01x12 - Episode 12

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SAY NO TO PIRACY, SUPPORT ORIGINALS

What do you mean?

Thanks for the other night.

I waited in line just to get you
that viral milk tea.

Just showing my respect.

Watch what you say.
People might get the wrong idea.

Let them.

As long as you don't misunderstand
my total devotion to you.

Scram.

Fine, I'll go then.

I just came back to grab my car anyway.

I'll be at the Blue Bay
project site all week.

Don't miss me too much.

You take care of yourself.
You're still heartbroken.

There are cranes
and debris everywhere on site.

Don't get distracted and hurt yourself.

Hearing that actually made me feel better.

You should go.

I'm off.

-Remember to drink it.
-Thanks.

Wanna drink it?

Here. Zhao Heng bought it.
I haven't touched it.

What's wrong?

Nothing. Didn't sleep well last night.

I get it.

So what is going on
with you and Ye Xinzhi?

Nothing.

Don't lie to me.

You definitely told him
you and Yang Rui broke up.

How did he react?

Missy, do you really need to know?

Of course I do. What else would I ask?

-Mr. Pi, I have a meeting soon.
-Well…

I'll send you that file a bit later.

Yang Rui.

Um, let's start the meeting.

During the meeting earlier,
I saw you sitting with Xu Chi.

Why didn't you two have lunch together?

She went to the bank.

Shu told me she's under
a lot of pressure in your team

because you guys
work together too efficiently.

Sometimes, you're like one person.

Just ask what you want to know.
No need to beat around the bush.

You're too guarded with me.

I just want to know

how Xu Chi is doing
since she moved to your team.

She's doing great.

Fully focused on work.
Not missing you at all.

I used to think you two
weren't that close.

Didn't expect you to defend her like that.

We're not close.

So, next time
you have a question like that,

don't bother asking me.

No way. Is this Zhao Heng and Xu Chi?

I just saw it on Moments.

My classmate's bank
had a team dinner last Saturday night.

Such a big scoop.

I had to go gossip right away.

My classmate said
there was even juicier stuff.

Zhao Heng confessed to Xu Chi on the spot!

Wasn't Zhao Heng pursuing Bu Tianna?

What's the gossip?

Share it with me too.

Well.

So juicy.

If you two have
this much time on your hands,

maybe think about
how to get promoted, okay?

Sorry about that.

Have some ice water. Cool down.

Zhao Heng used to drive Xu Chi
to Celestial all the time.

People at Celestial told me.

Back then, Xu Chi
and I were still together,

but she'd rather take Zhao Heng's car.

Seriously, what is wrong with you?

Talking trash about your ex
behind her back? No wonder she dumped you!

Bu Tianna, don't think
you're the only one who gets to be sad.

I got cheated on,

but just because she's your friend,

I'm not even allowed to complain?

My feelings for Xu Chi were real.

Why can't I say it?

Of course you can.

There are plenty of people here.
Say it wherever you want.

Just not in front of me.

Quit staring!

What a temper.

Zhao Heng confessed to Xu Chi on the spot!

Zhao Heng used to drive Xu Chi
to Celestial all the time.

People at Celestial told me.

Back then, Xu Chi
and I were still together.

But she'd rather take Zhao Heng's car.

Wang. Wang.

Is Mr. Zhao from Maxmise with you?

I'm here. What's up?

There's a female colleague
looking for you.

She showed up at the site in all white.

Looked like she was in a rush.
Just grabbed a hard hat and came in.

What are you doing here?

I came to apologize.

Didn't you say you wanted an apology?

I was wrong.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have called you shameless.

And I shouldn't have insulted
your parents.

It's all on me. Is this enough?

What do you mean?

Still not enough? Fine.

What I mean is, can we go back

to how things were?

You want to hit on me? I'll play along.

You want to use me as a stepping stone?

I'll play along with that too.
I'll hook you up with connections.

But can you leave Xu Chi alone?

Just come at me.

Don't hurt her to get back at me, okay?

What are you even talking about?

