Cheng Gongchen is the deputy general manager of Xihe Beverage Company. The general manager was transferred away, and Cheng was about to get promoted, but then the chairman's second son, Xu Xingzhi, was parachuted into the position. Rumors were flying around the company, but Cheng Gongchen didn't think Xu Xingzhi was so bad, apart from the fact that he often asked him to work overtime after ten at night. Then, one day, Cheng found a cat outside his own home, and everything changed.
"Bzz, bzz..."
Cheng Gongchen crawled over and woke Xu Xingzhi. "Your phone's ringing."
Xu Xingzhi raised his cat paw helplessly and twitched his mouth. "Do I look like I'm in any shape to answer the phone right now?"
Cheng Gongchen was just as exasperated. "There's nothing I can do. Don't look at me. You can at least meow, but all I can do is hiss."
Well, of course. You're a snake. Since when can snakes talk?
Xu Xingzhi jumped onto the table and glanced at the phone. "It's fine. It's Assistant Zhang calling. We can just not answer. But we need to figure something out. The general manager and deputy general manager can't be unable to handle work every time the workday ends."
Cheng Gongchen stared in shock at his heartless boss, who clearly didn't count as human anymore. "...We've turned into animals, and we still have to work overtime?!"
Xu Xingzhi tapped his cat paws over the keyboard, leaving a blur of motion, and replied with utter seriousness, "Even as animals, we need to eat. Eating costs money, and to make money, we have to work. Don't you want to use that dreamy Rainbow Pony Castle you just saw online as your terrarium?"
"..."
Fine. Today, even if he had to pound out the report with his snake head, he was going to get it done!
If you don't work overtime, you're not human! Oh, he isn't human right now. Never mind.
Xu Xingzhi: A sarcastic, practical bottom. Cheng Gongchen: A stoic, girly-hearted top.
A goofy, sweet romance, with both leads dedicated to their careers.
You can probably tell from my pen name that I was close to going crazy when I wrote this XD
Theme: Love your work, starting with the boss
