Daily Intelligence: Forced to Save the Beautiful President at the Beginning

115: Chapter 115 New Plot: The CEO’s White Moonlight SubstituteIn front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the 38th floor of the Jiangcheng International Financial Center, Zhang Fan looked down at the endless stream of traffic below. His fingertips unconsciously traced the brand-new desk, the texture of the packaging paper still lingering on the surface. Beside it were stacked several newly unpacked industry reports, and the air was filled with the unique woody fragrance of new furniture.

Today was the first day Singularity Technology officially moved into the CBD.

At eight in the morning, Zhou Yurou had been busy with the employees, from moving servers to organizing filing cabinets; everyone’s face carried undisguised excitement.

They used to be squeezed into a small studio of less than two hundred square meters in the university incubator, where they even had to carry folding chairs to the hallway for meetings.

Now, having moved into the most top-tier office building in Jiangcheng, the open office area alone occupied nearly a thousand square meters. It also featured independent meeting rooms, testing rooms, and a leisure area, and even the pantry was stocked with imported coffee machines and fresh fruit.

”Mr. Zhang, this is our recent business summary.” Zhou Yurou walked over with a folder, her beige suit making her look capable and elegant. ”Following the ’outsourcing + joint development’ model, we have completed the development of three casual games in cooperation with two small studios. Although the revenue isn’t high, we have accumulated a lot of IP operation experience, especially in user data analysis, which has laid the foundation for subsequent independent R&D.”

She opened the folder and pointed to one of the pages: ”The overseas agency contract for ’star path: reboot’ is also progressing. The legal team of Gu Corporation has already made initial contact with the Garena platform in Southeast Asia. The other party highly recognizes the game’s visuals and plot, but the revenue-sharing ratio still needs to be negotiated. Miss Song said that the Song family’s foreign trade company can help facilitate local payment channels to avoid settlement issues.”

Zhang Fan took the folder and scanned it quickly, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth: ”Thank you for your hard work, Sister Rou. From a studio to a formal company, we have finally taken a key step.”

He paused and looked at the busy employees in the office area: ”Arrange a team-building event tonight so everyone can relax; it can also be a celebration of our relocation.”

”I’ve already booked a restaurant, the revolving restaurant downstairs, where you can see the river view.” Zhou Yurou nodded with a smile and added, ”By the way, news came from Liu Ruyan that the initial proposal for ’star dream workshop’ is drafted. She wants to report to you in detail tomorrow to see if R&D can be launched.”

”Okay, let her prepare the presentation document, and we’ll discuss it in the meeting tomorrow morning.” Zhang Fan agreed, calculating in his heart: Although ’star path: reboot’ was a hit, it could never escape the controversy of ’the predecessor originating from Blue Whale Games.’ Only by launching a completely self-developed new game could they completely get rid of the doubts, and the AI-generated gameplay of ’star dream workshop’ was exactly the key to breaking the deadlock.

By the time he finished dealing with the company’s affairs, it was already six in the evening. Zhang Fan declined the employees’ invitation to join the team-building event.

He wanted to return to the newly moved-in apartment complex first to tidy up and check out the environment along the way.

The apartment complex was not far from the office building; it was a well-known high-end community in Jiangcheng with excellent landscaping. In the evening, many owners were walking with their children in the garden downstairs.

Just as Zhang Fan arrived at the unit building, he heard a faint sound of footsteps and a little girl’s panting. He turned his head and saw a woman wearing a light purple yoga jacket paired with jeans, struggling to carry a cardboard box that was half a person tall. Beads of sweat were seeping from her forehead, and her hair was a bit messy from the wind.

Beside her, a little girl with pigtails was standing on tiptoe, helping her hold the box, her little face flushed red.

”Be careful, don’t drop it.” The woman’s voice was gentle but carried obvious fatigue. She adjusted her posture and wanted to move the box up the steps, but as soon as she exerted force, the box tilted to the side, looking like it was about to fall onto the little girl.

Zhang Fan subconsciously stepped forward quickly and reached out to hold the box firmly: ”Let me help you.”

The woman was stunned for a moment, looked up at him, a flash of surprise in her eyes, and then showed a grateful smile: ”Thank you, sorry to trouble you.”

Her eyes were very bright, as if they contained water, but the dark circles under her eyes revealed her lack of rest recently, and there was a shallow scratch on her cheek, as if she had accidentally grazed it while moving things.

”Daddy!” The little girl next to her raised her head, revealing a round little face with long eyelashes like little fans, ”This man is so amazing!”

The woman smiled and rubbed her daughter’s head: ”Lele, no being rude, you should say hello to the uncle.”

”Hello, Uncle!” Lele shouted sweetly and waved her little hand at Zhang Fan.

”Hello.” Zhang Fan nodded with a smile, his gaze falling on the label on the box—it said ’Yoga Mat.’ It seemed the woman was in a yoga-related profession.

He picked up the box, feeling it wasn’t too heavy, and asked, ”Which floor do you live on? I’ll help you take it up.”

”The 18th floor, it’s too much trouble for you.” The woman thanked him hurriedly and introduced herself, ”My name is Xia Qinyi. I just moved here, and we will be neighbors from now on. This is my daughter, Lele, she is five years old.”

”Zhang Fan.” He gave his name and walked toward the elevator with the box. Xia Qinyi held Lele’s hand and followed behind, whispering to her daughter: ”Be quiet when we get in the elevator later, don’t disturb others.”

There were only the three of them in the elevator. Lele looked at Zhang Fan curiously and suddenly asked: ”Uncle, do you live here too? Do you have toys at home? I have a lot of building blocks, can I play with you next time?”

Xia Qinyi quickly stopped her: ”Lele, don’t always ask people questions.”

”It’s fine.” Zhang Fan said with a smile, ”I live on the 20th floor, two floors higher than you. I don’t have any toys at home for now, but I can bring some for you next time.”

Lele’s eyes lit up: ”Really? Thank you, Uncle!”

The elevator reached the 18th floor. Zhang Fan helped them move the box to the door. Xia Qinyi was bending down to look for her keys, and Lele suddenly pointed at Zhang Fan’s pocket: ”Uncle, your phone is lit up!”

Zhang Fan looked down, but his phone screen was not lit—at this moment, a familiar buzzing sound suddenly came into his mind, not an external sound, but the system’s notification tone. Immediately after, a line of pale blue text slowly emerged in his consciousness:

[Character Identification: Xia Qinyi, 28 years old, yoga studio operator, CEO Lin Haoyu’s ’White Moonlight Substitute’ (due to her 85% similarity to Lin Haoyu’s white moonlight Su Qing, she was intentionally approached by Lin Haoyu).]

[Current Crisis: White Moonlight Su Qing will return from abroad in one week. Lin Haoyu has decided to take back the housing and yoga studio venue provided to Xia Qinyi, and plans to fight for custody of their daughter Lele through legal channels, intending to kick Xia Qinyi and her daughter out completely.]

[Supplementary Hint: Lin Haoyu, Chairman of Haoyu Group, has a paranoid and extremely controlling personality. He has repeatedly used business means to suppress those who are dissatisfied with him. Be wary of his retaliatory behavior.]

Zhang Fan was shocked. He had heard the name Lin Haoyu in his previous life. At that time, Lin Haoyu was rampaging through the Jiangcheng business world with his family’s influence, was harsh to his subordinates, and even played with women in his relationships. Many people feared him.

He didn’t expect that Xia Qinyi was actually his ’White Moonlight Substitute’ and was about to face the crisis of being abandoned and having her daughter taken away.