He's Been Waiting for Me to Break Up for Ages

[Light Workplace Comedy] [Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] [Kitten x Little Fish] Zhuang Fei founded a company with her boyfriend and his close friend, Chen Yuqing. Chen Yuqing contributed technical expertise in exchange for shares, and never got involved in running the business. Zhuang Fei and her boyfriend disagreed about how to manage the company, and often clashed. Whenever that happened, they would ask Chen Yuqing for his opinion, hoping that a majority vote would force the other person to give in. But Chen Yuqing never had an opinion. He always said the same few things: "Whatever." "You two decide." "I'm fine either way." He'd even help them shut the conference-room door, then lazily call from outside, "You two go ahead and argue. Let me know when you're done." - For the past few years, Zhuang Fei had handled every kind of job at the company, from finance, administration, HR, and procurement to electrical work and IT support. But she'd never received a single cent in wages. She mentioned to her boyfriend that she wanted to start getting paid that month. To her surprise, he immediately turned cold. "If you need money, why not ask me? Why do you need a salary? Do you want the employees to laugh at us?" Zhuang Fei slapped a Notice of Unilateral Termination of Labor Contract across his face. "We're done, right now." Her boyfriend flew into a rage. "Then get the hell out." - After Zhuang Fei quit, a few close coworkers threw her a wild farewell party. They celebrated two things: first, the arbitration court's ruling that she was owed years of back pay, along with a hefty payout; second, her escape from a terrible boyfriend and return to single life. At Forest Bar, Chen Yuqing, the terrible ex's close friend, showed up uninvited. Drunk, Zhuang Fei draped an alluring arm around Chen Yuqing's neck. "Since you're fine either way, why not betray him and come help me?" To her surprise, the world-weary Chen Yuqing grabbed her chin and kissed her without a second thought, ignoring their stunned friends. He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Since you hate him so much, why don't I betray him completely?" Note: The female lead has previous relationships; the male lead is a virgin. Please add my upcoming novel, My Mom's Boyfriend, to your reading list. Ji Shixiao was invited to a major local university to discuss a corporate partnership. In the student cafeteria, she asked a clean-cut young man in black-rimmed glasses if she could borrow his phone charger. He was eating. He put down his chopsticks, and then he disappeared from in front of her. He left his backpack behind, his phone screen was lit up, and he hadn't even finished the ribs on his plate. Ji Shixiao thought he was adorably silly. Just as Ji Shixiao was about to look for someone else, the young man came back with a power bank. Ji Shixiao charged her phone and added him on WeChat. He messaged her: "Tan Pei, Class of 2025, Materials and Chemical Engineering." Ji Shixiao still thought he was adorably silly. - Ji Shixiao was a single mother. Juggling everything at work had already used up all her energy, and after work she still had to outwit her son, Ji Shu. Ever since Tan Pei became her son's companion, life had gotten much easier for Ji Shixiao. Ji Shu's grades improved at a visible rate, he lost weight, grew taller, kicked his internet addiction, and developed better habits. Ji Shixiao started smiling more too. The only thing she couldn't smile about was how her son introduced Tan Pei to others, always saying ridiculous things like, "My mom's boyfriend." - Eventually, his nonsense became fact. Later, when the chairman of the group came to inspect the base, the man walking and laughing beside her was the same person who whispered "older sister" in her ear every night. Making his way through the crowd, the chairman introduced him to her. "Let me introduce you. This is my son, Tan Pei." Theme: The most important thing is to be happy.