I'm writing a novel in Ming Ke, if you mess with me, you'll be the heroine

Gin rested one hand on the steering wheel, took out a cigarette case from his pocket, thought for a moment, and then put it back. He drove, his voice low and deep: "Have you reported the progress in Sherry's drug research to the Boss?"

Chu Ming hadn't expected Gin to bring this up. Although he was a little surprised, he kept a straight face: "Not yet. Although there has been progress, the drug's effects are unstable, so I haven't told the boss. Why are you asking about this all of a sudden? Did you make any new discoveries with Sherry this morning?"

Gin ignored Chu Ming's attempt to change the subject: "Is it that you're not going to talk about it for now, or that you don't plan to talk about it at all?"

Chu Ming looked at Gin in astonishment, his face filled with disbelief: "Big brother, you actually think that about me? I'm utterly loyal to the BOSS, willing to die for him. How could you think of me with such despicable thoughts?! How can I bear this?!"

Gin chuckled, slammed on the brakes, turned to look at Chu Ming, his eyes sharp: "What, you've already been pulling strings behind my back to win me over, but you're not going to tell me your real plans?"

"Trying to win you over? When did this happen? I had no idea." Chu Ming began to think back to where he had gone wrong, causing Gin to have such a big misunderstanding about him.

Admittedly, he wants to become the boss, and he's definitely eager to recruit employees like Gin.

but!

He's not stupid. Gin had shown such fanatical worship to the Boss before, how could he make such a low-level mistake by openly trying to win over someone like Gin who seemed like a tough nut to crack? What if Gin reported him to the Boss the moment he turned around?

"You don't know? Vermouth has so many tricks up her sleeve, there's no way she could hide it from you. The fact that you're willing to cover for her means she's already chosen you, doesn't it?"

"Oh dear, suspicious people always overthink things. I did help Vermouth a little bit with what she was doing, but that was only because my sister watched me grow up~ And what does that have to do with trying to win you over?" Chu Ming completely shirked his responsibility, like a 360-degree non-stick pan.

Gin was having a headache. Granburg had kept so many things from the Boss, yet he didn't hide anything from him at all. But because of the Boss's orders, he couldn't actually take action against Granburg...

In Granburg's eyes, wouldn't that mean he was also helping to keep it from the BOSS?

Granbury's emboldened attitude is nothing short of a veiled attempt to win them over.

Even now, the BOSS hasn't come clean with Granbury, admitting that he knows everything. He just watches Granbury laze around in the organization, occasionally trying to win over an important member, but Granbury ends up cleaning up any messes that happen. It's exhausting for Granbury too!

And Granbury is the same; he talks about wanting to be the boss, but when it comes to related matters, he doesn't want to even look at them. He doesn't want to understand organizational processes or structures at all. When asked, he always says he can't lead a team and will just work himself to death...

Why should he be a boss? He might as well just be a nobody!

Gin grew angrier the more he thought about it, but he remained outwardly calm: "It's fine if you don't say anything. Don't waste your time on me. I will only be loyal to the boss."

Chu Ming secretly pursed his lips, glanced at Gin who had finished speaking and continued driving, showing no intention of continuing the conversation, and rolled his eyes inwardly.

Tch, who doesn't know he only serves the boss? Does he need to say it again?

Huh? Wait a minute—

Chu Ming suddenly realized something. Did Gin's words just now imply that as long as he became the boss, Gin would also be loyal to him?

To only side with the victors, completely disregarding the contributions of those who helped them rise to power—tsk tsk, what a declaration of opportunism! How dare Gin speak so arrogantly!

Feeling increasingly aggrieved, Chu Ming simply moved closer to Gin and said in a seemingly joking manner, "If you don't take sides now, I'll make things difficult for you once I become the boss."

If it were anyone else, Gin would have shot them long ago. But Gin was used to Granburch's outrageous remarks and instead scoffed, "We'll see when you become the leader."

"It's not that I can't become it, it's just that I don't want to right now," Chu Ming retorted stubbornly. "If I wanted to, I could send Hongshu back to the base right now and turn off his ventilator while the boss is recuperating."

Chu Ming had figured it out: the boss's health wasn't very good anymore. He now needed to go into a special treatment ward for half a day every week. What if the oxygen supply suddenly stopped—

Hehe ~

Moreover, this is only Plan A. If all else fails, he has Plans BCDEFG. However, he has been busy messing around. After reading the document that Gin gave him about the organization's sphere of influence around the world, it wasn't that he wasn't trying hard enough. It was just that the document kept getting longer and longer, and it was being updated in real time every day. He would rather spend his time causing trouble for Conan than studying it properly.

Moreover, many of the organization's branch members in various countries are quite ambitious. If the boss were to die now, the organization would likely split up immediately. In addition, with the spies in various countries, even if he had the ability to clean them up, he would still be too busy.

He wanted to be the boss so he could be lazier more easily, rather than a busier, more demanding worker.

So he selectively slacked off, and that's how it's gotten to this point...

Gin: ...

He hadn't expected Granbury to have actually considered the plan; it sounded quite feasible, clearly indicating they'd been planning it for a while...

So, does the boss actually know that his successor has already planned to kill him and seize the throne? And he's just happily watching the show every day!

After Chu Ming finished explaining his plan, he had been observing Gin's expression, trying to probe Gin's true emotions with such obviously arrogant words. However, he found that even when he said such rebellious words, Gin's expression did not change at all.

What's going on? Gin doesn't love the boss anymore? Isn't he the boss's biggest fan? He can just ignore these words and not react at all??

What's most infuriating is that they didn't give out many emotion points!

Gin could feel Granburger's gaze falling on him from time to time. He resisted the urge to kick him out of the car and asked, "What else do you want to say?"

Chu Ming curled his lip. What else could he say? They'd already thrown out the bombshell, yet Gin remained unmoved. It was so boring. He glanced out the car window, somewhat puzzled. "Nothing. Weren't we going to the training camp interview? Why are we heading this way?"

"Go find Rum." Gin gestured for Chu Ming to get the documents from the back seat. "It's about the mission we discussed last time: to steal information from the database of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's supercomputer."

"Oh right, we were supposed to talk to Curaçao about the details, but it got delayed because of a series of things." Chu Ming also remembered this. He had planned to use this mission to surround and kill Shuichi Akai. "It's all Bourbon's fault for not being proactive. I clearly told him to liaise with Curaçao."

Gin: ...

Even though he disliked Bourbon, Gin had to admit that since joining Granbury, Bourbon not only had to do missions for him for free, but also had to take the blame for him without fail. It was miserable, utterly miserable...

[My little cuties, long time no see~ Happy Lunar New Year's Eve~]

As the year changes and new chapters unfold, I wish all my lovely friends a happy spring, a peaceful summer, a tranquil autumn, and a peaceful winter!

There's a real reason I haven't updated in so long, let me explain QAQ

I found out I was pregnant last May. Things were fine at first, but then I had a threatened miscarriage around two months into the pregnancy and had to stay in bed. After that, I started experiencing severe morning sickness, so I haven't updated since July _(??w?? 」∠)_ Now my daughter is born! I'll resume updates after my postpartum period. Seriously, I swear, I'll definitely work on planning the next part of the story during my postpartum period. I've almost forgotten how to write the sequel after so long! QAQ

I only discovered when I went to collect my royalties a couple of days ago that a lovely person had given me a "Gift King" gift. Thank you so much, my generous benefactor! To express my gratitude, I've been typing out one chapter on my phone these past two days, and I'll add five extra chapters as a thank you once I'm out of maternity leave and resume updating. Love you all!