My Blind Date Turned Out to Be a Big Boss

New hire Chen Qingci is widely regarded as the perfect employee in his department: highly educated, good-looking, and easygoing and gentle. But someone so outstanding has never been in a relationship. It isn't because no one has pursued him. He simply doesn't want to date, because in private, he's a lazy homebody. Chen Qingci: Being single is the best! I can sleep in as late as I want and read comics for as long as I want! Keeping up my image at work is exhausting enough. If I started dating, would I have to keep pretending at home too? No! At home, I'm wearing a cotton T-shirt and baggy shorts, obviously! But his friends and family kept trying to set him up. One time, he couldn't get out of it, so, as usual, he planned to meet the person and just go through the motions. Then he discovered... his blind date was Zhou Chengzheng, the company's big boss. The good news: Mr. Zhou didn't know he worked at the company. The bad news: Mr. Zhou asked him out to dinner again. Chen Qingci used work as an excuse to turn Zhou Chengzheng down three times in a row. After the third rejection, Zhou Chengzheng showed up at a meeting in Chen Qingci's department. Their eyes met. Chen Qingci: ... Zhou Chengzheng: Is your overtime really that bad? - Zhou Chengzheng had always scoffed at love at first sight, until one day he met his blind date: handsome and elegant, with a smile like a spring breeze. Later, he accidentally discovered the lazy homebody hidden beneath the other's polished facade. Zhou Chengzheng: "Want a signed copy of the comic?" "Want to play with this new game card I got?" "I won a dishwasher. You can have it." Chen Qingci: ...Damn, I'm kind of falling for him. An employee who seems perfect but is actually a lazy homebody x a composed, calculating, slightly doglike big boss A sweet little romance, one-on-one, both pure Coming soon, please add to your favorites: "Fake Marriage, Real Love" 1. Everyone thinks Shen Fan is an outstanding beta: good-looking, well-educated, kind, with a career that's going from strength to strength and a handsome boyfriend. But in reality, the boyfriend is fake. The so-called boyfriend photo is of some handsome guy Shen Fan saved on a whim, a man supposedly settled overseas. One day, a colleague, looking excited for gossip, pulled out an architecture magazine in front of him. There on the cover was his bargain-bin fake boyfriend. Shen Fan: ! When did my fake boyfriend become so successful?!!! Shen Fan learned that his fake boyfriend was returning to China to develop his career, and that he'd be in the same city. Their fake relationship could be exposed at any moment. However... The good news: his blind date was his fake boyfriend. The bad news: he ran into a colleague during the date. Shen Fan grabbed his bargain-bin fake boyfriend's hand and gave his colleague an unbearably sweet smile. Then he greeted them and called out, looking blissfully happy, "Honey~!" Zhuang Jingyan: ? 2. Zhuang Jingyan married his blind date by agreement. His spouse was beautiful and radiant, but vain and completely ridiculous. But it didn't matter. It was only a fake marriage, and they both got what they wanted. They'd get divorced eventually. Later, at the hospital... The beautiful beta slapped the table. "I'm a beta, and I'm a man. How could I be pregnant?!" The doctor looked at the incredulous beta and the tall, handsome Alpha beside him, and explained awkwardly, "It's usually very difficult for a male beta to get pregnant, unless... it's been... really, really deep." Shen Fan: "..." Zhuang Jingyan, the culprit, pressed his lips together. "Come on, let's get a pregnancy test." New upcoming title, please add to your favorites: "I Fell in Love with My Non-Ideal-Type Boss" 1. Fu Jinchi, the CEO, was shocked when his most capable subordinate, Assistant Jiang, suddenly resigned. His reason for quitting was that he wanted to date, and being Fu Jinchi's assistant left him no time for romance. Fu Jinchi suspected Assistant Jiang had fried his brain. Unable to stand by and watch his capable assistant sink into the vulgar swamp of romance, Fu Jinchi decided to date Jiang Zesui himself. He would give Jiang Zesui the most extravagant romance imaginable, so Jiang Zesui would realize that even the most extravagant romance was terribly boring! Candlelit dinner, Fu Jinchi: How is this any different from a business banquet? Jiang Zesui simply scooted his chair over beside him and gave him a shy smile. Fu Jinchi: The food is better than at a business banquet. Private movie screening, Fu Jinchi: How is this any different from watching a movie in my home theater? But in the darkness, Jiang Zesui quietly took his hand. Fu Jinchi: Why is my heart beating faster and my body warmer than when I watch movies at home? Kissing at an amusement park, Fu Jinchi: Isn't it just swapping saliva? What's so great about kissing? It's so unhygienic. Ten minutes later, Jiang Zesui was so breathless from being kissed that he wanted to refuse, but his boss held him firmly in place. Hot spring hotel, Fu Jinchi: How is this any different from staying at a hotel on a business trip? Then Jiang Zesui, freshly out of the hot spring and dressed in a yukata, sat on the bed and looked at him with his handsome, refined face. Fu Jinchi: ... (swallows) 2. Jiang Zesui had been Fu Jinchi's assistant for seven years, and had been single for just as long. He'd be turning forty before long if he didn't start dating, so Jiang Zesui decisively handed in his resignation. What he didn't expect was for Fu Jinchi to say he wanted to date him. Jiang Zesui had an epiphany: So the boss likes me! But Fu Jinchi wasn't his ideal type. To make Fu Jinchi give up on liking him, he started dating him. Fu Jinchi hated sharing food with other people, so at their candlelit dinner, Jiang Zesui deliberately sat close and fed Fu Jinchi some seafood congee from his own bowl. Just as expected, Fu Jinchi looked grave. Plan accomplished. Fu Jinchi hated physical contact with other people, so at the movie theater, Jiang Zesui deliberately took his hand. Just as expected, Fu Jinchi stiffened all over. Plan accomplished. Fu Jinchi was a germaphobe and scoffed at kissing, so at the amusement park, Jiang Zesui deliberately asked Fu Jinchi to kiss him. Just as expected, Fu Jinchi... Huh?? Why didn't the boss push him away?!! 3. Bonus scene Jiang Zesui rubbed his aching lower back and looked at his boss, declaring with conviction, "I've suddenly become career-minded. Let's put this relationship on hold for now." Fu Jinchi carried him into the bedroom. "What nonsense are you talking about? Move in with me tomorrow." Theme: No one is perfect. Love means acceptance