“Here, take the tablet. Since you aren’t having an allergic reaction anymore, get to work.” Jiu Yi didn’t care how high her resentment points were, the work that needed to be done absolutely could not be skipped.
Nie Yu thought she was a total monster. “Heavens, if you’re going to bring someone out with you, don’t make them work overtime.”
“She’s different.”
“Even so, that’s not right.”
Jiu Yi looked over at Leng Xuelang. “Is it not right?”
It was a very simple question, but because the look in her eyes as she peered over was so earnest, her voice soft and gentle, it gave Leng Xuelang the illusion that she was whispering some sweet, romantic confession to her.
Clutching her unruly heart as it pounded furiously, she cursed silently ‘Damn vixen’ before replying with her usual expressionless face, “You’re the boss. What you say goes.”
“If you beg me, maybe I’ll let you do it a bit later.”
“No need, I’m happy to do it. You just go ahead and enjoy chatting and bidding with your good friend, Boss.”
Though the words were thoroughly dripping with sarcasm, Jiu Yi didn’t mind at all. She simply nodded and said, “Keep it up.”
Leng Xuelang felt her teeth itching with frustration again. She originally wanted to command her little snake to bite her, but who would have thought that the little snake she sent out had actually wrapped itself around Jiu Yi’s wrist and fallen fast asleep, completely unresponsive no matter how she called it.
That damn vixen, ahhh!
Helpless and utterly unable to swallow this insult, Leng Xuelang was practically bursting with rage. Her snake tail began to restlessly creep closer to Jiu Yi, attempting to add a little something to her drink, either bitter enough to kill her or sweet enough to choke her!
That would teach her to love making people work so much!
But before she could spike the tea, Jiu Yi suddenly cast a glance in her direction. An inexplicable, almost tender and affectionate smile played at the corners of her lips, giving Leng Xuelang a whole layer of goosebumps.
Immediately after, a rather uncommon and old-fashioned pastry that felt entirely out of place in this establishment was set down in front of her.
Jiu Yi’s voice chimed in perfectly right on cue from beside her. “Your favorite Colorful Jelly Cake. Taste it and see if it’s the flavor you remember?”
Leng Xuelang barely managed to process this. She didn’t like such childish things, this jelly cake even had a tiny, colorful paper umbrella stuck in it as a decoration. She had never eaten anything like this in her life.
Nor did she want to.
Furthermore, she knew Jiu Yi wasn’t actually trying to make her happy, but rather trying to please the Omega who originally held this identity.
Everything Jiu Yi did seemed to have absolutely nothing to do with her.
Besides, why look at her with such anticipation? Did she love making herself feel martyred that much?
“What’s wrong? Don’t like eating it anymore?” Seeing that she hadn’t moved and that her expression seemed to turn somewhat complicated, Jiu Yi asked.
“I don’t like it anymore.” Leng Xuelang had no interest in playing the role of a body double. If she didn’t like it, she didn’t like it, and she could never bring herself to eat something that looked so incredibly cheap and low quality.
“Oh,” Jiu Yi didn’t force her, nor did she even ask for the reason behind her dislike. Pulling the pastry back, she said, “Then I’ll eat it.”
“I want some too~” Nie Yu didn’t mind it either. “My grandmother used to buy this for me all the time when I was little~ But it completely went extinct when we grew up. How did you manage to find it again?”
“Money makes the world go round. Though, you can only find it in Hong Kong; Hai City doesn’t have it.” Jiu Yi wasn’t lying, this was actually the setting dictated by the book.
Hong Kong was a coastal city where the old met the new, and certain traditions had never faded. In the original plot, the male lead had brought the female lead here for fun once, and when he made her cry, he tracked down this exact jelly cake to coax her, which finally reconciled them.
Jiu Yi naturally wouldn’t give the male lead the chance to deliver such a pleasant surprise. Since she happened to be here this time, she was obviously going to beat him to the punch.
Moreover, she felt that the reason Leng Xuelang was so brainlessly in love and completely devoted to the male lead was… because she was too starved for affection. Having struggled just to survive since childhood, no one had ever pampered her, so naturally, as soon as a scumbag showed her a little kindness, she took the bait.
Which meant that if she took the male lead’s place in pampering her, spoiling her to the point where she would look down on the gifts and attentions the male lead offered, she would naturally stop pining after him.
At the same time, as her boss, she would use a mix of kindness and authority while maintaining clear boundaries. Once the female lead learned to stand on her own two feet, she would naturally no longer be bullied.
But right now, it seemed like something had gone slightly askew?
It didn’t matter, though; Jiu Yi didn’t mind. She would just cater to her preferences differently next time. There would be plenty of opportunities anyway.
“Then you must have gone to a lot of trouble to find it, right?” Nie Yu didn’t believe it was that easy to track down. She picked up a piece and ate it. It was cool and refreshing, and the flavor… seemed a bit more unique than expected.
“It was alright.” Jiu Yi didn’t elaborate much. She also picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. Jiu Yi didn’t care much for culinary indulgence, but she could still taste the flavor of a bygone era, which brought an inexplicable sense of pleasure to her heart.
Leng Xuelang glanced at the two of them. Watching Jiu Yi so considerately pour tea for the other woman made her feel strangely stifled. Especially when she saw that Jiu Yi didn’t even try to avoid intimacy, using her own handkerchief to personally wipe Nie Yu’s mouth.
She sneered inwardly, quietly slithering her snake tail forward… right behind Nie Yu, intending to brazenly coil around her.