NOVEL WEB 25: Tianhai Tower
In fact, Bai Ling’s experience of buying breakfast wasn’t as arduous as Gu Hui had described.
The breakfast was indeed bought from the cafeteria, but she didn’t need to queue. Without using her abilities, the students in front saw her and voluntarily and amicably let her go ahead.
As for the strawberry juice, she didn’t leave the campus. The fruit shop owner personally delivered it… This did involve a bit of ability use—mental suggestion.
Overall, it was very easy, just a casual gesture.
At this moment, Bai Ling saw Yuan Xiaoning turn her head, looking at her carefully and nervously.
“What’s wrong?” she asked.
“Nothing, just feeling that you’re suddenly being so nice to me,” the blonde girl said vigilantly, “Does this mean tonight…”
“No, it’s not that,” Bai Ling smiled gently, “It depends on my mood.”
When the mood strikes, she’ll overclock, without any preamble.
Yuan Xiaoning’s beautiful face looked pained, thinking that this was even worse.
“Let’s go if you’re full,” Gu Hui said at this point, “It’s not good to be late.”
Part-time work is still work, not play.
“I’ll change my clothes.”
After returning to school, Yuan Xiaoning had found many clothes in her wardrobe. For this outing, she chose a relatively innocent-looking campus-style outfit—a uniform-style white shirt and skirt.
But after putting it on—
“It’s so provocative,” Gu Hui commented, “The neckline looks like it could burst open at any moment.”
Yuan Xiaoning’s face tensed up.
No, she thought the clothes looked quite innocent on the hanger, why did they look so different on her body?
Oh well, this is how JK style is, changing might make it even more provocative.
Bai Ling’s outfit was very simple—a black hoodie and gray ultra-short shorts, along with black thigh-high stockings.
The overall look was simple and clean. When she stood there, her aura was established, and she looked quite attractive.
“Are you ready? If so, let’s go quickly,” Qiao Lili said, holding her phone, “I’ve called a Didi, the driver is almost here.”
Tianhai Tower was located in the city center, nearly six kilometers from Tianhai University. As they got closer to the city center, traffic increased, and it took forty minutes to reach their destination.
As a landmark building in Tianhai City, Tianhai Tower was situated in one of the most prosperous areas. The fifty-plus story high-rise stood on the commercial street like a leek sprouting from dry land.
“Where do we go up?” Yuan Xiaoning looked at Bai Ling beside her.
“Why are you looking at me?” Bai Ling was puzzled.
“I’m asking you where we go up, don’t you know?”
“Why would I know?”
Yuan Xiaoning pouted, thinking ‘You’re the one who’s reborn, how can you not know?’
But Bai Ling really didn’t know, because in her previous life, by the time she started to make a name for herself, this tower had already collapsed.
Fortunately, Qiao Lili stepped up at this moment: “I’ve found a route map, we take the elevator from this side.”
The internship company was on the twentieth floor. The decor was quite luxurious. After explaining their purpose to the people inside, a young man came out to greet them.
“You must be the students from Tianhai University’s Broadcasting Department. I understand. Come this way.”
He quickly scanned the group of girls, his eyes brightening when he saw Yuan Xiaoning.
“Let’s try the recording studio.”
Indeed, although Cloud Sea Game Company had just been established and hadn’t officially released any products, the office area was well-equipped with everything, including a large recording studio.
However, the equipment inside was too new, possibly unused before, and it took the staff a long time to debug it.
During this time, the supervisor stood next to Yuan Xiaoning, enthusiastically introducing their game, how well it was made, how promising its future was, how quickly she would become famous if she voiced a character…
Yuan Xiaoning wasn’t listening to his grand promises at all, she was secretly watching Bai Ling, wondering when she would lose patience and intervene.
Fortunately, the equipment was finally ready.
Gu Hui and Qiao Lili, taking the internship seriously, read a few lines conscientiously. When it was Yuan Xiaoning’s turn, she just perfunctorily mumbled through it.
She wasn’t serious, and she hadn’t really studied it, so it wasn’t professional.
“Great, that’s excellent.”
As soon as Yuan Xiaoning finished, the supervisor immediately exclaimed: “It’s perfect, Miss Yuan. This role seems tailor-made for you.”
“…Hehe.”
After the voice test, the supervisor was eager to reach a cooperation intention with them. Yuan Xiaoning, of course, understood that he was purely targeting her, with her two roommates just there to disguise his intentions.
She was about to casually find an excuse to refuse, but Bai Ling whispered to her:
“Agree for now.”
After all, it was just an invitation for a second voice test, not a formal labor contract.
“Alright then, we’ll… come again next time,” Yuan Xiaoning said.
“Great, once the next character script is ready, I’ll send you… send you all a message immediately,” the supervisor beamed, “Take care on your way out.”
As soon as they left the company doors, Qiao Lili said: “It seems they’re not really serious about making games.”
“Indeed, the voice acting was so casual,” Gu Hui also sighed.
Yuan Xiaoning puffed out her cheeks, even more annoyed. Earlier in the recording studio, whether it was waiting for equipment debugging or introducing the game, or when she was voice acting, others’ gazes would occasionally fall on her chest, as if her breasts were doing the talking.
Bai Ling stroked the blonde girl’s small hand, showing rare comforting intent.
She did need to find an opportunity to come back, not only out of curiosity about Tianhai Tower itself but also because the name Cloud Sea Game Company seemed somewhat familiar.
It might be related to the incident half a year ago.
“Five minutes of voice acting, two hours waiting for debugging,” Gu Hui rubbed her stomach, “I’m hungry.”
“I know a good tofu pudding shop downstairs, the taste is excellent,” Qiao Lili said, “Perfect for filling our stomachs.”
After saying this, she looked at the white-haired girl: “What do you think, classmate Bai Ling?”
“I have no objection.”
So the group took the elevator down again, following Qiao Lili to that tofu pudding shop.
“This tofu pudding shop has been here since I was a child. It’s said to be a 20-year-old shop, passed down from family elders, a real specialty.”
But when they arrived at the shop entrance, they saw a very trendy breakfast shop, not only serving tofu pudding but also various fried snacks.
Bright yellow wall paint, fast-food style decor, it didn’t look like a 20-year-old handmade shop at all.
“Maybe it’s been renovated?” Qiao Lili said skeptically.
When the tofu pudding was served and she took a small taste with her spoon, she said with a bitter face: “Well, it’s confirmed, the ownership has changed.”
It wasn’t the same shop as before.
Yuan Xiaoning poked the scallion pancake on her plate with chopsticks and concluded: “It’s a semi-finished product that’s just been reheated.”
Not made by hand on-site.
“How did it turn into an ordinary internet-famous fast food shop? The business isn’t even as good as before,” Qiao Lili complained.
Yes, why indeed.
Yuan Xiaoning was nudged by Bai Ling, who gestured for the blonde girl to look at the left wall. There hung a sign—Sea and Sky as One, Creating a Beautiful Tianhai Home Together.
At this moment, suddenly there was a sound of commotion outside.