I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Cai Zhenyi glanced at the spot where the two had made contact, his eyes flickered, and he shook his head, saying:

"I came here today to play tennis with you; it's no fun playing with other people."

"Then you shouldn't hit me anymore, I'm tired today."

Gu Yuqing raised her hands high and stretched out her arms, her soft breasts almost bursting out, her clothes stretched as if they were about to rip open.

"Are you really not going to fight anymore?" Cai Zhenyi looked disappointed, having gotten a nod, but he showed no intention of leaving.

He turned to Chen Ya and asked, "Brother Chen, what do you do? In politics? In business?"

"Start a small company." Chen Ya forced a smile.

What kind of company?

Mobile games.

“Mobile games!” Cai Zhenyi nodded vigorously. “Mobile games are indeed a hot trend recently. All the A-shares that are even remotely related are soaring, but Donghuang Qixing can’t get a share of the pie. It’s a bit of a pity.”

Gu Yuqing, who was drinking water beside him, looked at him and said, "How could you not get a share? Doesn't your company have all kinds of games?"

Cai Zhenyi shrugged and said, "I don't know why either. The company started developing mobile games a long time ago, but the market still thinks that our company's main focus is still on PC. Maybe we need a flagship product to change the market's perception."

Gu Yuqing smiled and said, "If President Cai says so, then this flagship product must already be on the release schedule."

"No, no, don't try to trick me into leaking information, I'm very tight-lipped," Cai Zhenyi said with a smile.

"If you have secrets to leak, then the development has made great progress!" Gu Yuqing said with a smile.

Cai Zhenyi chuckled and asked, "What kind of mobile game is Mr. Chen making?"

Chen Ya smiled and said, "It's a secret."

"Haha, isn't that a bit too much of a hoarder?" Cai Zhenyi laughed. "Don't misunderstand, I didn't mean anything by it. I just wanted to see what category yours is in, to see if it overlaps with ours."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuqing gave Chen Ya a wink. Seeing that he remained unmoved, she took the initiative to say, "He's working on an open-world game. Does President Cai have any advice for him?"

"Open world? What a coincidence!" Cai Zhenyi's eyes lit up. "Ours is also an open world, what style is it? It's not going to be an anime style either, is it?"

Gu Yuqing's expression turned serious: "Is Donghuang also doing secondary tourism?"

“Of course, we also made an open-world anime-style game.” Cai Zhenyi patted Chen Ya on the shoulder with a regretful expression. “What a coincidence.”

Chen Ya calmly said, "Zelda has been out for two years. Domestic manufacturers are learning from it, and now it's time for them to learn and produce results. The audience awareness in the ACG field has been very broad recently. Successful ideas are similar, so it's normal to have similar themes."

Cai Zhenyi looked at him and said, "However, to succeed, having a good idea isn't enough; you also need luck. In the market, there's only one winner for games of the same genre. Why don't you consider switching to something else..."

Before Cai Zhenyi could finish speaking, Chen Ya interrupted him, saying, "My suggestion is that your company could change its subject matter. As you said, the market only needs one winner."

When Cai Zhenyi and Gu Yuqing heard his words, they both opened their mouths wide at the same time.

Cai's expression became even more interesting. He was stunned for a long time before pointing to his own nose and saying, "You want us to... to make the Seven Stars of the Eastern Empire change their subject matter?"

“Yes, this is for your company’s own good,” Chen Ya said. “Because if your game has the same theme as ours, you might fail miserably.”

Gu Yuqing and Cai Zhenyi were both dumbfounded.

They were all somewhat incredulous at what they had just heard.

On one side is Donghuang Qixing, a company that is number one in China and is vying for a top-three position in the world.

On one side is Chen Ya's newly established company, which hasn't even designed a good logo yet;

The two sides are competing in the same field, and Chen Ya actually said that the Seven Stars of Donghuang will suffer a terrible fate?

Where does his confidence come from?!

Cai Zhenyi has seen arrogant people before, but he has never seen anyone this arrogant.

Among all the investors he has met in his career, Chen Ya is considered to be exceptionally talented.

Gu Yuqing bit her lip, not knowing how to cover for Chen Ya.

If it were someone else, she would simply cross her arms and say, "Respect, best wishes."

But now her future and destiny are tied to hers; it's closely related to her!

