Name: The Boyfriend I Picked Up Turned Out to Be the Big Boss
Author: Jiao Er Ba

Synopsis

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The Boyfriend I Picked Up Turned Out to Be a Big Boss

On the surface: silly, sweet, and clueless; in reality: steady, sharp, and ruthless. A devoted husband with a secret identity, kept like a canary.

On the surface: arrogant, sharp-tongued, and spiteful; in reality: sensitive. A devoted wife.

Cheng Jiayi always thought he was just an ordinary office drone.

Until... the canary he was keeping at home suddenly became the heir to the family that acquired his company.

Jiang Dafu was the man Cheng Jiayi kept at home for 1,500 yuan a month. On the surface, he was a poor laborer hauling bricks at construction sites. He could eat and sleep like a champ, and even crack open a watermelon with his bare hands, then feed it to Cheng Jiayi one bite at a time.

But after waking up one morning, he had transformed into the heir to a multinational conglomerate, and Cheng Jiayi's direct boss.

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The day the company was acquired, at the all-hands meeting, the new CEO called him out.

"Designer Cheng, come up here and take the seat beside me!"

The man's voice was so familiar. On those nights that lasted until dawn, Cheng Jiayi could tell how he was feeling just by the sound of his breathing.

Cheng Jiayi's vision went black. ...I'm done for.

The man whose meal money he had docked that morning

was now sitting high above him, holding his career by the throat.

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In the CEO's office on the top floor, Young Master Jiang held out a letter appointing Cheng Jiayi as chief designer. His voice was gentle, yet dangerous. "I prepared this for you ages ago. Aren't I very well-behaved?"

Cheng Jiayi laughed in fury. "You big liar! Give me back the fifty yuan I sent you for food!"

"I can't afford to keep a bird like you!"

But Young Master Jiang insisted that the whole world know he belonged to Cheng Jiayi, like a bird to its owner.

The general manager who had made things difficult for Cheng Jiayi was dragged away on the spot.

Cheng Jiayi: Young Master Jiang, what do you mean by this?

Jiang Dafu: It means you're someone they can't afford to offend.

On a rainy day, he pulled up outside the company in a luxury car and "forced" Cheng Jiayi to get in, right in front of his coworkers.

Cheng Jiayi: We're not going the same way. I'm not getting in your car.

Jiang Dafu took off his coat and draped it over Cheng Jiayi. "It's so cold out. Are you really going to leave me locked outside the house?"

At a business banquet, the CEO chatted away while smoothly feeding Cheng Jiayi his favorite dishes.

Cheng Jiayi: You're abusing your power to rig the game!

Jiang Dafu: I'm just repaying my "owner."

What kind of bird, or person, is this? There's no cage, but he still insists on squeezing inside.

Until the accident.

The building was ablaze. The "canary" came through the flames and held him tightly in his arms, shielding him.

Only then did Cheng Jiayi understand that the man by his side had never been a canary kept by him. He was the one who spread his wings and stood between Cheng Jiayi and the whole world.

Both virgins, 1v1, HE

In a nutshell: On the surface, "I'm keeping a canary." In reality, "The big shot is keeping me in his arms."

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After I Refused to Run Away Pregnant, the Alpha Got Me Pregnant

Su Mingyan, an investment banking intern, finally collapsed and transmigrated into a book after working 007 for a whole week. Before him lay shattered glass, and all around him were guests eager to watch the drama unfold. Looking up, he saw Lu Zhizhou, the groom, glaring at him murderously, ready to "get rid of him" on the spot.

Su Mingyan: "I'm the foolish, troublesome cannon fodder who gets pregnant and falls off a cliff in a melodramatic pregnancy novel?"

No problem. I know the transmigration playbook: act sweet and ingratiating on the surface, work on my career and plan my escape underneath.

As for getting "pregnant"... I'll write all 300 rules of safe behavior into our marriage contract. If that doesn't work, we can always "nip it in the bud"!

Half a year later, Su Mingyan had made it. Not only had he pulled off the legend of an intern becoming an investment genius, he had also transformed from a single office drone into everyone's beloved dream boy.

Just as he was preparing to make a stylish exit and start a new life, someone tugged at the hem of his clothes.

The ruthless, intimidating man standing before him gazed at him with reddened eyes.

"Can you stay?" Lu Zhizhou's magnetic voice carried an inexplicable hint of grievance. "I'm carrying your baby."

What?!

Su Mingyan, whose worldview had just shattered: Say that again???

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Lu Zhizhou was playing a game of chess. Money, power, and his marriage partner, Su Mingyan, were all just pieces on the board.

Su Mingyan especially wasn't even worth sacrificing. As soon as the wedding was over, Lu Zhizhou planned to dump him in a psychiatric hospital.

But...

Why was the way he looked at me so dewy-eyed? He was even cuter than a Samoyed.

He's really good at baking little cakes.

He said he'd pack me lunch every day.