Zhao Yicheng subconsciously touched his forehead, suspecting that he must have drunk fake liquor last night, as if he was still dreaming.
But the soft, warm pressure on his shoulder clearly reminded him that this was reality!
Three girls in his arms? And all of them were Xiao Yin—what kind of spring-dream harem plot was this?
Although raising Xiao Yin was pretty much like raising a cat, having two more appear all at once—he didn’t have enough “cat food” to go around.
“You’re awake.”
A crisp female voice rang out by his ear.
Zhao Yicheng looked over, locking eyes with a pair of beautiful, slightly drowsy eyes.
At some point, Xu Yinsheng had woken up.
She yawned, stretched lazily, agile and languid just like a cat, and right after, “Black-and-White Xu Yinsheng” woke up as well.
Without realizing it, Zhao Yicheng was surrounded by three girls.
As the saying goes, when a beauty is in your arms, a gentleman stays still.
Right now, Zhao Yicheng was thoroughly trapped, surrounded by beauties on all sides.
The scent of fragrance drifted all around him, and with beauties in his arms and jade-like arms hugging him on both sides, soft, warm bodies pressed against him—an unfamiliar sensation rushed through his whole body.
Even little Zhao proudly raised its head.
Fight the Three!!
“Oh, I know what you want to ask.”
Before Zhao Yicheng could say a word, Xu Yinsheng took the initiative to explain.
She pointed at herself, then at “Black-and-White Xu Yinsheng.”
“These are Nanomechanical Human transformations from my body, you can consider them as extensions of myself. I was bored yesterday, so I created them to play Poker. Who told you to come home so late—you bored me to death.”
“As for why you’re here?”
“Last night, you grabbed my hand and refused to let go, and then you kept trying to undress me. I couldn’t tell if you were drunk or your true colors were showing, so I simply picked you up and put you on the Marquee Carpet, planning to sleep right there. But then you kept hugging and kissing me, clinging to me and refusing to let go, making a ruckus until dawn before finally falling asleep.”
“As expected, drunk people are crazy. The ancients were right.”
Xu Yinsheng complained in dissatisfaction.
Suddenly, her eyes flashed wickedly as she pointed at the two beauties lying beside her and grinned mischievously.
“Well, how does it feel? Three girls in your arms.”
“Even I’ve never enjoyed such treatment.”
Xu Yinsheng smirked, not wearing any clothes, just sitting on Zhao Yicheng’s waist, her little hands restlessly roaming across his chest.
“TV3, I’ll squeeze you dry, you little dog.”
The next moment, her hips shifted beneath him.
Zhao Yicheng sat up, causing Xu Yinsheng to tumble into his arms, where she was poked by little Zhao through a layer of fabric.
Taking advantage, Zhao Yicheng reached out and pulled “Black-and-White Xu Yinsheng” over, embracing all three girls at once, smiling as he followed Xu Yinsheng’s lead, “Since Xiao Yin requested it, I guess I can give it a try.”
“Damn!”
“You’re actually going for it!”
“What happened to being pure and faithful?!”
Seeing that Zhao Yicheng was really going to take action, Xu Yinsheng immediately caved.
After all, she could talk big, but when it came to actually doing it, she got cold feet.
And with Shared Sensation, three Xiao Yins meant three times the speed… cough, cough, well, that.
She hurriedly withdrew her hand and gently tapped “Black-and-White Xu Yinsheng.”
Instantly, the two Xiao Yins melted into two blobs of liquid metal, merging with Xu Yinsheng’s body to become the clothes she usually wore.
Seeing this, Zhao Yicheng let go as well.
Some things were best left as talk; putting them into action was quite another challenge.
He got up, brushed off nonexistent dust from his body, patted Xu Yinsheng on the head to tell her to stop fooling around, grabbed clean clothes, and headed to the bathroom for a shower to wash away the alcohol.
Xu Yinsheng, meanwhile, picked up his phone to order breakfast as usual—the Breakfast Trio: Jianbing Guozi, Doufunao, and Youtiao.
The Jianbing Guozi was crispy on the outside, tender within, dotted with scallions, sweet bean sauce brushed on the crepe, rich but not greasy, blending perfectly with the aroma of egg to make one’s mouth water.
The Doufunao was fragrant with soybean, its delicious aroma wafting through the air, making one’s mouth water.
The Youtiao was especially crisp and soft—one bite, and your tongue hardly felt like your own.
After breakfast, Zhao Yicheng had no time to mess around with Xu Yinsheng.
After giving her a few simple instructions, he dove headfirst into work.
With the stock price’s sudden plummet and rebound, his workload had exploded—he attended three small meetings that morning, barely keeping up with it all.
He worked non-stop until lunchtime.
At lunch, Xu Yinsheng picked up a piece of braised pork and popped it into her mouth.
She glanced at Zhao Yicheng and spoke while chewing, “I have some thoughts about the Middle Management Tender Plan being stolen. Want to hear them?”
After a whole morning of busyness, even with his strong body, Zhao Yicheng felt a little mentally tired.
He rubbed his brow with one hand and said in a deep voice, “Let’s hear it.”
“Alrighty!”
Xu Yinsheng tapped her forehead, and a pair of big black-rimmed glasses appeared around her eyes, gleaming with a cool light that added a touch of intellectual beauty.
“Heart Frog is always plotting your belly!”
Xu Yinsheng adjusted her glasses, looking just like she was in Detective Mode.
