“Since when did Young Master Zhao learn to pity the delicate and cherish the beautiful?” Du Chengfeng’s face was full of teasing. The two of them had basically grown up wearing the same pair of pants since childhood. He knew exactly what kind of person the other was, definitely not someone soft-hearted.
“Don’t talk nonsense, I just thought that guy Chen went too far,” Zhao Cheng retorted.
He didn’t say the rest, this gym was opened by Du Chengfeng, and Manager Chen was just working for someone else. After all, to a capitalist, this was exactly the kind of biting dog they liked.
“Find yourself a life assistant. I’m your manager, drawing one salary but doing two people’s work, don’t you think that’s a bit too harsh?” Zhao Cheng quickly changed the subject, he didn’t want to keep talking about that topic.
Men all shared one common flaw, they liked beauties. If a woman wasn’t a beauty, even the slightest connection to her would stir up disgust from the bottom of their hearts.
He wouldn’t say he felt disgust toward Su Yue, but he didn’t like being associated with her either.
“Fine, find one who’s obedient and doesn’t cause much trouble,” Du Chengfeng said, raising no objection. Finding another life assistant just meant paying one more salary, nothing to the Du family.
“How about her?” Zhao Cheng tilted his chin toward Su Yue. She looked diligent, unafraid of hard work, and most importantly, she didn’t talk much.
“And you say you don’t pity the delicate and cherish the beautiful.” Du Chengfeng couldn’t help teasing. His gaze also landed on Su Yue. He’d never exchanged a word with this little cleaner, but he knew she was quick with her hands and feet, just like now, having just been scolded mercilessly by Manager Chen, she was already back to working like a diligent little bee.
He had to admit this little cleaner had quite strong nerves, after being insulted, showing no trace of negative emotion, still working diligently and responsibly. That was rare. Bosses all liked employees like that.
If Du Chengfeng had known Su Yue’s past, he certainly wouldn’t have said that, it wasn’t that her nerves were strong, it was that she had no other choice.
“If you keep talking like that, I’m not dealing with this anymore,” Zhao Cheng said, throwing up his hands in a give-up gesture.
While the two of them discussed Su Yue over here, Su Yue was also discussing the two of them with the system.
“Why isn’t Zhao Cheng the male lead?” Su Yue complained to the system in her heart.
“Host, there’s no such thing as a free lunch falling from the sky. It’s better for us to keep our feet on the ground.” The system was also helpless, the setup was just like that, what could it do?
It was just an emotionless piece of code…
“That’s true, but what about the mission?” Su Yue sighed deeply. Making her, someone with zero dating history, go seduce the male lead was a bit much to ask.
“To reach our goal, we should set shame aside. As long as you don’t care about face, nothing you do is embarrassing.” The system pulled out that little pep talk without missing a beat.
“Fine, then let’s set shame aside.” Su Yue drank down that bowl of chicken soup, and immediately perked right back up.
System: it’s you who has no shame.
“What?” Su Yue looked at Zhao Cheng in disbelief. What had she just heard?
“I’d like to hire you as Du Chengfeng’s life assistant, monthly salary five thousand. But there are conditions, you’ll need to fix up your appearance a bit, like this hair of yours.” Zhao Cheng looked at the dazed, blank-faced Su Yue, the corner of his mouth curling up involuntarily.
“Really?” A second ago Su Yue had still been racking her brain for ways to get close to the male lead, and who knew the opportunity would arrive the very next second, delivered by this very Zhao Cheng. She sighed again, why wasn’t Zhao Cheng the male lead?
Seeing Zhao Cheng’s distaste for her appearance, she instinctively pushed aside her thick bangs, revealing her clear but foolish-looking eyes.
Zhao Cheng was stunned for a moment. Once the thick bangs were pushed back, her whole look was noticeably more refreshing. Knowing it didn’t look good, why keep it that way?
Was it out of low self-esteem?
For an instant, his heart softened toward her a little. He smiled and nodded, there was no doubt, her eyes were full of delight.
“Don’t worry, Brother Zhao, I promise I’ll take good care of Brother Du. I won’t let you down.” Su Yue pulled a small clip out of her pocket and fixed her bangs in place.
She’d long been sick of these annoying bangs getting in her way. Before, it was to keep up the original owner’s appearance, now, it was per the client’s request.
Zhao Cheng: something about how that sounded felt off.
Seeing that she was one step away from thumping her chest in a vow, he figured it sounded about right anyway.
“Then I’ll tell Manager Chen, we’ll start from tomorrow!” Zhao Cheng had originally meant to have her find Manager Chen to quit the cleaning job herself, but then he thought of Manager Chen’s nasty attitude just now. To keep the girl from being bullied further, he’d better step in himself!
“No need to trouble Brother Zhao with a small thing like this, I’ll tell Manager Chen myself.” Su Yue turned down his kindness. She’d endured a week of Manager Chen’s grief, she wanted to settle this score herself.
Zhao Cheng didn’t insist further. From now on she’d be Du Chengfeng’s life assistant, he figured Manager Chen wouldn’t dare make things difficult for her anymore.
Su Yue tossed all her cleaning gear into the storage room in one go and headed straight for Manager Chen’s office. As for the mopping and cleaning, whoever wanted to do it could do it, she wasn’t serving that anymore.
“I quit.” Su Yue stood in front of Manager Chen’s desk, chin tilted up slightly, looking every bit like someone suddenly full of herself.
“You want to quit?” Manager Chen was stunned for a moment. At first he hadn’t even recognized the person in front of him as Su Yue, not until he saw the cleaner’s uniform on her.
“Not doing it anymore,” Su Yue nodded.
“Let me tell you, once you leave here, coming back would be a dream.” Manager Chen didn’t want to let her go, mainly because Su Yue worked fast and never complained, one person doing the work of three while only getting paid for one.
After all, a gym this big only had Su Yue as its single cleaner, inside and out. There used to be two others, but ever since Su Yue arrived, he’d let those two go.
“Who said I was leaving here?” She wasn’t leaving, she was changing jobs. Before, she worked for the boss’s business, from now on, she’d work for the boss himself. This was a promotion.
This past week she hadn’t done nothing at all, at the very least, she knew this gym was Du family property, or rather, it was something Du Chengfeng had opened purely as his own hobby.
At the time it had made her incredibly envious. She swore that once she had money in the future, she’d do the same thing.
“Not wanting to leave now is too late… you’re just a cleaner who deals with garbage all day, I’ve seen plenty of your type.” Manager Chen thought he’d scared Su Yue. He’d only scolded her a bit, how dare she come here to throw a tantrum, she ought to know her own place.
“From this moment on, I’m Brother Du’s life assistant. You’re saying I’m a cleaner who deals with garbage, does that mean you’re calling Brother Du garbage?” Su Yue turned it right back on him. If he dared scold her, she’d dare report him.
“What did you just say?” Manager Chen felt like his ears weren’t working right. What had he just heard?
“Settle my wages in full, including today’s, if you’re short even a single cent, you’d better watch yourself.” Su Yue dropped that harsh line and walked off without a backward glance.
She had no intention of wasting time on this bullying underling of a manager. Now that she finally had a chance to get close to the male lead, she couldn’t wait even a moment longer!
Manager Chen: …