That's still not enough?

Let me tell you,
I don't have that much patience.

Xu Chi is too naive.

She broke up with Yang Rui
for Ye Xinzhi on a whim, and now look.

Ye Xinzhi left her hanging.
She's already a mess.

She can't handle all your sweet talk.

I know exactly
how powerful your tricks are.

You're way too much.

One day you're driving her around.

The next day you're buying
gifts and milk tea.

Then it's all sweet talk.

Isn't it money you're after?

You just want to use her and hurt her!

It's not like that. Calm down.

This is me being calm!

The whole company knows
you two were drinking together.

Even people at Celestial Insurance know.

Zhao Heng, you don't have to go
this far just to get back at me!

What is wrong with you? Are you crazy?

Didn't you tell me to come at you?

Are you calm now?

Can you listen to me now?

I don't know what you heard
or saw out there,

or what you misunderstood.

I just want to say one thing.

Xu Chi and I are just friends.
Like buddies.

I've called her Ms. Xu,
and I've called her Chi.

That Saturday, I was in a bad mood
after arguing with you.

I ran into her at the office.
I asked her to drink with me.

Then I drank too much.

She dumped me in a cab

and sent me home.

Then the next day, I wanted to thank her,
so I bought her a milk tea.

-That's it.
-Really?

Yes.

Then…

Then… I'm fine now.

But I'm not.

I've realized you really get me.

A gorgeous woman standing right here.

She's got money,
a fancy car, and a big house.

You think I'd just change my life goals
over a fight with you?

-Do I look like that kind of guy?
-Okay, okay. I get it.

How can you just take advantage
and walk away?

Hey, aren't you trying to pursue me?

Then you have to get used
to my mood swings

and being used and tossed aside. Got it?

I'm really happy you came to see me today.

God, what a dump this place is.

Tianna!

That was way too short.

Next time, let's make it longer.

And let's try it without the hard hats.

-Hello?
-Where are you?

How come you're not at the office?
And you didn't get back to me on WeChat.

What's wrong?

Something happened
with the Celestial project.

Their board secretary and legal team
just went straight to Mr. Pi.

No idea what they said.

But Mr. Pi came out and announced
the whole project is on hold.

Xu Chi. Xu Chi.

Sha Sha wants you in her office.
Right now.

The recording is standard procedure.

Hope you don't mind.

Also, the Compliance Department will take

your work laptop for the investigation.

Under your contract with the company,
all of this is legal and reasonable.

Investigation? Is something wrong with me?

Everyone on the Celestial project team
is being investigated.

I need to ask you a few questions.

First, why did you apply

to transfer out of
the Celestial project's IT team?

Because Yang Rui and I broke up.

We both felt it wasn't appropriate
to stay in the same team.

-But he's the team lead, so I…
-Why did you two break up?

Why did you fight before the breakup?

These all touch on private matters.
You don't have to answer.

But that could very likely

affect how the company
views this situation.

We just weren't compatible. No fights.

Actually, we weren't together that long.

Once we realized it wasn't working,
we talked it out pretty quickly.

Okay.

Was the detailed reform plan

for Celestial's IT Department done by you?

The draft was.

About 60% of the work.

The other 40% was done by Yang Rui.

Is there something wrong with that plan?

Highlight everything you worked on.

Try to recall as thoroughly as you can

because this will be cross-checked

against your emails
and the investigation results

on Yang Rui.

Also, you need to specify how many times

you met with Mr. Sun

and what you discussed.

Meet me on the rooftop.

Did they call you in?

Talked for ten minutes.

Lu Le talked to me.

She just asked about
your general work situation in our team.

When you didn't come out for so long,
I figured something went wrong.

So I asked around

with people at Celestial
and some of my elders,

-and I put together a rough theory.
-What is it?

MA KE might have made a shady deal

with Director Peng
from Celestial's IT Department.

The plan we made changed

the system architecture
for Celestial's IT Department,

but their IT Department

doesn't have the ability
to do it on their own.

