Working as a Butler in a Clichéd CEO Novel

A possessive CEO gong who secretly nurses a crush x a gentle butler shou who just wants to lie flat, eat snacks, and enjoy the gossip, with an inner monologue that never stops

Ling Zhuo x Yue Yunchao

After transmigrating into a melodramatic novel as a butler, Yue Yunchao couldn't praise the job enough. Not only did it come with a mysterious, high salary, but it also gave him a front-row seat to all the rich family's gossip.

Ling Zhuo's manipulative fiance wasn't clingy with Ling Zhuo. Instead, he often brought meals to Yue Yunchao. Yue Yunchao assumed he was trying to win Ling Zhuo over through his stomach, so he happily recommended Ling Zhuo's favorite cuisines, never noticing the way the little green tea's gaze lingered on him.

When Ling Zhuo found out, he warned the green tea to stay away. The green tea taunted him in return: "You think I really want to cook for you?"

CEO Ling had no choice but to tell his little butler, "Yunchao, stay away from him."

Yue Yunchao: "Actually, he's pretty nice to you, Mr. Ling."

Ling Zhuo: "..."

The melodramatic novel's quintessential white moonlight, Jian Ning, was so beautiful that even Yue Yunchao blushed. He was so winsome and pitiable that Yue Yunchao sincerely tried to set him up with Ling Zhuo, overlooking how much more radiant Jian Ning's smile was when he was beside Yue Yunchao than when he was with Ling Zhuo.

Ling Zhuo, giving the white moonlight the middle finger, pulled the little butler aside. "Yunchao, stay away from him too."

Yue Yunchao: "Okay, Mr. Ling. I'll keep my distance from Mr. Jian. I understand."

Ling Zhuo's expression turned strange. "You really understand?"

Yue Yunchao thought it was just the protectiveness people felt toward their white moonlight.

Of course he understood.

Yue Yunchao thought Ling Zhuo was getting stranger and stranger. He could understand why Ling Zhuo kept the little green tea at arm's length, but sometimes he wouldn't even see the white moonlight.

But Yue Yunchao was considerate. He assumed Ling Zhuo was just in a bad mood and didn't think much of it.

Until the white moonlight was kidnapped as part of a scheme, and the kidnappers took Yue Yunchao along too.

Yue Yunchao: "...Why'd you kidnap me?"

The kidnappers gave Ling Zhuo a choice between the two of them. At the crucial moment, Ling Zhuo didn't save the white moonlight. Instead, he pulled Yue Yunchao close and shielded him in his arms.

The white moonlight wasn't even angry. He actually looked relieved.

The green tea hurried over. "Didn't I tell you to kidnap Jian Ning and no one else? Why'd you take him? Ling Zhuo, let him go!"

Yue Yunchao: "???"

Before he could make sense of it, a business magnate claiming to be Yue Yunchao's older brother showed up to claim him, and then Ling Zhuo ended up in the hospital after defying his family rules to be with him.

Pinned to the hospital bed and kissed deeply by Ling Zhuo, Yue Yunchao was completely baffled.

Wasn't this supposed to go differently?

Wasn't he just an ordinary butler?

Reader's guide:

1. The gong falls hard first, and later they both fall hard for each other.

2. Both are each other's one and only!

Theme: The interloper's nest is reclaimed by its rightful owner.