I lost a bet with my colleague. She demanded that I use the boss's photo as my profile picture for a day. I pleaded and bargained it down to one hour, gritting my teeth as I changed it. Who knew that an hour later, the boss's profile picture suddenly changed to my photo? "..." I fell silent. 1 "Alright, that's it for today's meeting." As the department head walked out of the conference room, my colleagues immediately checked their phones for the time. "Dragged on for exactly 27 minutes. Who was closest?" My colleague, Jessica, stood up excitedly, raising her hand. "Me! Me! I guessed 27 minutes!" Instantly, all eyes in the room turned to her. We had just made a bet. Knowing our department head was notorious for talking nonsense and dragging things out, we secretly bet on a meeting originally scheduled to end in 45 minutes. Betting on how long he would drag it out. Clearly, Jessica won. Her gaze swept over us, and she suddenly grinned. "Jessica, have mercy!" "Jess, you know we're besties." Colleagues pleaded with her one by one. I, however, found it hard to speak up. Because my relationship with her... was a bit awkward. There was a project before that Jessica really wanted, but the department head gave it to me. She probably thought I fought for it behind her back. Since then, I could feel a subtle malice from Jessica towards me. Jessica put her hands on her hips, pointing at us one by one: "You, bring me breakfast for a week!" "You, be my sidekick for a day!" "You—" At this moment, Jessica was like a queen holding the power of life and death. The colleagues she pointed at were either happy or worried. Soon, it was my turn. Sensing Jessica's gaze land on me, I felt inexplicably nervous. She chuckled lightly and said: "You, use Mr. H's photo as your profile picture for a day!" I looked up, staring at her in disbelief. Before I could argue, colleagues were already speaking up for me: "That's too much, isn't it? It could easily cost her job." "Yeah, with Mr. H's personality, who dares to mess with him?" "Maybe change the punishment?" Jessica was dissatisfied: "We agreed to accept the loss. Why change it when it comes to Sarah?" I pursed my lips and begged her: "Can we change it to something else?" She was resolute: "No." She looked at me: "Changing a profile picture is so easy. I'm not asking you to do anything else. Don't push your luck, okay?" "..." Changing a profile picture is indeed easy. But the key is that the photo I have to use is of the company's big boss, Mr. H, aka Julian Harrison. He is also the boss you least want to mess with. As my colleagues said, it could easily cost me my job. Is this called pushing my luck? I wanted to beg for mercy, but Jessica added: "Besides, Mr. H doesn't know you. Do you have him as a friend on WeChat? Maybe after a day, not many people will even notice you changed your profile picture... just for fun." Her last three words were directed at the other colleagues. Clearly, Jessica's argument convinced some people. "True, Sarah doesn't have Mr. H added." "Only a few people here have added Mr. H, but isn't the danger of this matter exactly because he is Mr. H?" "But Mr. H is so busy, he won't have time to care about this kind of thing, right?" Jessica agreed: "Exactly, so Sarah, you can change it with confidence." I was still hesitating. The point of my hesitation was that I not only had Julian as a friend. I even had a marriage certificate with Julian. 2 Julian and I are indeed married. Although it was a flash marriage with no emotional foundation, we chatted almost every day. He would ask me routinely: what time I get off work, if I want a ride, what I want for dinner... topics like that. This meant. If I used his photo as my profile picture for a day, he would definitely know. Maybe he would overthink it. Suspecting I was hinting at something. I really didn't want to add unnecessary emotional color to this pure relationship, so I was very hesitant. Jessica frowned and said critically: "If you can't afford to play, you shouldn't have agreed to bet with us in the beginning." "You can't say that. At first, we just said it was a game!" "Yeah, involving the big boss, anyone would be cautious, right?" "But there's no need to be cautious about this. Mr. H doesn't know who Sarah is." "But what if? What if this reaches Mr. H's ears?" Arguments arose around us. I took the opportunity to pick up my phone and send a message to Julian: [What are you doing?] Julian replied instantly: [Preparing for a meeting. What's up?] My heart skipped a beat, and I hurriedly asked: [How long will it take?] He: [An hour and a half maybe. Why?] I replied "Nothing," and an idea suddenly formed in my mind. I looked at Jessica: "I can change it, but only for one hour." Changing the profile picture while Julian is in a meeting can perfectly avoid all problems. Afraid