Chapter 15

Ding Bo was dumbfounded when he received Ye Yan's call.

Unlike Ye Yan, who works 20 out of 24 hours a day, he has dated and played these kinds of games with his girlfriend.

But he never expected that one day he would hear this request from President Ye.

"Playing claw machines in the office?" Ding Bo asked cautiously. "Are there any restrictions on the type of plush toys available?"

Ye Yan turned to look at Qin Su: "What kind of doll do you want?"

Qin Su replied without hesitation: "They need to be cute, the more the better."

Ding Bo: "..."

So the person who wanted to play the claw machine was the lady?!

After his initial shock, the first thought that popped into his mind was: "Mr. Ye, didn't you say you never lie to people?"

Goodness, in the blink of an eye, even a claw machine has been moved into the CEO's office.

Men's words are indeed unreliable.

Not only was Ding Bo surprised, but the Ye family's employees were also dumbfounded as they watched Ding Bo direct people to move the large claw machine to the top floor.

An executive pulled Ding Bo aside and cautiously inquired, "Is this... one of our company's newly developed experimental machines?"

Ding Bo: "...No, it's a claw machine."

He subtly implied, "Because my wife is coming over this afternoon."

Executive: "..."

His face contorted in pain as he whispered, "This is a company, how can you act so recklessly?!"

Ding Bo chuckled twice, not bothering to argue with him: "This was ordered by President Ye. Why don't you ask President Ye?"

The executives fell silent.

Just then, Qin Su and Ye Yan arrived side by side. The executive stepped forward to greet them, glancing at Qin Su with mixed feelings.

Qin Su looked back sharply.

The executive was stunned for a moment, and then an expression of "no wonder" immediately appeared on his face.

Qin Su was incredibly clever, and she almost immediately guessed what he was thinking, but she didn't say anything, only glancing at Ye Yan with a half-smile.

Once inside Ye Yan's office, Qin Su circled the claw machine once.

The machine Ding Bo bought was the common kind, 1.8 meters high and 1.5 meters wide, with two layers of transparent glass, filled with all kinds of plush toys, pink rabbits, green frogs, and yellow ducks, all the types that girls would like.

To enhance the gaming experience, Ding Bo also prepared a box of game coins and placed it on the control panel. You had to insert coins to start the machine, which almost perfectly recreated the claw machine process in an arcade.

But Qin Su still frowned: "Why is your outer shell white?"

Ding Bo explained tactfully, "Because other colors might not be suitable for President Ye's office."

After all, the overall style of the CEO's office is low-key and simple, so it would be really strange to put a pink and green claw machine there.

"What are you saying?" Qin Su looked at him strangely. "Do you think these plush toys are suitable for Ye Yan's office?"

Ding Bo: "..."

Qin Su: "Since they're all incompatible anyway, why not pick a color I like?"

That makes so much sense... Ding Bo was speechless for a moment.

Qin Su patted the machine with a hint of dissatisfaction: "I'll let it go this time, but remember to pick red next time. I like red."

Ding Bo quickly agreed.

After leaving the office, he took a few steps before realizing, wait, is there going to be a next time?

***

After playing the claw machine for a while, Qin Su got bored and turned around to see Ye Yan reviewing documents. His profile was handsome and sharp, and his fingers had distinct knuckles.

Her eyes flickered slightly as she walked over and placed one hand over the document.

Ye Yan paused and looked up at her.

Qin Su asked with a smile, "President Ye, before we came in, there was an uncle who gave me a strange look. Can you guess what he was thinking?"

Uncle?

Ye Yan paused for a second before realizing that she was referring to the executive who had greeted them.

He racked his brains for a moment, but couldn't recall anything unusual about the other person: "What's wrong with him?"

"He looked at me like I was some kind of femme fatale." Qin Su tapped her slender white fingers on the documents like she was playing the piano. "I just put a claw machine in your office, it's not like I asked you to deliver lychees from afar or for the emperor to neglect his morning court."

"But since he's already thinking this way, if I don't do something, wouldn't I just be letting him pin this on me for nothing?"

Qin Su propped herself up on the table, nimbly sat on the desk, swung her legs, and turned to smile at Ye Yan.

"So, Mr. Ye, do you know how to play the claw machine?"

Her sideways, twisting posture perfectly showcased the curves of her shoulders, back, and waist, every inch of which was indescribably graceful.

Ye Yan even had the illusion that he could hold her waist completely with just one hand.

His gaze paused involuntarily for a moment before turning to the claw machine.

He had watched Qin Su play a few times and had already figured out how to play, so he stood up and said, "You can try it."

Qin Su didn't seem worried at all that he wouldn't be able to pick it up, and pointed without hesitation to a little yellow duck with a pouty mouth inside: "I want that one."

Ye Yan didn't speak, but gripped the crystal joystick.

One minute later, the little yellow duck doll that Qin Su had specified successfully fell out of the warehouse.

Qin Su exclaimed "Wow!" and clapped her hands, saying, "President Ye, you're amazing! You succeeded on your first try. You're a truly gifted individual."

Ye Yan glanced at her, meeting her bright, beautiful eyes.

From the moment they met at the airport, Qin Su had been unrestrained and flamboyant, even with a touch of irreverent teasing.

This was the first time she had ever looked at him like that.

It has to be said that Ye Yan felt a sense of being flattered for a moment.

He pinched the fluffy doll and handed it to Qin Su.

Qin Su took it, looked at it for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Don't you think its mouth looks a little strange?"

Ye Yan thought Ding Bo had bought a defective product, so he took a closer look.

The yellow duckling with a red beak is a normal doll shape, there's no problem.

Qin Su continued, "Its mouth looks like it's asking for a kiss, it looks very kissable."

After saying that, she actually held up the little duck and kissed it, then asked Ye Yan, "Do you want to kiss it?"

"..."

What are you kissing?

A kissing doll? Or a kiss...?

A certain string in Ye Yan's heart was taut, and he couldn't help but fix his gaze on Qin Su's rosy and luscious lips.

Perhaps he had been looking at it for too long, because Qin Su suddenly blinked her long eyelashes and asked softly, "What are you looking at?"

Ye Yan tried to look away, but his eyes seemed to be glued to him as if they had a mind of their own.

Qin Su's lips look really soft...

His mouth was dry, and he tried to explain: "I..."

Qin Su curled her lips and said in a softer, more ambiguous voice, "Ye Yan, do you know that you've been staring at my mouth for more than thirty seconds?"

Ye Yan's mind went blank.

Qin Su's words were like a sharp blade, instantly snapping the taut string in his heart.

He couldn't help but take a step forward and lower his head.

Qin Su grabbed his tie first, then stood on tiptoe and placed a light, butterfly-like kiss on his lips.

Then she pushed him away and laughed, "Alright, I'm leaving."

Ye Yan felt a fragrant breeze enter his arms, a soft body pressed close to him, and then his lips softened.

He instinctively reached out his hand, but Qin Su had already left.

Ye Yan stood there, stunned. His heart, which had seemed to stop beating for a moment, started beating even more violently, almost bursting out of his chest.

After a long while, he slowly touched his lips with his finger.

Qin Su...