The meeting ended.
Fang Yuanyuan rushed out of the conference room like an overworked white-collar worker eager to get off work, leaving before everyone else.
Suddenly remembering something, she turned her head back: "Hurry up, let's go to the training grounds and have a sparring match. The sooner we get it done, the sooner it ends."
Wan Ke's mouth twitched.
She's really too impatient, isn't she? Even if it's just going through the motions, there's no need to be so rushed.
Do you understand your position? You're the Black Owl Chief, not some all-night gaming addict girl!
After silently criticizing her, Wan Ke turned and said, "Everyone, let's head to the training grounds."
The group stood up and left the conference room.
Hoshino Kannon and the Three Hawks walked together, discussing as they went.
"The Chief is really listening to Hoshino Kannon's words?"
"Who knows? It's hard to tell what the Chief is thinking."
"Gu Chenan just called the Chief 'sister'. Isn't that a bit inappropriate? The Chief looks like she just became an adult, and he's so happy to be called sister by her instead of getting angry?"
"It's confusing. Anyway, let's go see Lin Yu's skills first."
"I don't really care whether it's Lin Yu or Gu Chenan who takes over Gong Fei's position. I just can't stand that free-loading man Gu Chenan!"
"Heh, no matter how much Hoshino Kannon recommends Gu Chenan, the rules of the Black Owl haven't changed. How could that rich brat last two hours under Hoshino Kannon's hands?"
Hearing the discussions of the Hawks walking ahead, Hoshino Kannon was furious enough to stamp her feet.
If this was somewhere else, Hoshino Kannon might have resorted to violence directly.
"It's alright."
Gu Chenan patted Hoshino Kannon's forehead and pulled her into his embrace.
Hoshino Kannon said somewhat aggrievedly, "I just don't want them talking about you like that."
Before Gu Chenan could comfort her, a figure quickly approached them.
That figure was Lin Yu.
Before coming to Yanjing, he had never expected Hoshino Kannon and Gu Chenan to be together.
He thought he had the leverage of Hoshino Kannon kidnapping Liu Mingrui, and Hoshino Kannon had also once tried to kill Gu Chenan.
So he never believed Gu Chenan could win over Hoshino Kannon, and even if Hoshino Kannon was interested, Gu Chenan would reject her and stay away out of fear of her crazy personality.
However, he didn't expect the two of them to actually get together and shamelessly sit together like that.
This filled Lin Yu with resentment and frustration.
Hoshino Kannon has a sweet and seductive appearance, with a slender and graceful figure.
It would be a lie to say Lin Yu had no interest in Hoshino Kannon.
The only reason Lin Yu had never shown any romantic interest in Hoshino Kannon was because from the very beginning when he assigned her as Su Qianmo's bodyguard, he had already regarded Hoshino Kannon as his own woman.
In Lin Yu's eyes, Hoshino Kannon admired him, and he also had leverage over her.
One could say that Hoshino Kannon was like a cooked duck to Lin Yu!
But he never expected that the cooked duck... would fly away!
Seeing Hoshino Kannon and Gu Chenan together was even more painful than being killed!
"Kannon, you, you're..."
Lin Yu opened his mouth in disbelief, his expression full of regret and anguish.
Hearing the name "Kannon" from Lin Yu's mouth and seeing his feigned melancholy expression, Hoshino Kannon felt disgusted.
Her cold gaze and indifferent tone said, "Call me Miss Hoshino. Those two words 'Kannon' are not for you to call."
"You..."
Lin Yu hesitated, his eyes brimming with unwillingness.
"Kannon, the person by your side... should have been me!"
"I still remember the scene when we first met, and you looked at me with admiration, saying 'I've noticed you.'"
"Could it be... could it be that you've forgotten?"
Lin Yu's reminiscence of the past made Hoshino Kannon's skin crawl with revulsion.
Ugh, so cheesy. She felt like vomiting last night's dinner.
Hoshino Kannon rolled her eyes, leaned closer to Gu Chenan, and said with disgust, "Stop being so gross. My admiration for you is simply not worth recalling."
"Huh?"
Lin Yu paused, stunned by Hoshino Kannon's cold attitude, which made the scenes of sorrow he had prepared in his mind disappear like smoke.
Although Lin Yu still had desires for Hoshino Kannon's body, at that moment his heart was filled only with anger from being humiliated.
"Heh."
In the next second, Lin Yu let out a cold laugh and sneered at Gu Chenan, "Gu Chenan, you don't know this, do you? Hoshino Kannon once kidnapped Mingrui."
"And her becoming Qianmo's bodyguard was also arranged by me, you didn't know that either, did you?"
"Heh heh heh, let me tell you, this woman Hoshino Kannon is not as simple as you think."
[What the hell?]
Gu Chenan was taken aback.
[I didn't expect Lin Yu to be the kind of person who badmouths others when he can't get what he wants. How shameless.]
[But... I already knew all those things you mentioned.]
"So what?" Gu Chenan shrugged nonchalantly.
"So..." Lin Yu panicked and immediately continued, "...so she's working for me, you understand?"
"Let me tell you the truth, she got close to you to kill you, do you understand?"
"Lin Yu!"
Hoshino Kannon finally couldn't hold it in anymore. She glared at Lin Yu furiously, her chest heaving with anger. "What do you mean? What are you trying to do?"
"What am I trying to do?"
Lin Yu sneered, "Kannon, you actually didn't want Gu Chenan to hear all this, did you? Well, now it's done, he knows everything. From now on, he'll definitely have an opinion about you."
As he said this, Lin Yu looked Hoshino Kannon's graceful figure up and down, and said, "So... you'd better come back to me."
"Shameless, you're really shameless!"
Hoshino Kannon pointed at Lin Yu and cursed through gritted teeth.
She had always felt Lin Yu was shameless, but now she realized he was even more shameless than she had imagined.
He actually thought of using such defamatory means to try and make her work for him again.
Disgusting, disgusting to the core, utterly disgusting!
Seeing Hoshino Kannon's "furious" appearance, Lin Yu thought his plan was largely successful.
He looked at Gu Chenan with confidence.
Although he wanted to cripple and humiliate Gu Chenan, in order to make Hoshino Kannon return to him, he still suppressed his anger and spoke to Gu Chenan with a calm expression:
"Gu Chenan, now you know what kind of person Hoshino Kannon is, don't you? She was going to kill you, you know. What are you feeling now?"
"Is it a sudden realization? Or are you suddenly afraid of Hoshino Kannon?"
"Or maybe... do you now think Hoshino Kannon is very hypocritical?"
Seeing the expectant look on Lin Yu's face, Gu Chenan just gave him a black question mark expression.
[This Lin Yu seems to be seriously ill.]
"Let's go, Kannon. Don't talk to an idiot or you'll become one too."
In the next second, Gu Chenan took Hoshino Kannon's small hand and said as he glared at Lin Yu.
"Yeah." Hoshino Kannon nodded and also glared at Lin Yu.
The two of them swung their hands and walked away from the conference room.
Leaving Lin Yu standing there alone like a clown.
Watching their retreating backs, he frowned slightly.
Why didn't Gu Chenan react at all?
Could it be... he already knew all these things?
Damn, I'm the clown here!

Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"

ither go to a cultivation world where a single sword strike can defeat ten thousand enemies. Or they travel back to historical dynasties to alter history and wield imperial power. At the very least, they'd go back a few decades to get rich using their future knowledge and build a harem. Who the hell would transmigrate here!

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ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"