Jessica wouldn't agree, I added: "If you don't agree, then consider me a sore loser. I won't participate in such activities anymore. Sorry, everyone." "Oh, no need to make it like this." "One hour counts as punishment. Don't hurt the department's harmony over a small matter." Under the persuasion of other colleagues, Jessica finally reluctantly agreed: "Fine, one hour it is." I waited deliberately. Waiting until Julian's meeting started, I took a screenshot of his ID photo from the company's official website and set it as my profile picture. The moment it was set successfully, my profile picture became his photo. To be honest, it was very creepy. Even though he is handsome, using his photo as a profile picture is just weird. The kind that feels like it shortens your life just by looking at it. I didn't dare look at it for even a second more. Whispering "Changed it," I put away my phone, trying to numb myself with work. But the more I didn't want something to happen, the more it happened. Within this hour, the number of colleagues chatting with me privately surged. [Holy crap!!! What's going on with you??] [Girl, you scared me to death, okay? If I hadn't looked at the remark, I would have thought my WeChat was haunted!] [Do you have a death wish? Daring to use Mr. H's photo?!] [Gods and spirits, show yourselves!] [Sorry, I didn't know you and Mr. H... just pretend I didn't confess the day before yesterday. You won't tell Mr. H, right?] These were colleagues from other departments who knew about the bet. I explained with a bitter face. More and more people chatted privately, and there were even chat records from their department's small groups privately. My name paired with my profile picture, a sigh of amazement: [I thought Lu Bu was invincible in the world, didn't expect this person to be braver. Who is this general!] Colleague's comment: [You're famous.] I was about to cry. The moment the countdown alarm rang, I felt like I was saved. I hurriedly tried to change back to my original profile picture. Who knew the colleague sitting next to me suddenly exclaimed: "Holy crap!" I looked at her. She looked at me with even more horror, lips trembling for a long time before saying: "Sarah, Mr. H's profile picture changed to your photo." !!! 3 It took me a few seconds to understand what she meant. Subconsciously, I wanted to pick up my phone to check Julian's profile picture, but just as I unlocked the screen, I stopped. No! This would expose the fact that "I have Julian's contact information." I forced myself to be calm, showing horror on my face: "How is that possible!" "It's true!" My colleague shoved her phone screen in front of me. On it was Julian, who had just changed his profile picture. He even posted on Moments! Although he just reposted a tweet from the company group's official account. But the three words "Julian Harrison" plus the profile picture being my photo, how weird is this scene! I almost fainted from fright. A thousand words stuck in my chest. After holding back for a long time, I squeezed out a sentence: "How could..." Wasn't Julian in a meeting? How did he know about me changing my profile picture? The key is, even if he knew, why did he change his profile picture to mine? I didn't even know how to explain this. Me changing his profile picture could be said to be excusable, but him changing to my profile picture... Would the colleagues around me misunderstand? Although my relationship with him is a fact, I really don't want to be misunderstood like this! My heart was in a mess. Subconsciously wanting to contact Julian, Jessica walked over gracefully: "Sorry, Sarah. I have a friend who knows Mr. H. I just shared this with him for fun, didn't expect Mr. H to find out." I looked up at her. She said apologetic words, but there was not a trace of apology in her eyes. "You did it on purpose?" Jessica looked innocent: "Don't wrong me. How would I know this would happen?" I looked at her silently. "Really just for fun." Jessica raised her hands to clarify, "And I didn't expect it. I just casually joked with my friend that maybe Mr. H could also change to your profile picture. He actually did it..." Jessica lowered her head slightly, observing my expression: "You won't mind, right?" At this moment, I understood. Why Julian knew! Why Julian changed his profile picture to me! Actually, I was a little angry, but Jessica was still waiting to see my joke. I smiled slightly and said, "I don't mind." "That's good." She looked kind, "If you need to explain to Mr. H, you can contact me." Emotions rising, I forgot to cover up: "You know Julian well?" Jessica was slightly stunned, seemingly not expecting me to call Julian by his first name. After a moment, she said, "After all, it's my responsibility. With these profile pictures of you two, people who don't know might think