Chapter 230: Promotion Night Banquet
Shen Yu suddenly changed the subject, and for some reason, the room fell into an eerie silence.
"Leave? Why would I leave?"
"Guess why some higher-ups want to leave. Smart people always speak halfway."
Lin Yao narrowed her eyes and asked, "Shen Yu, so why are you telling me this and not Lin Wan? Compared to me, Lin Wan seems more like the kind of person who would cooperate with you, right?"
"No, no, no. You’re not the same."
"Even if I don’t say it, Lin Wan will still want to climb to the top. She lacks nothing when it comes to ambition. She would have figured it out even without me hinting at her."
"But you, compared to her aggressiveness, you seem more like the law-abiding type. As long as the Wolf faction continues to exist, you’re fine with anything, right?"
After getting dressed, Shen Yu wriggled out of Lin Yao’s arms.
The other person slightly furrowed her brows, then nodded without hesitation.
"That’s right. As long as the Wolf faction is not threatened."
"So, what if I say that we could create a future where the whole company follows the Wolf faction system?"
"This..."
Lin Yao suddenly hesitated.
"You... you can do it?"
She looked at Shen Yu with suspicion, but Shen Yu only smiled.
"I might not be enough, but there are others."
"Are you thinking of leaving the company?"
"You mean, that as the condition for our cooperation here?"
"This is for you."
He took out Long John’s order from Huaili and handed it to Lin Yao.
Suddenly, Lin Yao’s eyes lit up.
"Dragon? The hardest to deal with dragon?"
"You... you actually got it."
"So now, do you agree?"
"Let’s create a company that’s all about the Wolf faction."
"I, I..."
Ding!
Goddess Lin Yao’s favorability: 15. Current accumulated favorability: 55 points.
50-point favorability CG unlocked. Play now? Yes / No.
Thud.
Before Shen Yu could respond to the system’s notification, Lin Yao, who had just stood up, once again hugged him and pushed him back onto the office desk.
"If we do it again, I’ll agree."
"You..."
Creak, creak.
After a while, strange sounds once again echoed through the office.
"Damn."
Looking at the sounds coming from the office, Long Lingxue and Wen Lan exchanged stunned glances.
"Damn. Again."
"Black screen again."
"All members, keep the software unchanged."
"All members, stay positive."
After a long while—a very long while—Shen Yu, supported by Lin Yao, slowly walked out of the office.
Compared to before, when she had always stood tall like a towering figure, Lin Yao now seemed like a pampered little wife, directly linking arms with Shen Yu as they walked out of the office as if they were returning to her mother’s house.
666: "Shen Yu successfully tamed another female ghost."
"I’m used to Emperor Shen’s operations now."
"I feel like if the company’s board member was a woman, Shen Yu could charm her too."
Witnessing Shen Yu’s predicament, the bullet screen buzzed with comments.
Supported by Lin Yao, Shen Yu intentionally stopped when passing by Wen Lan.
"Wait, Captain Lin Yao. I think it’s necessary for me to help your team through the dark night tonight."
"What did you call me?"
"Ah, Little Liao."
"Whom?"
"Normally, overtime is an employee’s duty, but the celebration party is still a while away, so there’s no harm in staying with them."
Ding!
Goddess Wen Lan’s favorability: 1. Current accumulated favorability: 46 points.
"Hiss."
"Why is the favorability increasing so slowly?"
Hearing the system’s feedback, Shen Yu looked at Wen Lan in confusion.
Her gaze shifted between him and Lin Yao, seemingly showing some rejection.
This rejection wasn’t the kind between the opposite sexes, but more like the rejection of someone who didn’t need help.
It came to him.
The system’s description for Wen Lan was self-reliant, so to win her over, he shouldn’t be too helpful.
"Shen Yu, after tonight, will you return to the dorm?"
When Wen Lan instinctively asked this question, somehow sounding like a little wife worried her husband might stay out overnight, she immediately blushed after asking, realizing how awkward it sounded.
"Damn. What I wanted to ask was if you were coming back to share information tonight. Why did it come out sounding so weird?"
