I'm in Love Apartment, and the system is making me cultivate immortality.

Chapter 384 Being a warm-hearted and conscientious entrepreneur
Good words can't persuade the devil to die.

Seeing that Teacher Zeng was captivated by Yu Mo's secret recipe mask after just a small taste, her eyes lit up.

Gu Yifan silently turned and left, refusing to watch the two arguing.

Otherwise, I'll feel nauseous.
On the other hand, seeing how much Teacher Zeng enjoyed the food, Gu Yifan felt an urge to try it himself.

Behind me, I heard Teacher Zeng and Ziqiao arguing and fighting.

"Give me another bite, I couldn't taste it before."

"Teacher Zeng, you're not refusing to eat, there's still food in the fridge, don't try to take it from me!"

Just one bite, just one bite! Hmm~ Not bad.

Gu Yifan shook his head.

Suite 3601.

As soon as Gu Yifan pushed the door open, he heard a burst of silvery laughter.

Four pretty girls dressed in loose pajamas were sitting on the sofa chatting, with various snacks and melon seeds scattered on the coffee table in front of them.

The reason I say four is because Mika also came over.

After all, Yifei went to 3601 first, and then Yumo also came here often.

Now only Meijia is left out of 3603.

Neither her maternal grandmother nor her uncle loved her, so Meijia simply came along to join in the fun.

Three women make a drama, but four women could put on a whole Dream of the Red Chamber, chattering like five hundred ducks.

Sure enough, Gu Yifan walked in without any of them noticing.

They were still chatting and laughing.

"I never knew you, Mika, had been in a girl group before. I have no idea."

Miss Lin, with her back to the door, clapped her hands happily as she spoke.

"You wouldn't believe it, would you? Ah, that was many years ago, all for the sake of making a living." Meijia sat cross-legged on the sofa, looking quite sentimental.

The combination of her weathered tone and her youthful, collagen-filled face created a striking incongruity that made people want to laugh.

Wan Yu stretched, put her arm around Ms. Hu's arm, rested her head on Yi Fei's shoulder, and her eyes sparkled.

"It turns out that everyone's experiences before coming to the apartment were so interesting."

"That's right. Speaking of past experiences, we have to mention your sister Yu Mo." Ms. Hu said with a mischievous smile, glancing at Qin Yu Mo, who was sitting to the side beside her.

Upon hearing this, Miss Qin, who was eating ice cream nearby, quickly swallowed her ice cream, straightened up, and scolded him playfully.

"Yifei! Stop bringing up my embarrassing past, okay?"

"What's there to be afraid of? You were just a little chubby in high school, but now you've all grown up and changed a lot," Hu Yifei said dismissively, then laughed.

“Those aren’t your dark history, they’re the path you’ve walked all along, Yu Mo.”

Yifei's beautiful eyes curved into crescents, seemingly comforting Yumo, but actually teasing him.

"Huh? Sister Yumo, were you very fat before?" Meijia asked, blinking.

Miss Qin's face showed a hint of helplessness, and her beautiful eyes glared fiercely at Yifei, who was secretly laughing, not to be outdone.

“Fine, Yifei, if that’s how you put it, then I have to talk about your dark history of dominating the campus and being treated as the big sister,” Qin Yumo retorted, not to be outdone.

"Say it if you want, it's just that I beat up a few boys!" Ms. Hu said nonchalantly, waving her hand arrogantly.

"The fact that I became the school's top female student is entirely due to those male classmates who couldn't beat me making excuses for themselves by spreading rumors everywhere!"

"Wow, Sister Yifei, I never knew you had a past!"

Meijia deliberately spoke in a dialect, which made the girls burst into laughter, almost to the point of being breathless.

At this moment, Gu Yifan, who had been listening for a long time without anyone paying attention to him, coughed.

"Cough cough."

Meijia turned her head and noticed Gu Yifan. She put down the little rabbit pillow she was holding, took off the pink rabbit pajama hat, and greeted Gu Yifan warmly.

"Hi, I'm here to visit again."

Miss Lin then noticed that her boyfriend had returned. She moved her face away from Yifei's shoulder, opened her arms to Gu Yifan, and smiled sweetly.

"Gu Yifan, you're back~"

"Hmm, what are you guys talking about?"

Gu Yifan stepped forward and let Miss Lin hug his waist across the sofa.

