Transmigrated into a female-oriented novel, and put an end to the domineering CEOs all over the city

The next morning, Lu Jingxiu arrived at Fan Hua Network with a stern, domineering CEO expression.

The receptionist looked up, smiling, "Young Master Lu, are you here to see President Chu again?"

"Has she arrived?" Lu Jingxiu asked.

"Just arrived, but it seems Ms. Chu didn't have breakfast today~" The receptionist winked. "She usually brings a sandwich or a small bread roll up, but this morning I saw her come in empty-handed~"

Lu Jingxiu looked down at his own empty hands, remained silent for a few seconds, and then spoke expressionlessly: "...It's so early, and I haven't eaten either."

The receptionist: "..."

The smile on her face froze for a moment.

She took a deep breath and tried her best to maintain a smile: "Oh, Mr. Lu, you could take a copy up for President Chu, wouldn't you?"

As she spoke, she frantically hinted with her eyes, practically writing "Go and fawn over her" on her face:

"That new coffee shop across the street downstairs has amazing croissants; Mr. Chu even raved about them last time! Why don't you buy a couple and say you're picking them up on your way? How thoughtful of you!"

"And besides," she said, her voice even softer, "President Chu seems to be in a pretty good mood today. He was even humming a tune just now. Bringing him breakfast now will have double the effect!"

Lu Jingxiu frowned.

The next street?

It's so far, so tiring, so troublesome.

Although he's supposed to be a domineering CEO chasing after his wife, he hasn't been doing that for many days. If he goes downstairs to buy breakfast now, wouldn't that make him look like a simp?

"understood."

He nodded politely to the receptionist and walked toward Chu Jin's office.

The receptionist: "...?"

No, what does this "Young Master Lu" mean?

If it were her husband, he would have immediately turned around and gone downstairs to buy croissants as quickly as possible.

This is what you call a domineering CEO's gentleness! This is what you call subtle, sweet moments!

But this Young Master Lu...

The receptionist grew angrier and angrier, feeling increasingly sorry for her boss, Mr. Chu.

She curled her lip, thinking that this young master Lu was simply a hopeless, incompetent fool, beyond redemption, and even a god couldn't save him.

She angrily picked up her phone, opened the pinned chat window, and typed furiously on the screen, as if she wanted to punch a hole through it:

[Honey! I'm so angry! Our CEO Chu's ambiguous relationship, that Young Master Lu, is such a clueless straight man! Or... does he not even like our CEO Chu?]

[I just kept subtly hinting to him that the croissants at the coffee shop downstairs are delicious, and since Mr. Chu didn't have breakfast today, I told him to hurry up and make an effort. And guess what? He just replied "Okay," and then went in empty-handed!]

[Our CEO Chu is such a good person, how could he be so clueless! I'm so angry!]

The phone vibrated almost immediately after the message was sent.

I had someone buy all the croissants from that store in Lu Jingxiu's name and send them to your CEO, Mr. Chu.

[Also, buy two boxes of walnuts for Lu Jingxiu; they'll help boost his brainpower.]

[Also, I'll have my assistant tell him that the couple my wife has chosen can't have a bad ending, otherwise, next time they won't be serving croissants and walnuts.]

……

When Lu Jingxiu arrived at Chu Jin's office, she was leaning lazily in her chair, her legs unladylike propped up on a footstool under her long skirt.

Upon seeing Lu Jingxiu, she jumped up from her chair and sat bolt upright.

She was somewhat embarrassed and annoyed: "Lu Jingxiu! Remember to knock next time you come in!"

"Oh," Lu Jingxiu replied perfunctorily, closed the door, and casually pulled up a chair to sit down opposite her.

He leaned back in his chair, a hint of smugness in his eyes: "I shattered the filter."

Chu Jin was taken aback: "What mirror did your dad break?"

Lu Jingxiu's lips twitched: "I mean, I shattered Lin Yutang's perfect benefactor filter."

Chu Jin became interested and blinked: "Oh? Tell me in detail, I want to hear how you do it."

Lu Jingxiu straightened up, his tone calm: "Yesterday I asked her to help me find out who wanted to kidnap me, and last night she messaged me saying she had made some progress."

"There's a domineering CEO in Southeast Asia named Master Kun. He met An Xiaozhao, and in order to avenge his woman, he sent people to wipe out our Lu family."

"When I went to get the documents, I took the opportunity to tell her that we were even from now on and we would just be friends. I told her not to worry about repaying favors or anything like that."

