Chapter 35: Who Likes Staying with Their Boss Everyday?
Under Shen Chi’s polite refusal, Lu Chenzhou did not continue, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
During work hours, he was his superior. After work, it would be best if he treated him like a passerby!
He was not the male lead shou, nor did he have any strange hobbies. Without a mission involved, who would like to stay with their boss after work?
This rare off-work time belonged to him. Shen Chi felt even the air carried the scent of freedom. He had not lied to Lu Chenzhou either. He really did go to the supermarket and bought quite a lot of things.
However, today, he received a rather special phone call.
“Brother.”
When Shen Chi answered the phone, he had not looked at the contact name. He froze for a moment before taking the phone away and looking at it again.
Shen Che.
The system explained, [This is the original owner’s younger brother, who’s still in high school.]
The original owner did not have a close relationship with his family. When Shen Chi took over this identity, there had not been many interaction records on the phone either.
“What’s wrong?” Shen Chi said.
Unexpectedly, Shen Che was very agitated. His youthful voice had not fully faded yet, and even through the phone, Shen Chi could hear his anger. “Brother! Mom told me you transferred one hundred thousand yuan to her. Where did you get that money!”
Shen Chi did not know how to explain. After all, telling him that his brother had been bitten by his boss and compensated with two hundred thousand—oh boy, forget the original owner’s younger brother, even Shen Chi himself found it strange to hear.
Before he could speak, Shen Che suddenly gnashed his teeth and said, “Brother, in City A, you didn’t secretly do anything else behind my back, did you?!”
“Brother?”
“Why aren’t you talking?”
“Answer me!”
Shen Chi nearly spat. This accusatory tone made it sound as if he had done something shameful.
“No,” he said. “I was accidentally injured by my boss. This money is compensation. I didn’t do anything.”
He suddenly felt a little headache. How was this a younger brother? This was clearly an ancestor managing him.
Under his explanation, Shen Che did not calm down. Instead, he became even more nervous. “Injured by accident? Brother, where were you injured?”
“An S-rank Alpha was in his susceptible period. As a Beta, I delivered an inhibitor to him, but ended up getting hurt by him. It’s not a big problem.” He brushed it off lightly. Not wanting Shen Che to keep asking endlessly, he said, “Aren’t you supposed to be living at school? Did you go home?”
Shen Che said, “Don’t give Mom money anymore.”
Shen Chi: “?”
Shen Che took a deep breath. When he spoke again, Shen Chi heard him sneer coldly. “Out of the one hundred thousand yuan for medical fees, she only spent one thousand on herself. The rest was all taken by that trash. Brother, she can’t manage money. Don’t give it to her anymore. I remember you showed me where you live before. Take the money and move somewhere better.”
This sudden concern made Shen Chi feel a little awkward, so he could only vaguely say, “But she’s sick.”
Shen Che mocked, “Ten years ago, she was told to get divorced, but she insisted on staying with that trash. Brother, even if she’s Mom, you don’t need to pay for her life. After all, she herself doesn’t even treat her own life seriously. What can we do?”
Shen Chi fell silent.
The feeling Shen Che gave him was too cold.
“Then do you have money to spend at school?”
Shen Che said, “I have money. Once I graduate high school, I’ll apply to universities in City A and come find you. For now, block all of their contact information. Don’t be soft-hearted. I clearly told you to block them last time, so why did you let them out again?!”
After hanging up, Shen Chi was still a little dazed.
“System, is the original owner’s family this complicated?”
The system said, [Mm-hm. The original owner’s mother is in poor health because she was abused for many years. His father also loves gambling. Every time he loses, he beats her.]
Shen Chi: …
No wonder Shen Che hated that she failed to live up to expectations.
Shen Chi was not having an attack of saintly compassion. He just felt that since he had taken over the original owner’s identity, when it came to his family, he could help within his ability. But he would not be stupid enough to pour out his heart and lungs for them.
“Then they’re quite well matched.”
The system said, [Aiya, let’s not talk about them. What are we eating tonight?]
Shen Chi had bought a huge bag full of fresh food. At first, he could still chat with the system. “Hotpot. Simple, convenient, and most importantly, delicious. I bought lots of beef balls, and fish balls too…”
The system listened until it grew greedy too. [Human, can I share your sense of taste?]
Shen Chi was shocked. “You can share that too?”
The system said in the calmest voice, [Originally, no. But I cracked one of the programs and illegally implanted a virus. Eating occasionally won’t be discovered.]
Shen Chi was greatly shocked.
He had always thought the system was a lie-flat guy. He had not expected that for a bite of food, it would secretly play this wildly behind the scenes!
“You’re this impressive. Does your main system know?”
The system said, [No. If it knew, I’d be caught and sent off to hard labor.]
Shen Chi was dazed. He suddenly felt that he had to look at the system in a new light. This guy was not only capable of lying flat. This guy actively chose to lie flat when given options.
The rental apartment was some distance away from the supermarket. At first, Shen Chi could still chat idly with the system, but after a while, he began to lose the strength to walk.
“Why are there no shared bikes here!”
The system said, [There used to be, but then people took them apart and sold them.]
Shen Chi: …
Heaven wants me dead!
“Say…” Shen Chi put the things on the ground, panting heavily. After resting for a moment, his watery eyes stirred restlessly as he looked toward a certain small alley. “It’s not raining today, and the sky isn’t too dark. A person can’t be unlucky in the same place over and over, right?”
The system understood. [You want to take a shortcut?]
Shen Chi nodded.
He was the one doing the work, so the system had no reason to refuse. It only said, [Then be careful. This area has all kinds of people mixed together. It isn’t very safe.]
Shen Chi picked up the things again as if giving himself courage. “I’m still one meter eighty, after all. Setting aside those Alphas, other people shouldn’t be stupid enough to rush at me.”
However, some things could not be said too confidently.
When Shen Chi walked into the alley carrying his things, only a few minutes had passed before several sets of footsteps suddenly sounded behind him.
His body paused slightly, and his heartbeat quickened. When he deliberately sped up, the sounds behind him also sped up.
The system was already shouting in his mind. [Fuck, human, you could go buy lottery tickets. You hit the jackpot twice in a row!]
Seeing the exit of the alley not far away, Shen Chi pretended to remain calm on the surface, but his steps grew faster and faster. The moment he sped up, those people actually started running.
In the end, when he was about two meters away from the alley exit, several people blocked him.
“Yo, suit and leather shoes. In this lousy place of ours, we actually got an elite.”
“Sir, what food did you buy?”
“Boss, he’s really good-looking. He looks like an Omega.”
…
At first, Shen Chi pressed his lips together, still thinking about how to shake off these pieces of trash. Until that sentence.
He looked like an Omega.
The gazes of everyone else looking at him changed.