Lin Wanyu rubbed her face against Gu Yifan's abs, looking completely satisfied.

Mika looked on with envy.

Wanyu and Yifan's love story is like an idol drama come to life.

But when will her love arrive?

"We were just talking about Yifei's embarrassing past, Yifan, do you want to listen in?"

The sudden appearance of Gu Yifan did not dispel the tension in the air. Instead, Miss Qin spoke first with a smile.

Hu Yifei wasn't about to be outdone, raising her eyebrows and saying, "Mingming, Yu Mo, you haven't finished speaking yet."

"Oh, mine's no fun. Let's talk about yours, Yifei. Do you still keep in touch with your old classmates?"

"Of course, I have connections not only with high school, but also with junior high!" Ms. Hu blushed and stubbornly argued.

"Oh? Really? Why didn't you come to the high school reunion last time?" Ms. Qin's casual question completely shut Ms. Hu down.

"What! When did you guys have this gathering? Why didn't anyone tell me?!"

Ms. Hu's cheeks immediately turned red, all the way down to her neck, and she angrily asked...

Gu Yifan shrugged.

Well, no one's paying attention to him again.

But this is good too, as it gives Gu Yifan the opportunity to observe the girls and feast his eyes.

Normally, apart from girls, boys don't come to 3601 much because of the differences between men and women.

Therefore, they dress very boldly.

Or rather, Ms. Qin, with the most abundant capital, was the first to kick off this competition for beauty.

Ms. Hu and her colleagues accepted the silent challenge without hesitation.

Miss Qin's nightgown was a black satin dress with openwork straps.

The thin straps, tied in a bow, are squeezed behind the long, slender neck, giving the impression that the loose dress would flutter down with a slight pull.

At the same time, it showcases her fair, snow-white shoulders, full and voluptuous figure, and delicate, lotus-white arms.

The allure to boys... those who know, know.

Gu Yifan noticed that most girls with great figures would choose thin pajamas, which seemed to be more comfortable.

For example, Nuolan also has a black slip dress nightgown, which is even bolder than Miss Qin's, with almost the entire fair and flawless back being hollowed out.

And then there's Cyndi Wang. At first, she wore simple pajamas, but later she somehow figured it out and started wearing clothes that showed off her figure.

At this point, some people might ask, "Isn't it cold in the dead of winter?"

the answer is negative.

The living room is air-conditioned 24 hours a day, so it's not cold at all.

In contrast, Ms. Hu was still wearing that old-fashioned white nightgown at first, looking like a landlady.

Or perhaps it's a fluffy winter bathrobe; the oversized robe makes her pretty face appear even smaller, giving her a slightly goofy and adorable look.

At least Gu Yifan thought this outfit was pretty good.

But after Yu Mo put on a sexy nightgown first, Ms. Hu was not to be outdone and changed into one as well.

A lace, lotus-root-colored nightgown, beautiful yet sexy.

Everything else was quite conservative, except that the skirt was slit a bit too high, revealing her long, beautiful legs curled up on the sofa.

The impact was equally strong.

Gu Yifan discovered that he wasn't just a leg fetishist, but rather someone who appreciated all beautiful things.
The only one that didn't participate in the competition was probably Meijia.

She was wearing thick, plush bunny pajamas, which was absolutely adorable.

It seems that Meijia also noticed the subtle rivalry between Yifei and Yumo, but she pretended to be clueless.

Who says Mika is a silly beauty? She's actually quite quick-witted in some situations.

Both Ms. Qin and Ms. Hu have their own ulterior motives.

Qin Yumo wasn't in a hurry to make a move on Gu Yifan; on the contrary, she preferred this subtle, ambiguous feeling.

We can firmly grasp the initiative.

She would occasionally give Gu Yifan some treats and tease him a bit, but then she would jump away and keep a certain distance.

Make sure nothing actually happens.

Both of them remained tacitly in agreement, neither intending to bring up the matter.

Gu Yifan wasn't in a hurry, but Qin Yumo was just struggling with her decision. Little did she know that by doing this, she was walking a tightrope, and she might fall if she wasn't careful.

No, did she really not know she was playing with fire and getting burned? Or was she actually mentally prepared?

Yifei's thoughts were simpler; she simply cared about saving face.

If her best friend outshone everyone else, how could she and Wanyu ever hold their heads high again?

