Wang Dajun brimmed with confidence. Although he hadn't been working these days, he never relaxed in pushing himself to progress. Not only had he enrolled in an adult evening English course, but he had also strengthened his kung fu skills by learning from a few retired members of the Viper Special Forces.

Moreover, Wang Dajun had gained a general understanding of some new international security methods.

He felt that specialization was the key to expertise, and with his efforts, he was sure to dazzle once again in front of President Ouyang.

Perhaps, with his knowledge of foreign security, he might even win the CEO's favor.

And thinking bigger, if the CEO suddenly got the idea to start a security company, wouldn't someone with his professional skills be perfect to run it as a small company CEO?

Just the thought was a bit exhilarating.

By then, as for Lin Hai, huh, he could only nod and bow down behind him, a chasm forming that day between their life's realms. Then he could marry a rich beauty and reach the pinnacle of life's silver screen.

Wang Dajun felt that this time he must strike hard and let Lin Hai truly witness the difference between some trashy little troop and a major special forces unit.

"Eh? Brother Wang is back."

"It's Big Brother Dajun!"

"Hello, Big Brother Dajun."

"Brother Wang, you're finally back."

Several security guards, once part of Wang Dajun's team, were all warmly excited. They had been living in fear these days, terrified that they would be fired on a whim by Lin Hai.

With Wang Dajun's return, they felt somewhat more secure.

"Don't say anything for now. I'm going upstairs to meet with President Ouyang first, and then I'll catch up with you guys later."

Wang Dajun strode past everyone and headed for the elevator.

Passing the security guards' break room, Wang Dajun caught a quick glimpse of a new face in a security uniform, limping as though about to fall at any moment, sitting down to rest.

"Humph, it seems the quality of the company's security staff has greatly declined in my absence, even hiring disabled people to be security guards, what a joke!"

Wang Dajun shook his head inwardly, believing he was just like a piece of coal in the snow, delivered in the nick of time into President Ouyang's hands.

Once in the elevator, his colleagues looked at Wang Dajun with complex expressions.

"Humph, you must be looking down on me because of what happened before, but wait until I meet with the CEO and unveil my new security plan. When I shine bright, your eyes will pop out."

Wang Dajun chuckled coldly to himself, suppressing his anger. He was about to be a successful man, after all; he needed to have the demeanor of one, though success was an unknown quantity.

...

Inside the CEO's office, Lin Hai lounged with a leg crossed over the other, one hand holding a document and the other flamboyantly spinning a pen.

A pair of delicate hands lightly patted on his shoulders as Beast Lin let out a contented sigh through his nostrils.

Ouyang Xiaoya bit her red lips. If her gentle fists could deliver a deathblow to Beast Lin, Lin Hai would have probably been killed several times over by now.

Damn it, that beast had just ordered her to massage his back, and now he was acting like some old feudal overlord.

"Alright, Xiaoya, I'm rather considerate regarding my subordinates. You must be tired from massaging me, take a break."

Lin Hai's smug voice made Ouyang Xiaoya's teeth itch with irritation.

But for now, Lin Hai was temporarily the leader of the company and she had turned into a part-time CEO's secretary.

"Xiaoya, go, pour a cup of tea for me, erm, for the CEO," Lin Hai said, and then he took out a cigarette and lit it himself.

"Darn it, that Beast dares to smoke in his own office!" Ouyang Xiaoya clenched her fists even tighter.

Lin Hai glared and smiled, "What are you looking at?"

"This is my office..." Ouyang Xiaoya said in a very displeased tone.

Lin Hai rolled his eyes and pointed at the desk, "This is the CEO's office!"

"You...!"

"Alright, consider the back-patting just now as your revenge on me. Feeling better? Look, I, the CEO, am so considerate of my subordinates. Go make some tea now," Lin Hai waved his hand.

Ouyang Xiaoya trembled with anger, her delicate shoulders shuddering, and her pearly teeth making a grinding sound as rage swirled in her beautiful eyes.

Damn Beast, making me pat his back and call it a way for me to vent my anger, pat your sister's back!

Just looking at Lin Hai's smug expression made Ouyang Xiaoya so angry she couldn't let it out.

But what could she do? Right now she was just a secretary, and that damn Beast was the CEO.

"What's the matter, you have a problem with that?" Lin Hai asked indifferently, yet he couldn't hide the smug and occasionally excited cunning in his eyes.

Beautiful Ouyang snorted with anger, a flicker of rage crossing her pretty face. After suppressing her anger for a long time, she finally turned around and left the office to make tea.

"Drink tea, drink yourself to death! Once I reclaim the CEO position, I'll make sure you repay what you've done today tenfold, a hundredfold, hmph!"

A few minutes later, knock knock knock—

There was a knock on the office door.

"Come in, don't dawdle," Lin Hai said, keeping a cigarette in his mouth and puffing out smoke with his legs propped on the desk, making a sound with his nose.

The door opened.

Wang Dajun, who had been full of confidence and seemed to have grand ambitions, wearing an expression as if he could "crush the sky, earth, and even the air," had his expression instantly turn to shock the moment he opened the CEO's office door and saw the scene inside.

Then, Wang Dajun was enraged, his voice roaring fiercely.

"How dare you!"

"Lin Hai, get down from there!"

"You actually have the nerve to smoke so arrogantly in President Ouyang's office!"

"Today, I'm going to beat you up! You have the guts to smoke in President Ouyang's office and even put your legs on her desk."

Wang Dajun was seething with anger. He had only been away from the company for a few days, and his subordinates had already become so insolent—it was utterly intolerable!

Relishing the pleasant sunshine, the Hongmei cigarette, and the comfort of the CEO position, Lin Hai was thinking about whether to take the whole family to the beach for a barbecue in a few days. Wang Dajun's angry shout almost made him drop his cigarette onto his pants.

Immediately afterward, he saw Wang Dajun clenching his fists, big as sandbags, a look on his face like a sworn enemy, stabbing eyes fixed on him with rage.

"Oh, Captain Wang, it's been a few days, your kidney supplements are working wonders, I see. Your voice is full of vigor," Lin Hai said with a teasing smile.

"Hmph, Lin Hai, cut the slick talk, get off that chair right now, or you'll bear the consequences," Wang Dajun already switched to battle mode, ready to take down Lin Hai.

This damned guy, still having the audacity to make jokes at me!

"Oh dear, Captain Wang, don't be mad, such fiery temper, tsk tsk," Lin Hai chuckled.

Wang Dajun wanted to scold Lin Hai some more and question him about his audacity to be so insolent in the CEO's office.

Just at that moment, a crisp voice came from behind him.

"Excuse me, move aside, I'm about to spill the tea."

Immediately afterward, Wang Dajun felt the voice was incredibly familiar; he turned his head and was stunned.

He saw Ouyang Xiaoya holding a cup of clear and fragrant tea, about to enter.

"President... You, what is this..."

Wang Dajun was somewhat confused. What was going on? The goddess he admired, the majestic Iceberg Goddess of Huadu, actually had to pour tea herself?

Rage engulfed his entire body in an instant—had President Ouyang been bullied to such an extent by the company's staff during his absence?!

"Xiaoya, you're so slow just pouring a cup of tea. Hurry up, I'm dying of thirst here."

Lin Hai's frivolous voice just happened to ring out, and Wang Dajun felt as if a volcano erupted inside him...