“You people are just too rigid.
Even though I don’t look much younger than you, why do you talk like a robot?”
He certainly knew what Sirius was thinking.
It was nothing more than assuming he was a prodigal son squandering family money, and not wanting to invite trouble upon herself.
But that didn’t matter.
Shinji looked at Sirius’s cold, beautiful face and sneered inwardly.
“If you look down on me now, in the future, you won’t be able to afford to look up to me.”
This kind of cheesy web novel trope was cliché, but it felt really satisfying.
He didn’t need Sirius to understand his intelligence; he only needed those eyes of hers that could detect danger.
Beauty and the Beast, bah, scratch that—Beast Beauty and the CEO Young Master.
“Forget it, let’s not talk business.”
Shinji changed his posture, trying to lounge as comfortably as possible.
He narrowed his eyes, his gaze unscrupulously sweeping over Sirius.
From her tight jawline to the undulating curves beneath her shirt, and finally to those long, straight legs.
Sirius felt that gaze.
It was an evaluating gaze unique to males.
She frowned slightly, her muscles tensing for a split second, but she immediately relaxed again.
As long as the employer didn’t engage in actual harassment, she had to endure this level of scrutiny.
This was one of the costs included in her $500,000 monthly salary.
“Sirius, are you married?”
Shinji suddenly threw out a question.
The air in the room seemed to freeze for a second.
On Sirius’s perpetually icy face, a crack of astonishment finally appeared.
She looked at Shinji, her eyebrows twitching almost imperceptibly.
What did this mean?
The prelude to workplace sexual harassment?
Or just a typical pickup line used by rich young masters?
In her career, she had encountered many employers who harbored inappropriate thoughts about her.
Usually, this question was followed by disgusting comments like “Do you want to grab a drink tonight?” or “I can pay you double.”
Sirius took a deep breath, suppressing the displeasure in her heart.
“Boss, that falls under my personal privacy.”
Her voice dropped a few degrees, carrying a clear warning, “Furthermore, the Aegis service terms explicitly state that security personnel are strictly prohibited from having any non-work-related relationships with employers.
Whether emotional or…
physical.”
“Huh?”
Shinji was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what she was thinking.
Watching Sirius’s expression—as if facing a formidable enemy, as if looking at a piece-of-trash pervert—Shinji couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
“Pfft, cough, cough, cough!”
The laughter aggravated his injuries, causing him to clutch his chest in pain, but he kept laughing until tears were about to stream down his face.
“You, where did your mind go?”
Shinji gasped for air while waving his hand, “I have no interest in you.
Even if you are indeed good-looking, I’m not the type to be desperate.
Besides, with my current body…”
He pointed to the bandages wrapped around his body and said self-deprecatingly, “Even if I had the heart for it, I don’t have the strength.”
Sirius looked at his pained yet amused appearance, and the wariness in her eyes faded slightly, but her confusion deepened.
“Then why did you ask that question?”
“Pure curiosity.”
Shinji restrained his smile, his eyes becoming somewhat profound.
He turned his head to look at the sea of dazzling lights outside the window.
“I just wanted to know if someone like you, who lives on the edge of a blade, can also possess the happiness of an ordinary person.
Or, is it that in order to become stronger, to survive, one must discard those soft things?”
This was also him asking himself.
Having taken a massive fortune and fled Fuyuki, could he, Shinji, really find his own peace in this strange world?
Or, as long as one is in this world called Fate, will the gears of destiny eventually turn again?
Sirius was stunned.
She hadn’t expected to hear such an explanation.
The young man who always wore a cynical smile—his side profile at this moment actually seemed somewhat…
lonely?
“I am not married.”
Against her better judgment, Sirius spoke up.
Even she herself felt surprised.
“Those in our line of work don’t have the qualifications to have a family.
It’s a weakness, and it’s irresponsible to the other person.”
After saying this, she immediately shut her mouth and resumed that cold, hard posture, as if that momentary reveal was just an illusion.
“Is that so.”
Shinji responded softly, not pursuing the matter further.
“A weakness, huh…”
He closed his eyes, and in his mind flashed Sakura’s final tearful smile, and Rin’s angry fist.
Cutting off the connection meant cutting off the weakness.
Now he was alone, possessing massive wealth and Future Sight.
This was the invincible start.
“Alright.”
Shinji opened his eyes again, the melancholy in them swept away.
“Small talk over.”
He pointed to the computer on the desk.
“Tomorrow morning, I want to see the registration documents for New World Holdings on my desk.
For the office location, choose Roppongi Hills; I want the floor with the best view.”
“Additionally, I need you to help me select some employees.
Don’t betray my trust in you.”
For the current Shinji, these things didn’t matter; he could have as many as he wanted.
Sirius looked at the young man before her who had suddenly unleashed an imposing aura.
Although he was still wearing a hospital gown, in that instant, she actually had an illusion that the person sitting there wasn’t a high school student, but a shark who had been navigating the business world for many years.
That natural sense of issuing commands, that desire to control money and power—it definitely wasn’t faked.
This young boss…
perhaps really wasn’t just a rich second-generation heir.
Sirius straightened her back, and for the first time, replied with a respectful tone reserved for a true employer:
“Understood, Boss.”
“Go.”
Shinji waved his hand, as if shooing away a fly, “I’m going to rest.
You go rest too; there’s no need to keep watch tonight.
This is a five-star hotel.
If someone can sneak in here to kill me, then you standing at the door wouldn’t be of any use.”
“I will be in the room next door.
If there are any abnormalities, please press the emergency button by the bedside.”
Sirius bowed slightly, picked up the silver metal case, and turned to walk out of the room.
As the door gently closed, Shinji was left alone in the massive suite.