Ouyang Xiaoya looked at Lin Hai with a gaze full of disappointment, as if lamenting his unfulfilled potential.

"Mrs. Ouyang, don't look at me like that. Am I not knowledgeable and talented?" Lin Hai leaned back on the sofa with a smile, reveling in the comfort of the high-quality couch.

The roar from earlier seemed a bit too loud, so Ouyang Xiaoya wanted to take a sip of water from her teacup.

But as she picked up the cup and was about to drink, she discovered that Lin Hai had already drained all the tea she had brewed that morning.

"You!" Ouyang Xiaoya gritted her teeth and pointed at Lin Hai, too angry to speak.

"CEO, is it a crime now to lie on the sofa?" Lin Hai snorted.

This guy must be doing it on purpose, how infuriating!

"CEO, don't be mad. They say the more knowledgeable a person is, the more composed they are. Like me, for example." After saying this, Lin Hai smugly lit a cigarette.

Now, Ouyang Xiaoya could barely tolerate him smoking in her office.

"You, a junior high school dropout, have the nerve to educate me?" Ouyang Xiaoya could hardly stand Lin Hai's words.

Lin Hai flipped over, sat up straight, and grinned: "Don't judge by my junior high education; I might know things you don't."

"Oh? I feel like the only things in your brain are lewd thoughts and laziness, not a single bit of useful knowledge."

"Uh, CEO, I do have quite a deep understanding of Chinese characters, ancient Huaxia literature, and so forth."

After he finished speaking, Lin Hai picked up the glasses from Ouyang Xiaoya's desk, put them on, straightened his clothes, and posed like a scholar.

Sure enough, clothes make the man. With glasses on, Lin Hai actually did give off a bit of a scholarly vibe.

"How about it? Do I look like an intellectual?"

"I think you look like a perverted thug from an 80s Hong Kong movie."

Ouyang Xiaoya snorted coldly.

"Oh? CEO, you've studied those movies too? Tsk tsk, you must have seen them, otherwise how would you know the plot with the bespectacled pervert?"

Lin Hai smirked slyly at Mrs. CEO.

"You! Your sister's seen those!"

Lin Hai didn't argue, thinking to himself, "I've actually seen your sister," but would rather die than say that aloud, or else Ouyang Xiaoya would skin him alive.

"CEO, don't be mad, huh."

"Mrs. CEO, I really do have an in-depth study of Chinese characters."

Lin Hai coaxed her with a cheeky grin.

"Just you? What could you possibly research?"

Ouyang Xiaoya absolutely didn't believe Lin Hai would apply himself to studying; him smoking less and watching fewer movies already counted as positive behavior. As for studying, it might happen when the sun rises from the west.

"Tsk tsk, I just know that most Chinese characters can be pronounced when broken down."

Lin Hai boasted after saying this, looking proud of his knowledge.

"What's so scholarly about that." Ouyang Xiaoya hummed in disdain.

Probably even elementary students knew this; nothing worth showing off.

"Yo? Mrs. CEO, what if you can't pronounce the characters I break down?"

Lin Hai had a look of disbelief.

"Hmph, I, the CEO, can easily handle English, let alone Chinese characters. Aren't you underestimating people?"

Ouyang Xiaoya was provoked by Lin Hai's lightly mocking gaze.

"Alright, CEO, let me borrow your pen and paper once more. Remember to be gentle when handing them to me this time."

Lin Hai snickered and reached out his hand.

A piece of paper and a pen were dropped heavily into his hand.

Lin Hai took the opportunity to get a feel; Mrs. Ouyang's hands were indeed soft and slippery, tender to the touch, seemingly boneless, the perfect divine artifact for...you know.

"You!" Ouyang Xiaoya really wanted to stab Lin Hai with the pen, this beast always looking for opportunities to take advantage of her.

"Hehe, nice."

Lin Hai sleazily sniffed his hand, which had touched the beautiful Ouyang, then scribbled a character on the paper.

Lin Hai's handwriting was indeed atrocious, all crooked and skewed, not even reaching the level of a primary school student.

"Look at the characters you write, so ugly." President Ouyang didn't miss the opportunity to take a jab.

Lin Hai smiled nonchalantly and said, "CEO, do you recognize this character?"

"This is just the 'bite' character, isn't it? Even a three-year-old kid knows it, you have the nerve to test this president with that?" Ouyang Xiaoya thought Lin Hai might pull out some obscure characters but now realized Lin Hai was seriously lacking in culture.

"Then read the character when it's broken down."

"Pfft, that's so easy, breaking it down it's just..."

Halfway through her words, President Ouyang was completely stuck.

"CEO, don't stop now, you don't recognize the characters when they're broken down?" After Lin Hai said this, his eyelids fluttered non-stop.

"!!!!!!" Ouyang Xiaoya wanted to punch Lin Hai to death.

Exhaling a puff of smoke, Lin Hai instinctively went to toss the cigarette butt into an ashtray but realized there was no ashtray in the CEO's office.

Looking around, Lin Hai eventually tossed the cigarette butt into a teacup.

"My teacup!"

Ouyang Xiaoya picked up the cartoon teacup, heartbroken, looking at the still-smoking butt inside, her teeth making a grinding noise.

"Uh, my bad, my bad." Lin Hai quickly explained.

"Deduct your entire next month's salary!" Ouyang Xiaoya clenched her teeth fiercely.

Lin Hai's smug expression instantly turned to one of misery.

"CEO, don't be like that."

"CEO, how about we make a bet, if you lose, you can't deduct my entire salary." Lin Hai had a sudden idea and blurted out.

What tricks is this guy thinking of now? It seems that only deducting his salary has some effect on him.

"What if I win?"

The woman's curiosity was piqued.

"If you win, you can deduct my entire year's salary." Lin Hai said, also clenching his teeth, painfully.

"Alright."

"Wait, I have another condition."

"What condition? Spit it out, fart if you're going to, you're doomed to lose anyway, this president with a Ph.D. has never met a word I didn't recognize," Ouyang Xiaoya said confidently.

"If you lose, you can't deduct my salary, plus you have to kiss me on your own initiative." Lin Hai chuckled with a heh-heh, excitedly rubbing his hands together.

"Beast!"

"What? Can't the CEO take a joke?" Lin Hai huffed, taunting.

"This president doesn't believe I could lose to a semi-literate like you!" Ouyang Xiaoya's anger was ignited as well.

Considering the thought of deducting Lin Hai's annual salary, it would certainly make the Beast Lin painfully regretful, the thought of it brought a small anticipation.

"Okay, just a moment."

Lin Hai quickly scribbled a few characters on a piece of paper.

"Come on, CEO, read it out loud." Lin Hai said with pride.

Ouyang Xiaoya snorted lightly, with a look of disdain, but when she saw the characters on the paper, she was stunned.

"Pǐ — nào — bì —!"

"This...." President Ouyang got stuck. She really forgot how to pronounce these characters momentarily, although she remembered the literal meanings.

"How's that? Unfamiliar, aren't you?"

Lin Hai sneered.

Ouyang Xiaoya's face turned ashen, and she said nothing.

"CEO, I'll give you another chance, break it down and read it. If you can't read it, then you've completely lost," Lin Hai said with a look that said "I've given you a chance, don't blame me for being heartless."

"Gōng — fu — bù — hǎo, bù — yào —......" Halfway through, President Ouyang was dumbfounded again, then her rage skyrocketed, and she glared deadly at Lin Hai, her teeth making a cracking sound.

"Beast Lin, you looking for death?!"

"Get out of here, leave immediately, and get as far away as your thoughts are!"

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