Chapter 19: The Spy’s Demands and a Sweet Reward

[Zhou Ruoyu: Uh… the only problem is, *cough*… Boss, I… I didn’t get that assistant job!]

[Zhou Ruoyu: My current situation… it seems I’ve been sugar-babied by Gu Jiachen…]

[Zhou Ruoyu: So, Boss, what do you think… could Longyu assign me a bodyguard? You know, the kind who would keep watch from a distance when I’m with Gu Jiachen, and immediately intervene if he tries anything inappropriate?]

[Zhou Ruoyu: It would be best to switch bodyguards for every date, *cough*… otherwise, it’ll be too easy to expose!]

‘Hmm~’

As she reviewed the perfectly reasonable and undeniably righteous request she had just sent, Zhou Ruoyu felt that her demands were not at all excessive.

After all, for Longyu, she was even willing to sacrifice her allure to get close to Gu Jiachen and act as Longyu’s commercial spy!

*Cough*, although, as a brawny man who would eventually revert to his original form, she certainly wouldn’t actively sacrifice much of her charm. Nevertheless, it was still a sacrifice for her boss!

Wasn’t it utterly unreasonable not to arrange some bodyguards to protect her safety? What if she suffered a work-related injury? Who would be responsible, and who *could* be responsible?

[Boss: …]

[Boss: We don’t have those resources!]

[Boss: Furthermore… Miss Zhou, I believe your mindset is quite mistaken!]

[Boss: As a commercial spy, the more you sacrifice, the more intelligence you gain, no? If you don’t let Gu Jiachen touch you, how could you possibly earn his trust and acquire information?]

[Boss: You don’t actually think Gu Jiachen is some kind of fool, do you?]

[Boss: You should take the initiative, capture his heart, and make him utterly fall for you! Only then can you generate the greatest profit for our Longyu!]

Gu Jiachen’s lips curled into a subtle smile as he silently typed out his reply. This was both a retort to the ‘little rabbit’ who had just accused him of being swayed by beauty, and a lesson on how a competent commercial spy should operate.

Just then, his male assistant, Xiao Lin, arrived with coffee. He noticed Gu Jiachen’s mouth was practically unable to close from smiling. Xiao Lin fell silent for a moment, quietly placing the coffee cup on the table.

Then, he watched as Gu Jiachen instantly wiped the smile from his face, tossed his phone onto the desk, and immediately resumed poring over his documents with a perfectly serious expression.

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Meanwhile, Zhou Ruoyu found herself plunged into deep thought as she read the advice from her boss. She pinched her chin, her first reaction being…

‘That makes sense!’

‘Indeed, my boss is right. Gu Jiachen would never trust a woman who wouldn’t even let him touch her, especially since I’m just a girl he’s sugar-babied.’

‘To put it bluntly, I’m merely a pet. Compared to a secretary or assistant who naturally handles many of Gu Jiachen’s daily work matters, a sugar-baby relationship inherently makes it difficult to access much information about his company.’

‘After all, no one thinks about work constantly during leisure and relaxation. That guy, Gu Jiachen, isn’t going to suddenly blurt out Chensi Group’s secrets to me in the middle of a date.’

‘Therefore… it seems… I might really have to employ some honey traps, capture my archenemy’s heart, and draw our relationship infinitely closer.’

‘Only then would I have the chance, while Gu Jiachen’s guard is down, to extract information from his mouth, or perhaps find it in his home or office.’

‘Yes, that’s what I’ll do…’

‘The hell I will! That makes absolutely no sense at all!’

After a moment, the young girl with long black hair snapped back to reality, shaking her head vigorously. She reread her boss’s messages, an overwhelming sense of speechlessness washing over her.

‘Seriously, who are you trying to manipulate here? My current situation of being sugar-babied is completely against my will, okay!’

‘It’s one thing if you don’t have the means to protect my safety, but how can you actually urge me to actively seduce Gu Jiachen?!’

‘This, this, this… if Gu Jiachen weren’t her archenemy, the young girl with long black hair would almost feel an urge to help Chensi Group take down Longyu!’

‘Damn it…’

‘While her boss’s words weren’t entirely wrong, why should she pay such a huge price for Longyu’s profit?’

‘Grumble…’

After much deliberation, Zhou Ruoyu decided that she absolutely couldn’t stay in the commercial espionage business for too long. While it was certainly impossible to suddenly sever ties with Gu Jiachen at the moment, the most important thing now was to quickly leverage this identity to secure a job from Longyu’s boss!

Resolutely rejecting any manipulation, Zhou Ruoyu immediately began to assert her rightful claims, typing out her demands:

[Zhou Ruoyu: Boss, since I’ve successfully gotten close to Gu Jiachen, then, according to our previous agreement, I’ll provide intelligence for Longyu, and you’ll arrange for me to work at Longyu. No problem, right?]

[Zhou Ruoyu: I can follow your arrangements for the position, but the salary must be high. Additionally, each piece of intelligence will have a separate price, which we’ll negotiate based on its value, and it will be paid to me via company bonuses. No problem, right?]

After sending these two messages, Zhou Ruoyu waited for a good while. Only after a long moment did she finally receive her boss’s reply.

[Boss: Alright, you can report directly to Longyu tomorrow. Just contact the female HR who interviewed you online last time, and she’ll help you familiarize yourself with the position.]

Receiving the reply, Zhou Ruoyu finally let out a sigh of relief. *Phew*… it seemed Longyu’s boss was relatively dependable.

If the other party had suddenly said, “I was just messing with you,” the already sugar-babied young girl with long black hair would have cried herself to death.

‘Finally, this matter is settled~’

Putting down her phone, the girl, feeling finally liberated, stretched languidly on the sofa. Immediately, she heard the impish system’s notification sound suddenly chime.

[Ding-dong~! Congratulations, Zayujiang, for successfully following and executing my advice, taking a huge step towards becoming a successful individual! Reward obtained: One Newbie Gift Pack. Would you like to use it now?]

‘Holy cow!’

Hearing the prompt, Zhou Ruoyu instantly sat up, thrilled. She had finally received the reward for completing the task! Damn it! What was there to even say? Xiaotijiang had mentioned earlier that this gift pack contained ten thousand Success Points; she absolutely had to use it!

“Use it!”

The black-haired young girl shouted excitedly. The impish system promptly received the command, and then Zhou Ruoyu heard Xiaotijiang’s notification sound once more.

[Ding-dong, using Newbie Gift Pack. Congratulations, Zayujiang, for obtaining: Ten thousand Success Points, a complete legal identity (verifiable nationwide), one ID card, one household registration booklet, and one graduation certificate.]

As the Zayujiang System prompted, Zhou Ruoyu’s ID card, household registration booklet, and graduation certificate materialized before her. The young girl quickly picked them up, only to find that all the documents, except for the gender and photo, had been updated to reflect her current situation, while everything else remained unchanged.

Zhou Ruoyu’s eyes immediately lit up. She then quickly went online to check, and to her astonishment, discovered… sure enough, her identity had indeed instantly transformed into… a girl’s, across all systems?

‘This is great! I’m no longer unregistered!’