At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

Lin Xinyue agreed.

Gu Yu had not yet considered telling everyone else in the company.

After all, it was still early, and it wouldn't be too late to tell them a week before leaving.

"Alright, time to get off work, time to get off work!"

"Ding ding ding—"

Gu Yu glanced at his phone: 4:59. He quickly took a little hammer and rang the bell hanging on his office door handle!

Everyone looked up at Gu Yu, then pretended they hadn't heard and continued working with their heads down.

Only a new guy from the development department, looking thrilled, packed up his laptop into his bag and cheerfully headed towards the clocking machine near Gu Yu.

"Off work, off work! ...Uh, why isn't anyone leaving!"

It wasn't until he was halfway there that he realized he was the only one in the whole company who had moved!

And Gu Yu was looking at him with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Oh no! Is this the boss's trap to catch employees like me who aren't eager to work overtime?"

Bo Jia was shocked. Hadn't the job posting stated the company was resolutely against overtime?

What was happening?

Why wasn't anyone leaving!

It seemed to be another company that professed one thing and did another!

Just on his first day, he was caught by the boss for not working overtime!

That's it; he was going to get scolded just after joining the company!

Although he despised it in his heart, he didn't want to lose the job he had just found.

So, clutching his laptop bag, he headed back, trying to salvage his image in the eyes of the boss.

But just then, a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder from behind.

Bo Jia felt the warm and heavy weight on his shoulder and turned his head with difficulty.

He came face to face with Gu Yu's bright, sparkling eyes.

"I'm done for!" Bo Jia's heart tightened, feeling that if he could turn into an ant at that moment, he'd definitely burrow into a crack in the floor!

Caught not being keen on working overtime by the boss!

In any other company, this would surely earn a reprimand, right?

Bo Jia swallowed hard, slowly turned around, and stuttered, "Boss... boss... bo-boss!"

"Hmm, am I that old?"

Gu Yu's face darkened.

Being called 'boss' was acceptable, but what did 'bo-bo-bo-boss' mean?

He was probably only around the same age as the employee in front of him!

Bo Jia's mind was a mess: "No! No! Absolutely not! The boss is wise and powerful, learned and talented, higher than the sky, capable of plucking the sun and the moon, and lower than the ground, able to explore the rivers of oblivion..."

He blurted out all the flattery he could think of, talking a mile a minute.

"Hold on, hold on!"

Gu Yu was initially flattered by all the brown-nosing, but the more he listened, the more it sounded off.

What's with the vibe of wielding the sun and plucking the stars?

It appeared this guy was definitely a novel fan!

No wonder when Qin Shan interviewed him, they both laughed so heartily.

It turns out they had... well, similar interests!

"Hehe, boss! I know I made a mistake!"

Bo Jia rubbed his hands together, smiling somewhat humbly at Gu Yu.

For the sake of his job, he knew when to bow his head.

Gu Yu frowned, "Where did you go wrong?"

Bo Jia immediately stood up straight and reported as if he were a soldier on a mission:

"Reporting! I shouldn't have left work so early! My colleagues are all working hard, earnestly doing overtime. I've deviated from the organization, betrayed my duties, and let you down, boss!"

"..."

Upon hearing Bo Jia's words, Gu Yu was utterly speechless.

He looked at Lin Xinyue next to him, and she too had an embarrassed expression on her face.

This kid really knew how to suck up!

But that wasn't what he meant!

Extending his hand, he patted Bo Jia's right shoulder heavily, then said earnestly,

"No, you've misunderstood me."

"I wanted to praise you! I had no intention of blaming you! Leaving work on time is a good habit and a policy that our company strongly advocates!"

Before Gu Yu could finish, Bo Jia went completely rigid.

Praise him?

Is this some strongly advocated company policy?

"But they...?" Bo Jia turned around and looked at his colleagues who were burying their heads in their work.

Someone even lifted their head to give him a glare as if to say he was a traitor.

"Them? Damn it, they're all corporate parasites, every one of them a scourge on society!"

"Working overtime!? What the heck, overtime again! Don't they understand 'nine to five, warm bed with the wife and kids'?"

