Come to My Office After Work

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Blurb for Office Romance in Secret

Also known as My Late Brother's Phone Number Became My Boss's Backup Number

Zhu Fuli had an older brother who died serving his country. She missed him so much that she kept his phone number.

Every holiday, and whenever something good or bad happened, she'd text his number.

- Bro, help! How can anyone come up with cilantro lemon tea? You have to try it when you come back (repeatedly throwing up.gif)

- Bro, sob, my new slippers got crushed off my feet on the subway, and my pineapple bun turned into a walnut cookie t.t (pineapple bun reborn.jpg)

- Bro, it's my birthday today, and you didn't wish me a happy birthday again. You owe me one! And I've written down the other three presents you owe me!

At first, Shen Que thought the messages arriving on his newly activated backup number were spam, so he never replied.

But the sender texted him almost every day, always sharing little stories about her life, until he couldn't help paying attention.

...She also complained about her cold, sharp-tongued boss.

- Bro, the new boss keeps looking at me weirdly. I think he might be a pervert (so scary, screaming~)

- Bro, if only you were here. You could help me beat up that awful client. They kept me up until three last night, and now they want the first proposal again!

- Bro, two women in my office got into a fight over my cold-blooded boss today! Being handsome doesn't mean he can disregard his obligations as a man and do whatever he wants!

Shen Que, the cold-blooded boss who disregards his obligations as a man, glanced at Zhu Fuli, who was enthusiastically texting just outside his office: ...

~

At first, Shen Que watched coldly, wondering if the sender wanted money or something else. Later, whenever he saw her messages, he found himself smiling without even realizing it.

He knew that... perhaps without noticing, he had fallen for her.

From the pictures she sent, he had pieced together what sort of person she was, what kind of work she did, and that she might even be... the new person in charge of their partnership.

But he continued watching silently, never replying. It seemed he couldn't bear to interrupt her longing for a brother who was no longer there.

Until one day...

- Bro, Sister Yaya got married. I'm so glad she's finally moved on.

Shen Que felt a sudden, inexplicable pang in his heart. The next day, a bunch of hyacinths appeared on Zhu Fuli's desk.

The hyacinth symbolizes saying goodbye to the past and beginning a new life. Zhu Fuli stared at them, stunned for a long time.

Later...

- Bro, I've fallen for someone. I'm going to confess today. Wish me luck!

Shen Que froze. He wanted to stop her, but had no right to, so he could only wait nearby with her until late at night, without ever seeing the person she meant to confess to.

Worried she would be hurt, he couldn't hold back any longer and went to her.

The moment Zhu Fuli saw him, she shoved the flowers into his hands and chided him, "What took you so long? I thought you didn't like me anymore."

Only then did Shen Que realize that he was the one she had always liked. His wish had come true.

- The heroine has no family left. She's all alone, and comes from a family of loyal patriots.

- The story focuses on everyday life as an office worker and the warmth of small moments. They save each other.

- SC, one-on-one romance. Feel free to dive in!

[My other story, The Amnesiac's Green Tea Second Male Lead Takes the Crown (a modern sweet romance!!), is now underway! Come check it out!! Please don't wait until it's finished to read qvq~]

[The main story and extras are complete. A sweet story with a satisfying ending, so come check it out~]

Blurb for this story:

Unrequited love becomes mutual | Mutual devotion | Raising a child | Six-year age gap

Fu Zhi has social anxiety and lives cautiously, never making any serious mistakes.

The one time she accidentally offended her boss at a company dinner, she expected to get fired. But the next day, nothing happened.

If not for the vivid memory he left behind, she might have thought that night was just a dream.

A little over a month later, she was horrified to discover that she was pregnant. Her first thought was to resign and get away from there.

But on that very same day, her boss promoted her to secretary in his office, meaning she'd have to face him all day, from morning until night.

She felt her social anxiety was about to go from moderate to severe, and had no idea what to do about the little life growing inside her.

Her boss, Feng Xu, is rigorous and disciplined, with severe obsessive-compulsive tendencies. What she remembers most about him is the morning after that night: the quilt he'd folded into a perfect square, like a block of tofu, and his nearly perfect proportions.

On her first night as his secretary, he sent her an ebook called Give the Child a Chance to See This World, then recalled it a second later.

Fu Zhi: ...

Then he sent her a 10 GB pregnancy guide. Don't get the wrong idea. The company cat is pregnant. You're in charge of looking after her. Read it all and give me a 30,000-word review.

Well, so much for resigning.

Later, she accompanied him to a lifestyle variety show, where one of her long-time favorite singers was appearing.

On the first day, he magnanimously encouraged her to talk to her idol: "Since we're here, don't be so shy. You can ask him for an autograph."

Then she went above and beyond, even adding the singer on WeChat. They chatted away enthusiastically every day.

Finally, one night, he couldn't take it anymore. He knocked on her door, sounding aggrieved and nothing like his usual dignified self. "The company cat's mother is already asleep at this hour. You should be asleep too."

"Also, what do you like about your idol? I'll make him change it."

Fu Zhi: ...

Later, she ran into her ex-boyfriend, who wanted to swindle her out of her inheritance. When he saw her heavily pregnant and struggling to walk, he cursed her for choosing to keep a pretty boy instead of marrying him, and said she deserved to be cheated on.

Her theatrical boss once again threw dignity aside and hid in her arms. "Darling, I'm running out of money. Can I have another black card? I want to live off you for the rest of my life."

Her scummy ex-boyfriend was so furious he could barely speak. She never saw him again.

That night, he sent her a photo: The kittens have kittens of their own now (sigh).

Fu Zhi: ?

He didn't explain. After work the next day, he asked her to come to his office and handed her a huge red, green, and blue woven sack. "It's full of asset agreements for you. Is it enough to buy me a place in your life?"

