The Group Chat Exploded

Oh my god! There was so much to unpack in today's juicy gossip.

Zhu Yu tossed and turned on the sofa, unable to fall asleep.

He couldn't quiet his restless heart, either.

After thinking it over for a long time, Zhu Yu finally pulled out his phone and opened the gossip group chat.

Zhu Yu: Brothers and sisters, your little brother saw some absolutely explosive gossip today!!!

Zhu Yu: [Proud little puppy. Image]

Employee A: What's the big scoop? Hurry up and spill so we can all have a laugh.

Employee B: Good little brother, your big sister hasn't had any gossip to enjoy in days. Hurry, hurry—my bowl's ready!

Employee C: Plus one, plus one. Waiting for the scoop.

Zhu Yu sent one message, and dozens of replies flooded the group. Almost everyone in the chat got excited.

Imperial Dragon Bay, inside a villa.

The three big shots, Shen Jingmo, Li Yiyan, and Fu Bo'en, sat on the sofa drinking red wine.

They chatted now and then.

Suddenly, Shen Jingmo and Li Yiyan's phones started chiming.

Fu Bo'en looked bewildered. "What's with all the noise from your phones? Did you set a timer?"

Shen Jingmo picked up his phone and saw nearly a hundred messages in the pinned gossip group. Curious, he opened it.

Li Yiyan had noticed, too, and opened the chat out of curiosity.

At first, Shen Jingmo had asked his assistant to add him and his alt account to the group, and Li Yiyan had been a little puzzled. But over the past few days, he'd realized the group had no shortage of juicy stories. Some even involved the company's development. You could say that no matter how small the matter, someone in the group might know about it.

What earth-shattering scoop was it today?

"Hey, are you two even my friends? Keeping things from me now?" Fu Bo'en asked, displeased by their expressions.

Shen Jingmo didn't say anything. He simply connected his phone to the screen in front of the sofa and started screen sharing.

Fu Bo'en saw what he wanted to see and said no more. He happily started reading, eager to find out what had made the two of them so curious.

As soon as Zhu Yu saw the messages in the group, he felt his urge to share flare up. You really do get me.

Zhu Yu: Then I won't hold back.

Zhu Yu: The whole story is pretty simple. Person A was involved with Person B, then I suddenly found out Person A was also involved with Person C. And in the end, I found out Person B and Person C seemed to be a couple. So now they've formed a love triangle.

Employee B: !!!

Employee C: !!!!!!

Employee D: Is it really that spicy?

Fu Bo'en was reading the messages on the screen when he sprayed red wine everywhere. Young people these days really got up to all kinds of things, huh?

Shen Jingmo and Li Yiyan were much calmer. It didn't seem to have anything to do with the company, so it was probably gossip about some strangers.

Zhu Yu: Right? I was standing there, completely stunned.

Zhu Yu: Person C even said I was all skin and bones, and that I'd feel bony to hug. I really wanted to crack his skull open and give it a good rinse.

Employee J: Just butting in here, but I think I know who these three are.

Zhu Yu: Do you know who they are, sis?

Employee A: ??? Little sis, are people keeping their gossip to themselves now? Don't you consider your big sister family anymore?

Employee B: You've got a big brother here, too.

Employee J: Actually, you'll recognize two of them. Remember the ones we talked about a couple of days ago? The guy robbing the cradle?

Employee C: Our company's head of security and the HR manager at the company next door?

Employee J: Bingo, those two. Once, I was out shopping with my parents and ran into the head of security. I was just about to say hello when I saw him clinging to a man's arm and acting all coy.

Employee J: I was completely stunned. They walked off so quickly that they disappeared in no time. I thought I'd imagined it, but after hearing what little bro said today, it was probably real.

Employee A: Holy crap, this gossip is going to blow up!

Zhu Yu stared at the messages on his phone. He hadn't expected he wouldn't be the first to find out.

Zhu Yu: Your little brother can only say that big sis above is right.

Imperial Dragon Bay

Li Yiyan stared at the messages on his phone, dumbfounded.

"How old is that head of HR at your company?"

Shen Jingmo was also taken aback for a moment.

"Over forty, I think. Not quite fifty."

"Damn, our head of security is only twenty-five."

Li Yiyan's expression turned complicated.

Fu Bo'en looked at the two of them with an even more complicated expression. "Your employees sure get up to some wild stuff. Did they figure they couldn't date anyone at their own company, so they went looking at the company next door? It's only one street away, anyway?"

After reading the messages in the group, Zhu Yu felt a lot more relaxed. He flopped back onto the bed and started wondering: Was there really something wrong with An Yin? How should he tell his boss what had happened today?

He also had to find a chance to get Guan Yi, that scumbag, kicked out as soon as possible. The way he kept hovering around him every day, putting on an act of devotion—it made him want to throw up.

--[*Boss, boss, it's time for me to save you again. You'd better hang in there and live a long life—at the very least, outlive your younger brother. Otherwise, I really won't know what to say.]

--[You'd better live up to all the running around I've done for you, body and soul!]

As Zhu Yu's thoughts wandered, he drifted off to sleep. In his dream, Shen Jingmo discovered all the good things he'd done and kept rewarding him with money.

Imperial Dragon Bay

Shen Jingmo felt as though a demonic voice was ringing in his ears. A chorus of "Boss, boss, live a long life, live a long life, money, money, money" played on an endless loop beside him.

The other two didn't hear a thing. They were still happily enjoying the gossip.

Shen Jingmo sighed deeply. Ever since discovering his strange ability, he could hear a little of Zhu Yu's inner thoughts even from very far away. He hadn't had a good night's sleep in ages.

Shen Jingmo silently made a wish: may Zhu Yu dream of nothing all night and sleep soundly until morning.