Compared to Meijia's keen sense of love, Ms. Hu seemed rather oblivious; she didn't even notice Ms. Qin's little scheme.

The two women were not to be outdone, and one after another, they exposed each other's secrets.

When Miss Qin was in high school, she was a chubby girl whose height and weight were almost the same.

He was often laughed at by the boys in his class.

She was called "short, fat, and ugly," which made Yu Mo feel very inferior at the time, and she basically had no friends.

It's completely different from the image of a warm and cheerful urban woman today.

Yifei is called a tomboy by the girls in private. She doesn't get along with the girls, but instead plays basketball with the boys every day.

But unfortunately, she is very beautiful, and has been beautiful since she was a child.

This naturally attracted a group of budding young men who secretly admired her, and some even wanted to confess their feelings, secretly slipping love letters to Yifei.

However, Ms. Hu, who was "unromantic," read it aloud in public, causing the boy who wrote the love letter to lose face.

But as they talked, the two women started reminiscing about how they got together.

Miss Qin changed the subject and said she wanted to thank Yifei.

Yifei was the only one who stood up for her when she was being teased by a boy, and instead of telling the teacher, she beat up the boy who was making fun of Miss Qin in public.

He chased the other girl around the playground three times until the boy was too exhausted to beg for mercy. Ms. Hu forced him to apologize to Qin Yumo.

From that day on, no one called Qin Yumo fat and ugly anymore.

Similarly, Qin Yumo was also grateful to Yifei for her chivalrous help, and they started playing together.

"Part of the reason I am who I am today is because I admire Yifei, which inspired me to decide to lose weight," Ms. Qin said gently.

Ms. Hu immediately felt embarrassed, and the two made up as before.

Gu Yifan already knew about this, but hearing Yu Mo mention it now suddenly reminded him of Zi Qiao.

The value of angel investors continues to rise.

"Oh, right," Miss Qin suddenly remembered something and said mysteriously, "I have an amazing new face mask that I want to recommend to you."

Mika: "A face mask?"

"What kind of face mask?" Lin Wanyu asked.

Qin Yumo smiled smugly, "That's a purely handmade natural face mask formula that I went through a lot of trouble to find. It's very effective at removing dead skin."

As she spoke, Qin Yumo quickly walked to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator door, and looked around.

"No, I remember putting it in the refrigerator."

Upon hearing that it was all-natural and could even remove dead skin, the other three women's eyes lit up, and they were all very excited. Seeing that Yu Mo hadn't found it after a while, Ms. Hu also stood up and said, "Are you sure you put it in this suite?"

Qin Yumo slapped her forehead. "Oh right, the refrigerator in our suite was too full, so I put it in 3602. The boys there don't really use refrigerators."

"Wait here, I'll go get it right now."

Qin Yumo: Actually, I was afraid that Yifei and the others would find out about my secret recipe, so I just...hehe.

At this moment, Gu Yifan stepped forward and asked, "Wait a minute, Yu Mo, is your secret recipe a bowl of cement?"

Qin Yumo chuckled. "Cement? How did you come up with such a fitting adjective? Oh right, you saw it?"

Gu Yifan hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "That explains why there was a basin of cement in the refrigerator."

Qin Yumo blinked. "The boys didn't throw away my face mask, did they? I should have left a note."

"I don't know about that." Gu Yifan shook his head with a strange expression.

Qin Yumo blinked, not taking it to heart, "Then I'll go take a look!"

Wait until the door to suite 3601 is closed.

Lin Wanyu quietly tugged at Gu Yifan's arm, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Gu Yifan shook his head.

Meijia dismissed it, "Come on, your expression just now clearly wasn't right."

"Yes, what did you do to the Yu Mo facial mask? Tell the truth, and you might be spared from death later." Ms. Hu urged impatiently.

Gu Yifan thought for a moment, then shrugged, "If I were Yu Mo, I would have realized that when boys are starving, they would stuff even this much food into their mouths."

Upon hearing this, the scene fell into a brief silence.

Meijia's eyes widened, and Wanyu's mouth gaped open.

Hu Yifei was stunned, then said incredulously, "You mean... the boy next door ate the Yu Mo face mask?"

Gu Yifan nodded with a heavy expression.

"Ugh!" Lin Wanyu couldn't help but cry out first, her face turning pale. "I need to go to the toilet."

Meijia and I stood up simultaneously, "I'm going too!"