"The company cat has great-grandkittens now. When can I look after you openly and officially?"

Fu Zhi's heart skipped a beat before she could stop it.

- An introverted, secretly wealthy woman vs. a sociable, smooth-talking, scheming big shot

- One-on-one, SC. The ex-boyfriend is just a prop, and there's more to him than meets the eye.

Please add Come to My Office for a Moment to your wishlist~~ I promise I'll write it!

After years of working herself to the bone at a law firm, Shen Landeng hit the jackpot, just a modest 500,000 yuan. Along with her savings, it was enough for her to achieve financial freedom.

She immediately wrote a resignation letter and threw it in front of her heartless boss. "I'm done busting my ass for you!"

Her boss, Xing Ren, stayed calm. Looking at her resignation letter, he asked, "Who will handle the deaf client's case going to trial next week? You're the only one who knows sign language well enough to communicate with them.

The client in the new case involving a person with disabilities trusts only you. Without you, they'll be left swallowing their grievances with no way to seek justice.

And I just gave you a promotion and a raise. Is this how you repay me?"

Shen Landeng: ...

Xing Ren: "You've been working too hard lately. When this is over, I'll take you on vacation. The Maldives. I'll go with you myself."

She was so dazed by his smooth talk that she left in a fog. She hadn't managed to resign. It was only after she got home that she realized: Wait, I have money. I don't need him to come with me!

After turning it over in her mind, she was still so annoyed that she opened her phone and complained to an online friend she'd known for five years:

[How can anyone have skin thicker than a city wall and a conscience blacker than ink? Actually, my awful boss has no conscience at all!]

[Even someone hanging themselves can still catch their breath. Him? He'd probably gladly tighten the noose himself and speed up my death. The nerve!]

[Why aren't you saying anything? Don't tell me you feel sorry for my heartless boss? Though he does look like a decent man.]

After a long pause, the other person finally managed to reply: [If he knew you were insulting him, he'd probably thank you for saying he looks like a decent man.]

Shen Landeng: ...?

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As the only lawyer at the Yan Zheng Law Firm who knows sign language, Shen Landeng has handled countless cases involving deaf clients. Xing Ren, her direct supervisor, has also been intent on developing her talent. In just a few years, she has risen to become the firm's second-in-command and a rising star in the legal world.

At first, Xing Ren had no idea that his powerful subordinate was the same online friend who was always so careful with her words, said "thank you" every other sentence, and was unfailingly polite and considerate.

Until one time, when they were traveling for work together, a client nearly hit him. Her backup phone immediately lit up with a message: [Great news! My heartless boss almost got beaten up! His hair got messed up too, but I discovered his thick hair is real... It's not fair!]

He turned around and saw her enthusiastically typing away on her phone, not caring one bit about him, the victim.

Later, he resorted to personally using his good looks to convince her to stay. Unable to resist, she entered into a brief relationship with him.

He thought that would be enough to keep her.

But she still left without saying goodbye. Before she went, she took only a pair of cuff links he often wore, which he'd kept in her tiny rented apartment, then vanished without a trace.

She said she was going back, but she had no home. Where could she possibly return to?

And that backup phone never received another message.

Two years later, he saw her again, after she invited him by texting his backup number.

He never knew it could be so hard to reach someone.

He traveled from the capital, more than 2,000 kilometers away, changing planes along the way. After landing, he rode in an unlicensed van for six hours, then a bullock cart for three hours, and finally walked for nearly five hours before reaching the place where she lived.

It took him two whole days to see her.

She was no longer dressed like the meticulous professional he'd known at the law firm. Now she wore casual clothes and seemed full of life.

A crowd of children, each with some kind of physical disability, sang lively, unrestrained mountain songs to welcome him. Those unable to speak kept the beat, their smiles innocent, like flowers blooming in a barren wilderness.

At that moment, he seemed to understand what she had really meant when she said she was "going back."

~

Many years ago, Xing Ren once read the case file of a girl who had been trafficked.

The girl was born in a poor mountain village. Because she was her family's sixth daughter, her own parents sold her. She was passed from one person to another, always rejected.

Later, she and her disabled younger sister escaped the mountains and settled in the city. They thought things were finally looking up.

Then a serious illness struck her sister and completely broke them.

During that time, his phone kept receiving bank login verification codes for no apparent reason, sometimes dozens in a single day.

Eventually, the person who kept entering his number incorrectly and requesting verification codes sent him a message, sincerely apologizing and begging him to lend her 8.5 yuan to buy a bowl of noodles.

He transferred the money to her.

Later, she messaged him again to thank him: [Thank you. My sister's last meal was the beef noodles she'd been longing for. She was so happy eating them. She asked me to thank you too.]

Some people are born to be mountains and great trees. He'd thought she would never go back, but he had been so shallow, so completely wrong.

Not only did she go back, she planted flower after flower with her own hands, living up to the meaning of the name she'd chosen for herself.

None of this included him.

That was all right. He would come to her himself.

- "I used to think my wish was to escape the mountains. But later, I realized what I really wanted was to find the self I'd once been, the little girl who was abandoned again and again, and hold an umbrella over her."

- "I did it in the end. I grew countless seeds, and they all drifted toward poetry and distant horizons."

- Theme: From escaping the mountains to eventually returning, completing true self-redemption. I want to write about women's strength and an ensemble cast.

- Sign-language lawyer x criminal law expert

- The heroine, Shen Landeng, has had two former names. She chose her current name herself, meaning that she wants to light the way not only for herself but for others too. She is her own guiding light. She sees life clearly and loves herself deeply.

- Inspired by the strength of countless women, and written in tribute to them.

- Pain will not be forgotten or forgiven, but new and better things can take its place. Here's to us becoming better and better.

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