…
“Thank you for the praise, Master. I’ll keep working hard.”
Hearing Ye Jia call him “Master” sent a jolt through Chen Hao as if he had been electrocuted. A tingling sensation swept through his entire body.
“Keep it up. I have high hopes for you.”
A little while later, Chen Hao needed to use the restroom, so he got up and headed there.
Ye Jia took her phone out of her bag and checked it, only to discover that several of her close friends had tagged her again.
Some were asking how her shopping trip with the handsome tycoon was going, while others wanted to know what she was doing right now.
Ye Jia opened WeChat’s camera, recorded a short video of the dining table that lasted a little over 10 seconds, and sent it directly to the Close Friends’ Group Chat.
Hu Xueyi: “You’re eating barbecue? It looks so delicious!”
Zhou Dan: “Drooling.jpg.”
Hu Xueyi: “Jiajia, that huge piece of beef in your bowl is wagyu, right?”
Ye Jia: “As expected of a famous streamer who has seen the world. Xueyi certainly knows her stuff.”
Hu Xueyi: “Hmph, you’re teasing me again. I only have a little over 50,000 followers. How could I possibly count as a famous streamer?”
Zhou Dan: “I’ve never eaten wagyu in my entire life. Jiajia, hurry up and tell me how much it costs so I can give up on the idea.”
Ye Jia: “Dandan, this piece is only 500 yuan. It’s not that expensive. If you ever get the chance, you have to come and try it. Wagyu is seriously delicious. The moment you take a bite, it’s unbelievably satisfying.”
Zhou Dan: “One piece costs 500 yuan, and you’re telling me that isn’t expensive? I don’t even earn 500 yuan in a day.”
Lin Pinru: “Jiajia, is that a Vacheron Constantin on your wrist?”
Seeing Lin Pinru’s message, the corners of Ye Jia’s lips involuntarily curled upward.
When she recorded the video earlier, she had deliberately made sure the Vacheron Constantin on her wrist appeared in the shot.
Sure enough, one of her close friends had noticed it almost immediately.
Ye Jia: “Yes, Pinru.”
Hu Xueyi: “Holy crap, it really is a Vacheron Constantin! I was so focused on the food just now that I didn’t even notice Jiajia was wearing one.”
Zhou Dan: “How much does it cost?”
Hu Xueyi: “Dandan, I actually know this one. Jiajia is wearing a Vacheron Constantin Égérie 4606F. That watch costs more than 500,000 yuan!”
Zhou Dan: “That expensive…”
At that moment, Lin Pinru was out shopping with Han Yu. When she saw that the Vacheron Constantin on Ye Jia’s wrist was actually worth more than 500,000 yuan, all kinds of unpleasant emotions immediately surged through her heart.
A luxury watch worth more than 500,000 yuan.
She admitted it.
She was jealous.
Just moments ago, she had acted spoiled with Han Yu over a Louis Vuitton bag worth more than 30,000 yuan, yet even after all that coaxing, Han Yu had only reluctantly agreed to buy it for her next month.
Ye Jia was already wearing a Vacheron Constantin worth more than 500,000 yuan.
She wasn’t any worse than Ye Jia.
So why was the gap between the two of them growing wider and wider?
Ye Jia had really gotten unbelievably lucky.
She had somehow managed to meet a tycoon…
With her emotions thrown completely off balance, Lin Pinru’s fingers flew across her phone as she typed a message and sent it to the group.
Lin Pinru: “Someone was just saying in the group that it wasn’t good to casually spend other people’s money.”
Ye Jia: “I didn’t ask him for it. He insisted on buying it for me. I tried to refuse, but he simply wouldn’t let me.”
After sending the message, Ye Jia immediately followed it with a helpless shrugging meme.
Lin Pinru was obviously jealous.
Haha. If Pinru knew that the tycoon who had bought this Vacheron Constantin for her was actually Chen Hao, the very man she had dumped, what kind of expression would she make?
Ye Jia was genuinely beginning to look forward to the day Chen Hao’s true identity was exposed and Lin Pinru found out.
Oh, Pinru, Pinru.
It seemed you simply weren’t destined to enjoy such a luxurious life.
Hu Xueyi: “Jiajia, if you become rich, don’t forget about us!”
