The night was getting darker.

The moon was hanging high in the sky, and the lights in the mansion were bright. Holding his phone in his hand, Li Nanli came out of the study and sat on a couch.

The shareholders and the male employees in the WeChat group were scared and did not know what they should do.

At the same time, Gu Yanqi, who had been invited to the WeChat group as well, called Jiang Jinshu.

However, perhaps Jiang Jinshu was working on other things right now, as he did not pick up Gu Yanqi's call. It was only when he finished reading the documents and picked up his phone that he saw Gu Yanqi's messages.

Gu Yanqi: [Have you seen the document in the WeChat group?]

Gu Yanqi: [I think this is a code red situation. Fu Zhi might have broken up with Li Nanli, and he's here looking for his second target!]

Gu Yanqi: [???]

Gi Yanqi: [Why aren't you replying to my messages? Are you secretly taking screenshots of my text messages to send them to Li Nanli? How could you betray me?!]

Gu Yanqi: [If you're not dead, can you please say something?]

Jiang Jinshu was speechless. He clicked into the WeChat group and took a look at the document containing the essay. The corner of his lips quivered as he read the essay, and he had the urge to wash his eyes with water.

[I'm calming down.]

When Gu Yanqi received his text message, he immediately sent a voice message to him.

"Have you read it?" Gu Yanqi lit a cigarette. He was on his way back to the Li Mansion right now and he had 10 minutes left before arriving at the mansion. However, he had no idea why but he could not shake off the sense of hesitation and panic that welled from the bottom of his heart.

The wind was strong, and he was scared. "Has Nanli finally gone insane?"

"Well, we don't have to worry so much if he has only gone insane," Jiang Jinshu said.

"Didn't you suspect that Fu Zhi broke up with him? I think your conjecture was not entirely baseless."

Although Fu Zhi was a good-for-nothing, Jiang Jinshu could clearly sense the difference in strength between him and Fu Zhi.

"You see, he likes Fu Zhi very much, so there's a good chance that he could not accept it if Fu Zhi broke up with him. That's why he's looking to have a one-night stand with us."

Gu Yanqi felt like his heart was in his throat when he heard what Jiang Jinshu had said. "Are… Are you sure about that? Well, you might be right about him being unable to accept the fact that Fu Zhi broke up with him, but there are more than 100 people in the WeChat group. There's no way he's looking to have a one-night stand with each of us."

"You don't understand. This is called widening your options. As long as someone takes the bait, he'll consider it a victory."

Gu Yanqi was speechless.

"But no one in the group has taken the bait yet. I'm going back to the Li Mansion right now, and I'm really scared. The moon is extremely bright tonight, and what if he turns into a werewolf and forces me? I don't want to give my first kiss to him!"

"There are three ways to be unfilial, and having no posterity is the greatest of them," Jiang Jinshu said as he took a look at his current location. He was in Myanmar right now, so he did not have to worry about getting dragged to bed by Li Nanli. He felt relieved as he added, "Right? Just don't worry. Everything will be fine."

"Don't worry? How can I not worry?" Gu Yanqi replied. "I'm his friend and I'm more than willing to help him when he's in trouble, but that doesn't include sleeping with him! What should I do?"

"If you're really worried, one thing you can do is tighten your belt and dress up nicely."

Gu Yanqi did not know what to say.

Although there was a slim chance that Li Nanli would suddenly appear in Myanmar, considering how rich Li Nanli was, nothing was impossible. Therefore, Jiang Jinshu thought for a while and decided to write an 800-word essay that said something along the lines of, "Although we are good brothers and I am willing to help you at any cost, I'll never fall in love with you or sleep with you."

Jiang Jinshu did not put his essay in a document. He just sent it as a text message in the WeChat group. The moment his message was sent, Li Nanli removed him from the group. Not only that, but he also told Liu Mi to send Jiang Jinshu to Africa.

The rest of the people in the WeChat group were shocked to their cores when they saw Jiang Jinshu's fate after he refused to be the almighty, powerful Li Nanli's bed partner.

A certain senior executive in the WeChat group took a look at his wife, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and thought about his kids…

Feeling the burden of life on his shoulders, the man wiped tears off his eyes and said resolutely, [President Li, pick me! I can do it!]

As if a stone had been dropped into a lake, causing a series of ripples, the moment he sent his message to the group, a few middle-aged men also chimed in.

[I can do it as well, President Li.]

[President Li, my lips are tighter!]

[President Li, if you don't mind me asking, how much money are you going to pay us? Well, my body is too weak to stand the racket. I might need to go to the hospital afterward, so I hope you understand.]

