Volume One, Chapter 45: You Haven’t Taken Up with the Reverend Mother of Extinction, Have You?

Lin Chen fell into deep thought.

Fairly speaking, he was truly in need of a job, and the position at Honey Tech could indeed be described as perfect.

However...

"Are you certain your niece won't come harass me again?"

He really did not want to deal with a terminal case of princess syndrome ever again.

Yu Feng squeezed two words out through her clenched teeth: "Certain!"

"What if she comes again?"

"I... If she comes again, I'll transfer her to a branch office, is that enough?!"

"Why not transfer her right now? Are you still holding out hope, trying to create opportunities for her to harass me?"

Yu Feng finally snapped, "I'll transfer her the moment I get back, alright?!"

Besides, the branch office happened to lack a deputy manager, so she might as well just ship her over there directly.

Only then did Lin Chen let out a sigh of relief. "That's more like it."

Yu Feng also breathed a sigh of relief. "Can you come back to work today?"

"Fine."

Lin Chen nodded. "Since you're driving, you might as well drop me off at the company!"

The day before yesterday, he had been chased out of the company by Yu Feng, but today he was riding back in her car—he had saved both his pride and his dignity.

Not a bad deal at all.

Yu Feng took a deep breath and said nothing more.

If she spoke another word, she feared she might choke to death of anger!

Silence fell inside the car, and the atmosphere suddenly grew somewhat awkward.

Of course, Lin Chen was not feeling awkward at all.

He was busy studying the Audi he was sitting in!

After looking around, he reached a conclusion: it was not as good as the Mercedes the company had assigned to him!

Thinking of the Mercedes, Lin Chen immediately said, "Before I left, the company assigned a car to me. Now that I'm going back, that car still belongs to me, right?"

"..."

Yu Feng endured and endured. "It's yours! It all belongs to you!"

He had only been away from work for a single day, yet it had prompted the chairperson to make several phone calls.

Could she possibly refuse to give him the assigned car?

She had no idea what kind of relationship this kid actually had with the chairperson!

Yu Feng racked her brains, and suddenly an idea flashed through her mind!

Calculating his age, could this kid possibly be a mistake the chairperson made in her youth?!

She abruptly turned her head to look at Lin Chen.

As it happened, Lin Chen looked over as well, their gazes locking.

Yu Feng looked at those clear eyes and handsome facial features, suddenly feeling a wave of heat wash over her face, and she hurriedly looked away in a panic.

Lin Chen, however, was murmuring inwardly.

Rich people really are different!

He had heard that Yu Feng was already forty this year, yet she looked like she was in her early thirties; she really maintained her appearance well.

Still, compared to his precious wife, she fell a bit short.

Xu Mi was far better looking than Yu Feng, especially when she smiled with her eyes curving into crescents—it was enough to melt anyone's heart.

Lin Chen smiled unconsciously.

Watching his smile, Yu Feng suddenly felt her heartbeat skip a beat.

Then she began to reflect inwardly: "Yu Feng, oh Yu Feng, what on earth are you thinking?"

"This kid is just a wet-behind-the-ears rookie, and he might even be the chairperson's son. Why are you thinking about such nonsense?"

However...

Yu Feng scrutinized Lin Chen, yet no matter how she looked at him, she could not spot the slightest resemblance to the chairperson.

"Is there something dirty on my face? If you're driving, keep your eyes on the road and stop staring at me! You might have a death wish, but I certainly don't!"

Lin Chen's voice pulled Yu Feng back to reality.

Startled, Yu Feng quickly said, "I was looking at the rearview mirror, who was looking at you?"

Saying this, she changed the subject. "Where is your hometown?"

"Aha, look, look at that! I called it, didn't I?!"

Lin Chen bounced in his seat. "You said you didn't want to play matchmaker between me and your niece, and now you're even starting to ask where I'm from!"

