“Run away from home? Are you kidding me? Old Master Ou is already so old, and he’s still running away from home? Do you take me for a three-year-old? That easy to fool?”
【It’s not like I don’t have a brain. I can see through something this obvious.】
Ruan Yaoyao glared at Ru Anzhi, clearly annoyed.
What could Ru Anzhi do? He could only keep coaxing her.
He was afraid that if he didn’t smooth things over quickly, by the time he came back in a few days, his position in the family would be even lower. Wasn’t it obvious? His mother already looked at him like he was nothing but trouble.
Just as they were talking, Xu Chengyan rushed back in, looking like he’d just gotten some juicy gossip.
“Mom, Mom! Guess what I saw on my way to work today?”
“What did you see?”
“Hehehe…” Xu Chengyan chuckled. “Mom, do you remember Ou Xinghui? The guy who went to the same school as me since childhood, the one who didn’t get along with me for a while and even fought with me…”
“Ou? Don’t tell me it’s the one whose old master ran away from home?”
“Yeah, that one. Ou Xiangbin—the one whose father had him late in life.”
With that reminder, Ruan Yaoyao recalled, “Oh, the one you said had a really old dad. There was that time he came to a parent-teacher meeting, and you thought he was his grandfather… and then you even fought with him.”
She might forget other things, but Xu Chengyan getting into fights? That she remembered clearly.
After all, during one’s youth, there are only so many fights worth remembering.
“Yep, that’s him. Guess what I saw today while I was working?”
Judging by his expression, Ruan Yaoyao knew it couldn’t be anything good. “What did you see?”
“Hahahaha… He actually snatched an e-bike from a delivery guy! I nearly died laughing! I even took a photo!” Xu Chengyan pulled out his phone and showed her his social feed. “Look at this—so hilarious. A big-shot CEO who can’t even afford a car? Actually robbing someone’s e-bike. That delivery guy must’ve cursed him to death.”
“Maybe he had some urgent matter?”
“Even if it’s urgent, he shouldn’t be grabbing someone else’s e-bike! What is he, filming a movie and chasing a thief? No way—I’ve got to make fun of him properly…”
As he spoke, Xu Chengyan posted the photo in their old classmates’ group chat, deliberately tagging Ou Xiangbin and asking if his company had gone bankrupt—otherwise why would he be robbing people on the street?
It didn’t take long before Ou Xiangbin popped up and started blasting Xu Chengyan.
Calling him crazy—so what if he took the e-bike? He had an emergency.
“What kind of emergency makes you so desperate that you have to take someone else’s e-bike?”
“None of your damn business!”
“It may not be my business, but I saw it, didn’t I? The delivery guy didn’t dare say anything, but I can stand up for justice, can’t I? What, you’re allowed to do bad things but I’m not allowed to do good ones? Did you at least return the e-bike?”
“%¥@#%@%&%¥&@#…”
“Be a decent person—don’t curse so viciously.”
“@#%@%¥%……#¥……”
…
At that moment, an old classmate privately messaged Xu Chengyan:
“Don’t ask. If you ask, it’s true love!”
Xu Chengyan was baffled: “What true love? What’s going on? Don’t just say half of it—hurry up and explain!”
After several rounds of urging, the other party finally revealed bits and pieces.
Recently, Ou Xiangbin had gotten a girlfriend. They argued constantly—small fights every three days, big ones every two. From what Xu Chengyan could tell, this time his girlfriend must’ve “run away” again, and he was rushing to chase after her.
The classmate even sent him a link to check out.
When Xu Chengyan saw it, he burst out laughing.
“Hahahaha… You’ve got it coming!”
Turns out, the guy had fallen for his own little secretary and started an office romance. That alone wasn’t the problem—the problem was that he had just recently set a company rule forbidding office relationships, only to break it himself.
The funniest part? He thought he had hidden it perfectly, sneaking around like a thief.
In reality, the entire company already knew.
Someone had even exposed it on a forum, posting real-time updates.
Ruan Yaoyao: 【Why does this plot feel so familiar?】
【Oh!】
【No wonder!】
【It’s just like those domineering CEO novels—I’ve read tons of them.】
Xu Chengyan looked up and realized that at some point, his mother had come over and was now scrolling through his phone with him.
She was even commenting in her head, saying this romance was as dramatic as a novel:
She runs, he chases.
She flees to the ends of the earth for love, while he goes mad with longing, buying tickets in the middle of the night and crossing half the globe.
【I wonder if there’ll be a “running away while pregnant” plot!】
【It’s still early—they’re just dating…】
Xu Chengyan scrolled down, revealing a flood of firsthand accounts.
It’s just a cycle of reincarnation: “Do you know how unlucky I am? I just poured President Ou a cup of coffee, and that woman accused me of seducing him. I…”
It’s just a cycle of reincarnation: “Damn it!”
It’s just a cycle of reincarnation: “I have a boyfriend! A boyfriend! A boyfriend! Important things must be said three times. I really do have a boyfriend—we’re even talking about marriage. Why the hell would I seduce him?”
It’s just a cycle of reincarnation: “My boyfriend and I have been together since school uniforms to wedding dresses—so romantic. What’s the point of a CEO? Can he be eaten? He nitpicks my proposals all day, making me revise this and that—I’m going bald from all the changes. I wish I could kill him…”
It’s just a cycle of reincarnation: “Ever heard of “colorful black”?”
£DarkNight★Heroぃ: “I get it! You’ve got it easy. I’m a man—a man, you understand? And she suspects I’m gay…”
£DarkNight★Heroぃ: “Ahhh, I’m going crazy with anger!”
£DarkNight★Heroぃ: “All I did was argue with President Ou about a proposal—I got a bit heated—and she thinks I’m trying to attract his attention that way. I…”
£DarkNight★Heroぃ: “I’ve had enough!”
It’s just a cycle of reincarnation: “I think I know who you are!”
£DarkNight★Heroぃ: “Get lost! Like I don’t know who you are—you’re the one always showing off your relationship in the company, stuffing us single dogs with PDA every day. That’s enough!”
£DarkNight★Heroぃ: “I’m still single!”
Canghai Yiwu: “Do you guys know why Sister Su left the company before?”
Everyone below asked: “Why?”
Canghai Yiwu: “I contacted her afterward. Apparently, President Ou often went on business trips, and Sister Su usually accompanied him. There was one time she drank so much for a client that she vomited blood—you remember that, right?”
“So?”
Canghai Yiwu: “President Ou felt bad and went to visit her. That woman found out and suspected they were having an affair, so she went to the hospital and caused a scene, demanding Sister Su return President Ou to her…”
“Wait, I think I remember something like that. But I didn’t know it was her causing trouble—I thought it was Sister Su’s ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend. That one was also a weirdo—she even came to the company to make a scene, remember?”
Canghai Yiwu: “After seeing all this craziness, I feel like if I switch companies in the future, nothing will surprise me anymore.”
Canghai Yiwu: “It’s such a pity about Sister Su. She started the business with President Ou and was a veteran employee. Half of the company’s success today is thanks to her.”
Canghai Yiwu: “I used to think President Ou and Sister Su were a couple.”
“Same here.”
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