Chapter 301 – My Dear CEO Wife – The Unexpected (01)
[Points settlement: successfully breaking up the male and female leads, reward — 1000 points.
Side quest — assist the male lead in conquering the world, completion rate 70%, reward — 300 points.]
In the main system space, the mechanical female voice summarized Bai Tang’s mission performance and then fell silent.
Curious, Bai Tang walked over to the two little dogs. In the previous world, ever since Qiu’er got drunk, neither Qiu’er nor Xiao A had shown up again. If Bai Tang hadn’t been able to sense their presence, he would’ve thought something had happened to them.
In the corner of the main space, the two systems saw Bai Tang approaching. Qiu’er immediately jumped up from the ground, while Xiao A stayed lying on his side.
“Tang Tang, it’s not what you think! Let me explain—”
Bai Tang hadn’t thought much of it at first, but hearing Qiu’er rush to speak made him suddenly realize something. His face broke into a mischievous, knowing smile.
“Mhm~ I know~” Bai Tang said with a teasing grin, his gaze flicking back and forth between Qiu’er and Xiao A.
Qiu’er’s entire body flushed pink. “I–It’s not what Tang Tang thinks! You’ve got it all wrong!”
“Okay, okay, I was wro~ng~,” Bai Tang said, still smiling at Qiu’er and Xiao A.
Qiu’er grew flustered. “Really, it’s not! I’m the top! I’m the top!!” There was no way he was going to admit he was the one on the bottom.
Xiao A lazily stood up, a satisfied expression on his face. Ever since they had made their relationship official, he’d felt completely at ease.
“Yes, Qiu’er is the top,” Xiao A said smoothly. He knew Qiu’er had his pride; as long as he played along, there’d be plenty of perks later.
“Tang Tang, you heard that, right? Even Xiao A said it — I’m the top.” Qiu’er lifted his chin slightly, a small look of pride on his face.
But to Bai Tang, he just looked adorably tsundere.
Xiao A shot Bai Tang a meaningful look, silently asking for help.
As a considerate host, Bai Tang naturally had to take care of both systems’ dignity and feelings. Besides, since Xiao A didn’t mind, what harm was there in humoring Qiu’er a bit?
“Qiu’er is amazing, super strong~” Bai Tang gave him a thumbs-up. “Nice~”
“Of course.” Qiu’er’s pride grew even more. Though his words didn’t quite match reality, he figured he could at least keep his image as a ‘top’ — or his image in front of Tang Tang. One of the two had to stay intact.
Satisfied with Xiao A’s cooperation, Qiu’er decided to allow him to share the bed that night.
After chatting for a while, it was time to watch the next storyline.
In high spirits, Qiu’er summoned the world script. Pink letters on a white background added a touch of romance. In a stylish font, the title read “My Dear CEO Wife.” Clearly, this world was set in a modern urban background.
The male lead was named Wen Changhe, CEO of the Wen Group. The female lead was Zu Shuang, a soon-to-graduate senior student — and also the best friend of Wen Changhe’s younger sister, Wen Changrou.
One afternoon, Zu Shuang was out shopping with Wen Changrou. The two were chatting and laughing as they walked down the street when suddenly, a runaway truck sped toward them.
In order to save Wen Changrou, Zu Shuang pulled her out of the way — but in the process, she accidentally pushed aside a nearby young man, who happened to be Bai Tang, the male supporting character of this world.
Bai Tang was hit and thrown into the air. He was hospitalized and fell into a coma.
Feeling guilty, Wen Changrou went with Zu Shuang to visit Bai Tang in the hospital. As they were leaving, they happened to run into Wen Changhe, who had come to pick up his sister. That was how the male and female leads first met.
When Wen Changhe learned that Zu Shuang had saved his sister, he was deeply grateful to her.
From then on, Zu Shuang used this connection — having saved Wen Changrou — to get close to Wen Changhe, and through his help, she successfully entered Wen Group as an intern.
However, her internship did not go smoothly. Zu Shuang had been accepted through Wen Changhe’s personal recommendation, not through the official interview process.
It wasn’t easy to get into Wen Group — all its employees had worked hard to earn their positions through their own skills. None of them accepted this “air-dropped” newcomer. What’s worse, they soon realized through work interactions that Zu Shuang wasn’t particularly capable, yet she often tried to take credit for others’ efforts. This made the senior employees even more resentful. But since she was brought in by Wen Changhe himself, no one dared to voice their dissatisfaction openly.
Wen Changhe was extremely busy and, after assigning Zu Shuang to a lower department, rarely paid attention to her.
Then, Wen Group’s rival company offered a high price to poach an entire team — a team that had long been oppressed by Zu Shuang.
That was when Zu Shuang started to panic. That very team was supposed to represent the company in an upcoming international design competition. If Wen Changhe found out that she was the reason they left, she would definitely be fired.
Zu Shuang complained to Wen Changrou, painting herself as a hardworking, humble, and devoted employee who had been bullied and ostracized by the senior staff — even claiming that they had stolen the company’s designs when they defected.
Having grown up pampered and sheltered, with her elder brother always protecting her, Wen Changrou was too naive to see through people’s schemes. She believed every word Zu Shuang said and went straight to complain to Wen Changhe.
