An unknown number, and these days, unless it's from the older generation or a stranger, who directly makes a phone call? Isn't it better to send a QQ or WeChat message?
Bai Ningning hesitated for a moment, exited the game, picked up her phone, and answered.
"Hello?"
"Hello, is this President's Secretary Bai Ningning?" a woman's voice said.
President's assistant? Bai Ningning tilted her head, remembering that she seemed to have such an identity.
That's right, Qin Yue was a standard president; if there was something, the secretary would handle it, and if there wasn't, she would even delegate notifying meeting delays to me.
"Yes, I am Bai Ningning," the girl tightened her small face, "may I ask what the matter is?"
"I am Li Yue, the manager of the marketing operations department. President Qin just instructed me about a new mobile game project," the voice on the other end said, "I wanted to ask when you are available to come to the company to discuss it."
Mobile game project... That's right, Qin Yue did mention wanting her to handle one, saying it was part of the secretary's job.
Bai Ningning was initially unwilling; she wasn't being modest. How could a small... or rather, a big college girl get involved in mobile game production?
So, she said, "Big sister, please find someone else." But big sister insisted that this was the secretary's job and couldn't be declined. Plus, she said it was just a small-scale, low-budget attempt, and it would be fine to just throw something together without any psychological burden.
Bai Ningning had no choice but to reluctantly go along with it.
"How about the weekend?" she thought for a moment and replied, "I'm only free on the weekend."
She didn't have classes on Wednesday afternoon, but first, she wasn't sure if she would be rolling around with Qin Yue, and second, if she didn't roll, there would be no reason to refuse President Lingyin's invitation.
It was a queue.
"Okay, call me this weekend to notify me."
After hanging up the phone, Bai Ningning stretched and climbed onto her bed.
Her reborn self was really busy; so many people were looking for her, doing this and that, it was really hard on herself.
She should find an opportunity to sleep a bit more.
Zzzz
The early bird gets the worm, and the early Bai Ningning doesn't get caught... It should have been like that, but today when Bai Ningning opened her eyes, she found Qin Yue sitting next to her, looking at her with an obscure expression.
Bai Ningning's heart skipped a beat; oh no, was the early bird rule going to fail?
But Qin Yue didn't make a move; instead, she spoke, "I received a call last night."
Bai Ningning chuckled lightly: "What a coincidence, I also received a call last night."
Qin Yue's mouth twitched; shouldn't a normal person ask what call it was? Why was Bai Ningning so... unique?
"The call I received was... what call did you receive?"
Well, it turned out she was the one who asked first.
"A manager from your company called," Bai Ningning replied calmly, "to inform me about the mobile game matter we discussed earlier."
Oh, so it was this matter.
Qin Yue seemed uninterested: "I know about this; I personally instructed it yesterday."
"Oh."
Then it fell silent; the girl and the big sister sat side by side, neither getting up nor dressing, not lying down to sleep again, just sitting there like figurines.
Qin Yue couldn't hold back: "Aren't you going to ask me what call I received?"
Goodness, she already asked first, but you've been acting all aloof here, winning at cards and then running away like a sore loser, right?
"You received the call," Bai Ningning tilted her head in another direction, "does it have anything to do with me?"
Qin Yue took a deep breath to calm herself: "It does."
"Then you would tell me yourself," Bai Ningning reached for her hot pants, "if you wanted to tell me, you wouldn't need to ask, you would just say it. If you don't tell me, no matter how many times you ask, you won't say it."
At first glance, it seems reasonable, but upon closer inspection, it makes no sense at all.
In a comedy routine, there's always a straight man; can you just sit there and listen to someone else talk without saying a word?
"My mom called," Qin Yue gritted her teeth, "she's coming again tomorrow afternoon."
"Oh," Bai Ningning put on a 'read' expression, "got it."
"This is your reaction? Why didn't you tell me last time she came?" Qin Yue was furious.
Last night, after receiving the call, Qin Yue found out that her mom had come on Sunday and had waited the whole day without seeing anyone. And Qin Yue? She only learned about it last night.
She went to ask Aunt Zou why she hadn't told her, and Aunt Zou was surprised, saying she thought Miss Ningning had already informed her.
Logically speaking, Miss Ningning spends the most time with the young lady, so she should definitely be the one to tell her.
Aunt Zou thought for a moment and added that if Miss Ningning hadn't told her, the second young lady should have informed her.
Qin Yue said, "That's the problem—Qin Xin didn't tell me either."
For some reason, the first afternoon when the sisters met was quite nice; they sat down and chatted for a while. But ever since Bai Ningning came out for dinner, Qin Yue felt that Qin Xin had become distant.
In the few days since she came home, Qin Xin had never spoken to her. After dinner, she went to school, and after school, she went home to sleep, like a civil servant.
In short, this situation disrupted Qin Yue's plans, whether it was her mom's visit on Sunday or the notice of her coming again on Wednesday.
"I don't think it's necessary," Bai Ningning said nonchalantly as she put on her hot pants, "when Auntie came on Sunday, you weren't awake, and she didn't leave any message."
Qin Yue sighed, too lazy to reason with her, and directly said, "So what do I do when she comes again tomorrow afternoon?"
Bai Ningning was slightly taken aback: "What do you mean, what to do?"
"My mom is coming to talk to me, what should I do?"
"How would I know?" the girl innocently tilted her head, "She's your mom, not mine. She's coming to talk to you, not to me."
For a moment, Qin Yue really wanted to disregard everything and pin the girl in front of her down for an intense game of World of Warships.
But she couldn't. Not to mention that the other party had classes to attend, but last night her mom specifically called to remind her to take care of her health and rest well in order to maintain her energy for the conversation with her mom tomorrow afternoon.
"Okay, let me clarify why this is related to you," Qin Yue said to Bai Ningning, "the day before yesterday, my mom came to visit me and found out that all my energy was spent on you, and I didn't get up for a whole day. She was a bit angry about it and very worried, so she's coming over tomorrow afternoon to talk to me, got it?"
Bai Ningning blinked: "So what does that have to do with me?"
"You… am I not clear enough?"
"No, you explained it clearly, but that's the problem," Bai Ningning spread her small hands, "whether it's naval battles, Dota, or Nekopara, it's always you taking the initiative. If you don't want to play, you don't have to play."
What does this have to do with my innocent and pure Bai Ningning?
Even if you are a domineering CEO, you still have to be reasonable, big sister.