Li Nanli was both stunned and dumbfounded when he saw their messages.

He only wanted them to say how much his girlfriend loved him, so he did not know what had gotten into their heads and why they were behaving so strangely.

'Did their brains fail to develop properly before they were born?'

Li Nanli kicked all of them out of the WeChat group and even began to wonder if he should fire them.

There were only 90 members left in the group, including Gu Yanqi, who was crying like a giant baby in the snow.

He had always had a soft heart, so he had difficulty rejecting other people and he kept carrying everyone's problems on his own.

The WeChat group went silent for a few seconds straight. Before Liu Mi could come out and save the day, a certain employee of the Li Corporation asked carefully, [President Li, I remember you having a girlfriend, right? Is this the love letter she wrote for you?]

'Oh, bugger...' Liu Mi swore inwardly.

As expected, Li Nanli pulled at the wool blanket on his body and asked, [What makes you think so?]

Feeling motivated, the employee became even more confident and began flattering Li Nanli. [Because I can see that the author has put a lot of effort into the essay. Each and every word that she used is filled with her love for you, and besides your girlfriend, I'm afraid only your mother could love you like this!]

Li Nanli was stumped for a moment before he replied, [You're right. She loves me to the bone. She has never asked me for a single penny after giving me a treatment and she is the first to come to help when people around me get injured. She has also given me a red packet and bought candy for me before. She voluntarily joined the International Physics Competition so that she could be good enough for me. She hates it when another woman comes close to me and she even competed with a woman and nearly broke her skull when she went to the capital last time.]

The crowd was speechless. They were completely bereft of words.

'So? What does this have to do with us?'

It was only now that they realized Li Nanli was showing off his girlfriend's love to them. Although they were left speechless by his action and they all felt that he should go to bed now, they still went along with it and said, [Wow! Your girlfriend really loves you a lot, President Li!]

[I've never seen such a beautiful love story before in my life. Promise me, President Li. You two must stay together till death do you apart, or I'll never believe in love again!]

[President Li, you are the best man in the world, and your girlfriend has chosen the right person!]

…

The people in the WeChat group praised the love between Li Nanli and his girlfriend in glowing terms for a few minutes straight until the last shareholder of the company ended the entire conversation with a wish of his own.

After the WeChat group came to a complete silence, Li Nanli sent 10 red packets containing 2 yuan to the group.

The crowd did not know what to say, and they all began to wonder if the Li Corporation was on the verge of bankruptcy or not.

Well, Li Nanli felt embarrassed as well, but there was nothing he could do. After all, he had to save his money for his girlfriend.

Gu Yanqi was one of the people who had successfully gotten a red packet. He felt relieved after realizing he had misunderstood Li Nanli's intention to sleep with him. He heaved a sigh and said, [It's getting late, so why don't we all go to bed now?]

Then, just as Gu Yanqi was about to say something again, he noticed the red exclamation mark next to his messages.

"System notification: You are no longer a member of this group."

Gu Yanqi was baffled.

Li Nanli sent another 100 red packets containing 2 yuan to the group. He let out a sigh and added, [It's indeed getting late, but I'm sure you guys won't mind if I take some time to talk about my girlfriend with you, right?]

The crowd did not know what to say. Before any of them could say anything, Li Nanli continued. [I originally thought that I would double this month's bonus for those who're willing to stay up late and talk about my girlfriend with me, but… since Gu Yanqi said that you guys are tired, let's just adjourn.]

The crowd was stunned when they all saw Li Nanli's text message.

'Of course we're willing to spend the night talking with you! Gu Yanqi is nothing and can't represent all of us!'

[No, no, no, no! We're very interested in knowing about you and your girlfriend, President Li!]

[We're more than willing to listen to your story, sir!]

…

Thus, Li Nanli continued. [Where were we just now? Oh yeah, my girlfriend even said she doesn't even have a home in order to reject other men.]

Li Nanli went on for three hours straight until the small hours of the morning.

They did not know if he had been born with such a talent, but Liu Mi felt that he would be wasting his talent if he did not work as a writer.

For younger employees, staying up all night was nothing, but it was not the same for some of the older executives and shareholders of the group. Money was not their priority anymore, and they just wanted to sleep.

On one hand, Li Nanli lamented that they were not able to witness the great love between him and Fu Zhi, while on the other hand, he summed up his experience and said that perhaps next time, he should brag about his love in advance so that more people could learn about it.

