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Xu Shuo drove to the company, his car shielding him from prying eyes along the way, but as soon as he arrived at his office and moved to the window, that feeling of being watched returned.

Gazing at the scenery outside, Xu Shuo took a sip of the freshly brewed morning tea.

Then he continued with his work as if nothing had happened.

After 8:30 a.m., as employees began to arrive, the studio gradually buzzed with activity.

After fermenting over a whole day, the number of non-fresh graduate talents coming to the studio for interviews had significantly increased, and Pei Sheng wasn't mingling in the HR hubbub this time, but instead stood at the entrance early in the morning to welcome the genius he had recruited yesterday.

That was the first member of his team!

Around 8:50 a.m., a young man in a black suit, carrying a briefcase and wearing thick black-framed glasses, walked out of the elevator.

How to put it, at first glance... How could this kid be so outdated?

He was only twenty-three, and his attire seemed blameless, yet he exuded an overwhelming aura of tackiness.

Pei Sheng couldn't help but frown and scrutinized him for a long time.

In the end, he figured that the problem was probably the guy's heavy hairstyle and the too ordinary glasses selection, plus the overly stiff cut of his suit and pants.

In short, this was a fashion disaster.

"You've arrived, huh."

Pei Sheng looked at the person before him, his face somber as he nodded in greeting.

Los was slightly taken aback, then glanced at the studio filled with quite a few people, looked down at his watch, and finally asked hesitantly, "Our working time starts at nine in the morning, right?"

Pei Sheng nodded, "Yeah, what about it?"

"Nothing..." Los pushed his glasses up.

He had thought he got the time wrong and was late.

After all, this boss was standing at the door so early in the morning, staring at him with a look of deep resentment, radiating a heavy, iron-not-becoming-steel kind of sentiment that was baffling.

Pei Sheng turned and led him into the studio, saying unabashedly, "Actually, the working atmosphere of our company is quite laid-back. Most of us are young, so you don't have to be so..." stodgy.

Upon hearing this, Los turned and looked at him.

The young man's jet-black hair masked his eyebrows, and the thick frames concealed the expression in his eyes, but his face seemed to listen earnestly.

"... never mind," Pei Sheng sighed.

But when they reached the workstations and Los placed his briefcase on the desk, taking out a metallic ballpoint pen and a wood-colored notebook, Pei Sheng couldn't help but scowl. Was this really his first treasure of an employee?

This really didn't match his level of sophistication!

Pei Sheng straightened his sapphire-blue Hermès tie and raised his hand with the gold Patek Philippe to his chin, then asked seriously, "Have you always been like this?"

Los was taken aback: "What?"

He didn't quite understand what this person was getting at once again with that incomprehensible sentiment. What was he dissatisfied with?

Pei Sheng scrutinized him from head to toe, then reached out his hand: "From now on, you're the first person on my team. Actually, I think you could consider a change of style. Even as a programmer, you don't really have to..."

The latter part of the sentence gradually faded away.

Pei Sheng was speaking and swiftly took Los's glasses off; the latter obviously didn't react in time, and so the next moment, both were astonished!

How to put it... Pei Sheng felt as if his heart had been struck by an arrow?

During his more fanciful years, he had followed quite a few animes, but as he grew up, he always thought the whole "glasses-sealing technique" was nonsense, that it just didn't exist in reality!

After all, glasses could only cover so much; aside from affecting one's temperament and impression, they really couldn't hide one's looks!

However, at just that moment when he removed the young man's glasses, looking at Los's face, Pei Sheng felt as though pink bubbles were popping everywhere around him.

The once mundane and stiff programmer turned out to be extremely handsome!

He was not beautiful in a delicate, effeminate way, but in a sense that could make anyone, regardless of age or gender, feel his beauty transcended the mundane. It was a beauty that involuntarily triggered a tingling sensation in the body!

Whether it was his slightly fluttering hair on the forehead, or the shape of his eyebrows and pupils, or the curve of his nose tip and the corners of his lips, he seemed like a perfect creation crafted by the gods.

He was so beautiful that there seemed to be pink bubbles popping up all around him!

Pei Sheng: What the hell??!!

...

In the office.

Xu Shuo was explaining a project to the new employees in the planning department. The communication was smooth, and any points of confusion were quickly raised and resolved by both sides.

But at that moment, Xu Shuo suddenly paused.

He stared at the employee who was asking questions earnestly, slightly stunned for a few seconds.

Because at that moment, the side profile of the person opposite seemed incredibly perfect. Their slightly drooping eyelids, thick eyelashes fluttering through the air, and the barely parted red lips were all exceptionally tempting.

"Boss, about this part, I..."

As the person across from him spoke and turned their head, they suddenly collided with the boss's deep, intent gaze. His earnest eyes were clear and reflected only her in their pupils.

She immediately blushed uncontrollably.

Weird...weird? Why is the boss looking at me like that? I already have a boyfriend, what if... what if...

"Where's the problem?"

"..."

The female employee hadn't even finished processing her thoughts when the boss's cool voice pulled her back to reality.

She glanced at the young man whose expression was so flat that it bordered on indifferent and then immediately sat up straight, saying seriously, "Boss, it's this part that I don't really understand..."

Damn it, how could she have thought the boss was interested in her?!

After discussing the project, the female employee left the office holding her files. The professional expression she had been maintaining immediately fell apart.

She shivered and left in quick steps.

...

How strange. Had he actually found that female employee extraordinarily attractive just now?

Xu Shuo frowned, couldn't help but wonder if he was going through puberty.

That didn't seem quite right, though. In any case, the emotion that had suddenly arisen earlier was very wrong, and thankfully, he had reacted before doing anything even stranger.

Maybe he was just too tired lately?

Xu Shuo shook his head and returned his gaze to the computer, preparing to continue working. Next moment, his office door was flung open!

"What are you doing?"

Pei Sheng rushed in panicky, directly grasped Xu Shuo's shoulders and gazed into his face with deep emotion.

Xu Shuo: "???"

Completely confused, he shook off Pei Sheng's hands and asked again, "What are you doing?"

Pei Sheng then sighed in relief, patting his chest and saying, "I almost had a heart attack because I just felt attracted to a man. Scared the hell out of me, but it's okay, aren't little missies more fragrant, seriously."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shuo momentarily froze: "Which man did you find attractive just now?"

"The employee I hired yesterday. I thought he looked unsophisticated and wanted to give him a makeover, but when he took off his glasses, I was almost scared to death!"

Pei Sheng said this as if he had narrowly escaped a disaster, then took the tea cup from Xu Shuo's desk and gulped it down to calm his nerves.

Xu Shuo turned his head to look outside.
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From the one-way glass of the office, he could vaguely see a young man standing in the empty work area beyond, bending over in a panic adjusting the glasses on his face.

Then, as if sensing the gaze upon him, the young man put on his glasses and looked up.

Eyes met, and the other party quickly averted their gaze.

...