Volume 1, Chapter 4: New Rules at the Foot Spa, No Night Raids on the Boss!

At night, the foot massage parlor had closed its doors, and warm lights glowed softly inside the house. Su Wen sat alone on the bed, clutching her My Little Pony blanket, looking pitifully at Chen Wen.

“Boss~ Aren’t you really going to sleep with little Su?” Her voice was like a nightingale’s gentle song, laced with sweetness and allure, as if an invisible current struck straight to Chen Wen’s heart.

Chen Wen felt a sudden tremor in his chest, a wave of heat rushing through his body, making his breathing quicken. Flustered, he awkwardly waved his hand, trying to mask his inner turmoil.

“No, you sleep in the bed. I’ll sleep in the massage chair.”

After turning off the lights, Chen Wen sighed deeply with relief, silently thankful for his strong willpower—he had almost been completely captivated by that little girl.

Just moments ago, the system had popped up a warning:

[The technician and the host share a star-level recruitment relationship; any intimate acts are considered termination of employment.]

The recruitment coupon from the system wasn’t all-powerful; it only hired employees, not companions or lovers. To upgrade an employment relationship to a romantic one, one must first cancel the recruitment.

Therefore, Chen Wen didn’t dare to make the first move with Su Wen at all.

He covered himself with the blanket and closed Su Wen’s room door, avoiding any chance of losing control in the middle of the night.

Finally, Chen Wen had time to take out his phone and open a small website.

“Intimate, touching, refreshing, addictive, heavenly service experience!”

He hurriedly turned off the phone’s sound. Since when had Tao Duo Duo Shopping become so inappropriate? Buying a massage chair felt like buying something else entirely.

Chen Wen curled his lips in disdain.

“A twenty-one-thousand-yuan massage chair?”

“Why not just rob a store?”

In the past, his modest foot massage parlor could barely make a net profit of ten thousand yuan a month. Spending twenty thousand on a massage chair would mean starving for half a year.

He quickly scrolled past, silently calculating.

Hiring an older woman... no, a mature goddess as a masseuse for six thousand a month wasn’t a bad deal, actually.

Suddenly, Chen Wen spotted a small shop that seemed newly opened, selling massage chairs at a 90% discount.

Though the colorful advertisement looked somewhat unreliable, Chen Wen couldn’t help but click in.

“Brother~ Want to buy a massage chair?”

“Two thousand yuan, with home inspection available~”

A chat window forcibly popped up, and Chen Wen’s face instantly darkened.

Though he’d never done such things, he’d heard enough stories to be wary.

“Isn’t that girl in the room nice enough? Why would I spend two thousand on a massage chair, you fool?”

Chen Wen sneered. Looks like buying the massage chair would have to be done in person tomorrow. Who knew what those online shops were really selling?

At that moment, Chen Wen caught a faint fragrance in the air—like gardenias blooming.

“Could it be the flowers outside the door?”

He was sure there were no flowers planted outside his door, but the scent was so pleasant. He leaned closer, and the scent grew stronger.

Suddenly, his nose brushed against something soft. Chen Wen was startled.

A figure rolled off the chair and jumped down, turning on the shop’s lights.

It was Su Wen, dressed in pink bunny pajamas, cheeks flushed red, standing shyly and staring at the floor like a child caught doing something wrong.

“You… why are you out here?”

Chen Wen felt awkward, his eyes subconsciously drifting downward, wondering what his nose had just touched.

Su Wen tugged at the hem of her pajamas and said coquettishly,

“Can’t sleep, wanted to chat with the boss.”

“Chat?”

Chen Wen was momentarily stunned.

“Sure, what shall we talk about?”

He picked up a glass from the table and drank some cold water.

“Boss… do you not like little Su?”

Chen Wen burst out laughing, spitting water. Like? If it weren’t for the recruitment coupon, they’d probably still be strangers.

He was beginning to question the coupon’s true function.

Could it even make employees fall in love with their employers?

No, it couldn’t be. Chen Wen only wanted to make big money and prove wrong all those who looked down on him.

His dream was to make the Goddess Foot Massage Parlor the number one in the Long Kingdom, and then the world.

Women? Ha… cough… why do they smell so good?

Chen Wen felt a bit helpless as Su Wen grasped his hands again, releasing that gardenia fragrance anew. How could anyone resist?

“Well… little Su, as the boss’s employee, shouldn’t you help share the boss’s burdens?”

Su Wen blinked her bright eyes, nodded, and the bunny ears on her head wobbled in the air.

“Then you should survey the massage chairs on the market and get the best deal to upgrade our foot massage parlor with the least money.”

If anyone else were here, they’d surely weep—how could anyone be alone with a school beauty and assign her to market research?

Such a waste!

Yet Su Wen was overjoyed—if the boss gave her tasks, that meant there was a place for her in his heart.

Hopping back to her room, Chen Wen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Tomorrow morning I must set a new rule for the foot massage parlor: no leaving your room at night, and especially no sneaking into the boss’s room!”

If this happened every night, Chen Wen would eventually be lost.

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Meanwhile, on the continent of Galenda.

A man wearing sunglasses sat on the beach, holding bikini-clad beauties in both arms.

“Hey, who is this?”

A sorrowful voice came through the phone.

“Hey, is this Brother Su? It’s Zhang Bo.”

The man called Brother Su lightly teased the chin of a woman beside him, smiling slyly.

“Oh, Brother Zhang, what’s up?”

“Last time you wanted your sister Su Wen’s number, didn’t I give it to you? Why ignore me now?”

His sister was just like that—proud and outwardly approachable. Any guy who got close to her thought he was the chosen one, but in reality, he was nothing.

If anyone could win over his sister, Su Nan would have to look at him with some respect.

“Brother Su, Wen Wen has been threatened and kidnapped!”

“She’s working as a technician in someone else’s foot massage parlor. The whole school knows.”

Suddenly, silence came from the other end.

“Brother Su, are you listening? Come back and rescue Wen Wen.”

“What? Su Wen has been kidnapped?”

Su Nan shoved away the beauties beside him, crushing his wine glass in his hand as he stood up, furious.

As the heiress of the Su family, no one dared let her suffer even a little.

Even Su Nan himself had spoiled her, never willing to lay a finger on her.

Making Su Wen a technician? Which bastard wanted to die?

“Alright, I’m coming back immediately.”

“Send me the address—I’ll make that scoundrel wish he were dead!”

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Back in the Goddess Foot Massage Parlor, Chen Wen felt his nose itch and sneezed.

“Is someone cursing me?”