Hu Xueyi: “Jiajia, ask that tycoon whether he watches livestreams. If he does, tell him to come to my livestream and become one of my big spenders. (Grinning)”
Zhou Dan: “Jiajia, does he need a bodyguard? If he does, I volunteer. I can be his personal bodyguard.”
Ye Jia: “Hmph, I think you two are trying to steal my man. Don’t even dream about it. (Proud)”
…
Meanwhile, just as Chen Hao finished relieving himself and walked out of the restroom, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
He took it out, glanced at the caller ID, and swiped to answer.
“Hello, Chen Hao. Get to the company immediately.”
The instant the call connected, Chen Hao heard a voice he thoroughly disliked.
The owner of that voice was Li Liang, the direct supervisor of Chen Hao’s department at the company where he currently worked.
Li Liang was the type of supervisor who sucked up to those above him while bullying those beneath him.
In front of his superiors, he put on a flattering smile and behaved like an obedient lapdog.
But when dealing with his subordinates, he acted as though he were some incredibly important figure.
At work, he especially loved ordering people around.
In the past, Chen Hao had been the person he ordered around most often.
At first, Chen Hao hadn’t minded too much. After all, going outside to buy something for his supervisor gave him a chance to get some fresh air and clear his head.
However, as it happened more and more often, Chen Hao gradually became annoyed.
Because that old bastard never gave him any money.
If it happened once or twice, Chen Hao could let it slide.
But when it happened repeatedly, that was unacceptable.
Damn it. Forget about not paying him for running errands, but how could the bastard expect Chen Hao to pay for the things too?
Later, whenever Li Liang ordered him to buy something, Chen Hao demanded the money upfront, along with an errand fee.
Once that old bastard realized he could no longer freeload off Chen Hao, he simply found someone else to exploit instead.
Because of this, Li Liang had become notorious throughout their department.
Apart from loving to freeload and take petty advantages of his subordinates, that old bastard was constantly taking on extra assignments for their department in hopes of advancing his own career.
Once the workload became too large to finish during regular working hours, everyone had no choice but to work overtime.
As a result, overtime had practically become routine in their department.
The worst part was that they weren’t even paid overtime.
At most, Li Liang would order them a 10 yuan takeout meal.
Judging by the way that old bastard was speaking now, Chen Hao assumed he wanted him to come into the office and work overtime again.
Chen Hao asked, “Why do you want me to come to the company?”
Li Liang replied in a commanding tone, “I went to the restroom and forgot to bring toilet paper. Chen Hao, bring me a pack of tissues. Hurry up. Don’t keep me waiting.”
Hearing that commanding tone, Chen Hao rolled his eyes and said, “Are you out of your mind? If you don’t have toilet paper, can’t you ask a security guard to bring you some? If you’re too embarrassed to ask, don’t you have a coin on you? Can’t you scrape yourself clean with it? And if you really don’t have a coin, you still have fingers, don’t you? Wipe it. Don’t you know how to wipe it?”
Li Liang snapped, “Chen Hao, I told you to bring me toilet paper. Why are you spouting so much nonsense? I’m ordering you to deliver it to me within 30 minutes. After you bring the toilet paper, go to the office and work some overtime. I happen to have a PowerPoint presentation that I need urgently.”
Chen Hao immediately cursed, “It’s bad enough that you want me to bring you toilet paper, but you also want me to stay and work overtime? Overtime, overtime, shove your damn overtime up your ass! Go eat shit!”
The moment those words left his mouth, Chen Hao felt immensely refreshed.
On the other end of the call, Li Liang was still squatting on the toilet.
Chen Hao’s sudden barrage of insults left him completely dumbfounded.
Several seconds passed before Li Liang finally recovered and shouted, “Chen Hao, have you lost your damn mind? How dare you talk to me like that? Do you believe I can get you fired?”
“Fucking idiot!”
“You…”
Li Liang flew into a rage and was just about to explode when the beeping sound of a disconnected call suddenly reached his ears.
He immediately tried calling Chen Hao back, only to discover that Chen Hao had already blocked his number.
“Fuck! Has Chen Hao suddenly grown some balls? Just wait until Monday. I’ll make damn sure he regrets this!”