Chapter 47: A Little Test
Right now, Lin Muqing was wearing the same maid uniform as everyone else, along with white over-the-knee stockings and a pair of small boots.
Normally, there wouldn’t be any problem with this. After all, everyone dressed like this for work.
But the situation had changed. Lin Muqing was no longer just a regular little maid. She was now the store manager's personal maid.
That’s why Sister Yu called her over. She put down her phone and walked into the changing room, then came back out holding a few accessories.
“Uh… Is this really necessary?”
Seeing the cat ear headband, bell, and bow in Sister Yu’s hands, Lin Muqing’s mouth twitched slightly. She instinctively tried to take a step back.
“You’re the manager’s secretary now, understand?”
Sister Yu narrowed her eyes slightly and placed a hand on Lin Muqing’s shoulder. Using her height advantage, she looked down at her seriously.
Her smile was gone, her brows slightly furrowed, Sister Yu was completely serious.
“Uh… I understand.”
Sensing the dangerous aura coming from Sister Yu’s face, Lin Muqing nodded quickly, choosing to be obedient.
In this state, Sister Yu was truly the assistant manager of the cafe. Full of presence and a bit intimidating.
So, Lin Muqing had no choice. After spending a little time putting on those accessories, Sister Yu finally let her leave the break room.
Sister Yu also needed to head to the main hall to continue her work.
Meanwhile, in the manager’s office, Ye Ziming sat at the desk, not working, but playing on his phone.
After receiving Sister Yu’s message on WeChat, he forwarded the measurements to Ye Mengze and kept a copy for himself.
He was really looking forward to the matching couple outfits for him and Lin Muqing.
As for the copy he kept, that was because he also wanted to get a few cute outfits to give to Lin Muqing later.
Definitely no weird thoughts!
After everything that happened last night, he suddenly heard a knock at the office door.
Looking up, he saw a cute cat-eared girl slowly walking into the office in a lovely maid outfit.
“Cough, cough... I... I’m here for work.”
She coughed into her hand twice to cover up her embarrassment.
Before leaving the break room, she’d looked in the mirror and knew exactly how she looked right now.
So, when she walked into the office and saw her “best buddy,” she suddenly felt shy, even her eyes avoided his gaze.
Two days ago, she didn’t really know what she looked like, so she hadn’t felt embarrassed at all and acted naturally.
But now…
His gaze seemed normal enough, so he probably didn’t have any strange thoughts, which meant everything should be fine.
Thinking that, she quietly let out a sigh of relief in her heart.
“Mm, come here.”
He smiled and waved her over, pointing to the office chair beside him, signaling for her to sit.
This was the second time he’d seen this version of Lin Muqing, so Ye Ziming acted much calmer.
But he still felt amazed, Lin Muqing looked super cute, and he even had the urge to reach out and pet her.
“You want me to do that financial report, right?”
She closed the office door behind her, walked to the desk, and sat in the chair. She had to adjust her position a little. Her arms were a bit short, so she needed to sit closer to reach the mouse.
The bell hanging on her chest was custom-made. It made a sound when she walked, but it wasn’t loud, and it actually sounded quite pleasant.
It made Lin Muqing look even more adorable.
“Yeah, just do it the way I taught you two days ago.”
His eyes had been on Lin Muqing the whole time. When he heard her question, Ye Ziming gently nodded in response.
“Oh, okay.”
Lin Muqing looked away and turned to the computer in front of her, trying hard to remember what her good buddy had taught her the day before yesterday.
She reached out and grabbed the mouse, starting to try and use the computer.
About two minutes passed. While Ye Ziming was working on his own tasks, Lin Muqing had already run into trouble.
“Emmm…”
She was doing her best to recall how her good buddy had done it that day.
At the time, everything had looked so easy when he was doing it. Excel spreadsheets and all that stuff seemed so simple.
But once it was her turn, Lin Muqing totally froze.
The task wasn’t even halfway done, and she was already stuck. It was… just a tiny bit embarrassing.
She stared at the screen, then secretly peeked at her good buddy who was focused on his work. Lin Muqing looked very troubled.
She wanted to ask for help, but was worried she might interrupt his work...
“What’s wrong?”
Ye Ziming closed the stock market page on his phone and turned his head to look at Lin Muqing.
His brows furrowed slightly, his eyes narrowed a bit, filled with a gentle, protective look, like an older brother spoiling his little sister.
He had noticed her sneaking glances at him several times already, each time looking like she wanted to speak but held back.
Like someone struggling with constipation.
“Ah… I just ran into a tiny problem.”
A bit embarrassed, she put down the mouse and avoided his gaze.
Then she raised her right hand and made a gesture with her thumb and index finger, showing Ye Ziming it was really just a tiny bit of a problem.
But if you looked closely between her fingers, you could probably fit a whole solar system in there.
“What part don’t you understand? I’ll teach you.”
He smiled and scooted his chair a little closer, naturally closing the distance between them.
To make it easier, he reached out with his right hand, bringing it around behind her to rest on the mouse in front of her screen.
Any accidental physical contact that happened in the process… was totally normal.
“Emmm, it’s this part… and also this step.”
Seeing her good buddy willing to help, Lin Muqing didn’t feel awkward about their position at all. In fact, she was quite happy.
She even leaned forward a little to make it easier for him to use the mouse.
Then she pointed at the screen, explaining the parts she didn’t understand.
“This part’s easy. You just have to do this…”
Ye Ziming, who had studied this stuff before, quickly figured out what was confusing her and gave a clear explanation.
Left hand on the keyboard, right hand on the mouse, with Lin Muqing sitting in between, being the store manager really wasn’t bad at all.
Thinking back to how stressed and miserable he was the day before yesterday…
Now he felt satisfied and relaxed.
“Ohhh~ I get it now! I totally get it!”
Once again, she felt like her good buddy made it all look easy, and that meant she could totally do it too.
That’s just how confident she was.
Time passed quickly. With Ye Ziming’s hands-on guidance, they finished today’s work in no time.
That included his own tasks as well.
“Mm, good job.”
Once everything was done, Ye Ziming made sure to praise Lin Muqing and even gave her a thumbs-up.
From the afternoon until now, there had been a smile on his face the entire time. It never left.
At first, he was just testing her, to see how Lin Muqing would react to him being a little more physically close.
He had even mentally prepared himself.