Chapter 201: Overtime

Shen Yu turned on the shower, preparing to undress and wash.

"Wait!"

Yang Jin’s sharp voice suddenly came from outside.

"Captain Yang, what’s wrong?"

Shen Yu looked puzzled.

Yang Jin’s next words nearly stunned him.

"Don’t take your clothes off."

"Just wet yourself with water."

"What?"

"I said wet your clothes."

"I want to see the faint outline of your muscles beneath that white shirt. Understand?"

Shen Yu could only obey.

Without taking off his clothes, he turned toward the shower.

Water immediately poured over him.

Splash!

His clothes quickly became soaked.

The damp fabric clung tightly to his body, and beneath the slightly translucent white shirt, the contours of his muscles became faintly visible.

It created an unusual kind of beauty.

Splash!

At that moment, the glass shower door was pushed open.

Yang Jin stood in the doorway.

Her eyes immediately locked onto Shen Yu’s drenched body.

Her gaze became almost obsessive.

"Good."

"Very good."

"Now, you’re not allowed to move."

Before Shen Yu could react, he suddenly caught a different fragrance in the air.

Yang Jin’s face was flushed.

She reached behind herself and pulled out several chains.

"Captain Yang, you..."

Clang!

Clang!

Without saying another word, Yang Jin wrapped the chains around Shen Yu’s limbs.

The chains extended outward and locked into the four metal fixtures attached to the bathtub wall.

Yang Jin smiled.

"I told you."

"I only like being the one in control."

Splash!

The shower continued spraying water over Shen Yu’s shirt.

Yang Jin grabbed the wet fabric and pulled it tightly around his body, her other hand pressing against his neck.

Shen Yu struggled against the chains.

Yang Jin’s face became even redder.

"Oh..."

A strange sound escaped her lips.

[Ding!]

[Yang Jin’s favorability toward you has increased by 3.]

[Current favorability: 33.]

Shen Yu’s expression darkened.

Damn.

Holy crap.

This woman really doesn’t like giving up control.

She’s a complete sadist.

Hearing the system’s feedback, Shen Yu gritted his teeth.

He looked like a husband enduring humiliation from his wife’s superior simply because he wanted to keep his job.

"Good."

"Good."

"Good."

"I’m very satisfied."

Yang Jin’s breathing became increasingly erratic.

Seeing the opportunity, Shen Yu quickly asked,

"Captain Yang, do you know about the snake-headed woman in Room 502?"

"Call me Xiao Wan."

"Xiao Wan?"

"Room 502 isn’t something you can mess with."

"She’s an evolved species."

Shen Yu’s eyes flickered.

"Then what about the hot milk?"

"Shut up."

"Don’t talk."

Yang Jin’s voice suddenly became sharp.

"Shake your waist."

"What?"

"Shake your waist!"

"Do you hear me?"

"Okay, okay."

With a helpless expression, Shen Yu began moving his waist.

In his imagination, he was simply doing a ridiculous hula-hoop exercise.

His body swayed from side to side.

Yang Jin watched silently.

Finally, after seeing enough, her entire body trembled.

She let out a deep breath.

She looked completely satisfied.

Then she turned around and walked out of the shower room.

"Captain Yang!"

"Captain Yang!"

Shen Yu called after her.

But Yang Jin ignored him completely.

She walked straight out of the office as though she had simply finished her work.

It wasn’t until she reached the outside that Yang Jin narrowed her eyes at Shen Yu.

"Remember."

"When the company’s sales dance begins, don’t open your eyes."

With that, she walked away.

Splash.

Splash.

Splash.

The sound of the shower continued echoing from the bathroom.

Meanwhile, on the third floor, everyone had witnessed the drenched Shen Yu emerging from Yang Jin’s office.

Whether it was Mo Shen and the others struggling to make their phone calls or the Joche City team sitting around doing nothing, every person’s face was filled with shock.

Damn!

The vice-captain wouldn’t be...

No way.

He actually did it?

Yaning and the others stared wide-eyed as they watched Meilin leave the elevator.

"The vice-captain is awesome!"

"As expected of him!"

Exclamations, admiration, and confusion filled the air.

Ace and the others from the opposing team, however, wore dark expressions and remained completely silent.

Meanwhile, inside the live-streaming room, the barrage exploded.

East City Eavesdropper: "He did it, bro!"

South City Yotahua: "Glad to hear it. Shen Yu’s live stream is blacked out again."

North City Zhajagwi: "Here we go. Shen Yu is starting his familiar rhythm again."

Whether it was the spectators or the players, almost everyone believed that Shen Yu had successfully risen to power.

But—

Splash!

Inside the shower room, reality was completely different.

Shen Yu was still chained by his hands and feet, staring helplessly at the bathtub slowly filling with water.

Then he remembered.

He finally remembered.

This damn scene...

Wasn’t this the final part of the future memory he’d seen?

He had been locked inside a shower room.

Everything matched.

Damn!

She had been waiting for him here.

"Someone help me!"

Shen Yu shouted repeatedly.

Unfortunately, the frosted glass was surprisingly effective at blocking sound.

Shen Yu was practically being soaked by the shower, yet no one outside seemed to hear him.

"Who would have thought I’d get trapped here?"

He pulled helplessly at the iron chains.

