A Wage Earner Refuses to Date the Boss

[Coming soon: You Don't Understand My Big Brother's Tenderness. Please add it to your collection if you pass by!] *I'll be going through the story and fixing typos from the beginning over the next couple of days. Sorry for the inconvenience, dear readers.* Scheming, gentle CEO top x lively, nurtured assistant bottom Qu Ziyue stood out among thousands of management trainees and became the executive assistant at the Apor Group. He swore he wouldn't let his hard work go to waste and would become the best assistant he could be. But the CEO... didn't seem very satisfied with Qu Ziyue. He only took one sip of the coffee Qu Ziyue bought him. He only took one bite of the meals Qu Ziyue booked for him. He never went on a single one of the blind dates Qu Ziyue was ordered to arrange. He complained that Qu Ziyue's PowerPoints were too flashy and that his thesis was sloppy, yet he still gave him a raise. Lately, the CEO had been losing sleep over the affairs of a branch office. So Qu Ziyue decided to help ease his burden. Xiao Cheng is 32 and the CEO of the Apor Group, a famous bachelor in their circle. Lately, he's been a little unhappy because he saw his assistant submit an application to transfer to a branch office in another city. He doesn't get it. He'd tried again and again not to discourage the young newcomer at work: he drank Americanos even though he never used to, ate sashimi even though he never used to, helped him revise his thesis, and gave him a raise. After painstakingly training a rookie into a top-notch assistant, the guy now wants to leave him and work at a branch office two thousand li away. Xiao Cheng: "Are kids these days really this hard to flirt with? What else do I have to do?" Friend: "Uncle Xiao, have you ever calculated how many hours he works a day? When is he supposed to find time to date you?" Reader's guide: 1v1, happy ending, older top, ten-year age gap Next up: You Don't Understand My Big Brother's Tenderness. Please add it to your collection! A rich big brother and a fallen prince //Big Brother isn't educated and doesn't know how to talk, but he loves you.// Fang Luye was taken away by Big Brother at a drinking party. A boss had wanted Fang Luye to make the liquor disappear using a different mouth. Big Brother said, "That's a blow to your pride, huh? I'd rather make your mom disappear than have you do that." Big Brother was busy and ruthless, but he didn't say much. He helped Fang Luye sort out all kinds of problems. Fang Luye: I don't want to be a little star anymore. I want to go back to school. Big Brother: Fine, whatever you say. Fang Luye: You have to shower after that, too. Personal hygiene matters. Big Brother: Fine, whatever you say. Fang Luye: We should drop this project. The authorities are cracking down now. Big Brother: Fine, whatever you say. Fang Luye: Break things off with the others. Let's really be together. Big Brother raised his trembling hand, lifted his glass, and downed it in one go. "...Fine, whatever you say." Everyone says Fang Luye is a beautiful flower stuck in a pile of cow dung. Fang Luye has this to say: "You don't understand my Big Brother's tenderness." Reader's guide: 1. Warning: Big Brother really isn't educated! He dropped out of junior high and got mixed up with the underworld! Sometimes he says some pretty awful things. 2. Warning: They are not each other's first. Big Brother has been in the game for years, so it's unlikely he's a virgin. Please understand. 3. But it really is a sweet story, and they dote on each other. Theme: You'll have both bread and love.