Chapter 360: OG 1.1: A Beauty Who Captures My Heart

"Hey, Bai Yunyu, are you alright?" 

Yunyu heard someone calling him. It was a woman, and from the sound of it, she should be middle-aged. Yunyu opened his eyes softly and found himself lying on the ground with Shen Yuanjun or Aunty Yuanjun, Long Shen's manager, looking at him worriedly while she was ready to call the ambulance. 

She was relieved when she saw Bai Yunyu woke up. She really thought that they had to face some charges because of unfair working hours. 

"Thank god, I really thought that you are dead!" Aunty Yuanjun said. 

"W—What happened?" Yunyu asked. He looked around and saw that he was in a room that was supposed to be Long Shen's private room, but the owner was nowhere to be seen. Yunyu shook his head as he felt so exhausted and nauseous. He tried to get up, but his body just refused to cooperate. He winced in pain and looked at Aunty Yuanjun, searching for an answer.

Aunty Yuanjun sighed. She gave Yunyu a bottle of water, "You suddenly fainted because you are too tired. Don't you remember that you have to follow Long Shen's busy schedule, so you only sleep for two hours a day for almost five days? Though I want to scold you for being a handful, I understand that Long Shen's schedule is crazy for a newcomer."

"Go rest for a bit and drink vitamin. We still have work to do," Aunty Yaunjun said before she left Yunyu to handle another call.

[It just strikes me that Aunty Yuanjun is one hell of a ruthless woman.]

[Pupa: Did you realize that just now? She is the only one that can be Long Shen's manager because of her ruthless behaviour.]

[I guess the crazies also attract other crazies.]

[Pupa: Aren't you one of them?]

[Me? No. For me personally, the hornies will attract other hornies, hehe~]

[Pupa: …]

[What's with your judging eyes?]

[Pupa: I just realized that horniness seems to be the inherent trait of yours. I wonder what would happen if you have a son in real life.]

[Then he will be the god of horniness! Nyahahahah!]

[Pupa:… Nevermind.]

Yunyu got up. He used whatever he can grip on to prop his body, and he staggered to walk to the bathroom and closed the door. He darted his eyes at the bathroom mirror to check his appearance. Yunyu was haggard, with his face pale, heavy eyebags, and sunken cheeks. It was obvious that he was exhausted and probably survived with takeaway food or instant ramen. 

But that was not his main focus. Yunyu touched his face, and he was shocked when he saw a big black mole on his cheek. And his face had a really bad burn scar across the right side of his face.

Yunyu was too shocked that his hand trembled while touching the burn scar, "P—Pupa, what happened to my face?"

Pupa materialized in front of Yunyu and swirled around Yunyu's body. 

"Well, this is what your appearance looks like in the original Ragemeter world of Long Shen. Your identity is similar to Tian Dong, a fresh graduate that's struggling to get a job. Because of your appearance, you got rejected right away, since many people saw you as unpleasant looking. In this desperate time, Aunty Yuanjun offered you a job as Long Shen's assistant."

"Since you are desperate to get a job and money, you take the job seriously. But you didn't expect that Long Shen is a literal cold-hearted workaholic. So as his personal assistant, you worked twice harder than him. And here you are, passed out due to exhaustion."

"So, Long Shen is still the same asshole as he was in the previous backup world?" Yunyu asked.

"Not really. What you saw in the backup world is the product of the Ragemeter world. Like with Lee Yongsun/Jay, the Long Shen in the backup world is basically the monster you created. After he killed himself a hundred times, his personality has returned back to square one. So his personality in this original Ragemeter world is his real one. He is a cold man and—"

Knock. Knock. 

"Are you there?" Yunyu heard someone knocked on the bathroom door, and Pupa turned invisible immediately. Yunyu knew this familiar voice because this voice was the same voice who cursed at him while slapping his face until he was bruised badly.

But this time, he didn't feel the same hostility and derangement, just sounds mildly worried. 

Yunyu washed his face and used a tissue to dry it. He opened the door and saw the handsome man in his late twenties whose face was everywhere in the movie, commercial, magazine, and tv interview in this world,

Long Shen. 

Long Shen was a head taller than Yunyu, and he looked down at him, "You passed out when I was preparing for an interview. I told Aunty Yuanjun to bring you to the hospital, but it seems you don't need it."

Bai Yunyu lowered his head and nodded obediently, "Y—Yes, sir, I'm fine. I'm just a bit exhausted." 

Long Shen stared at Bai Yunyu, who was in conventional beauty standard, an ugly man. And he wasn't a saint to say that Yunyu was a beauty on the inside or whatsoever. But Bai Yunyu was so far the best assistant he had. 

At least, he wasn't a complete weakling who would die after working five days straight with little to no rest. Long Shen was naturally a workaholic who doesn't like to see people complaining about their job. 

And he was quite satisfied with Yunyu's answer. 

"Since you said that you're alright, you should take a rest for today and come back tomorrow morning at six. We have another interview on eight, so make sure that everything is sorted out for me."

Yunyu glanced at the clock behind Long Shen. It was already late at night. So Long Shen only gave him around five hours to rest before working again, after he passed out of exhaustion. 

"S—Sir, can I get at least a day off?" Yunyu asked.

Long Shen frowned, "I give you a day off. It's 11 at night right now. You can rest now and then wake up at four in the morning. That's already a day off from the previous day, right? Or are you demanding more free time?" 

Long Shen's scrutinizing gaze made Yunyu zipped his mouth instantly. He knew that Long Shen wouldn't tolerate him after that. 

Yunyu paled, knowing how cold and unfeeling Long Shen was. He wasn't evil, but he was ruthless.

[W—What was the mission again?]

[Pupa: There is no mission. But since we've entered Long Shen's realm. All you need to do is to increase his Fatemeter to 100%.]

[What's his current Fatemeter?]

[Pupa: 0%. At least it's not a minus.]

[I have a feeling that it will go minus soon, honestly.]

"So you have to work tomorrow morning, okay? I need someone to handle the interview," Long Shen said. "And I don't tolerate tardiness and laziness, remember that."

"Y—Yes, sir…" 

Since Bai Yunyu didn't want to lose his job, he just nodded and accepted the fate that he might die out of overwork soon. 

Bai Yunyu took his bag and went to his rented apartment immediately. Long Shen took a bath after a long day at work. He had a long day, but that guy was probably had it worse than him. Since he took care of everything. 

Long Shen got a comment from a makeup artist saying that his assistant was ugly. But Long Shen didn't deny nor confirm it. Because he wouldn't deny that Bai Yunyu was ugly,

"But what's that got to do with his performance at work anyway? As long as he works well, then his appearance doesn't matter."