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)
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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Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-seven: Bad Friends
“You need to take off from work early again?”
When Xiao Yu saw He Xinjia’s handbag on the desk, he was astonished. It was He Xinjia’s third time taking off early from work that week, and it was only Thursday.
The design industry wasn’t extremely restrictive in this regard. As long as you could finish your designs, the work hours weren’t really enforced. But Xiao Yu, who had grown accustomed to SI’s typical nine to five workday, felt that this behavior of arriving late and leaving early wasn’t too good. At the very least, it was a bad influence.
As he was responsible for the design department now, He Xinjia was essentially asking him for approval to leave.
“Oh, right! I’ve been wanting to bring this up for a while now. Geez, there’s been so much going on recently…” He Xinjia suddenly became angry. “Sometimes I think Chairman Yan isn’t human. No matter the time, he always seems to be in the mood to flirt around with you. That’s fine and all, but when regular people pursue their romantic interests, usually their IQ drops to the negatives. But not him! He does it so casually.”
Xiao Yu: “…is that a compliment or insult?”
“Anyway, I’ve become extremely busy thanks to Chairman Yan.
*Sigh*
, there’s really no place here for an unmarried dog like me.”
“Xiao Yu: “…S-sorry.”
He Xinjia hurriedly waved her hands. “It’s not your fault. You’re the most faultless out of all of us. Keep working hard! Right, here are the designs. I’ve finished them ahead of schedule.”
Xiao Yu accepted the flash drive and went back to looking at He Xinjia packing up her stuff, a complicated expression on his face.
“Hey, why are you still here?” He Xinjia had finished packing up her stuff. Doubtfully, she said, “Didn’t you say you needed to quickly return to Chairman Yan? Aren’t you going?”
“Yes, I need to go, but…” Xiao Yu hesitated. “Is everything okay at home? This is the third time this week that you’ve left early.”
He Xinjia’s eyes widened in surprise. “What? Chairman Yan didn’t tell you?”
“Tell me what?” Xiao Yu tilted his head, puzzled.
“Seriously, what is that guy thinking…” He Xinjia muttered to herself.
“What?”
“Nothing, nothing much.”
Although she didn’t know why Yan Jin didn’t tell Xiao Yu anything about it, He Xinjia’s first thought was that she shouldn’t say too much in front of Xiao Yu, responding instead like Yan Jin’s other subordinates or best friends would have.
Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment before saying, “I feel like you can just directly take a day off. Come back after you’ve settled your personal matters. As long as your designs are high quality, it’s fine. For you, it’s not much of a problem.”
He Xinjia sized up Xiao Yu. In the end, she was unable to bear it any further and said, “I say, you should stay more aware of what’s going on.”
“What?”
“My family name is He. Don’t you see the issue?”
Xiao Yu was confused. “Is… is there an issue?”
“Haven’t you heard of the He Family that controls the entire entertainment industry?”
“If you’re talking about the entertainment company YH, then yes, that one I’ve heard of…”
He Xinjia nodded. “So don’t you find anything strange with someone from that all-powerful He family working at a small designer company?”
“Erm, yeah, a little.” Xiao Yu considered it for a few seconds, but then replied, still just as puzzled as before, “But I thought YH’s chairman’s daughters both had single-syllable given names.”
“Wow, you’re really obstinate. Do you not think that people have mistresses?” He Xinjia had no qualms about speaking about her own distasteful past. Moreover, this wasn’t even related to the point she was trying to make. “You still haven’t realized that I’m not the one producing these designs? I’m merely the intermediary.”
“What?! That’s a crime!” Xiao Yu was shocked.
“Lower your voice.”
He Xinjia looked around. Fortunately, it was lunchtime, so most people were eating in the cafeteria. The remaining people still in the office wore headphones to watch videos or listen to music. No one noticed them.
Xiao Yu had also realized his mistake and quickly covered his mouth before repeating, “That’s a crime. Hurry up and stop.”
“Have I really fallen to such a state?” He Xinjia rolled her eyes. “Of course the drawings were done by someone else. As long as I provide money, my overseas friend doesn’t really care about who gets the credit.”
“Is that safe? If that person ever goes back on their word, you’ll be doomed!”
After going through his experience with Lin Zhou, Xiao Yu began to bitterly hate plagiarism. Originally, Xiao Yu could appreciate Nannan’s cheap imitations and even chat with him, but now he wanted nothing to do with plagiarism.
“Is there any need to be worried? Those people were contacted by Yan Jin. The Yan Family is well known for not leaking anything.”
He Xinjia lowered her voice and hastened closer.
She had even dropped the “Chairman” title that she had used as part of her deception.
“What? Yan Jin? Why would he need to do something like that…” Xiao Yu felt that he had heard something disastrous. He didn’t think his heart could take anymore.
