My Assistant's Inner Thoughts Are a Little Too Detailed

Shao Jingzhi had spent over a decade making his way in the world when a letter of appointment from his father summoned him back to take over his older brother's position. He wasn't satisfied with anything his brother had left behind. The office was too empty, the chair too small, the sofa too plain, the plants on the windowsill too ugly. The only decent thing was the assistant. The chief assistant to the CEO of Oceanic Group was sharp, composed, and never smiled. His black half-rim glasses made him look as if he could hold up the sky for three seconds if it fell. He solved a great many problems for Shao Jingzhi, the novice CEO. Until one day, while his older brother was arguing with his male lover, Shao Jingzhi suddenly heard: [All it would take is saying, "I just happened to run into him," but they're arguing for ages. What is this, a TV drama?] Shao Jingzhi looked at his assistant, who was expressionlessly blocking his brother, and a slow "?" appeared in his mind. Two directors were fighting over their interests. His assistant appeared to be trying to stop them, but in his head: [Come on, hit him faster. After working all day, this is my only entertainment.] The marketing director wanted to cut the department's dinner budget because quarterly profits fell short of expectations. The assistant seemed to listen calmly, but was clenching his fist under the table: [Please don't tell me it's that awful restaurant again. You'd better have some sense and not make me expose the fact that you took bribes from a brand!] Shao Jingzhi: ? I can hear thoughts and get some juicy gossip too? When Shao Jingzhi's two rumored girlfriends showed up to argue, his assistant dutifully blocked the door while internally complaining like a walking corpse: [This lousy job. I can't do another day of this.] Listening to his assistant grumble, Shao Jingzhi secretly enjoyed himself. Maybe this job wasn't entirely boring after all. Then one day, a new assistant fresh out of college joined the company. She couldn't figure out the printer, scrambled all the data in her spreadsheets, and tripped while carrying coffee, spilling it all over Shao Jingzhi. A vein throbbed at Shao Jingzhi's temple. He didn't care who had pulled strings to get her hired; he couldn't take it anymore. Then he heard his assistant's thoughts: [Wow, a sweet, helpless new assistant! She's clumsy and scatterbrained but optimistic and kind. Her stubbornness and strength will captivate the coldhearted CEO, and then he'll chase her while she runs away. Soon they'll be living happily ever after!] Shao Jingzhi hesitated. Wait, assistant, do you have some kind of misunderstanding about my taste? Then he heard: [What a shame. I don't go after taken men. Guess I'll never get to admire his six-pack abs xxx again.] Shao Jingzhi froze. After the assistant left, he lifted his shirt and looked at the six hard abs beneath it, a meaningful expression on his face. Brother, this is a high-level game. It's all up to you! Note: To annoy his father, the love interest will find many rumored girlfriends and play the part of a womanizing rich playboy, but he never sleeps with them. The most he does is hug them or put an arm around their waists. This may not be for everyone, but please don't insult the character. Both are sexually inexperienced! Coming soon: The Spotlight's Mine 1. Jiang Yuchen is divorced. Jiang Yuchen's husband cheated on him with a doctor from their hospital, saying Jiang Yuchen was too cold and never made him feel loved, either in daily life or in bed. After the divorce, Jiang Yuchen carried on with his life, though he sometimes fell into self-doubt. Taking a friend's advice, he went drinking at a gay bar. He got so drunk that he ended up in bed with a man. The man was handsome and wild, with a perfect physique. His eight-pack abs and impressive endowment left Jiang Yuchen helpless, and he was enthralled all night. The next morning, he woke to find the handsome man still wrapped around him, arms and legs clinging to his body. Jiang Yuchen couldn't help freezing. The man was Shi Xu, a superstar whom the media called "an angel's face" and "a siren's voice." He was also Jiang Yuchen's high school classmate. Jiang Yuchen got dressed and tried to sneak out before Shi Xu woke up. But as soon as he opened the door, a flood of camera flashes and reporters surged inside. "Who's there?" The man sat up in bed, bare-chested, his voice husky and sexy. He and the crowd in the doorway stared at one another. -- To quell the public outcry, Jiang Yuchen and Shi Xu agreed to marry and went on a marriage reality show. Everyone knew Shi Xu was unruly, flamboyant, and independent. Jiang Yuchen figured they only needed to act affectionate for the cameras, respect each other, and give each other enough space. But Shi Xu insisted on walking close beside him; during breaks, he had to lean in close and whisper in Jiang Yuchen's ear; whenever they completed a task, he'd pout and ask for a kiss. If anyone called Jiang Yuchen away, Shi Xu would glare at them until they "gave him back." And when they came across what was supposedly a hidden camera, Jiang Yuchen was pinned to the sofa and forced to endure nearly ten minutes of passionate kisses. Afterward, Jiang Yuchen finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Don't you think we're a little too intimate?" "Are we? I don't think so." The man's beautiful blue-gray eyes shimmered with innocent, guileless light. "This is perfectly normal." "This is how couples are." Jiang Yuchen, who had never experienced "normal," passionate love, accepted his explanation in a daze. As the show aired, their ship kept trending, and viewers shouted about how perfect they were together. They even dug up evidence that the two were deeply in love, including but not limited to: Shi Xu had put Jiang Yuchen's favorite color in a song; he'd used Jiang Yuchen's class and student number as an album title; the only dish he knew how to cook was one Jiang Yuchen liked. Jiang Yuchen fell into deep thought. He really seems to love me, but if I remember right, we spoke fewer than ten times in high school. How strange. 2. Shi Xu had a secret crush on his top-ranked classmate for all three years of high school. When he later learned the man was married, he was devastated and cried for three days and nights. Afterward, he wrote several songs about heartbreak, and every one of them became a huge hit, which only made him more heartbroken. He thought his crush of more than a decade would never see the light of day. Then, one day, while habitually checking the other man's social media posts, he saw the newly posted divorce certificate. Shi Xu: "…" "Aaaaaaaaaah!!!" His spring had arrived!! Gorgeous, flamboyant, hopelessly romantic superstar x cool, academic doctor The reporters weren't tipped off to catch them at the hotel by the love interest. [Keeping tabs on your crush's social media is useful.] Theme: As long as you hold on to hope, happiness will come.