"Life is already so hard, shouldn't they rush to have fun with their girlfriends after finishing grueling work?"

"Go to bar 857! Why not have some beer and skewers? What's with all this rolling up the sleeves!"

Bo Jia hadn't even mentioned it, and Gu Yu was already cursing the employees working overtime without even lifting their heads.

Bo Jia was dumbfounded.

The boss was actually scolding employees for working overtime willingly?

"What's your name?" Gu Yu finished cursing, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and then turned to Bo Jia to ask.

"I... My name is Bo Jia!" Bo Jia hurriedly replied.

"Very good! That's a great name, Bo Jia, no overtime, no overtime! You, next month your salary will rise by a thousand! Go register with Manager Lin."

Gu Yu repeated his name, his eyes lit up.

Then, with a gesture towards Lin Xinyue standing to the side, he directly increased Bo Jia's salary by a thousand yuan.

Bo Jia was stunned.

Such happiness came too unexpectedly!

Today is already the 30th, so isn't next month the day after tomorrow?

By next month, at the very most, he would have just been at the company for three days, and he's getting a raise!

And it's a thousand yuan at that!

The key is he hadn't done anything!

He was initially offered a salary of four thousand a month, but now, just upon entering, it's five thousand!

And the reason for the raise is simply because he doesn't do overtime?

"I must be dreaming, right, boss?" Bo Jia trembled with excitement.

"You're not dreaming! But I have to give you a task, and that is to keep an eye on these Kings of Competition! From now on, you must supervise them and make sure they don't work overtime!"

"Let's do this, in addition to the thousand increase in base salary, I will reward you ten yuan for every person you persuade to leave on time each day!"

Gu Yu patted Bo Jia's shoulder and handed him the small hammer he used to ring the bell, entrusting him with a serious responsibility.

Bo Jia was also incredibly excited, gripping the hammer tightly and saluting Gu Yu: "Yes! Starting today, I am the Clocking Machine Guardian, the Anti-competition Fighter of Ideal Paradise! Thank you, boss, for the opportunity!"

His eyes were filled with hope and faith, as if guarding the clocking machine was his lifelong goal.

"You can do it!"

Gu Yu clenched his fist and waved it to cheer him on.

"Then let's start now! Before 5:10 PM, for every person you convince to leave, a bonus of ten yuan!"

Gu Yu took Lin Xinyue's hand and after saying that, they left.

Watching the boss and the boss's wife exit the door, Bo Jia looked at his colleagues as if he saw a pile of bonuses.

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"Holy moly! I'm gonna be rich!" Bo Jia jumped for joy.

He walked up to a colleague sitting in the front and said softly, "Hey, Brother Wang, it's time, you should get off work!"

The employee known as Brother Wang glanced at him and then, ignoring him, passed the document in his hand to another colleague at a nearby workstation.

Seeing that Brother Wang ignored him, Bo Jia moved to another colleague, smiling and saying, "Brother Li, it's time to leave! You should go back to your girlfriend!"

But Brother Li glared at him and spat out two words: "Get lost!"

Bo Jia was taken aback, what was this all about?

The workday was over, but no one was moving. Could it be their overtime pay was really high?

Bo Jia went to more than ten colleagues in a row, and some even called him a traitor...

Now, he was completely bewildered. For the first time, he felt that leaving on time was so difficult.

He came close to kneeling and begging these Kings of Competition to stop rolling up their sleeves.

"Little Bo, just save your strength! We are all people with lofty ideals! Leave work? Only those who are useless to society leave work!"

Kang Jia walked over to Bo Jia, a laptop in one hand as if he were the mighty General Li, and spoke with heartfelt earnestness.

Before Bo Jia could respond, Kang Jia turned his head towards the developers and shouted:

"Brothers! Let's push harder, we can definitely finish the new module by twelve tonight!"

A group of developers responded: "Charge! Let's go!"

Watching this fervent atmosphere of striving, Bo Jia collapsed onto the floor, pulling at his own hair and muttering to himself:

"What the heck is happening to the world?"

"This has to be fake, right?"