Cai Zhenyi's expression remained uncertain for a long time before he burst into laughter:

"Haha, Gu Mei, your friend is really funny!"

Gu Yuqing awkwardly smiled and said, "Yes, he's always been very humorous."

Chen Ya smiled, neither speaking nor denying.

Cai Zhenyi shrugged and let the matter rest.

He felt there was no need to respond to Chen Ya's harsh words; he felt that talking to Chen Ya about his status would be like casting pearls before swine.

"If you tell a rocket expert that rockets need to burn coal to go into space and that you need to wash the coal with water, and that the expert doesn't even give you a second thought, he's already lost."

That's his mindset right now.

Cai Zhenyi turned to Gu Yuqing and said, "Shall we play two rounds?"

Gu Yuqing walked to the side and sat down with her legs together: "I'm really not playing anymore. Why don't you two rivals have a game on the court first?"

Cai Zhenyi glanced at Chen Ya and said, "Fighting against a beginner is a bit like bullying a novice."

"He's no ordinary novice; you'll lose if you underestimate him."

Cai Zhenyi clearly had ulterior motives; he kept pestering Gu Yuqing, wanting to spar with her.

Chen Ya put down his racket and said, "Even if President Cai wants to play against me, I can't keep up. That's enough for today. I've had my fun, so I'll be going now."

After saying that, he turned and left the room on his own, leaving Gu Yuqing speechless.

Where there's a place to exercise, there's bound to be a shower room.

At the far corner opposite on the second floor was the shower room. Chen Ya went back to the counter to get his clothes and walked into the shower room. Just as he was about to close the door, a small foot wearing white sneakers stretched in and blocked the door.

What kind of attitude is that?!

Gu Yuqing stood at the door, speaking angrily.

Chen Ya looked at her, waved his hand casually, and said, "Sorry, I might have been a bit harsh just now, but I really don't like your friend..."

Gu Yuqing grabbed his hand and pulled it away: "Is that the point? What are you talking about? I mean, how could you leave me there all alone!"

"Ok?"

Gu Yuqing's reaction surprised Chen Ya. The girl glanced back at the empty floor, squeezed through the door, turned around, closed the door, and locked it in one smooth motion.

"We came together, and you left me there all alone. It felt like I was abandoned by my companions, it was so embarrassing! How could you do this to me..."

Chen Ya said, "But...aren't you very familiar with that person?"

"That's a different matter. I came here with you today, not with him. How could you leave me behind? This is basic etiquette, isn't it?"

"Is this the most basic courtesy?" This was the first time Chen Ya had ever heard of it.

"Of course, if you go on a date with your girlfriend, would you leave her alone with someone else?"

Gu Yuqing stared at Chen Ya with a complicated expression and her eyes were moist.

Chen Ya said, "If I were on a date with my girlfriend, I definitely wouldn't leave her there alone."

"Then please treat me the same way, thank you!"

"Okay, okay..." Chen Ya raised his hands in surrender.

She seemed unaware that her words were ambiguous—they could be interpreted as, "Please treat me like your girlfriend, thank you."

But Chen Ya didn't intend to expose this.

"You absolutely must not do this again. If you brought me out, you have to be responsible for bringing me back properly. Just now you left me there, and my eyes almost popped out of their sockets. I thought I had offended you again."

Looking at Gu Yuqing's indignant expression, she resembled a squirrel suffering from separation anxiety.

"Also, Donghuang Qixing is also making an open-world anime-style mobile game. Should we lay low for a while?" Gu Yuqing asked, frowning.

Chen Ya said, "Didn't I just say that they are the ones who should be lying low?"

"You really think so?" Gu Yuqing sighed and said, "I really don't know where you get your confidence from. Those are the Seven Stars of Donghuang..."

“What’s wrong with Donghuang Qixing? Before the project was launched, I had considered that we might run into big game companies, especially Donghuang Qixing,” Chen Ya said. “But after I collected and compared Donghuang Qixing’s games in recent years in detail, I made a comprehensive analysis and concluded that this company does not have the ability to develop its own games.”

Gu Yuqing was taken aback: "You really dare to say that? You say that the number one game company in China doesn't have the ability to develop its own games!"

"That's just how it is. I don't want to think this way, but there's nothing I can do. This company simply doesn't have the ability to develop its own games. Think about it, what are some of their most famous games?"

