Understanding and Considerate Younger Sister

"Brother Bai, I really don't think a maid cafe or anything like that will work."

In the rest area, Wang Haoran reiterated with a serious face.

Su Bai had mostly been joking, but hearing this, he couldn't help but ask a bit more deeply, "Oh? Why is that? Those girls have sweet voices and know how to chat. If we package them a bit, give them a 2D anime persona, and have them call people 'Master' or 'Onii-chan,' I feel like it could be pretty fun to play around with."

"No, no, no, Brother Bai, you don't understand." Wang Haoran shook his head, his eyes revealing the stubborn persistence of a veteran hardcore otaku. "3D women in the real world, even if they put on a maid outfit, are still just women wearing maid outfits. They aren't maids."

"They have tempers, they'll demand designer bags, and they'll secretly complain about how disgusting otakus are behind their backs. They might even be calling you 'Master' one second, and the next second, after muting their mics, they're complaining to their boyfriends about the idiot client they met today. How can that be called a maid?"

"A true maid belongs completely to her master, in body, mind, and soul! It's about absolute loyalty and absolute gentleness! Such beautiful qualities only exist in the 2D world!"

"Real-life gaming companions, to put it bluntly, are just a service industry where money is exchanged for goods. Since it's a service industry, we have to follow the rules of the service industry: skill, efficiency, and attitude."

After calculating for a moment, Wang Haoran said, "For this studio, let's stick to the technical route. As long as we can carry the bosses to an easy win, that's enough. As for that borderline suggestive stuff, I don't really understand how to play that game anyway."

Hearing this, Su Bai couldn't help but sigh in admiration. As expected of a 2D gaming sage! This level of clear-headedness was truly beyond compare to ordinary college boys.

Most people, even those successful individuals who styled themselves as elites, would often lose themselves when faced with the temptations of women and vanity.

Wang Haoran's perception, however, had not deteriorated just because he now had plenty of money on hand.

This brother was indeed worth keeping around.

"Alright, since you have this level of awareness, I can be completely at ease about this matter," Su Bai said. "Just do it according to your ideas. If you don't have enough money, let me know."

"It won't come to that. I checked the funds in the account, and it's still quite ample..."

"No, no, no, it's not ample at all. I will regularly transfer more funds."

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He had to use up the system's investment cashback quota, after all!

That was what Su Bai was thinking, but Wang Haoran had no idea about this. He only felt that Brother Bai was truly too generous; supporting a brother's startup without caring about the costs at all was simply invincible.

...

By the time he left the startup park, it was already noon.

The winter sun was uncommonly brilliant, shining warmly on people's bodies.

Su Bai strolled leisurely to the laboratory, preparing to pick up Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya from work.

The current state of this master-apprentice pair made Su Bai find things very interesting.

Especially after experiencing that night in the apartment with Xingya, Li Xingya's changes could simply be described as earth-shattering. Although she still maintained the appearance of a submissive little apprentice in front of Chen Yusheng, the charming allure in her eyes and brows after being nourished was impossible to hide.

He pushed open the laboratory door.

It seemed they weren't busy.

Chen Yusheng was sitting there, holding a cup of milk tea, sipping it while pointing at the screen and saying something to Li Xingya.

Meanwhile, Li Xingya stood beside her like a bullied little wife, holding a notebook and frantically taking notes, occasionally nodding like a pounding garlic pestle.

Alright, they were actually busy. Su Bai listened for a while and found that Chen Yusheng was guiding Li Xingya on how to set up the programming environment.

It seemed she was indeed lacking experience in this area.

Occasionally, Su Bai would chat with the older employees at Bangbang Technology. They had also worked at major tech companies, and it was said that a lot of a programmer's work was actually just messing around with the environment; this stuff was too prone to causing problems.

"That's about enough, you guys can stop here for now. Let's get ready to go eat."

Su Bai suddenly spoke from behind, interrupting their train of thought.

Seeing Su Bai, Li Xingya's eyes instantly lit up, but due to Chen Yusheng's presence, she didn't dare to act too intimately. She could only steal a glance at him, a blush rising on her cheeks.

Chen Yusheng silently took all of this in. Her lips twitched, and a hint of a desire to compete for his favor actually leaked from the depths of her eyes.

Su Bai walked over and extremely naturally rubbed Chen Yusheng's head, then casually pinched Li Xingya's cheek. "Let's go, I'll take you to eat something good. We have a big delivery coming to the lab this afternoon, so we need to fill our stomachs first to have the energy to deal with it."

"A big delivery? What big delivery?" Chen Yusheng asked curiously.

"It's a secret. You'll know this afternoon."

"Still keeping us in suspense, still keeping us in suspense!"

Chen Yusheng reproachfully made a fist and lightly punched Su Bai twice, then pressed the side of her face against his arm and rubbed it.

Li Xingya still maintained that look of a little bullied victim.

Lunch was chosen at a newly opened high-end hotpot restaurant.

The environment was private, and the ingredients were fresh. Most importantly, the waiter had a good eye; seeing Su Bai walk in with two stunning beauties, he directly arranged the quietest private room for them.

The meal was eaten in absolute harmony and joy.

Of course, it was mainly Su Bai who was joyous.

Throughout the entire process, Li Xingya acted almost exactly like Chen Yusheng's personal maidservant.

"Master, please drink some water."

"Master, this shrimp paste is cooked, I'll serve it for you."

"Master, do you want to add some vinegar?"

She was submissive and extraordinarily attentive, deeply afraid that doing something wrong would make Chen Yusheng unhappy.

With that cautious appearance, anyone who didn't know better would think Chen Yusheng was some wicked mother-in-law making things difficult for a newly married, bullied daughter-in-law.

Su Bai watched from the side, thoroughly amused. Unable to hold back any longer, he took advantage of the time Li Xingya went to the restroom to lean close to Chen Yusheng's ear and quietly ask:

"Hey, I say, Teacher Chen, what kind of experience is it to gain such an obedient good sister?"

"You still have the nerve to say that!"

Chen Yusheng rolled her eyes at him in annoyance, picked up a piece of beef tripe, and fiercely stuffed it into Su Bai's mouth. "I'm almost speechless. I obviously don't have any issues with her."

"This proves she's about to make progress."

"Ah?"

"She is submissive right now, already acting like a sorrowful soldier, and a sorrowful soldier is bound to win..."

"Hahahaha, that's enough from you!"

Chen Yusheng shook Su Bai and laughed for a long time. She couldn't help but lean close to Su Bai's ear, circling the tip of her tongue before saying in a light, ethereal voice, "It must be that the Big White Goose was too passionate to her in bed, making her afraid that I would get jealous."

Hmm...

It seemed that the emotional intelligence of the aloof, black-silk-wearing academic goddess was still occasionally online.

Without a doubt, Chen Yusheng had hit the truth.

"After all, I'm not fierce to her at all..."

"That's right, our family's Shengsheng is the gentlest."

"But I don't know how to explain it clearly to her... Ugh, you know."

"You're just shy. You only lack a sense of shame when discussing academics with me; at other times, you have an idol's burden to maintain. After all, you are a beautiful academic goddess."

"That's actually true... No, wait, what do you mean by lacking a sense of shame? You make me sound like some kind of weird woman."