Chapter 61: What’s Going On Here
It was a feeling he had never experienced before. For a moment, Ye Ziming didn’t know what was happening, he even felt confused.
It all started the night before last, when he first saw Lin Muqing wearing a cat-ear maid outfit.
That night, he barely got any sleep. Every time he closed his eyes, all he could see was Lin Muqing. It drove him crazy to the point he almost wanted to take sleeping pills.
What made it worse was that, at the time, he still thought Lin Muqing was a guy. That’s what made it all the more troubling.
But then, the next afternoon, he saw something unexpected. Lin Muqing with long hair, right in front of him.
After that, he kept trying to test Lin Muqing, and things seemed a bit... off.
Still, it didn’t really matter. He was pretty sure Lin Muqing had been lying and was carefully hiding her real self.
Even after realizing the truth, Ye Ziming didn’t want to expose her right away. Instead, he wanted to slowly help her take off that mask, piece by piece.
While thinking about this, he opened the money transfer app and sent some money to Sister Yu, it was for all the underwear she had bought for Lin Muqing.
After handling everything, Ye Ziming turned off his phone screen and went back to work.
There was a light smile on his face, it was obvious he was in a good mood.
“Hehe~ Did you grow up on cuteness or something?”
In the cafe’s break room, Sister Yu saw the pink blush still on Lin Muqing’s face. She couldn’t help but walk up and gently squish her cheeks.
It felt nice, but a bit thin. She’d look better if she gained a little weight.
“Mmm~ Sister Yu~”
When Sister Yu reached out with both hands, Lin Muqing instinctively tried to dodge, but she wasn’t fast enough.
Her face felt like dough, being squished into all sorts of shapes. She couldn’t even talk properly.
“Alright, go to work now. If you don’t, the manager might get impatient.”
After a while, Sister Yu finally let go of her and smiled as she spoke.
“Oh…”
Lin Muqing raised her hand to touch her cheeks. They were kind of numb. She wondered if her face was out of shape now.
She nodded to Sister Yu and walked toward the door of the break room, still covering her cheeks.
She was thinking, Why would my bro be in a hurry to see me? She was just a secretary, it wasn’t anything special.
“Haha~ The manager is really generous.”
After watching Lin Muqing leave, Sister Yu glanced at her phone and chuckled to herself.
Then, for reasons even she couldn’t quite explain, she turned and went into the changing room.
She picked up two pieces of “clothing” that Lin Muqing had just tried on.
She placed them in a different bag, planning to give that to Manager Ye Ziming.
“Heehee.”
After doing all that, Sister Yu stood in the empty break room with a mischievous grin on her face.
Back in the office, Ye Ziming checked the time, then looked toward the door again.
Slowly, he frowned feeling confused. Why hasn’t Lin Muqing shown up yet? Did something happen?
He didn’t even know how many times he had glanced at the door when finally, there were two soft knocks.
The office door slowly opened, and a small figure carefully slipped in through the narrow gap.
Ye Ziming’s frown disappeared right away, because she had finally arrived.
“…You were waiting for me?”
After closing the door behind her, Lin Muqing looked at the desk and noticed her bro staring at her.
She tilted her head in confusion and blinked. “You were waiting for me?” she asked.
“…No.”
He quickly looked away, lowered his head, and continued with his work. His eyes, however, showed a subtle change without him noticing.
Once again, Ye Ziming, who had always looked down on lying, told a lie over something as small and unimportant as this.
He frowned again, not even sure why he did it.
“Let’s get to work. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can leave.”
After looking away, Ye Ziming added that sentence to cover up the awkward moment from before.
“Oh, okay.”
Lin Muqing nodded, then sat down next to the office desk and began her own work.
She did feel that something was a little odd about his look just now, but she didn’t think too much about it.
Once she got into work mode, she quickly forgot all about it.
It was her third day working as a secretary, and by now, Lin Muqing had basically learned how to use the computer and deal with all the random income and expense receipts.
But in the end, she still had to ask her good buddy to help tidy things up.
“Let’s go eat.”
After briefly checking Lin Muqing’s work, Ye Ziming nodded with a satisfied look and then gently said to her.
As he spoke, he casually picked up his water cup, took a sip, then put it back on the table.
“Ah… oh.”
Lin Muqing had planned to stand up and leave the office for lunch, just like he said.
But then she noticed that the cup in Ye Ziming’s hand… looked exactly like the one she used yesterday.
Watching him drink so naturally, she suddenly realized that bottle probably belonged to Ye Ziming.
Emmm… this was a little awkward.
Did that count as… an indirect kiss?
“What’s wrong?”
Noticing that Lin Muqing hadn’t moved, Ye Ziming turned his head with a confused look and asked.
“Ah, it’s nothing!”
She quickly pulled her gaze back like she’d been shocked, then turned and left the office.
Her eyes were wide with embarrassment.
Ye Ziming, left alone in the office, didn’t think too much about it. Taking advantage of the free time, he opened a stock trading app and started trying to earn a bit of pocket money.
Just as he was deep into his research, the office door was knocked on again.
Judging from how hard the knock was, Ye Ziming instantly guessed it wasn’t Lin Muqing, so he didn’t bother smiling, just said calmly, “Come in.”
Then, he saw Sister Yu standing at the door, holding a bag and wearing a weird smile on her face.
“Boss, this is for you.”
She walked into the office, placed the bag on his desk, gave him a meaningful smile, and left right after speaking.
The whole move was so quick and smooth that before Ye Ziming could even ask what it was, Sister Yu had already walked out and gently closed the door behind her.
“?”
A confused question mark practically popped out of Ye Ziming’s head, he was totally lost.
Curious, he picked up the bag, reached inside, and felt the fabric.
It felt pretty good, soft and delicate. It was a small piece of clothing, and quite cute-looking too.
“!?”
The moment he realized what it was, Ye Ziming’s eyelid twitched hard twice.
He instantly felt like this thing was scorching hot.
Frightened, he hurried to stuff it back into the bag and shoved the whole thing under his desk, afraid someone might see it.
He pulled out his phone and opened WeChat to message Sister Yu and ask what was going on. But before he could type anything, she had already sent him a message.
[Sister Yu: That’s something Lin Muqing just wore. You can return it to her, or take it home and keep it safe. Who knows, maybe she’ll need it again someday~]
After reading this long message, Ye Ziming felt like his soul left his body.
Return it?
How was he supposed to return it?
If she asked how he got it and he said he gave it back…
Wouldn’t that be instant social death?!