CHAPTER 481: CHAPTER 357: LIQUIDITY CRISIS (PART 2)

Skeptically opening the plastic bag, Wen Nan took a peek inside.

Then, with a swoosh, he quickly resealed it.

This wasn’t robbing a bank, this was damn near robbing Erin Group and cleaning out their latest product developments, wasn’t it?

To prevent a fragile family from falling apart, Wen Nan reluctantly accepted the bag, earnestly thanking his leader.

Vice President Liu patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Additionally, I’ve booked both the small and large meeting rooms next door for 24 hours, and emailed everyone prohibiting them from going near them. The keys to both rooms are on your desk."

This subsidiary wasn’t big, with just these two meeting rooms, allocating them entirely to Wen Nan for a whole day was quite exceptional.

Fearing discontent among colleagues, Wen Nan waved his hand, saying, "No need, President Liu, I’m nearly done with my report, hardly need the meeting rooms. If I do, I can book them temporarily in the company system."

Unexpectedly, Vice President Liu sighed, shook his head, looked at Wen Nan meaningfully, and said, "Young man, I didn’t book the meeting rooms for you, but for the three leaders brought by the big boss."

Huh?

Wen Nan was a bit confused.

He heard Vice President Liu continue:

"Though they usually have no work interactions with us, they were chosen by the big boss, you can’t slight them—

"The storage room is small, cramped, and poorly soundproofed—it’s unsuitable! The company’s women’s restroom, not to mention the public restroom outside, are even more inappropriate!"

Wen Nan: ...

By now, Wen Nan had it all figured out.

He stopped being polite and gladly accepted his leader’s "support for his work," swaying as he went back to his cubicle with the conspicuous black bag.

On his way, he gathered almost all his colleagues’ "This guy definitely has something going on" looks from the office area.

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Having delivered everything and cleared the venue, Vice President Liu was just waiting for the spirited young lad to bring it on fiercely.

However, throughout the entire day, Vice President Liu went to the tearoom to fill his kettle twenty-eight times, used the restroom thirty-six times, heated his lunch box five times, and summoned ten employees to his office for work chats...

In all, he observed Ye Jiu eighty-one times under various pretexts, yet not once did yesterday’s scene repeat itself.

Ye Jiu, with his junior sister, earnestly worked on the project report all day, neither using the meeting rooms nor touching that black bag.

Could it be that he misjudged the situation yesterday?

With this doubt, Vice President Liu lingered until the end of the workday, and with his bag in hand, went over to Ye Jiu’s cubicle, only to see him adjusting the coordinates on a data chart in the project report.

"President Liu, anything you need?" Wen Nan pulled his gaze from the computer screen, turned his head, and looked at him.

The women seated behind Wen Nan also turned to look at him.

Vice President Liu chuckled and waved his hand, "No, no, just checking in on you as the workday ends."

Wen Nan smiled, "Just a bit left, I’ll work some overtime and finish it tonight."

Vice President Liu nodded, refrained from further comments, and seeing Zhang Dawei next to him packing up his computer bag to slip away, couldn’t resist playing the office version of "why can’t you be like him": "Dawei, look at Ye Jiu, then look at yourself, you both joined around the same time, he’s voluntarily working overtime and you’re leaving right on time, can’t you learn a bit of his work ethic?"

Zhang Dawei swung his computer bag over his shoulder and shook his head, "Even if I wanted to be motivated, someone’s got to want me to work, right?"

Vice President Liu raised his hand and tapped the back of his head, "Always giving me excuses."

Wen Nan watched them leave with a smile, then returned to his project report.

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[Jiu Cilang’s Live Stream]

[*Don’t jinx it!*: (΄◞ิ౪◟ิ‵)]

[*Don’t jinx it!*: I ended up watching the entire process of market research and data mining project report creation in this live stream.]

[*Don’t jinx it!*: Eww! Is this still Jiu Cilang’s live stream? Watching this, I’d rather be blocked and watch the highlights!]

[*Guardian 2.0*: Jiu Cilang’s changed, now he’s straying from the norm, this is an office, how can he make a PPT here? Isn’t the office for overtime PPT making? Huh?]

