Better to Slacken Off Than Be Cannon Fodder

Shen Chushi was an investment banking VP and star consultant. To put it nicely, he was an industry elite. In reality, he was just an overworked corporate drone. His greatest dream in life was to save enough money to retire early.

At long last, his dream came true. But after only a few days of lying flat, he transmigrated into a book, specifically a business-warfare novel.

Even worse, on his very first day in the book, the villain chased him off to work, demanding that he become a corporate spy. If he refused, the villain would sell him to a nightclub to become its top attraction.

Shen Chushi: ...Am I some chosen worker bee? Even at a nightclub, I'd have to be the top attraction?

Better the devil you know. Given the choice between the office and the nightclub, he decisively chose the office.

What? His position was an intern assistant? For a corporate drone with years of experience, that was easy enough to handle.

Huh? What was that? He was a well-connected hire, a useless little pet the boss was paying to keep around? This... was his dream job!

He was planning to slack off and coast, while figuring out how to escape the villain's clutches and change his doomed ending. But on his very first day, the sharp-eyed boss from the book, He Chengyu, set his sights on him and started assigning him work.

Shen Chushi: Wait, why isn't it like the book said?

Wasn't he a well-connected hire? Wasn't the boss supposed to look down on him as a useless little pet and keep him around as dead weight? How had he suddenly turned into an evil capitalist?

Fortunately, all the work was a piece of cake for him. Easy as can be, he could finish it in no time.

He pretended to be busy while slacking off with a clear conscience. But why did he always feel a pair of eyes watching him whenever he took a break? And why was his boss acting stranger and stranger toward him, while his salary kept climbing?

*

He Chengyu had been reborn with his memories intact. Shortly before his death, the company had run into a crisis, and he suspected his death hadn't been an accident.

After being reborn, he investigated in secret and set his sights on Shen Chushi, a pawn planted at his side by the prime suspect.

He had someone keep Shen Chushi under surveillance, but the reports he received were all over the place.

1. Shen Chushi went out to deliver some documents, stopped at a jianbing stand for breakfast, and told its owner he planned to acquire the He Group.

2. After finishing his errand, Shen Chushi didn't return to the office. He went to a newly opened cafe for milk tea, then petted cats and played with dogs.

3. While he was away on a business trip, Shen Chushi went to the plaza to do square dancing with the aunties and practice tai chi with the uncles. He also said he wanted to fire the boss and retire early.

He Chengyu became more and more convinced that Shen Chushi was no simple character. He decided to take matters into his own hands and meet this sly little cat who loved to slack off.

*

He Chengyu took Shen Chushi to a business reception.

Forced to work overtime, Shen Chushi was in a bad mood. At the reception, he smiled and said, "Sorry, I'm allergic to alcohol."

When the reception ended, He Chengyu turned around and saw Shen Chushi clinking glasses flirtatiously with a young celebrity at a bar. When He caught him, Shen Chushi didn't even blush. But before long, he was drunkenly hugging a bottle and collapsing into He Chengyu's arms, using a supposed contest to feel his abs.

He Chengyu looked at Shen Chushi, his cheeks flushed and his Adam's apple bobbing. What a little pervert, pretending to be allergic to alcohol.

Shen Chushi noticed that He Chengyu was increasingly pleased with his work and even wanted to team up with him against the villain. He kept raising Shen Chushi's salary by huge amounts and even resorted to seducing him, doing all sorts of things to get his attention.

Ahem. He had to admit, aside from being a bit of a jerk, He Chengyu was just his type.

In that case, he'd gladly accept both the salary and the man.

Later, He Chengyu gave up his position as boss and let Shen Chushi take the seat.

Shen Chushi sat down, and He Chengyu started untying his tie right in front of him.

A workplace veteran, habitual slacker, and irresistible charmer bottom x a scheming, secretly coquettish top who acts like a jerk but is actually a jealous mess

One-on-one

Coming next: Oops, They Found Out I'm a Succubus

Chu Wenyan felt that ever since he met Xie Jinxuan, everything had gone wrong. He had not only been transferred out of town in a case of a promotion in name only, to clean up a mess, but had also accidentally revealed his nonhuman nature in front of humans.

To keep things from spiraling out of control, he agreed to the transfer. But on the day he was supposed to leave, he ran into Xie Jinxuan at the airport. As luck would have it, Xie was heading to the same place for a new position.

Chu Wenyan: ...Why won't this accursed roadblock disappear?

Just after the plane took off, he suddenly felt feverish all over. In a daze, someone undid his collar, and he pressed himself against the other person's cold body.

When he woke up, Xie Jinxuan was sitting beside him and said nothing, merely wiping the white, sticky mess from his hand in an unhurried manner.

Chu Wenyan was completely confused. Had the quarter of his body that was succubus been fully activated?

With the situation unclear, he decided to get ahead of things. "It's fine. We're both men. I understand."

