The Penguin's Dilemma

"Ding-dong~"

Hearing the doorbell, Su Cheng was startled and quickly got up to answer the door. But at that moment, he suddenly realized something.

Why did Ji Qingyi come to his place without prior notice?

He opened the door and was immediately stunned by Ji Qingyi, who had been waiting outside for a while. She was wearing a plain white dress with a coat over it. Her long black hair cascaded down to her waist. She stood there gracefully and tranquilly, just like a maiden stepping out of an ancient Chinese painting.

Of course, except for her face and eyes.

Her face was extremely cold, and her beautiful eyes were as cold as still water, showing no trace of warmth, as if nothing could catch her attention.

However, the mole under her eye added a touch of charm and allure, making her even more attractive.

"You don't seem surprised," Ji Qingyi said calmly when she saw him staring at her.

"President, why are you here?"

Su Cheng then came to his senses from his daze. He coughed awkwardly to cover his uneasiness, then opened the door wider and invited her in.

Ji Qingyi turned around and took a box from the attendant. The attendant bowed and left. Then, she carried the box and stepped into Su Cheng's house.

"President, here are your slippers," Su Cheng took out her slippers from the side and bent down to place them in front of her.

Hearing this, Ji Qingyi didn't move. Instead, she stared directly at him and asked, "Did you have a guest in your room just now?"

"No," Su Cheng shook his head, then turned around and explained, "Please sit on the sofa for a while. I'll go prepare the tea set first."

Ji Qingyi watched his back, frowned slightly, but then looked down at the slippers. She took off her shoes and put on the slippers.

After getting dressed, Ji Qingyi walked into the living room, placed the box on the coffee table, looked around, and finally sat on the sofa and waited. She sat upright and gracefully, exuding an air of nobility and elegance.

Su Cheng brewed the tea in the kitchen, carried the tray out, and without any delay, placed a cup of fragrant tea in front of Ji Qingyi.

"President, please have some tea."

"Thank you."

Ji Qingyi took the cup of tea and took a small sip. Then she gently parted her lips and asked, "Since you knew I would come, you should be able to guess the reason why I'm here tonight, right?"

Su Cheng shook his head. "Not really sure."

Ji Qingyi nodded, then put down the teacup. Her tone was a bit serious. "I suspect she's back."

"Senior sister? She's back! Where?!"

Su Cheng was startled and involuntarily stood up, asking curiously. Then he picked up the teacup and took a small sip. The main reason was that he didn't want her to observe his facial expression.

"I initially suspected she was here with you, but now it seems I jumped to conclusions based on my own speculation," Ji Qingyi said indifferently. She also lowered her head to take a sip of tea and didn't observe the change in Su Cheng's face.

As for why?

She was also lying.

Because she came here simply to see the penguin, feed the penguin, and take pictures of the penguin. But if she said it directly, it would seem inappropriate.

So she could only use this reason as an excuse.

"Ah, I thought..."

Su Cheng pretended to breathe a sigh of relief and continued to take a sip of tea.

"Thought what?"

Ji Qingyi glanced at him.

"I thought you came to see me transform," Su Cheng put down the teacup and said with a smile.

"I'm not that bored," Ji Qingyi said indifferently. Then she pointed to the box she brought beside her and said, "Seeing you transform is just an added bonus. The main thing is to see if she's here with you."

"What's in the box?"

Su Cheng asked curiously.

"A gift I prepared for you," Ji Qingyi explained. But the next second, her tone changed. "But it's for your penguin form, Peng Cheng."

"Penguin form?"

Su Cheng was a bit surprised. But then he lowered his head, feeling a bit embarrassed, and coughed twice. "To be honest, my penguin form this time..."

"Hmm?"

Ji Qingyi deliberately made a nasal sound, indicating for him to speak quickly.

"This time when I transformed, it's a defective one. Although I can turn into a penguin, I really become a penguin. I even don't remember what happened after I transformed into a penguin. It's not like before when I still had my own thinking logic and could talk..."

