I Clock Out on Time in the Three Kingdoms, and Cao Cao Is Losing His Mind

Guo Xuan transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms era and became Guo Jia’s younger brother.

He got bound to the Clock-In-at-Work System. His boss was Cao Cao, but 996? Not a chance!

“Prime Minister, work starts at nine and ends at noon. Overtime? That’ll cost extra.”

Cao Cao: ???

While the strategists were still arguing over Xu Province,

Guo Xuan yawned and offered a plan: “Flood Xiapi and let Lü Bu kill Liu Bei himself.”

Cao Cao slapped the table in delight and was about to reward him, when

“Prime Minister, it’s five o’clock. Time for me to clock out.”

He grabbed his bag and left, leaving the entire court of civil and military officials dumbfounded.

Cao Cao’s northern campaign was short on food, and his strategists were at their wits’ end.

Guo Xuan was making hot pot in the kitchen. “That’s it? A Jiangdong plow, corn, and refined salt. How about that for a three-piece set?”

Xun Yu held the new plow in his hands, tears in his eyes. “Zirun, you truly are a pillar of the realm!”

Guo Xuan wiped his mouth. “I’ll take the compliment, but it’s past three. If you need anything, ask me tomorrow.”

Xu Chu became his number-one fan. “If my brother says it’ll work, then it’ll work!”

Guo Jia looked at his supposedly “hopeless” younger brother and sighed at the sky. “How many more surprises are you hiding from me?”

Then one day, Guo Xuan saw a System notification:

[Warning: If your boss fires you, the System will be permanently disabled!]

He sighed and set down the goji berry tea he’d just made.

“Fine. For the sake of this secure job, I suppose I’ll occasionally show Boss Cao what a truly overwhelming advantage looks like.”

A lighthearted story about a man who insists on clocking out on time in the Three Kingdoms era, yet somehow ends up working the entire strategists’ team to death.