The next morning, when Ye Xiaoyu was still immersed in the beautiful dream of handing the notebook to Yu Minglang to make Yu Minglang and Xiao Qian quarrel, the ruthless knocking on the door woke her up.
âSister-in-law said let you get up and go for a run~â Yu Liumei stood at the door with a bright smile.
âI donât want to.â Ye Xiaoyu still wanted to sleep.
Yu Liumei pointed at Ye Xiaoyu in surprise. âYouâre the first woman Iâve seen who sleeps with makeup on!â
Ye Xiaoyu looked at her disdainfully, âWho is like you guys who donât even know how to exfoliate?â
She would wear makeup to bed when she was in a bad mood, and even touch up her setting powder in the middle of the night.
âSo magicalâ¦â Yu Liumei reached out to poke Ye Xiaoyuâs face, but Ye Xiaoyu slapped her hand away.
âI want to continue sleeping, letâs talk tomorrow.â
âOh, my sister-in-law said that if you donât cooperate, sheâll talk to little Sister Weiwei about your Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) â Weiwei, youâre awake!â Liumei waved enthusiastically to Weiwei, who had just come out of the other bedroom.
At this moment, even without Boss Qian being present, Ye Xiaoyu could still feel her omnipresent deterrence, and she could only grit her teeth and say to Yu Liumei, âWait there for a moment, Iâll change my clothes and come!â
Xiao Qian woke up naturally, and by the time the runners came back, Ye Xiaoyu was cooking in the kitchen with a gloomy face. Yu Liumei and Weiwei each held a melon and leaned on the kitchen door, chatting with Ye Xiaoyu.
âYouâre putting so many layers on your face in the summer, donât you feel uncomfortable? You seem to sweat easily, even your armpits are wet. Donât wear makeup tomorrow. Itâll clog your pores when you exercise!â
âThatâs fragrant sweat!â Ye Xiaoyu gritted her teeth, her eyes catching a glimpse of Xiao Qian, who looked radiant, and felt her teeth itch with hatred.
This demoness had tormented her all morning with her schemes, but she had slept so well!
Xiao Qian flashed a smile at Ye Xiaoyu, âMorning~â
âItâs already noon, you lazybones!â Ye Xiaoyu looked at Xiao Qian jealously. Why did Meiwei look so good even when she had just woken up?
âHave you eaten?â Xiao Qian didnât bother with her and turned to ask Liumei.
Liumei and Weiwei nodded.
âThen take Weiwei down to sunbathe. Come back in half an hour.â Xiao Qian said to Liumei.
âMeiwei sister, I donât want to go down.â Ye Xiaowei was a bit tired after her morning exercise. She couldnât run since she had just been discharged from the hospital, so she just walked around the neighborhood while watching Liumei run laps.
âSunshine can not only bring a good mood but also help you drive away that little black dog in your heart~â Xiao Qian smiled at Weiwei.
âLittle black dogâ¦?â
âYes, I like to call depression a little black dog. It follows you around, clinging to you. I canât help you kill this little black dog, but I can help you tame it so that you can live in peace with it, and maybe one day it will become a part of you and let you experience a more peaceful life.â
âCan I?â Weiwei didnât want to do anything right now, and she was feeling very irritable mentally.
Xiao Qian made a cheering gesture for her, âYour sister wants that too, right, Ye Xiaoyu?â
Ye Xiaoyu immediately changed her expression from disliking Xiao Qian to a bright smile, mimicking Xiao Qianâs gesture of cheering.
âFor us, you have to work hard, go for a walk and feel the most intense sunshine before noon. When you come back, tell me how the sun feels on your skin. The abundant sunshine will make your little black dog inside quiet down.â Xiao Qian calmly said.
âYes, listen to your Meiwei sister,â Ye Xiaoyu cooperated.
âAlright.â For the sake of her two sisters, Weiwei was willing to give it a try.
As soon as Weiwei and Liumei left, Ye Xiaoyuâs face immediately fell, the closeness she had just pretended to have disappearing all at once.
Xiao Qian elegantly tapped her finger on the table, âI think youâre very suitable for learning Sichuan Opera face-changing, just like your mother, both of you are good at being two-faced. However, I think youâre slightly more pleasing to the eye than her.â
âSo annoying, I really want to pour the mung bean soup over your head.â Ye Xiaoyu poured out the mung bean soup from the pot. This was a dish Xiao Qian had ordered for Weiwei to supplement her nutrition.
âBring me my breakfast.â Xiao Qian gracefully acted like a queen.
âYou donât have hands?â
âIt seems that you donât want to hear my analysis of Weiweiâs condition.â Xiao Qian now wanted to confirm whether her terrible guess in her heart was true.
The breakthrough for everything was on Ye Xiaoyu.
A minute later, a sumptuous breakfast was laid out in front of Xiao Qian, with Ye Xiaoyu standing across from her, her face full of anger.
âArenât you going to eat?â Xiao Qian gestured.
âJust looking at you is enough to make me lose my appetite. Hurry up and tell me, how is my sister doing?â If it werenât for having to ask for help, she wouldnât want to serve her most hated person so humbly.
âThe fried egg is perfect, the toast is well-baked, and the coffee is rich and aromatic â Ye Xiaoyu, your culinary skills are really good, in stark contrast to your character.â Instead of answering her question, Xiao Qian praised the breakfast.
âHmph, of course, I used to work in a Western restaurant, I can cook all Chinese and Western dishes!â Ye Xiaoyu replied proudly. She didnât expect Meiwei to actually praise her, but being praised by someone she hated did give her a sense of accomplishment.
âLook, the level of being a person can be seen from here. Iâm a person who judges things as they are. Although you are a vain, makeup-obsessed person who covets my man, I wonât deny your strengths. So can you put away your sharpness and let us be united and consistent in dealing with Weiweiâs problem?â
Ye Xiaoyu was once again irritated by Xiao Qian. She found that Meiwei was really good at stabbing people in the heart!
At first, it wasnât so obvious, but the more she interacted, the more she felt an invisible pressure.
In front of Xiao Qian, Ye Xiaoyu felt like an involuntary worker, and Xiao Qian was the Big Boss in control of everything.
Xiao Qian could see through Ye Xiaoyu, but Ye Xiaoyu could not see through Xiao Qian.
As a Big Boss in her previous life, Xiao Qian had many subordinates, each of whom was a psychologist well-versed in human nature. It was impossible for all of them to be morally upright, and there were many people who were worse than Ye Xiaoyu and Lu Xiaocha, but those with a high level of business acumen also had their uses. As a Big Boss, it was impossible to treat the company as a gathering place for moral models, and balancing those with bad character but outstanding business skills was also a learned skill.
So Xiao Qian always treated Ye Xiaoyu and Lu Xiaocha as they should be, regardless of how bad they were. As long as they had use for her, she wouldnât hesitate to praise them, and she could use them for her own ends.
Xiao Qian ate her breakfast unhurriedly, âIâm just showing you a truth by example. In the world of adults, there shouldnât be so much right and wrong, only advantages and disadvantages. For instance, although I donât like you, if you can cook delicious food, then youâre useful to me, and I wonât hesitate to praise you. If you can achieve this like me, your Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) may get better.â