Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66 - The Chaotic Opening Ceremony
Chapter 67 - Winner I
Chapter 68 - Winner Ii
Chapter 69 - Winner Iii
Chapter 70 - Designing Objects Other Than Jewelry
Chapter 71 - Needless Doubt
Chapter 72 - The Miserable Si
Chapter 73 - Moonlit Manacles
Chapter 74 - Jewelry Case
Chapter 75 - To Be A Self-Aware Hamster
Chapter 76 - The Correct Way To Use ‘A Man Of His Words’
Chapter 77 - A Special Way Of Confessing
Chapter 78 - Insomnia Is Also Contagious
Chapter 79 - The End And The Sequel
Chapter 80 - Weather Change
Chapter 81 - What It Was Like Having Split Personalities
Chapter 82 - An Unexpected Need To Break-Up
Chapter 83 - It Would Be Great If He Could Be Exposed Immediately
Chapter 84 - But It Would Be Awesome
Chapter 85 - Nannan’S Whispers (Ii)
Chapter 86 - Nannan’S Whispers (Iii)
Chapter 87 - Heart Lock
Chapter 88 - The Modelling Hamster
Chapter 89
Chapter 90 - What Goes Around Comes Around
Chapter 91 - It Was Over Just Like That
Chapter 92 - En Route
Chapter 93 - Revisiting Four Seasons Manor
Chapter 94 - How Misunderstandings Are Created
Chapter 95 - Who’S Paying For It?
Chapter 96 - Trump Card
Chapter 97 - Being Taken Advantage Of As Usual
Chapter 98 - Hacked
Chapter 99 - The Strongest Public Relations Team
Chapter 100 - A Tie-Break In Twelve Hours
Chapter 101 - Chairman Yan Plays A Game
Chapter 102 - The Wish Of A Lifetime
Chapter 103 - One Week
Chapter 104 - Battling Wits And Courage For Nothing
Chapter 105 - To Those Who Cannot Take Advice
Chapter 106 - Before Lunar New Year
Chapter 107 - There Are No What Ifs
Chapter 108 - How To Say Goodbye
Chapter 109
Chapter 110 - Omen
Chapter 111 - New Year’S Worries
Chapter 112 - New Car
Chapter 113 - Making Glutinous Rice Balls
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116 - The Truth Will Still Lead To Death
Chapter 117 - Mastermind
Chapter 118 - More Troubles Ensues
Chapter 119 - It Could Not Get Any Worse
Chapter 120
Chapter 121 - The Meeting Of The White Cat And Hamster I
Chapter 122 - The Meeting Of The White Cat And Hamster Ii
Chapter 123 - Discovering The Mystery Of Life
Chapter 124 - Panic
Chapter 125 - Forget It Then
Chapter 126 - (Real) Exposed
Chapter 127 - Twists And Turns I
Chapter 128 - Twists And Turns Ii
Chapter 129 - Twists And Turns Iii
Chapter 130 - The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Chapter 131 - Wrapped In Happiness
Chapter 132 - Do You Want To Become A Flaw?
