It Must Be Mine

Novel Blurb: When Bi Ran started an internship in the marketing department, she accidentally offended her boss, Xue Yun. She repeatedly pushed his buttons and took unconventional approaches, all so she could stay in the marketing department. Later, when her final practical course of senior year resumed, she came face-to-face with her boss... in class. She had genuinely thought her boss was her teacher, but he had only ever seen her as a tool for breaking the ice. Question: Graduation or employment? That's the question. A goofy comedy: straightforward intern x straight-laced boss who's not what he seems Forthcoming novel: "My Ex's Best Friend Is Different with Me" Blurb: Zhuang Fei founded the company with her boyfriend and his best friend, Chen Yuqing. Chen Yuqing invested his technical expertise and had nothing to do with running the business. Zhuang Fei and her boyfriend often disagreed over how to run the company. Whenever that happened, they would ask Chen Yuqing for his opinion, hoping to settle things by majority vote and make the other person give in. But Chen Yuqing never had an opinion. He always said the same few things: "Whatever." "You decide." "I'm fine either way." He'd even close the conference room door for them, then lazily call from outside, "You two argue first. Let me know when you're done." - Zhuang Fei planned to buy a house and started saving up. She intended to ask her boyfriend about starting to draw a salary that month. For years, she had handled every kind of task at the company, from finance and administration to HR and purchasing. She even doubled as the electrician and IT support, yet she'd never received a single paycheck. But when she brought it up, her boyfriend's face turned cold. "If you're short on money, why not ask me? Why do you need a salary?" Zhuang Fei promptly slapped a "Notice of Unilateral Termination of Employment Contract" across his face. "We're done. Right now." Her boyfriend flew into a rage. "Get out, then." - Zhuang Fei lost both her job and her boyfriend, then turned around and hauled him before the labor arbitration tribunal, taking a hefty bite out of him. A few close colleagues threw her a raucous farewell party. First, to celebrate finally receiving years of overdue wages and a hefty compensation payment; second, to celebrate ditching her loser ex and reclaiming her freedom. At Forest Bar, Chen Yuqing, her ex's best friend, showed up uninvited. Zhuang Fei was drunk. She draped herself coyly around Chen Yuqing's neck and said, "Since you're fine either way, why not betray him and come help me?" The world-weary Chen Yuqing gripped her chin and kissed her without hesitation, ignoring the stunned friends around them. "If I'm betraying him, I'll do it properly." Theme: The most important thing in life is to be happy