Who killed whom?
Biting and still throwing the blame!
Jiang Nanshu held her neck, her eyes red as she pushed away.
Song Ye’s body paused for a moment, loosening his grip around her neck, slowly standing up, and looking down at her.
His eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, and they could still make out each other’s outlines.
His gaze was intense and frustrated, as if the anger hadn’t fully dissipated, and the last bit of rationality that remained was the protective layer he had left for her.
“Who asked you out?”
Song Ye’s hand was in his pocket, his voice low.
Jiang Nanshu froze for a moment and subconsciously asked, “Did you see my phone?”
No wonder he suddenly acted out, thinking she was going to meet some blind date again.
Song Ye didn’t speak, silently lowering his head to look at her.
“A former classmate.”
Jiang Nanshu wasn’t sure how to bring up Chen Qingyue.
If it weren’t for Cheng Jiajia asking her about it before, she wouldn’t have mentioned it.
Those things…
That year, when the incident happened, that woman cried, begging Jiang Yu to tell Chen Qingyue the truth, saying that she couldn’t bear the shock anymore.
Chen Qingyue, just like Jiang Nanshu, was still a child and then lost a leg.
Her mental state clearly showed signs of problems.
Jiang Yu, with a doctor’s heart, couldn’t bear to push it further.
She didn’t pursue it too much, and according to the court ruling, money was paid as compensation.
Then, she transferred Jiang Nanshu to a new school and cut off all past connections.
That year, Jiang Yu confessed to her that her father had cheated, and to prevent her from meeting Chen Qingyue again, she was forced to contact that woman.
She didn’t know if that woman had confessed to Chen Qingyue, how she confessed, or how much she said.
Jiang Nanshu knew the truth and sent Chen Qingyue a message: [Chen Qingyue, we’re done, don’t contact me again, it’s best if we never meet again.]
After sending it, she stood there for a long time, frozen.
Then, she remembered, this was exactly what Song Ye had said to her back then.
She never expected that one day, she would say such a decisive thing to someone else.
It took Chen Qingyue many days before replying: [Okay.]
So many years passed, and the two of them really hadn’t contacted or met again.
Therefore, when she received a message from Chen Qingyue, she was so surprised and felt an indescribable sense of suppression.
After coming back, some things were unavoidable, and the person she didn’t want to meet might still cross her path.
She sighed and looked up at Song Ye:
“It’s just a former classmate I haven’t contacted in a long time. It’s not a blind date, and it’s not an ambiguous relationship. I don’t plan on meeting him.”
Song Ye listened to this and suddenly didn’t know how to respond.
But this result was what he wanted.
After a few seconds of silence, he spoke quietly: “Are you sure?”
“……”
Is there a need to be sure?
Why does it sound like she’s the one planning to cheat?
Does she need to make a promise?
Jiang Nanshu still felt some pain in her neck and thought that although Song Ye appeared cold and abstinent on the surface, he would also go crazy when provoked.
She thought for a moment and then looked up at him: “I… know you’re pursuing me.
I went with you to watch the movie, but if I was still being ambiguous with someone else, wouldn’t that be playing with you? I’m not that cheap.”
“Yes, you’re not.”
The man looked at her indifferently, his mouth curling into a cold sneer,
“You just want to have sex with me first, turning us from friends with benefits to a real relationship.”
“……”
Jiang Nanshu was choked by his words.
He made it sound like she was just a woman who wanted his body.
“I was just saying…”
She lowered her head and turned around, typing the password on the door’s lock.
“It’s late. Go to sleep, we still have work tomorrow.”
The password was unlocked, and the door automatically popped open.
The moment the sound rang out, the lights in the hallway lit up.
Jiang Nanshu lowered her head and walked in, just about to close the door.
The man raised his hand and placed it on the door, looking down at her with a half-smile. “Jiang Nanshu, what do you want to do?”
“Shouldn’t that be you asking, what do you want to do?”
She didn’t really want to just jump into bed with him or make their casual relationship official.
Jiang Nanshu raised her head and glanced at his hand.
“Let go, I need to close the door.”
Song Ye paused for a moment, his lips curling into a silent sneer, and then he withdrew his hand.
Jiang Nanshu immediately closed the door.
Half a minute later, the door slowly opened again.
Jiang Nanshu’s face flushed slightly, and awkwardly, she stepped out, looking up at Song Ye, “Sorry, wrong room.”
Just now, she had been kissed senseless, lost in the moment, and hadn’t even realized whose house she was in, subconsciously thinking it was her own place.
It wasn’t until she entered the living room that she realized something was wrong.
The man was leaning lazily against the doorframe, his arms crossed, as if he had already expected this outcome.
