like you're dying.

Are you okay?

Don't worry. She's fine.

I'm used to it.

You…

I'll call an ambulance.

Ms. Lin, hang in there.

NOTICE OF SURGERY

FETAL HEARTBEAT NO LONGER DETECTABLE

I've already taken care of the paperwork. The baby?

How's the baby?

Tell me.

Zhiwen.

The baby…

I'm sorry.

It's all my fault.

I'm the worst.

I…

It's okay.

I know you didn't mean it.

FIVE MINUTES AGO

Thanks.

It's alright.

I owe you one.

It's got nothing to do with you. I made my own choices.

Back at your place just now…

Are you done yet?

Don't go too far!

What is wrong with you?

So clumsy. Falling on flat ground?

Don't worry.

We don't have cameras at home.

He fell on his own.

But thank you.

And

for everything I did to you before,

I'm sorry.

I don't remember anything that happened before.

Alright.

Then I don't remember either.

Is there anything else you need?

Don't move.

It's all my fault.

I was too reckless.

I used too much force.

I really didn't know you were hurt.

I've been the one at fault before.

I didn't consider your feelings.

Ms. Huang, this recording proves at least three things.

First,

Jiang Zhiwen had been indifferent to me for a long time

before my delivery.

Jiang Zhiwen, don't leave! Come back here and explain yourself!

Are you trying to drive me to divorce you with this cold treatment?

Don't keep using divorce as a weapon.

Second, the main cause of my miscarriage

was him pushing me down in anger.

Third,

the money he transferred to his parents for the apartment

was a loan, not a gift.

You didn't even discuss it with me before lending that much money to someone?

Someone?

They're my parents!

You have a very clear head,

but I suggest you wait until you've fully recovered

before pursuing these matters.

Ms. Huang, you have to believe me.

I'm clearer-headed now than I've ever been.

I will never regret this divorce.

Oh my, she really said that?

Yeah.

From the moment she came out of surgery,

it was like she turned back

into the Ms. Lin I knew when I first joined the company.

Sound logic, clear purpose, sharp thinking, and decisive action.

You seem to be feeling sympathy for her because of her pain.

I just think it's hard to truly know

what's going on in someone's life behind the scenes.

And at that moment, only I could help her.

You would've done the same.

You know what? I used to think induced labor

was like what they show on TV.

You get anesthesia and wake up fine.

But it's not like that at all.

Even with a pain pump, you still throw up bile

from the dizziness and nausea.

And after the procedure,

someone has to press hard on your belly to clear everything out.

Lin Long is really tough.

She didn't make a sound the whole way to the hospital.

But I could hear her crying from outside the door.

No, not crying. She was wailing.

Okay. Stop saying that.

Let's talk about something else.

When are you closing the Ande Energy project?

-Probably this week. -Congratulations.

You have to treat everyone to a meal.

Can we do it after I get back from Macao, China?

What's there to congratulate?

My dad doesn't even care about this little deal.

What does your dad have to do with it?

This is the first contract that you won on your own merit.

We can't control whether others value it or not,

but we should still celebrate ourselves.

Makes sense.

Aren't you working on the Bolo Culture project?

Why are you going to Macao, China?

Bolo Culture is expanding their IP overseas.

They're negotiating with a company there about the European market.

Plus,

I have some personal business.

Personal business?

Adjust your stride. Control your breathing.

Exercise is the best way to reset your energy.

Men usually talk a better game than they can actually deliver.

Let's race the 4x10-meter shuttle run.

I give up.

Oh,

send me your flight number to Macao, China.

I'll upgrade your seat.

It's free. Courtesy of Tianhe.

I need to brief you

on the Digital Finance Forum while we're on the plane.

If you're in economy, how am I supposed to do that?

Even though the forum is in Macao, China, too,

if I come to you on a work trip,

won't it look like I'm using company resources?

What if people gossip?

You're not attending the whole forum.

It's completely normal to bring a date to a party.

If you can't manage this much,

how are you going to be my right hand?

Remember to bring a black dress.

Safe and foolproof for business occasions.

MACAO, CHINA

Is this the kind of black dress you meant?

