Chapter 2: The Unavoidable Murphy’s Law (1/2)

Due to a slight setback on a project, Yan Jin arrived home later than usual. As he stepped into the empty villa, the feeling of emptiness and loneliness overwhelmed him. For a moment, it made Yan Jin think of getting a sleeping companion.

But the moment that thought came by, it was driven out of his mind instantly. Leaving aside his disgust towards paid-sex dealings, the fact that the Yan family ancestors were famous within the social circle for their loyalty for many generations came to mind. Mocking such ‘fine traditions’ should not be ruined in his hands.

Midnight, 1 am.

After taking a shower, Yan Jin felt a bit hungry. He headed towards the kitchen in his slippers. He took out two tomatoes from the refrigerator and switched on the lights.

Boop. The tomatoes fell onto the floor.

The glossy flooring that he anticipated was not only covered with water stains, there was a water puddle with a gray-colored “mouse” lying right there in the middle.

Thankfully, CEO Yan had a strong heart, and he was not afraid of such creatures. His first reaction was not to pick up his broom and sweep away this harmful thing, but to be surprised at how his villa that was scheduled for weekly cleaning – even where cockroaches were hard to spot – to have a mouse?

With suspicion in his mind, Yan Jin soon found a clue.

He found that the tail that was overly short with a round body and no visible long whiskers, it should be…

A hamster, right?

Stray cats and dogs were common to see, but this was the first time he’d seen a stray hamster.

Could it be Mickey Mouse?

Yan Jin found it interesting, so he walked around the lying hamster and noticed that the creature’s eyes were closed and it was not moving at all. He started becoming suspicious, could it be dead?

Coincidentally, Xiao Yu, who had fallen, was irritated by the lighting and gradually woke up dizzily as his eyes which were the size of green beans fluttered open. The scene in front of him was still unclear until a while later when his vision slowly became clearer.

Then, Xiao Yu and Yan Jin met eye to eye.

SQUEAK! HELP!

Xiao Yu let out a miserable shriek and fled in embarrassment. After running in circles, he stepped onto the water puddle, slipped, and fell backward.

Yan Jin took a few steps back. Watching the little hamster’s panicking silly behavior, he laughed without holding back.

Xiao Yu was confused as he had slipped, could not get up immediately. So, he laid on his back with his eyes wide open, silently making a complaint against the source of the laughter.

After Yan Jin finished laughing, he squatted down and pushed the tomato that had dropped earlier towards Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu, who had just gotten up, had to hug the tomato that was shoved towards him. With a blank look, he hugged the tomato that was about the same size as him and blinked his eyes adorably.

“Okay, this is your ownership fund, from now on, you’re my pet.”

Yan Jin was smiling the whole time, but somehow it brought chills down Xiao Yu’s spine.

Facing this familiar smile, Xiao Yu’s first reaction wasn’t ‘I won’t have to worry about my life anymore~’ but it was –

It’s you!

Xiao Yu recognized Yan Jin.

S City’s second to none jewelry group – YL Corporation’s CEO, seventh place on the national richest and powerful list, the Yan family’s Yan Jin.

He was currently twenty-nine years old and already had fame and wealth in his hands.

When Xiao Yu was still a human, his status wasn’t considered low as well – the title of being the youngest gifted designer was quite well-known too. He and Yan Jin interacted occasionally, but it was usually at large-scale meetings and dinner parties. Where else would they get a chance to meet one another? This was why Xiao Yu could not recognize him at first glance; the difference between a cool-looking chairman in suits and ties and someone dressed loosely in a bathrobe was just way too different.

Xiao Yu clenched his teeth; if he were an animal that had more attack strength, he would have charged forward and bitten this person in front of him immediately.

That’s right, when he was still a human, Xiao Yu detested Yan Jin to death. Well, towards a chairman of the competitor group, who had always beaten him by a margin, it was hard to have any positive attitude towards that person. However, that’s not the reason why Xiao Yu hated this person. The reason why Xiao Yu particularly hated Yan Jin was because the designer working under this person had copied his design draft!

And it didn’t happen just once or twice, it was every single time for half a year!

What was even worse was that when Xiao Yu summoned his courage to confront this person, he got ridiculed harshly. Without any evidence, he could only leave dejectedly. Till today, Xiao Yu could not forget that official smiling face.

Yes, it’s the face that was right before his eyes!

He may be smiling, but it gave off an unpleasant feeling towards everyone!

Well, well. Who would have expected that even when he was not a human anymore, he still had to meet the face that he detested the most?

If he had known earlier that this villa belonged to Yan Jin, he’d swear to never step foot into this building even if he starved himself to death.