Here, Su Cheng, who had his head down, stopped talking and waited for the president's response.

Ji Qingyi raised her eyebrows, as if considering something.

"Then how do you transform back?"

Looking at Su Cheng with his head down, Ji Qingyi asked.

"Well, this..." Su Cheng looked up at her and forced a smile. "I'll directly transform back into a human in about fifteen minutes."

After hearing this, Ji Qingyi slightly squinted her eyes. Her gaze was deep, as if hiding something, making it hard to figure out.

"Then I'll transform right away!"

But Su Cheng didn't give Ji Qingyi more time to think. With a "bang", he instantly transformed into a penguin.

In an instant -

A chubby penguin with black, white, and yellow colors, looking like it was wearing a tuxedo, stood on the sofa. It tilted its head, looking extremely cute and clumsy.

After being stunned for a few seconds, Ji Qingyi suddenly reached out and stroked it. But unexpectedly, the penguin didn't show any reaction. This made her can't help but call out a few times, "Su Cheng... Su Cheng?"

But unfortunately, the penguin just stood on the sofa like a statue, not reacting to the surrounding sounds at all.

Ji Qingyi couldn't help but frown and examine it. After finding that the penguin really had no reaction, she reached out her finger and poked its body.

But this time, the penguin reacted. It flapped its wings and slapped her hand away, glaring at her with its big round eyes.

"Really lost the human consciousness?"

Ji Qingyi was silent for a while and then suddenly asked.

However, the response she got was that the penguin jumped off the sofa. But as a result, it lost its balance and fell to the ground. Without a support point, its two short legs and wings kept kicking and flapping, but it couldn't get up or turn over.

Such a cute and endearing look made Ji Qingyi find it funny. But she still kept a cold face and took out the camera that Su Cheng had given her from her handbag, ready to record this precious moment.

Su Cheng, who was lying on the ground acting cute, saw that Ji Qingyi didn't fall for it at all and even wanted to record this moment. He quickly struggled to stand up.

But just as he managed to stand up, Ji Qingyi reached out and pressed him back to the ground. This made it look confused, and it couldn't help but think in its heart, "Who on earth is the brute?"

"Click~"

The sound of the shutter came, and Ji Qingyi put the camera back into her bag with satisfaction.

Seeing this, Su Cheng quickly got up from the ground and hopped away from Ji Qingyi. In his heart, he couldn't help but wonder if the president knew his intention.

Ji Qingyi watched the penguin waddling away clumsily and comically. A smile flashed across her eyes. She put the camera in her bag and followed it.

As the distance between them got closer, the penguin reached the corner and stopped running. Instead, it stood still, turned its little head, and tilted its head to look at her.

Ji Qingyi bent down, reached out with both hands to lift it up, and then brought it back to the sofa. She picked up the box she had brought earlier, put on gloves, took out a lively shrimp, and held it in front of its mouth.

Su Cheng: "..."

Looking at the still-wriggling shrimp, was she really going to feed it this?

Huh, why did this thing smell more and more delicious?

No way, this was still alive!

Although he was now a penguin, he was essentially still a human being. Swallowing this raw would cause an extremely huge psychological pain!

He had originally been trying to figure out if Ji Qingyi knew his intentions, but now it seemed that the other party was clearly testing him too!

If it truly became a real penguin, it would definitely swallow the shrimp without hesitation. Otherwise, it was just pretending.

Ji Qingyi held the shrimp and stared at the penguin, and the penguin stared straight back at the shrimp. The air seemed to stand still, and everything came to a halt.

This psychological battle had started to become increasingly intense, and Penguin Cheng was at an absolute disadvantage because one wrong move might expose his true identity.

Don't panic!

Su Cheng thought to himself, trying his best to calm down, and then began to think about how to break out of this deadlock.

However, just as he was wracking his brains to come up with a countermeasure -

"Ding-dong~"

As a result, the doorbell rang again!