Nice.

Where did you get this outfit?

Pretty fresh and elegant.

According to the invitation, the dress code

is business formal.

I don't know much about this, so I looked it up online.

The blogger says for business formal, guys need black ties,

and women need knee-length dresses,

fancy jewelry, and evening clutches.

So I rushed to rent the dress and necklace.

I put down a credit card as a deposit, and it wasn't cheap.

You know what? That blogger was pretty spot on.

But for an occasion like today,

we usually dress a bit more casually.

Especially in the tech industry.

Otherwise, it looks like you're trying too hard.

You look great.

Just a little overdone.

I see.

Perfect.

GOLDEN BAY AREA DIGITAL FINANCE AND INDUSTRY EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT

Do you go to these cocktail parties often?

I noticed you guys just exchanged simple greetings

and chatted about diving and kayaking.

How does that kind of casual acquaintance help with work?

For a client,

they instinctively trust that someone with higher income

understands their investment needs and financial risks better.

Same goes for business partnerships.

Most deals are built on trust,

not capability.

And trust takes time and repeated interactions to build.

Once you get used to this circle,

opportunities will naturally open up for you.

Get used to this circle?

Are you planning to do digital asset projects in the future?

You know why the consulting industry has been shrinking these past few years,

yet C&C still manages to beat out high-and-mighty foreign firms like yours?

Because those old-school consulting tricks are all over the internet now.

And I've always insisted on staying close to the front lines of real industries.

That way, I can offer clients strategic advice with real substance.

Otherwise, even if we fool some clueless rich folks now,

the times will eventually leave us behind.

So that's why you briefly left Boen to work at P&J?

Actually, even though P&J is an FMCG giant,

their consulting budget has been shrinking year after year.

Just because these emerging tech companies spend big,

you…

What is a consultant's mission?

To improve the world's management standards?

No.

It's to get orders.

Orders are what matter.

Consultants can't know every industry.

Even a genius can only master three to four business domains at most.

When choosing industries,

you have to find ones with money and orders.

I've done internships in FMCG, logistics, and manufacturing.

You want the truth?

If your first project wasn't an internet unicorn

like Bolo Culture,

you wouldn't be standing here.

Ever since the interview, every time you talk about work,

your style is brutally direct.

Playing with kids and training subordinates

are completely different things.

Welcome to the real world.

You brought your little junior here?

See? She's already overwhelmed.

We're not at the same company, and we don't get much time together.

I brought her here to see if she's our kind of person.

She's a blank slate right now.

It's good for you to show her more of the world.

Like…

Look.

An old friend of mine just showed up.

Come with me to say hi.

Okay.

How's your current project going?

-Long time no see. -Xinzhi.

-You're here too? -You're here too.

-What a coincidence. -Small world.

Xu Chi, let me introduce you to a legend.

He's my former mentor, Wen Ruosen, a partner at Boen.

Hello. I'm Xu Chi.

Nice to meet you, Miss Xu.

Is Miss Xu in consulting?

-Yes. -Let me warn you.

Be careful with this guy. He's got a silver tongue.

Don't fall for his tricks.

Actually, I've already left the industry.

I'm incubating my own projects now.

Oh, let me introduce you.

This is the CEO of Benyuan Digital Collectibles.

Benyuan is the largest

digital collectibles platform in Hong Kong, China.

I know.

I actually collected a Yifubao red-envelope skin featuring

the Northern Wei Grottoes a few days ago.

I'm quite interested in this area.

I would love to learn more.

Hello. I'm Tang Yisheng, Tommy.

Sorry. My Mandarin isn't very good.

My Cantonese isn't all that good either.

We can chat more in the future.

Sure. Come on. Cheers.

-Come on. -Cheers.

-Cheers. -Come on.

Pleasure.

Tired?

Not really.

I noted down the key points

from Wen Ruosen and Mr. Tang's private conversation

in Cantonese.

I'm sending it to you in case I forget.

Wen Ruosen has a lot of connections in the art world.

He runs a digital collectibles agency,

kind of like a gallery, called Yuanzhou Gallery.