When Xie Jinxuan reacted, he added considerately, "Don't worry. I was asleep just now. I didn't see a thing."

As long as he denied it to the bitter end, the other person would be the one embarrassed.

But Xie Jinxuan wasn't embarrassed at all. Instead, he gave a rare smile. "Is that so? That's a relief."

Chu Wenyan: !

Chu Wenyan: ?

After that, Xie Jinxuan always found some excuse to go places with him. This included, but was not limited to, insisting they squeeze into the same company car, making excuses to visit a hot spring resort together to entertain an important client, and having to share a room at a business banquet aboard a ferry...

And every single time, his succubus side would flare up, and he'd get up to all sorts of things with Xie Jinxuan.

Fortunately, aside from his somewhat sinister gaze, Xie Jinxuan's looks, build, and even scent were all exactly to his taste. Chu Wenyan was starting to enjoy himself, though afterward he always pretended to have amnesia. Xie Jinxuan seemed to enjoy their arrangement too.

As time went on, the two developed an unspoken understanding. Then, one time, when things got heated, Chu Wenyan accidentally revealed his heart-shaped succubus tail, and Xie Jinxuan revealed eight tentacles. Only then did Chu Wenyan realize they were the same kind of being.

No wonder it always felt like there was something extra going on.

Xie Jinxuan curled one tentacle around Chu Wenyan's succubus tail, while the others set to work with clear purpose. Then he smiled and asked Chu Wenyan, whose eyes were brimming with tears, "Are you still going to pretend?"

A coy succubus who pretends to have amnesia and secretly enjoys it x a sinister demon who sees through everything and goes along with it

One-on-one, happy ending

Coming soon: Where's the Sunny College Guy Workout Buddy I Was Promised?

Song Lexun died suddenly at his desk. He thought his miserable life as a corporate wage slave was finally over, but when he opened his eyes, he discovered he had transmigrated into a business-warfare novel as the second villain, a man who climbed the ranks by any means necessary.

Since he was a villain, he was bound to meet a bad end. Sure enough, according to the plot, he would eventually become seriously ill and disgraced.

Song Lexun: ?

Song Lexun: ...

Come on, who would be stupid enough to die in the same pit twice?

He wouldn't.

Not only would he refuse to die, he would get healthy, stay free of illness, and escape his damned fate.

So on his very first day after transmigrating into the book, he spent a fortune on an annual gym membership.

That same day, he met his first workout buddy: a sunny, handsome college guy with perfect proportions and an eight-pack.

His workout buddy was great. He taught Song Lexun how to train effectively, patiently corrected his form, and showed him all sorts of unconventional fitness tricks.

As they got to know each other, Song Lexun found himself complaining about work to him.

Song Lexun: "The food in the company cafeteria is awful. If the boss took one bite, he'd ascend on the spot."

The next day, the cafeteria was ordered to overhaul its menu, and fitness meals were added.

Song Lexun: "The company is drowning in internal red tape because the organizational structure is bloated."

A few days later, upper management ordered a restructuring, and Song Lexun's workload became much lighter.

Song Lexun: "This project looks promising, but it's actually a pit. Anyone who touches it is doomed."

The project, which had been moving full steam ahead, was suddenly halted. Song Lexun was transferred to a more promising new project, and his salary multiplied several times over.

Song Lexun assumed it was all coincidence, until one day his direct supervisor started giving him a hard time. He was summoned to the president's office, where he met the infamous villain, Gu Siyan.

The villain's outfit of the day: a sharp suit, slicked-back hair, and silver-rimmed glasses. Every gesture radiated cunning, and when he spoke, he sounded like a Daddy-style domineering CEO. "He dared to bully you? I'll fire him."

Song Lexun rubbed his eyes. Wait, wasn't this his workout buddy?

Where was his sunny, cheerful college-guy workout buddy? Why had he turned into a dark Daddy?

Seeing the villain give him a faintly amused smile, Song Lexun felt that something was wrong. Had the gears of fate started turning after all?

He handed in his resignation that very day. He even abandoned his gym membership and ran for it, but that night, Gu Siyan caught him and dragged him back.

"Didn't you say you wanted to get as fit as me?" Gu Siyan grabbed his hand and pressed it against his clearly defined abs.

Song Lexun: ...They feel amazing.

"Didn't we promise to be workout buddies for life?" Gu Siyan undid the buttons on his shirt.

That night, Song Lexun was forced into an intense workout unlike anything he'd ever experienced.

When he woke up the next morning, Gu Siyan was squeezing his terribly sore waist. Song Lexun whimpered and tried to run, but was caught and pulled back.

Gu Siyan increased the pressure of his hand. "Baby, looks like we didn't work out enough last night. We'll do extra today."

A workplace slacker determined to become a fitness buff bottom x a shirtless college guy who turns into a Daddy-style CEO once dressed top

Theme: Those who take life seriously deserve to enjoy it more.