Chapter 174
Title: The Male Lead’s Villainess Stepmother
Translator: Fringe Alpaca
Chapter 174 - Just like that, her first kiss with the boss engrained deeply into her mind . (3)
But it was alright that she wasn’t able to maintain her persona, so long as the boss was maintaining his . Zhou Qinhe, looking just like normal, gave her his other hand and easily cupped both of her hands inside of his like he was coddling something precious . He even asked attentively at the same time, “Are you cold?”
“No,” said Yan Shuyu in a fluctuating tone . “But I feel so happy this way~~”
Zhou Qinhe, “……”
He quietly studied her for a while . After confirming that he was overthinking it, his smile returned . He asked her softly, “It’s the weekend tomorrow, do you need to go to work?”
Yan Shuyu nodded . As though figuring out something else, she looked up, smiled at him, and asked, “Are you trying to ask me out?”
Zhou Qinhe looked down at her cooperatively . “May I have that pleasure?”
Yan Shuyu was appeased by how respectful he was and said to him solemnly, “Not tomorrow . It’s too late now to disturb Manager Yang and the others . We will see about Sunday . ”
If they were talking about a workday, things would be much simpler . Yan Shuyu could let Manager Yang and the others know on the day of . But the weekend was the busiest time at the shop . Even Yan Shuyu didn’t want to abuse her relationship with Yang Zifeng to get her way . Mainly that Manager Yang had already made a lot of exceptions for her . She wanted to do what was necessary until her last day during her final month at Sunshine House .
Needing to juggle both her career and her romance, Yan Shuyu felt that it was a lot to ask for . She couldn't help but gripe to the boss . Zhou Qinhe’s reaction was to pat her on her head, chuckled lightly, and said to her, “You poor thing . ”
They have already walked into the lobby . The cold wind couldn’t get in, and the inside was somewhat warm . Zhou Qinhe pulled his left hand free . After all, it was bright inside the lobby of the building with a steady flow of people . It didn’t look good to maintain how they were outside .
Yan Shuyu, too, took her hand back and naturally put her arm inside the nook of his . She obviously liked the boss’s action and tone very much . She smiled so much that her eyes were but one straight line . Then she heard the boss asked, “What time are you starting work tomorrow?”
“I’ll work in the afternoon and the evening tomorrow . I start at 1:30 PM . ”
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Zhou Qinhe didn’t seem to be surprised at the awkward start time at all . Without missing a beat, he asked, “Can we have lunch together tomorrow then?”
Now that they were a couple, Yan Shuyu nodded without giving it too much thought . “Sure, where are we going?”
“What would you like to eat?”
Yan Shuyu actually didn’t have an answer for that . She thought about it for a bit and said, wisely, “Anything that’s tasty . ”
Zhou Qinhe chuckled . “Okay, we will decide tomorrow then . ”
Yan Shuyu did not object to that . She hasn’t noticed it yet, but every time she went out with the boss, he would already have everything planned and every time the food was good . Without realizing it, she was already very dependent on Zhou Qinhe . She did not have to worry about anything when she went out with him .
Nodding happily, Yan Shuyu smiled and said, “I have to bring a third wheel tomorrow . ”
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“Yuanbao?” Zhou Qinhe, who has always had a mild temperament, raised his brows and objected surprisingly . “I thought it was going to be a date with just the two of us . ”
Yan Shuyu was baffled all of a sudden . “But Yuanbao has no school tomorrow, and I can’t just leave him home by himself when I go out to have fun . ”
Zhou Qinhe gave her a deep and meaningful look and finally smiled in resignation . He rubbed her on her head and said, “I am just kidding . I’ll bring Xiao Yi with me as well . He hasn’t played with Yuanbao for a while . ”
Yan Shuyu, “……”
She felt that the boss had just looked down on her IQ . Yan Shuyu, with her bad temperament, immediately felt unhappy .
Up until now, he was the high and mighty boss and she was just the stepmother who’d meet her pitiful fate . The gap between the two of them had her stepping tiptoe around him all the time . Now things have changed . They were now a normal couple who were dating each other . She did not need to grovel to him in order to marry him, so the two of them were on equal ground . To be precise, the boss had been pursuing her, and she had been turning him down even .
All of these had given Yan Shuyu a sense of superiority in front of the boss . Now that she was unhappy, she immediately planned to pout and complain . Yet, the very next second, she heard a “Ding” and the elevator was there . Yan Shuyu decided immediately to let it go . She let go of the boss’s hand and said, “Okay, I am going to go now . Goodnight~”
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She went inside of the elevator with no hesitation, but when she turned around, she saw that Zhou Qinhe had followed her inside . Yan Shuyu panicked all of a sudden . “What did you come in here for?”
Even though he had only been there once, Zhou Qinhe pressed the button to her floor naturally and the elevator door closed slowly . He said casually, “Walking you all the way back . Is that a problem?”
Yan Shuyu blushed all of a sudden . She was more than happy about it, but there’s a little kiddo at home . This was not PG13 rated . She took a look at the two others inside of the elevator and both of them were standing with their backs to them . They probably didn’t even notice them . She whispered slowly to the boss, “Yuanbao is home . It’s not a good time . ”
Zhou Qinhe, “……”
This time he was certain . Her mind was in the gutter .
Zhou Qinhe had always thought that he much preferred lady-like and conservative women as that would translate to less hassles . But now, looking at Yan Shuyu’s sparkling eyes, it was obvious that all sorts of scenes were already playing through her head . Zhou Qinhe did not feel any of the awkwardness that he imagined he’d feel . Quite the contrary, he found it even more interesting .
With a smile that wasn’t a smile, he leaned down and whispered into her ears, “What’s not good about it?”
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