They want to partner with Mr. Tang's collectibles platform in Hong Kong, China.

You speak Cantonese?

My high school teacher,

who looked after me growing up, is from Guangdong.

Secretly gathering business intelligence?

Nice one, Chi.

Nothing much.

You were just talking about digital assets nonstop,

and then you zeroed in on those two digital collectibles.

Your eyes were darting around when you looked at Mr. Wen.

Of course, I had to figure out what I could do for you.

Take a look. Is this useful?

Decent.

So,

what did you do here all night?

I also organized all the new business cards you received.

I jotted down notes

on key conversation points and general profiles of each person.

I'll export them tonight and send them to you.

And I heard a lot of people talking about dual carbon and green finance today.

I think it's going to be a big trend.

When I get back, I'll do more research on that.

You can maintain such sharp business instincts

in a social setting like this.

There are not many girls like you around.

I'm not here to see the world.

I just want to become your trusted protege

as quickly as possible.

So, Master?

Did I do okay today?

Not quite yet.

What did I miss?

You're not relaxed enough.

You've been holding that glass all day.

Barely touched it.

You told me not to drink at these events.

Besides,

I am here.

We're too busy at work.

Sometimes,

you really should learn from me

how to balance work and life.

Here we go again.

The research is about 60% complete.

Next up are the key interviews and modeling.

Once those are done, consultants like Cindy

will each take charge of analyzing one module.

Then we get to the main event of strategic consulting.

The process doesn't matter.

I only care about the results.

By the way,

I meant to ask you last time.

Why isn't Lin Long on this consulting team?

Did she actually take my advice and go on maternity leave?

What's wrong?

Something happened?

Is it about the baby?

She really went through it.

How is she doing lately?

Did you see her?

She's okay. She's recovering.

She's been through a lot lately.

You seem to be doing pretty well for yourself, though.

Your boyfriend is quite handsome.

He's not my boyfriend. You've got it wrong.

I get it.

Girls are hard to read.

-No… No. -Well, good luck then.

Hope you lock it down soon.

He's really not my boyfriend. He's my senior.

Senior?

You and your senior were posing like this in the background?

Next time, if you have something like this…

Mr. Shen, let's get back to work.

Okay.

I'll send you that photo later.

You can run your own model.

Check what the odds are for the two of you.

-Make a prediction. -Mr. Shen…

You told me not to drink at these events.

I told you not to drink recklessly.

Besides,

I am here.

I'm fine.

Let me recite it for you. Three point one four one five nine two six

-three two three eight four six two… -Stop reciting.

Do it in the car.

SAVE IMAGE

Here's the research on those investment funds you asked for.

I've done it on my personal computer as you requested.

Right. Remember, always keep the work I give you

physically separate from Maxmise files.

No problem.

Even on my personal computer, I've set up separate encryption.

Oh, and one more thing.

Some of the information

on the Yuanke Factory contact is not public.

I have a colleague I'm close with named Zhao Heng.

He used to be that person's assistant during his internship.

So I asked him to help.

Got it.

I'll go through it when I get back.

Okay.

How are you holding up?

Juggling work on both sides lately.

Can you handle it?

Barely.

But I have to earn every penny of the salary you pay me.

Salary?

It's just a red envelope.

I'm just teaching you some Spanish on the side,

not hiring you for a part-time job.

Hello. Thanks. Bye.

Don't worry.

That's what I tell people too.

Hey, Ms. Sha.

Yes.

It's on my phone. I'll send it right away.

You scumbag!

If you never loved me, why didn't you tell me sooner?

I'm asking you a question!

Why did you keep stringing me along and giving me false hope?

Why aren't TV crews camped out here?

I mean, look at this place.

Cheesy romance. Detective thrillers. Rags to riches and riches to rags.

So much material.

What's wrong?

Nothing. You can go.

I'm off.

I forgot to give you a few documents.

The classification is too high. Can't email them.

Can you drop by my place after work to pick them up?

YE XINZHI

Is 10:45 okay?

XU CHI

Okay.

SONGFENG RESTAURANT

That was fast. I thought it was room service.

Come in. I'll go get them.

