Two Wealthy CEOs Keep Pretending to Be Poor

Xie Furan, known as Young Master Xie.

A force to be reckoned with in the business world, with a firm grip on the economy and the power to do whatever he wants... None of that applies to him.

With an older brother above him and a younger sister below, Young Master Xie has no need to get involved in the family's billion-dollar business.

But everyone in his family married young.

His older brother married the rich heiress of a rival company, while his younger sister married the heir to another rival company.

Father Xie: “Oxygen! Where's my oxygen?”

And so... Xie Furan, caught in the middle, was kicked by his dad into a blind date. But why... was the date a man?!

Xie Furan: “I've got elderly parents to support and a cat to feed, and it's hard to find a decent job as a corporate drone. Fifteen hundred, twenty-five hundred, then at the end of the month I check my account and there's only two hundred and fifty left.”

Rong Xi: “I've been out of college for two months with no house or car. Rent, utilities, food, and clothes are all a strain.”

Xie Furan x Rong Xi: “We're not right for each other.”

After the meal, Xie Furan left first in worn-out cloth shoes, then climbed into a Maybach.

Rong Xi turned into the parking lot and called the manager to say that today's food hadn't met five-star standards.

That night, the two met at a bar.

Young Master Xie: “Heh, what a coincidence. I... I work here!”

Rong Xi: “...Me too.”

From then on, the two big shots started pretending to be poor, each thinking the other didn't want their lie exposed, while trying to spare the other's pride. They spent their days at the office and their nights working at the bar.

Until one day.

“Mr. Xie, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Rong, who's just returned from overseas and is still getting familiar with the domestic market.”

“Mr. Rong, this is Young Master Xie, the second son of the Xie family. He didn't make many public appearances before.”