They'd have to outsource.

And that outsourcing
is tied to Director Peng.

But the one who talked to me
and Yang Rui that day was Mr. Sun.

Mr. Sun is the Deputy Director.
Director Peng is the one in charge.

That day, Director Peng
had a last-minute business trip,

so Mr. Sun filled in for him.

Our SOA works perfectly fine,

and you want us
to just switch to microservices?

And get it done in three months?

Do you have any idea
how much work that is?

This transformation has to happen.

So please make sure

to fully cooperate with us
on the redevelopment.

Ma Ke said to put it on hold.

He'll handle it.

Can you not go off on your own like this?

-Yang Rui?
-You figured it out too?

Be honest with me.

Were you involved in this?
How much do you know?

-I don't know anything.
-It's not too late if you tell me now.

Even if I have to beg my dad,

I'd know

how to get you out.

How could I possibly
do something like that?

Ye Xinzhi drilled it into me
so many times.

No conflicts of interest. No kickbacks.

That's the most basic code
of conduct for consultants.

I could never do something like that.

Good.

I heard Mr. Sun kicked up a fuss

because your team's project
was way too ridiculous.

Higher-ups just wanted
to calm things down,

so they had
the Integrity & Compliance Department

go through the motions.

But after just two days,

they found the problem
between Ma Ke and Director Peng.

No wonder Yang Rui
told me to keep quiet during the pitch,

acted so pushy

when presenting the plan,
and set such a tight deadline.

By the way,

Mr. Sun didn't agree back then.

And Ma Ke called Yang Rui,

told me to stay out of it,
and said he'd handle it.

Let me be blunt.

Yang Rui broke up with you so early.
Didn't that

raise any flags?

He must've known that after you broke up,

you wouldn't be on the same team anymore.

Because I thought

the IT architecture overhaul plan
was way too ridiculous.

I sided with Mr. Sun.

So they felt I was in the way.

Yang Rui is Ma Ke's right-hand man.

You're the one who told me that.

No way.

Yang Rui can't be that kind of person.

This kind of thing happens.
I've been through it too.

That's just how Ma Ke is.

He used to be pretty good at his job.

But over the last couple of years,
with more going on at home,

his focus hasn't been on work.

He often takes credit for our work.

But he's good at networking.

Most of Celestial Insurance's projects
came from him drinking with clients.

Wait. Yang Rui told me

Ma Ke's been short on money
these past few years.

That's why he drank himself sick
to land the Celestial deal.

So…

I'll go clear the air with Sha Sha.

Wait.

Okay, alright.

Calm down. Don't do anything right now.

Plus, this is a joint investigation
by Celestial and Maxmise.

Both are top-tier companies.
You won't be wrongly accused.

But I saw the news before.

In 2014, Anxinda had a similar case.

Several people ended up
criminally detained.

Do you think Yang Rui…

Okay, forget about him.

All that matters is that you're okay.

Mr. Pi and Sha Sha
both thought highly of you before.

Once they confirm
you had nothing to do with this,

they'll definitely protect you.

But this has gotten so big.

And insurance is the most
sensitive sector in finance.

If they can't get to the bottom of it,
will they sacrifice the innocent

to protect their reputation?

I'm just a junior analyst.

To them, I'm not irreplaceable.

{\an8}BUSINESS NEEDS ASSESSMENT PHASE
APRIL 6–8

CELESTIAL INSURANCE

I think Xu Chi's proposal is clean.

I hope you understand how serious this is.

Celestial is getting ready
to bring in economic crimes investigators.

I have a clear conscience.

I'll fully cooperate
with any investigation.

Investigations take time.

So the company wants you
to cooperate with an off-site audit.

What does that mean?

Am I getting fired?

No, just off-site.

To make sure the investigation
isn't interfered with,

you'll need to take a temporary leave.

If you're proven innocent,

you'll come back to work.

Besides me,

will there be anyone else
on leave for the audit?

Yang Rui, Ma Ke, and me.

Because you were suddenly brought in by me

long after the project started.

