Chapter 153

Xu Hao had already heard this news from Su Wanqiu.

As a web novel female lead, of course she was a virgin.

Even if she got married, her spouse would be a eunuch.

Maintaining her purity while waiting for the protagonist.

Of course, with the exception of the occasional protagonist who liked playing the role of Cao Cao.

Why did it feel like looking in a mirror?

Wasn't that exactly what he was like?

It was only after his memories underwent Awakening that he was able to defy the heavens and change his fate.

Otherwise, his ending would have been even more miserable than his friend Chu Xiong's.

That is right… Chu Xiong, Yao Xinrui's marriage partner, was someone he not only knew well, but was quite familiar with.

It would be no exaggeration to call them friends.

Xu Hao started from scratch, while the Chu family had risen to prominence long ago.

Chu Xiong could be considered a rich second-generation heir who took over his family's company.

Even so, because the two of them were around the same age and had comparable assets, they often attended various business events together.

On one occasion, Chu Xiong approached Xu Hao for a chat.

Xu Hao had to maintain a veneer of gentleness, turning no one away.

Over time, the two of them grew close…

Later, when attending business events, the two often sat next to each other and discussed the state of the business world.

Xu Hao had been busy improving himself during this period, so he hadn't been in touch with the other party.

Investigating Yao Xinrui, the female lead, was what made him remember.

This relationship, which he was about to forget, seemed to warrant finding a chance to reconnect.

Bai Ling continued her report.

"I had people investigate her company, and while checking the accounts, we discovered a problem…"

It turned out that an Assassin who understood hacking found something amiss while auditing the accounts.

Yao Xinrui was actually cooking the books.

Every time, she pocketed a sum of funds and deposited it into her own secret vault.

Over the course of ten years, she had already pocketed 300 million.

If Xu Hao hadn't had Bai Ling thoroughly investigate, and Bai Ling hadn't happened to send an Assassin who understood hacking over… they truly wouldn't have been able to uncover these things.

Xu Hao's gaze flickered.

Cooking the books? Embezzlement of public funds?

This little female lead had quite a bit of nerve.

Right after, he smiled.

He thought of Yao Xinrui's identity.

Leaving aside the fact that embezzlement was illegal, if Chu Xiong from the Chu family found out about what she had done, her fate would be miserable indeed.

Could he use this secret to manipulate the female lead, then?

"Madam, you wouldn't want…"

Xu Hao did not like this kind of threatening tactic.

It felt too low-class.

What he wanted was to win over the female lead's body and soul.

Not only could she provide him with Emotion Points, but she could also become his capable assistant to help manage the company.

Using threats could indeed win him the female lead's body.

Winning her heart, however, was not guaranteed.

Therefore, whenever he conquered female leads in the past, he always used gentle methods…

Yao Xinrui was different.

She had androphobia, making it almost impossible to conquer her through ordinary methods.

No matter how well you treated her or what tricks you used, she would always treat you with disgust.

How was one even supposed to play this?

Then he would just have to use some unconventional methods…

Treating the female lead well was predicated on it being profitable and being able to conquer her.

Knowing clearly that she couldn't be conquered, why wouldn't he change his strategy?

He could just try playing a great villain, oh… not playing a role, it should be acting as his true self.

Let's see what the effect of farming Emotion Points would be.

If it farmed a relatively large amount of Emotion Points, he could continue next time.

At this moment——

An episode was unfolding within the Xu Group.

To reorganize the company, Xu Hao had fired a large batch of employees who lacked ability and had failing performance evaluations.

This resulted in a large number of vacant positions in the company.

Right now, they were eagerly recruiting talent across major job markets.

As soon as the Xu Group's recruitment notice was released, it caused a huge sensation…

After all, the Xu Group was one of the top enterprises in Shanghai.

It was founded single-handedly by the business legend Xu Hao.

Countless young people came drawn by its reputation.

After layers of screening, only two people made it to the very end for the marketing department supervisor position.

They arrived at the company headquarters for the final interview.

Unfortunately, there was only one position.

Which of the two would succeed depended on their respective abilities.

Among the two, one was named Li Yunshu, who came from an ordinary background and had no connections.

The other was named Xu Fangfei, whose family ran a garment factory with annual revenues in the tens of millions…

Li Yunshu emerged from the interview hall with a solemn expression and an anxious heart.

Completely opposite to her, Xu Fangfei wore a relaxed expression, as if victory was already certain.

Seeing Li Yunshu's appearance, she couldn't help sneering.

"Tsk… Li Yunshu, what are you afraid of? Aren't you a top student? Not to mention a School Beauty."

"It's just an interview, and you don't even have this much confidence?"

Xu Fangfei's lips curled upward, her brows filled with smugness.

One could tell from her tone that the two did not get along.

Indeed, they had graduated from the same school and were even in the same class.

Before Li Yunshu transferred over, Xu Fangfei had been a well-deserved Genius girl.

She was pretty, her grades were among the top in her grade, and she was admired and pursued by countless students.

But after Li Yunshu appeared…

All of her halo seemed to vanish overnight…

In terms of appearance, she was only the class beauty, while Li Yunshu was crowned the sole School Beauty.

She frequently won academic awards.

She also had more simps than Xu Fangfei did, and many suitors changed camps.

It could be said that she was suppressed in every aspect.

Xu Fangfei had never accepted this.

On what grounds?

She wore designer brands and was a proud daughter of heaven, yet she had been outdone by a rustic wild girl.

Thus… plan after plan targeting Li Yunshu began.

During exams, she slandered Li Yunshu for cheating.

She spent money to hire internet trolls to defame her on the campus forum.