The Only One With a Mouth in the CEO Novel - Chapter 19: Sigh, So Adorable

Chapter 19: Sigh, So Adorable

After Gu Chenxi resigned from his position, Ye Jin suddenly found herself with free time.

Taking advantage of this rare break, she brought the system and Border Collie to the dog park for some fun.

The day was bright and sunny.

Many pet owners had brought their furry friends to play.

Border Collie went absolutely wild with joy, racing around the park with other dogs, playing chase games.

When one owner threw a frisbee offcourse, Border Collie leaped into the air, caught it in his mouth, and returned it to them.

Wow, such a smart dog!

A girl crouched down to pet Border Collie and asked him, Do you want to play again? Let’s do it one more time!

Border Collie quickly understood and proactively ran further away, waiting for her.

Woohoo~

The system, parasitizing on the border collie, had a panoramic view.

When Border Collie leaped into the air, the system’s perspective suddenly elevated, hovering briefly before gently descending to the ground.

So fun! Again.

After playing like this a few times, the girl’s own dog grew jealous and angrily chased Border Collie away.

System: No problem, let’s find someone else to play with.

Border Collie’s intelligence was slightly higher than the average dog’s.

The system was also the ultimate auxiliary system.

Now that they had joined forces, they became incredibly popular in the dog park—practically loved by everyone, with every onlooker marveling at their cleverness.

Whenever someone praised them, Border Collie would wag his tail happily.

The system would also laugh exaggeratedly.

As the only one in the know, Ye Jin: …

These two, showing off their intelligence and presence among a pack of dogs—how embarrassing.

She frequently facepalmed in exasperation nearby, trying to hide her utter disbelief.

An hour later, Border Collie grew tired from running and came to Ye Jin for water.

System: So much fun! Ye Jin, can we come here often from now on?

Ye Jin replied mentally: Sure, I’ll bring you here whenever I have time.

Great!

The system had fully adapted to its pet identity and said, I also have some good news to tell you.

What is it?

The likes on your video have peaked, but the views and comments are still rising sharply. Plus, the platform has added a bullet chat feature, and the comments flying across your video are hilarious now.

Ye Jin: Did something happen?

The fact that likes weren’t increasing while views were meant her video was being rewatched multiple times by users who had already seen it.

System: We have your former colleagues to thank for that.

When Skinny guy and the others started creating derivative content based on Ye Jin’s videos, they initially benefited from it, seeing improved account metrics.

But the barrier to making such videos was quite low—anyone with basic editing skills could do it.

So after they gained popularity, copycats began sprouting up everywhere.

Those with slightly better skills created their own videos, siphoning off their traffic.

Those without editing experience directly copied their scripts and posted them on other platforms.

And all this buzz ultimately circled back to Ye Jin’s original video, drawing people to her account to rewatch it.

Thus, the view count for the Long Mouth series kept climbing.

While Skinny guy and his team’s account traffic steadily declined.

Copy, copy, copy—all they know how to do is plagiarize! Are they babies? Can’t they come up with their own video ideas?

But we used to copy too.

Didn’t that mean they were insulting themselves as well?

When Ye Jin was around, she basically determined the video themes and scripts.

After she left the team, they couldn’t come up with good ideas and mostly resorted to patchwork plagiarism.

…Can you stop pouring oil on the fire all the time?

Enough arguing. The most important thing now is to discuss what we should do.

What options do we have? One, beg Ye Jin for reconciliation. Two, go work in a factory tightening screws. This person, being slightly more rational, continued, We’ve already thoroughly offended Ye Jin, and now she’s made a comeback. If we can’t gain her forgiveness, just one word from her would mean the end of our internet careers.

Basically, we just have to keep sucking up to her.

No, it should be about sucking up with skill, sucking up with style.

Niu Yongjun, the young man who first came up with the idea of making derivative videos, spoke seriously, Isn’t everyone in the industry curious about who’s behind ‘Long Zui’? Let’s just tell them outright.

Later, we’ll gather some materials and edit a video admitting that our boss is the one behind ‘Long Zui’, Niu Yongjun said. Then we’ll delete all our poorly performing videos and only keep Ye Jin’s.

Although Niu Yongjun had a roughsounding name, he was the bestlooking among them. With a bit of grooming, he could pass as a decentlooking guy.

His solution was quite good—it preserved their own standing while also cementing Ye Jin’s reputation as a natural talent in the internet industry.

The only downside was that it was a huge slap in their own faces.

Back when they seized Ye Jin’s account, it was Skinny Guy who took the lead.

After taking over the account, Skinny Guy immediately proposed removing all traces of Ye Jin from future video content, completely erasing her presence from the account.

Of course, the results afterward were visibly terrible.

Now, not only could they not erase Ye Jin’s influence, but they had to amplify her impact on the account, attributing all the success to her.