"I’ll see. Unless something unexpected happens, I will."
Zzzzz...
While they were talking, the lights on the third floor flickered on and off at a high frequency.
Shen Yu looked up at the elevator, but this time Ju X I N didn’t appear.
Zzzzz...
Instead, he and Lin Yao began to twist in the darkness.
Their bodies made creaking sounds as their bones shifted.
Shen Yu could feel Lin Yao’s body growing larger while his own body was shrinking.
Swoosh!
Suddenly, a long, narrow tail popped out from behind him.
By the time Shen Yu came to his senses, he found himself lying on the ground.
His nose was twitching, a tuft of long fur covering his body, white fur spreading everywhere, and his slender fox tail swaying behind him.
Upon closer inspection, he had turned into a fox.
"Is this the Fox faction?"
He could clearly feel the physical enhancement, even feeling several times lighter than his human body.
Looking around, he saw a bigger black wolf lying behind him, rubbing against his body.
"You, Lin Yao, what did you call me?"
"A Shao Yao, a Wu right."
The wolf’s claws kept scratching at its fox tail, but Shen Yu had no interest in paying attention to Lin Yao.
Suddenly, when he looked at the surrounding grass, his fox eyes instantly widened.
Two horses were standing in the middle of the grass.
Hoof, hoof.
The horses were panting, their eyes also looking at him.
Shen Yu knew full well that these two were Wen Lan and Long Lingxue.
But for some reason, his eyelids suddenly became bloodshot.
Sharp teeth began to emerge, and an intense hunger from his bloodline suddenly exploded.
"Damn it!"
"So that’s how it is."
"Wen Lan, quick, close your eyes. Quick!"
Saliva kept secreting from his mouth as Shen Yu charged toward the horses.
At this moment, one of the horses thoughtfully closed its eyes, while the other hurriedly closed its eyes, looking toward the other’s head.
Awoo!
As they closed their eyes, the horses disappeared from the water plants, leaving only the empty, dirty water.
"As expected, as expected. The eyes of the fox and wolf cannot meet."
"Once they do, without any other evolved animals intervening, the leaders of the Fox and Wolf factions will end up eating their own cows and horses."
"No wonder. No wonder Lin Wan told me to close my eyes."
"She was protecting me from being attacked by the chickens. Only if I close my eyes can she intimidate the chickens in her fox form without attacking me."
Realizing this, Shen Yu shook his fox tail and walked toward the elevator.
"Xiao Yao, can we go to the banquet now?"
"Almost."
The black wolf had already pressed the elevator button.
After Shen Yu entered with her, he hesitated for a moment before pressing the already-lit eighth-floor button.
He knew that although he couldn’t see right now, after waiting for just a while, as long as Wen Lan wasn’t stupid, she would understand his intention and close her eyes to enter the elevator, using the power of the fox and wolf to successfully pass the fourth floor and return to the sixth floor.
Clang.
The elevator slowly began to rise.
Ding!
Wen Lan’s favorability toward you: 1. Current accumulated favorability: 47 points.
"Done."
Hearing the system’s feedback again, Shen Yu breathed a sigh of relief, his face inexplicably showing a bit of helplessness.
It was now certain that when Wen Lan was also in the elevator, her self-reliant persona was progressing more and more slowly.
Ding dong.
When the elevator reached the fourth floor, as expected, it came to a sudden stop.
Several pig people stood at the elevator door, staring intently inside.
But this time, Shen Yu was not human.
The fox and wolf had taken residence in the elevator, and when the pig people took one look, they immediately retreated.
Ding dong!
The elevator continued to rise.
"Shen Yu, do you think we could, in the elevator before the banquet, transform into beasts?"
Suddenly, Lin Yao’s voice came from behind.
Shen Yu shivered.
"What is this? Again?"
"Damn! This unsatisfied persona is too on point."
𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"Forget it. Forget it."
Ding dong!
The elevator doors opened again.
When it reached the sixth floor, the elevator doors remained open for nearly half a minute, yet Shen Yu still saw nothing.
He knew very well that Wen Lan and Long Lingxue had already left the elevator.
Ding dong.