That doesn't make sense.

Sorry I dragged you into this.

Then…

How long will I be on leave?

About a month for now.

People from Integrity & Compliance
are already waiting for you at your desk.

After you finish with them,
you'd better leave the office right away.

Don't worry.

During the audit, your salary
and benefits won't be affected.

Okay.

Ms. Sha, do you believe me?

I only believe in facts.

-How did it go?
-How did it go?

I'm on immediate leave. Off-site audit.

Even Sha Sha got dragged

into this because of me.

It's fine.

Listen.

Just take your leave.
I'll keep an eye on things here.

I won't let you get screwed over.

So even you think I'm doomed now?

No. It's alright. Don't overthink it.

And your badge.

-Can she come back?
-God knows.

I used to be jealous of her.

After all, she got promoted
the fastest out of all of us.

And now…

What are you…?

Lin, you're back at work.

Welcome back.

Just stay put at the office for now.

I'll go.

Chi.

Come grace my crappy car
with your presence.

Let's go.

Hey, stop being upset.

If it were me, I'd be over the moon.

Come on, paid leave.

A once-in-a-lifetime chance.
Make the most of it.

When you make partner someday,

you can brag to your team

about this rare break.

You don't need to comfort me.

I can handle it.

It's not that far anyway.
You really didn't have to drive me.

It's not just for you.

Tianna will be glad to hear about this.

I just saw you two whispering together.

Didn't look like fighting at all.

Come clean.

What happened when I wasn't around?

Nothing.

Anyway, thanks.

You're thanking me?

You remember that night
I got drunk, right?

You put me in a cab.

Someone took a photo.

Tianna saw it, and immediately drove

to the construction site
in her all-white outfit.

She grilled me.
"Why did you make a move on her?"

She told me to stop messing with you
and to come at her instead.

So you two are the real couple,

and I'm just some cheap side piece?

Glad you know.

Hey, what are you talking about?

What I mean is, she was actually jealous.
She's too stubborn to admit it.

So she used you as her excuse
to come talk to me.

After I explained everything to her,
it was all good.

She was happy.

Even though

I still don't have an official title,
the second you got into trouble,

she called me right away

to figure out what to do.

Got it.

Then keep at it. Make it official soon.

You bet.

I saw you at the café on Saturday.

Can you explain why you were there?

And he was there too.

The two of us were having coffee
and afternoon tea together.

Are you two deeply involved
in our company's business dealings?

Tell me when and where you met Mr. Sun.

The more detailed, the better.

Have you worked together before?

Why does the IT Department
want to replace the entire system?

Give me a proper explanation.

Be honest with me.

Were you involved in this?

How much do you know?

I only believe in facts.

I want to hear your honest answer.

Can you explain why you were there?

Were you involved in this?

Why does the IT Department
want to replace the entire system?

I only believe in facts.

Can you explain why you were there?

Were you involved in this?

Why does the IT Department
want to replace the entire system?

I only believe in facts.

Miss Xu, are you in the room?

Please answer.

Or I'm coming in with the spare key card.

Miss Xu, I'm opening the door!

No, no…

Are you okay?

Thanks. I'll take it from here.

Could you grab me two sports drinks?

-Sure.
-No, no need. I don't need to drink. I…

Don't talk for now.

Eat this.

I'm really fine. I'm not hungry.

Take it.

The front desk said
you haven't left your room in 48 hours.

What have you eaten?

I…

I've just been sleeping.

Look at yourself.

You say you've been sleeping?

Are you lying to me or yourself?

You know about the Celestial thing?

The consulting world is small.

The moment I heard it, I called Sha Sha.

And you? Gone MIA again.

Not replying to WeChat. Phone off.

I dropped everything
and flew back from Shanghai overnight.

Then we hit a thunderstorm
and had an emergency landing in Jinan.

I took the 7 a.m. high-speed train
to get here.

I was worried about you.

You came back just for me?

Of course.
I didn't even drop my luggage off at home.

Go ahead.

