The CEO Seems to Like Me a Lot

[Complete] [Weibo: Jinjiang Weijinshi] [Please bookmark my ongoing novel, My Childhood Friend Is So Sincere. Blurb below.] Question: What does it feel like to go on a blind date with your company's CEO? A mortifying disaster? Answer: Thanks for the question. I'm Jiang Lu. I'm the lowest-ranking employee at a publicly listed company. I never see the CEO at work, and he never sees me, so when we went on a blind date, it wasn't the mortifying disaster everyone imagines. Instead, one day at work, I saw my boyfriend in the company lobby. Thinking he'd come to see me, I excitedly shouted, “Honey!” Dozens of employees in the lobby turned to look at me at once. I'll never forget the look my boyfriend gave me. At home, my boyfriend doesn't seem like a boyfriend so much as an overworked old dad. When the boss is reading, I flirt with him beside him, and he tells me to stop fooling around. Fine. What an unromantic old man. In my daily life, I tend to let the trash pile up before throwing it all away at once. The boss is a neat freak and tells me not to leave things lying around, and to clean the house regularly. Fine, what can I do? Later, I wanted to get a dog, but the boss wouldn't let me. Why? He said a dog's lifespan is at most twenty years, and when the dog dies, I'd be heartbroken. That's true, but I don't care. Then the boss gave me a lecture. I listened, but I didn't take all of it to heart. All right, that's enough. I have to get ready for work. The boss said he's going to give me some special tutoring today. #The main story is in third person; the blurb is in first person# #Ten-year age gap, older love interest# #No heart-pounding plot, just a silly, cozy little love story. Slow-burn pacing, so don't read if that's not your thing# Blurb for the ongoing novel: Ning Xuan has terminal cancer. The doctor says he has only two months left, and sighs as he tactfully tells him to eat, drink, and enjoy himself. Ning Xuan: I think so too. Ning Xuan spends the next month and a half eating, drinking, and having fun. For the remaining half month, he's too weak to go anywhere, so he waits alone in the hospital for death to come. He hears that hearing is the last sense to go. The next second, he hears someone panting beside his ear. It's Shen Zhichong's voice. He says, “I've liked you for a long time.” Ning Xuan can even feel Shen Zhichong holding his hand, and the tears running from his eyes dampening his fingertips. Ning Xuan: !!! He almost comes back to life on the spot. Maybe that last moment before dying was just too intense, because he really is reborn ten years in the past. Ning Xuan goes straight to Shen Zhichong and asks him to his face, “Do you like me?” Shen Zhichong scoffs. “How could I possibly like you?” Ning Xuan: ??? Did I get the wrong person? Later, he sees Shen Zhichong slip a card into his drawer while he's away. After Shen Zhichong leaves, Ning Xuan picks it up and sees a pink piggy love card, an anonymous confession. Ningning, I like you. Ning Xuan: ... Theme: Growing up teaches you that no matter how winding the road may be, your fate is still in your own hands