Chapter 78 (First Release)
Ning Wanwan repeated the word "exchange" hesitantly.
"Yes, a deal, just like the one Wanwan proposed to me last night, a deal."
Zhou Yanyao was staring at her, his gaze never leaving her for a moment, as if he were paying attention to every slight change in her expression.
His usually energetic and rising tone softened slightly, carrying a hint of coaxing.
“It’s a very, very simple transaction. Wanwan, you just need to sit here and keep moving. I’ll take care of the rest.”
"And I will tell you the location of the control room."
"Do you agree to this deal, Wanwan?"
Ning Wanwan lowered her head in a daze, meeting Zhou Yanyao's gaze.
At this moment, Zhou Yanyao was still squatting upright beside her, much shorter than Ning Wanwan who was sitting in the chair, so his tall figure reduced the sense of oppression.
He maintained an excellent attitude; even when talking about a deal, his tone remained sincere and pleading.
But his dark eyes gleamed with an urgent, aggressive longing, much like a large dog craving a bone.
And the meat and bones... that's her.
Ning Wanwan couldn't help but shrink back again, opening her mouth to refuse, but then suddenly remembered what Zhou Yanyao had said about the location of the main control room.
Ning Wanwan's words of refusal, which she was about to utter, suddenly caught in her throat.
Her mind was in complete chaos, and she didn't want to be led astray, so she tried to clear her thoughts and raise questions.
"Didn't you say before that you didn't know the location of the control room? Why are you using it as a bargaining chip now?"
Zhou Yanyao's lips curled up, his eyes sparkling with amusement: "As a part-time employee, I really didn't know."
“Then you…” Ning Wanwan glared at him.
Was he lying to himself?
“But when I have some free time, I’ve occasionally kept an eye on where the workers who upgrade the equipment are going, and I have some guesses about the location of the main control room.” Zhou Yanyao’s words were filled with confident certainty.
Even though the longing and eagerness in his eyes were almost overflowing, he still suppressed the beast within him, patiently explaining to her and waiting for Ning Wanwan's choice.
Of course, who knows what a starving dog might do if it never gets the "food" to satisfy its hunger?
After hearing Zhou Yanyao's explanation, Ning Wanwan had no more doubts.
Zhou Yanyao wasn't the type to boast. Ning Wanwan also remembered that his character in the story seemed carefree and easygoing, but he was actually quite shrewd and had high emotional intelligence.
Since he can say that, he's probably not wrong.
Having confirmed that the other party truly knew the new information, Ning Wanwan fell back into her previous dilemma.
I really want to know the location of the control room, but should I really agree to this?
If it were any other request, no matter how difficult, Ning Wanwan would have agreed long ago.
After all, the most urgent task now is to stop the villain's plan. We finally have the clue of the control room, so we can't let it go easily.
But Zhou Yanyao proposed this very deal...
He told her to sit still, and he would do the rest. Without a doubt, he wanted to continue what he had just been doing: licking the melted ice cream syrup off her hands...
It is indeed very easy, just as he said, you can do it by yourself while sitting.
For Ning Wanwan, agreeing to such conditions was far too difficult and too shameful.
"No..." Or maybe we should just forget about it...
She hesitated for a long time, pursed her lips, and just as she weakly uttered a single word, Zhou Yanyao interrupted her.
"Does Wanwan really not want to know where the control room is?"
"Although I don't understand why you want to know the location of this place, Wanwan, you don't want to search for a long time and still not find it, right?"
"And now, if you just sit here for a while and don't move, you can find out what you want to know, and your dirty hands will be cleaned up."
"Wanwan, isn't this a win-win situation for you?"
Zhou Yanyao tilted his head slightly, staring intently at the girl, her small reflection in his eyes.
The girl looked at him in disbelief, unable to comprehend that such words would come from Zhou Yanyao's mouth.
"You, you... what kind of 'killing two birds with one stone' is this...?"
Zhou Yanyao's words seem to make sense at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they are all fallacies!
Zhou Yanyao was still staring at her with his puppy-dog eyes, his gaze slightly dark.
His cheek was almost touching Ning Wanwan's knee as he coaxed her softly, his voice drawn out, his head pleading pitifully: "Wanwan, promise me, promise me..."
Ning Wanwan: "..." The scales in her heart began to sway back and forth again.
Should she agree or not? It would be strange if she agreed, but if she didn't, she really wanted to know where the control room was...
Actually, if you think about it carefully, it was just having her fingers licked... This tiny effort yielded the clues she needed most, and in a serious evaluation, it was hardly even a price to pay.
Ning Wanwan hesitated, but still didn't agree to this deal that seemed like a sure thing for her.
However, just as Ning Wanwan's heart wavered, a little bit of syrup that hadn't been cleaned off her drooping fingertips came into Zhou Yanyao's view.
That was the area that Zhou Yanyao had personally bent down to "clean" halfway through, but it wasn't completely cleaned because of the girl's resistance halfway through.