"I can’t restart the perfect timeline just because of this, right?"

After struggling for a while, he could only sigh.

"Forget it. I’ll wait a little longer."

The favorability CG continued flickering before his eyes.

Shen Yu silently closed his eyes.

"System, play the 25-point favorability CG."

Ding!

[Loading...]

---

"Do you still want to keep your job?"

"Customers ask you to drink, and you refuse."

"When you see a customer, you don’t even smile."

"Have you ever seen a salesperson like that?"

Inside a narrow office, a middle-aged man glared angrily at Meilin.

"You know what the first step in sales is?"

"Putting down your useless pride."

"The pride of rich people is pride."

"How much is your pride worth?"

"Let me tell you."

"If you can’t let go of it, then think about your sister’s tuition."

"Isn’t your mother sick?"

"I..."

Meilin’s lips moved as she tried to explain.

But the man interrupted her.

"Shut up!"

"If you can’t close a deal this month, you’re fired."

"Your performance is connected to my promotion."

Meilin’s fists repeatedly clenched and unclenched.

Her face was filled with conflicting emotions.

She had once been an innocent young woman who hadn’t yet been completely tainted by society.

But reality was cruel.

Reality would eventually beat every passionate college graduate into the ground.

The middle-aged man threw a thick file onto the desk.

"Don’t say I didn’t take care of you."

"Here’s a simple deal."

"Your next customer is Mr. Tree."

"His temper and personality are strange."

"But as long as you do the same thing he does, he’ll appreciate you."

"Put down your pathetic pride."

"If you can’t close this deal tomorrow..."

"You can leave."

Thud!

The thick file folder struck the desk.

Meilin pursed her lips, squatted down, and picked it up.

Ding!

[Favorability CG playback complete.]

---

Shen Yu slowly opened his eyes.

His face was filled with a complicated expression.

"So that was Meilin’s past..."

He sighed.

Actually, this was a fairly normal sales experience.

As for what had happened afterward, Shen Yu could only guess.

He helplessly pulled at the iron chains again.

The chains rattled, causing droplets of water to fall from his soaked clothes.

Then—

Ding dong!

The familiar company announcement echoed throughout the third floor.

[Evolution Food Company reminds you that it is time to get off work.]

[Employees who have completed their tasks, please proceed to the sixth-floor dormitory area for dinner.]

[Employees who have not completed their tasks are required to continue working overtime.]

[Our company advocates humanitarianism.]

[The lights will automatically turn off at 9 p.m.]

An inexplicable horn sounded throughout the third floor.

Shen Yu frowned.

He was just about to call for his team members when—

Creak!

The glass office door suddenly opened.

Three heads poked inside.

"Shen Yu, you’re inside, right?"

"Vice-captain, are you too tired?"

"Did you fall asleep?"

"It’s already time to get off work."

"Nonsense."

"The vice-captain only fought for less than half an hour."

"Compared with his usual battle time, that’s much shorter."

"How could he have fallen asleep?"

"At most, he’s savoring the experience inside."

Yaning, Ning Su, and Chu Chang’an scanned the entire office.

When they realized no one was there, they stepped farther inside.

"Hey!"

"I’m over here!"

Shen Yu’s voice came from the shower room.

The three exchanged suspicious glances.

Then they followed the sound of running water.

When they finally saw Shen Yu standing inside the shower room with his hands and feet chained, completely soaked, their expressions became even stranger.

"Shen Yu..."

"What is this?"

"Are you a masochist?"

Yaning’s imagination immediately ran wild.

She remembered Shen Yu buying a skirt.

Then she remembered Meilin’s strange expression when she had left the elevator.

A strange chill ran down her spine.

Ning Su and Chu Chang’an also looked at Shen Yu with complicated expressions.

"I’m not a masochist!"

Shen Yu gritted his teeth.

"This was Meilin’s doing."

"That woman has a problem."

"Hurry up and get me out of here."

The three immediately exchanged glances.

They approached the lock mechanism connected to the chains.

Click.

Click.

The restraints were finally released.

Shen Yu shook his numb arms.

Without caring about the people around him, he immediately pulled off his soaked shirt and pants and ran out of the shower room wearing only his shorts.

He quickly searched the office.

Eventually, he found the sales uniform Meilin had worn earlier.

He picked it up and put it on.

Yaning silently watched him.

Her thoughts became even more certain.

Good grief.

Not only does this guy like wearing women’s clothes...

He even likes wearing clothes that women have already worn.

Incredible.

The vice-captain really is something else.

"Vice-captain, what should we do next?"

Chu Chang’an asked.

Shen Yu ran a hand through his wet hair.

"Let’s go to the sixth floor."

"If we explore the sixth floor before Ace and the others, we’ll have the advantage."

He paused.

"Also, tomorrow when you come to work, help me find the client named Mr. Tree."

"If possible, I want to discuss his order tomorrow."

Yaning’s eyes narrowed.

"Is it a new clue?"

"More or less."

Shen Yu didn’t explain how he had obtained the clue.

The group exchanged glances before leaving the office together.

They passed through the Wolf Team’s office area.

Under the envious gazes of Ace and the others, they entered the elevator.

The doors slowly closed.

Then—

The elevator descended toward the sixth floor.