C47 Hurry up and Take Him Away!

Xiong Miao gestured a two with her fingers.

"Two hundred?"

"Nope," Xiong Miao shook her head.

"Two thousand?" Su Mumu guessed again.

Another head shake from Xiong Miao.

"It can't possibly be twenty thousand!" Su Mumu's eyes bulged in astonishment.

"Mhm," Xiong Miao confirmed with a nod.

"Damn, Xiong Miao, you're killing it! Forget working; you should just be a professional female companion at banquets. Earning twenty thousand in one night, that's seriously lucrative."

Xiong Miao detected the mix of sarcasm and annoyance in Su Mumu's voice.

She playfully pushed Su Mumu's forehead, half-exasperated, half-amused, "Seriously, your little brain needs to focus on more serious things. I just made an appearance, had some snacks, and did nothing else."

"Really?" Su Mumu was concerned Xiong Miao might be driven to do something desperate.

"Absolutely true."

"Director Zhan is pretty generous, huh? Does he have a thing for you?" Su Mumu leaned in with a look of eager curiosity.

"You're overthinking it." Xiong Miao tried to dismiss her, knowing full well that once Su Mumu started gossiping, there was no stopping her.

"Speaking of which, why don't you try to get closer to Zhan Yeling? Nurture some affection? If you snag Zhan Yeling, your family's set for life. Why wouldn't you?" Su Mumu might be a hopeless romantic, but she respected boundaries, especially when it came to her friends' men, no matter how attractive.

"Every single day, it's one bad idea after another. You're well aware that Zhan Yeling is engaged," Xiong Miao said, exasperated.

Sure enough, Su Mumu was off on another flight of fancy.

"Zhan Yeling doesn't like Ling Xiaoxiao."

"And how would you know that?"

"It's obvious. If he liked Ling Xiaoxiao, he would've taken her to the banquet instead of going through all the trouble to hire a stand-in like you," Su Mumu's insights were always astonishingly sharp.

Xiong Miao was left without a response.

Su Mumu told it like it was.

She happened upon Ling Xiaoxiao in Director Zhan's office, attempting to seduce him, but Zhan Yeling coldly rejected her.

Outside the hotel, Ling Xiaoxiao pleaded with Zhan Yeling to take her to the banquet. Yet, to spite Ling Xiaoxiao, Zhan Yeling preferred to hire Xiong Miao as his date, just to throw it in Ling Xiaoxiao's face, rather than bring her.

This clearly indicated that Zhan Yeling was not fond of Ling Xiaoxiao.

He was a man without sentiment.

Xiong Miao was certainly not naive enough to believe he had any romantic interest in her.

He kept her on as a designer in the company because he recognized her design talent.

She could tell that this upcoming product launch was of great significance to Zhan Yeling.

At the banquet, he brought her as his date to provoke Ling Xiaoxiao, especially after she had challenged him, asking who else could possibly be his date if not her. He had quickly chosen Xiong Miao in response.

When Xiong Miao fell ill on the street, Zhan Yeling came to her rescue, but it was because the product launch was just around the corner. At such a pivotal time, if the lead designer fell too ill to work, potentially derailing the launch event, the repercussions for Zhan Yeling would be severe.

He saved her for the sake of her professional value.

It wasn't out of personal concern.

Xiong Miao had thought this through quite clearly, which is why she had guiltlessly accepted the delicious food Zhan Yeling had someone deliver to her in the hospital.

After all, it's perfectly normal for a boss to look after an ill employee.

As for the medical bills, she intended to pay him back later.

"Why the silence? Are you mulling over whether to make a move on the supremely attractive Zhan Yeling?" Su Mumu's head loomed into Xiong Miao's view.

It startled her.