The blind boss's nanny

Lin Xiaoman pushed open the door and saw Lu Tingzhao standing alone on the balcony, his hands casually resting on the railing.

The night breeze ruffled the stray hairs on his forehead, and his silhouette appeared particularly lonely in the moonlight.

Oops!

The thought flashed into her mind in an instant...

A normal person can stand like this without any problem, but the chairman can't see and has been drinking. What if he loses his balance...?

This is the sixth floor!

She rushed forward and grabbed the man's arm tightly:

"Chairman, you should rest."

Lu Tingzhao tilted his head slightly, and the night breeze carried his voice, tinged with alcohol:

Do you think there's any point in living for someone like me?

Lin Xiaoman's heart tightened, but she pretended to be relaxed and shook his arm:

"Of course it's significant! You've directly impacted my future for many years to come. If you don't perform well, I'll lose my bonus... and I'll have to go around doing odd jobs, living a nomadic life, which would be very pitiful..."

She deliberately made a loud clicking sound on the abacus, but her fingers tightened subtly, as if afraid he would actually lean forward.

Lu Tingzhao chuckled softly.

He could certainly tell from the poor acting, but strangely enough, those gloomy thoughts actually dissipated somewhat.

"Let's go."

He grabbed her wrist with his other hand.

"Help me back."

Lin Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief and carefully led him away from the balcony.

In the instant she turned around, she quietly locked the French windows of the balcony.

Tomorrow, I'll have Aunt Mei find someone to install the protective netting!

Lin Xiaoman carefully tucked the blanket around Lu Tingzhao as if she were taking care of a child:

"Chairman, would you like to hear a bedtime story?"

Lu Tingzhao wasn't really interested, but he really couldn't sleep.

"Read it."

Lin Xiaoman groped around on the bedside table and picked up a book titled "Corporate Strategic Management".

She found the preface tedious and boring as soon as she finished reading it.

I switched to another book, "Investment and Financial Management Practice," but the content was even more difficult to understand.

Do these books really help you sleep? They're clearly sleep aids!

But Lu Tingzhao listened with great interest.

These were books he used to read before bed, but he hasn't read them since he lost his sight.

She forced herself to continue reading, but her voice grew softer and softer, and her head unconsciously bobbed up and down...

"Why did it stop?"

Lu Tingzhao's voice suddenly rang out.

Lin Xiaoman suddenly woke up:

"Chairman, don't you want to rest?"

"Um."

A brilliant idea suddenly struck her.

"Then I'll play it for you using an audiobook app!"

"Can."

She retrieved her tablet and logged into her account.

But unexpectedly, a swipe of my finger opened my previous listening history—

"You little devil..."

It also has a touch of color, and the voice actors cooperated very well.

The sound of panting echoed in the room.

"Tonight I'm going to make you..."

Oh no! It's that domineering CEO romance novel I didn't finish listening to last time!

"Is this all you usually listen to?"

There was no emotion in Lu Tingzhao's voice.

Lin Xiaoman's cheeks flushed, and she hurriedly turned off the audio.

"It's a misunderstanding! Since meeting you, I've realized that all those CEOs in novels are utterly pathetic; you're far more charming than them..."

Lu Tingzhao gave a light snort:

"Change to another one."

Lin Xiaoman didn't ask him what he wanted to hear; it was nothing more than those self-improvement books.

After a long day of tension, it's time to relax and listen to something mindless.

She cleverly opened the suspense novel ranking list and selected the top-ranked work.

The professional anchor's vivid and engaging performance immediately caught Lu Tingzhao's attention.

Seeing the man engrossed in the moment, Lin Xiaoman quietly retreated.

She took a quick shower first, then went to the balcony to clean up the mess.

Under the moonlight, the plum wine gleamed with an alluring amber luster.

She shook the bottle, which was still more than half full, and wrinkled her nose in distress.

It's such a waste to throw away such expensive wine!

She tilted her head back and gulped down the rest of the wine.

Lin Xiaoman sat cross-legged on the carpet, immersing herself in the world of suspense with Lu Tingzhao.

The anchor's voice echoed in the room, and both of them held their breath.

Just as the plot reached a crucial point... the sound abruptly stopped.

"What happened?"

Lu Tingzhao subconsciously pressed for an answer.

This brand-new entertainment experience allowed him to feel relaxed after a long time.

He used to listen to the radio occasionally, mostly financial news. The daily琐事 (trivial matters) of the company and family left him with absolutely no time for himself.

They don't even have time to date, let alone anything else.

Lin Xiaoman glanced at the tablet and embarrassingly discovered that her free trial time had been used up.

"That's all for today's update."

She gave a vague answer.

"How about...we listen to some music?"

The man remained noncommittal, still thinking about what had just happened.

She switched to her favorite music app, but each song only played for a dozen seconds before skipping to the next app.

"Is this a compilation of sample listening materials?"

Lu Tingzhao raised an eyebrow.

"Oops, I ordered the wrong thing!"

She quickly switched to a karaoke app, and this time she was finally able to play the entire song.

"This singer's voice is very unique."

Lu Tingzhao listened carefully and then gave his evaluation.

"Which newcomer is it?"

Lin Xiaoman smiled sheepishly:

"I sang it myself... This is a karaoke app."

Lu Tingzhao was speechless.

"Aren't you being a bit too narcissistic?"

"No, that's not true!"

She quickly explained

"It's because other software requires a membership!"

Lu Tingzhao was almost laughing in anger:

"Was the audiobook app you were using also because you didn't have a membership?"

"……Um."

"Open now."

He was concise and to the point.

"Open it for all members."

Lin Xiaoman clutched the hem of her clothes and whispered:

"I'm out of money in my online account..."

Lu Tingzhao dialed the number directly.

Three minutes later, Lin Xiaoman received a text message notification—her account balance had increased by 10.

She stared at the screen and counted several times:

"One hundred thousand?!"

"Can we open it now?"

The man asked quietly.

"Open it! We absolutely must open it! Open annual memberships!"

Lin Xiaoman was so excited that she couldn't speak coherently.

"I'll get you memberships on every platform right now! I'll even arrange VIP memberships for you on dating websites!"

Lu Tingzhao couldn't help but laugh:

"There's no need for that."

The two started listening to suspense stories again, but this time, Lin Xiaoman's head started to feel dizzy as she listened.

The effects of the plum wine were kicking in.

She fell asleep next to Lu Tingzhao's bed.

Lu Tingzhao had fallen asleep at some point, and the tablet computer played automatically until the battery ran out.

Lin Xiaoman woke up with a start the next morning and found herself not in the nanny room, her palm pressed against a warm chest.

She sat up abruptly:

"Chairman!"

Lu Tingzhao rubbed his temples:

"What time is it?"

His biological clock malfunctioned for the first time, and he immediately laughed it off.

Time has long lost its meaning for him now.

Last night's dream was bizarre and fantastical; the audiobook's reading, accompanied by chilling background music, made him feel like he was being chased all night in his dream.

What's even more terrifying is that there's always a human-shaped accessory clinging to him, and he can't shake it off no matter what he does!

As usual, he sat on the edge of the bed, waiting to adjust to the eternal darkness.

But then he suddenly realized that there was someone next to him.