Chapter 133
Chapter 134 - Come To Yl
Chapter 135 - “Lifetime” Contract
Chapter 136 - The Hideously Adorable Design
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139 - The Little Tail That Was Forgotten
Chapter 140 - What Could Happen In Two Weeks
Chapter 141 - The Smitten Scoundrel Who Forgot His Friends
Chapter 142 - The Unusual Faye
Chapter 143 - Earth Day
Chapter 144 - First Attempt At Drunk Play
Chapter 145 - So It’S Okay
Chapter 146 - The World Really Is Small
Chapter 147 - The Genius’ Shortcomings
Chapter 148 - It’S Not A Confession
Chapter 149 - An Unexpected Acquaintance
Chapter 150 - Something Feels Wrong
Chapter 151 - The Man Called Yan Jin
Chapter 152 - The Ups And Downs Of The Past Two Months
Chapter 153 - Discussion
Chapter 154
Chapter 155 - Settling In
Chapter 156 - : I Already Understand
Chapter 157 - Bad Friends
Chapter 158 - The Evolved Incapable Ruler
Chapter 159 - Chairman Yan’S Mark
Chapter 160 - Holding One’S Head High
Chapter 161 - Assets That Could Not Be Given
Chapter 162 - The Person He Should Have Thanked
Chapter 163 - At Every Step
Chapter 164 - About His Elders
Chapter 165 - Improvement
Chapter 166 - Nan Wei Starts His Job
Chapter 167 - The Person In Control I
Chapter 168 - The Person In Control Ii
Chapter 169 - The Person In Control Iii
Chapter 170 - The Aftermath Of The Dismissal
Chapter 171 - The Price Of A Bowl Of Noodles
Chapter 172 - Business Trip
Chapter 173 - A Storm Approaches
Chapter 174 - Explosive News
Chapter 175 - Sense Of Security
Chapter 176 - Outside The Cubicle
Chapter 177.1 - Retribution (I)
Chapter 178 - Retribution (Ii)
Chapter 179 - Retribution (Iii)
Chapter 180 - An Unexpected Development
Chapter 181 - A Powerful Comeback (I)
Chapter 182 - A Powerful Comeback (Ii)
Chapter 183 - A Powerful Comeback (Iii)
Chapter 184 - Cancelling The Engagement And Coming Out Of The Closet
Chapter 185 - An Inescapable Past (I)
Chapter 186 - An Inescapable Past (Ii)
Chapter 187 - An Inescapable Past (Iii)
Chapter 188 - Chasing Memories
Chapter 189 - From Triumph To Sorrow (I)
Chapter 190 - From Triumph To Sorrow (Ii)
Chapter 191 - From Triumph To Sorrow (Iii)
Chapter 192 - An Unprofessional Abduction
Chapter 193 - Escape
Chapter 194 - Surveillance
Chapter 195 - Planned And Unplanned
Chapter 196 - Alice’S Insanity (I)
Chapter 197 - Alice’S Insanity (Ii)
Chapter 198 - Alice’S Insanity (Iii)
Chapter 199 - The Result Of Overlooking The News
Chapter 200 - Marriage And Honeymoon
Chapter 201 - He’Ll Be Back
Chapter 202 - The Final Week
Chapter 203 - Problems Exposed And An Appeal
Chapter 204 - Emergence Of The Dead
Chapter 205 - Post-Wedding Realizations
Chapter 206 - Chess (I)
Chapter 207 - Chess (Ii)
Chapter 208 - Chess (Iii)
Chapter 209 - Seeing Is Believing
Chapter 210 - Not Taking Visitors
Chapter 211 - Summer Springs Third Clinic
Chapter 212 - Will Never Bloom Again
Chapter 213 - Blood Type Confusion
Chapter 214 - The Gene Project
Chapter 215 - External Help
Chapter 216 - Hard To Say (I)
Chapter 217 - Hard To Say (Ii)
Chapter 218 - Hard To Say (Iii)
Chapter 219 - The Rotten Family
Chapter 220 - Finally, The End
Chapter 221 - The Life That Could Be Saved
Chapter 222 - The Cat Clan (I)
Chapter 223 - The Cat Clan (Ii)
Chapter 224(End) - Epilogue
Categories Genre: All, Completed, Romance, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 224
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
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Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Nine: An Unexpected Acquaintance
It was clearly a serious question, but it felt rather light-hearted coming from Xiao Yu. Yan Jin responded jokingly in kind, “Just about, yeah.”
“What do you mean ‘just about?’” Xiao Yu said unhappily.
“It means that perhaps it’s true that it’s a little unpleasant.” Yan Jin blinked. “In the business world, sometimes human emotions aren’t relevant. For long term benefits, sometimes the most irrational move might be the most sensible.”
Xiao Yu didn’t really understand. “What does that mean? You believe that the Nan Family forcing Nan Wei to marry someone he doesn’t like is a sensible decision?”
Yan Jin mysteriously intoned, “Hard to say.”
“Don’t test me.”
Xiao Yu threateningly leapt at the defenseless Yan Jin, who immediately fell over. Before Yan Jin could react, Xiao Yu jabbed at Yan Jin’s armpits. Yan Jin laughed twice in response before counterattacking by pinching Xiao Yu’s sensitive ribs. The two of them wrestled and rolled around many times on the bed before they fell still, lying next to each other on the bed while panting from exertion.
Yan Jin adjusted his collar to relieve some of the heat from his lightly sweaty body. Xiao Yu felt it was hot as well, but with Yan Jin lying like that next to him he felt he should be more reserved lest Yan Jin “consume” him. Therefore, he didn’t touch his own clothes and just kicked the blankets a little further away.
