I Got Promoted and a Raise by Using the Opposite Words System to Hook a CEO

Getting manipulated by her boss, blamed by her coworkers, looked down on to her face by an intern with connections...

At midnight, poor overworked employee Yan Xi finally snapped. She threw punches at the air like she was doing military boxing drills while writing a proposal.

"Ding! Congratulations, you've been bound to the [Opposite Talk System]!"

"This System can change words that other people haven't said yet to mean the exact opposite!"

And so...

-- At lunchtime, when Yan Xi took out the lunchbox she'd brought from home,

her boss suddenly came over. "Did you make this food last night after you got home from work?"

Yan Xi: "Yes..."

An employee had time to cook at night instead of working overtime?

Her boss immediately changed his tune. "Yan Xi, if you have time to cook at night, you might as well..."

Yan Xi activated her skill in a flash!

Boss: "...make a few more dishes!"

Yan Xi nodded calmly.

"Understood. I'll make an extra meal tonight."

Boss: ?

Wasn't he going to make her work a few extra hours?

"Who told you to make an extra meal? I meant work a few extra hours... making food!"

Yan Xi smiled in confusion. "Thank you for your repeated concern, Boss. I will."

Boss: "...Fine."

-- At a proposal review meeting, the boss flew into a rage, and a wily old coworker wiped away tears.

"Boss, listen to me! This whole thing was all Yan Xi's..."

A scapegoat was coming her way. Yan Xi immediately activated her skill!

The wily old coworker paused. "This whole thing was all Yan Xi silently watching me do!"

Boss: "Why are you bringing Yan Xi into this?"

Coworker: "No, I mean, I didn't do this. Yan Xi did... Wait, that's strange!"

Boss: "So who did it?"

Coworker: "...I did."

With tears in her eyes, Yan Xi patted the wily old coworker on the shoulder.

"Buddy, you have a real sense of responsibility!"

-- An intern with connections who worked under Yan Xi caused a major disaster, and the CEO called Yan Xi in for a talk.

The CEO's expression was ice-cold. Yan Xi knew she was bound to be in trouble this time.

She activated the Opposite Talk skill, just hoping to lighten the mood a little.

CEO: "Yan Xi, quit."

Yan Xi: ?

Did the System stop working?

CEO: ?

What did I just say?

Yan Xi clutched her ID badge and asked cautiously, "CEO, could you say that again?"

CEO: "...Yan Xi, get promoted. Your boss is about to quit."

Yan Xi: That was close!

After Yan Xi left the CEO's office, the well-connected intern who'd been eavesdropping outside exclaimed sincerely:

"Brother Yan Xi, have you ever read one of those stories where everyone adores the protagonist?"

"Your boss cares about you, your coworkers admire you, and the CEO thinks highly of you. You're the office darling!"

Yan Xi: Heh. If it weren't for the System, I'd have been wiped out long ago.

-- At the end of the year, Yan Xi was named Employee of the Year and won the chance to go on a team-building trip with the CEO, Lu Xiao!

A sudden downpour hit their team-building destination. Yan Xi accidentally took the last umbrella, only to realize the CEO was left without one!

Lu Xiao refused to accept the umbrellas everyone else offered, and ended up soaked and running a high fever.

Feeling guilty, Yan Xi went to check on him in his room late at night.

"Yan Xi..."

Afraid the CEO would blame her for taking the umbrella, Yan Xi activated her Opposite Talk skill!

"Hold me tight."

Yan Xi's eyes snapped open!

"Cough, cough..." Lu Xiao smiled and corrected himself. "I meant, stay away from me. I've caught a cold. I could infect you."

"Sorry... I said what I really felt."

Was the opposite talk... what he really felt?

Yan Xi pressed her lips together, took a deep breath, walked to the bed, and gently hugged Lu Xiao.

-- Bonus Scene:

One evening, a long time later, after Yan Xi and Lu Xiao had confirmed their relationship.

With red-rimmed eyes, Yan Xi tried to crawl away from Lu Xiao, but he dragged her back. "Xiao Xi, again..."

Yan Xi couldn't take it anymore and activated the Opposite Talk skill!

Lu Xiao: "...A billion more times."

Lu Xiao: ?

Lu Xiao pondered. "So Xiao Xi wants that many more times."

Yan Xi: ? No, he didn't. That wasn't what he meant.

Can someone tell him why the opposite of once is a billion times? This lousy System!

Blurb written on 2024.09.16. Screenshot saved.

Theme: Stay positive, and there will be hope.