Recount of a Cannon Fodder’s Counterattack (2)
Lu Shijin watched Wang Lizhi’s changes in expression coldly. Just as the stalemate was becoming too much, someone else entered.
“Why are you gathered around here? Do you not want to go home and want to stay here to work overtime?” The person was the vice head of the HR department. Someone had long contacted him after seeing an argument in the workplace.
After hearing the details, he guessed that Wang Lizhi had just come, so he couldn’t just fire Platinum employees, so he personally came over to resolve the conflict.
He berated sternly, “You women, what are you wagging your tongues here for instead of getting off work? Don’t let da-Pen think that the quality of Platinum employees are so low! It seems that our corporate environment isn’t well-defined yet! How about this, if you guys don’t want to go home, then you can stay here and read the employee handbook and submit a reflection on it before leaving! Also, everyone will have half a month’s pay deducted, do I make myself clear?!”
Seeing how angry the vice-head was, the women stopped talking and obediently returned to their seats.
After dealing with the gossipy women, the man walked towards Wang Lizhi, saying clearly, “Da-Pen, sorry for this. These employees are all people who bully the weak and fear the strong. You’re too gentle with them, making them lawless. If they still dare act like this in the future, you just need to tell me. I’ll deal with them.”
“Thank you, boss Li.” Wang Lizhi was still angry, but he managed to smile.
He then turned to Lu Shijin and comforted with a gentle smile, “Xiao Lu, they’re all lacking in insight, don’t take them seriously. I’ve already punished them, they’ll probably learn. How about you let this go for my sake?”
Lu Shijin just wanted to trouble Wang Lizhi. Since a higher up had already said so, he didn’t need to make things difficult for him. Lu Shijin nodded.
“That’s right, we’re all one family, we should get along harmoniously.” The vice-head smiled, “It’s getting late, I also need to go home to my wife and kids, you guys do what you want.”
After he left, Lu Shijin and Wang Lizhi also went home. Wang Lizhi drove while Lu Shijin sat in the passenger seat. Wang Lizhi didn’t say anything to Lu Shijin.
That was what Lu Shijin wanted. He felt disgusted just sitting in the same car as scum like Wang Lizhi.
“Convenience store, have you contacted 211?” Lu Shijin leaned against the window and closed his eyes, pretending to rest as he spoke to 711.
“I have.” 711 replied, “Why don’t you guess who your husband is this time?”
Lu Shijin thought about it. He only knew the names of two people in the story so far, Wang Lizhi and the unknown Jin Jingyao.
Lu Shijin answered casually, “Jin Jingyao?”
“That’s right! Host, you’re too smart! You guessed it on your first try! Congratulations!“
“Fuck off, don’t bother with these senseless compliments. What’s there to be happy about? Fuck, why did it have to be him?” Thinking about how Wang Lizhi was supposed to end up with Jin Jingyao, Lu Shijin felt like he had just eaten a fly. He definitely couldn’t allow that to happen.
But… if 211 had a stupid system like ‘enamored protagonist’, and Jin Jingyao needed to end up with Wang Lizhi, then what could he do?
Lu Shijin felt his head pound and asked without much hope, “Do you know what kind of system 211 is this time?”
“This is the second good news I’m going to tell you. 211 got the ‘Ancient Scum System’!”
“. . .I know what scum is, but what’s ‘ancient’?”
711 eagerly explained, “The ‘ancient’ refers to being dog-blooded and harsh. The most important thing is that it also needs a lot of NSFW stuff.”
“. . . I feel like you’re doing this deliberately, but I have no evidence.”
“Hehehe, this is a good system. Don’t mind the name, it’s a really good thing for you!”
“How?” Lu Shijin was confused.
711 explained, “Scum means that Jin Jingyao will definitely make things very difficult for Wang Lizhi, making him want to die many times. If you think about it like this, then wouldn’t it be your chance?”
Lu Shijin had a sudden realization and said happily, “Right! That makes sense! When did you get so smart?”
711 giggled, “I’ve learnt a bit from being with you for so long.”
After praising each other to mutually blow up their egos, Lu Shijin started planning.
No matter what, since Jin Jingyao was his, he couldn’t let him touch garbage like Wang Lizhi.
Back home, Wang Lizhi still had a bad expression, acting like Lu Shijin owed him eight million.
Lu Shijin knew that it wasn’t time to split with Wang Lizhi yet, so he had to calm him down.
He needed to wait for when his fall would be the biggest.
“Okay, okay, stop being angry.” It was time for dinner. Lu Shijin opened the fridge to see what to make for dinner as he spoke to Wang Lizhi. “You heard how badly they were talking about me. I’m not good at arguing with other people, I can’t outargue them. I just wanted you to vent for me a bit. You’re my boyfriend, can you not do that?”
“It’s not that I’m not willing, but you need to think about the circumstances. We haven’t been in Platinum for that long. If I fire people just because of some gossip, what would people think of me?”
Lu Shijin mocked Wang Lizhi for being so stupid, but it made sense. All of his honor and wealth came from schemes and stealing others’ work, so it was normal for Wang Lizhi to be afraid of wronging others.
Lu Shijin took out two eggs and some leafy greens from the fridge, preparing to make some noodles for dinner. He didn’t want to cook something good for Wang Lizhi.
“What are you thinking?” Lu Shijin said as he cooked, “You’re a big god they hired, how much would they earn by selling one of your IPs? They need to be on your good side, so why would they make things difficult for you? That would be ruining their hopes of earning money! You’re being too careful, too afraid of making people dislike you. You have to realize that you’re the one they can’t wrong, not the other way around.”
Hearing this, Wang Lizhi felt that Lu Shijin made sense. That’s right, he was the big god, and the idol of webnovels. He had so many fans supporting him, so what if a couple of women stopped?
Wang Lizhi’s ego was so inflated from Lu Shijin’s words that he forgot all his anger. It’s not like he could leave Lu Shijin right now, so he didn’t need to have this ruin their relationship.
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