(Gentle CEO and lovesick stalker x career-driven, socially anxious workaholic)
When Ruan Qiuyang was a junior in college, he randomly grabbed a dance partner for a mock banquet. It turned out to be the founder of a club, and while dancing in a drunken haze, he stepped on the other man's feet twice.
Three years later, after a misunderstanding left him forced out of a job just six months into his career, CEO Lu seized the opportunity to recruit him into his own company. He had clearly been plotting this for a while.
And so, the diligent wage slave stumbled into the murky waters of high society. With his impeccable professional ethics and solid expertise, he exposed the villain who slandered his boss, helped his boss break free of his cheating fiancée, and secured a business partner for the company... His career rose steadily, and in the end he became the boss's wife (crossed out), eventually making it into the executive ranks.
Part 1:
The Song family: Lu Hanzhou has ulterior motives. He's sick in the head!
Ruan Qiuyang: If the money's right, I won't badmouth my boss.
The Song family: ...?
Part 2:
Lu Hanzhou: Do you like rice noodles?
Ruan Qiuyang: They're fine. Mostly, this place delivers fast, so it doesn't interfere with work.
Lu Hanzhou: Then what do you like to eat? I'd like to take you out this weekend.
Ruan Qiuyang (quietly wondering if the boss wants to fire him by taking him out to dinner, then reflecting and concluding that he hasn't made any mistakes lately) replied with relief: I like everything.
It may look a bit like a Mary Sue story, but... Ruan Qiuyang watched Lu Hanzhou making him steamed egg custard in the kitchen.
Life is dramatic by nature. Who says a hardworking wage slave can't be the protagonist of a beautiful story?
So pretty, so sweet