Gu Yuqing stared blankly for a moment, then rattled off a few names: "NDF? FC? OLO?..."

Chen Ya laughed and said, "Which one of them was a game they developed themselves?"

Gu Yuqing said silently, "No, they are all foreign companies. They just acquired them."

“Yes, they were all bought,” Chen Ya said. “Donghuang Qixing has developed competing products for these three games, but those competing products all failed. It’s not that they didn’t try.”

"The company that developed OLO, Palm, was just a small, newly established company back then. If that company could defeat Donghuang Qixing, why should I be afraid?"

For a moment, Gu Yuqing found his words to be very reasonable and couldn't refute them.

“But, but the situation is different,” Gu Yuqing said. “Back then, Palm Company had the advantage of being the first to develop the game, and the original team from Dato also joined. It’s normal that they were slightly inferior in development, right? Later, they created a mobile game called ‘Heroic Honor’ and it was a huge success, wasn’t it?”

After a pause, Gu Yuqing continued, "Moreover, they started their projects at the same time as you, and they may have even started developing them long before you. If you can defeat them in the same field, it would be equivalent to defeating Donghuang Qixing head-on. Do you really think you can do it?"

Chen Ya smiled, as if the answer to the question was self-evident.

"Go out, I'm going to take a shower."

He grabbed the hem of his athletic short-sleeved shirt with both hands and started to pull it off from the bottom up. Halfway off, he was pushed against the wall by Gu Yuqing.

"Get out? What do you mean, get out? We haven't settled our score yet!"

Gu Yuqing placed her hand on his waist, stared at him, and stammered, "You, you, you said, you're not allowed to leave me alone next time."

Chen Ya lowered his head, glanced at her hand that was resting on his waist, and then looked up at her face.

"Hasn't this topic already passed?"

Gu Yuqing seemed to realize that her behavior was inappropriate, so she moved her hand away, but then put it on his stomach again, and her fingers even rubbed his abdominal muscles a couple of times.

"Who said that? Who agreed to let it go? You haven't even given your opinion yet, how do I know you won't do it again next time?"

Chen Ya rolled his eyes inwardly. What a lecherous woman.

"Okay, I promise I won't do it again next time. Have you touched me enough?"

"No." Gu Yuqing placed her hand on his pectoral muscle again, as if the sensation of that muscle gave her a great inspiration, and a look of sudden realization appeared on her face. "Oh, I see, you're jealous, right?"

"Jealous? What's there to be jealous of? What's so delicious about being jealous?"

Gu Yuqing took the opportunity to place her other hand on his other pectoral muscle, laughing arrogantly: "Good boy, don't be jealous! I'm really not familiar with that Cai Zhenyi, at least not as familiar as you."

"That's ridiculous, it's like I'm interested in you."

Chen Ya turned his back and went to the shower room to organize his toiletries. His attitude slightly displeased Gu Yuqing.

After wiping the sweat from his hands on his pants, he secretly took out his phone and snapped a picture of his naked back.

Then, I sent it to Wu Qiutong with the following text:

"I really want to have one, it feels so nice to pet it!"

A few seconds later, Wu Qiutong's message came through:

"What are you doing? Seriously? You didn't actually do it, did you?"

"Gu Yuqing? Say something! You didn't really take him for yourself, did you?!"

"Please say something! [crying loudly] If you don't speak, I'll think you're having sex with him! [crying loudly] Please say something!!! [crying loudly]"

Gu Yuqing chuckled as she put away her phone. It seemed that Chen Ya had completely given up on her. He pulled the shower curtain closed and threw his shorts and underwear to the top of the curtain to hang.

Hot water poured down from the showerhead, and rising steam made Gu Yuqing's heart pound wildly.

She leaned against the door, looking at the two calves peeking out from under the shower curtain, trying to comfort herself:

"If I go out now and bump into someone outside, it'll be easier for them to misunderstand, right? It wouldn't be a problem if I waited until he finished showering and then sneaked out, would it? I can't see anything, so there's even less of a problem, right?"

"Watch a little longer. When you take a shower later, I'll stay here and observe too. Then we'll be even," Chen Ya's voice came from inside the shower curtain.

Gu Yuqing slammed the door shut and left.

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