something is going on." She looked like she was watching a good show. I didn't talk to her anymore. Also completely gave up the idea of contacting Julian. Damn Julian! Actually teaming up with outsiders to bully me! At least I am his wife in a legal sense. How could he do this! The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. But the person involved was unaware and contacted me as usual: [Going home together today?] I typed on the keyboard loudly: [Not going back!] Julian didn't understand: [Does this mean going back with me or not going back?] I was even angrier: [None of your business!] Julian tactfully didn't send any more messages. I stared at the chat interface between him and me. His profile picture was mine, my profile picture was his... People who didn't know would think we were showing off our love officially. How ironic. I took a screenshot and sent it to my best friend. Just about to complain, she had already typed a screen full of exclamation marks. Bestie: [You guys went public?!!!!!] "..." I was speechless for a while. Deleted the unfinished complaint in the dialog box and argued: [This is clearly evidence of Julian's crime!] Bestie: [This is clearly going public!!] I was even more speechless. Simply told her everything that happened today, emphasizing Julian's despicable act of helping Jessica instead of me! My best friend was instantly angry: [Dog man! Divorce!] I felt better. 4 After work, I went straight to my best friend's place. While eating takeout with her, I complained about Julian: "How could he do this! Even if I don't have feelings for him, I am his wife after all. Why did he stand on Jessica's side—" The phone dinged. It was Julian with my photo as his profile picture sending a photo. Dinner he made: asparagus with shrimp, green peppers stuffed with meat, stir-fried bok choy, and mushroom soup. All my favorites. I hummed, looked away, and continued to complain: "And what I don't understand the most is that he actually listens to Jessica. What kind of friend? Ask him to change his profile picture and he changes it. When has he ever listened so—" The phone rang again. Julian: [What did you have for dinner? Should I save some for you?] I cursed inwardly: Save what for me? Save it for your Jessica. I wanted to complain more, but my best friend stopped me: "Something's wrong." "What's wrong?" "What if that Jessica is lying?" my best friend said. "With her character, there must be something wrong. Lying a little is normal." I emphasized: "But Julian really changed his profile picture." "He saw you changed yours, so he changed his too!" I was silent for a moment, then said: "He had no reason to do that." My best friend didn't understand: "Why no reason? He thought you wanted to go public, so he cooperated with you!" I didn't dare admit this. The second I learned Julian changed his profile picture to mine, a similar thought sprouted in my mind. But this thought was quickly pricked by Jessica. So now I just find it ridiculous. I shook my head to deny reality: "We are not in a relationship to go public." "Others don't know how we got married, don't you know? He has no feelings for me, and I—" My best friend raised her chin, interrupting me: "I think he has feelings." On the phone was Julian's latest message: [What time are you coming home? Do you need me to pick you up?] I was speechless for a moment. On the surface, Julian was indeed a very good husband. He was caring, considerate, and took meticulous care of me. But— "We've been married for a few months, always sleeping in separate rooms. We don't even hold hands usually, let alone hug or kiss. Are there any loving couples like this?" My best friend touched her chin and scrutinized: "You sound regretful?" "..." "I just want to explain that we are not in a relationship where he would change his profile picture for me." My best friend sighed: "Forget it, let's not talk about him. Drink!" I slept at her place that night. Checking my phone before sleep, Julian didn't send any more messages. Clicking into the dialog box, I realized he had already changed back to his original profile picture. Everything returned to the beginning. As if nothing happened today. Even the gossip group didn't talk about the profile picture storm. They were discussing Julian's new Moment: [No betting in the company!] I specifically clicked into his Moments to check, but couldn't find this one after searching everywhere. What happened? Blocked me? I was even more confused. It wasn't me who asked him to change his profile picture. Why did he block me! I asked my best friend to analyze: "What do you think he means?" My best friend looked at the time. "Analyzing him at 2 AM? Don't tell me you fell in love with him." I panicked and quickly threw the phone away: "Sleep!"
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