6 personal feelings

Song Qiu coughed unnaturally and plastered a wide smile on her face to appease the two gods.

"Haha, I think that both ideas are really good but...err...I think that...uhh…"

Lu Zheng's face became impatient.

"Spit it out."

Song Qiu's left eye twitched and she roared in her heart, 'If you were me stuck between one cliff and the other, which would you choose, huh? Do you expect me to make a decision to jump to my death so quickly?!'

On her face, her smile only grew wider.

'Anyway, Lu Zheng is the male lead who wins the female lead in the end. That means that Lu Zheng is definitely stronger and smarter than Cheng Zhi,' thought Song Qiu weakly.

"I think both ideas are really good but I think that Lu Zheng's idea is the best one for the project."

If it wasn't for the fast-paced rhythm of her thumping heart, no one would have known that Song Qiu was nervous.

Cheng Zhi didn't say anything but he pushed the bridge of his glasses slowly up his nose with his index finger and turned the corners of his lips up a notch. The tension in the air turned a little bit more subtle.

Song Qiu nearly fell off her seat in fright. Any reader knew that whenever Cheng Zhi pushed his glasses up, whoever offended him at that moment wouldn't be able to live to see tomorrow.

"Oh really? Why do you think so, Ms. Song?"

A thousand grass mud horses* ran across Song Qiu's heart.

'I don't know! Don't ask me, I really don't know why!' she wept.

"Erm- Lu Zheng is strong- I mean...uh… Lu Zheng's idea is stronger and more plausible to carry out? So I think we should go with that."

Cheng Zhi folded his arms.

"But why do you think it's more plausible?"

Song Qiu wanted to break his glasses into two. Song Qiu knew she was slow but she wasn't an idiot. This bastard was deliberately making trouble for her by putting her on the spot.

'What is this difference in treatment?' she complained. 'Qiao Xing, your own beloved female lead, voted for him too. But I don't see you asking her so many 'whys?''

She glanced at Qiao Xing who looked at her curiously with her round eyes, obviously waiting for Song Qiu to answer.

'Forget it,' Song Qiu only sighed and accepted her fate. 'It's impossible to be the female lead in this life. Whatever, as long as I open my mouth, something will come out right?'

"Because- well, I mean- I think his idea is pretty good and original….uh… and some parts are really detailed so-"

Cheng Zhi cut her off.

"Ms. Song, don't tell me you picked Lu Zheng because you like him, right? Because if so, we should keep our work separate from our private life, don't you think? After all, we wouldn't want to have a biased voter picking a project plan. That's unfair to the rest of us who are taking this seriously. Plus, if the plan fails later, are you going to take responsibility for not putting your private feelings aside and choosing a weak project?"

Lu Zheng's hooded lids didn't even raise being the center of the conversation. It wasn't a big secret that she liked him for a long time now. It's just he never cared enough to respond to her feelings.

Cheng Zhi's voice wasn't loud but enough for the surrounding teams to look over. Song Qiu's face flushed in a mix of anger and embarrassment.

"I DID CHOOSE HIM BASED ON PERSONAL FEELINGS BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE I LIKE HIM! EVEN SO, SO WHAT IF I DIDN'T SEPARATE MY FEELINGS FROM MY WORK?! IT'S NOT LIKE I ACTUALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BUSINESS TO GIVE ANY GOOD INSIGHT! HOW ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO ANSWER, YOU DAMN ASSHOLE! AND DAMN THIS AUTHOR TOO!! WHERE IS CHENG ZHI GENTLE?? IF HE'S GENTLE, MY NAME DEFINITELY ISN'T SONG QIU!!!"....is what Song Qiu wanted to yell back.

Instead, she gritted her teeth and replied coldly, "Haha, Mr. Cheng is joking. I already have someone else I like and she-"

*Cough*

"-Qiao Xing-"

*Cough*

*Cough*

-hasn't accepted me yet. I only chose Lu Zheng because of the thoughtfulness and ingenuity behind his idea. Please don't let your personal feelings of not being chosen to get in the way of doing your part in the project."

Qiao Xing's face blushed for the second time today hearing clearly what Song Qiu said in between her fake coughs. Meanwhile, Song Qiu's chest undulated irritatedly.

Cheng Zhi's brows furrowed. In all his twenty years of life, no one had ever spoken to him in such a backhanded manner.

After a period of silence and a minute to cool her head, Song Qiu's chicken brain started to work again.

'It's over!' she wailed. 'I really offended him this time! Not only did I say I liked the female lead but I also threw an insult back at him! '

Song Qiu wanted to apologize but Cheng Zhi spoke first.

"Fine. I suppose the best project is the result of combined ideas so we all have a say in it. After all, we are a team."

Song Qiu nodded like crazy, saying, "And-"

"And we'll make sure to put aside feelings and concentrate on the work only."

Cheng Zhi threw a pearly white blinding smile that didn't reach his eyes at Song Qiu.

Song Qiu continued to nod as a madman.

Lu Zheng shrugged indifferently as the rest agreed to Cheng Zhi's statements.

*mud grass horse: Chinese slang for f*ck your mother

unimportant notes:

wow haha sorry i havent been updated for so long.

this year was really hectic for me. im still a student & probably a lot younger than what you're thinking so im really thankful that all of you have stuck by for so long but i still dont think i will be able to update regularly with all the things going on with my life. regardless, thank you for supporting me & my writing. you guys are so so dedicated & i really love & treasure you all. if i don't update for a long time, it's because i'm extremely extremely busy with school but im trying my best to write whenever i am free.

p.s. if i started a new novel...

im sure all of you will come to kill me right, haha

sorry, i just have so many story ideas altho i never finished etvt & mlintfl _:(´□`」 ∠):_

well if i really do start a new one, uhm please dont kill me because i love you (シ_ _)シ

i have lots of story ideas that i do want to try out so please don't be mad if i'm updating one but not another. sadly, there is only one of me. i wish there was multiple me's so i can finish writing as many novels as i want but since there is only one me...

i'm sorry you have to wait :(( i also hate waiting for new chaps but i don't have much free time as it is & sometimes i have the occasional urge to start new novels because i like making new stories so i understand if u'll want to drop my novels but thank you for staying & waiting for so long <33

p.p.s. embracing the villains thigh new chap is coming really really soon

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