I'm More Afraid of the Company Going Bankrupt Than the Boss Is

After working at the company for just one month, Shi Yu watched it teeter on the brink of bankruptcy due to poor management.

Gradually, all the employees left. Only Shi Yu didn't dare to go, because he'd accidentally seen the searches in his boss's Baidu search bar:

What is the meaning of life?

Does death mean liberation?

Terrified, Shi Yu tried his best to turn the company's fortunes around, afraid that the boss he secretly liked might do something foolish on impulse.

He Zheng was lazy and rich, and never stayed interested in anything for long. On a whim, he'd started a game development company, but after just one year, he was already bored of it. The company happened to get caught up in a lawsuit and was facing bankruptcy, so He Zheng thought he'd just dissolve it while he was at it.

But there was a young man in the administration department. He waited and waited, but the young man just wouldn't leave.

And it was as if he were afraid He Zheng would abandon him. He worked harder and harder.

He Zheng figured the other guy must really need the money. He couldn't bring himself to fire him, so he quietly raised his bonus instead.

Until one day, the impeccably dressed head of the He family and the young heir of what had once been T City's richest family met at a party...

[The laid-back, checked-out top who wants to walk away by going bankrupt, but is nothing like a CEO VS the earnest, down-to-earth bottom who fears his boss will go bankrupt, but is nothing like a rich second-generation heir and thinks about making money every day]

Reading Guide:

One-on-one, happy ending, both are virgins. Sweet with a touch of angst. The top has his reasons for giving up.

Coming soon: My Wealthy Ex's Fall from Grace. Please add it to your reading list.

Apart from his wealthy family, Rong Jing was best known for his arrogance, bad temper, and reckless behavior.

He was so nasty that even his parents and family disliked him, and all his peers hated him too.

But for some reason, Yan Zhuo, the pampered only son of the Yan family, cornered someone like him in a secluded spot and kissed him.

"What does Yan Zhuo see in him?"

"Putting everything else aside, with Rong Jing's temper and that face, he must be a real thrill in bed."

Those who liked to stir up trouble made crude jokes, all waiting for the day the Yan family's eldest son got bored and dumped Rong Jing.

Sure enough, before long, word got out that the two had broken up, and that it had ended badly.

Some people laughed at Rong Jing for being unable to take it.

Only Yan Zhuo knew that he was the one who'd been deceived and used before being discarded.

They met again six years later.

One was a disgraced streamer, driven out by his family, notorious, and tangled up in lawsuits.

The other had become the future head of a conglomerate, parachuted in as the president of a subsidiary, and now sat at the very top of the streamers' food chain.

In the office, the dignified man leafed through the list of Rong Jing's "offenses" that his assistant had brought in. At last, he lifted his eyes to the young man sitting across from him, silent and afraid to meet his gaze, and spoke in a chilling voice.

"After all these years, you've certainly picked up a few more tricks."

"You used to deceive people about your feelings. Now your games are even dirtier. I underestimated Young Master Rong."

A Little Scene:

That night, Yan Zhuo took off his gloves, damp with traces of moisture, and pressed his thumb to the corner of Rong Jing's eyes, red as a blush. "Already crying?"

He leaned in and spoke so softly it was almost a whisper. "What are you going to do from now on, falling into my hands?"

Later, Yan Zhuo regretted many times that he'd bullied him like this.

Rong Jing (bottom) x Yan Zhuo (top)

P.S.

Both are virgins. They reunite at the beginning. They're each other's only partner, and neither had a relationship with anyone else while they were apart. Happy ending, bittersweet.

Theme: Redemption