"EVERYONE, this is your new director." The CEO said, and a woman in her 30s entered the room.
The woman was very familiar, and Blue's eyes can't be mistaken.
This person, Blue knows her very well.
The woman glanced at Blue and gave her a sweet smile.
"Hello, everyone. I'm Cherry Joy Qin. Let's work together for a long time." The new director introduced herself.
The woman is Blue's elder sister, whom she haven't seen for 18 years.
Someone from the department raised a hand and asked something to Cherry.
"Director, is Qin your maiden name or your husband's surname?"
Cherry smiled and answered the question politely. "Qin is my maiden name. I never used my husband's surname. Also, we're just working on our divorce papers. Just waiting for the nullification of our marriage."
Everyone was silent after Cherry said those words. Only Blue was brave enough to speak.
"I'm resigning." She stated and packed her things. Luckily, she had prepared a resignation paper beforehand. She wrote it a month ago. She can't believe that it can really be used at the moment.
She wrote the date on the resignation paper and carried her things that she packed in a box. She walked towards Cherry, handed her the resignation paper and walked out of the department.
Everyone was eyeing her while she was walking at the hallways of the company. Hah, why do they care? Will it benefit them if she stays?
Blue smirked secretly when she realized that the company lost a talent.
But, her sister also entered the fashion industry? If yes, for what reason? As far as she remembers, her sister wanted to be an obstetrician gynecologist. Also, her sister is married?
Even though Blue has some grudge on her sister, she still feels sad for not witnessing the special events that happened in her sister's life.
She stepped out of the company's building, and she just felt her tears rushing out of her eyes. Ah, whoever sees her in the state she is right now will think that she's very pitiful.
Blue thinks that she's not pitiful, 'cause she knows that she's rich. She'll still earn even if she leaves the company.
She suddenly thought, what's the best thing to make herself feel happy?
'Hah, I should spend my money' She told herself in her mind.
While she was walking absentmindedly, someone wiped her tears with a scarf. The first thing Blue thought of, 'Who the heck wears a scarf in a tropical country?'
Blue looked up to the kind person who wiped her tears, and she doesn't know if she should be grateful or angry, because in front of her, the shameless man she met on Sanya stood up straight, holding on to his scarf that doesn't match his clothes at all.
"Light," Blue called out the man's name.
"Blossom." Light called her name.
So... This is the end of their conversation?
"You... You resigned?" Light asked Blue with a small voice, but little did Blue know, he has a hidden motive.
"Yes." Blue responded and cried again when she remembered her sister's face.
"You lost your job."
"Yes."
"You want a new job?"
Blue looked up to Light and it's like her tears didn't want to fall anymore. What is this man talking about?
"Well... If there's an offer, then why not?" Blue answered hesitantly.
Light held Blue's wrist and they crossed the road. Blue looked up at the building across the 1997's building.
KNK Graphics
Those are the letters engraved in the building's name plate.
Blue glanced at the man beside her. He's still not letting go of her wrist.
"Uh, my resignation letter is still not app–" Blue's phone suddenly beeped. It's a message from Jian.
〖Jian Aragon〗: 「Congratulations! Your resignation later was approved~ You're not a part of the company anymore~」
After Blue read the message, she raised her head, and unfortunately, the top of her head bumped on someone's chin.
It's painful, ah!
She looked behind her and saw that Light was looking at her phone screen. He's still not letting go of her wrist.
How did he end up there? Wasn't he standing beside Blue a while ago?
"It's approved. Come on, I gladly welcome you to the company I'm co-owning." Light pointed towards the door of the KNK Graphics building.
Before Blue could react, Light had already pulled her and they entered the building. The guards even bowed formally to Light.
Light kept on pulling her and he only stopped when they stood in front of a door.
'Office of the CEO'
Those letters are embossed on the top part of the door. The letters are all in gold color. It looks so elegant.
Light opened the door without knocking and a man who's passionately watching a female gamer's livestream almost fell from his seat.
"That's Alena!" Blue blurted out, pointing towards the computer screen where the livestream is currently playing.
The man sitting in the leather swivel chair stood up like nothing happened. When he stood up, he suddenly looks so dignified.
The man faked a cough and glanced at Blue's direction. "This is..." He spoke.
"She's the one who'll draw my characters' clothes. Her name is Sorrow Blossom Qin. Blossom, this is Thunder, the CEO of KNK Graphics." Light took the trouble to introduce the two to each other.
"Oh, she's the tigress!" Thunder suddenly blurted out.
"..."
"..."
"Tigress?" Blue spoke with a small voice, then she glared at Light. This man... He's really shameless! He dared to call her a 'tigress.'
"What tigress? Hah, Thunder, your mind is really not working well." Light spoke, glaring at Thunder.
Thunder laughed nervously then maintained his composure again. "Miss Qin, do you have an idea why Light brought you here?"
Blue crossed her arms. "How can I have an idea? I just resigned from the company across this building and that shameless man just brought me here after asking me if I want to have a new job."
"Well, you're going to have a job if you sign a contract with us. This contract will last until Light finishes his new project."
"Project?"
"Light is a manhua artist, with a pen name 'Chuan Chuan.' The thing is, he wanted to make a fashion-related manhua, but he has no fashion sense. His choice of clothes, it's really bad. In this job, you're going to draw clothes for the characters in his manhua. The female lead is a supermodel so she really needs to wear good clothes." Thunder explained.
What? This man, he has a very bad taste on clothes and yet he dared to work on a fashion related manga?
"Oh. This case, I can only work during the day. Is that okay?" Blue spoke.
"It's very okay! Well, should I prepare the contract?"
"I'll trouble you, then." Blue said politely and Thunder went back to his seat. Blue glanced at Light. "Hey, can you give me a sample of your works? I just want to see if it's really bad like everyone was saying."
Light made a 'tsk' sound and exited the CEO's office.
When Light left, Thunder handed the contract to Blue. Blue read it carefully and signed her name on it. The contract is actually very fair. And of course the money she'll earn, her pupils almost turned into a dollar sign.
After she signed, Thunder sat beside her and snuggled closer to her.
"You know PeachMangoPie, the livestreamer?" Thunder asked Blue and the latter narrowed her eyes.
"You're a fan of her? She's my friend!" Blue exclaimed. A dignified CEO is actually a fan of her friend? Interesting!
They were about to continue their conversation when Light suddenly entered the office, carrying a bunch of books in his hand.
In Light's mind, he thought, 'When did these two became so close?'
He shrugged his thoughts off and places the books on the coffee table near the couch where Blue and Thunder were seated.
A thought suddenly filled Blue's head. This CEO, Thunder Kin, isn't he the man that Alena has offended?
Huh? He payed someone to steal Alena's viewers when he himself is a viewer...
Nonsense!
She just picked up a book from the bunch that Light had brought and when she opened it, she wanted to cringe.
A girl wearing bright red shirt and bright green pants.
One word to describe it: eyesore!
The story of the manhua is quite good. Blue was hooked, and she realized that the girl wearing bright tops and bottoms is actually a girl who knows nothing about fashion.
Maybe Light made the character to be like this to keep up with his fashion sense...
Blue closed the book and looked at the two men who are in the same room with her.
"Because I'm now a part of KNK, why don't I treat the two of you for a meal? I'll invite my friends, you invite yours. What do you think?" Blue proposed the idea to the two. Thunder's eyes shined when he realized that there's a possibility that Blue would invite Alena.
"Sure, we'll go!" Thunder quickly agreed without any second thought. He stood up and hit Light's shoulder. "Come on, we can't miss this chance!" He mouthed and Light wanted to cringe.
The three stood up and left the company.