The top-floor president's office.
Pale winter light streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Xie Yanci stood quietly beside his desk.
His right hand rested on the desktop, with a copy of today's newspaper beneath it. His long fingers tapped lightly at irregular intervals, betraying his anxiety.
The headline in large black print stood out on the newspaper.
All the works Xia Shian had plagiarized had been made public. HKU had now issued a statement restoring Xu Shi's name to the work that had once made Xia Shian famous overnight.
It had been returned to its rightful owner.
After this, his wife might become a wildly popular designer.
He just didn't know whether he would have the chance to witness it himself.
Xie Yanci lowered his eyes. His sculpted, refined face betrayed no expression, giving no hint of what he was thinking.
His anxious fingertips tapped harder.
"Beep-"
At last, that familiar, cold mechanical voice sounded in his ears again.
Xie Yanci instinctively curled his long fingers into a fist, waiting for the notification that his mission progress had reached one hundred percent.
Based on his past experience, it would be time to leave next...
He didn't belong in this world. With his mission complete, he would have to disappear from Xu Shi's life entirely.
Clutching the wedding ring hanging around his neck, Xie Yanci closed his eyes and quietly waited for the system to pronounce his fate.
Mission progress: 90%
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Xie Yanci's eyes flew open.
Ninety percent?
It wasn't full...
Why?
Xu Shi's greatest wish had already come true. Why had the mission progress stopped at only ninety percent?
"President Xie."
As he puzzled over it, Xu Shi's voice suddenly came from the office doorway.
Xie Yanci quickly put away the newspaper on his desk and pretended nothing