Jiang Qiuqiu carefully weighed her options.
Cooking every day would be impossible to fit into her schedule. But twice a week? After she transferred to Federation University, her workload had beco much more manageable.
Besides, the most convenient part of the interstellar era was that ingredients could be stored in insulated containers. She could easily cook everything in her spare ti and just take it out when needed.
It was always beneficial to foster goodwill.
"If that’s the case, then I should be able to handle it."
"That’s wonderful," Mrs. Ai’er said with a wide smile. "Those old codgers are in for a real treat."
It was already evening by the ti she got ho. She didn’t have a stream scheduled for the day, so after freshening up, she rembered that Little President Qian’s situation was still unresolved and gave Sister Mingi a call.
"Qiuqiu?" The voice on the other end was subdued.
"Sister Mingi, what’s wrong?"
"I feel like sothing terrible is about to happen."
"?" Jiang Qiuqiu frowned. "What is it?"
"I don’t know what’s going on either." ii felt that things at Federation Live were changing too quickly, but—
’Replacing the last editor-in-chief made sense—he was corrupt and colluding with the powerful. But replacing this one???’
’This is Little President Qian, the young boss of Federation Live!’
"I don’t know why, but headquarters is saying our branch might be getting a new editor-in-chief."
"...They’re replacing the young boss?"
"Yes." ii was clearly very worried about Little President Qian. "I was stunned when I saw the internal mo. I sent him a ssage, but he hasn’t responded."
"I also ssaged my ntor at headquarters, and she doesn’t know what’s going on either."
"I’m worried sothing might have happened to Qian Xingxing..." Although the thought was outlandish, she continued, "What if he ran into interstellar pirates on his way back?"
"What if he was kidnapped, and headquarters is trying to keep things stable by bringing in a new editor-in-chief to hold down the fort? Otherwise, I really can’t think of any reason why the young boss would just vanish from the company."
After everything she had been through, ii had beco an editor who could hold her own.
Jiang Qiuqiu had rarely seen her so flustered.
"Don’t worry, Sister Mingi," Jiang Qiuqiu consoled her. "A kidnapping is unlikely. If he’d been kidnapped, there would have been so kind of news by now."
"It’s probably sothing else."
"There’s no one we can ask right now—"
Ask?
That gave Jiang Qiuqiu an idea. "Sister Mingi, do you rember that young lady from the Dais family?"
"!"
"She should be in the sa social circle as Little President Qian, right? Why don’t we ask her?"
"Right... We can ask her!"
Having found a lead, ii imdiately planned her itinerary for the next day. Little President Qian had once taken her to i Lin’s ho in his hovercar, so she knew the address.
If she brought a nice gift and paid a visit, she could probably find out sothing useful.
"Why don’t I go with you tomorrow?"
"No, it’s fine," ii refused. "You have a stream the day after tomorrow, so you should stay ho and prepare. The Dais Family lives in the wealthy district, and I don’t have her contact information. I might not get in on the first try, so I’ll probably have to wait around for a bit."
She went on to ramble about a few other things related to Qian Xingxing, the concern in her voice palpable.
Jiang Qiuqiu understood completely.
"Well, Sister Mingi, since you’re heading out tomorrow, you should get so rest."
"Yeah, I’m heading to bed. You get so sleep too."
After ending the call, Jiang Qiuqiu found she was no longer sleepy.
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