A Real Wage Slave Never Falls for the Boss

Xu Tingfeng graduated from a prestigious university with a degree in finance. He's cold, occasionally cutting, and usually wears a sour expression: a textbook domineering CEO type, except he's an overworked corporate drone.

Xu Tingfeng's biggest wish as a corporate drone is for his boss to start acting normal. Ideally, the boss would suddenly step down and hand the position to him. Every day, he hopes his boss has a stroke of bad luck.

There's recently been a trend at the company. It started after their new boss suddenly arrived: he's handsome, has a great physique, and has charmed a crowd of coworkers. They often joke that they hope the boss is blind enough to fall for them, and some have actually confessed to him.

Xu Tingfeng's take: Tch, are they nuts? A domineering CEO falling for me? Sounds like a delusion from working too much. (Rolls eyes.)

Who would ever fall for their boss?! If he docks even one yuan from my pay, I'll fight him to the death! Is anyone here actually doing their job as a corporate drone?

We real corporate drones never fall for our bosses!

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After his third wet dream of the month, Xu Tingfeng realized he might really need to take care of his physical needs. But his cleanliness obsession was off the charts, and the whole thing felt awkward to him, so he kept putting it off.

Then he went to a drinking party with his new boss, Shen Chiwei. One moment of inattention, and the boss drank something spiked.

Xu Tingfeng finally managed to get him home, only to find that Shen Chiwei was out of his mind, clinging to him and refusing to let go, his hands wandering.

Xu Tingfeng: !!! I'm an ethical corporate drone! I won't sleep with my boss!

Xu Tingfeng struggled to pin Shen Chiwei's hands down, furious and ready to curse him out. But when Shen Chiwei realized he was being stopped, he thought Xu Tingfeng was rejecting him, and hurriedly blurted out:

"I'm healthy. I get a physical every year, and all my results are normal. I've never done this with anyone else. I'm not dirty. Tingting, please don't reject me..."

Seeing him like this, Xu Tingfeng shut his eyes and steeled himself. Boss or not, it would do the job either way, and he needed to take care of his physical needs too.

Afterward, Xu Tingfeng had to admit there was a difference. At the very least, no one else was that well-endowed.

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One morning, Shen Chiwei lay in bed watching Xu Tingfeng, covered in love bites, get dressed. Then he remembered something.

"Xu Tingfeng, are we dating now?"

Xu Tingfeng fastened the last button without turning around, his tone utterly cool. "Sorry, Mr. Shen, I don't date coworkers."

Shen Chiwei's face darkened. He pressed on, unwilling to give up. "Then what are we?"

"Fuck buddies."

"?"

"Mr. Shen, I don't date my boss. I think what we have now works just fine for taking care of our physical needs," he said, with an air of cool superiority.

Shen Chiwei laughed in anger, worked his jaw, and ground out, "You know your year-end bonus evaluation is on my desk, right?"

"!!!" Xu Tingfeng immediately turned around. "Let's date. Right now."

"Honey, don't touch my year-end bonus."

#Boss? I'd rather date a dog... Wait, fine, I'll date the boss!

#Let's talk this out. Just don't touch my year-end bonus!

#What do I do when my wife loves his year-end bonus more than he loves me?

#It's his year-end bonus. Cut him some slack.

Theme: May we never lack the courage to start over.