“… Hurry up and explain it to me clearly,” Xiao Yu said after resting for a while. “Otherwise I’ll ignore you.”
“Long story short, Nan Wei will get everything he wishes for.” Yan Jin thought for a moment and added, “He’ll be together with the person he likes.”
“Hmm? You’re saying that he’ll marry his childhood friend?”
Yan Jin was a little shocked. “How did you know?”
Xiao Yu rolled his eyes. “You said yourself that his childhood friend confessed to him. I can at least connect those dots, right?”
“Haha, it’s true that it was obvious,” Yan Jin lightly laughed before sighing. “Other than Nan Wei himself, everyone else could tell that their relationship wasn’t normal.”
“Chu Ge too?”
“Him too, although he never wanted to admit it.”
After all, Nan Wei was his only brother. Even if he knew in his heart that it was unavoidable Nan Wei would be taken by such an ostentatious “wolf”, he still presented a firm rejection as if his refusal to believe it could make it untrue.
However, just from Chu Ge’s lack of explosion from hearing about the marriage, it was clear Chu Ge already guessed it would happen.
Furthermore, because of complaints from a certain old maid with no romantic experience, Chu Ge and the evil-loving Yan Jin both kept quiet. They agreed by chance to allow Nan Wei’s misunderstanding to continue to the day he got married.
It really wasn’t easy for Nan Wei to have such an older brother and cousin.
“I say, it’s just like you guys have emperorships to pass on. Is that right?” Xiao Yu said.
Yan Jin laughed, “So that’s why we’re even more clear that compared to an everlasting union between two lovers, an emperorship isn’t worth much.”
“The world really is amazing. Things that others desire greatly, you guys think little of. Things that you guys desire greatly, they think little of. Like ‘to each their own’?”
“Of course not.” Yan Jin shook his head. “The important things are actually pretty much the same for everyone. It’s only that distant pastures always appear greener. If you want to put it that way, it’s just that we’re all looking at different pastures.”
“Oh, so you shouldn’t have any other desires now.” Xiao Yu poked Yan Jin in the stomach.
“Why should I not have any more desires? I’m a very greedy person.” Yan Jin grabbed Xiao Yu’s mischievous hands and pushed them to the side.
“Oh?” Xiao Yu was curious. “You have money, talent, looks, and a considerate, cute little lover you’re dating. What else do you want?”
Yan Jin laughed and flipped over so that his “cute little lover” was pressed under him. He breathed, “Dating a cute little lover isn’t enough. I want your everything.”
“Haha, you really know how to talk.”
From underneath Yan Jin, Xiao Yu obediently accepted a long kiss from Yan Jin and happily laid flat with his flushing face, saying, “Don’t hurt me.”
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YL corporation’s grand skyscraper was located in S City’s most expensive business district. Its silvery-blue exterior shimmered like fish scales under the sunlight.
Unlike SI’s decade-old headquarters, YL corporation’s skyscraper was just a few years old. After the real estate boom, the most superb office buildings in this prime area were bought by YL as their headquarters. Perhaps it was by some mysterious fate that the two jewelry corporations YL and SI would be distantly facing each other.
Before, when SI’s employees looked out the window, they would see YL’s luxurious building that seemed like a hotel and feel jealous. While sighing that they’d selected such a company whose office walls were peeling, they’d comfort themselves by thinking that it was only exterior decoration. It hadn’t mattered – no matter how anyone looked at it, SI had been crushing YL in terms of industry ranking.
But now, SI employees didn’t look out the window anymore.
Xiao Yu nervously swallowed and fiddled with his necktie. He walked stiffly through YL’s grand entrance.
He hadn’t wanted to cause such a commotion on his first day of work so he had forced Yan Jin to drop him off three streets away and had walked over.
But Xiao Yu also negatively thought that this wasn’t very useful.
Back when he applied for SI, he’d gone through the standard channels: he saw the online job posting, submitted his resume, caught the interest of the previous Chairman Zhou – Zhou Jinrong’s father perhaps because of his recommendation letter, made an appointment to meet in-person, and finally joined the company with the other batch of new designer hires.
At that time, he’d even felt that he’d entered partially through backdoor channels. Thinking back on it now, he was really too naive back then.
Compared to now, he’d really gone through the proper procedures back then.
