Chapter 363 - 360: Gathering

Chapter 363: Chapter 360: Gathering

The day after the Lantern Festival, Dili Dili’s official Weibo account announced D Station’s peak traffic figures from the previous day. The server utilization rate was overwhelming, with the number of concurrent users reaching a terrifying 2.8 million, nearly crashing the servers.

This led to countless D Station users flooding the comments with replies: "D Station is freaking awesome!"

At the same time, even more people were clamoring for them to hurry up and release the second episode of Slam Dunk and the fifth season of Cat and Mouse. They couldn’t wait to see what happened next.

Furthermore, people were saying the theme song "I Really Want to Shout My Love for You" was amazing, something they listened to a hundred times a day on repeat. Eagle-eyed netizens had even discovered that the singer was the same person as the voice actress for the female lead, Haruko.

Qitian Animation responded that the fifth season of Cat and Mouse was currently in production and that fans wouldn’t have to wait too long for its official release.

As for Slam Dunk, they had to stick to a strict schedule of one episode per week to avoid disrupting the production team’s rhythm.

After her voice-acting session for the day, Lin Yanwan received a message from her other two roommates, asking if she and Qiuting wanted to get together.

She walked into Jiang Xia’s office and asked if he wanted to join them for dinner.

"You go on ahead. I’ll come find you after I’m done here. And same rule as always: no drinking. You didn’t listen last time. If you do it again, you can just wait to bend over for me when you get home tonight!"

Jiang Xia grunted twice, taking the opportunity to give her very firm bottom a slap.

’Having a private office was great. As long as he closed the door, he could flirt with his wife and no one else would ever know.’

Lin Yanwan’s face flushed. She knew exactly what "bend over" meant. ’At this rate, the new box of condoms she just bought wouldn’t last long.’

"I know, I know. I definitely won’t drink." Lin Yanwan rubbed her bottom lightly. "We’re just getting together with them. The place is the same as last time, West King Village Commercial Street."

"Qiuting’s going too?"

"Mhm."

"Alright, go on then. Be safe, and call me if anything happens."

"Okay!" Lin Yanwan sat on Jiang Xia’s lap, snuggling against him forcefully before lifting her delicate little face to give him a kiss on the lips.

"Thanks, hubby~ Wait for me to make it up to you tonight~"

Watching her leave and close the door, Jiang Xia mumbled, "Such a teasing little vixen," but his mind inexplicably drifted to the idea of some passion in the office with his wife.

’Maybe I should give it a try when I get the chance?’

’The thought of his wife hiding under the desk to... attend to him while he was handling business was thrilling.’

Lin Yanwan walked out of the Science Park building and saw Qiuting already waiting downstairs.

"Let’s go, Qiuting. He said yes." She walked up and affectionately linked arms with Qiuting.

Qiuting pursed her lips. "Isn’t President Jiang coming?"

"He’s not. He’s still busy. We can just bring him back some food later," Lin Yanwan said with a nod.

"Oh."

The two of them walked along Shuangqing Road and soon arrived at the Xiwangzhuang Business District. Outside a hotpot restaurant, they saw Si Si and Cui Jiaying, who had been waiting for a while.

They waved their hands wildly at the two of them, shouting, "Yanwan, Qiuting, over here, over here!"

Lin Yanwan smiled faintly. She was also very happy to see her good friends again.

The four of them shared a group hug, exchanged a few "Happy New Year" greetings, and then walked into a private room inside the hotpot restaurant.

Lin Yanwan asked, "Did you two get in yesterday?"

"Mhm, well, it was the Lantern Festival, wasn’t it? Of course we had to celebrate it before leaving," Cui Jiaying answered with a smile.

Hearing this made Lin Yanwan and Qiuting quite envious. The two of them had left home early because of work.

"Jiaying, Si Si, I’m so sorry. The company has been really busy these past two days, so I couldn’t pick you up from the airport," Lin Yanwan said apologetically.

"It’s fine, it’s fine! Work is more important, of course. Besides, we’re all together today, aren’t we?"

Cui Jiaying laughed. "Yanwan, I’ve been keeping up with your company’s news these last couple of days. Wow, let me tell you, that entry exam for D Station is seriously hard. It took me over two hours and five or six retries before I barely scraped by with a passing grade. If I’d known, I would have just asked you for a beta testing account."

"I passed on my first try," Si Si said.

Cui Jiaying tilted her head to look at her. "? Since when were you an anime fan?"

A small smile played on Si Si’s lips. "I joined a Q&A group. It has a compilation of over 10,000 exam questions. If I saw one I didn’t know, I just had to search for it in the document."

Cui Jiaying’s eyes widened. "There’s a trick like that? Was I the only one who had honestly searched for the answers on Baidu?"

"Yanwan, did you hear that? Si Si cheated on the test! You should confiscate her account."

"If my account gets banned, I’ll just use yours," Si Si replied breezily.

"Hmph! No, you won’t."

"Then I’ll take it by force."

Lin Yanwan watched them bicker just like they always did, a smile on her face.

"By the way, Yanwan, I saw after the first episode of Slam Dunk that the voice actress for Haruko and the performer of the theme song both seemed to be you?" Cui Jiaying asked, a little curious.

Although she was sure she recognized Yanwan’s voice, she still wanted to confirm it in person.

Lin Yanwan nodded helplessly. "It was me."

There was no way to hide something like this. Anyone familiar with her could easily tell. Besides, Si Si and the others had known for a while that Qitian Animation was founded by Jiang Xia, so there was no need to keep it a secret.

"Amazing. Some people are already the boss’s wife, yet they’re still so hardworking and talented. And then there’s me... Waaaah, all I do is eat and sleep, and sleep and eat," Cui Jiaying said, her tone full of envy.

"It’s okay. Even if you’re a cute little piggy, I’ll still raise you," Si Si said with a chuckle.

"You’re the pig!"

"I’m the pig farmer."

"You are!"

"Alright, alright, I am."

The two started bickering again. Then Cui Jiaying let out a soft huff, but under the table, her small hand was gently taken by Si Si.

Her face turned slightly red. It was obvious Si Si was indulging her again.

"Yanwan, you gave Qiuting a job as a production assistant before. Do you think you could arrange jobs for me and Yingying too?" Si Si asked suddenly.

She took a deep breath and looked into Lin Yanwan’s eyes. "Any job is fine. I just don’t want to spend my days just coasting and waiting for life to pass me by. I want to be like you guys and realize my own potential while I’m still young."

Cui Jiaying nodded vigorously, her eyes filled with hopeful expectation as she looked at her. ℯ

Lin Yanwan pursed her lips. "Hmm, hiring isn’t really my department, but D Station is putting together a new team recently. I can ask Jiang Xia for you and see if there are any suitable positions. You two should send me your résumés tonight when you get back."

’After all, she wasn’t against giving her good friends jobs, as long as they were capable of doing the work.’

’In life, you should help when you can.’

Hearing this, Cui Jiaying and Si Si looked at each other, their faces lighting up with joy.