Chapter 369: Chapter 369: A New Force Emerges

He Jingyao looked at her, gripping the phone excitedly, face alight with relief, while his gaze deepened.

“Who’s being so thoughtless?” he asked in a deep voice.

Su Zixi, of course, would not betray the colleague who had just rescued her from a difficult situation. She gave He Jingyao a steadfast look and then brought the phone to her ear with gravity, “Linda, it’s me.”

“Zhixi!” Linda’s voice was filled with excitement, “That’s great, you haven’t gone to bed yet… Go check the download rankings right away, there’s an app similar to ours that has suddenly risen up, surpassing our ranking and pushing our app down the list!”

Upon hearing this, Su Zixi was immediately shocked, “How could this happen! I’ll check it out right away!”

After she hung up, she quickly opened the APP store to check the rankings.

He Jingyao slightly furrowed his brow, “What’s wrong?”

“Linda says an app similar to ours has pushed our ranking down!” Su Zixi bit her lip, “I am quite sure the market didn’t have a similar app before, but our app was released just four days ago and now there’s a new app emerging… That’s unscientific!”

She refused to believe in such a coincidence! The app was her own brainchild, meticulously thought out from the beginning, and she was sure there was nothing like it on the market before. Furthermore, with He Jingyao’s support, the project went from proposal to launch in less than a month! Even if someone saw the potential of the app and wanted to imitate it, they couldn’t be so fast!

Seeing her angry and saddened, the man couldn’t help but smile, then soothingly pulled her into his arms, “I thought it was something major… Don’t worry, I guarantee that this imitator will disappear by tomorrow.”

Su Zixi leaned into his embrace, thought for a moment, and then gently shook her head, “No, I don’t need your help for now, I must figure out what’s going on.”

Su Zixi knew that this project was established by He Jingyao from the start just to make her happy; he didn’t care about the costs, nor about the prospects, and with HI’s resources, such a small Internet product didn’t even require his personal attention.

Yet he personally oversaw every aspect of it for her, providing the best team and resources.

Therefore, Su Zixi didn’t allow herself to mess up, nor did she want him to invest without limits just for her sake.

Indeed, for him, making an upstart imitator disappear was just a matter of saying the word, but what would her efforts mean then? Even if he didn’t care, she wanted this project to be profitable.

Thinking this, she sprang out of bed, “You go to sleep first! I’ll go check on the computer!”

As she stood up, the blanket that had been wrapped around her body also slid down, revealing her fair and graceful torso, along with some marks left by his passionate bites earlier, like little red plum blossoms scattered on her skin… He Jingyao’s gaze darkened, and he reached out to pull her back into his arms, “Look at it tomorrow.”

“I can’t!” Su Zixi was unusually resolute this time, “I won’t be able to sleep if I don’t figure it out!”

He Jingyao let out a low groan and, discontented, nibbled on her cheek, “Would you really leave me to sleep in a cold bed by myself?”

Su Zixi, her face flushing red, pushed him away hesitantly, “…Yes.”

Her words had barely fallen when someone slapped her hard on the buttocks!

Tears welled up in her eyes as she covered her behind, “Jingyao…”