[*Guardian 2.0*: Is this right?]

[*ygs.qs*: Of course not! Offices are obviously meant to serve as backdrop for playing video games.]

[*Guardian 2.0*: Dude, get it together! Dude! With you being less serious about work, just goofing off in the office, what are you even showing us, huh?]

[*Short and Fat*: Uh, aren’t any of you worried about Jiu Cilang?]

[*Guardian 2.0*: Worried about what? Worried that he might explode from too much workout restraint?]

[*Short and Fat*: Not that...]

[*Short and Fat*: The task this time requires surviving three nights, the first night was skipped because of the Divine Staff Sheath, the second night, Jiu Cilang used a fluidity principle to gather everyone at Zhuang Yichen’s place, so he could use two teapots to alternately fill five teacups, what about the third night?]

[*Guardian 2.0*: Isn’t it simple, just continue using the fluidity principle, use two doppelgangers to handle all the female ghosts!]

[*Short and Fat*: But his fluidity principle requires gathering all the female ghosts in a small area, right? Last night there was the birthday party as an excuse, what about tonight?]

[*Guardian 2.0*: Didn’t Vice President Liu already helped, arranging everyone in the meeting rooms]

[*Don’t jinx it!*: Holding an impart? That would definitely trigger all the female ghosts’ yandere attributes, directly sealing the deal]

[*Guardian 2.0*: Then just like before, separate them, one in the big meeting room, one in the small meeting room, one in the ladies’ restroom, one in the storage room]

[*Don’t jinx it!*: Dragging Zhuang Yichen and Xu Zhenzhen to the office despite their absence?]

[*Guardian 2.0*: Drag them over]

[*Short and Fat*: Uh, I don’t think they’d agree, these female ghosts are high-ranking and have yandere attributes, they’re very cautious, that close call for Jiu Cilang this morning, they should already be suspicious, this time it’s not just dragging Zhuang Yichen and Xu Zhenzhen over, I suspect even the three in the office wouldn’t agree to stay overnight with Jiu Cilang.]

[*Guardian 2.0*: But Jiu Cilang is a man with a charm score of 50,000 points, what if love blinds them and they agree?]

[*Short and Fat*: No way, these are yandere female ghosts, the more they are attracted and infatuated, the more they want to have him to themselves, they wouldn’t want to share with others.]

[*Guardian 2.0*: Maybe, maybe not]

[*ygs.qs*: No point arguing, just keep watching and you’ll find out]

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The office soon emptied out.

Wen Nan put down the mouse and keyboard, stretched out his arms, and let out a long yawn.

Night fell, and it was time for him to get down to business!

As he was thinking, Ru Huan stood up first, "This final version, should be alright, send it to Boss Mi, and that wraps up this report."

She extended her hand to Wen Nan with a smile, "Congratulations, Ye Jiu, our collaboration ends here."

The other two also echoed her words, bidding farewell.

Wen Nan glanced back and forth between them, saying, "There’re still a few details I’m not happy with, would the three of you be willing to stay and work some overtime?"

This time, not one nodded at Ye Jiu’s invitation.

Although they didn’t mind doing something with Ye Jiu in the office, the condition was that Ye Jiu spent the evening alone with each of them.

And to avoid interruptions, the best method was to stay with Ye Jiu in a shared apartment instead of this office shared by many.

So, despite multiple requests, they did not relent.

Ultimately, Wen Nan sat alone in the empty office, receiving several messages in succession —

[Zhenzhen: [Photo] Made some soup, Little Jiujiu, if you’re tired from overtime, come have some to recharge?]

[Chenchen (Wife - Limited Edition): Honey~ I learned to make "chicken tofu blossom," come back and try it out~]

[Huan: I’m home, Little Jiu, waiting for you to come back]

[Xiao Fei: Brother Ye, I’m at our place, waiting for you]

[Wenwen: Sweetheart, don’t think of running, come back soon]

Going through those messages, Wen Nan couldn’t help but smile wryly.

Seems like this time he must spend the night at their places to pass the hurdle.

Given his current number of doppelgangers, without the help of a fluidity principle, it surely isn’t enough.