He looked down at her, raised an eyebrow, and said, “Why did you come out? Not staying over?”
“……”
Jiang Nanshu glanced at him irritably and walked toward her own door, speaking softly with her back to him, “Good night.”
Song Ye watched her walk into her house, silently for a while, before entering his own house.
In the bathroom, Jiang Nanshu took off her sweater and checked the bite mark on her neck in the mirror.
Compared to the mark on Song Ye’s neck, hers was much lighter, and he clearly hadn’t applied much force.
However, she was sensitive to pain and felt it hurt, thinking it would leave a heavy mark.
But her skin was pale, so the mark was still quite obvious.
She touched her neck, the remnants of the mark lingering there, refusing to fade.
She took a deep breath, feeling her body subtly restless.
The next day, Jiang Nanshu wore a turtleneck sweater.
When she saw that Song Ye was also wearing a turtleneck, looking all cold and abstinent, she couldn’t help but think of the situation from last night.
Zhou Jiale was still whispering beside her,
“Brother Ye looks so good in a turtleneck.
Very few men can pull off a turtleneck sweater so well.
He definitely has that abstinent vibe.”
“……”
Jiang Nanshu made a sound in response.
It was too abstinent.
If it weren’t for her.
If it weren’t for last night when he kissed her so forcefully, she might have thought the same.
However, Zhou Jiale was right; very few men could look this good in a turtleneck.
She raised her eyes to look at the man at the main table, her thoughts wandering.
Song Ye was leaning against the back of his chair, his posture somewhat lazy.
His gaze accidentally swept over to her.
Their eyes met.
It seemed like he noticed her lack of focus, and a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes.
Jiang Nanshu’s face heated up, and she quickly lowered her head, trying to act as if nothing had happened.
Song Ye lazily withdrew his gaze and looked at the others, starting the meeting topic: “In this meeting, we need to go over the version details for the end of March’s tests.
The main goal of this version is to test retention, with the seven-day retention rate being a key focus for the boss.”
He pointed at a table:
“This is the feature Gantt chart compiled by me and Li Yi. Anything marked with an A or higher priority needs to be included in this version.”
Everyone raised their heads, looking at the screen beside Song Ye.
The work schedule had been compressed by nearly half the time.
The team members looked at the timeline on the screen, feeling hopeless, already able to foresee the coming months filled with overtime work.
The PM hesitated, “But according to the estimated timeline Du Heng gave me, I’m afraid we won’t finish by May.”
The lead programmer, Du Heng, frowned,
“I’ve already calculated the time with overtime until 9 PM every day, but we simply won’t make it.
” He couldn’t help but look at Song Ye. “We really won’t make it in March. Can we ask the boss for more time?”
This remark indirectly blamed Song Ye for agreeing to the boss’s request so easily and compressing the timeline too much, making things difficult for the team.
“Do you think we didn’t negotiate?”
Li Yi glanced at him.
The team understood that this was the best that Song Ye could do, and he had even managed to get the team a year-end bonus.
Du Heng pursed his lips and didn’t know what else to say.
Song Ye looked at Chen Yang, “You should also estimate the time.”
Du Heng suddenly raised his head to look at Song Ye when he heard this.
Even Lu Xiaowei frowned, looking at Song Ye.
Clearly, Song Ye didn’t trust the lead programmer’s estimation and thought it was inaccurate, so he asked Chen Yang to calculate again.
Chen Yang pointed at two specific features and said, “These two features, each with an estimated 20-day development time, I’ve gone through the planning documents.
I suggest we replace them with Gao Xiaokun; he has experience with similar features, which should help us save time.
” After that, he went through the estimated time for several other features, finally summarizing, “This way, we should be able to meet the deadline.”
“If the program is no problem, then let’s move on to the next.”
Song Ye turned his gaze to the PM.
The PM said,
“In the version plan, the biggest issue right now is the first step. Many planning documents haven’t been started, which is causing delays for the downstream programmers and artists. We need to catch up quickly.”
Currently, the game content is relatively limited, and the March-end test will require eight days.
The characters released to the players should be at least six.
Therefore, not only do we need to increase the number of characters, but we also need to improve retention features and gameplay to provide players with seven days of content.
However, the most difficult part right now is not the program, it’s the planning documents that haven’t been completed.
The delay in the planning documents is, of course, the main planner’s responsibility.
Song Ye coldly looked at Liang Yun.
Liang Yun explained, “This plan came up suddenly.
How could we finish the planning documents so quickly?”
Hearing this, Li Yi got angry and pointed to one of the points: “I told you about this back in the first half of the year, didn’t I?
There’s still no planning document.
Have you been slacking off for half a year?”
At that time, Li Yi was still in production and had arranged the planning.
