My Gaming Companion Is My Boss

[Ongoing: Escape from the Aquarium. Completed: King of the Apocalypse's Mutant Creatures, My Online Dating Match Is My Childhood Friend, the Movie Emperor. There are lots more completed stories in my profile, waiting to be devoured. Muah~]

To achieve financial independence as soon as possible, Ye Cheng downloaded an app for getting paid to play games with people while job hunting.

Just play games with someone and you can make a handsome income.

At first, everything seemed normal. The client paid, Ye Cheng put in his time, and it was a good deal.

Then one day, after returning from a job interview, Ye Cheng landed a huge contract--

The client said he didn't have much time and only played for an hour each night. The one condition was that Ye Cheng couldn't play with anyone else while they were playing together.

Ye Cheng saw the rate the client offered: one hour's pay equal to a hundred. No problem! Being exclusive was easy, right?

The client then sent him a several-page employment contract. It looked incredibly official.

Ye Cheng's eyes lit up at the high daily pay listed at the top. Sign it! Why wouldn't he? Only an idiot would turn down money!

Just as he happily pictured himself climbing to the top with his nimble hands, the client's requests started getting stranger by the day...

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Later, the client said he wanted to meet in person! Weren't they supposed to keep this online?

Realizing something was wrong, Ye Cheng immediately deleted the app to save his own skin. He knew there was no such thing as free money.

But a week later, when he got home from work, someone was waiting outside his door with a lawyer's letter.

The man propped one hand against the wall and held up the letter.