-I… -It's fine.

No need to change shoes.

You haven't eaten this late?

Where's the potted plant I bought you?

The document and USB drive are all here. Thanks for coming all this way.

No worries.

Thanks. Sorry to make you come all this way at this hour.

I'm off.

Here is the document. Here's the USB drive.

Thanks for coming all this way.

Xu Chi.

You're an idiot!

He definitely wanted you to see that.

What are you looking at?

I'm talking about you.

You've been caught red-handed.

Who are you?

What right do you have to overthink this?

Got humiliated, didn't you?

Does it hurt?

So stupid!

Hey, neighbor! Are you okay?

I'm fine!

Sorry!

So stupid!

So cruel.

If I hadn't known you for years,

I wouldn't have helped you with something this cruel.

What are you doing, making that poor girl so upset?

Better she's heartbroken now than later, right?

Thank you for today.

I don't know who else I could've asked for this favor.

Lucky I happened to come back to the country recently.

But

Xiaoyezi,

you've been single for so long.

Maybe you could consider…

I've tried before.

But whenever I think of what happened before,

I can't bring myself to do it again.

I'm too busy.

I don't have the energy left to love.

So some sparks are better snuffed out early.

Stay calm.

The fact that he did that

means there's still hope.

Otherwise,

he would've just quietly cut you loose.

So wake up now

while he's still giving you a chance. Stop saving random photos.

I need to go to the airport.

Xiaoyezi. Remember to be kind to yourself and to others.

Bye.

Thanks.

Xu Chi.

From now on, you focus only on your work.

Your goals are your career and your apartment, not men.

DELETE

CONFIRM DELETE SELECTED FILES FROM LOCAL DRIVE? CANCEL / CONFIRM

CONFIRM

Still not awake?

Or did you not sleep at all?

I'm sorry.

But it's for the best for both of us.

Morning.

A sweet night, right?

Can't believe you're up so early. Impressive.

Take your time running, sir.

I have already done two laps.

I'm heading up.

It's okay.

You did great just now.

Very natural.

A sweet night, right?

Can't believe you're up so early. Impressive.

"Can't believe you're up so early."

Take your time running, sir.

I have already done two laps.

"Sir"?

After all that,

I was the one overthinking it.

You're pretty free today.

Thought you wouldn't show up at the office.

The interviews with Bolo Culture are done,

and the initial model is built.

Cindy and the others are reviewing it.

I'm still new.

I've done what I can.

Just waiting for them to reassign tasks now.

Bored?

A little.

I was so pumped when I landed this project.

Felt like I was ready to go all in for a year.

Now, not even a third of the way in, I'm already running out of steam.

Not challenging enough?

Consulting is a lot like art.

We're all trying to shape something raw into something refined.

What consultants enjoy is the creative process.

You never know how brilliant the result will be

until you put down the final stroke.

Bolo Culture just wants to use you to get rid of people they don't want.

So what if your proposal is flashy?

You already know the ending. There's no suspense.

How do you know so much?

I interned at Beisen's New York office my sophomore year.

I've led more projects than the number of men you've dated.

I've only had one ex-boyfriend. Thanks.

Just one?

I don't believe you.

You dare let me check your phone?

Check it then.

Three, two, one.

That confident?

You slipped up.

Recently deleted. Why did you delete it?

Give it to me.

-Why did you delete it? -Give it…

Guilty?

Who's this guy?

Isn't that the poser?

I knew there was something between you two.

There's nothing between us.

We're just master and protege.

What is this, a TV drama? Master and protege?

Let me tell you.

You're just a junior analyst at Maxmise. He's a partner at C&C.

You two are this close.

You should be thankful no one's reporting you

for corporate espionage.

I know compliance. I…

He's just teaching me Spanish.

That's even worse.

He's a handsome, wealthy industry big shot.

If he didn't want something from you,

why would he be so nice

as to teach you Spanish?

You think you're some web novel heroine who finds cheat codes everywhere?

What could he possibly want from me?

You're overthinking it.

Just overthinking it.

Overthinking it.

What's going on?

Wait, wait.

What did I say?