Chapter 15: Transferring the Money Right Away

Nani?!

This guy is still thinking about securing orders.

Spending money is already hard enough for me, and now he wants to make it even more difficult?

Chen Mo silently complained in his heart, then cleared his throat and spoke in a deep voice.

“I noticed that our office computers are running a bit slow. Go check out the computer market and see how much it would cost to assemble a high-end PC.”

“Make a price list and send it to me afterward.”

“What about the client?” Wei Yan asked anxiously.

“The client is right there, they’re not going anywhere. Why are you in such a hurry?”

“You should know—’To do a good job, one must first sharpen their tools.’ Without a good office computer, how can the staff place orders? How can they create planning sheets…?”

“Alright, just do as I said.”

Chen Mo waved his hand, signaling for him to leave.

Wei Yan left the office in silence, replaying Chen Mo’s words in his mind. Something felt off.

It wasn’t until he left the company that it suddenly hit him—

While the office computers were a bit slow, they didn’t actually affect placing orders or making planning sheets!

But no matter what, Chen Mo was the boss.

There was no way he could go back and argue about it, so he could only drive to the computer market.

—

Once Wei Yan left, Chen Mo returned to his usual state of boredom.

He thought about the two people he interviewed yesterday—would they actually show up?

Time passed slowly.

Soon, it was past nine o’clock, and someone knocked on the office door again.

“Come in.”

Chen Mo instinctively responded.

The door opened, and a familiar face walked in.

“Hello, I’m…”

Shen Rou started speaking but stopped midway.

She had just realized that the person sitting in the office was the same interviewer from yesterday.

Pausing for a moment, she looked at his young face and cautiously asked,

“You’re the boss?”

“Oh, I forgot to mention it yesterday. My name is Chen Mo, and I’m the owner of this company,” Chen Mo said with a smile.

Hearing this confirmation, Shen Rou suddenly recalled what Zhang Lan had said last night—

“I bet that boss was attracted to your looks and wants to keep you as a mistress!”

Yesterday, she had only thought that this young man was just an interviewer, so she hadn’t taken Zhang Lan’s words seriously. After all, the boss hadn’t even seen her yet, so how could he be interested in her beauty?

But now, she was being told that the interviewer from yesterday was actually the boss.

She couldn’t help but overthink things.

Could it be true? Did this boss really take a liking to her looks and that’s why he offered such a generous salary?

Shen Rou couldn’t shake off her suspicions.

“Have a seat, let’s talk.”

Seeing her standing there motionless, Chen Mo gestured toward the chair in front of his desk.

“Oh!”

Shen Rou hesitated for a moment before sitting down slowly, looking at Chen Mo with some wariness—

As if she were afraid that he would suddenly turn into a beast and do something to her.

“Have you thought it through? If you’re okay with it, we can sign the contract now.”

“If you still want to learn more, I can take you to tour the workshop.”

“A tour?”

Shen Rou was so tense that she barely caught what he said, only picking up the last word—”tour.”

“Let’s go check out the workshop.”

Seeing her dazed expression, Chen Mo felt even more satisfied.

This was exactly the kind of employee he needed. If she was already zoning out while talking to him, her work efficiency probably wouldn’t be high either.

With her managing things in the company, there was no way they wouldn’t lose money!

At that moment, in his eyes, one word was written all over Shen Rou—

“Reliable.”

Chen Mo happily got up and walked out of the office.

Seeing that he didn’t do anything inappropriate, Shen Rou’s nervousness eased slightly.

She quickly got up and followed him out.

Before long, they entered the workshop through the side door.

“This is the first floor of the workshop. It’s mainly used for storing fabric and packaging shipments. The real work happens on the second floor.”

Chen Mo briefly introduced the first floor before leading Shen Rou upstairs.

Shen Rou carefully observed the workshop’s environment. Overall, it looked pretty good—clean and organized.

But what surprised her the most was that the workshop actually had central air conditioning.

She could feel the cool temperature—it was set quite low.

Forget about the cost of installing air conditioning—just letting employees run it at such a low temperature was already a huge electricity expense. Not many bosses would be this generous.

So maybe… offering her a 6000-yuan salary wasn’t impossible after all.

With that thought, she followed Chen Mo up to the second floor.

“Good morning, Mr. Chen!”

A worker greeted him respectfully upon seeing him enter the workshop.

“Mm.”

Chen Mo smiled and nodded, continuing to show Shen Rou around.

As they passed each workstation, the employees all greeted him politely.

Shen Rou was surprised.

She hadn’t expected this young boss to have such a high level of respect among his workers.

Her initial wariness finally faded.

—

After the tour, they returned to the office.

Chen Mo looked at Shen Rou and spoke calmly,

“Well? If you think it’s acceptable, let’s sign the contract.”

“Alright!”

Shen Rou hesitated for a moment but then nodded.

She had only been worried that he had ulterior motives, but now it seemed like she had been overthinking.

Besides, this young boss was capable, good-looking, and didn’t seem like a scammer or someone with bad intentions.

With those concerns out of the way, there was no reason to refuse the job.

“Then let’s sign the contract.”

Chen Mo handed the prepared contract to her.

“This is the contract. You probably know better than me how to sign it.”

Shen Rou picked it up, carefully reading through it instead of signing right away.

After a while, seeing no issues, she took the pen and signed her name.

In no time, the contract was completed.

“Welcome. From now on, you’re officially part of the company.”

“Since we have limited office space, you’ll have to share an office with me for now. But don’t worry, we’ll improve the situation later.”

“The office furniture will be set up later today.”

Chen Mo smiled as he put away the contract.

“That’s fine.”

Shen Rou nodded.

As an assistant, sharing an office with the boss was perfectly normal.

But she was more concerned about another matter.

After hesitating for a moment, she cautiously asked,

“Mr. Chen, about my salary advance…?”

“Oh! I almost forgot about that. Give me your bank account number, I’ll transfer it right away.”

Chen Mo suddenly remembered. How could he forget such an important thing as spending money?

“Ah… okay.”

Shen Rou was a little stunned. She hadn’t expected him to agree so easily.

She quickly found her bank account details and handed them to Chen Mo.

Not long after, her phone buzzed with a transfer notification.

She opened it to check—

And was instantly dumbfounded.

It wasn’t 6000 yuan.

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—The “Nani?!” meme originates from the anime Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken). In a famous scene, Kenshiro, the protagonist, tells an enemy “Omae wa mou shindeiru” (You are already dead), and the enemy, shocked, exclaims “Nani?!” before suddenly dying due to Kenshiro’s pressure point attack.

This dramatic and over-the-top reaction became a meme, often used in edits, reaction videos, and parodies to depict sudden realizations, unexpected outcomes, or shock. The meme is widely popular in anime communities and beyond, often paired with intense music and dramatic zoom-ins.