Late at night, Southside Villas.

"Why are you still awake? It's already past midnight." Lu Aotian reprimanded his little fiancée as he held her shoulders from behind.

"Does anyone complain when you stay up all night?" she snorted and continued arranging the sheets of paper neatly in a file.

"That's because I have to provide for the family, logically I should work hard. What about you? Who are you working this hard for?" He snatched the file from her hands and held it up high.

"Hey! Give that back." she exploded.

"No can do." he answered sternly with a poker face. This naughty little thing had skipped dinner just for the sake of work. It was only the first day. If he didn't keep a close eye on her, would she work all her blood out?

She tiptoed and tried to snatch it back but due to her height which was pitiably overshadowed by Lu Aotian's tall frame, she couldn't reach it no matter how hard she tried.

"Give me back my file." she pouted and looked like she was about to cry.

Lu Aotian had hardened his resolve and would not give in to letting her stay up even if she really cried."I'll only give it back in the morning." He said and took her hand, pulling her out of the study room. "Come here, I'll sing you a lullaby."

She pretended to be obedient and when he let his guard down, she tried to snatch the file back.

Alas, Lu Aotian had expected such a move and reacted faster by holding it high above her head. "Be good. Girls should rest early." he coaxed. Although his tone was that of coaxing, what he did next was the exact opposite. He opened the safe in his room, placed the file in and changed the passcode.

Wan Jia pursed her lips. Did he really think she could still remember the passcode after all those years?

"Come here." he beckoned her over. She was still standing at the door.

"I don't want to sleep in your room." she said in a very spoilt tone.

He glared at her.

"I mean, I want to sleep in your room....How can I not want to sleep in your bed? Your bed is the cosiest bed on earth hahaa." she rattled and ran over with a swoosh.

Lu Aotian sighed helplessly and took her in his arms, placing her gently on the soft bed.

At the end of the day, Lu Aotian really did sing her a lullaby. She nestled comfortably in his warm embrace. That sweet mellow voice singing her favorite song lulled her into sweet dreams.

The next morning, Wan Jia woke up and found the space beside her empty- Lu Aotian had already woken up. She sneakily tried to open the safe but failed.

So she freshened up and went to take breakfast. Lu Aotian was sitting elegantly on the sofa in the living room. She intentionally avoided attracting his attention and sneaked into the kitchen to grab a fruit. She was not in the mood for breakfast either.

"Why are you being so sneaky?"

She almost dropped the apple she was peeling. "Don't you make sounds when walking? How can you just appear like a ghost?" That wasn't the main point, okay? How was she being sneaky?

"Don't try to change the topic. You've been skipping meals recently. Do you have a bad apetite?"

"Sort of." she said. Perhaps it was because of having take out too frequently, her apetite had been poor for the past few days.

"You're not pregnant, right?"

"Pfft....Who said people with bad apetite are pregnant?"

He took her hand. "Come, I'll feed you. I understand your stomach. It probably doesn't accept any food that isn't fed by me."

True to his word, she really ate quite a bit. However, she kept feeling chills on her body. As though someone was glaring at her. But she couldn't figure out who it was.

....

Qing Tai Media.

Wan Jia was called to the manager's office as soon as she arrived in the company building.

He gestured her to have a seat and even wanted to have the secretary prepare a cup of coffee which she declined.

She had a bad feeling about this meeting.

"Designer Wan, you are the most gifted rookie to ever appear in Qing Tai Media."

Huh, of course it was meant to be bad news. Her good mood from being fed by her man instantly dropped.

"However, the trainees this time are too many."

So she had been switched out? Of course she had not signed any contract. Switching her out was as easy as eating rice.

"Therefore, the company has decided to give all of you an equal chance. You will be given one week to propose a costume for the female lead of the drama "The consort". The best five designers will proceed to the training period. The rest will have to try harder the next time." he said.

Wan Jia sneered in her heart. She had thought that this manager had a good impression of her...She could already guess that someone had done something behind the scenes and this was their way of pushing her out of Qing Tai Media.

It did not matter how good her costume was, it would definitely not pass.

Still, she would try her best and at least come up with something that any normal human being could not bring himself to reject. "May I meet the female lead?"