The Evil Capitalist!

Fine, fine, fine!

He was ready to squeeze every last bit of value out of him!

Song Shi'an forced a smile onto his face. "Then I really have to thank President Lu for thinking of me!"

"You're welcome. We'll be neighbors from now on, so please look after me." The corner of Lu Mingyu's lips curved slightly, and he seemed to be in a very good mood.

The smile on Song Shi'an's face was about to become impossible to maintain.

What had originally been his relaxing time at home had now turned into his boss moving in next door!

It made him feel as if he was being watched at all times.

[Ahhh!! I want to move! But I haven't finished paying off my mortgage yet, sob sob sob! Why am I so broke?! Why can't there be one more rich person in this world—me?!]

[If I were rich! I'd absolutely slap my resignation letter right in my boss's face!]

"Then rest well, President Lu." Song Shi'an offered a polite remark before opening his own front door and going inside.

The longer he stayed with Lu Mingyu, the more he felt like he was losing out!

After all, this didn't count as overtime.

Lying on the couch, he received a message from Chen Jiashu.

Chen Jiashu: [Were you inconvenient today?]

Confused, Song Shi'an tapped out a reply: [Inconvenient for what?]

Chen Jiashu: Flirty emoji.jpg

Chen Jiashu: [What else could it be? You and your President Lu. I saw it this morning—you were sleeping while hugging him.]

Song Shi'an's pupils shook!

What??!

He had hugged Lu Mingyu to sleep last night!

That was way too bold!

Song Shi'an tremblingly typed: [You're not joking with me, are you?!]

Chen Jiashu: [Do I look like I'm that bored? What? Don't tell me you two are innocent, and last night you merely chatted under the same blanket?]

Song Shi'an: [What else would it be? Have you been watching too many porn videos? You think everyone's sleeping around. I've slept with you too, so why don't you say we've got something going on?]

Chen Jiashu: [I'm a straight man! Straight as steel! You can't bend me!]

What Song Shi'an was agonizing over now was exactly what position he and Lu Mingyu had slept in last night.

Song Shi'an: [Be honest—did you really see Lu Mingyu and me hugging each other this morning?]

Chen Jiashu: [Yeah. You were hugging face-to-face. You were curled entirely into his arms and sleeping very peacefully.]

Song Shi'an tried to explain: [Maybe I'm used to sleeping alone, so I didn't react when there was another person.]

Chen Jiashu showed him no mercy as he exposed him. [Give me a break. Whenever you sleep beside me, you always face away from me. There's enough room for two more people between us.]

This morning, Chen Jiashu's scream had startled him awake, and he had not paid any attention to his sleeping position at all.

Now that Chen Jiashu had reminded him, all he wanted was to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

Oh God! He had accomplished what the female lead had not even managed to do!

Song Shi'an felt that if they continued this topic, Chen Jiashu would definitely get the wrong idea.

He bluntly changed the subject: [Didn't you go talk business today? How did it go?]

At the mention of this, Chen Jiashu immediately perked up and began typing furiously: [I went. I apologized and explained, and they were generous enough not to hold it against little people like us.]

[But today, I met the hidden boss of Heavenly Entertainment. I thought he'd be some old geezer in his fifties or sixties, but he's only in his thirties and ridiculously handsome. Tsk, tsk, tsk.]

[When I saw Han Ziqing's face, I felt that he definitely couldn't be in the wrong.]

[With his wealth and looks, what kind of woman couldn't he have? Why would he need to make a move on that crazy woman?!]

Song Shi'an: [You can't decide he's innocent just because he's good-looking. What if he's a hypocrite?]

Chen Jiashu: [Then I'll wash up the people under me and send them over.]

Song Shi'an: [You're really scummy.]

Chen Jiashu was unconcerned: [If you're going to survive in the entertainment industry, how can you climb up without being a little scummy? The ones who keep themselves aloof are all rich second-generation heirs. Their families have money to support them. There are plenty of good-looking people in the world. If you don't give up something, why should you get those resources?]

Song Shi'an: [Fine, fine, you're always right.]

Chen Jiashu: [By the way, is your President Lu coming over to your place today?]

Song Shi'an: [Why are you asking?]

Chen Jiashu: [I'm still nearby. If Lu Mingyu's there, I'm afraid I'd interrupt you two if I came over.]

Song Shi'an: ...

[Don't talk nonsense. Lu Mingyu and I are innocent.]

Chen Jiashu: [So is Lu Mingyu at your place or not?]

Song Shi'an: [No.]

Chen Jiashu: [Then it's fine. I'm coming over.]

Song Shi'an: [But! He moved in next door to me. He bought the place today.]

Chen Jiashu: [...A boss worth hundreds of billions is living next door to you? Has he lost his mind?]

Song Shi'an: [You're making my place sound really cheap...]

Chen Jiashu: [No, I'm just marveling at Lu Mingyu's net worth.]

[I feel like Lu Mingyu suddenly moving over here means he has ulterior motives.]

Song Shi'an was speechless: [It can't be that he has ulterior motives toward me, can it? We need to know our own worth.]

Chen Jiashu: [Shi An, look in the mirror more often. With your face, it really is easy for men to have ulterior motives toward you.]

Song Shi'an: [Then what should I do? I can't possibly quit my job just because my boss has his eye on me, right?]

Chen Jiashu: [How about I buy you a bottle of lube?]

Song Shi'an: [...]

[Get lost!]

After the chat ended, Song Shi'an leaned back against the couch and thought about Chen Jiashu's words.

Lu Mingyu had indeed been acting somewhat strange lately.

It seemed as though he had changed ever since meeting Tang Ruan.

Forget it, forget it.

Song Shi'an got up from the couch and shook his head.

Changed or not, as long as it did not affect Lu Mingyu paying his salary, that was all that mattered.

That night.

After showering, Song Shi'an took out the copy of Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me hidden by his bedside and began studying it carefully.

The male and female leads in the novel were more or less like Lu Mingyu and Tang Ruan.

One was a domineering CEO, while the other was a delicate, innocent flower.

It began with a one-night stand. Then, by a twist of fate, the innocent flower became the domineering CEO's assistant. The story was filled with push and pull, drugging, poisoning, curses, kidnapping, jumping into the sea, threats, and more.

There were all sorts of melodramatic misunderstandings. Either the male lead was with his first love, or the female lead was with the deeply devoted second male lead.

In the end, they overcame countless hardships and got together.

But right now, the most crucial scenes between the male and female leads were gone.

Forget a one-night stand—they had not even held hands!

What could he do to get the male and female leads together?

Song Shi'an pondered as he turned the pages, his gaze landing on a particular passage.

The female lead was being harassed. The male lead had originally pretended not to care, but when he saw that another man was about to take her away, he finally could not hold back. He rushed forward, saved her, and then the two of them gave in to passion.

It looked fairly reliable.

Maybe he could create an opportunity for Lu Mingyu to recognize his own feelings.

After all, Lu Mingyu had gotten jealous when Tang Ruan brought him food.

That proved Tang Ruan still held a place in Lu Mingyu's heart.

With that thought, Song Shi'an began planning how to make Lu Mingyu recognize his own feelings.

Before he could finish thinking, the ringtone in his hand went off first.

His eyelid twitched. He picked up his phone and took a look. Sure enough, at this hour, only Lu Mingyu would call him.

He answered. The voice on the other end was slightly hoarse. "Come over. I don't feel well."