The Young man in Online Romance (12): 

Zhou Qinghao just wanted an online romance that no one knew about—find a good-looking little lover to coax him, cheer him up a bit.

From start to finish, he never planned to make it public.

After all, once it was public, there would be all sorts of trouble, and his grandfather might even get involved.

But when he looked at Heavenly Emperor beside him, saw how happy he was, already talking to others about holding a Dao-companion ceremony, Zhou Qinghao suddenly felt that all the trouble he might face next was just a small matter.

So what if he had a boyfriend? As long as he could manage the company well, even if he fell in love with a dog, the board of directors wouldn’t care.

It was just that making money needed to be put on the agenda.

Heavenly Emperor was still someone who could spend quite a lot.

But if Heavenly Emperor didn’t tip Little Lamb and only spent money in the game, although it would be a lot, all of it would ultimately go to Qida Technology anyway, so it wasn’t too bad.

Tipping Little Lamb, though—that was annoying.

Wait a minute, the livestream platform Little Lamb used also belonged to Qida Technology. The gifts Little Lamb received would have a 30% platform cut, so technically, they did earn some of it back.

No, even if they earned some back, he still wouldn’t allow Heavenly Emperor to tip Little Lamb again!

Heavenly Emperor was his boyfriend, and he wouldn’t accept him tipping young, good-looking, appearance-focused streamers, including Little Lamb.

A dozen thoughts flashed through Zhou Qinghao’s mind, and when he looked up, he caught sight of Gu Juntian’s handsome side profile.

Right now, he really liked Heavenly Emperor.

After Gu Juntian finished telling others about the Dao-companion ceremony, he saw Blue Sky White Sun gazing at him gently, as if there was light in his eyes.

He had made their relationship public, and Blue Sky White Sun was clearly happy.

What a lovestruck fool—such a small thing, and he was already so happy.

In the future, he definitely had to treat Blue Sky White Sun even better.

By this time, it was nearly ten o’clock. When Gu Juntian and his people returned to the guild base, they began dividing the loot from the hidden dungeon.

After killing the cultivator who had imprisoned the dragon, a pile of treasures had dropped—dragon blood, dragon scales, and more. Gu Juntian had already taken the dragon’s gift, so he didn’t take any of these. Instead, he brought out equipment from the original owner’s warehouse—items the original owner couldn’t use but were precious to others—and distributed them to the dungeon team, along with a red envelope for each.

The Heavenly Demon Pavilion members who had gone with him were delighted.

Heavenly Emperor had always been generous and powerful; they loved running dungeons with him.

Those who went with Little Lamb weren’t so lucky.

At this moment, people on the world channel were complaining about Little Lamb.

The ones who followed Little Lamb to run the hidden dungeon today were all high-level players. At first, when Little Lamb triggered the hidden storyline, they were excited, ready to go all out.

But during the dungeon, Little Lamb’s poor gameplay meant they had to protect him, and he kept talking nonstop for the livestream, distracting them from fighting monsters.

Worst of all, he livestreamed exactly how to trigger the hidden storyline from start to finish!

The hidden dungeon had already given out the dragon bloodline—surely there were more good rewards to be had. They could have made a fortune, but instead they got nothing and used up a lot of supplies.

One of their DPS players alone had gone through several hundred healing pills.

They were all dissatisfied, and Little Lamb’s reputation took another hit.

“What was Little Lamb thinking, giving Heavenly Emperor an attitude?”

“Exactly—Heavenly Emperor is his top supporter!”

“Heavenly Emperor’s always been nice. After tipping, he never asked for unreasonable things.”

“No wonder they had a falling out. Who could put up with someone like Little Lamb?”

…

Some people discussed Little Lamb and Heavenly Emperor, others brought up Blue Sky White Sun.

Blue Sky White Sun had always been low-key—people only knew he was a student and seemed to work part-time, so he was rarely online during the day, only logging in after dinner.

He had joined Heavenly Demon Pavilion a long time ago and stayed low-profile. In the last six months, he had earned Heavenly Emperor’s favor, becoming his disciple, and had always behaved properly.

“Thinking about it, Blue Sky White Sun’s pretty good-looking—no wonder he could draw Heavenly Emperor away from Little Lamb.”

“You can’t really call it stealing; Heavenly Emperor and Little Lamb weren’t even together.”

“True, every time someone joked about them, Little Lamb would quickly deny it. Feels like he didn’t think much of Heavenly Emperor.”

“Not sure where Little Lamb gets his confidence.”

…

Gu Juntian didn’t care about the online chatter. He glanced at the time and said to Zhou Qinghao, “Ah Qing, it’s late. You should get some sleep. You’re a student—you need proper rest. I’m going to bed too.”

Hearing him say “student” made Zhou Qinghao feel a bit awkward.

He wasn’t a student at all.

He also found it odd—Gu Juntian had really changed lately.

In the past, he’d play until four or five in the morning. Now he was going to bed at ten.

Still, sleeping early was fine. Zhou Qinghao had plenty to do tomorrow and still some work to finish tonight.

