He clearly remembered only buying "cheap" things like toilet paper, drinking water, and wet wipes.

’Maybe the steak and red wine were a bit more expensive.’

But that was nothing to Lin Shen. After all, when he woke up tomorrow morning, another 100,000 yuan would be in his account.

Sweet!

Lin Shen scheduled the delivery for the day after tomorrow, then started packing for his trip to Qin Island with Jiang Wan.

Charging cables, a power bank, bank cards, his ID, a camera for photos, a change of clothes, and swimming trunks.

And most importantly, condoms.

Since it was only a one-day trip, Lin Shen didn’t pack much. A small suitcase and a backpack were all he needed.

Just as he finished packing, Qin Yuenan’s routine nightly message arrived.

[Qin Yuenan: What’re you up to?]

[Lin Shen: Just got back from a workout at the gym. What’s up?]

[Qin Yuenan: I miss you.]

Huh?

Lin Shen was a little stunned. He hadn’t expected Qin Yuenan to be so direct in expressing her true feelings.

After all, she had never said anything like "I miss you" before.

But at this moment, the aloof ice queen no longer seemed so aloof. Instead, she was as clingy as a young girl deep in the throes of first love.

Lin Shen smiled knowingly and replied.

[Lin Shen: I miss you too. Wanna video call?]

[Qin Yuenan: Okay.]

Lin Shen sat on the sofa and started a video call with Qin Yuenan.

Usually, she would answer while working, but this time she was lying on her side in bed.

A blanket was pulled up over her, revealing only her head. Messy strands of hair partially hid her beautiful, makeup-free face, which had a cool elegance.

Her aura had a trace less cold pride and a bit more soft beauty.

"What’s wrong?"

Seeing Qin Yuenan like this, Lin Shen’s heart suddenly sped up. He quickly realized she must be in some kind of trouble and asked gently.

"Trouble at work?"

"Mhm."

Qin Yuenan’s red lips pouted slightly as she began to complain, and Lin Shen listened attentively.

The summary was this:

After Sun Mingli took over as the general manager of Pet Guardian Home’s Modu branch, the first few days were fine. She didn’t stir up much trouble.

But recently, once things had settled down, she started causing problems.

First, she started reassigning positions.

She moved employees skilled in operations to sales posts and transferred people with clear market insight to an operations team.

Her fancy-sounding excuse was that reassigning posts and schedules would help everyone familiarize themselves with Pet Guardian Home’s overall operational model and integrate better into the company.

But in reality, this was only useful for upper management. Forcing employees to switch roles only increased their workload and stress.

Sure enough, the subordinates were all groaning and complaining, but they didn’t dare to speak up and could only bottle it up.

Qin Yuenan actually knew exactly why Sun Mingli was doing this.

She was simply trying to break up the small, established teams through these reassignments and then place her own trusted "confidants" in important positions to seize control of the entire Modu branch of Pet Guardian Home.

And the person most affected was Qin Yuenan.

She had been at Pet Guardian Home for three years, and with her exceptional work ability and stunning beauty that outshone everyone else, she had attracted a group of followers.

This was especially true for the operations and marketing teams, which were almost entirely filled with people who admired her.

Of course, due to her aloof and meticulous work attitude, some people also secretly despised her.

It wasn’t a big deal before. The people who hated her didn’t work under her, so it was out of sight, out of mind.

After the reassignments, however, everything changed.

Qin Yuenan discovered that the people transferred to her marketing team were all people who had previously disliked her, or people she disliked.

Most of them were either slackers and loafers, or they were people with connections and self-important idiots.

This made it impossible for Qin Yuenan to properly do her job, and her marketing performance plummeted.

Sun Mingli decisively seized this opportunity to furiously criticize her during a high-level meeting.

Anyone with eyes could see that this was clearly using a public position to settle a private grudge.

But there was nothing that could be done about it.

"That damn old hag is despicable!"

Lin Shen cursed angrily.

The first step in comforting a woman is to take her side, especially to stand on the same battlefront with her.

If she’s wrong, you wait until she’s calmed down before trying to reason with her; that way, she’ll actually listen.

If she’s right, even better. All you have to do is join her in cursing the other person out.

That was exactly what Lin Shen was doing now, launching all sorts of accusations and angry tirades against Sun Mingli, as if he had some deep-seated hatred for her.

Meanwhile, on the video call, Qin Yuenan nodded repeatedly in agreement. The corners of her lips curled up slightly, and her heart was enveloped, layer by layer, in a feeling of warmth and happiness.

She even felt an urge to rush to Lin Shen’s side and be held tightly in his arms.

"So don’t worry about it. Just focus on doing your own part. Don’t get too invested in the job. It’s just a way to make money, not your whole life."

"Worst case, just slack off along with them. See who cracks first."

Lin Shen smiled, taking the opportunity to propose his idea.

"Besides, I can support you. If it really doesn’t work out, we can start our own company, and you can help me manage it!"