When She Stops Being Dramatic

Chapter 298: Chapter 114: The Green Tea Supporting Female Character in a Period Novel (1)

All the performers gathered again in the grand auditorium, but this time, they weren’t on stage. Instead, they were seated in the audience.

The performances were selected for first, second, and third-place prizes. There was also a host of other awards: Best Creativity, Best Collaboration, Best Theme, Best Professionalism, Advanced Collective, Outstanding Collective, and so on. In short, no team was left out, and Xia Zhaoyun’s group, in particular, swept several awards at once.

Each award came with different amounts of prize money and gifts. The girls from the three groups had a bountiful harvest. What made them even happier was that after the ceremony, they received recruitment offers from many organizations.

Water flows downward, and people strive upward. Although they had brought immense glory to the factory, the factory leaders weren’t so rigid as to hold them back.

After all, there was a spot for every person. Once they left, their positions would open up for other girls who needed them more.

So, they all consulted Xia Zhaoyun for her opinion, carefully considering and deciding on their future paths. Meanwhile, Xia Zhaoyun herself received a sincere invitation from the director of the Central Political Department’s personnel office, and the terms offered were incredibly generous!

Their family of four could finally be reunited in the city. The first thing Xia Zhaoyun did was write a letter to Teacher Gao and his wife to share the good news, enclosing a photo of her family.

Xia Zhaoyun mused, ’The darkness will eventually pass. When that time comes, I can use technology to verify if there’s a blood relationship between us. Until then, we’ll keep in touch, and I’ll occasionally send things to make life a little easier for the old couple.’

The situation in the Capital City was still uncertain. Life was a bit harder for the old couple in the countryside, but at least their lives were not in danger.

The work at the Central Political Department was quite demanding. As soon as she arrived, she was appointed as a choreography instructor and would also occasionally serve as the lead dancer, allowing her to fully display her talents and venture further and further down the path of her dreams.

Huo Tianhao and the children were very supportive of her work.

Xia Zhaoyun planned, ’I’ll work hard for a few more years while I’m still young. When the children are older and I’ve reached an age where I can take a backseat, I’ll have a couple more kids with Huo Tianhao to make our home even livelier...’

Sister Yun opened her eyes in the nutrition pod, feeling the usual disorientation. A lifetime was so long, yet extraordinarily short, like a beautiful dream. Now that she was awake, all that remained was a lingering, heart-deep longing.

She pressed her lips together, quietly waiting until she had processed all her emotions. After only a second’s hesitation, she pressed a button, allowing a faint, numbing current to strip away everything that belonged to Xia Zhaoyun, bit by bit.

Sister Yun only ever lived in the present. She never spoke of the future, nor did she dwell on the past.

Her agent, having already gotten word, had rushed over. They had prepared a light meal for her and were waiting at the side.

After her shower, Sister Yun, wrapped in a bath towel, first picked up a glass of red wine and downed it. She sighed softly, rubbing the bridge of her nose as she leaned lazily against the sofa, listlessly picking at and eating pieces of fruit.

’I guess it’s true that things happen either once or a million times.’ She hadn’t been able to control herself again, falling for a man’s good looks. Where was the carefree detachment she had on previous missions?

The agent remained silent.

Sister Yun ate her meal at a leisurely pace and asked about the points she earned for this mission. It was indeed several times more than usual. Her somewhat gloomy mood was instantly cured!

It was just like a worker getting their paycheck—her whole body was instantly recharged, and she couldn’t wait to start the next job.

After she fell asleep, the agent murmured softly, a beat too late:

”Sister Yun, you don’t have to work so hard... If you just bind with that person, you’ll be set to win without even trying. You could definitely retire hundreds of missions early...”

Sister Yun was really too much of a homebody, and far too professional and self-disciplined.

Many task-takers would go wild and party to unwind after each mission, squandering all their hard-earned points before sluggishly starting the next one.

Besides, they hadn’t even reminded Sister Yun that the Space-Time Administration Bureau’s year-end banquet was coming up soon.

On the largest interstellar planet, atop a palace of understated luxury, a butler was already waiting in the main hall for his master to awaken.

The moment the man in the nutrition pod opened his eyes, the entire palace was instantly covered in a thin layer of frost. However, the frost didn’t last long; it vaporized and vanished without a trace in a single second.

A flash of joy crossed the butler’s face. He stepped forward and said excitedly, ”Congratulations, Master! Your efforts to relieve your negative emotions in the plane have shown initial success!”

The man’s expression was cold, the murderous intent in his eyes solidifying into a pale blue hue. ”Don’t tell me Xia Zhaoyun was just some ordinary character in that plane.”

The butler trembled, bowing low. ”Master, sh-she is indeed an anomaly in the plane. It might be a butterfly effect caused by your entry.”