Chapter 9, The Ninth Beam of Light: "Is Assistant Song flirting with me?"...
After a morning, Song Xingyun's fingertips finally started to work. Ying Qi passed by and said, "Looks like your studies are paying off? Let me test you." By "test," he meant to first dictate the words and then let you touch them.
Song Xingyun was determined to seize the opportunity. She couldn't let Bai Sui test her. Knowing her own limitations, she gave Ying Qi a spot check of pinyin letters and numbers, and began to prepare eagerly.
Bai Sui had somehow gotten up and was lying at her feet, as if cheering her on.
Yu Mushang heard the harmony outside. He remained seated on his usual sofa, feeling the sunlight on his face, but it did not warm his expression at all.
Fifteen minutes later, Ying Qi finished grading the papers and saw that there wasn't a single cross on the paper. "Not bad, all correct. You've put in a lot of effort." Song Xingyun had also gotten all the questions he gave her right.
Song Xingyun shook her head proudly, "Of course! I dream about learning it!"
Bai Sui frantically tugged at her trouser leg, and she bent down to stroke his head. "Do you want me to play with you? But I have a lot of work to do." Her eyes darted around, and then she took out her phone, opened the live monitoring app she had installed, and said, "Let me show you my dog."
Song Xingyun's microphone wasn't off. As soon as the screen turned on, Changming heard the noise and immediately barked at the monitor. Only when Song Xingyun realized it had been discovered did she speak up, "Have you been behaving well?" Changming responded again.
Ying Qi leaned closer for a look, "This is your dog?"
Song Xingyun nodded.
Upon hearing the bark, Bai Sui excitedly barked twice in response, attracting Chang Ming's attention. Chang Ming barked even more fiercely and frequently. Song Xing Yun repeatedly explained, "It's the dog at Mom's workplace. It didn't abandon you, so don't be jealous!"
But Changming seemed deaf to it, shouting incessantly. Song Xingyun's voice became more serious, "Stop!"
Changming immediately lay back in its den, looking somewhat aggrieved, and turned its rear end towards the monitor.
Song Xingyun immediately felt sorry for her again. She sighed and said, "Mom will go home after get off work. Be good."
But Changming ignored her. She scratched her head, feeling utterly bewildered.
Fearing that Bai Sui's voice might upset it, Song Xingyun quickly turned off the microphone. At that moment, Yu Mushang came out, "Baisui."
Upon hearing the cry of "Long live the Emperor!", the entire room immediately fell silent.
Song Xingyun felt like she had seen a savior. She gently poked the hundred-year-old's head and said, "It's still your master who can keep you in check."
She looked up and saw the man walking towards her. Thinking of Changming's lonely and awkward demeanor, a bold idea suddenly formed in her mind, "Um..."
Yu Mushang knew she was talking to him, but he didn't hear what she was going to say next. "Speak."
Song Xingyun wasn't sure either. She swallowed hard and tentatively asked, "Boss, can I bring my dog to work?"
Ying Qi spat out the water he had just drunk, coughing and coughing.
Song Xingyun understood his reaction; after all, even she herself found it absurd after actually asking—who brings a dog to work...?
Yu Mushang didn't answer immediately. Instead, he walked to her desk, picked up the test paper Ying Qi had used to test her, and ran his fingers over it before saying, "Okay, but you have to pass my test before you leave work every day. If you fail even once, you're out..."
Song Xingyun hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, "Okay! I promise, I promise."
Seeing that she understood, Yu Mushang didn't continue. He looked down at his sleeve, and Song Xingyun immediately withdrew her hand. He then turned and left.
As Song Xingyun watched his retreating figure, she thought to herself, "Boss, you're such a kind person!"
Ying Qi, who had witnessed the entire process, rubbed his forehead. Had this iron tree blossomed into a vinegar jar?
Yu Mushang had only taken a few steps when he suddenly stopped. Song Xingyun, who was still happy, was worried that he would change his mind. But to her surprise, he said to Ying Qi, "You can go pick him up now."
"Huh?" Ying Qi was puzzled for a second. "Picking up the dog?"
Song Xingyun immediately waved her hand, "No need, no need, I'll bring it again tomorrow, no need to trouble Secretary Ying."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yu Mushang's face darkened. "Whatever."
Song Xingyun asked, puzzled, "Why does the boss seem angry?"
Ying Qi was frantically guessing in her heart, but dared not say it out loud, only saying, "A man's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea."
Song Xingyun didn't get an answer, so she glanced at Ying Qi and said, "Aren't you a man?"
Yingqi: ......
"That's not what I meant! Tsk tsk, you've already started learning bad habits from the boss in just a few days."
Song Xingyun shrank back and denied it.
Thinking about bringing Changming to Villa No. 9 tomorrow, Song Xingyun was full of energy all day.
In the evening, Song Xingyun, carrying her learning achievements, headed towards an office like a female general about to go into battle.
She wasn't nervous at all when Ying Qi tested her in the morning, but for some reason, the thought of Yu Mushang testing her later made her heart pound with nervousness even before she reached his door.
Song Xingyun knocked very lightly on the office door, and a voice quickly came from inside: "Come in."
She took a deep breath and pushed open the door. The man was sitting at his desk, writing something in his hand.
As Song Xingyun approached, he just stopped writing.
The paper was pushed in front of her. "Start." It gave her no time to prepare; it was that simple and direct, which made Song Xingyun forget all about being nervous.
She began to read the paper by touch.
It contained not only initials and finals but also numbers. To Song Xingyun's surprise, Yu Mushang actually knew her learning progress.
