Mochi had stayed up until dawn. Looking at the mess around him, he felt that he had truly fallen too far.
But he had to admit, it felt amazing.
Kong Duiyue, the incarnation of the Joy Star Lord, was incredibly potent. Just sitting there, he could influence the people around him and make everyone happy.
Delicious food brought happiness, fine wine brought intoxication, and there were endless books to read and Dreamscape Games to play. Combined with Kong Duiyue's Dao Resonance, even Mochi had fallen for it.
Yet after the happiness faded, everyone's expressions seemed hollow.
Glasses had thought he was coming in for a normal overtime shift. He had prepared a whole pile of work plans, including three hundred slides, ready to work straight through until dawn.
Instead, Chen Yu had dragged him into having fun all night. Then, during the day, he had been forcibly fired for three days on the grounds that he was not in a fit state to work. Carrying a generous severance package, he left in a daze.
When Yan Li was fired, he had wept bitterly. But once he learned that there was compensation for being fired and that he could return three days later, his tears immediately turned into a beaming smile, and he left happily.
At that moment, he did not yet know that every gift fate gave him came with an invisible price tag.
After being fired over and over again, he would no longer be able to smile.
After firing more than half the company in one go, Chen Yu was actually the happiest of them all.
The company had recently taken on many projects, and every team was working themselves to the bone. New ideas emerged one after another, making him tremble in fear every time he looked