"Let me tell you, there's no way I'm going to yield! I have a wife of my own, and my wife is as gentle and gorgeous as a celestial maiden. She's definitely incomparable to a little princess with princess syndrome like your niece!"

"You'd better banish that thought from your mind. I'd rather die than become her boyfriend!!!"

Yu Feng's face alternated between red and white, and in her heart, she cursed Yu Lingyan to a bloody pulp.

"You've misunderstood!"

She raised her voice. "I was just making casual conversation! I said I would transfer Lingyan away, and I definitely will. What are you still worried about?"

"Really?"

"Why would I lie to you?!"

Yu Feng was so angry her face turned livid.

Only then did Lin Chen relax. Considering Yu Feng's status, he still spoke up: "I'm from Cheng County."

Cheng County?!

Yu Feng was startled. "Cheng County in Chengyang City?!"

If she remembered correctly, the chairperson's hometown was also Cheng County!!!

Later on, the entire family had moved to Binhai City.

Could it be that her guess was actually right—that this Lin Chen was truly the biological son of the chairperson, which was why he received such preferential treatment?

Yet the chairperson herself looked as though she was approaching forty while still resembling a girl in her twenties; neither her temperament nor her physique looked like she had ever given birth!

How bizarre.

Unable to make head or tail of it, Yu Feng simply asked, "Then what are your parents' names?"

"That's quite enough, you know!"

Lin Chen grew anxious. "Asking about my hometown was one thing, but now you're even inquiring about my parents? What's this, conducting a background check for your niece?"

Only then did Yu Feng realize, feeling somewhat awkward and somewhat annoyed. "I already told you it has nothing to do with my niece, and I won't let her harass you again!"

That damned girl had truly caused her to lose all her face!

Lin Chen curled his lips and said, "Let's talk after you've actually transferred her away! When you probe like this, it always makes me feel scared."

Yu Feng was choked with anger and simply stopped speaking, concentrating fully on driving.

Arriving at the company all the way, Lin Chen stepped out of the car, immediately drawing countless gazes.

It was right around the morning rush hour, and all the colleagues were hurrying over from home when they abruptly caught sight of Lin Chen.

Instantly, sounds of intake of breath rose and fell in succession.

" Wow, isn't that the badass rookie from the marketing department? Wasn't he fired? Why is he here again today?"

"I remember the little princess from the finance department tried to pursue him and failed, throwing a tantrum that got him chased out, right? He managed to come back even after that?"

"He actually stepped out of the car of the Extinction Master. Did the Extinction Master personally go pick him up? What kind of background does this dude have?"

"I reckon he must have yielded. After all, setting aside her temper, the little princess is actually quite pretty. As long as he nods and agrees to be the little princess's boyfriend, coming back to work would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?"

"That's true. Besides, the Extinction Master has been following the chairperson for nearly twenty years; she holds immense power!"

The discussions were endless.

Yu Feng caught a few snippets of it, her face turning incomparably livid.

Lin Chen got out of the car, then leaned his head back in. "Director Yu, remember what you said—transfer your niece away!"

He truly did not want to deal with that terminal case of princess syndrome ever again.

Yu Feng gritted her teeth. "You don't need to remind me!"

It was all her own miscalculation for thinking of dropping him off at the entrance of the company. Had she known, she would have driven straight to the underground parking lot!

With a stomp on the accelerator, the car roared away.

A daring colleague immediately rushed over. "Dude, are you back to work again?"

Lin Chen nodded.

The colleague instantly gave him a thumbs-up. "Awesome! Fired one second, back the next, and personally picked up by the Extinction Master to boot. What's the deal, did you agree to become the little princess's boyfriend?"

The little princess?

Lin Chen curled his lips. "Get out of here! Even if I starved to death, I would never date someone like that!"

With that outrageous temper of hers, dating her for a single day would shorten one's life by a year!

"Not the little princess?"

The colleague's eyes widened. "Then... could it be that you've hooked up with the Extinction Master?!"