Chapter 1
It was close to noon, and with the department manager out, the office that had been busy all morning finally […]
A new intern joins Yuntu Corporation—polite, pretty, quick on his feet, and so soft-spoken that the whole office instantly wants to protect him.
Even the newly appointed, parachuted-in CEO gives him a second glance.
“Since when do we hire minors?”
A few days later, that same buttoned-up, rule-following intern shows up at the most luxurious club in S City wearing a uniform that outlines every curve of his slim waist. Just as he’s about to slip past, someone grabs his wrist.
The man staring at him with a half-smile?
Yuntu’s CEO.
“Ten bottles of Louis XIII,” he says. “You’re serving.”
Weeks later, the kid who always had colleagues rushing to carry heavy boxes for him suddenly drops the act—charging forward and taking down the underground boxing ring’s so-called human weapon. Surrounded by danger and wolfish eyes, escape seems impossible.
Until that same young CEO steps out, extends a hand, and says before everyone:
“He’s with me. Come here.”
In the haze of warm fragrance and late-night heat, the CEO leans in close to the boy’s snow-white ear.
“How many secrets do you have that I haven’t uncovered yet?”
The boy, usually soft and obedient, turns cold and distant.
“President Pei, I’m just working part-time.”
The CEO laughs, low and intoxicating—more intoxicating than the liquor.
“Then how about taking on one more long-term job? With me.”
It was close to noon, and with the department manager out, the office that had been busy all morning finally […]
The man a few steps away hadn’t actually done anything. He was just lounging in a leather chair, posture not
It was early evening, and for once no one had to work overtime. The whole team actually got to leave
“Cough… cough, cough…” The sharp smell of disinfectant rushed into his nose and mouth. Qi Ji covered his lips as
Hearing Qi Ji’s response, the homeroom teacher’s tone softened. He leaned back and offered some reassurance. “No need to worry
8:00 p.m., S City Financial and Trade District. The night was cool as water, yet it could never cool the
The server paused slightly as he bent to place the glasses, the curve of his waist and hips momentarily caught
Qi Ji had thought it was already about as unlucky as one could get when the company president caught him
Once the words left his mouth, the room fell silent. No one had expected that the Second Young Master Pei
Pei Yusheng stood at a distance, and with his counter-surveillance skills, there was no way the six men surrounding Qi
As he eased the soft body into his arms, even though Pei Yusheng instinctively avoided the boy’s bruised, mottled injuries,
The ringing in his ears persisted, and it took Qi Ji a long moment to slowly register what had happened.
For a moment, the once-boisterous cafeteria fell silent. Everyone watched as the man calmly navigated through the crowd, which had
After returning from lunch, Qi Ji received a bank transfer notification. The money had been sent from the Huating Club’s
Hearing Qi Mingyu’s questions, Qi Ji didn’t react with any intensity. He scooped a spoonful of meatball soup, pouring it
The buzzing in his ears, Qian Ge’s coarse, hoarse voice scraped against Qi Ji’s fragile eardrums like sandpaper. Qi Ji
Qi Ji was sandwiched between two bodyguards, one in front and one behind, as they led him up a narrow
Inside the lavish, spacious banquet hall, the atmosphere steadily escalated. To be honest, although the host maintained his usual impassioned
Another bid of twenty million pushed the total to thirty-seven million. This price could no longer simply be called “astronomical.”
Their voices faded into the distance, and Pei Yusheng no longer heard them. Following a landscaped path, he soon reached