Chapter 9: Kill That Gold-Digging Scammer 9
When Shen Wu followed Wang Yan out of the restaurant, he didn’t notice Xie Cishu standing on the second floor.
Xie Cishu’s gaze fell on their retreating backs. His expression was thicker than the dark night.
He couldn’t help but secretly speculate in his heart: Is the woman beside him his girlfriend? He’s only been in Jing City for three or four days, and he’s already dating? He likes this kind of… mature woman?
“Professor Xie…” the assistant beside him, seeing Xie Cishu suddenly standing still, reminded him softly.
Xie Cishu indifferently withdrew his gaze, but the aura around him was more than twice as cold as before. “Let’s go.”
The assistant slightly lowered his head, following behind him towards the private room.
———
On the other side, Wang Yan dropped Shen Wu off at the entrance of his residential complex before driving away.
When he got home, Zhou Geng was eating instant noodles.
“You’re back?”
Shen Wu gave an “Mm”, changed his shoes, and entered the house. Seeing the instant noodles in front of Zhou Geng, he paused for a moment. “Brother Zhou, you’re just eating this for dinner?”
“I still have a proposal to finish. I don’t have time to cook, so I’m just making do with this.” After saying that, Zhou Geng took a bite of the noodles and asked Shen Wu, “Are you used to your first day at work today?”
“It’s alright. I followed that Brother Zhou and closed a deal.”
“Oh, that’s really not bad.” Zhou Geng smiled at Shen Wu. “I bought you a new phone. It’s on the bed. Take it, put your SIM card in, and get used to it.”
“Brother Zhou, I already said you didn’t need to buy me a phone… That’s too much of an expense.”
Shen Wu was truly quite moved. Zhou Geng was eating instant noodles and living frugally himself, yet he bought him a phone. He was simply too good to him, just like a biological older brother.
Zhou Geng spoke cheerfully, “It didn’t cost much. If you want a good one, you’ll have to earn money and buy it yourself later.”
Although Zhou Geng said that, the phone he bought for Shen Wu was the latest model, costing him more than half a month’s salary. His own phone only cost a little over a thousand.
He originally planned to buy Shen Wu one for two or three thousand, but on second thought, he felt that Shen Wu was suited to use the best…
Since Zhou Geng had already bought it, Shen Wu didn’t act coy anymore. “Brother Zhou, when I earn money, I’ll buy you one too.”
Zhou Geng took a tissue and wiped his mouth. “No need. If you earn money, save it well to use for marrying a wife in the future.”
Shen Wu smiled and didn’t speak again.
It’s impossible for me to marry a wife here anyway!
……
After entering his room and taking out the phone, Shen Wu knew that Zhou Geng saying it “didn’t cost much” was just tricking him into thinking he didn’t know its value. He felt even more moved in his heart.
After inserting the SIM card into the new phone, he downloaded Honor of Kings and WeChat. Then, he grabbed his pajamas and went into the bathroom.
When he came out of the bathroom, Zhou Geng was sitting at his computer typing away. The spreadsheets made Shen Wu dizzy; he couldn’t understand them at all. He leaned against the bed and started playing with his new phone.
Zhou Geng typed for a while longer, checked the time—it was already past ten o’clock—and only then did he get up and go to the bathroom.
When he came out of the bathroom, he saw Shen Wu lying on his stomach on the bed. His right hand propped up his cheek, his gaze fixed on the phone screen resting on the bed. His pair of legs were raised, swaying gently back and forth.
His line of sight also swayed gently along with that pair of legs.
As if sensing Zhou Geng’s gaze, Shen Wu turned his head and saw Zhou Geng standing in a daze at the door. He spoke with a beaming smile, “Brother Zhou, are you done with your work?”
Zhou Geng abruptly snapped back to reality. When his gaze met Shen Wu’s smiling eyes, he froze again.
The next second, he hastily withdrew his line of sight.