The older employees and shareholders, who could barely keep their eyes open, nodded and said that they'd be willing to listen to the great love story between him and Fu Zhi again in the future.

Li Nanli said it would not be long, and the crowd had nothing to say.

Although it would be a torturous process, they all felt that it would be worthwhile so long as he paid them double.

Li Nanli had Liu Mi compile a list of employees who had praised the love between Fu Zhi and him and double their pay.

Liu Mi had to spend an entire night compiling the list and sent it to Li Nanli the next morning.

The number of members still active in the WeChat group dropped from 90 to 30. One of the employees, whose name was Wang, was admitted to the hospital after being beaten by his wife, as she suspected he was cheating on her after seeing him stay up all night staring at his phone.

Liu Mi then asked, "Wang asked me to ask you, is this considered a work injury?"

"Yeah," Li Nanli said. He had just returned home from a run. He went to the restroom to wash his face before he added in a flat voice, "You have the list with you, right? Give it to Gu Yanqi. He's going to pay for it."

Gu Yanqi, who was eating his breakfast on the couch, was stunned when he heard what Li Nanli had said.

"Why does it have to be me?"

'My company is on the verge of bankruptcy right now, and I don't have any money left!'

"Here's the reason. Zhizhi and I are moving to the next stage of our relationship. She loves me to the core right now, so it'll only be a matter of time before we get engaged and eventually marry each other. Therefore, I have to save up money for her and our kids in the future."

He paused for a moment before adding, "Besides, didn't you get the red packet that I sent to the group yesterday?"

'So?'

Li Nanli lifted his eyelids, looked at Gu Yanqi, and added, "You took my red packet, so I don't see anything wrong with you lending me some money."

'There was only 2 yuan in the red packet!' Gu Yanqi shouted inwardly. Then, he asked, "So when will you pay me back?"

"In ten years," Li Nanli said. "Just consider this me borrowing money from you for my son. A dutiful son is obliged to pay his father's debt, and not the other way around, so he will give you the money back when he grows up."

Gu Yanqi was stumped.

He felt like he was having a dream. Ever since Li Nanli had met Fu Zhi, he had been getting more and more like her.

*

On the other side of the city, in No.1 High School in Yu City...

The snowfall did not stop after Christmas. Unlike the summer holidays in the past few years, winter break was close to the end of the year, and the students at school were so unmotivated that they couldn't muster much energy to study.

Director Liu waited every day in front of the school to catch students who were late or tried to skip class.

Although Fu Zhi did not like going to school, she still attended classes every day.

When she reached her classroom, Su Xing was looking worriedly at her phone in her seat.

As Fu Zhi sat down in her seat, she asked, "Hey, are you okay?"

Su Xing had not been coming to the school a lot recently, and Fu Zhi was worried about her.

She looked at Fu Zhi with a sad face. Initially, she wanted to tell her about the Taobao shop that Mu Chenxi had recommended to her. The medicine in the shop was too expensive, and her friend could not afford it. However, when she thought that there was nothing Fu Zhi could do either, she shook her head and forced a smile on her face. "Yeah. I'm fine."

Fu Zhi knew that she was lying to her. Her eyes were red around the rims, and there were tears in her eyes, so she was definitely not fine. However, Fu Zhi was not good at comforting other people, so she just frowned and handed her a paper towel.

Then, she patted Su Xing's shoulders and said, "Don't cry. Crying is bad for your health. The yin energy will invade your body and might cause a series of issues such as heart disease."

Su Xing was flabbergasted. She opened her mouth and said, "Is… Is it that serious? Will I die then?"

"It's hard to say," Fu Zhi replied matter-of-factly.

Su Xing felt as devastated as if it was the end of the world.

Song Fang, who was sitting behind them, heard their conversation. Although he was not a doctor like Fu Zhi, he had read a lot of good phrases on the internet. Thus, he craned his neck forward and chimed in, "Shakespeare once said that no one in the world is worth crying for, and a person worth crying for will never make you cry."

Su Xing said, "I clearly remember this being one of the internet's buzzwords."

"That doesn't matter. Xingxing, you should probably rest right now. Look at your eyes. They are very red, and I'm sure you have done your best," Song Fang said as he got a cup of warm water for Su Xing.

The bell rang, and Fan Gaoda entered the classroom to start the lesson.

Seeing that Su Xing was still not in a good state, Fu Zhi said, "Don't cry. Fan Gaoda is here, so I can't comfort you right now. You can save your tears for later, when we have lunch. I can comfort you then."

Su Xing did not know what she should say.