As a responsible person, how could Zhou Yanyao leave a place that hadn't been completely "cleaned up" and ignore it?
Of course, we need to help clean that place up completely.
"Wanwan, your hands are still dirty, that won't do."
Ning Wanwan was stunned for a moment, and then she saw that the tall boy with short black hair could no longer restrain himself and moved closer to her hand again, and the familiar warm and wet feeling came to her fingers again.
She could feel it so clearly as he carefully and meticulously cleaned her dirty fingers, one stroke at a time.
The faint sound of water droplets was amplified infinitely in this small space.
A warm, soft tongue swept across her fingertips, sending a shiver down her spine. Rough, strong fingers gripped her wrist, preventing any possibility of escape.
Ning Wanwan: "!!!"
Although still hesitant about that absurd deal, Ning Wanwan instinctively pushed him away again.
Pushing the black, fluffy head with her palm, the girl's slender, fair fingers dug into the boy's hair, but because she couldn't break free for a moment, they became entangled and ambiguous.
"Wanwan, just a little longer, it'll be done in a minute, I'll clean it up for you quickly..."
The short-haired high school boy only raised his head briefly, his lips gently nibbling at her fingertips, speaking indistinctly, his dark eyes seeming to swallow her whole.
After saying that, he lowered his head again and carefully helped the girl clean up. He was meticulous and hardworking, determined to clean up all the places where Ning Wanwan had been stained by the ice cream.
If once isn't enough, try twice; if twice isn't enough, try three times.
Until the girl let out a soft, distressed, helpless yet panicked voice.
"...Hey, is it okay now?"
She bit her lip patiently, and seeing that the black head lying beside her showed no sign of stopping, she finally couldn't help but urge him in a low voice.
Zhou Yanyao continued, lingering on the girl's hand like a big dog that had caught a reward and wouldn't let go.
Ning Wanwan blushed and raised her voice slightly: "Zhou Yanyao!"
Unfortunately, the soft, delicate voice trembled slightly, making it sound rather intimidating.
Zhou Yanyao finally raised his head reluctantly and released his grip on the girl's wrist.
Seeing the girl's anger and anxiety, Zhou Yanyao blinked, and his rationality slowly returned. He knew that he had gone a bit too far this time, and the girl was probably cursing him in her heart.
He licked his lips, revealing a bright, sunny smile, and coaxed her gently in a conciliatory tone.
"Wanwan, don't be angry. I've cleaned it up for you. There's no syrup on your hands anymore."
His smile was as cheerful as ever, but Ning Wanwan could detect a hint of satisfaction in it.
Ning Wanwan's face was burning hot, and her hands were trembling: "...You, you've gone too far!"
Zhou Yanyao quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, Wanwan, I couldn't control myself. I'll definitely be more careful next time!"
You want a next time!
Ning Wanwan wanted to hit someone.
How could this be? How could this be so outrageous!
"I'm sorry, Wanwan, don't be angry..." As if realizing that he had made a mistake due to being too excited, the big dog obediently admitted his mistake and circled around the girl, trying to make up for his mistake and win back her impression.
The other party's attitude of admitting their mistake was so good, and their posture was so humble, that Ning Wanwan couldn't bring herself to get angry for a moment.
"...Don't do that again next time." She pursed her lips and said this softly as a final gesture.
Zhou Yanyao: "Hmm..."
However, even though he had angered the girl, he didn't regret it at all. On the contrary, he was very satisfied and wanted to do it again... no, even one time wasn't enough.
At this point, we should actually thank Jiang Chengran for giving him this natural opportunity; otherwise, it would have been a long time before the girl agreed to his request.
Of course, that's what he said, but if Zhou Yanyao had the chance, he would still only want to kill that guy surnamed Jiang.
Zhou Yanyao lowered his head, not directly answering Ning Wanwan's "Don't do that next time," but only uttering an interjection, which Ning Wanwan took as an agreement.
Her anger gradually subsided, and as she moved her fingers, she suddenly felt a damp, sticky residue on her fingertips.
Zhou Yanyao, who had been looking at her face, now fixed his gaze on her hand.
Ning Wanwan was momentarily stunned, but after realizing what the sticky wetness on her hand was, her face immediately turned bright red.
“Zhou Yanyao!! You, you’ve gone too far, you’ve gone too far, you’re simply a…”
Ning Wanwan wanted to curse but couldn't. She could only glare at him fiercely, then stood up and wanted to run away from this place that made her so embarrassed she wanted to disappear into the ground.
A pain shot through her ankle, but before she could feel any more intense pain, Zhou Yanyao had already grabbed Ning Wanwan's shoulder and pulled her back to her chair.
"Wanwan, you can scold me however you want, you can hit me, but don't bully me by suddenly avoiding me."
"If you do this again, I really can't take it."
Ning Wanwan subconsciously retorted, "I didn't..."
I don't think so...
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Author's Note: Zhou Yanyao: Playing the victim
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