Raising a Girlfriend Starting from a Dream Game - Chapter 25 - Ling Xiao Got Promoted?!

If this were an ordinary meeting in the conference room, employees would definitely be keeping their heads down.
Some would be scrolling through Douyin.
Others would be playing Candy Crush.
And some would be watching live basketball games.
They wouldn’t care at all about what the leaders on stage were saying.
Unless it was about raises or bonuses.
But how could such good fortune ever come their way?
Today was different.
Every employee was listening with rapt attention.
Manager Su smiled at everyone: “According to directives from the parent company, we need to establish a new game planning department. The development funding for this game will be directly managed by the group’s finance department.”
This announcement excited everyone.
After all, what is the biggest shortage in game development?
Not technology, not time.
But funding.
Every single dollar burned.
Countless games have been forced to halt development or scale back their designs due to insufficient funding.
These are all real possibilities.
So if funding comes directly from the parent company’s finance department, then this new game planning department would be the most promising position in the company.
Many employees wanted to join this department, hoping to seize the opportunity for promotion and salary increases.
As the operations team supervisor, He Madong was also very confident.
He sat upright with his chest out.
Before the meeting, many employees had privately praised him as the most likely candidate to lead the new department.
He also felt he deserved the position.
Manager Su looked at the list and said: “For our newly established planning department, we need employees who are driven, capable, and passionate about their work. Let me ask everyone here – who among you has work passion?”
Everyone in the conference room shouted: “I do!”
Seeing everyone’s enthusiasm, Manager Su smiled and said: “Good, then I’ll now announce the team leader for this planning department.”
Suddenly, everyone grew tense.
Although junior employees didn’t hold out much hope, what if the manager happened to pick them?!
However, among those with fantasies, Ling Xiao wasn’t included.
He was still processing memory fragments from the dreamscape.
‘It seems like a lot happened between me and Yang Linlin in the dreamscape during those 100 days of Apocalypse survival’
‘I actually ended up… with her’
‘If the real Yang Linlin found out, she’d probably think I’m a disgusting person.’
‘Fortunately, the Yang Linlin in the dreamscape was just an NPC, unrelated to reality.’
Just then, all employees turned to look at Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao looked around nervously, unsure what was happening.
Lin Dong beside him exclaimed excitedly: “Damn! Brother Xiao, you actually became the team leader!”
Manager Su looked at the list and announced: “From what I understand, Ling Xiao from the operations team has outstanding capabilities and excellent work performance. He represents fresh blood in our company. Therefore, following the company board’s decision, Ling Xiao will serve as the team leader for this new game planning department. As for team members, Ling Xiao will select and report them. Submit the list to Secretary Dong by the afternoon of the day after tomorrow.”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately broke into applause.
Only then did Ling Xiao realize – he had actually become the team leader of the new game planning department. The surrounding employees all burst into applause, with some colleagues immediately flattering: “Xiao Xiao, take me with you when the time comes! I can make tea!”
“Brother Xiao, take me! I can play the flute!”
“Brother Xiao, if you don’t mind, I’ll be your girlfriend.”
Faced with his colleagues’ teasing, Ling Xiao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
But what he couldn’t understand was why the company would appoint such a low-profile junior employee as the head of such a promising gaming department.
Could it really be that when good luck comes, you just can’t stop it?!
Meanwhile, He Madong had a dark expression.
He also couldn’t understand why the leadership would appoint an employee who had only graduated a year ago as department head.
Whether in terms of qualifications or status within the company, he was more suitable than Ling Xiao.
Moreover, his distant cousin was the vice president of the group!
So infuriating!
But he also knew this decision had been made through discussions among the company’s top executives.
There was nothing he could do to change it.
Soon, the meeting concluded.
As Ling Xiao walked out of the conference room, colleagues crowded around him.
“Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao, take me with you!”
“Xiao Xiao, we’re so close, surely you won’t leave me behind?”
“Brother Xiao”
Just when Ling Xiao felt trapped, Secretary Dong called out to him from behind.
“Xiao Xiao, wait a moment. Manager Su wants to see you.”
Only then did Ling Xiao manage to extricate himself from the crowd of colleagues.
He straightened his clothes and re-entered the conference room.
Manager Su looked at him with a smile. “So? Were you surprised to learn you’re the head of the new department?”
Ling Xiao nodded honestly. “Yes, quite surprised.”
“Work hard—you were personally selected by the chairman.” Manager Su chuckled. “I hope you can lead this department to develop more and more games.”
“Don’t worry, Manager Su.” Ling Xiao responded.
“By the way, make a list of personnel transfers you need for your department and give it to Secretary Dong. Your department’s workspace will be by the glass windows.” Manager Su explained.
“Understood.”
“That’s all for now. Work hard and do your best!”
“Thank you, Manager Su.”
Leaving the conference room, Ling Xiao felt both surprised and puzzled.
He was just an employee who had graduated only a year ago.
How could he have been personally selected by the chairman?!
Moreover, Manager Su had assigned their department the workspace by the glass windows—the best location in the entire company.
Could it really be, as he had thought earlier, that good luck had arrived?
Regardless, Ling Xiao felt that since he had become the head of the new department, he should do his best.
As for whether he would start his own business in the future, that would depend on whether the funds from completing the dreams were sufficient.
Returning to his workstation, he began drafting the list of personnel he needed for his department.
Although many people had tried to curry favor with him, hoping to be taken to the new department, Ling Xiao focused on capability and didn’t let personal relationships influence his decisions.
“Lin Dong, Xu Xin…”
Ling Xiao wrote down the names.

“Tell me! Do you have a crush on Senior Ling Xiao?!”
In the library, Chen Ting quietly interrogated Yang Linlin.
Yang Linlin denied it, stammering, “I—I was just asking.”
Chen Ting wore an “I see right through you” expression and poked Yang Linlin’s…She laughed and said, “We’ve known each other for ten years—how could I not know what’s on your mind?!”
Yang Linlin didn’t dare meet Chen Ting’s gaze. She could only pull out her English textbook and pretend to read, saying, “It’s true, I was just asking casually. I have no interest in him at all. Ah, I need to study now—can’t waste any more time.”
Chen Ting: “…”
“Your book is upside down, silly.”