“N-Not yet. There’s still one more spreadsheet to do.”
“Brother Zhou, is your company this busy?” Shen Wu felt that Zhou Geng earned his money quite laboriously. Coming back late at night and still having to work overtime.
“No, it’s a freelance job I took on.”
Shen Wu sat up from the bed. “Freelance job? Brother Zhou, you’re too amazing, right? Do freelance jobs like this make money?”
“It’s alright,” Zhou Geng’s face was a bit red, not looking at Shen Wu. “Right now, I can make about seven or eight thousand a month!”
Shen Wu “wowed”.
Knowledge truly changes fate! Programmers like Zhou Geng really could make money if they worked hard.
“Brother Zhou, you’re really amazing.”
Zhou Geng was a bit embarrassed by Shen Wu’s praise. “What’s amazing about it? I have no choice either. The cost of living in Jing City is too high, and I still want to buy a house…”
Owning his own house and car in Jing City had always been Zhou Geng’s wish. For this, he had always been working hard to earn and save money.
“Brother Zhou, at this speed, you’ll be able to buy a house very soon.”
“Houses in Jing City are too expensive. I still need to work harder. You play with your phone; I’ll get back to work.”
“Mm, okay.”
Zhou Geng was busy until past 12 o’clock before shutting down the computer.
Shen Wu had already fallen asleep.
After going to the bathroom, he tip-toed back into the bedroom, draped a thin blanket over Shen Wu, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.
He, who rarely dreamed, had a rare dream tonight.
The ringing of the alarm clock interrupted his dream.
Zhou Geng opened his eyes, his expression still a bit sluggish.
He forgot what dream he had last night.
But an inexplicable trace of regret arose in his heart; he didn’t even know what he was regretting.
…
Shen Wu’s sleep quality was very good. Woken up by the alarm clock, he didn’t open his eyes, just rolled over and continued to sleep.
Zhou Geng glanced at him, reached out to turn off the alarm clock, and got up to wash and cook.
———
After working at the building materials company for half a month, Shen Wu hit the timeline of the original plot and went to apply for a job at Hello.
Hello wasn’t a bar in the traditional sense; it was a slow-paced lounge bar.
Unlike other bars, Hello was more like a quiet cafe.
It operated on a membership system, had extremely high privacy, and was one of Jing City’s high-end “gold-squandering dens”.
The servers didn’t need a high diploma. Shen Wu’s high school diploma was perfectly sufficient. Coupled with the fact that his face was truly quite good-looking, the HR took a liking to him at first glance and finalized on the spot for Shen Wu to start work the next day.
After Shen Wu left Hello, he went back to his company to resign.
He had worked for half a month; he had to get his salary in hand.
When he told Boss Wang he wanted to resign, Boss Wang paused for a moment.
He stood up, walked to Shen Wu’s side, pulled Shen Wu’s hand over, and spoke earnestly, “Little Shen, is it because you find the salary too low or the work too tiring? Why are you suddenly thinking of resigning when things are fine?”
His thumb even gently stroked the back of Shen Wu’s hand, causing Shen Wu to break out in goosebumps from disgust.
Do men get sexually harassed in the workplace too?
He hastily pulled his hand out of Boss Wang’s grasp and took a step back.
“Boss Wang, I just don’t want to be in sales anymore.”
Seeing Shen Wu on guard against him, Boss Wang wasn’t angry. He still smiled cheerfully and said, “Sit here and let’s talk.”
Shen Wu sat on the sofa opposite Boss Wang.
Boss Wang spoke first, “If you don’t want to do sales, I happen to be short of an assistant. How about you become my personal assistant?”
His gaze wandered over Shen Wu’s face, carrying a naked, obscene intimacy.
“Commute with me, help me organize some documents and things. You won’t have to face the wind and sun outside either. How about I give you five thousand a month?”
Shen Wu looked at this greasy old man and spat in his heart. Truly greasy and stingy, and even a bit perverted.
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