If someone in a game told you, "I'll have my dad find you a job, I'm a rich, beautiful girl."

How would you react?

Qin Chuan would most likely think that person was an idiot.

Now, he had accidentally become that idiot.

Sure enough, "Peppermint Tea" went silent.

After a long while, Qin Chuan finally received a message from the other person: Study hard, don't read too many novels.

So they thought he was a teenager with an overactive imagination.

Qin Chuan was both amused and annoyed, realizing his words had been out of the blue and indeed a bit abrupt.

But the words were already out, and it wasn't easy to take them back. He could only continue to charge ahead with the lie like a wild horse.

Qin Chuan: I heard my dad mention that we're at a policy turning point right now. The real estate industry is not doing too well. If you haven't already reached a mid- to high-level position, it's not too late to switch careers while you're still young.

Hearing this, the other person thought Qin Chuan's words sounded quite convincing, not like a little girl who daydreamed all day, so they also replied seriously.

Peppermint Tea: I just graduated last year and haven't been working for long. Right now, I can only be considered a rookie doing odd jobs, still hovering outside the threshold. Thank you for your kindness, but I feel that since I've already joined this company, I should at least work here for two or three years to accumulate some experience before considering future developments. Otherwise, if I just casually jump ship, I won't learn anything at all.

Qin Chuan quite admired this down-to-earth attitude.

A person with normal intelligence, in any field, even if not a genius and from an ordinary background, can definitely achieve something over time as long as they are willing to persevere.

Qin Chuan said to Peppermint Tea: How about this, tell me how you got set up last time, and I'll ask my dad to give you some advice.

Peppermint Tea: There's no need to bother your dad with such a small matter.

Qin Chuan blinked and told another lie without batting an eye: Just tell me, Master. My dad is right next to me. Isn't it good to have an old fox of the industry like him to guide you? It won't take much effort, just a few words.

Perhaps unable to refuse him, "Peppermint Tea" finally explained the matter briefly.

Omitting company information and specific events, he only said that the work content a colleague was supposed to hand over completely was missing something. As a result, he made a mistake when reporting. Unfortunately, because it was a verbal handover, there was no evidence, so he could only take the blame for the mistake, which left a bad impression on his supervisor. That's why he was transferred back to his original department.

After listening, Qin Chuan asked: The person who framed you, did they get promoted or stay in the same position?

Peppermint Tea: It seems they didn't get promoted. Instead, I heard a newcomer was brought in, and they are now on equal footing.

Qin Chuan: The way I see it, the supervisor who kicked you back to your original department either has a problem with their brain or has other plans.

Peppermint Tea: What plans?

Qin Chuan: Perhaps they wanted to use you as an example to warn all those who were getting restless.

Peppermint Tea was silent for a long moment, then sighed: The workplace is too deep; my skills are still shallow. Help me thank your uncle. I'll be more careful next time.

Qin Chuan's expression didn't change as he calmly typed: He says you're welcome.

Qin Chuan and "Peppermint Tea" hadn't misjudged "Shield of Zeus's" desire for revenge; they had simply underestimated his shamelessness.

In the evening, just as Qin Chuan was about to log off the game, he saw "Shield of Zeus" start talking in the world channel.

Shield of Zeus: Peppermint Tea and Eight Whiskers, listen up! When you brought a noob account to leech in the dungeon, you agreed to forfeit the roll if a rare item dropped. But not only did you go back on your word like it was nothing, you let the noob roll for The Kaleidoscopic Spirit Bloom and then refused to sell it to me. I'm going to expose this today and let the entire server see your true colors!

Twisting black and white, stirring up trouble.

He spun his words into a flowery tale.

When others saw it, it was inevitable they would be swayed by their first impression.

Even Qin Chuan had to laugh.

"Shield of Zeus" was well aware that "Chuan Chuan" was just a low-level noob. Even if he cursed up a storm, the splash he could make would be limited.

"Peppermint Tea" was different. Although his combat power and level weren't top-tier, his fame was high. Who on this server didn't know about "Peppermint Tea," who had superb skills and had even won a competition for a whale from another server? The effect of slandering him would surely be greater than making an issue out of a noob account.

Qin Chuan realized the other party was actually quite crafty.

Since he couldn't get it anyway, he might as well blow the matter up. Once "Peppermint Tea" and the others couldn't stand the drama and refused to stand up for Qin Chuan, Qin Chuan would be isolated. Perhaps under the immense pressure, he would have no choice but to sell The Kaleidoscopic Spirit Bloom to him.

The game was like the martial world, and people's hearts were like reality.

Even though The Kaleidoscopic Spirit Bloom was just a virtual item that could be seen but not touched, and couldn't be eaten for a meal, driven by profit, there were still people who would rack their brains to scheme and plot, forcing Qin Chuan and "Peppermint Tea" to submit.

In the end, the other party was simply banking on their low combat power and their isolation.

If it had been Qin Chuan's main account in the dungeon, even if he went AFK the whole time and ended up rolling for The Kaleidoscopic Spirit Bloom, the other party probably wouldn't have dared to say a word.

Qin Chuan sneered slightly at the game screen.

The next second, seeing a message pop up from "Peppermint Tea," his gaze softened slightly.

Peppermint Tea: Don't reply to him. Leave everything to me.

Qin Chuan: Master, with all his shouting, he's actually helped us advertise. Someone named An Endless Stream contacted me, saying they want to buy The Kaleidoscopic Spirit Bloom.

Peppermint Tea: I know him. He's third on the Nascent Soul rankings. He should be trustworthy. How much is he offering?

Qin Chuan: Thirty thousand. He said he can pay half first, and then the other half after I trade the item over.

Peppermint Tea: Zeus is still cursing us out. For him to be so straightforward, isn't he afraid of being scammed?

Qin Chuan: Maybe rich people don't care about this little amount of money.

Peppermint Tea: What you're describing is called being a fool with too much money.

This sort of self-deprecation, one gets used to it after a while.

Qin Chuan paused, then replied: Then he might really be that kind of person.

...

Soon, the meeting was held as scheduled.

As one of the organizers, Shengming Company showed great importance to this event from top to bottom.

When the department supervisor announced that she would be giving the presentation in his place, Bo He received envious looks from others in the department.

Everyone felt that since Bo He had just been demoted and sent back to her original department, to receive the supervisor's favor so quickly must mean she had used some back-door connections with the supervisor, or perhaps had some kind of family relationship.

There was no shortage of gossip and rumors.

At first, Bo He was apprehensive, but on the day she returned to the customer service department from the CEO's office, when all the rumors and slander surged toward her like a monstrous wave, not only did they fail to destroy her, but they allowed her to be reborn.

Since there was no way to retreat, she might as well do her best.

So last time, when the supervisor assigned the project plan for the conference presentation, she, who should have just been muddling through, instead became the one who worked the hardest.

No one knew how much research she did, spending almost the entire weekend in the library, making and deleting the PowerPoint, deleting and revising it, over and over again.

Fortunately, her efforts were not in vain and even brought a turning point.

Held at the same time as the meeting was the company's annual team-building event.

The team-building and the conference were held at the same location, but the conference attendees and the team-building participants were split into two groups, staying in two different hotels.

Since Bo He was attending in place of her supervisor, she was fortunate enough to be assigned an executive suite.

As fate would have it, her room number was the same as Boss Qin's, just two floors apart—one on the sixteenth floor, the other on the eighteenth.