It was almost time for Gu Yanche to get off work when Lin Zheng arrived at the entrance of Da’an Technology.
The system said that Da’an Technology was still a small company at this point, but in a few years, it would develop rapidly and become a leading drone company both domestically and internationally.
Lin Zheng could only say that people really couldn’t be compared.
The male lead was not only capable, but lucky too.
Even after losing his memory, he could casually walk into some company and still end up at one with huge potential.
The system comforted her: 【After all, he’s the male lead. There’s only one male lead in the world. We can’t compare ourselves with him.】
Lin Zheng was quite the optimist. She ate her ice cream and said, “What am I comparing myself to him for? Once I sleep with him and thoroughly defile him, I’ll be the winner!”
The system gave her a thumbs-up. This kind of mental victory was excellent.
Lin Zheng looked at the system flying in the air. Its physical form was a chubby little bird.
To make eating ice cream more convenient, it had grown a pair of tiny hands from beneath its wings and was holding the ice cream with them. No matter how she looked at it, it resembled some kind of monster.
Yet the system insisted that birds could have hands and accused her of discriminating against birds.
Lin Zheng somehow managed to get used to the system with its hands.
Indeed, having hands was more convenient.
This was technological progress!
After finishing her ice cream, Lin Zheng walked to the entrance of Da’an Technology and said to the security guard, “Grandpa, I’m here to see my boyfriend.”
The old security guard adjusted his glasses. “Young lady, what’s your boyfriend’s name?”
Lin Zheng: “His name is Gu Yanche.”
The old security guard looked her over a few more times.
So this soft and delicate-looking girl was Gu Yanche’s girlfriend.
She looked so well-behaved. How was she anything like the fierce woman everyone had described?
The old security guard immediately let Lin Zheng inside.
She was just a young girl, after all.
He might as well let everyone see her for themselves instead of letting rumors ruin the girl’s reputation.
Lin Zheng thanked him and went inside.
The old security guard was awfully easy to talk to.
Da’an Technology wasn’t very large, and most of its employees were men. But because it was located in Shulan City, an N-tier city, the company occupied a fairly large plot of land.
From the outside, one might even mistake it for a large company.
The system whispered: 【Host, Grandpa Security is the Da’an CEO’s second granduncle!】
Lin Zheng suddenly understood. “So he’s a connected hire!”
The old security guard didn’t look particularly sharp, yet he’d still gotten the job. Once she knew he was a relative of the boss, everything made sense.
The kindly old security guard: “……”
Lin Zheng took out her phone and called Gu Yanche.
It rang and rang for a long time before automatically disconnecting because nobody answered.
Lin Zheng’s eyes lit up. “System, System! He didn’t answer my call! He must have finally had enough of my harassment!”
“Watch me. I’m going to throw a huge tantrum later and make him kick me in the butt and tell me to get lost!”
The system tossed the popsicle stick from its finished ice cream into the trash and showered Lin Zheng with praise: 【Host is amazing! Make the male lead angry!】
Lin Zheng: “Ugh, that’s disgusting.”
Gu Yanche, who had no idea Lin Zheng was about to cause trouble, had been called into a meeting.
It was urgent, so he’d left his phone on his desk.
It was almost quitting time, but it wasn’t one of the exact hours when Lin Zheng normally called to check on him.
So he hadn’t specifically gone back to retrieve his phone.
It wasn’t until the meeting ended that Qi Zhongping said to Gu Yanche, “Xiaoche, I’m leaving the development of the next-generation drone to you. Work hard! Once the development succeeds, there’ll be a bonus!”
Gu Yanche asked directly, “Will my salary increase?”
He still needed to earn money to buy clothes for his girlfriend, and that required quite a bit of money.
Qi Zhongping was surprised. “What? Just like everyone says, you really do have a girlfriend?”
“It’s not something you made up?”
Gu Yanche’s expression softened slightly. “I do. She’s been through a lot of hardship with me.”
He had lost his memory and had no money, yet she was still willing to live with him in a rented apartment.
Lin Zheng loved him so deeply. He couldn’t let her down.
Qi Zhongping felt disappointed. He had still been hoping to introduce his cousin to Gu Yanche, but apparently there was no chance now.
“Of course your salary will increase! As Da’an develops and the company grows, your salary as the head of R&D will definitely be substantial!”
“Don’t worry. You’ll have money, and you’ll have love too.”
Gu Yanche turned and left. “I’ve always had love.”
If he hadn’t seen the potential for Da’an’s future, he wouldn’t have joined in the first place.
