Differential Treatment

“How was work today? Did you learn anything?”

That night, Ye Shuang, who was still overseas, made a video call to ask Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke how their first day of their internship had gone. He had only just managed to find a little time to rest, as he was still rather busy with work.

“About today’s work…” Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke exchanged a glance from where they sat on the sofa.

In reality, the two girls had not done much at all. They had simply sat at their desks in a daze, with no one coming over to speak to them. They did not even know what they were supposed to do.

At one point, Tang Keke and Bai Yuyou had gone to ask their team leader.

The reply they received was:

“You can just play on your phones for now. We don’t need you yet.”

That was more or less how things had gone.

“I see.” From their answer, Ye Shuang could more or less guess the reason. Perhaps Kou Kou had said something, causing the subordinates to give the two girls special treatment. But that was completely unnecessary. They had come during their summer vacation to gain experience.

“Just treat today as your first day getting used to the working hours. I’ll ask about it for you.”

“Okay.”

“How are the clothes? If they don’t fit, you can tell Kou Kou. You’ve exchanged contact information, right?” Ye Shuang continued. “I prepared several outfits for you, so you can rotate between them.”

After chatting briefly about work, Bai Yuyou looked at Ye Shuang on the other end of the video and asked, “Ye Shuang, aren’t you coming back tonight?”

“Look, it’s still daytime here. I won’t be coming back today. Sister Chen Qin and I have a meeting to attend.” As he spoke, Ye Shuang showed Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke the scene behind him. There were quite a few people there.

“Okay. I’ll work hard tomorrow,” Bai Yuyou said. “I hope I can help you, Ye Shuang.”

“Is that so? I’m looking forward to it.” Ye Shuang smiled.

The girl who always hid behind him might really be able to stand beside him one day.

After the video call ended, only Bai Yuyou, Tang Keke, and Yezi remained in the house.

Since Yezi was still an elementary school student, she had gone to bed at eight. Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke, meanwhile, sat together and wondered what they should do.

“Keke, you’re not going home tonight?” Bai Yuyou suddenly asked. After all, it was already so late, and Keke normally would have gone home by now.

“Hee-hee, Mom doesn’t keep an eye on me during the holidays. Let’s sleep together tonight.” Tang Keke grinned.

“Okay.”

…

The night passed without incident. The next day arrived.

“Beep—”

The alarm went off at seven-thirty. Bai Yuyou slowly opened her eyes, still somewhat groggy, and reached out to turn it off. Her gaze then fell on Tang Keke beside her, whose sleeping posture was exceptionally terrible.

Even though Keke was wearing a nightgown, its hem had long since ridden up to her chest because of the way she slept. Since she was not wearing anything underneath, Bai Yuyou could not help taking another look.

“…”

Bai Yuyou thought for a moment, then looked down at herself.

She even compared the feel of their bodies. One was as soft as cotton, while her own was somewhat firmer.

“How amazing,” Bai Yuyou murmured.

At that moment, Tang Keke let out a vague sound of protest. “Huh? Time to go to school?”

“Good morning, Keke.”

“Good morning, Yuyou… I’m so sleepy. We have to get up for an eight-o’clock class again.” As Keke grumbled, Bai Yuyou reminded her, “It’s summer vacation.”

“Oh, right. Hee-hee.” Tang Keke immediately flopped back down, wearing an expression of bliss. Her voice became soft and gentle.

“Good~ night~~~”

“We have to go to work.”

Bai Yuyou’s one sentence brought Tang Keke straight back to reality.

“Waaah, why do we have to work?”

Just as Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke were dragging their feet and refusing to get up, the door nearby opened. Yezi walked in and said, “Mom, Sister Keke, are you awake? It’s time to go to work.”

“Why did you have to remind me, you Little Radish?” Keke complained from the bathroom as she washed up. She sounded rather helpless after hearing Yezi.

After Keke and Bai Yuyou went downstairs, they discovered that breakfast had already been prepared on the dining table. Even Yi Wan and Liuqianwu’s bowls were filled, with some extra freeze-dried treats placed beside them. Since Ye Shuang was not there, he obviously could not have prepared it.

“I prepared breakfast,” Yezi said when she saw Bai Yuyou and Keke’s reactions. “Later, I’m going to study at the library with Duoduo.”

“Dad said I had to take good care of you.”

Tang Keke: “…”

Seeing Yezi acting like a little adult despite her young age, Keke could not help sighing. “Yezi, you’re the flower of the motherland. We’re just weeds growing wild.”

Not long after they finished breakfast, the doorbell rang.

When Tang Keke saw someone pressing the doorbell, she hurried over to open the door, only to find a familiar-looking person standing outside.

“Good morning, Miss Tang. We’re here to take you and Miss Bai to work,” Kou Kou said. The driver was standing beside her.

“Huh? You’re picking us up for work? We can take a taxi or the bus ourselves,” Tang Keke said.

“This was Ye Shuang’s instruction.”

Bai Yuyou walked over as well. When she saw Kou Kou, she said, “We can go by ourselves, Kou Kou. Coming here like this means you had to get up early, right?”

“It’s no trouble.” Hearing Bai Yuyou say that, Kou Kou felt a small surge of warmth in her heart.

Where had this little angel come from? She actually knew that Kou Kou had to get up early because of this.

In the past, Kou Kou only needed to arrive at work on time. But because of Ye Shuang’s instructions, she now had to get up early to come to this residential compound and pick up Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke.

“Here, this is a sandwich my daughter made.” Bai Yuyou handed Kou Kou a sandwich as well.

“Thank you.” Kou Kou had indeed skipped breakfast, so she accepted the sandwich and began eating it. As for the whole “daughter” thing, she had met Yezi before. The rest of their complicated relationships were not something she dared investigate. As a top-tier wage earner, all she had to do was avoid gossiping about her boss, work hard, and collect her paycheck on time.

After tidying up briefly, Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke got into the car and headed to the company.

When the pair stepped out of the luxury car with Kou Kou beside them, they immediately attracted quite a few people’s attention. Everyone began guessing about their identities.

They made their way to the Human Resources Department. Kou Kou was still accompanying them when Bai Yuyou said, “Kou Kou, we can come by ourselves from now on. We’re perfectly capable of doing so. Ye Shuang is just worrying too much about us.”

“I’ll report that to Ye Shuang.”

“There’s one more thing,” Bai Yuyou said.

“Please, go ahead.”

“We didn’t do any work yesterday. We don’t want to be treated specially.” Bai Yuyou spoke earnestly. They had come to accumulate experience and learn practical skills. If they simply wanted to experience ordinary life, there was no need to come to the company and sit around doing nothing.

Besides, she genuinely hoped that one day she would be able to help Ye Shuang.

“I understand.” Kou Kou smiled.

So that was it. Miss Bai wanted to raise the difficulty a little, did she?