Earlier this morning, Xiao Yu had specially asked Yan Jin if his workspace had already been prepared. Yan Jin had seriously responded that it was ready on the thirtieth floor.
Xiao Yu had lifted the contract in his hand and used it to smack at Yan Jin’s face.
SI and YL had plenty of opportunities for partnerships and competition in the past. Even if he wasn’t clear on YL’s internal organization structure, he at least knew that the thirtieth floor was for people like the chairman.
Putting a simple designer in an office meant for the chairman, was there no end to this?
What had made him even angrier was that even though Xiao Yu was seriously speaking with Yan Jin, Yan Jin hadn’t seemed to be taking him seriously. His manner had seemed like he had just wanted to bullshit his way out of the topic. His expectant attitude of “Xiao Yu will be working from the chairman’s office” had just seemed like utter nonsense.
Xiao Yu sometimes felt that perhaps Yan Jin may have thought of keeping him and providing for him like a mistress.
But he quickly dispelled the thought. No matter how you looked at it, it was just too excessive. This wasn’t a soap opera. Who did things like this today? Furthermore, he was a guy!
Probably…
So Xiao Yu now had another problem he didn’t want to think about too closely.
It wasn’t Xiao Yu’s first time entering YL Corporation, but it was definitely his most nervous one.
He was so nervous he missed the person shouting at him three times from the door.
He only noticed when someone grabbed his elbow and he couldn’t walk any further.
Xiao Yu suddenly looked over and was surprised to see a familiar face. “Director Wang?”
“Young man, your hearing is already so poor. I called you so many times now.” Director Wang released him and joked, “Fortunately you left SI quickly. Had you stayed a few more years, you might be deaf by now!”
“No no, it’s because I was thinking about some other things so I didn’t hear you,” Xiao Yu said with embarrassment.
“Let’s go. I specially waited here to welcome you. I thought you’d arrive early with the Chairman – I’ve been waiting for a long time.”
“What? You’re working for YL now?”
“You didn’t know? I’ve been here ever since I resigned from SI. Haha, the food here is much better than SI’s.”
Xiao Yu really hadn’t known. He curiously asked, “How come whenever I came to YL before I never saw you?”
“Chairman’s orders. When you guys came to collaborate, it’s always a little awkward for me here. Also, I’m old now. I don’t want to ruin you youngsters’ moods.
Xiao Yu still felt shocked.
Director Wang had been the design director at SI whom Xiao Yu met when he had just joined SI. When Lin Zhou took over as design director, the company moved Director Wang to a subsidiary company. He hadn’t known what happened after except that Director Wang suddenly resigned. After that, Director Wang had been entirely unreachable and it had been unknown where he ended up. Xiao Yu had felt bad about it for a long time.
When Xiao Yu was an unknown newbie, Director Wang had personally mentored him for a very long time, especially because Xiao Yu caught the former Chairman’s attention. Xiao Yu had always wanted to find him and express his thanks since he was on quite good terms with the senior. He had never expected that Director Wang was so close, yet so far.
However, Director Wang should already be around the retirement age now. In this industry, youngsters were more favored. Typically, older people like Director Wang didn’t manage day-to-day logistics anymore in the company.
As if he saw Xiao Yu’s doubt, Director Wang laughed and patted Xiao Yu’s shoulder. “This is to be my last task. After mentoring you, I’ll honorably retire.”
“Me?” Xiao Yu was puzzled. “Aren’t I here as a designer?”
“
Chief
Designer, youngling. Come, let’s talk while walking,” Director Wang said.
And so, Xiao Yu was taken into the not-unfamiliar lobby. As they passed the front desk, he felt the receptionist’s gaze was rather unusual.
It seemed like she was excited?
Nah, probably not. He must be overthinking.
“YL’s a little different from SI. You should already know that the quantity and quality of designers are rather lacking.”
“A little, but strangely enough their designs aren’t bad.”
“Only with some external aid. Chairman Yan has a lot of overseas friends. The initial draft is always done by others.”
Xiao Yu nodded. He’d guessed as much.
Many people were suspicious that YL outsourced their design work. However, after the quality had picked up, these rumors had slowly faded.
Total Chapters in book: 224
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2679(@200wpm)___ 2143(@250wpm)___ 1786(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2679(@200wpm)___ 2143(@250wpm)___ 1786(@300wpm)
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