Wen Changhe, who doted on his sister, quickly took action after confirming some of the situation with Zu Shuang. He reorganized a new design team to represent Wen Group in the upcoming international competition. This time, he personally took charge of the project, while Zu Shuang pleaded to join under the pretext of “learning.”
Under the male lead’s guidance, the Wen Group design team advanced through every stage of the competition and made it to the finals of the international contest. Each participating team drew widespread public attention, and Zu Shuang, as the youngest “goddess-level” designer, quickly captured the hearts of the audience.
In the final showdown against the rival design team that had defected from Wen Group, Zu Shuang led her team to victory. After the competition, she even exposed the rival team’s plagiarism, shocking the public and causing an uproar.
The later “plagiarism scandal” after the international competition was also caused by her own habit of stealing others’ work. Before the senior designers of Wen Group had resigned, Zu Shuang had secretly stolen their drafts for the upcoming competition — which was how she managed to produce the so-called “evidence of plagiarism” against them.
Before the male and female leads’ wedding, Bai Tang finally woke up. He was mute and unable to speak. Upon discovering that his work had been stolen, which had prevented him from graduating, bitterness filled his heart. He sent out a series of emails to major newspapers, exposing Zu Shuang’s plagiarism.
The news exploded: <The future wife of Wen Group’s CEO — the internationally acclaimed “Venus of the Design World” — was a plagiarist!> The scandal shocked the entire city and quickly spread overseas.
To protect her reputation, Zu Shuang arranged to meet Bai Tang alone on the day he was discharged from the hospital, claiming she wanted to apologize and ask for forgiveness.
But during the meeting, she did not apologize at all. Instead, she spoke harshly, deliberately provoking Bai Tang’s emotions. When he lost control, she secretly recorded the encounter and later posted the video online.
In the footage, Zu Shuang appeared pitiful, tearfully asking why Bai Tang would slander her, while Bai Tang seemed unresponsive before suddenly striking her. Afterward, she even bribed a doctor to issue a false diagnosis, claiming Bai Tang suffered from delusional disorder, thus proving that he was “mentally unstable.”
And just like that, the incident was buried. Zu Shuang successfully cleared her name, then publicly announced her retirement from the design industry to “focus on her family and be a good wife.”
The design world mourned the loss of what they believed to be a rising star. Everyone blamed Bai Tang, ridiculing him, saying that because of his “illness,” the industry had lost its brightest designer.
Unable to endure the pressure and despair, Bai Tang ultimately jumped from a building, ending everything.
“That’s infuriating!” Qiu’er shouted, trembling with anger.
Xiao A quickly soothed him, “Calm down, don’t be mad. With you around, the host will never end up with that kind of ending.”
Bai Tang, however, felt a heaviness in his chest. He remembered that every time his “husband” was a CEO, he somehow always ended up walking the path to the crematorium.
“A Yao isn’t that kind of person. Let’s go and see for ourselves first,” Bai Tang said, still calling the male lead by the name from his previous world. He figured he could change it later in the next one.
“Alright,” Qiu’er said, grabbing Xiao A’s hand firmly. “But you — Xiao A — you’d better keep a close eye on the female lead. Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely don’t give her even the slightest chance.”
Perhaps they were distracted during transmission, because the moment Bai Tang opened his eyes, a sharp blaring horn rang in his ears— and then everything went black.
“Wuwuwu~ Tang Tang, I’m sorry!”
Bai Tang woke up to Qiu’er’s sobbing. When he opened his eyes, he was startled to find that he was floating in midair.
“W–What’s going on?” Bai Tang had just spoken when a blinding light flashed from above.
Once his eyes adjusted to the light, he looked down and saw a group of doctors in white coats frantically trying to resuscitate someone— that someone being himself.
Bai Tang blinked. “Why… am I lying down there?”
He stared at his own hands, then looked again at the person on the operating table. There was no mistake—
it really was him.
Qiu’er sniffled and explained, “Tang Tang, when we arrived, it was right at the moment the male supporting character got pushed by the female lead and hit by the car. So right now… they’re trying to save your body.”
Xiao A patted Qiu’er’s head and said apologetically, “Sorry, Host. If we had arrived before the incident, we could’ve altered its outcome. But since it already happened, we can’t forcibly change the event. That means… you can’t return to your body for now.”
Bai Tang took a while to process that, then asked in disbelief, “You mean… I can only return when the male and female leads are about to get married?”
Xiao A nodded, then shook his head. “Not exactly. With Qiu’er’s and my abilities, we can let you wake up earlier than the original plot— but we need to gather energy from this world first. Only as the story progresses can we accumulate enough to revive you.”
Hearing that, Bai Tang’s heart sank lower and lower.
If he couldn’t even appear in front of his husband, how was he supposed to stop them from being together?
Did they really expect him to just sit there and watch them fall in love—sweetly and affectionately?!
The thought made his little squirrel heart ache.
It was bad enough that he couldn’t be with his husband, but to watch him romance someone else?
To see him hold the female lead, kiss her, make her his special nut milk, dry her hair, and fall asleep with her in his arms…
The boy lowered his head, eyes gradually reddening.
Just then, the surgical light switched off, signaling the end of the operation.
He heard a doctor say, “Move the patient to the ward.”
Author’s Note:
There’s no way we’re going to let Tang Tang just sit there and watch the male and female leads get together!!!