Paying the Debt

After her father ran off with the money, Cheng Yuqi was hounded by debt collectors and left with nowhere to go. Xu Yuke, usually so gentle and refined, pressed a scarlet cigarette butt against the back of a man's hand. Without even looking up, he said, "Have I ever told you to find people without scaring the young lady?" The man gave him that much respect, but before leaving, he warned him that of all of them, Xu Yuke had invested the most. If he let Cheng Yuqi go, he'd reap the consequences himself and lose everything. Xu Yuke calmly dusted the cigarette ash off the back of her hand. His smile remained gentle. "I'm on my own. What do I have to fear from losing everything?" - Peace returned to Cheng Yuqi's world. Xu Yuke told her that legally, children weren't obligated to repay their parents' debts. They all knew the law, and no one would bother her again. Cheng Yuqi believed him without a doubt. Then, one year during the year-end housecleaning, she found a rusty tin box in Xu Yuke's room. Inside were pile after pile of bank transfer receipts, clipped together over the years with binder clips. 1v1, both virgins, happy ending. Completed novel in my profile: "Who Could Turn Down Assistant Xu?" | Workplace romantic comedy When Shi Shu went on a business trip to the base, the general manager's assistant was a recent graduate in a management trainee program. The young man was fair-skinned and neat, with a sweet, adorable smile. He had a black bag slung over his shoulder, packed with shirts, slacks, hangover medicine, liver supplements... When Shi Shu checked his work, he pulled out a tablet from his bag, its PowerPoint charts complete, concise, and to the point. After the business dinner, he escorted Shi Shu back to her hotel. The evening breeze was chilly, and Shi Shu instinctively drew her arms in. He hurriedly took the backpack off his shoulder. Shi Shu looked at him with an amused smile. "Don't tell me you've got a down jacket in that bag, too?" The young man froze, a disposable hand warmer in his hand. Then he took off his own down jacket and offered it to her with both hands. "If you don't mind, Ms. Shi, please wear this for now." And so Shi Shu stole someone else's assistant. "From now on, he's working for me." - Xu Yi was reassigned by the group president to serve as his assistant. His former boss reminded him that Shi Shu was a female CEO, so he needed to take even better care of her. From then on, the bag on Xu Yi's shoulder grew even heavier... When Shi Shu traveled for work, a U-shaped pillow and a nap blanket were always on hand whenever she asked. During Shi Shu's period, he wrapped feminine hygiene products in a handkerchief and handed them to her. When Shi Shu's nails got long, he knelt on one knee to trim them neatly. When Shi Shu's chronic insomnia flared up, he took out the few sleeping pills he had, gritted his teeth, and poured them all into the trash. Shi Shu: "...Are you staging a rebellion?" Xu Yi's neck turned bright red. "Can I sing you to sleep?" Shi Shu fell silent for a moment and rubbed the soft skin at the back of her neck. Who could turn down Assistant Xu? Coming next: "Married Life (Title Pending)" After Zhao Jiahe married Lin Shuchen, she spent her days as a bored rich wife, waking up whenever she wanted, shopping at high-end boutiques, getting regular skincare treatments, and having afternoon tea at Michelin-starred restaurants. In her monotonous, dull life, the few things that made it more interesting were... Driving a Cullinan to see a Rembrandt exhibition, taking a private jet to Interlaken to see the Alps, listening to meditation music in the suite of a private hotel, and going diving on a private island. - Lin Shuchen is the real power behind Lin Plastic Group and is always busy with work. Even as his wife, Zhao Jiahe rarely gets to see him. One evening, Zhao Jiahe stood outside his study, hesitating over whether to speak to him. Lin Shuchen noticed her and beckoned. "Jiahe, come here." Lin Shuchen was refined and elegant, but also mysterious and inscrutable. He invited Zhao Jiahe to sit on his lap. Seeing that he seemed easy to talk to, Zhao Jiahe complained that her life was too boring. Lin Shuchen: "And?" "How about we have a kid?" Lin Shuchen answered with impeccable manners. "Sure." But a child doesn't just appear on demand. Seeing how much easier Lin Shuchen was to talk to than she'd expected, Zhao Jiahe worked up her courage. "Then... I'd also like to get a job." Lin Shuchen asked what kind of job she wanted. Zhao Jiahe thought about it and said something easy. She wasn't that interested in working hard. "Besides, you're not going to go bankrupt, so I don't think I need to work hard." "Be my secretary?" Wouldn't that mean spending every day with him? Zhao Jiahe shook her head like a wave. "I'd rather stay a little farther away from you." - For saying she wanted to stay a little farther away from him, Zhao Jiahe got a job as a receptionist. Her workplace was on the first floor, which really was the farthest place in the building from Lin Shuchen. Even taking the executive elevator took a full three minutes. Zhao Jiahe was quite satisfied with the job because she hardly had to do anything and got to hear plenty of interesting gossip. The only downside was that Lin Shuchen passed the reception desk every day on his way to and from work. One day, a promising young man who'd had a crush on Zhao Jiahe for ages confessed to her. "Do you have a boyfriend?" Lin Shuchen happened to hear him while arriving late to work. He called the elevator but didn't get on, apparently very interested in what she was about to say. Zhao Jiahe had no choice but to grit her teeth and answer, "Yes, I'm in a steady relationship." That night, as Lin Shuchen held her while they slept, he said, "Jiahe, since you're married to me, you should end things with anyone else." Theme: The most important thing in life is to be happy.