Back in the office, Ye Shuang kept thinking about Chen Qin's words.
Wasn't he also a coward, afraid that his every move might hurt others?
"President Ye, President Ye."
"Hmm?" Ye Shuang looked up, noticing Kou Kou calling his name, and asked, "What is it?"
"The brand ambassadors have arrived. Would you like to discuss the project details with them?"
"Is that so?" Ye Shuang nodded. "Alright."
Standing up, Ye Shuang headed towards the reception area.
Before even reaching his destination, a familiar voice could be heard from afar. "Baaah, who are you calling a pipsqueak?!"
Pushing the door open, the noisy scene inside genuinely surprised Ye Shuang. This time, he had selected four brand ambassadors, divided into two pairs for two different products.
When one of the ambassadors saw Ye Shuang, she immediately let out a sound of surprise.
"Ye Shuang, what are you doing here?"
Ye Shuang followed the voice and saw a petite, golden-haired girl sitting on a chair, dressed in a beautiful evening gown. She looked like a princess.
"I'm the vice president of this company. What do you think?" Ye Shuang chuckled. Facing Alice, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, he gently pinched her cheek.
"Hey! Don't pinch my face!" Alice immediately put her hands on her hips and said loudly. Despite her words, she didn't swat his hand away, merely glaring at him with a fierce-yet-cute expression.
After exchanging a few words with Alice, Ye Shuang turned his attention to the other three.
These three were the brand ambassadors he had chosen. Perhaps it was intuition, but he hadn't selected any of those internet "bad boys" — while they might bring traffic and buzz, they wouldn't necessarily have a positive influence on the products.
Although some companies like to make their products famous through controversy, such behavior ultimately only ruins their reputation, making them widely disliked or even boycotted.
"Sounded pretty lively in here earlier."
"Because he called me a little kid!" Alice immediately raised her hand to tattle, not holding back her grievance at all.
Following Alice's pointed finger, the man in question awkwardly rubbed his hands together. He was a gaming blogger who preferred staying home playing games and had almost no interaction with women.
Seeing how tiny Alice was, he had made a comment like "Where did this little pipsqueak come from? Where's your mommy?".
Now, seeing that Alice seemed very familiar with the client's leadership, he felt a bit uneasy.
Would the collaboration fall through? He had finally gotten this sponsorship opportunity.
"You are... the one with the online handle 'Little Yin', right?"
"Yes..."
"Hehe, Alice doesn't like being treated like a child. Next time, you could try calling her 'Mature Miss Alice'." However, Ye Shuang didn't seem to give him a hard time just because he was close to Alice. He just made a joke and brushed past the issue lightly.
"Sounds terrible, 'Mature Alice'." Alice stuck out her tongue, but she didn't look angry anymore.
"Alright, alright. I spoke without thinking, sorry about that." Little Yin, not wanting to lose too much face, politely smiled at Alice.
Alice just gave a soft "hmph."
With Ye Shuang's words easing the awkwardness, they began discussing work matters. About an hour later, the contracts were finally signed.
Among them, Alice's endorsement fee was the highest, around over eight hundred thousand.
The reason for Alice's high fee was closely tied to the recent viral success of the short drama she starred in.
It was that parody short drama where Coco whipped the male actor with a whip. It had gained Alice over two million followers on the platform.
"You're quite good at making money," Ye Shuang laughed.
"I'm a little rich lady, you know. Want me to keep you?" Hearing Ye Shuang's words, Alice couldn't help but feel a bit smug.
Ye Shuang smiled. "I'm the client."
Alice then realized and immediately said nonchalantly, "W-well, you're just the client for now. In the future, I'll be your client, hiring you to work for me with my money."
She extended her pinky finger. "Just you wait."
"Alright, I'll wait." Ye Shuang reached out his finger and gently touched hers. Alice immediately let out a startled "Eep!" like a frightened kitten. "Y-you, you... don't touch me randomly!"
"Your wording is way too easy to misunderstand," Ye Shuang said. It was just a finger touch.
Perhaps because young girls were more sensitive about these things, he sincerely apologized, "I won't dare do it again, sorry."
Seeing Ye Shuang slightly bow to apologize to her, Alice realized she had overreacted. She looked at her own finger, then suddenly extended it again, her speech a bit stammering.
"I-if you beg me... it's not like I can't let you touch it."
"But! No pinching my cheeks, and no patting my head!"
"How about touching your butt?" An Shiyu beside Ye Shuang asked with dot eyes.
"Where did you pop out from?!"
"Invisibility. Pretty amazing, right?" An Shiyu said.
Watching the two of them bicker, Ye Shuang didn't stop them this time. Instead, he interjected, "Where's Bobo?"
"Him? He was right next to me just a moment ago." Alice looked around, her twin ponytails swinging.
Then she called out, "Bobo—"
"Probably not nearby," Ye Shuang started to say, about to tell Alice not to shout so loudly, when the cardboard box next to the refrigerator suddenly stood up.
"I'm here, Miss Alice." The large-framed Bobo placed the cardboard box aside and said,
"Long time no see, Mr. Ye Shuang."
You were really there?!
"Your invisibility skills are pretty good," An Shiyu gave Bobo a thumbs-up.
"Thank you for the praise."
Ye Shuang took Alice and Bobo back to his office. After chatting for a while, he asked if they wanted to have dinner together that evening.
Alice seemed to have no objections, as she had only come today for the endorsement deal and had no other plans.
However, when it was time to leave work and Ye Shuang and the others arrived at the entrance of their home building, they unexpectedly ran into Aunt Xian downstairs.
She seemed to have come looking for Yu You but hadn't expected to meet Ye Shuang and Alice here.
"Shuang-zi, Ai..."
Looking at the familiar girl, Aunt Xian opened her mouth as if to say something.
In the end, she seemed to smile somewhat awkwardly. "I... I'm not feeling too well. I should go."
With that, she fled the scene as if escaping.
Seeing this, Ye Shuang instinctively looked towards Alice.
Alice clenched her small fists and bit her lip. "I... I don't care..."
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] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
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