Until the elevator finally arrived at the eighth floor, Lin Yao’s figure became serious, slowly straightening her body and lowering her head to look at the elevator entrance.
"The eighth floor has arrived."
Clang!
The mysterious eighth floor completely opened.
Shen Yu looked up.
The interior of the eighth floor turned out to be a huge dining hall with a long table set with thirteen seats.
The ceiling of the dining hall was covered with countless chandeliers.
Under the orange light, the scene inexplicably resembled the Last Supper.
In front of the thirteen seats, animals were already sitting.
The rat people he had seen before.
A rabbit person with a rabbit head and completely white fur.
Long John in a suit.
Pepe, covered in snake scales.
The scapegoat little fatty with completely white fur.
The Monkey Mountain Demon he had seen in the first round.
Old Mister Fu.
Zhu Xian.
Finally, in the corner, there was a dog-headed person holding a giant tiger on a leash, looking at Shen Yu with a bored expression.
The scene before him was, after all, a bit of a visual shock.
Shen Yu stared at the ten animals in front of him, unmoving, unable to make a move.
Until, in the innermost seat, there was actually a person sitting.
This person wore a strange golden mask and waved at Shen Yu.
"Come. Let’s welcome the main character of tonight’s dinner, Mr. Shen Yu, Captain N."
"Allow me to introduce myself."
"I am the director of Evolution Food Company."
"The Perfect Man."
French Gambling God:"I’ve turned the Last Supper into an animal version."
Backache Test:"Telling a scary story."
"Damn, these high-level animals—are they going to eat beef or horse meat later?"
"The upper levels eat people. The lower levels have promoted. It’s just joining them."
"Card, no problem."
"If that’s the case, how do you clear this instance?"
The barrage watched the scene and was also hit with a huge visual shock.
The animals at the dining table all raised their eyes, looking at Shen Yu.
Shen Yu slowly walked out of the elevator, nodded slightly to the animals, and instinctively walked toward the corner.
But—
"Hey, little fox, don’t be afraid. I’m not going to eat you."
"Come over here. Sit next to me."
The Perfect Man under the golden mask was difficult to read. It was hard to tell if he was smiling, but his tone sounded strange.
He gestured slightly, and the other animals immediately lowered their heads, no longer daring to look at Shen Yu for even a second.
Shen Yu hesitated, then walked toward the Perfect Man and sat down at his gesture.
For some reason, the moment he got closer to the Perfect Man, his fox tail suddenly bristled, and his entire body tensed uncontrollably.
Danger.
His animal instinct told him that the Perfect Man was dangerous.
But—
Thud!
The Perfect Man’s large hand pressed onto his back, and Shen Yu didn’t dare to move at all.
"I heard, Mr. Shen Yu, you joined sales only three days ago, and yet you’ve already completed the sales target."
"With your strength, I estimate that in three days, the person sitting in the dog position will be you."
The Perfect Man rubbed Shen Yu’s back.
Although his eyes were hidden beneath the mask, his gaze was firmly fixed on the dog-headed man’s position.
The dog-headed man was dissed on the spot, only lowering his head and saying nothing.
"Poof!"
"What are you all doing, frozen like that?"
"Shen Yu has been promoted. Where’s the attitude from you senior ones?"
Bang!
Perhaps because the scene was too cold, the Perfect Man suddenly slammed his hand on the table.
The other animals immediately stood up reflexively and began to clap.
"Papa, congratulations!"
"Congratulations, Mister Shen Yu."
"Come visit me when you have time."
"I saw early on that Mister Shen Yu is amazing."
"My daughter is completely captivated by him."
Flattering and fawning words came one after another, but Shen Yu didn’t feel a festive atmosphere at all.
He was pressed down by the Perfect Man, staring into the eyes of those animals.
All he saw in them was fear.
Yes.
Just like himself.
Fear of the Perfect Man.
"Mhm."
"This is more like it."
"All right, let’s start the celebration banquet."
"Everyone brought your food, right?"
"Food?"
Could it be?
Upon hearing the word food, Shen Yu clearly noticed that the other animals became even more nervous.