Whether you want to chew me out
or laugh at me, I'm ready.

Why would I laugh at you?

Because I'm stupid.

To bury a secret thought
I couldn't share with anyone,

I randomly got a boyfriend.

Then randomly broke up
and got dragged into this.

Now I might even lose my job.

My mom's old apartment

and my big career dreams
could all be down the drain.

You said you wouldn't laugh at me.

I'm not laughing at you.

I'm happy about that secret thought

you couldn't share with anyone.

-Stop making assumptions.
-I'm not.

By the way,
did you see all those WeChat messages

I sent you?

Why didn't you reply?

That picture…

I… I didn't know how to reply.

You told me you were
on a business trip somewhere.

Anything I said back
would've felt weird, right?

Not those. I mean the picture.

What about it?

You… Look again.

Seriously. Just look.

"The moonlight is beautiful tonight."

What about it?

You don't get it?

-What…
-What am I

supposed to get?

Wait… I… I specifically
picked that one. You…

I specially picked that one.
I figured young people would get it.

People online say
"The moonlight is beautiful tonight"

is another way of saying "I love you."

Is that okay?

THE MOONLIGHT IS BEAUTIFUL TONIGHT

And the breeze is gentle.

I wanted to take it slow.

But

I'm scared to let go now.

Because once I do…

So, are we still stuck
in the grey between black and white?

It's red.

The red of my heart racing for you.

DU

Oh no. I've got a meeting with Du soon.

-I gotta go.
-Go ahead.

Why don't you come help me out?

You're on leave anyway.

The project with Wen Ruosen
is wrapping up.

With you there, it'd be easier on me.

Is that okay with my situation?

Should be fine.

Besides, doing a little private work
for your boyfriend…

{\an8}What did you say?

I said

you're on leave anyway.

Doing a little private work
for your boyfriend should be fine.

If you're really worried,
you can go ask Sha Sha.

Get some rest for now.
See you at the apartment at eight tonight.

I'm heading out.

Wait.

You…

You didn't suddenly say all this

just to comfort me, did you?

Do I look like that kind of guy?

I always thought

a mature guy like you

wouldn't go for a kid like me.

I kept saying

we were just master and protege.

Because I was terrified
you'd look down on my past.

Because love makes people insecure.

It makes me a coward.

I've got plenty of courage.
Let me share some with you.

Okay. Go to your meeting. Careful.

The moonlight is beautiful tonight!

And the breeze is gentle.

{\an8}DELIVERIES, PLEASE LEAVE AT DOOR
TABLE ON THE LEFT

{\an8}NO ONE APPLAUDS

Our project has already entered
the delivery phase.

The highlight of this week's delivery

is the overseas business matrix system

we designed for Bolo Culture.

Lin Long is the expert on this.

For the next two days,

she'll be conducting

an overseas business management training
for the executive team.

We meet again, everyone.

BOLO CULTURE OVERSEAS
BUSINESS MATRIX SYSTEM

What a coincidence.

It was Ms. Lin last time too,
and everything went wrong then too.

Think she'll pull it off this time?

I don't know if she's up for it,

but she's been at it forever
and can't even get the screen to work.

If it were me,
I'd have fired her ages ago.

If you're gonna gossip,
at least keep it down.

-Yes.
-Aren't you afraid of being overheard?

Let me tell you,

there are plenty
of Maxmise people here now.

They bill by the hour.

If they hear you and get pissed off

and drag things out
an hour or two every day,

who's paying for that?

Your snack? I'll buy you a new pack.

-Alright. Finish up and get back.
-Okay.

I'll buy you a new pack.

BOLO CULTURE OVERSEAS
BUSINESS MATRIX SYSTEM

Finally.

I'll go tell them
to come in for the meeting.

Sit down and rest.
I'll have Ou Lizheng get them for you.

No need to help me. I can do it myself.

I'm not trying to help you.

I just need you at your best,
so you don't embarrass me.

You know what?
I asked to have you assigned to me

when you came back.