Hu Yifei imagined it for a moment, then felt a chill run down her spine and got goosebumps all over her arm. "Me too! It's all your fault, Gu Yifan, why did you have to say such disgusting things!"

Gu Yifan: "Is it my fault? I did warn them."

Just then, a scream also came from next door.

Miss Qin's voice could be faintly heard.

"Who touched my face mask?!"

Gu Yifan: How tragic.

The saying "Listen to advice, and you'll eat your fill" is indeed true.

Gu Yifan didn't directly see what kind of expressions Teacher Zeng and Ziqiao had after they found out that the bowl of cement was actually Yu Mo's face mask.

But according to Ms. Qin's description.

As Teacher Zeng rushed to the toilet, he kept shouting that he wanted to kill Zi Qiao; the scene was quite gruesome.

The New Year is drawing ever closer.

These past few days, Lin Wanyu has been clinging to Gu Yifan, appearing very reluctant to part with him, and has said several times that she might as well not go back.

After all, I only went back for Christmas, and it's only been a month since then.

However, Gu Yifan seriously refuted Lin Wanyu's unfilial remarks.

He earnestly advised her.

The saying goes, "You may wish to care for your parents, but they may no longer be there." Don't wait until your parents are old to visit them.

He also comforted Lin Wanyu, saying that they had a long time to spend together, but very little time to spend with their parents.

He didn't want Lin Wanyu to neglect her parents just to spend more time with him.

These words deeply moved Miss Lin, who wiped away her tears and said she would definitely spend more time with her parents when she got back.

Gu Yifan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, it would be even more troublesome if Miss Lin didn't go back.

Next year, we must find an opportunity to confront them directly. We can't continue like this.

Separated by the ocean.

Inside the study of the seaside manor.

An elegant and beautiful woman carrying tea passed through a spacious and bright corridor to the study with its maroon double doors at the end.

He knocked on the door before pushing it open and going inside.

Behind it is an elegantly decorated, spacious study with a classic Chinese style.

The beautiful woman walked around the screen and through the private drawing room before she saw her husband.

Lin's father, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and pajamas, sat behind his desk without looking up, telling her that she could leave after putting down her things.

The beautiful woman looked slightly helpless and walked towards the desk without answering.

Mr. Lin initially thought it was the housekeeper, but after not receiving a reply for a while, he finally looked up.

"Madam, what brings you here?"

Lin's mother placed the teacup in front of her husband, walked behind him, and reached out her delicate hand to massage his forehead.

"I've come to see you. Since our daughter left, you've been busy working all day long. You should take a break."

The refined, handsome middle-aged man took off his glasses, pulled his wife in front of him, and smiled, "I used to be like this too, why are you suddenly saying this?"

"That was before. Now you're so old, and your daughter is of marriageable age. You still can't bear to take a break?"

The gentle and beautiful woman playfully pinched her husband's earlobe, half threatening and half persuading him.

The refined and handsome older man was not angry at all. Instead, he smiled thoughtfully and said, "Is Madam upset that I didn't spend more time with you?"

"You know it, yet you still don't do it?" the beautiful woman snorted.

The handsome older man raised his hands and quickly begged for forgiveness, "Yes, yes, it's my fault. I didn't spend more time with Madam, and Wanyu left again. It was my fault, and Madam is right to blame me."

If an ordinary person were to witness this harmonious scene between the couple, they would surely be quite surprised.

After all, the middle-aged man in front of her was a leader who had crossed over into the financial banking industry, yet he was so gentle and even doting towards his wife.

The two held hands, smiled at each other, and walked to the sofa to sit down.

The beautiful woman nestled close to her husband, tilting her head against his shoulder as they gazed out the window at the coastline, whispering secrets to each other.

Lin's father: It seems that Wanyu won't be coming back this year.

Lin's mother: How dare you say that? Look what you've done to your daughter! If she likes it, just bring her back to meet us first.

Lin's father: You don't understand. How can you grow without pressure? Besides, where are we going on vacation this year? Shouldn't we get Wanyu a little sister or brother to take care of?

Lin's mother: How old are you? Don't lay a hand on me. Aren't you afraid Wanyu will get angry and think you're fighting with her for the family property?

Lin's father: Do you think so? She's probably impatient and thinks it will be very interesting.

For a time, the couple were deeply in love.

So, it seems that Gu Yifan, by some twist of fate, actually helped Miss Lin protect a portion of her family's assets.

