How can a substitute top have feelings? (MTL)

Chapter 1

In the spotless, fully transparent private office, a man wearing GMS-196TN full-ear silver-rimmed glasses is immersed in his work. He is wearing a white shirt and sitting on a black leather ergonomic chair. He purses his thin lips and looks at the code box on the screen with an almost serious look. His fingers tap on the keyboard, and lines of code continue to appear on the screen.

　　The crisp key sounds and rhythmic music beats make people more engaged in work involuntarily.

　　As the hour hand of the simple black wall clock reached the Roman numeral five, the performance of the mechanical keyboard came to a pause and the office suddenly fell silent.

　　Xie Chenyou saved the results of today's work, then opened WeChat, opened the pinned dialog box, and typed: Baby, what do you want to eat today?

　　In the dialog box with the note name "baby", the message "The other party is typing..." soon appeared. Xie Chenyou, who was a "workaholic", ignored the half-written code and waited patiently for the other party to finish typing.

　　Thirty seconds.

　　One minute.

　　Two minutes...

　　"The other party is typing..." The line of words disappeared and Lin Wen did not reply.

　　Xie Chenyou has very thin eyelids, and appears a little cold when he looks at people without emotion, especially with his retro-style glasses, which makes him look less approachable.

　　His eyes swept across the desks of the staff working in the office outside and saw the unfinished cakes and milk tea on their tables. He then turned and continued typing to Lin Wen: The cake shop downstairs from my unit has reopened. Would you like to have some chestnut cake?

　　As expected, 'Baby' replied quickly, and it was a voice message. The background was quite noisy, but Lin Wen's clear voice was still clearly identifiable. He smiled ostentatiously: "I want to eat the chestnut cake! Shen Ruimin just grabbed my phone. He and Guo Ze came to our house to find me. Are we going out for hot pot together later?"

　　Shen Ruimin and Guo Ze were both Lin Wen's college classmates and they had a good relationship.

　　Xie Chenyou typed: Okay, the same place, I'll reserve a seat.

　　Lin Wen added, "You decide, but you can only take one serving of chestnut cake. If they dare to say that I am not worthy of you, they don't deserve to eat it!"

　　In the background, Shen Ruimin said jokingly, "I didn't say that. I just said that it's too hard to find a top like your Xie Chenyou. You have to keep a close eye on him."

　　Xie Chenyou paused in typing.

　　In fifteen days, his and Lin Wen's three-year "substitute agreement" will expire - they have to break up, but this has nothing to do with Lin Wen's personality, it's just because they had clearly agreed on the outcome when they were together.

　　Three years ago, Xie Chenyou was just a senior student. His sister, who was in junior high school, was diagnosed with leukemia and urgently needed money for treatment.

　　Xie Chenyou's parents are farmers who work hard in the fields. Their total family income is only 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a year. It has cost a lot to support the two siblings to study over the years, and the family does not have much spare money. The village and various channels have raised 50,000 yuan, but it is still a drop in the bucket for the medical expenses.

　　It was at that time that Lin Wen fell in love with Xie Chenyou.

　　Lin Wen is one year older than Xie Chenyou, but he broke his leg while practicing dancing when he was a teenager and was delayed for a year. Therefore, he is in the same grade as Xie Chenyou and both are seniors.