I just wanted to see

how thrilling it feels
to have my old rival

working under me.

Not as thrilling

as the feeling of kicking
my ex-husband to the curb.

Not bad. You've got some fight.

You know what?

These past few months
have been pretty lonely

without anyone giving me pushback.

-What?
-I want to thank you.

Thank you for letting me
back on this project.

Cut it out.

The guys at the office
are just waiting for you to fail.

I'm not letting them steal
my exclusive rights.

You've got half an hour.
I'll hold down the fort for you.

Go touch up your lipstick.

Why did you bring
so much makeup to work here?

You look the same with or without it.

Why are you sneaking up
on people like that?

I was just…

Are you fully recovered?
What's the rush to get back to work?

Thanks for your concern, Mr. Shen.
I've been fine for a while now.

Who are you kidding?

Look at you.

You're thin as a rail.

Want some spicy strips?

-Mr. Shen, let's just go to the meeting--
-Hold on.

I'm the client.

I'm paying you for consulting.
I'm not in a rush, so why are you?

I just wanted to say,

if you haven't fully recovered,
don't rush back to work.

Why push yourself?

Just wing it during the training later.

Just send us the slides afterward.

Mr. Shen, do you think

I've been coasting in consulting

all these years?

I'll admit I wasn't
professional enough before.

That's because my hormones
were out of whack during pregnancy.

But now that I'm back,

I'm going to do it right.

I was just expressing my concern for you.

Purely out of sympathy.

Sympathy?

When you fail, do you want people
to comfort you with sympathy?

What's wrong with you?

I try to be nice,
and you throw it back in my face.

-What?
-I wanted to thank you

for taking me to the clinic
after my car accident

and for

checking on me just now.

And this.

Xu Chi brought this to me before.

She said you specifically asked for it.
And she passed along that message.

"A rebirth through hardship
and better days ahead."

I've had my share of hardship.

Now it's time to earn those better days

with my own two hands.

Just keep it. No need to give it back.

Then I'll just sit back
and watch you do your thing.

But let's get one thing straight.

If you don't do a good job,

I'll still have your company replace you.

-No problem.
-Alright.

Get back in there.

Wait.

Let me make one thing clear.

I didn't specifically
get that thing for you.

Everyone in our company has one.

I get it.

And…

I meant what I said.

You look good

with or without makeup.

Our first question
covers three main areas.

Revenue forecast,
cost structure, and break-even.

Everyone can take a look.

Feel free to ask
if you have any questions.

Ms. Lin, based on Maxmise's analysis,

what's the biggest pain point

and challenge in the HR integration

between Bolo and Qingyi?

The biggest challenge is that

getting married is easy,
but living together is hard.

Let me use a familiar romance drama

as an example.

Bolo is like a career-driven CEO

who lives and breathes KPIs.

And Qingyi is like an artistic girl

who meditates for three minutes
before every meeting.

Put two people like that
under the same roof

after marriage, and the trouble starts.

Like, after using the bathroom,

should the toilet seat stay up or down?

Of course, that's just a metaphor.

The book value of a merger
is written in the financials.

But the real value
is hidden in the everyday conversations

between organizations.

Maxmise's job is to help Bolo and Qingyi

find a new organization
despite their differences.

She's good to go.

How are things on the Celestial side?
She was just asking about Xu Chi.

I can go back to work next week.

As for Celestial…

Ma Ke and Celestial's IT director

are still blaming each other.

The investigation
won't wrap up anytime soon.

What?

I…

The painting behind you is really nice.
I just took a photo.

What are you doing?

The flowers behind you are nice too.

I'm taking a photo.

Let me see.

Let me see what you took.

-No!
-It looks great.

No! Send it to me.
My face looks so puffy in this.

Look at mine.
Look at the one I took of you.

Look what I took for you.

You gotta send me that one.
I need to edit it.

You really take good photos.

Okay, I'll send it to you.

Let's get down to business.

You had me gathering market data
on digital collectibles for so long.

What are you planning to do to Wen Ruosen?