Chapter 56: The Perilous Phone Call

Upon hearing Gu Jiachen’s command, Xiao Lin immediately handed over the phone. The CEO, brimming with anticipation, eagerly took the receiver and then waved his hand, signaling Xiao Lin with his eyes to withdraw at once.

Xiao Lin gasped, utterly taken aback. ‘Don’t tell me…’

‘Has CEO Gu and Miss Zhou already progressed to the point of being so personally involved during work hours? This is outrageous! Isn’t this still working time? Isn’t Gu Jiachen usually a workaholic, operating at maximum intensity, tolerating no idle interruptions?’

‘Oh…’

‘It seems I’m the ‘idle interruption’ now, huh, haha…’

After a long moment, Xiao Lin reluctantly left the room. Hearing the door click shut, Gu Jiachen finally cleared his throat, preparing to deal with this ‘freshly baked little rabbit.’

‘Ah, it’s quite strange, actually. Shouldn’t the little rabbit be working at Dragon Wing right now? Why is she suddenly calling me? What kind of trouble is she stirring up?’

‘Could it be that she’s run into some problem again? That’s right… I haven’t even had time to deal with those two people in Dragon Wing’s customer service department who were bullying the little one…’

Gu Jiachen decided to first gauge the girl’s intentions. Picking up the phone, he simply asked softly, “Hello? May I ask who’s calling?”

“Uh… H-hello, sir, I’m… I’m Customer Service Palu…”

Upon hearing that familiar, magnetic voice, Zhou Ruoyu’s mouth twitched. Seeing the gazes of her colleagues shift towards her, the girl was terrified Gu Jiachen would blurt out ‘little rabbit’ in the next second.

‘Hiss—’

Zhou Ruoyu imagined the scene. Most importantly, if Gu Jiachen actually called her that in front of everyone, what would they think? As an employee of Dragon Wing, she would appear to be having an ambiguous relationship with the boss of Chenxi!

‘Oh no, this is truly a Mission: Impossible situation!’

To avoid being recognized, Zhou Ruoyu put on an exaggerated act. No amount of cutesy or ‘baby voice’ could stop the long-haired loli’s determination. Zhou Ruoyu went straight for an old lady’s voice, how about that!

*Cough, cough, cough…*

However, the girl’s worries were clearly unfounded. Although Gu Jiachen immediately recognized her voice, he also heard the noisy background on her end, indicating she seemed to be on speakerphone.

‘The little rabbit wouldn’t dare to call her sugar daddy and put him on speaker, would she? What, is she afraid others won’t know she’s being kept by me?’

‘Heh, heh. If she were a vain gold-digger, she might use such a thing to show off, but… Zhou Ruoyu wouldn’t. Gu Jiachen knew this little one well. She held a deep grudge against him! How could she suddenly become proud of something she should be ashamed of?’

‘So…’

‘This little rabbit really must be in some trouble, then.’

Gu Jiachen frowned instantly, then softly probed, “This is Lihua City Police Station. Madam, is it inconvenient for you to report a crime right now?”

“Eh?”

Zhou Ruoyu froze for a good two or three seconds, then turned to look at Liu Ruyan. The blonde woman looked equally bewildered. ‘No… I didn’t dial 110, did I?’

However, the black-haired loli quickly snapped back to reality. She hurriedly turned back to the phone and stammered, “Oh… It’s both convenient and inconvenient, *cough, cough*. No, sir, you must have the wrong number. I’m a game customer service representative, not calling to report a crime. Are you Gu Jiachen, Mr. Gu?”

“Yes, that’s me!”

Gu Jiachen answered, then pondered internally: ‘Convenient and inconvenient… Does that mean the little one is working normally, but has colleagues watching her? Could it be the people who bullied her?’

‘In that case, I’ll pretend not to know this little rabbit for now.’

“Ah, it’s like this! Our… our company’s online game recently launched a new server, and the novice event rewards are extremely generous! We’ve also introduced a brand new farm gameplay mode. Sir, are you interested in trying our game? I can send you an internal account for a trial run!”

Zhou Ruoyu thought it over and concluded that getting Gu Jiachen to download the game was the easiest way to complete her performance metrics. So, she chose this sales pitch. Especially since Gu Jiachen seemed to have recognized her voice earlier but didn’t say anything, which made Zhou Ruoyu suddenly feel that this rival CEO’s intelligence was quite high!

‘Heh heh~’

‘So, Liu Ruyan completely outsmarted herself! Making me promote to Gu Jiachen? This is so easy! This guy already promised to help me with my performance, after all~’

‘I didn’t expect to actually use my rival CEO as a performance metric today. It feels a little satisfying~’

Just as Zhou Ruoyu was about to put on her full sales persona, she didn’t expect Gu Jiachen, hearing the girl’s complacent tone, to become unhurried. He composed himself, then chuckled to himself.

“It’s so late, how am I still getting sales calls? Haven’t your customer service representatives gone home yet?”

Seemingly a complaint, it was actually a way to confirm the situation with the girl. Zhou Ruoyu nodded lightly, then replied:

“Ah… Yes, sir, but this is the last call I’m making today. As long as you download the game and try it out, I’ll have completed my task~”

“Oh… Hmm, it seems I shouldn’t be too hasty then~ Miss Customer Service, you’ve said so much, but which company is yours?”

‘Hmph~’

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan’s face immediately broke into a victorious smile. As expected, CEO Gu Jiachen, being the boss of a rival company, certainly wouldn’t be interested in some game, but rather the company behind it!

This was such a huge blunder! As soon as Zhou Ruoyu said ‘Dragon Wing,’ Gu Jiachen would probably call her crazy for trying to sell to him! Then he’d hang up, and she’d cry and admit defeat, begging him not to fire her, and he would remain iron-faced and selfless, hehehe~

Meanwhile, on the other end of Liu Ruyan’s fantasy, Zhou Ruoyu was feeling unprecedented pressure.

‘Hiss—’

‘I can’t say it, I really can’t say it! If Gu Jiachen knows I’m working at Dragon Wing, this, this, this… he’ll probably block me on WeChat immediately! How will I ever be a corporate spy and get revenge on this dog CEO then?’

‘Instead, I’ll be the one getting revenge taken on me by Gu Jiachen!’

So, after a long pause and much deliberation in Zhou Ruoyu’s wording, ‘Dragon Wing Company’ became…

“We are the operating company for the game ‘Conqueror’!” the girl immediately blurted out. *Cough, cough*, but this wordplay was quite clever. Gu Jiachen on the other end couldn’t help but stifle a laugh. After a moment, he heard Zhou Ruoyu frantically exclaim again:

“Oh, don’t ask anymore, sir, just tell me if you want to play the game or not! Just download it, and our company will directly prepare ten beautiful girls to play with you, how about it!”

‘Damn it, to deal with a perverted CEO, you have to prescribe the right medicine!’

“Hmm… No~ Because I… I’m not very good at games, I need someone to teach me, hand-in-hand~”