The group fell into collective silence.

Niu Yongjun clapped his hands. Alright, everyone, get to work. If anyone doesn’t want to continue, the door’s right there. Don’t let it hit you on the way out.

In the end, no one left. They all silently cooperated and got to work.

As Skinny Guy worked, he suddenly began to question his life.

Ye Jin had left, but the shadow she cast still loomed over them, as if they could never shake it off.

…It was simply a nightmare.

Hah.

Ye Jin sneered coldly after hearing about their recent situation from the system.

Is that all they’ve got? Ye Jin said dismissively. I haven’t even done anything yet.

The system sighed: It’s mainly because the host is too powerful.

Ye Jin had only been in this world for a month, yet even Gu Chenxi was wary of her causing trouble.

Let alone a few ordinary people.

Wait… a month?! The system suddenly jolted awake. The female lead is about to appear.

At the same time, Ye Jin received a phone call. The company receptionist informed her that a girl had been insisting on seeing Gu Chenxi and had shown up for three consecutive days.

Today, when she came to the company, the media noticed her, the receptionist said anxiously. I heard the reporters murmuring something about a ‘white moonlight.’ Is this serious?

Ye Jin: …

Let her into the company and make sure the media doesn’t get to her. I’ll be there right away.

Truly the female lead.

She always shows up right when Gu Chenxi is facing internal and external troubles.

Ye Jin: Next, is it going to be the female lead trapped in a predicament, the male lead appears to save the beauty, they look perfectly matched and get discovered, then someone takes advantage of the situation to cause trouble, bringing a bunch of problems to their careers and relationship?

The system awkwardly: How did you know?

Too cliché. Ye Jin complained while booking a ride on her phone. This kind of angsty romance plot went out of style eight hundred years ago, okay?

System: Then what’s popular now?

Sweet pampering, of course.

Ye Jin read a lot on Xiaolvjiang and was a seasoned female lead enthusiast.

This time, she finally encountered a living little sister.

The system suddenly had a bad feeling: What are you going to do?

Ye Jin: I plan to directly cut out all the angsty plot.

Just as she said this, the car arrived.

Ye Jin directed the Border Collie into the car, exchanged a few words with the driver, and helped close the door.

The car drove away with the Border Collie and the system.

It also took away the system’s roar.

Ye Jin got into another car and headed to the company.

In the reception room, Ye Jin met the legendary female lead.

She was very thin, very beautiful, dressed plainly, her lips pale and lacking color, looking malnourished.

When Shu Lingxi saw Ye Jin enter, she immediately stood up.

Hello.

Ye Jin noticed she was tightly clutching a folder and walked over to ask, What brings you to see President Gu?

She was off duty today and had come directly from the park without changing clothes, still wearing lightweight, breathable athletic wear.

Shu Lingxi’s voice was also sweet as she cautiously asked, May I trust you?

Of course. Ye Jin looked at her seriously and smiled. I came here specifically for you today.

Although she wanted to cut out the melodramatic angsty plot, the herosavingthebeauty scene was still necessary.

Since Gu Chenxi couldn’t do it, she had to step in.

Shu Lingxi had hit many walls while appealing and thought this time would be no different, but she didn’t expect this older sister to be so kind.

Soon, Ye Jin learned the whole story.

Shu Lingxi was a senior college student who had interned at a factory this year, hoping to work parttime to earn some living expenses.

But she caught the eye of a minor supervisor at the factory.

This supervisor, unable to win her affection, schemed to damage the assembly line lathe and framed Shu Lingxi for it.

Now the factory was demanding Shu Lingxi pay three million in compensation.

I’ve investigated this, sister. Shu Lingxi said earnestly. I didn’t damage this lathe at all it was already faulty. These are all the materials I gathered. This lathe’s patent belongs to Vastness. I was hoping you could help verify this for me.

Ye Jin didn’t take the documents.

Her cool eyes looked at Shu Lingxi with a faint smile as she said, Little sister, do you realize that if Vastness publicly admits its patent has problems, and the media picks it up causing stock prices to fall, the losses would be far more than just three million?

But… but you’re in the wrong. Shu Lingxi’s face flushed red, but she insisted firmly. When you make a mistake, you should admit it.

I’m not saying we won’t admit our mistake. Ye Jin reassured Shu Lingxi to sit down. And you’ve come at just the right time. Our President Gu actually wants Vastness’s stock to fall a bit, which happens to be able to help you.

Ah? Shu Lingxi’s eyes widened in shock.

A series of twists and turns left Shu Lingxi’s mind completely tangled.

Shu Lingxi asked in confusion, Is your President Gu allergic to money?

Ah, so adorable.

No wonder male leads in novels all enjoy teasing the female lead—it really gives an immense sense of accomplishment.