Title: The Male Lead’s Villainess Stepmother
Translator: Fringe Alpaca
Chapter 84 - The Boss’s Tempting Offer (3)
As a very superficial person, Yan Shuyu couldn’t help but be distracted by him before she regretted deeply. She just recalled how Lili looked like she had something to say when she walked out of the store. That could very well be what she had wanted to tell her – even if this wasn’t what she was going to say to her, had she stayed for just a few minutes to chitchat with her, she would have missed the boss.
Alas, what was life if it wasn’t full of surprises and awkwardness? As much as Yan Shuyu was mad at how unfortunate she was, she still forced a smile on herself and greeted the boss, “Yes, Boss Zhou, you are taking off too? See you next time then.”
Boss Zhou warmly offered, “Let me give you a ride. It’s on the way anyway.”
“No, no, it’s okay. I live very close by…” Yan Shuyu tried to frantically decline him, but before she was done talking, Zhou Qinhe had already closed the door that he had just pulled over and walked over the passenger side in person.
The boss had personally opened the door for her. Yan Shuyu was so touched that she wished she could cry, but she just stood there dumbfounded.
Zhou Qinhe lifted his brows. As though he was being impatient, he said in a teasing tone, “It has only been a few days. How come you are acting like we are just acquaintances?”
Bro, we have always just been acquaintances, alright? Plus, it had been almost two weeks since she had last saw him. As much as that’s what she wanted to say, Yan Shuyu was a coward. She could merely put up a very touched look as she shuffled closer to the car while making her last ditch effort, “Really, you didn’t need to. I live very close by….”
Zhou Qinhe simply pretended that he didn’t hear her at all. He just waited patiently next to his car while he watched her shuffle toward the car at the speed of a turtle before finally giving up and climbing into the passenger seat. Finally, a smile appeared on Zhou Qinhe’s expressionless face, just merely a flash of it. He then closed the door for her in the most gentlemanly way before walking back to the driver’s side.
This time, the boss drove her back in person. Yan Shuyu hadn’t had the mood to think about the difference between this fancy car versus the previous one that the boss had. Forget about the fact that she was very much treated like a lady; she felt so uncomfortable that she might as well have been pricked by a thousand needles. She recalled reading on the internet that the passenger seat was reserved for girlfriends; she felt extremely awkward sitting in that spot.
Plus, that was the boss’s idea. Never in a million years would she have the courage to sit in the back seat and treat the boss like a chauffeur. She could do nothing but to curl up against the window. It wasn’t her intention, but it almost seemed like Zhou Qinhe was some sort of vicious beast.
Zhou Qinhe skillfully started the car, pulled out of the parking spot, and happened to saw the way that she was sitting and calmly reminded her, “Seat belt.”
“Okay, thank you.” Yan Shuyu finally straighten herself up and clumsily buckled herself up as she explained, embarrassed, “I thought it’d be okay since my place is only two minutes away.”
Basically, she was a good kid that followed the rules all the time.
Zhou Qinhe couldn’t be more serious when he said, “Still have to follow the rules.”
“Okay, I will keep that in mind,” Yan Shuyu replied like a grade school kid being lectured.
She thought to herself that the boss, even though he was of the privileged class, was following the rules; it was certainly wrong for her to be so lackadaisical about it.
During her serious self-reflection, the boss’s voice rang again suddenly, “You work so late, what do you do with Yuanbao?”