“I’ve already told you. I’m not a designer. In the end, although I can still fake being busy at work in front of the computer because I took a few design-related courses in college, I can’t complete a design project from start fo finish.”
“So you mean that you’re doing this by Yan Jin’s orders?” The moment these words left his mouth, Xiao Yu felt that something was off.
He Xinjia unhappily pouted. “Is it really not clear enough?”
“But didn’t you post on job-hunting boards for employment that time? I even recommended you for SI.”
“If you think a little more, you’ll understand. It was all an act. Otherwise, how could I make others believe that I was a normal junior designer?”
He Xinjia seemed to have thought of something funny and laughed. “Seems like my acting was really effective. I was completely undetected.”
Xiao Yu nodded with admiration.
“The people of the He Family are naturally skilled in deception. Even an illegitimate child can’t escape this. It must be in our genes.” He Xinjia noted awkwardly.
“… So you’re leaving now because you have other things you need to take care of? Or is it more stuff related to Yan Jin?” Xiao Yu lowered his voice.
“Exactly. Seems like it’s worth it to teach the young.” Satisfied, He Xinjia nodded her head and continued seriously, “It’s not a major issue if you end up revealing these things about me. Yan Jin can’t really trouble me about those things, but I can’t say too much about the things related to Yan Jin. However, you must remember: aside from Yan Jin, don’t trust anyone else from the Yan Family, don’t be fooled by any bait or threat, and no matter what happens, make sure to tell Yan Jin.”
Xiao Yu was quite intimidated by her warnings. After a while, he said doubtfully, “Is Yan Jin’s relationship with the Yan Family really that bad? According to news reports, he’s become YL’s largest shareholder.”
“My goodness. It can’t be that you still don’t know that YL is just…”
“Jia Jia.”
An unexpected voice suddenly cut across the office.
He Xinjia’s voice ground to a sudden halt. Her face paled.
“Oliver.” Xiao Yu pleasantly greeted him. “Where did you go just now?”
“I went to get a cup of water. Also, just call me Little Mo. Only my juniors call me Oliver.” Jing Mo replied.
“O-Oliver.” Caught red-handed, He Xinjia stammered out a greeting.
“You haven’t left yet? Lunch time is almost over.” Jing Mo was clearly smiling, but his gaze was incomparably cold.
He Xinjia trembled and tried to justify herself. “I… I-I only said a little extra.”
“Chairman Yan hates gossipy people the most.”
“Bah! Let him fire me. I won’t have to deal with all this pressure then. Sheesh, I can’t even say anything anymore,” she said hotly to cover her embarrassment. Tucking her handbag in her arms, she said without turning her head, “Who wants to work under Yan Jin for nothing? I’m going home. Hmph.”
Xiao Yu had silently watched all the events without an opportunity to say anything. Only when He Xinjia’s back had disappeared from view did Xiao Yu suddenly realize. “Wait, wait! I haven’t signed your request for leave!”
“Don’t worry, “ Jing Mo said calmly. “Chairman Yan won’t deduct her salary.”
“That’s… that’s true.” Thinking of He Xinjia’s identity, Xiao Yu nodded his head in agreement and asked, “Are you also working directly for Yan Jin? Do you know what Yan Jin’s up to? I still don’t really understand what’s going on…”
Mo Jing directly admitted it. “Yes sir, I am working directly for Yan Jin. However, Senior, there’s no need worry about such matters. Chairman Yan would never involve sir in any trouble, no matter what happens. Sir only needs to focus directly on his work.”
“Right.” After his explanation, it was immediately clear to Xiao Yu. “I wouldn’t be able to help in the company business matters anyways, so regardless of what Yan Jin does, my only job is to deliver the best designs.”
Seeing Xiao Yu so motivated, Jing Mo felt it would be too awkward if he clarified that by “focus directly on his work”, he had meant focusing on his role as Yan Jin’s lover.
He had meant that even if Chairman Yan wanted to conquer the world, all that was needed from Xiao Yu was a gentle kiss.
Well… whatever.
“Right, Jia Jia said you were looking for me. What’s up?” Xiao Yu finally set aside the matter with He Xinjia.
“Mmm. Regarding the senior classmate that sir requested me to investigate, I have found all the available information that sir asked for. Some of the findings are is quite interesting. It is all in here.”
Jing Mo fished out a flash drive from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Yu. He added, “However, I’m not a hacker that can delve into the dark web after all, so the amount of information I could find is limited. If sir is looking for more detailed information, it’s best to find a professional hacker. Chairman Yan might have such a friend.”
“It’s fine. This is already enough. Thanks very much. Let’s eat together sometime, on me.” Xiao Yu gratefully received the flash drive and carefully put it away.
Jing Mo couldn’t help but laugh. He quietly thought:
*Sigh*, This senior ought to be taken advantage of by Yan Jin after all.
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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