Finally, she even passed the writing test. When she received the perfect score, Song Xingyun breathed a sigh of relief. "Does that mean I can bring Changming to work tomorrow?"
Yu Mushang nodded, then asked with a hint of doubt, "Long life?"
Song Xingyun's breathing quickened. She found herself observing his expression as she spoke, and this time was no exception. "Hmm, my Labrador is named Changming... yours is named Baisui... what a coincidence."
Yu Mushang's tightly pursed lips relaxed slightly, and he lowered his eyes. "It is quite a coincidence."
Before leaving, Song Xingyun mustered up her courage and said, "Yes, I'll bring it to see you tomorrow."
As she reached the door, Yu Mushang's voice rang out behind her, "You don't need to ask Ying Qi to do the tests anymore; he's an amateur."
Song Xingyun turned to look at him and obediently replied, "I understand." Her tone rose a notch with excitement as she said the next sentence, "Boss, then I'll have to trouble you to test me from now on!"
Yu Mushang's Adam's apple bobbed. "Okay." Then he heard the sound of her footsteps running away.
He is a decisive person at work, but these past two days he has also deeply felt his own inner conflict.
Now, he feels that going with the flow and following his heart is probably the most important thing. "Time will tell, right?"
The first thing Song Xingyun did when she got home was to check on Changming's eating, drinking, and toileting habits. Seeing that the food bowls she had prepared in the morning were all empty, and that it had managed to go to the toilet at the designated spot, she hugged it and praised it enthusiastically, "Our Changming is so great, it hasn't forgotten any of the skills it learned."
Changming snuggled in her arms, still seemingly upset from the morning. Song Xingyun hugged it and coaxed it, "My little rascal, how about I take you to meet a friend tomorrow? You'll definitely like him."
Changming seemed to understand, its eyes sparkling as it looked at her. Song Xingyun suddenly felt even more sorry for it, having been locked up at home alone all day. "For your mother's sake, you have to study hard every day to pass the test!"
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The next day, a man and a dog stood at the gate of Villa No. 9, both looking a little nervous.
Song Xingyun squatted down and said, "You should be a little more reserved when we meet for the first time, you know?"
Upon hearing the commotion, the 100-year-old inside was the first to shout. Changming, in an instant, disregarded Song Xingyun's instructions, broke free from him, and rushed inside.
"longevity!"
Song Xingyun chased after them to the small garden, where she saw two Labradors entangled and playing together.
Seeing that they weren't fighting, she felt relieved. Yu Mushang and Ying Qi were having breakfast in the same spot as yesterday. Ying Qi stuck her head out and asked, "What's your dog's name?"
Song Xingyun was about to answer when Yu Mushang spoke first, "Long life."
Hearing someone call its name, Changming stopped in confusion and looked at Yu Mushang, as if wondering why the person was calling it.
Ying Qi let out two gossipy "Oh, oh," and asked, "How did the boss know?"
Yu Mushang took a sip of juice. "Its owner has already reported it."
The dog owner gave Ying Qi a fake smile, "I reported it last night."
Ying Qi didn't dare to be too obvious about gossip, but instead started to study their names, "Long life? A hundred years? Long life? Why does it feel like I've heard these names somewhere before?"
Song Xingyun squatted down, petting one dog with each hand, and replied, "It would be strange if you hadn't heard of living to be a hundred years old, would it?"
Ying Qi didn't think much of it, "How come your dogs even have such similar names? Rounding up, you two are practically..."
Yu Mushang paused, holding the sandwich. "These won't shut you up? Are you planning to eat dog food for lunch?"
Ying Qi was taken aback by his words, "Boss, are you talking about real dog food or fake dog food?"
Song Xingyun: ?
She hadn't initially thought there was anything wrong with Yu Mushang's words, but Ying Qi's follow-up question revealed the problem. This guy really dared to ask! She decided to take her two dogs a little further away, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.
Yu Mushang said slowly, "Do you think you have the ability to snatch food from their bowls? I'm afraid you'll go out naked and it will be an eyesore."
Ying Qi once pretended to tease the dog with food meant for a hundred-year-old, and the dog chased after her and bit through the fabric on her buttocks. Thinking of this, the skin on Ying Qi's buttocks tightened. "Then should I just eat the fake one? Boss, what are you doing?"
Yu Mushang: ...
Song Xingyun had already run far away, so naturally she couldn't hear their conversation.
With Bai Sui by his side, Changming felt right at home in Villa No. 9, running around freely and even taking a nap in Bai Sui's bed. Song Xingyun sighed repeatedly, "He's such a jerk."
When she woke up from her lunch break, she saw Yu Mushang standing in front of the French windows, with two Labradors playing happily outside. As she approached, Yu Mushang noticed her. "It seems that Assistant Song has really memorized the route this time."
One sentence reminded Song Xingyun of the scene that happened when she mistakenly walked into his territory that day. She felt like she had been repeatedly reprimanded, but she was the kind of person who was best at taking advantage of situations. "Yeah, hasn't the boss been hit enough?"
Yu Mushang was about to pull the curtain over her side when he bent down and stopped because of her words. Song Xingyun looked at the man's face suddenly looming in front of her and immediately cowered.
Yu Mushang seemed oblivious to the distance between them, asking, "What did you say earlier?"
In a moment of inexplicable panic, Song Xingyun blurted out her true feelings, "I said you have a great figure."
She covered her mouth after saying that, but it was too late.
Because Yu Mushang not only heard it clearly, but also came to the conclusion, "Oh? Assistant Song is flirting with me?"
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