When Xia Wennan exited his office, walked down the corridor to his lab, and peeked inside through the windows, he saw that, in lieu of working, everyone had come together and was having a discussion. He strolled right past them and took the elevator up to Ming Luchuan’s office. After greeting Xia Wennan, the assistant immediately welcomed him into Ming Luchuan’s office, where he would be waiting for him. Xia Wennan opened the door and walked in. Ming Luchuan, who was sitting behind his desk, was on the phone. His face was solemn, but he didn’t appear all that tense—he even blinked at Xia Wennan when he noticed him. Xia Wennan settled down on the sofa and waited for Ming Luchuan there. Ming Luchuan was apparently talking about Moze’s news. Xia Wennan’s heart was in a state of indefineable disarray. While he waited, he took out his phone and looked up news on the internet. He discovered that there wasn’t much relevant news at the moment and came upon a piece of gossip instead; someone had photographed him and He Yufeng on their walk at the university the night before and had uploaded the photos on a relevant forum.
Neither he nor He Yufeng were celebrities, but the banner revealed their identities, sparking a small discussion beneath the post. The photos were shared last night, and the initial discussion was about Ming Yan’s chief perfumer walking with Moze’s boss, with some even questioning if Xia Wennan was having an affair. The second Moze’s article was released this afternoon, this forum post blew up. People flocked to speculate on whether Xia Wennan would jump ship to Moze, and given Xia Wennan’s relationship with Ming Luchuan, some even speculated on if he would divorce him. Moments later, Xia Wennan saw that his and He Yufeng’s photos were actually trending on a much larger social networking platform. He was completely perplexed, unable to see why this issue was so worthy of attention.
Unable to resist, he opened the trending topics and found that not many people were talking about this issue; the first related topic was still news about Moze’s pheromone perfumes. Underneath, many were questioning who these two people were, and some were even wondering what was going on. Later on, a marketing account posted a lengthy comment explaining Xia Wennan and He Yufeng’s identities, as well as raising the question of whether or not Moze’s pheromone perfume launch suggested that Xia Wennan would be leaving Ming Yan for Moze.