After Lu Jingxiu finished speaking, he smiled and said, "She nodded right away and said, 'Okay, we're even, we'll be friends from now on.'"

He raised an eyebrow: "How about it? Did I pull off a clean sweep?"

Chu Jin's expression was complicated. After a moment, she picked up her phone from the table and tapped a few times.

A mournful violin piece slowly flowed from the phone, its tone low and plaintive.

Lu Jingxiu: "...What are you doing?"

Chu Jin: "I'll provide background music so you can get a feel for your upcoming situation."

Lu Jingxiu frowned: "What? Is there something wrong with what I did?"

Chu Jin smiled gently and shook her head: "No problem."

The gentler her smile, the more uncertain Lu Jingxiu felt.

"Oh, right, Lu Jingxiu," Chu Jin said, as if suddenly remembering something, picking up her phone and swiping, "I checked a few days ago, and it seems that the beneficiary of an insurance policy can only be a direct relative."

"How about we go to the bank today and you transfer all the money to me? Just make a note saying it's a voluntary gift."

Lu Jingxiu: "..."

He paused for a few seconds before slowly saying, "Then I'll go back now and tell Li Qingqing, Lu Na, and Lin Yutang that you want me to transfer all the money to you."

Chu Jin: "..."

This time, it was her turn to remain silent.

After a moment, she put down her phone, sighed deeply, and looked at Lu Jingxiu with a pained expression: "Lu Jingxiu, I originally thought that you just didn't understand this world."

"But now I've discovered that you not only don't understand, but you also insist on pretending to understand."

"Even if we're even?" Her voice rose slightly. "Do you think this is settling accounts at the market?"

Lu Jingxiu was stunned by her words: "This...doesn't this count?"

Chu Jin leaned forward, exasperated: "Do you even know what level of romantic phrase 'evenly matched' is in female-oriented online novels?"

Lu Jingxiu was completely dumbfounded: "This...this is a love confession?"

How did "two equals" become associated with sweet talk? No matter how you look at it, "two equals" shouldn't be considered sweet talk, right?

"The sweetest of sweet nothings," Chu Jin nodded, her tone heavy, "and the most deadly kind."

She sighed and decided to teach this illiterate woman a lesson:

"In angst-filled novels, when the male protagonist says 'We're even,' it means, 'I've decided to let go. My love for you has shattered into pieces, but woman, you can still piece it back together.'"

"In sweet romance novels, when the male lead says 'We're even,' the next sentence is usually 'So now, we can start over.'"

"In the midst of the wife-chasing crematorium, the male protagonist says 'we're even'... Ha," she sneered, "That's the ultimate death flag. No sooner or later than four chapters after he says that than something bad is bound to happen."

"Either a car accident, a terminal illness, or an enemy appearing out of nowhere—you choose one."

Lu Jingxiu's back was already sweating. He had just escaped a kidnapping and a yandere puppy in the past two days, so he couldn't just randomly throw up these flags.

"That's probably what Lin Yutang was thinking."

Chu Jin stood up, walked to Lu Jingxiu's side, gently placed her hand on her chest, and her expression suddenly changed, once again putting on her dramatic act:

He said, "We're even."

He said, "From now on, we'll be friends."

"He said this in such a calm tone, as if he were saying something very ordinary."

Chu Jin spoke very softly, yawned, squeezed out a few tears, and then looked at Lu Jingxiu with her large, watery eyes:

"But I know that he must have been afraid that I would feel guilty, so he deliberately used such a light and easy way to gently erase those heavy memories of the past."

"He's so gentle..."

He didn't even give me a chance to repay the favor.

"How could I bear to just be friends with someone like him?"

After Chu Jin finished her performance, she quickly returned to normal and patted the petrified Lu Jingxiu on the shoulder: "Hey, listen to this."

To Lin Yutang, your words meant, "I've done everything for you, but I don't need anything in return. I just want you to be free."

Lu Jingxiu opened his mouth, but after a long pause, he stammered out, "Then... why didn't she say it back then?"

Chu Jin straightened up and sighed again: "Lu Jingxiu, if the female lead were willing to tell everything, where would the misunderstandings between the male and female leads come from? Where would the chasing and bickering come from? Where would the sixty-episode drama come from?"

When someone says, "Okay, we're even," they've probably already filled a diary in their mind. You little idiot, you're still here thinking you've done everything perfectly.

She sat back down in her chair, picked up her phone again, and continued playing the mournful violin piece, looking at him with a half-smile:

"Hmm? Lin Yutang's perfect, devoted benefactor, the male lead? And God's number one target?"