Qi Zhongping: “……”
“What a terrible temper!”
Who would have thought Gu Yanche’s temper was even worse than his, the CEO?
But the kid really was brilliant. He was a talent.
Finding someone like Gu Yanche in a small place like Shulan City was an absolute bargain.
Qi Zhongping decided that his temper was something they could tolerate.
For the sake of the company.
For the sake of their financial future!
Strangely enough, ever since Gu Yanche joined, Qi Zhongping had become more and more confident about the company’s future.
Things he didn’t understand, things he wasn’t sure about, things he couldn’t make up his mind on…
He could just ask Gu Yanche!
His financial future was bright, and Da’an’s future was bright too!
Qi Zhongping thought proudly about how he had been the one to discover Gu Yanche, the talent scout who had found this gem.
Just then, he suddenly heard a furious roar from downstairs.
“GU—YAN—CHE!”
“Gu Yanche, you didn’t answer my calls! Were you secretly having an affair?”
“Gu Yanche, get out here!”
The system flew around in admiration: 【Host has such a powerful voice! You roared so hard the ground shook!】
Lin Zheng, who had accidentally roared a little too hard: “Ahem…”
She had almost roared herself into oblivion.
“Gu Yanche—”
Her voice suddenly became hoarse!
Lin Zheng wanted to die: System, I can’t yell anymore! My voice is supposed to be sweet and girly. How did it turn into a broken gong?!
System: Help! Save me!
The system said: 【Host is so dedicated! This is a workplace injury! Next time, ask the Main System for more benefits!】
Lin Zheng: Deal!
Lin Zheng’s several earth-shaking roars alarmed everyone.
The employees of Da’an came out and looked down from the second floor.
“Who is that?”
“Holy crap! That girl has a huge voice!”
“She was calling for Brother Gu. Could she be Brother Gu’s girlfriend?”
Feng Jia: “Gu Yanche’s girlfriend?”
“It’s definitely a woman. I saw her.”
Everyone saw a girl in a yellow dress crouching downstairs, repeatedly patting her chest with her hand.
“Why did she stop yelling?”
“What did she come here to see Gu Yanche about?”
Gu Yanche hadn’t expected Lin Zheng to come.
When he saw her crouching downstairs, repeatedly pounding her chest, looking as though she wanted to cough something up but couldn’t, he didn’t have time to think.
His body moved faster than his thoughts.
He rushed downstairs and arrived beside Lin Zheng.
“Lin Zheng, what’s wrong?”
“I’ll take you to the hospital!”
He pulled Lin Zheng to her feet.
Lin Zheng opened her mouth, tears glistening at the corners of her eyes.
The girl looked at him pitifully, her adorable, chubby face filled with innocence.
She looked as miserable as could be.
“Ah-ba, ah-ba!”
Her voice was hoarse, and her eyes were filled with despair.
I should have known better than to be so aggressive!
Now look at me! I’ve completely embarrassed myself in front of Gu Yanche!
I’ve lost both face and dignity!
Lin Zheng sobbed miserably and buried her head against Gu Yanche’s chest.
Hmm. Solid pecs!
The girl kept rubbing her head against his chest, looking both wronged and embarrassed.
Gu Yanche’s body stiffened for only a moment before the sight of her rubbing against him softened his heart.
He lifted her head, pulled her mouth open, and looked inside.
“Is your throat inflamed?”
“Don’t be scared. I’m off work now. We’ll go to the hospital right away.”
With her cheeks pinched between his fingers, Lin Zheng’s face became all puffed up, like a pouty goldfish.
Didn’t she have any dignity left?
She pushed Gu Yanche’s hand away and spoke hoarsely.
“It’s all your fault! You didn’t answer my calls! If you had answered, I wouldn’t have come looking for you!”
“If I hadn’t needed to yell at you, my throat wouldn’t have ended up like this. Boo-hoo-hoo…”
Lin Zheng pounded Gu Yanche’s chest while thinking about all the miserable experiences she’d endured in her previous life—handing out flyers under the blazing sun, getting rejected whenever she asked handsome guys for their contact information, and so on.
She actually started crying genuine tears.
The system waved a little flag beside her and cheered: 【Host is awesome! Host is mighty! Host’s acting deserves an Oscar!】
Seeing a silly bird waving a flag, Lin Zheng couldn’t keep crying.
She hugged Gu Yanche again, burying her face against his chest while quietly snickering.
God, please take this idiot system away!
It’s ruining my performance!
The idiot system: 【……】
Heaven above, distinguish loyalty from treachery!