23 Side Story

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(A/N: Bonus for today! So this is the side story of the four guys. Their five-minute talk.)

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Location: Inside the café, in front of the Female Protagonist.

Theme: Contract.

Lian Ruo extended his arms and grabbed the other three idiots' necks towards him.

"Hey, guys! Let your brain run fast! We have a contract here!"

"Contract..?" the three idiots dazedly asked.

"Did you all hear what the girl just said?"

They all nodded.

Lian Ruo pushed his glasses and explained the simplified version for them.

"She said collaboration."

"...will support us..."

"...sign and agree..."

"...and most especially, give it for free to us. F-R-E-E."

They all looked at each other in wonder and excitement.

"That's a good deal. We don't need to pay money, and she will also support us and give us the evidence. For free!"

"Yeah... It is just a collaboration."

"Let's sign it!"

So the four idiots grinned and signed the contract.

It's a win-win contract for them!

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Location: On the road

Theme: Realization

On the way to their office, they bought ice cream to celebrate getting the indisputable evidence in their hands.

Then, Mu Fian asked the thing that had kept ringing in his mind.

"What's the pretty girl's name again?"

"Young Miss Xiong Zhi," Lin Ruo answered.

"It's amazing, she already has a company at such a young age."

"Yeah~ when she wore that uniform earlier, she really looked like a rich high school girl! How old do you think she really is?" The three guys thought that Xiong Zhi had worn the uniform as a disguise, and also for them to easily identify her in the café.

However, Lin Ruo suddenly stopped.

"Guys, I think she's really in high school..."

"..."

They forgot to ask the reason why she gave the evidence, and the contract.

They forgot to ask where she had found it and how she got it.

They forgot to ask many things.

"..."

After a minute.

"Don't tell me we've been scammed!"

"Idiot! The evidence is on us!"

"What if it's only porn? And that her target is our signature! That contract we signed!"

The four of them finally realized the heaviness of the deal earlier.

When they got inside their office, they immediately read the contract many times, combing through every detail carefully. They also double-checked the company.

They finally sighed in relief.

Turned out, they were not as unlucky as what they had thought they would be.

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