Tang Shu seemed very stubborn about this matter, re-emphasizing it to the person before her.
"I can really take care of myself, I’m not a child anymore."
After all, she was the Young Sect Master of the Tang Sect, who, at the age of fifteen, could make noble families and Jianghu Gangs tremble at the mere mention of her name—even capable of stopping babies’ cries!
Jing Yu stared into her eyes, his smile deepening, and amiably agreed, "Mm, I believe."
"Really, haven’t you always taken good care of yourself?"
Aside from not being good at cooking, her other skills were nearly maxed out.
Seeing that he really believed her, Tang Shu’s mouth quirked up, revealing eight neat teeth as her bright eyes sparkled with starry lights under the illumination.
Jing Yu’s gaze deepened, and the next moment, he turned his head away and tightened his grip on her right hand.
He must never let her touch red wine again.
"Want to play a game?"
"A game? Are there games to play here?"
She had only stayed in a corner of the banquet hall for a few minutes and hadn’t noticed anything else, naturally missing any game-related spots.
"There are, let me show you around."
The annual meeting of the Cloudscape Group differed from other companies’, inviting not only internal staff and shareholders but also some business insiders, resembling more of a large-scale commercial networking event. Hence, there were no summary meetings or award and lottery sessions, replaced instead by game setups.
Jing Yu led her in the opposite direction, passing by the banquet hall adjacent to the resting area, and suddenly the view opened up before them.
An area of about three hundred square meters in the hotel was divided into eight similar-sized sections, each section separated into its own area, with a description of the game in front of each.
As they stepped into the area, the shouts and cheers of the people around the sections instantly filled their ears. Almost every section was packed, making it hard to catch a glimpse of what was happening due to the dense crowd.
"Eh? What are they holding in their hands?"
Although Tang Shu couldn’t see what game it was, she noticed one commonality among the people—that each had a red card.
Some clutched the card in their hands, some tucked it into the pocket of their suit jackets, and others were placing theirs on tables, engaging in conversation with people across.
"That’s a game card. If you do well in the games, a champion will stamp their exclusive seal on the card. Every seal collected can be exchanged for different gifts."
Jing Yu pointed towards a corner of the game area, "Over there is the prize collection area, considered the reward of the annual meeting. As for what you can exchange for, that’s up to everyone’s skill."
The annual meeting of the Cloudscape Group had no lottery segment, but that didn’t mean there were fewer benefits for the employees; the piles of gifts in the prize area alone attested to that.
Following the direction of his finger, Tang Shu’s eyes instantly found the large plush toys in the prize collection area, her clear eyes shining with eagerness to try.
"There are plush toys! Can I participate too?"
"You like them that much? Everyone in the banquet hall can participate, whether they’re internal staff or guests with invitations."
Jing Yu led her to a card booth on the right, "Two prize cards, please."
"Of course, President Jing. You just need to write down your name on the bottom right corner of the card."
To prevent anyone from cheating halfway through, the pens used for signing the cards and the seals needed for each game were specially customized by the administrative department, and the signature pens could only be obtained at the card booth.
Jing Yu wrote down two names and handed over the card with [Tang Shu] written on it to the person beside him, then pulled her towards the first game area.
"Let’s go, there’s still plenty of time, no need to rush."
"That won’t do, what if all the good-looking dolls get redeemed?"
"...cough, that makes sense."
Jing Yu glanced at the slightly anxious person beside him, the smile on his lips growing wider.
After the two figures left the card counter, the staff member in charge could no longer suppress the all energies within, stomping their feet in excitement.
"Holy shit, holy shit, what did I just see? It’s President Jing and Tang Shu!"
"Whimper~~~How come they came together? They obviously know each other, ahhhhhh—"
"One is the top diamond bachelor of the Imperial Capital, the other is the hottest young starlet in the entertainment circle, how did they end up together? Mom, I think I’ve stumbled upon the couple with the most matching aesthetics in the world!!!"
Get a picture, get a picture!
The staff member was a mess on the spot, excited and yet regretfully pitying themselves.
"Ah, gossip about President Jing... even if you lent me a hundred guts, I wouldn’t dare to spread it, how can I not share such huge gossip with others, is it going to kill me!"
Forget it, forget it, at least I can talk about it with good friends at the company, seems not too bad, right?
The game’s red card was simply yet elegantly designed.
The Cloudscape Group’s LOGO was in the center, with a background and watermark that gave off a strong tech vibe. The eight blank spaces below were evenly divided into eight parts, ready for champions to leave their exclusive seals.
Tang Shu looked at the flamboyantly written "Tang Shu" in the bottom right corner of the card and felt a strange feeling welling up inside her.
The two characters before her were very different from her usual running script. Jing Yu’s handwriting was powerful and vigorous, which, compared to her carefree and unrestrained style, had an additional air of authority.
"If you just want to redeem dolls, two seals are enough."
"Then what if I have eight seals, can I redeem four dolls?"
Jing Yu’s mouth twitched, "Yes."
Two seals were the minimum requirement for exchanging gifts, and the more seals one had, the greater the value of the gifts they could redeem. It was only this girl beside him who would think to use eight seals to get four dolls.
Tang Shu put the red card into her handbag and, pulling on his hand, stood in front of the first game.
"Then let’s start from the beginning!"
You have to say, the HR department responsible for designing the company event games had some pretty good ideas. The eight games covered people of almost every age group. Apart from marble shooting and card games, which were a bit old-fashioned, they also arranged esports equipment, KTV, and dart throwing for the younger crowd, including both individual and small group competitions.
Jing Yu and Tang Shu’s presence shone wherever they went, and when the two stood in front of the game rules, almost everyone paid attention to them.
Of course, the nearly zero distance between the two also garnered a wave of surprised and uncertain glances.
"Fuck, that’s our CEO, right? Am I having a hallucination?!"
"You’re not seeing things, President Jing actually brought a female companion, and... that companion is none other than Tang Shu!"
"Whimper~~I feel like I’ve come to know some incredibly secret stuff; am I going to be silenced tomorrow?"
"This... she’s just a companion, it doesn’t seem to indicate anything?"