Gentle, assertive, handsome professional bottom vs. aloof, restrained younger CEO top with a wolf-dog personality
Synopsis: Both leads are each other's first love and remain devoted to each other. Inline comments are open.
Yan Ling was an incredibly handsome man, desired not only by women but by men as well.
To keep all the unwanted admirers at bay, Yan Ling forced himself to become an assertive, career-driven workaholic. His gentleness and good looks were a mask; being cold-hearted and focused only on work was his true nature!
Then he suddenly died from overwork and transmigrated into a book, becoming a minor character who was bullied after being sexually harassed by his supervisor.
The protagonist bottom would use this incident to successfully humiliate the supervisor, establish himself at his new company, and quickly win the affection of his colleagues.
Unable to handle the pressure, the minor character quit and left the major corporation he had worked so hard to join.
When Yan Ling transmigrated into the book, the minor character had only just started at the company. The sexual harassment and face-slapping incident had yet to happen.
Yan Ling immediately decided: focus on my career, focus on my career, focus on my career!
As long as I work hard enough and stay cold-hearted enough, no one will dare sexually harass me!
Yan Ling raced along his career path, rising from junior employee to team leader, replacing the supervisor, and becoming a department general manager in just one year.
When people talked about Yan Ling, the first thing they did was praise his looks. Then came the special look of admiration that only corporate drones could give: when it came to working himself to the bone, no one could top President Yan!
Yan Ling had established himself at the company, and the protagonist bottom finally joined as his subordinate. The supervisor who had sexually harassed the minor character in the original story had already reformed and become one of Yan Ling's lackeys.
Yan Ling decided to mentor the protagonist bottom and help advance his career.
Before long, the protagonist top, He Chichao, heir to the He family, made his dazzling entrance. He had just returned from overseas and was parachuted straight into the role of group president.
As soon as he arrived, Yan Ling was sent by the company to attend a meeting.
But when he saw the handsome, aloof, and restrained man in the conference room, he felt like his whole world had fallen apart.
Just three days earlier, Yan Ling had spent the night with him, successfully leaving his virgin days behind.
He was still kicking himself over his mistake. Who could have guessed that his one-night stand was not only the protagonist top, but also his direct boss!
Feeling the man's deep, slightly fierce gaze on him, Yan Ling wanted to bolt from the conference room and find a rope to hang himself with.
He felt even more guilty toward the protagonist bottom. He had stolen the protagonist bottom's man!
But then he heard the protagonist bottom say shyly and coyly, "Brother Yan, you and my big brother are perfect together. Can you be my sister-in-law?"
Yan Ling: "??? What brother?"
Later, Yan Ling recalled the original author's afterword and realized he had been reading a danmei fanfic about incest. The protagonist bottom was indeed the protagonist bottom, but the protagonist top was someone else. He Chichao was merely the number one member of the protagonist bottom's inner circle, always there to support him.
Yan Ling: ...That fanfic ruined me.
Yan Ling: What was the point of all that agony and guilt over doing something immoral?
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Theme: Building a career is one of the pursuits of youth. You have to stay grounded and work hard!