Chapter 182: A Special Mission

Wen Jingxing tucked her entirely into the duvet, making sure her hands were properly tucked inside as well.

Afterward, he gathered up all the documents scattered across the bedside table.

"Wait! I haven't finished reading them yet."

Song Wanning quickly sat up, halting Wen Jingxing's actions.

"You can read them when you have time."

Wen Jingxing once again refused her mercilessly.

"Really, I've even written half of the proposal."

Hearing her say this served as a reminder to Wen Jingxing.

"Good point, all the more reason for me to take them away."

Song Wanning: ……

What an infuriating man, doing things without ever asking for her opinion!

Naturally, how could Song Wanning possibly win an argument against Wen Jingxing? In the end, all the documents were taken away.

"Be a good girl and go to sleep. I'll give them back to you tomorrow morning."

Ever since she transmigrated into this world, this was the first time Song Wanning had given up her slacker lifestyle to pursue her own career. How could she possibly fall asleep?

In her past life, Song Wanning had literally worked herself to death from exhaustion.

Having been away from her career for so long, touching upon it once again instantly reignited her drive and ambition.

However, all of this was completely ignored by Wen Jingxing.

Left with no choice, Song Wanning flopped back onto the bed in a huff, before sitting right back up again. She grabbed the little puppy plush toy nearby, pretending it was Wen Jingxing, and gave it a thorough beating.

How distressing it was for her.

She couldn't outtalk Wen Jingxing, nor could she beat him in a physical fight!

Why was it that whenever she encountered this man, she hit a wall at every turn? Could it be that... Wen Jingxing was her nemesis?

On the morning of the twenty-second day.

To retaliate against Wen Jingxing's behavior the previous night, Song Wanning deliberately went over to knock on his door bright and early.

"Jingxing, Jingxing, didn't you say yesterday that you'd return the documents to me as soon as I woke up? Hurry up and open the door, no going back on your word!"

However, Wen Jingxing was even earlier than Song Wanning.

And he appeared right from behind her.

Hearing the commotion, Song Wanning turned around to see Wen Jingxing dressed in casual wear, holding a stack of documents in his hand.

Seeing the unconvinced look in her eyes, Wen Jingxing almost laughed out loud.

Looking like such a tiny little ball of fluff, how could her temper possibly be this big? A whole night hadn't been enough to smooth away her lingering anger.

"Aunt Li has already prepared breakfast. We can discuss this after we eat."

"The documents."

Song Wanning held out her hand, giving off the clear impression that she wouldn't eat if he didn't return them.

"Here, take them."

Wen Jingxing finally agreed to hand them back to her.

Because she had woken up early today, Li Weiwei hadn't even released the mission yet, leaving Song Wanning with plenty of time after breakfast.

Consequently, she went right back to writing her half-finished operations proposal.

Wen Jingxing ambled over to join her, asking how the writing was progressing.

Since Wen Jingxing's attitude during breakfast had been exemplary—constantly placing food into Song Wanning's bowl—she had long since cast last night's grievances to the winds.

Song Wanning asked Wen Jingxing, "If you were the one taking over this company, how would you handle it?"

"Just like you, I would first weed out all the dead weight and useless personnel. Then, I would re-establish the company's regulations and rules, and the next step would be hunting for talented individuals who could truly benefit the company..."

Song Wanning nodded. "Mhm, I've already drafted the rules and regulations; I'm just waiting for the right time to implement them."

"Let me take a look."

"Alright."

Wen Jingxing flipped through a few pages and discovered that Song Wanning had genuinely written a remarkably professional draft.

"It's very good. Only, if you implement such a sudden and strict overhaul, some of the company's employees might find it difficult to accept."

"I know, but nothing can be accomplished without norms and standards. You can't indulge them from the very beginning, otherwise they'll grow too accustomed to it, and it will become even harder to change later on."

"Alright. If any issues arise, I'll have people handle them. Feel free to go all out and do whatever you need to do."

"As for talent, we already have one person lined up. The most crucial part now is managing the company's existing artists—for instance, securing better resources for them."

At the mention of this, Song Wanning's gaze dropped slightly. Where on earth was she supposed to find connections like that...

"You don't need to worry about that either."

Song Wanning furrowed her brow, just about to say something when her phone suddenly rang.

Picking it up, she saw a group message from Li Weiwei: "New mission alert, everyone!"

Li Weiwei: [The variety show is now nearing its end, so we have prepared the most special mission yet for our guests. It will last for nine days and be divided into three stages: initial encounter, growing acquainted, and lifelong companionship. All guests will receive a mailed letter from the production team at nine o'clock this morning to claim their respective identity cards.]

Seeing this, Song Wanning raised an eyebrow slightly. Li Weiwei really knew how to pull off new tricks, changing up the show's game modes time and time again.

As soon as the appointed time arrived, the production team indeed sent someone over to deliver the envelopes.

It was a female staff member with a rather sweet appearance. Clutching the letter, she marched right past Wen Jingxing, hurried into the living room, and handed it directly to Song Wanning, who was seated on the sofa.

Because Song Wanning was simply too lazy to move, she had originally intended to make Wen Jingxing go get it.

The female staff member blinked starry eyes at Song Wanning and said, "Ms. Song, the director said that this mission is super special, and every single guest is guaranteed to love it!"

"Is that so!"

Hearing her say this, Song Wanning could barely wait to open the envelope and take a look.

Watching her reaction, the staff member smiled brightly and took her leave of Fanjing Gardens.

Opening the envelope, Song Wanning discovered that it contained not just text, but photographs as well!

Looking closer, good heavens, wasn't this the very first day the original host had arrived on the show? In the picture, she was dragging her luggage with a foul expression on her face, leaving Wen Jingxing far behind in the dust.

The second photo showed her right after finishing the gardener task, sweating profusely from exhaustion.

The subsequent photographs captured various interactions between Song Wanning and Wen Jingxing as they completed numerous previous tasks together.

It was evident that their relationship had grown increasingly harmonious with each passing day.

The letter consisted of two pages: the first page was entirely filled with photographs, while the second page detailed the mission for the current stage.

Wen Jingxing walked back to the living room, sat down close to Song Wanning's side, and read the letter together with her.

[The guests are required to travel together to Jingtai Residential Community, act as the neighborhood's "child kings," and complete five mini-games with the local children every day for three consecutive days. After three days, you must unanimously win the favorable reviews of the children in the neighborhood, otherwise the mission will be deemed a failure.]

Scanning the mission requirements, Song Wanning knitted her brows. "How strange, why would the production team come up with a mission like this?"

Yet Wen Jingxing seemed to understand completely. He told Song Wanning, "Once you've finished all nine days of missions, you'll understand why."

"Oh? You seem awfully familiar with this?"

"Mhm, because this mission itself was designed based on the process of how we first got to know each other."

Hearing him put it that way, Song Wanning understood.

It seemed Li Weiwei had indeed put a genuine amount of effort into designing the content of this mission.

However, how on earth did she find out about the childhood experiences shared by the original host and Wen Jingxing?

Could it be that Wen Jingxing had provided the information?

Instead of explaining, Wen Jingxing simply smiled and said, "Let's hurry up and go. If we wait any longer, the children there will all go home for dinner, and then we won't be able to complete the mission."

Song Wanning shrugged. "It's fine, isn't there still the afternoon?"

Damn it! The interactive chapters between the male and female leads got locked. I just suddenly realized I messed up the dates—there were two "eighteenth days"... And then when I tried to edit it, it wouldn't let me...

(End of this chapter)