What to Do When Your Boss Is Such a Slacker

Ling Yuyu, a fresh graduate and one of the few fish to slip through the job market's net.

After sending out her 108th resume and hearing nothing back, she was finally fished up by a startup.

Patting her chest, she thought, Great! I'll find an easygoing place to cultivate my mind and body, and from now on be a happy slacker.

On her first day, she found the company steeped in an eerie atmosphere from top to bottom.

Her coworkers had all kinds of ways to slack off at work: playing cards, watching shows, and more. It was a veritable showcase of slacking artistry.

And her direct supervisor, Li Zhiming, the rich second-generation returnee everyone talked about, was sprawled across his desk, sleeping like the dead.

Ling Yuyu: ?

The company's performance kept declining, and its account balance kept dwindling. Her slacker dream hadn't even begun before reality was about to kick her awake.

To keep her job, Ling Yuyu decided to save herself:

Make the boss go out and find projects! Keep an eye on him while he works! Make sure he assigns tasks!

But Mr. Li's usual state was...

"I worked overtime for half an hour yesterday. I'm exhausted. I need three days off."

"Our company is all about governing by doing nothing. Get it?"

"Work? What work? There is no work."

Ling Yuyu: ...

At last, the company couldn't hold on any longer and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Unable to take it anymore, Ling Yuyu slammed the table and stood up. "I'm done with this lousy company!"

She strode out without a backward glance, unaware that the man who had been lazy for years suddenly sat up straight behind her.

"Don't go."

Li Zhiming chased after her, not even having had time to comb his hair. "If you leave, what's the point of me coming to work?"

That evening, the whole department received an email:

[Starting tomorrow, everyone will work overtime and give it their all to boost performance.]

[A lighthearted, silly story about an ENFP and an INFJ.]

[A somewhat unconventional crematorium arc, as they struggle between working hard and slacking off.]

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Tang Xin, a supervisor at a major company, transmigrates. When she wakes up, her workstation has become a ruin, and her KPI has turned into points for killing monsters.

She has switched bodies with a monster-fighting worker from an organization in the apocalypse, only to discover that she's still working 996, just in a different place.

To get home, she has no choice but to keep giving it her all. Besides, wherever you are, there's always a rat race!

System: Complete high-risk missions, accumulate points, and redeem them for the energy needed to return.

Looking at the giant southern cockroaches crawling all over the place, Tang Xin rolls up her sleeves, eyes burning with fervor. "Make money! No, earn points! That's the number one productive force in the apocalypse!"

Until she is assigned to team up with the legendary organization big shot, whose combat abilities are off the charts. He gives her a cold, scrutinizing look. "Number 208? You're not her."

Tang Xin smiles without answering. "Who I really am doesn't matter. So, when are we going after something big?"

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