They said their goodbyes and logged off.

Gu Juntian stayed online a bit longer because someone contacted him to sell a piece from the Dragon Scale set.

The price he offered was quite high.

It was 50,000 yuan! In reality, many people earned only 5,000 a month, meaning ten months of work for that amount.

The seller was happy, and Gu Juntian gladly paid before logging off to sleep.

While both Gu Juntian and Zhou Qinghao went to bed, the Qida Technology night shift was buzzing with talk about them.

They didn’t usually follow in-game drama, much less players’ romances.

But Little Lamb triggering a hidden storyline only to have it stolen—that was entertaining enough for them to watch closely.

And to their surprise, they saw their President Zhou publicly come out.

They’d thought he joined Heavenly Demon Pavilion and became Heavenly Emperor’s disciple to study high-end player preferences. Who knew he was actually having an online romance with him?

This was a massive piece of gossip!

Who doesn’t love gossip? The Qida Technology staff were all talking about it privately.

Gu Juntian, unaware, went to bed early and got up early the next morning.

Feeling his health improve, he decided to change his workout to stair climbing.

He lived on the tenth floor, so he’d take the elevator down to the basement, climb back up to his apartment, then take the elevator down again—repeating this cycle for an hour before stopping.

By then, he was drenched in sweat, as if he’d just been pulled out of water.

After a shower, he felt better, and by then his steamed sweet potatoes and pumpkin were ready.

He pan-fried a steak, boiled some broccoli, washed some cherry tomatoes, and began eating breakfast while reviewing documents.

At eight o’clock, he started work on time.

He wondered when Qida Technology would pay him. Should he go start his own company next?

After all, the original owner had told Blue Sky White Sun he owned one.

There was really a lot to do…

While Gu Juntian was busy, something big happened at Qida Technology.

The chairman of the Zhou family group, grandfather of Zhou Qinghao and Zhou Lin, came to Qida Technology!

He arrived early and went straight to find Zhou Qinghao.

When Zhou Lin heard, he was overjoyed.

Grandfather must have found out about Zhou Qinghao’s in-game romance with a man!

He had long wanted to use this to attack Zhou Qinghao, but since he never made it public, there was no opportunity.

Now, he finally had the chance!

Who would have thought Zhou Qinghao would be so stupid—not even denying it when Gu Juntian announced their relationship?

Dating a man wasn’t a good thing; grandfather would definitely look down on him. Once he found out more about Heavenly Emperor, he would be even more disappointed.

The more Zhou Lin thought about it, the happier he became—unaware that their grandfather’s visit had nothing to do with this.

“That guy ‘Filling Pits Diligently’… I remember his name is Gu Juntian. You must maintain a good relationship with him,” the old man said. “Last night, I had people work overtime to verify the things he gave you. They’re all feasible, and their value is immeasurable.”

“Grandfather, during my talks with him, I found he’s short on money. He’s offering these technologies to sell,” Zhou Qinghao replied. “If we want to maintain a good relationship, we’ll have to pay.”

“Paying is fine! That’s a small matter!” The old man wasn’t stingy with money. He immediately told Zhou Qinghao to sign a contract and buy the technology.

Zhou Qinghao agreed.

The old man left in high spirits.

But when he opened the door, he ran into Zhou Lin.

“Grandfather, don’t be angry—” Zhou Lin started, but stopped mid-sentence.

The old man looked happy, not angry at all.

“Lin, you should learn from your brother and work hard,” the old man said before leaving.

Zhou Lin: “???” What was going on? His grandfather didn’t care about Zhou Qinghao’s online romance at all?

Following behind, Zhou Qinghao caught Zhou Lin’s expression and almost laughed.

He knew Zhou Lin thought their grandfather had come because of the romance.

He was overthinking—grandfather would never make a special trip over that.

Zhou Qinghao was right. That afternoon, when the old man did hear about the in-game romance, he didn’t care in the slightest.

Finding a partner while gaming was nothing to him.

He’d only care the day Zhou Qinghao brought the person home.

Right now, all his attention was on Gu Juntian.

That man was a treasure—where had his grandson found him?

After the old man left, Zhou Qinghao immediately messaged “Filling Pits Diligently” to say they wanted to buy his technology.

This time, Zhou Qinghao was generous—he directly offered twenty million.

“President Wang, generous as always!” Gu Juntian was very pleased when he received the contract. “President Wang, I also have some other technologies…”

The original owner had claimed to Blue Sky White Sun that his net worth was in the billions!

The original owner really dared to brag—he had no choice but to keep it up.

Zhou Qinghao was momentarily stunned, then received another file.

After reading it, he was once again shocked. Skipping lunch, he went straight to find his grandfather.

This “Filling Pits Diligently” guy definitely had backing!

Was he connected to some senior engineer from a major foreign company, who was giving him technology to sell?

Even if the technology might have a dubious source, he couldn’t bear to pass it up. Buy it—he had to buy it!

He was even thinking of meeting “Filling Pits Diligently” in person for a proper talk.