"Is this what you came up with in three days?" Bo Yizhou tossed the document in his hand onto the desk, his expression grim and his brows furrowed.
The bang struck Manager Zhang from the administration department like a club to the heart, frightening him so much that he did not dare lift his head.
Standing nearby, Li Xiao wished he could shrink into a ball. He could tell at a glance that Bo Yizhou was angry.
Manager Zhang from the administration department hurriedly bowed and scraped. "President Bo, we'll make sure to revise it properly."
When no response came for a long while, his heart leaped into his throat. Under President Bo's intensely oppressive gaze, he felt like crying but had no tears, certain he was about to follow in the previous manager's footsteps.
"Heh." Bo Yizhou let out a cold scoff. Looking at Manager Zhang, whose head was practically lowered to the floor, he ultimately gave him another chance.
"Don't let it happen again. Get out."
"Thank you, President Bo." Manager Zhang picked up the document that had been tossed onto the desk and nodded hastily, scrambling out of that trouble spot as though fleeing for his life.
Once outside, he let out a huge sigh of relief.
He hurried back to his office and called in the people responsible for the proposal to give them a thorough scolding.
Only after tearing into them did he let them leave, then picked up his cup and gulped down some water.
They had solemnly promised to do a good job, and their work was usually decent, so he had given them a chance. In the end, they had nearly cost him his position.
After this ordeal, he could see that their abilities were not very reliable. Not daring to entrust the proposal to them again, he quickly picked a few dependable people to rush it out.
Those forced to take on extra work: ...Unbelievable.
But when they heard that their existing work had been assigned to others and they only needed to focus on finishing this proposal, their faces instantly lit up.
After Manager Zhang left, Bo Yizhou rubbed between his brows. "Li Xiao."
Li Xiao immediately answered, "Yes, President Bo."
Bo Yizhou frowned. "Get out."
"Of course." Li Xiao turned and left, gently closing the door behind him.
After hesitating for a moment, Bo Yizhou entered Gu Wancheng's livestream again.
On-screen, Gu Wancheng silently turned around, picked up his bucket, and called Chaochao over to leave the area.
He thought the location might be the problem and planned to look somewhere else.
Chaochao and Xiaolin gazed at each other reluctantly.
"Stop looking. Come on." Gu Wancheng reached out and turned his head back around.
"Aww~"
"Uh, what's wrong with Wancheng?" Xu Xiashi turned to Zhao Chengyu in confusion.
Zhao Chengyu pondered deeply. "...Well... he's trying."
Xu Xiashi: "...?" Fine, then.
"Daddy, where are we going?"
"Just follow Daddy."
"Okay." Chaochao secretly sighed.
Gu Wancheng kept his eyes and ears peeled, ready at every moment. Suddenly, he spotted something by the shore that looked very much like a moon snail.
His eyes lit up, and he walked over with hopeful steps.
It really was a moon snail!
At the sight of that shell, Gu Wancheng strode forward excitedly and grabbed the moon snail.
Once he got a clear look, his bright smile froze on his face, then cracked apart inch by inch.
"Did Daddy catch a snail?"
Chaochao ran over just then and spoke happily as he looked at what was in his hand.
"No, it's just a shell."
"What?" Chaochao looked bewildered, not understanding what he meant.
"It's empty." Gu Wancheng's voice trembled.
[Hahahaha, Chengcheng got excited for nothing.]
[I thought Chengcheng's luck had turned around. That was close.]
[Hey, hey, can you stop making fun of Chengcheng? Angry.jpg]
[No, no, this is how we love him.]
[Heh, then do you dare call him that?]
[Chengcheng, Chengcheng, Chengcheng. Why wouldn't I dare?]
[The other name. Raised eyebrow and a smile.jpg]
[...Heh, who doesn't know that petty guy has people watching us?]
[Huh? What name?] This was a new viewer who had just entered the livestream.
[You know, that one.]
[Which one?]
[Can't really say. Just remember, you can only call Chengcheng Chengcheng. Also, no lewd stuff in this livestream.]
[Huh?]
[Shh.jpg]
"Empty!" Chaochao exclaimed in shock. "Doesn't the snail want his home anymore?"
Gu Wancheng said, "Maybe it ran away from home."
Chaochao puffed out his cheeks. "Running away from home is wrong. His mommy and daddy will be really worried."
Gu Wancheng tossed the empty shell into the sea.
Chaochao looked shocked. "Daddy, you threw the snail's home away! What if he comes back and can't find his home?"
Tough luck.
Faced with the innocent little boy, Gu Wancheng said, "It went to another snail's home, so it abandoned the one just now."
[Moon snail: Guys, who gets it? I died, and someone's saying I abandoned my home and ran away.]
[Hahaha, I'm dying.]
"Really?"
"Yes."
Gu Wancheng pinched Chaochao's lips shut and moved on from the subject.
"Let's keep looking."
His eyes lit up again. A glass bottle appeared by the shore, rocking now and then as the seawater pushed against it.
He had a feeling there would definitely be something this time.
Gu Wancheng stopped Chaochao. "Stay right here. I'll be right back."
With that, he walked toward the glass bottle. The closer he got, the more nervous he became, hoping there was something inside while fearing there would be nothing.
Looking closer, he saw an octopus curled up inside. Gu Wancheng snatched up the bottle, his eyes curving with his smile.
[An octopus! Has heaven finally had enough of watching this?]
[Wonderful. Chengcheng has had such a hard time. Mommy is proud of you.]
"Chaochao, look! It's an octopus." He eagerly brought the bottle over to Chaochao and spoke with a delighted smile.
"It's a fishy! Daddy's amazing." Chaochao clapped furiously like a seal.
"I think so too." Gu Wancheng smiled brilliantly.
The first step was always the hardest. With his first catch secured, Gu Wancheng brimmed with confidence and swaggered along as if he owned the place.
He then found two moon snails in succession.
Perhaps the goddess of luck really had decided to stop working against him. Gu Wancheng felt his luck was fantastic now.
"Daddy, look."
"At what?"
Chaochao pointed at a dark patch not far from the shore. Gu Wancheng looked closely. It was kelp.
He crouched down and kissed Chaochao on the cheek. "Chaochao, you're amazing."
Startled by this sudden enthusiasm, Chaochao instantly flushed and said shyly, "Not really~"
"Chaochao is the best. You're the most amazing baby I've ever seen."
Floating on Gu Wancheng's praise, he unconsciously lifted his chin and narrowed his eyes happily.
[Chaochao: Hehe, Daddy praised me.]
[Chengcheng, look behind you! Your son's about to turn fully cooked!]
[Whoa, Chaochao's face is so red.]
Chaochao was still lost in all that lavish praise, unable to pull himself out.
Looking at the kelp, which was not too far from shore, Gu Wancheng decided to go straight over and retrieve it.
When he came back with the kelp, Chaochao was still basking in the praise. Gu Wancheng walked over and pulled him back to reality, meeting Chaochao's resentful gaze.
"Ahem. Don't just stay there. Let's keep up the good work," Gu Wancheng said.
"Oh~"