Liang Yun, who was intent on sabotaging the project, didn’t follow the plan and didn’t write the document.
Liang Yun’s neck turned red.
He almost wanted to quit the project group, but he held back and said, “I’ll reassign the tasks.”
“Enough. How much of your planning document can be used?”
Li Yi didn’t let go of any opportunity to mock him,
“If we don’t delay the project’s progress, I’ll take over this part of the planning document.”
Liang Yun: “You…”
Li Yi completely ignored him as the main planner.
Song Ye casually glanced at Li Yi and made the decision: “Li Yi is in charge of the planning documents.
Next.”
The responsibility for the execution of the planning was immediately transferred to Li Yi.
“No problem.” Li Yi smiled, secretly giving Liang Yun a thumbs-up and then a middle finger, which nearly made Liang Yun want to flip the table.
“I’ve already contacted the outsourcing companies.
Currently, only two companies have available time.
I’ve asked them to sketch a few concept and scene images for comparison,” the lead artist looked at Song Ye, “If it doesn’t work out, I’ll find more concept artists online to try.”
The three key areas of the game are: programming, planning, and art.
By the time they were done debating, several hours had passed.
Finally, it was the operations team’s turn.
Song Ye had no expression on his face as he looked at Lu Xiaowei,
“The operations team should make a promotional plan according to the new version’s layout. Pay attention to the promotional materials.”
Lu Xiaowei was still frustrated about what had happened with Du Heng earlier.
She felt that Song Ye using Li Yi to override Liang Yun was also a move to eventually replace Du Heng with Chen Yang as the lead programmer.
She gritted her teeth and met Song Ye’s gaze, “Okay.”
Jiang Nanshu could tell what Lu Xiaowei was thinking, but she had misunderstood.
Song Ye didn’t intend to bypass Du Heng.
He simply felt that Du Heng lacked the necessary ability.
With the new version’s planning finalized, the whole project team became extremely busy.
Song Ye, who was overseeing the entire project, was undoubtedly the busiest.
He almost worked overtime until 11 PM every day.
Jiang Nanshu typically finished work around 8 PM, so their schedules rarely overlapped.
Song Ye probably already knew that this would be the case, which is why he invited her to watch a movie before the new version’s plan was finalized.
Time flew by in the busy period, and before they knew it, the end of the month arrived.
“This is the fifth time this month that the team has taken leave.”
Zhou Jiale had originally planned to go on a date tonight, but was forced to share work and extend her hours, which made her resentful.
“I don’t see any issues with her. Why does she keep taking leave?”
A few days ago, Jiang Nanshu had seen Lu Xiaowei leaning over the toilet in the restroom, throwing up.
She had asked if she was okay, and after throwing up, Lu Xiaowei’s eyes were red.
Jiang Nanshu didn’t expect her to care and had faintly said, “I’m fine, just ate something bad.”
Yesterday, she saw her going to the restroom to throw up again.
Could it be that she ate something bad again?
Could Lu Xiaowei be pregnant?
Jiang Nanshu only suspected it but didn’t say anything out loud.
Ji Fan Technology had a relative avoidance policy.
People in the same company could date, but they couldn’t get married.
This was likely to avoid internal corruption.
If Lu Xiaowei wanted to marry Du Heng, one of them would have to resign.
Even if Lu Xiaowei had a high-level position, there was nothing she could do.
However, the high-level position could help her get five days of leave approved per month.
Jiang Nanshu saw how anxious Zhou Jiale was and said to her,
“Give me that part. I’ll help you with it, and you can leave early.”
Last time, Zhou Jiale had helped her out.
“Huh?” Zhou Jiale was tempted but a little embarrassed,
“No need, I’ll do it myself. If you’re going to help me, we’ll be working until 11 PM tonight.”
Jiang Nanshu raised an eyebrow at her, “Then tomorrow, treat me to afternoon tea.”
Zhou Jiale immediately smiled, “No problem, I’ll get you some Hong Kong-style dim sum.”
“…Change it to something else,” Jiang Nanshu laughed, “Cake and milk tea will be fine.”
She had recently become spoiled by Song Ye.
Occasionally, when she got off work a little earlier, if it was early enough, she would take the bus to He Yu Lane’s “Chen Ji Hong Kong Tea Restaurant” to bring her food.
This was usually once a week.
Aside from Chen Ji, Jiang Nanshu had grown tired of all other tea restaurants.
At 11 PM, after discussing the planning documents with Li Yi, Song Ye walked out of the office and was somewhat surprised to see Jiang Nanshu still at her desk.
Jiang Nanshu saved the document, lowered her head, and began packing up, preparing to leave.
Her phone screen lit up for a moment.
S: [Shall we go back together?]
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