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The next morning.

Wang Jian specially carried a backpack today and came to People's Square with a mix of anticipation and nervousness.

He had already informed Luo Shuai that he would be taking a day off today. However, Luo Shuai insisted that he would be writing code all day, even at home.

Wang Jian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This might be a side effect of the experience book; employees must practice to gain the enhancement effect.

Passing by the elderly practicing Tai Chi slowly in the square, Wang Jian recalled where he had seen the black tabby cat last time.

He wondered if it was still here and hadn't run off somewhere else.

Wang Jian's mood was filled with expectation and nervousness.

After walking for a while, he saw a kiosk with a small table selling grilled sausages.

"Hmm? This place seems a bit familiar..."

Wang Jian remembered that he bought a grilled sausage here last time and successfully got close to the black tabby cat by using the food as bait.

A smile couldn't help but appear on his face as he continued walking.

After a while, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Beside the flower bed filled with blooming flowers in front, a woman wearing a sun hat and a blue dress was quietly sketching.

On the gray stone bricks of the flower bed's edge, a black tabby cat was curled up into a ball, like a black rice dumpling, comfortably squinting its eyes, enjoying the warm sunlight, its body rising and falling with its breath.

The woman in the blue dress noticed Wang Jian, clearly remembering him as the man who squatted in front of the flower bed, foolishly teasing the cat last time. Her eyes curved into crescents, and she smiled, as a greeting.

Wang Jian returned a smile with goodwill. People who like small animals attract each other.

It was very likely that she had been feeding the black tabby cat recently, otherwise, as a stray cat, it wouldn't always be resting around here.

He squatted in front of the flower bed.

"Meow~"

The black tabby cat twitched its ears and reluctantly opened its eyes a slit.

Which idiot is disturbing me? Can't you see I'm sleeping?

Opening its eyes, it saw Wang Jian's smiling face.

The black tabby cat half-closed its eyes, stretched its body, extended its two soft paws forward, and tried to arch its butt high, giving a stretch.

Refreshed.

It jumped off the flower bed and rubbed affectionately against Wang Jian's leg, making a coquettish meow.

Wang Jian extended his palm to the black tabby cat and asked with a serious expression, "Do you want to come with me? If you follow me, you'll have dried fish to eat every day."

The black tabby cat tilted its head, looking at Wang Jian with a puzzled expression, seemingly not understanding.

After thinking for a moment, it wrapped its two soft little paws around Wang Jian's palm.

"Meow~"

Regardless of what the black tabby cat was thinking or trying to express, Wang Jian received this trust and attachment.

Feeling a little touched, he gently picked up the black tabby cat.

"Then let's go."

Wang Jian opened his backpack, put the black tabby cat inside, and hung it in front of his chest. The zipper was not closed, to allow it to breathe.

The black tabby cat wasn't afraid at all, showing the demeanor of a great general, peering left and right over the edge of the backpack, and even gave a heroic "Meow" to the woman in the blue dress.

Seeming to be saying goodbye to her.

Seeing that Wang Jian was about to leave with the black tabby cat, the woman in the blue dress put away the electronic drawing board in her hand and asked curiously, "Hi~ Are you planning to adopt this little guy?"

"Yes, I came here this time to adopt it." Wang Jian sincerely thanked her, "You've been taking care of it these days, right? Thank you."

The woman in the blue dress stood in front of Wang Jian, bent down slightly, and touched the black tabby cat's head peeking out of the backpack, watching it squint its eyes and enjoy the touch. There was some reluctance in her eyes. "You're welcome, I like it very much. I believe you will take good care of it."

"Right!" The woman in the blue dress seemed to remember something, "Wait a moment! I'll give you a gift."

"Oh?" Wang Jian was slightly puzzled, but he quickly reacted.

The woman in the blue dress was obviously an artist, and the gift she was going to give was probably a painting of the black tabby cat.

Sure enough, the woman in the blue dress tapped a few times on the electronic drawing board, inserted a piece of paper, and with a "whirring" sound, a painting was quickly printed out.

Wang Jian eagerly took it in his hand and was immediately shocked.

In the tranquil, boundless, deep blue night sky, the starlight was dim and fragmented, giving a feeling of loneliness and coldness. However, under this lonely starry sky, a person was squatting on the ground, gently stroking a cat, and the cat was also looking up at the person opposite with a happy expression. A shooting star with a faint glow streaked diagonally across their heads.

This lonely starry sky, because of the two happy figures relying on each other on the ground, also seemed full of human touch, making people's eyes unconsciously moist.

Although the whole painting didn't have any gorgeous colors, it attracted people's attention at a glance and made them realize the warm and touching meaning through the ingenious design of the picture layout and the strong sense of contrast.

Wang Jian looked at the painting in his hand, unable to suppress the amazement in his heart, and couldn't help but take a few more glances at the woman in the blue dress.

I can't tell, you're actually a big shot.

"This painting was inspired by seeing you teasing the cat that day, and it was drawn with you as the prototype. How is it? Do you like it?"

Although the woman in the blue dress used a question, it could be heard from her confident tone that she was very confident in her paintings.

Wang Jian gave a thumbs up and praised with conviction, "I like it so much!"

He originally thought that the woman in the blue dress's gift was simply a painting of the black tabby cat, but he didn't expect that she would paint him and the black tabby cat together.

What he didn't expect was that it wasn't a realistic picture, but a romantic artistic processing of this scene placed in a starry sky background, and finally painted a beautiful scene like a game's original painting.

Wait.

Isn't he about to recruit employees now?

The woman in the blue dress standing in front of him is a rare art talent!

Wang Jian organized his words and said sincerely, "I like this painting very much. It has a soul-stirring beauty and is completely professional-level, so I'm a little curious. May I ask what your profession is?"

The woman in the blue dress's eyes curved into crescents, with a beautiful and smug expression while trying to maintain her reservedness: "Is it really that good? Actually, this painting is also an over-performance! I'm a freelancer. I usually draw things I like and send them to magazines or upload them to the Internet to earn a little pocket money."

Freelancer, there's a chance!

If she wasn't a freelancer, she wouldn't have time to paint in the square every day.

Wang Jian suppressed the joy in his heart and asked cautiously, "Are you interested in joining my studio? I'm a game producer, and I'm in urgent need of excellent original paintings."

Faced with the sudden recruitment, the woman in the blue dress seemed a little hesitant: "This... but I only want to draw things I like and don't want too many restrictions."

Seeing this, Wang Jian hurriedly increased his efforts: "Making games is a very happy thing! Spreading happiness to players through your own paintings, don't you think it will be very fulfilling? And our studio has a lot of potential. The first game we made has achieved good results. And... you can pet cats in the studio!"

Not knowing which point moved her, the woman in the blue dress thought for a while, smiled, and tucked a few strands of long hair that were blown away by the morning breeze behind her ears: "Okay, I promise! Making games seems quite interesting too."

Wang Jian excitedly clenched his fist quietly.

The hero is in my grasp!

"Let's get to know each other, my name is Wang Jian."

"My name is Tong Ke, please take care of me."