"Do you want me to be with you or with your heart?" Qin Yu asked Xia Lan seriously, wanting to know what kind of answer she wanted from him.

"I want to know the truth from you." Xia Lan glared at Qin Yu; she was the one who asked first.

Qin Yu grabbed Xia Lan by the waist and pulled her close to him.

The two faced each other, their breaths almost touching. Xia Lan looked at Qin Yu's face, and a blush rose to her cheeks.

Mustering her courage, she looked up at Qin Yu and noticed that Qin Yu's ears had also turned red.

Their eyes met, each waiting to tell the other what they wanted to say.

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't want you as a person?" Qin Yu asked in a low, husky voice, with a half-smile, in Xia Lan's ear.

He deliberately enunciated each word, his voice deep and magnetic, like a feather brushing against the heart, sending shivers down one's spine.

"I..." Xia Lan felt Qin Yu's oppressive aura and placed her hands on his chest to gently press against him.

"Xia Lan, no man is kind to a woman for no reason." Qin Yu lifted Xia Lan's chin, forcing her to look at him.

"And there's only one reason why I'm good to you," Qin Yu said earnestly.

Xia Lan was taken aback, looking at Qin Yu, her heart pounding faster as she awaited his words.

"I want both your body and your heart." Qin Yu's pupils reflected Xia Lan's face as he spoke each word slowly and deliberately in her ear.

"You're asking me this because you've decided to accept me?" Qin Yu looked at Xia Lan's flushed cheeks and watched her go from nervous to happy with a sweet smile. His emotions rose and fell with hers.

"I...I should go to work." Xia Lan blushed, gently pushed Qin Yu away, and turned to run away.

Before he could even run out the door, Qin Yu grabbed him and pinned him against the door.

"Yu...Brother Yu." Xia Lan looked at Qin Yu nervously. She hadn't thought of an answer yet, but she knew she couldn't refuse him.

“…Hmm.” Qin Yu saw Xia Lan blushing and avoiding his gaze, so he gently released her, led her to the table, and placed the soy milk and fried dough sticks he had bought in front of her.

"Have breakfast before you leave, there's plenty of time," Qin Yu said softly.

Xia Lan nodded obediently and sat down at the table to eat breakfast, but she was absent-minded.

Is Qin Yu a little angry?

She asked him this question, but then didn't respond.

Xia Lan watched Qin Yu walk into the courtyard, her heart filled with even more unease.

Heartbreaking pain...

Xia Lan's eyes reddened. She didn't know what to do. She felt a sweet warmth in her heart after receiving Qin Yu's affirmation, and she wanted to respond to him.

Unable to eat any more, Xia Lan went to the small courtyard and saw Qin Yu washing their dirty clothes from yesterday.

Xia Lan was startled; her clothes still contained her undergarments…

Just then, Qin Yu noticed her undergarments and curiously lifted them up.

Xia Lan's face instantly turned bright red, and she rushed forward to snatch her undergarments from Qin Yu's hands. "I...I'll wash them myself."

Looking at Xia Lan's flushed face, Qin Yu realized what she had just been carrying, and his own cheeks turned a dark red. He quickly took two steps back.

"cough."

"Brother Yu, I...I didn't finish eating..." Xia Lan pointed to the breakfast in the room; she hadn't been able to finish it.

Qin Yu gave a soft "hmm," then went into the room and, without any hesitation, finished Xia Lan's remaining breakfast.

Xia Lan blushed and quickly washed the clothes. While she was hanging them to dry, Qin Yu came out again. The two pretended that nothing had happened and hung the clothes to dry together.

After hanging up the laundry, it's time to go to work.

"I'm leaving." Qin Yu was about to go to work when Xia Lan stepped forward and gently tugged at his clothes.

He hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Qin Yu gently patted Xia Lan's head.

"No rush, we have a lifetime." Qin Yu lowered his head and kissed Xia Lan's forehead before quickly leaving.

Xia Lan stared blankly at Qin Yu's retreating figure, wiping the spot on her forehead where she had been kissed, and smiled sweetly.

yes!

They have a lifetime.

When Xia Lan locked the door and went to the department store, Minister Yang saw her and waved to her.

"Xiaoxia, come."

"lead."

Xia Lan obeyed and walked up to Minister Yang.

"Today is the last day, so don't let your guard down. We must complete this event perfectly and avoid any mistakes." Minister Yang looked at Xia Lan with approval in his eyes.

Xia Lan won everyone's recognition through her own strength and hard work.

Xia Lan nodded and returned to her post.

The last day of the event felt like a countdown.

Customers who had made purchases earlier had already completed their orders; those who came on the last day had learned about the purchases from customers who had come in the previous two days.

Those who are slow to realize things catch the last wave.

"Are there any more of those... freebies?" This was the question most often asked by visitors.

They were afraid of missing out on the free gifts.

The biggest challenge is in the final moments, when there are very few free gifts left, and the number of customers clearly exceeds the number of free gifts...

“Minister, we’re almost out of defective products, but we still have so many customers…” Xia Lan approached Minister Yang to raise this issue.

"How could this be? Is it still not enough?" Minister Yang immediately became nervous. The task was about to be completed, but a mistake had occurred at this moment?

There were more customers than the defective products they had prepared; if these customers didn't receive their free gifts, they would definitely cause a scene...

"I'll call right away and ask if they still have any." Minister Yang hurried back to his office and reported the situation to the factory.

However, defective products accumulate over time and are not produced every day. Minister Yang made three phone calls in a row but did not inquire about any defective products. Even if there were any, they were only a few in number.

After all, to ensure quality and efficiency, the factory cannot have defective products every day.

Minister Yang was now in a panic.

"Xia, what should we do? I've asked around, and they're all gone," Minister Yang said anxiously to Xia Lan.

Xia Lan glanced at Minister Yang, who immediately recognized her expression and asked, "Xia, don't keep me in suspense! Tell me your plan!"

"It's not that there's no way, it's just a matter of whether you can persuade the factory director to agree," Xia Lan said quietly, glancing at Minister Yang.

"Just say it," Minister Yang urged, desperate for her to speak.

"For the remaining customers, there are two options. One is for you to write a note and ask them to bring it next time they come to buy something, and you will give them a 10% discount," Xia Lan suggested.

"What do you mean?" Minister Yang asked suspiciously.

"If he buys something worth two yuan, we'll only charge him one yuan and eighty cents, giving him a discount of two mao (0.2 yuan)," Xia Lan explained.

"Is there another way?" Minister Yang asked after thinking for a moment.

"That is, they pick the cheapest item from what they bought and give it away as a free gift," Xia Lan said slowly.

"What if everyone gets the same thing?" Minister Yang asked immediately.

“Then let’s choose the cheaper one,” Xia Lan replied.

Minister Yang was stunned for a moment, then immediately rushed back to his office to make a phone call.