Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five

I don't know who this little brat took after. He's quite pretty for his age, but he's surprisingly strong and has a very resilient personality. Like a little boy, he can slap the whole kindergarten until they're crying their eyes out...

Zhou Fengliu had no choice but to send him to "Longhushan Kindergarten" to let the Old Celestial Master suffer... After all, the Old Celestial Master had been so eager to have Zhou An'an in the first place.

Once Zhou An'an went up the mountain, he completely let loose.

With the foundation laid by the Zhengyi Master in her cultivation, she fully utilized her talent, and her mastery of the Golden Light Spell was in no way inferior to that of her fellow disciples...

Of course.

Given Zhou An'an's temperament, every blade of grass and every tree on Longhu Mountain must have suffered terribly.

Cooking for his senior brother landed him in the hospital, he stole offerings from the ancestral master... He researched some kind of explosive talisman and blew up the old celestial master's house—these were all things Zhou An'an did.

Regardless, Zhou An'an was doing very well at Longhu Mountain. Although he didn't have his biological parents by his side, the Old Celestial Master, Tian Jinzhong, and his fellow disciples all spoiled this little brat...

When Zhou Fengliu had free time, he would go up the mountain to bring her some good food and fun things, and stay with her for a few nights. He certainly showed her a lot of fatherly love...

...

Having talked about Zhou An'an, it's time to talk about Zhou An'an's biological mother.

Xia He.

After being reprimanded by Zhou Fengliu for the last time at the hidden bunker, Xia He stopped running away from anything. After locking herself up for a while, she made a phone call to Zhou Fengliu.

The phone call seemed to say nothing at all, yet it also seemed to say everything...

Xia He was released, but Zhou Fengliu did not see her. Instead, he arranged for her to work at the grassroots level of Na Du Tong, so that she could reform herself... The East China Regional Branch was where she worked.

Huadong is quite close to Longhushan, making it more convenient for her to visit her child.

After leaving the relationship, Xia He seemed to have truly reflected on her actions. She was no longer obsessed with that past relationship, nor did she avoid facing Zhou Fengliu...

The two were finally able to sit down and talk about the past and their children without any burdens...

She respected Zhou Fengliu's decision to let Zhou An'an grow up in Longhu Mountain, and was also grateful that Zhou Fengliu didn't restrict her from visiting the child in Longhu Mountain...

For her, being able to maintain this friendship-like distance with Zhou Fengliu and watch Zhou An'an grow up happily was enough.

...

Having discussed the departures and stays of so many others, it's time to mention Zhou Fengliu, the chairman of Nadutong.

Jay Chou, eager for advancement, adopted a very aggressive external strategy, but his superiors didn't reject it. On the contrary, as NaDuTong expanded globally, becoming a global player, many of his external decisions could be handled through NaDuTong's cooperation...

This undoubtedly elevates Jay Chou's "achievements" during his tenure.

Jay Chou has everything he needs now: talent, status, power, and money.

From a pioneer who groped within the bounds of the bottom line to a leader who sets those bottom lines... looking back on this process, Zhou Fengliu is filled with感慨 (feelings of deep emotion).

Five years later, Zhou Fengliu, sitting in the chairman's office of Naerdutong, watched the setting sun gradually disappearing on the horizon and silently took a sip of tea.

Life is truly as lonely as snow.

Zhou Fengliu was lost in thought when his phone suddenly received a WeChat notification. He opened it and saw a message from his little cook, Fu Rong.

Fu Rong: I cooked for you, all your favorite dishes. When do you get off work? Come quickly after get off work, don't let it get cold...

Looking at the message from Fu Rong, Zhou Fengliu put down his teacup and touched his nose.

The past few years have seen many changes. He no longer owns the Grand Zhou Manor in South China, and has settled in the capital. Fu Rong, who once promised to be his maid, has gone to great lengths to be transferred back to the capital and rent a place there...

When I have some free time, I'll cook a small meal and invite him over...

“Okay, dinner’s taken care of tonight,” Zhou Fengliu said upon seeing the message.

As soon as he finished speaking, a new prestige account popped up.

This message was sent by Xia He.

Hemiao: Are you free? Let's set a time to go to Longhu Mountain together. An'an told me last time that she wanted you or me to take her to the amusement park...

Zhou Fengliu frowned slightly upon seeing the message.

Is this little brat going to the amusement park?

Didn't she think those facilities weren't exciting at all?

Zhou Fengliu was a little suspicious, but he still sent a "good" message back to Xia He.

After replying to Xia He, he slowly got up, stretched, and glanced at the time.

Okay, time to go home.

He had just changed his clothes when his phone, which was on the table and had the slogan "Triple fold, always has a good texture," started playing a familiar melody.

Kun, you're so beautiful!

Beibei—

Zhou Fengliu picked up his phone and saw that it was Yanzi's phone, so he answered it.

"Hey, what's up?"

"When are you coming down? I'm downstairs at your office. I saw a good Sichuan-style restaurant the other day and I made a reservation..."

Feng Shayan's voice came through the phone receiver, which made Zhou Fengliu pause.