The next day.

Gu Yifan came to the company to hold a meeting to discuss the holiday arrangements.

Of course, it's unrealistic to give everyone a holiday; some employees will still be on duty.

For example, the entire cast and crew of the anime "Under One Person" wouldn't all get a break.

Instead, they will arrange annual leave and rest in batches.

In the conference room.

Li Mingliang proactively said, "I have already prepared a document outlining the specific holiday arrangements. Please take a look, boss."

Gu Yifan assured Li Mingliang that he was reassured by the arrangements, but it seemed disrespectful not to glance at the documents. He took the documents from Li Mingliang, glanced at them casually, and was somewhat surprised.

Including Li Mingliang, and even Fang Daxia, none of them plan to take a vacation; instead, they intend to remain on duty.

"Master has work to do with the animation team, Mingliang, why don't you take a vacation?"

When Gu Yifan asked him this strange question, Li Mingliang quickly replied, "Boss, you forgot, there's also the Douluo project team's work."

But these things don't seem to have much to do with Li Mingliang; she's in charge of overall business coordination.

"Mingliang, you wouldn't be staying just for the overtime bonus during the Chinese New Year, would you?" Gu Yifan joked.

The company's benefits have been distributed to employees long ago, all employees are aware of them, and the benefits have been in place for several months.

It can be said that it is precisely because of this benefit that the company's business progresses with exceptionally high efficiency.

One of the reasons Li Mingliang proposed this was because he worried that having only welfare benefits without a reward and punishment assessment system would be incomplete and lead to employee apathy.

The employees were motivated, and there were also performance evaluations.

Even if it's just for the sake of company benefits, we should work harder to avoid being fired and losing these excellent benefits.

The overtime pay is far higher than that of other companies. Before the company's holiday schedule was even released, some employees had already asked their managers if they could voluntarily apply to stay at the company and work overtime instead of taking a holiday.

Gu Yifan had heard Li Mingliang mention this before, which is why he joked like that.

To everyone's surprise, Li Mingliang thought about it and actually nodded, "Indeed, after all, the overtime pay is quite appealing to me."

"Plus, there's not much to do during the Lunar New Year, so when I'm idle, I don't know what to do."

In reality...

Li Mingliang: Since Master Fang has stayed, if I take a break, I might become a deputy when I come back after the New Year! No, I have to prove my worth.
Fang Daxia chimed in, "That's right, I'm more tired on vacation than when I'm working. My wife wants me to take care of the kids, the kids want gifts, they want to go out and play, and my wife also wants to go on vacation to the South Island. Sigh."

A sigh encapsulates the bitterness of a middle-aged man.

Seeing this, Gu Yifan thought for a moment and said, "Some work can actually be completed after the New Year, there's no need to rush."

"In this way, employees who are really willing to work overtime can apply to work from home and come back after the New Year, as long as they can keep up with the work progress."

Gu Yifan understood that his employees wanted to earn more money, and he didn't mind the overtime pay.

However, it's a bit inhumane for employees to stay in the office instead of going home during the Lunar New Year.

Gu Yifan is a warm-hearted and conscientious entrepreneur.

Why not let employees work from home, so they can spend time with their families?

Li Mingliang, Fang Daxia, and the other managers in the company were all taken aback. "Working from home?"

"What about overtime pay?" Li Mingliang asked thoughtfully.

"It's still calculated the same way."

Hearing Gu Yifan's affirmative words, Li Mingliang and Fang Daxia were both dumbfounded.

The boss is too good to the employees; they're not used to it.
After all, working in this most prosperous commercial district of Shanghai, everyone else has seen how competitive other company employees can be.

As long as you don't die from overtime, work yourself to the bone.

Working from 8 am to 2 pm is normal. Note that I leave work at 2 am, take a nap in the office, and then start work at 8 am as usual.

In contrast, the employees of Extraordinary Animation seemed particularly out of place.

Many employees from other companies in this upscale office building have already come to inquire about how to apply and submit their resumes.

Will the boss really not lose money by doing this?

Li Mingliang and Fang Daxia, along with the rest of the management team, were all somewhat bewildered.

"What's wrong?" Gu Yifan asked.

Li Mingliang shook his head. "No."

"Let's do it this way then." Gu Yifan got up and stretched.

"Meeting dismissed."

(End of this chapter)