Mr. Melancholy Wants To Live A Peaceful Life

CHAPTER 65

Huan Zixu was very curious about Yu Hua. When you came right down to it, his stratagem to sow discord between the Protection Organization and the black-cloaked man had run afoul because of Yu Hua.

He had thought that in a studio full of Protectors and Destroyers, Yu Hua's position would be the lowest, and that President Zhen Li and Director Yuan Luori would be ganging up to order him around every day. Therefore, he had controlled the two of them to make them send that sort of message to Yu Hua.

This originated from a leveler's habit of looking down on the ordinary people in their levels. Even someone as astute and circumspect as Huan Zixu couldn't avoid falling into this common trap. While following Yu Hua and his husband, he had discovered that Yu Hua was a person with a strong desire for control and a high IQ. He was even a little sinister. His desire for control over his husband reached terrifying levels.

But Huan Zixu had thought at the time that a desire for control in familial relationships was precisely a sign of foiled ambitions at work, making up for a lack of satisfaction in community relationships with another type of relationship. That was common.

As it turned out, underestimating Yu Hua had been the reason this operation had failed. "Giving someone tight shoes to wear" is a common expression for making an employee's life difficult in little ways.

Yu Hua not only oppressed the two levelers, even Lian Yufan, who was a Protector, had instructed Huan Zixu on the way: "We've settled behind closed doors than you're going to be the studio's marketing director, but we still have to respect appearances. Yu Hua is the human resources director. The employment contracts and the official seal are in his hands. He may want to interview you again when we get to the studio. He's a little... Well, you'll know when we get there. Above all, remember one thing, though we handle secret work, we still need to have a comfortable working environment. If you want to do your work without trouble, it's best to get on Yu Hua's good side."

These words had surprised Huan Zixu. He had thought that the reason Yu Hua could oppress Zhen and Yuan was that the two of them were Destroyers who had committed crimes. Lian Yufan oversaw the studio, and Lian Yufan would no doubt take good care of an ordinary person like Yu Hua. That was why Zhen and Yuan were polite to Yu Hua.

But hearing Lian Yufan talk about it... Did that mean even a Protector was oppressed by Yu Hua? What was his actual position in the studio? Holding these doubts, Huan Zixu arrived at the studio and met with Yu Hua's attitude during work. He held a pen and sat in the office's best president's chair, interrogating Lian Yufan about why he had exceeded his place and meddled in Yu Hua's affairs, going around the human resources director to hire an employee.

Lian Yufan said, "Huan Zixu's working abilities are excellent. He's a former champion salesman, and a talent personally located by President Zhen."

Hearing Lian Yufan mention him, Zhen Li inadvertently drew in his neck. Being a boss like him really meant he might depart this life at any moment.

"Let me see his resume," Yu Hua said. "Zhen Li is in fact the boss. He suspended his university education to start a business. His courage is commendable. But he admits himself that his social experience is insufficient. To prevent himself from being duped by people with sinister intentions, he was willing to let me oversee things. This is written in my contract in black and white."

"Yes, yes! It's written, I'll listen to you," Zhen Li said fawningly at once.

Lian Yufan quickly offered the resume that the Protection Organization had worked through the night to falsify for Huan Zixu. The System had thrown together an identity for Huan Zixu of a middle school graduate who had gone out to work, alone in the world with no one but a cousin (Feng Kui) to support him. They couldn't use that resume.