After becoming rich overnight, I handed over the system.

Chapter 236 Refusal

As time went on, people began to suspect that Zhou Qiao might really be the chairman's mistress.

But the chairman has a wife and children!

The chairman was in a bind. He couldn't afford to fall out with his employees, since they were just concerned about him, but this was really too much of a breach of boundaries.

When the news reached the chairman's wife, she was furious, and the chairman got a beating after get off work that very night.

The chairman felt wronged; he hadn't done anything wrong, so he could only tell his wife.

The next day, the chairman's wife stormed into the company and slapped Zhou Qiao.

"Madam, I'm just concerned about the chairman!" Zhou Qiao pretended to look at the chairman with feigned weakness.

The chairman shuddered and immediately stood next to his wife, declaring that he had absolutely no relationship with Zhou Qiao.

"Did you hear that? What does he have to do with you? Who gives you the right to care about him like this!"

Zhou Qiao was slapped again. She didn't understand. Weren't the domineering CEOs supposed to be very protective of the female lead? Why did all these CEOs want to stay as far away from her as possible?

Is there even a question? The domineering CEO only protects the female lead because he likes her. What relationship does Zhou Qiao have with these chairmen? She's just a worker under them. Forget about love, there's no affection between them. Who would protect her?

Unfortunately, Zhou Qiao didn't understand, and unsurprisingly, she was fired again.

"What's going on, Fa Cai? Didn't we send an invitation to this reader?" Lin Liuyi waited for a long time but there was no response.

"Yes, host, but the reader refused!"

"Rejected!" Lin Liuyi had always felt that the books distributed by the system were somewhat like a cheat code, and he was surprised that someone could refuse them.

Actually, Zhou Qiao refused Lin Liuyi's invitation for two reasons: first, the novel he wrote wasn't the kind of domineering CEO story she wanted to read; and second, she was currently obsessed with her blind date.

After Zhou Qiao messed up her job again, her mother had no choice but to say that since she couldn't find a job, she should just get married first.

Zhou Qiao was originally very resistant to blind dates. How did she, a recent college graduate, end up having to go on blind dates?

However, her mother insisted that she go, so Zhou Qiao had no choice but to go reluctantly. She originally wanted to dress casually and just say that it was not appropriate, and then the matter would be over.

When she arrived at the blind date location, she immediately became interested in the man sitting opposite her.

The man was dressed in a neat suit, and although his appearance was average, he was not as domineering as she had imagined.

But out of this slight interest, Zhou Qiao still sat down and chatted for a few minutes.

"Miss Zhou, what would you like to drink?"

"Iced Americano!"

"Iced Americano isn't good for your health. How about a glass of lemon water for Ms. Zhou instead? Lemons contain vitamins, which are good for you!"

Most people might think, "You've already made a decision for me, so why did you ask me what I wanted to drink earlier?"

Zhou Qiao's thought process was different; she felt that this was exactly the domineering CEO she wanted.

Look how considerate she is!

Zhou Qiao became even more interested in men. After chatting for a while, the two decided to go out for dinner.

Zhou Qiao wanted to eat hot pot, but she didn't notice that the man's expression changed after seeing the price of the hot pot.

"How about we go eat mala tang instead? It's all boiled anyway, and mala tang has both meat and vegetables, so it's pretty much the same as hot pot!"

Although Zhou Qiao was somewhat unwilling, she thought that's what domineering CEOs are like—putting themselves first.

The two ended up eating mala tang (a spicy hot pot dish), and Zhou Qiao was even happier when the man gave her a small drink.

"I was worried you might have trouble eating spicy food, so I brought you a small drink!"

Look how caring this man is! Zhou Qiao's slight displeasure vanished instantly, and she nodded shyly.

What the man didn't actually say was that this restaurant gives away small drinks with every order of mala tang (spicy hot pot).

And so, Zhou Qiao became completely entangled with this blind date.

On the other side, before Lin Liuyi could figure out why he had been rejected, the system informed him that a new reader had given him a reward.

"Wow, is this a money pouch?" Lin Liuyi looked at the small wallet made of strands of gold thread in his hand, and thought it was quite cute.

"Host, this bag is for you, but I'll take the gold inside." We agreed to split it in half, but the system discovered that cutting it would damage it, so the host probably wouldn't like it. Therefore, the system took the inner part and left the outer layer for the host.

"Take it, take it!" Lin Liuyi was playing with the small money pouch.

When you pick up this little purse, it looks like a small, closed bag. But once you open the top and pull the small opening open with your hand, it instantly transforms into a large pocket.

Lin Liuyi tried it out and found that it could easily hold lipsticks and other small items. She was immediately amazed, thinking how incredibly skilled the ancient craftsmen were.

Lin Liuyi quickly instructed the system to send an invitation to this reader as well, since the reader couldn't very well refuse as well.

In another world, Shen Yunrou is propping herself up with her hand and looking out the window.

"Miss, the eldest young master has returned to the manor!" a maidservant reported, then stared at her expectantly.

"I understand, you can go now!" Shen Yunrou didn't move and simply told the other person to leave.

The maidservant received no reward, so she tossed her handkerchief aside and left.

"Hmph, so he calls himself a rich person! He's just a penniless pauper!"

Shen Yunrou smiled bitterly upon hearing the maid's words. She wondered how she could have been so blind to think that everyone in the mansion was a good person.

Shen Yunrou knew that the maid was just unhappy because she felt she hadn't been rewarded for coming to inform her of the situation.

But after hearing those words, Shen Yunrou didn't want to spend a single penny on the people in this mansion.

Shen Yunrou is the daughter of a former richest man. After her parents passed away, she came to live with her uncle.

Shen Yunrou's mother, Jiang, was a daughter of an official family, while her father was merely a wealthy merchant. At the time, Jiang's family did not agree to the marriage, but Shen Yunrou's mother insisted on marrying him. In the end, the marriage took place, but Shen Yunrou's mother also broke off relations with her family.

Shen Yunrou's father, Shen Fu, was originally just an ordinary wealthy merchant in Jiangnan. Later, in order not to be looked down upon by his wife's family, he worked hard in business and eventually became the richest man in Jiangnan.

The couple only had one daughter, Shen Yunrou, who was raised with the utmost care and affection.

Unfortunately, her father went out to sea and disappeared without a trace. When her mother learned of the news, she could not accept it and eventually passed away. On her deathbed, she told her to come and seek refuge with her maternal uncle.

After settling her family property, Shen Yunrou went to live with her maternal uncle. Originally, she planned to buy a house in the capital with her servants and see what kind of business to make.

When her aunt found out, she said it was too dangerous for a woman to be out alone, and that it would be better for her to stay at the mansion.

After hesitating for a moment, Shen Yunrou felt that her aunt's words made sense, so she decided to stay at the mansion.

However, she was not an insensitive person. Since her aunt did not want her rent, Shen Yunrou picked out some gifts and sent them over.