The Overbearing CEO, No. 699

Shen Mai opens her eyes to 23 debt-collection texts on her phone and a balance of 0.38 yuan. The next second, a translucent panel appears before her: 【Congratulations on binding the Scientific Farming System】 【Newbie Pack: Super Tomato Seeds ×3】 【Effect: Cures chronic insomnia】 She looks at the abandoned vegetable plot on the roof of a CBD building and falls into thought. Three days later, irritable CEO Huo Xiao stands before her tomato vines, with six bodyguards in black suits behind him. He has suffered from insomnia for three years. Last night, he ate a stolen tomato and slept for a full eight hours. Huo Xiao slaps a black card into the soil. “I’m buying all your produce from now on.” Shen Mai pulls a stack of handwritten slips from her pocket, takes the bottom one, and hands it to him. “Number 699. There are 698 people ahead of you. Take it, and don’t cut in line.” For the first time, Huo Xiao learns how to queue. He squats outside the farm for three days, watching the top 50 people on the rich list go in with tickets and come out glowing with health. Gritting his teeth, he buys an annual pass, upgrades to VIP, and ends up as an “unofficial farm security guard.” Then one night, mercenaries from a foreign country’s biological laboratory break in over the wall. As Shen Mai is knocked to the ground, she hears a bullet graze flesh. Huo Xiao shields her with his body. Blood drips onto her face, but he speaks with a smile: “Member 699, taking a bullet for the farm owner… Can I cut in line now?” Shen Mai opens the System panel and looks at the newly unlocked 【Golden Silk Pumpkin · Protective】. “Don’t die just yet. There are still 698 people waiting to beat you up.”