"Alright, I'll go down now."

The call ended, and it was just past the time to leave work. The familiar mechanical voice in his ear reminded Zhou Fengliu that his workday was over...

Following the system notification, Zhou Fengliu left the chairman's office, having enjoyed a day brimming with energy...

【Ding】

[Successfully clocked out of get off work]

【Qi+10086】

[Charm Towards the Opposite Sex +13]

[Congratulations, host, on achieving your goal! You've become a winner in life!]

...

[The End]

ps:

Hooray for the finale! One last request: a few small gifts from you all, dear godfathers!

Author's Closing Remarks

As I typed these four words, my mind was still a little fuzzy.

With over 1.3 million words and a duration of more than a year, excluding the later periods of inactivity, this book maintained a record of nearly 300 consecutive days of updates...

To be honest, this is the longest book I've ever written, and the one with the longest serialization period. As a new author, I have quite a few feelings about it...

Of course.

This wouldn't have been possible without the support of all my godfathers. It's your support that made this book able to reach its completion. This humble writer bows three times to you all...

So many godfathers have left their mark on me, which gave me the motivation to keep writing this book. I would like to express my special thanks to... those who left their names.

grateful:

Mountain bandits, average number of people on Route 114, rushing to the Awakening of Insects during the Great Cold, user 11082369, Brother Dawei's miracle, readers of Saiq, Siyu814, Maple Leaf Ten Thousand Leaves, the Silkworm God Gong Ancestor boating on the lake, there are always inexplicable things in life, Wu Zhi eating green peppers and bean sprouts, single dog, Mao Bingmai, Yasaki-sama...

Thank you for not being human but a ghost, do you say human words?, Hengzhi Cui, and also for listening to the wind with the shepherd's flute, Celica, and the general who conquered the west at the end of the Han Dynasty...

There are so many supportive godfathers, I am truly grateful...

Let's return to this book.

Some plot points were indeed problematic; at the height of the book's popularity, many people criticized my romantic storyline...

indeed.

The romance in this book is truly a mess. I may not be very good at developing romance, but it's an essential element for maintaining pacing in a book. Despite my best efforts to avoid it, I still made many major mistakes, which deterred many readers...

For example, in Chapter 108, the plot involving Xia He and Zhou Fengliu came to me on a whim. It proved to be true that it's best to write according to the outline; the worst thing you can do is rely on a sudden inspiration...

In fact, the outline did not include the awkward development of Xia He and Zhou Fengliu's relationship in the Longhu Mountain section, so why did it appear?

That was entirely because I lost my mind.

At the time, I thought that Zhang Lingyu's inner conflict was already resolved, so I needed to make him feel even more guilty towards Zhou, thus deepening his inner conflict and leading to the plot where Zhang Lingyu was banished from the mountain by the Old Celestial Master...

The idea was good, but it was useless... It didn't help at all, and instead became the biggest flaw in the whole book...

The second problem lies in the progression of Xia He's romantic storyline.

As someone who used to read a lot of romance novels, I haven't learned anything from those authors of "dog food" novels about how to handle the romantic storylines.

A gradual approach, the tug-of-war during the ambiguous period, the control of boundaries... and a little bit of suggestive content...

I completely failed to achieve these points in Xia He's romantic storyline. It's like a certain agent codenamed Pangolin, who directly served up a pot of poisoned chicken soup and forced everyone to drink it...

The third problem is the children.

This third flaw proves just one point: never listen to readers when writing a book; if you do, it will inevitably fail!

I've encountered this before, and this time I didn't learn my lesson, resulting in another major disaster...

The reason for including the child was simply to create anticipation. The Sakura arc lacked excitement and had become numbingly repetitive with its satisfying moments, so a strong point of anticipation had to be added...

And so... the child was born. When Lao Zhou would find out about the child's parentage became my biggest source of suspense, keeping readers on the edge of their seats until the end of the Sakura arc...

It's a kind of helplessness within helplessness...

Overall, this book has its flaws, but they don't overshadow its merits. For a fanfiction of this genre, it's a respectable achievement...

At its peak, it had nearly 700,000 readers, which is quite high for a fanfiction series like this...

What sets this work apart from other fanfiction is that, besides the fact that Lao Zhou's character, Jiaqian Jushi, didn't break down, I think it's mostly due to my arrangements in the main storyline...

The other characters are mostly connected to Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao, with the Jia Shen Rebellion as the main storyline. Since the original novel is not yet finished, focusing on the Jia Shen Rebellion inevitably leads to a chaotic plot and low anticipation. It's okay in the early stages, but especially in the middle and later stages, that anticipation completely dissipates...

From the very beginning, Lao Zhou's story is about an ordinary person who, within the rules, gradually progresses and rises to the top...

I didn't make the Jia Shen Rebellion a crucial point in my decision to involve Lao Zhou...

For Feng Baobao and Zhang Chulan, the Jia Shen Rebellion was very important, but for Zhou Fengliu, a protagonist in a fanfiction, enjoying life and gradually improving was the most important thing...