“Looking at the big picture, the theft of the Middle Management Tender Plan directly involved only a few people: Jin Xinnuo, the Minister of Security Section, you, and Chen Kedi’s crew. On the surface, it’s just an ordinary theft case; at first, not even the Police were notified. But actually, the waters run much deeper than that.”
She set down her bowl and chopsticks, then pointed directly at the man sitting across from her.
“You, Zhao Yicheng—on the surface, you’re one of the victims of this theft. But in reality, you secretly contacted Chen Kedi, sent people to steal the Middle Management Tender Plan. It was truly a case of the guard stealing from his own house!”
“And you even called right in front of me, not taking me into account at all!”
“By working inside and out with Chen Kedi, you took advantage of the Board of Directors’ pressure to reorganize the Security Department, eliminating those against you and demoting the Minister of Security Section.”
At that moment, a slender finger suddenly poked Xu Yinsheng’s pretty forehead—Zhao Yicheng interjected, sighing, “Didn’t expect you to actually use your brain for once.”
Xu Yinsheng brushed his hand away, glaring at him with fierce cuteness, “Don’t interrupt me!” “Everything so far has only been the first layer of your Wolfish Ambition.”
“The second layer involves Jin Xinnuo and me. You knew she was my ex, and you learned from Chen Kedi that she was buying fake medicine.”
The more Xu Yinsheng talked, the faster her thoughts spun, inspirations popping up endlessly.
A bolt of lightning sliced through the haze in her mind.
She slammed the table!
“Right! Thursday!”
“That Thursday, you pinned me to the bed and ravished me all day. And Thursday also happened to be the day Jin Xinnuo came to deliver documents—you did that on purpose, so you’d have an excuse to keep me at home.”
“And on Friday, news came from the Security Department that the Middle Management Tender Plan had been stolen. All of this is connected to you! If I’m not mistaken, on Thursday night, Jin Xinnuo went upstairs to deliver documents because you tipped her off.”
“You set me up, Jin Xinnuo, and Chen Kedi. You predicted that I couldn’t stand seeing my ex treated unfairly and would Outsider—no, my control panel is still in your hands, you knew from the start I’d Outsider!!”
“All of this…”
“Hiss!”
She sucked in a sharp breath!
“As expected, finance people are all devious!!”
“You do have some brains.”
For once, Zhao Yicheng praised her.
Even though Xu Yinsheng had uncovered most of his plan, he didn’t get flustered or angry, just clapped his hands a few times in applause.
By now, things were already set in stone.
Jin Xinnuo had already settled down at the Overseas Branch Company, even her grandmother’s Nursing Home expenses were being paid by the company.
Was she really going to come back?
As for Xu Yinsheng, that was even simpler.
At most she could cry, make a scene, maybe threaten to hang herself—but she didn’t have the guts.
Her sharpness had long been worn down; she couldn’t stir up any real trouble in his hands.
Xu Yinsheng rolled her eyes at Zhao Yicheng’s applause.
She might not be able to see through Zhao Yicheng’s thoughts, but she knew that rather than him scheming against Jin Xinnuo, it was more like he was betting on human nature—counting on Jin Xinnuo making her move in that situation.
“The third layer involves your aunt, you, and those two poor saps who were scared by me and then tossed out by Chen Kedi to take the blame.”
Xu Yinsheng animatedly continued her explanation while eating, waving her hands enthusiastically like a detective in full swing.
Sitting opposite, Zhao Yicheng nodded slightly, all the while thoughtfully adding food to Xu Yinsheng’s bowl.
Soon, the food was nearly gone.
Xu Yinsheng put her empty bowl and chopsticks on the table: “In summary, you deliberately handed credit over to your aunt!”
“Exactly, exactly.”
Zhao Yicheng smiled as he cleaned up the dishes, flicked the girl’s forehead with his finger, interrupting her methodical analysis, “Alright, you’ve played enough for now.”
“I’ve got another meeting at noon, go amuse yourself. Be good~”
With that, he patted Xu Yinsheng’s head and turned to leave, coaxing her as if she were a child.
“Wait, don’t go!”
Xu Yinsheng hurriedly grabbed his hand.
“I’ve still got a fourth layer! Let me finish!”
“You set up the Bai Corporation!!”
“The news about the Middle Management Tender Plan being leaked was spread by someone you sent out. After last time, Bai Ruoxi still has a grudge against me, and Bai Corporation and Zhao Corporation are business competitors!”
“You and Chen Kedi sold that information to Bai Corporation, causing Bai Corporation to change their Middle Management Tender Plan. But in fact, you had more than one copy of the plan!”
“That’s why Chen Kedi mentioned a final payment before! You and him made more than one deal!!”
“Domino Effect, right?!”
Xu Yinsheng gripped Zhao Yicheng’s hand tightly, her little face stubborn and determined—she clearly wasn’t going to let him leave without a satisfactory answer.
Zhao Yicheng looked helpless: “Yes, yes, Xiao Yin’s analysis makes sense. I really do have another meeting at noon, now let go.”
Xu Yinsheng looked a little unhappy, but let go of his hand.
Zhao Yicheng flicked her head with his finger, as if testing a watermelon’s ripeness.
“With that brain of yours, you’d be better off reading the ‘Secretary’s Guide’ in my drawer.”
Leaving those words, Zhao Yicheng left the room, and the spacious office was once again left with only Xu Yinsheng.
Staring at the wide, empty office, a strange sense of loneliness washed over her…
Xu Yinsheng quickly shook her head, pushing that emotion down into her heart.
Lonely?
Impossible!
Two blobs of liquid metal separated from her body, and the three Xiao Yins once again gathered on the Marquee Carpet.
Poker, begin!