Charlene Decides to Abandon the Reserve of a Young Lady

Su Bai thought back for a moment and realized it was true: very often, a skill useful for one girl would drop as loot from another girl.

What was this called? This was clearly a hint for him to lead his team seriously—never abandoning, never giving up, twisting them all into a single rope, so to speak.

As for that cup of milk tea... through the owner of the OUT12 bar, Su Bai had found the contact information for Lu Yuning's roommate. With just a casual inquiry, the other party had provided all the intel.

It seemed that girls in the nightlife scene had their own hierarchy of class and perspective. Lu Yuning's (former) roommate didn't try to obstruct her relationship with Su Bai, perhaps feeling that blocking it would be useless—like an ant trying to shake a giant tree.

To be honest, Su Bai felt the bar's name wasn't punchy enough. If the number were doubled to OUT24, it might attract more traffic.

Anyway, Su Bai watched Lu Yuning drink her milk tea for a while. Only when he saw her emotions soften and flow did he start talking business.

"Have you ever designed penguin-style playful couple's outfits?"

"...Eh? Penguin? Why penguins?"

"Because penguins pick up little pebbles from the roadside."

"?"

"Hahaha, I'm just talking nonsense... If you haven't done it before, I'll give you a bit more time to let the inspiration brew. No rush."

It wasn't that he had some strange fetish. Su Bai simply felt that the black-and-white color clash suited Zhou Jialu very well. Besides, designing clothes with a slightly strange style could trigger Indulgence Rewards. Everything could be a plaything for indulgence, after all.

Lu Yuning, however, understood it on a completely different level. She didn't know why Su Bai suddenly brought up penguins. What did that animal symbolize?

Her sensitive and slightly quirky brain circuits spun a few times in her head.

A moment later, Lu Yuning said with teary eyes, "Boss, please rest assured, I will work hard to lose weight..."

"???"

Su Bai was stunned for a moment, then he laughed.

Seriously, girl? You're making way too many associations.

"No, don't, absolutely do not lose weight. Your figure is already perfect. There is completely no need to lose weight. Listen to me."

"Woo... okay... Eh? Is that so... The boss actually thinks my figure is... good? Oh..."

She was becoming a bit incoherent.

Unexpectedly receiving praise from Su Bai, Lu Yuning felt a little shy. So Su Bai didn't mean that. Phew, that was close.

In reality, Lu Yuning's figure had been very stable for many years. It was a very healthy weight, but she just looked a bit voluptuous, which made her prone to ridicule from other women.

"Be a little more confident. Oh right, the penguin-style playful couple's clothes are for Zhou Jialu. You can just go find her to take measurements when the time comes."

"Okay, okay! I guarantee I'll complete the mission!"

Lu Yuning was as earnest as an elementary school student.

This made Su Bai sigh inwardly. Girls with this kind of personality were the easiest to get bullied in the workplace.

Not only would they be assigned heavy workloads, but promotions would never come their way, simply because they didn't know how to slack off or suck up to superiors.

Only after being chosen by Su Bai could her talents possibly be put to use.

From this perspective, Su Bai counted as having done a good deed.

...

"Phew... close call, close call."

After Su Bai left, Lu Yuning patted her chest and muttered to herself.

She hadn't made a joke of herself or caused a mess.

With her level of emotional intelligence, just not making the boss angry during work counted as an extraordinary performance.

Suddenly, Lu Yuning slapped her forehead, remembering she had left an important thing undone.

The original plan was to sound him out while Su Bai was assigning work. She wanted to know if Su Bai had any special thoughts regarding the fact that she had wet the bedsheets.

But she had forgotten.

Forget it, forget it. Not probing was also a good thing. With how clumsy she was, she might have just exposed herself while chatting.

Woo...

Time to get down to serious business. Lu Yuning looked around furtively, confirming that the doors, windows, and curtains were all closed tight. She adjusted the room lights to the dimmest setting.

Traditional handiwork, let's go!

It was a bit embarrassing to say, but she was actually somewhat addicted to that act. After meeting Su Bai, picturing his handsome face made it even more flavorful.

Round one, two and a half minutes...

Damn, that was way too fast. It was all because Boss Su Bai was too tempting. When Su Bai was sitting and chatting with her today, they were quite close. She could clearly smell the faint, fresh, and slightly bitter scent on him. It smelled so good.

Lu Yuning's gaze grew increasingly hazy. The night was still long, and her favorite segment looked like it would continue for a long time...

[Detected favorability increase from S-Class Goddess Lu Yuning, 85-->86. Reward: One lucky draw chance.]

Driving his car, Su Bai saw the notification from the System pop up before his eyes, but his state of mind remained completely unrippled.

At this point, facing the girls' self-conquest, he had learned to remain calm in the face of both favor and disgrace.

He was used to it, so to speak.

With his high charisma, girls were supposed to conquer themselves. He, Su Bai, only needed to apply a few small stratagems and wait to feast.

[Summer Lin: I'm ready]

[Crispy Skin Great White Goose: Perfect, I just finished up here too.]

[Crispy Skin Great White Goose: [Great White Goose_Spiral Dash]]

[Summer Lin: I'll wait for you at the Little West Gate]

Oh yeah, the Little West Gate... truly a legendary location. He felt that Director Xia going to the Little West Gate to wait for him also carried a layer of implication.

That was the starting point for many couples' dates, and also the legendary pickup spot for female students accepting sponsorship from members of society.

As the sugar daddy, Su Bai expressed that this was correct. The Little West Gate was correct; the Little West Gate wasn't messing around.

So the question arose: did Xia Lin hope that Su Bai would do a little something more to her tonight?

Su Bai decided to go with the flow. If the atmosphere was right, he would charge. After all, Xia Lin's favorability toward him was high enough.

...

Graduate Dormitory.

Xia Lin looked at the small black and gold box on the table, gritted her teeth, and stuffed it into her handbag.

There were six inside in total. That should... be enough, right?

She lacked understanding of matters in that department. All her knowledge was hearsay; she was purely a theoretical expert.

But tonight, she had to try hard to make something happen with Su Bai. There were two reasons.

The first was that through her family's network, Xia Lin had learned about the situation between Su Bai and Liu Chen'ang... well, she should be called Liu Chenyang. Although not many people knew, the remarkably well-connected Xia Lin certainly did.

Su Bai not only seemed to have slept with Yangyang, but he also had a pretty good relationship with Old Liu. If he let his little brother operate like this any longer, he might just turn Old Liu's mindset around and get him to marry his daughter to him.

No way. When it came to wealthy marriages, how could Xia Lin lose to Yangyang!

Although her family's business in Shanghai was doing very well—a tier higher than the Liu family in Jiangcheng—the problem was that Su Bai was from this province. His hometown, Ancheng, was also within the sphere of influence of Jiangcheng. If he married Yangyang, there would be significant benefits.

So Xia Lin felt that she could no longer stubbornly hold onto the reserve of a rich young miss... Yangyang was a rich young miss too, so how come she could enjoy Su Bai's... you know.

Alright, fine. Actually, those thoughts were partly just an excuse. Xia Lin really was pent up, and she wanted it.

The second reason was actually kind of funny.