Ye Ming suddenly understood. He thought about it carefully. He had slept on the desk last night, and it didn't seem like there was anything unsightly about him, so he didn't ask any further questions.
"So, what does Laffey think?"
Ye Ming sat down next to Laffey. "If you have any thoughts, you must say them directly. Don't keep them bottled up inside, or I'll be unhappy."
"Sister Yae Sakura wants to be the Commander's Oath Ship too, right? Will the Commander give her a ring?" Laffey rolled over, lay on Ye Ming's lap, looked at Ye Ming, and asked very seriously.
Ye Ming was bewildered. "What nonsense are you talking about? I've only met her twice, why would I give her a ring?"
"Oh, Laffey understands."
Laffey seemed to realize something.
Ship-Girls are spirits born from the Commander's will, embodying the awakener's yearning for beauty, and are most sensitive to human emotions.
Lies, hypocrisy, and the like cannot be hidden from the eyes of a Ship-Girl. Every Ship-Girl can feel the truth of emotions most deeply and intuitively.
Therefore, Laffey could tell that Ye Ming was telling the truth, but at the same time, she could also see that Yae Sakura's gaze towards Ye Ming, despite the deliberate disguise, was still the gaze of someone who liked him.
So, in Laffey's view, the situation was very clear—Yae Sakura liked Ye Ming, but the Commander didn't plan to give Yae Sakura a ring.
Wasn't this the same as many Ship-Girls in the Port District before?
Clearly knowing that the Commander is the most special person in the Ship-Girl's heart, clearly knowing that Ship-Girls easily fall in love with their Commanders, yet still putting the Ship-Girl in the position of secretary, increasing the time spent together, blatantly grinding affection, and then not giving a ring after being loved by the Ship-Girl.
Like the light cruiser Saint Louis, who was the secretary ship for a long time, who was given an expensive sports car by the Commander, who was given many clothes, who was ordered by the Commander to sit in the sports car wearing revealing gifts all day and endure the Commander's harassment, being told excessive things like "Auntie, I don't want to work hard anymore" and "I'm gonna coom," but in the end, she didn't get a ring.
There was also the shut-in girl Nagato, who didn't even wear panties and only wore a T-shirt all day, and the easily shy tsundere Honolulu, who was always concerned about her large oppai. Although they were always harassed, although they said they were angry and helpless, perhaps they were happier, because it was their favorite Commander.
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But in the end, she still didn't get a ring.
Laffey had seen too many similar situations.
Therefore, Laffey could understand the relationship between Yae Sakura and Ye Ming, and she also sympathized with Yae Sakura, this poor girl who was destined not to get a ring.
"Laffey will accompany her well and heal her."
Laffey said so.
ps: I wanted to post pictures, but many of the skins in Azure can't pass the censorship at all...
Chapter 37: Keqing's Scheme, Drugging and Then Taking Him Down
Since Laffey agreed, Ye Ming had nothing to say.
Taking advantage of the weekend, Ye Ming specially asked Fu Hua to take him and Laffey to visit Yae Sakura's home. Coincidentally, Yae Sakura happened to live downstairs from him, which also reassured Ye Ming a lot.
He gave the spare key to his home to Yae Sakura, sat and chatted in Yae Sakura's home for a while, left a gift, and then Ye Ming left with Laffey. Fu Hua seemed to have something to say to Yae Sakura, so she stayed at Yae Sakura's home.
Back home, Laffey returned to the bedroom and lay on the bed playing with Ye Ming's laptop. Ye Ming thought about it and simply renewed his premium membership to make it easier for Laffey to watch anime.
Although Ye Ming always liked to go to certain websites that were not easy to specify to watch the original versions, for Laffey, she was still a little girl after all, so watching the harmonized version on Bilibili was just right.
Afterwards, Ye Ming thought about it and didn't choose to accompany the little girl to watch anime and rest. Instead, he sat down at his computer desk, turned on the computer, and prepared to write.
Moving the mouse, looking at the familiar game icons on the desktop, Ye Ming was a little emotional.
Speaking of which, since he started writing novels, he hadn't opened a game for a long time. Whether it was League of Legends, 300 Heroes, or Steam, he hadn't touched them for the past few days. To be honest, he really couldn't help but want to open one and play for a while.
But the mouse hovered over the game icons for a long time, and Ye Ming still gritted his teeth, moved the mouse, opened the writing software, and started writing.
Except for eating and drinking, the rare weekend passed unknowingly in writing. In the evening, Ye Ming posted two chapters of the four chapters he had written, and saved the other two as drafts to be released on Monday. After doing all this, Ye Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief and stood up to stretch.
It was already evening. On the bed, Laffey and Fu Hua were already asleep.
Ye Ming turned off the computer and looked at Fu Hua on the bed. The girl's eyes were closed and her breathing was even as she slept soundly. The open neckline of her pajamas revealed a large expanse of snow-white skin, defenseless. Ye Ming looked at the sleeping girl, his expression tangled, his eyes flickering, and he took a slight step, wanting to reach out his sinful hands but hesitating a little.
After struggling for a long time, Ye Ming finally gave up the idea of taking Laffey away from Fu Hua's side and sleeping with Laffey tonight, and silently went to the next bedroom alone.
Nothing happened overnight.
The next morning, Yae Sakura knocked on Ye Ming's door.
After a few people had breakfast together, Ye Ming left Yae Sakura and Laffey at home, and Ye Ming and Fu Hua left home together.
When he arrived at the company, before Ye Ming could even warm his chair, Sister Wang couldn't wait to personally deliver the project materials to Ye Ming.
"Ye Ming, you must do a good job. The future of the company depends on you."
Sister Wang patted Ye Ming's shoulder heavily and pushed Ye Ming out of the company.
As soon as he went downstairs, a silver-white Porsche slowly drove up to Ye Ming. The driver's seat window opened, and a young girl in a professional suit smiled brightly, very enthusiastically greeting Ye Ming: "Are you Mr. Ye? I'm here to pick you up specially, please get in the car."
"Thank you for your trouble."
Ye Ming got into the car and found that the girl was secretly looking at him through the rearview mirror, making Ye Ming think that he hadn't washed his face clean in the morning. He quickly took out his mobile phone and looked at it, but there was nothing dirty.
"Um, may I ask, what's your name?"
Feeling a little flustered by the girl's gaze, Ye Ming simply opened his mouth to break the strange atmosphere in the car.
"Ah? Oh, I, my name is Zhou Keke. I just graduated this year and I'm currently the manager's intern secretary. If Mr. Ye has any requests in the future, just say so. Please take care of me in the future!"
"My name is Ye Ming, please take care of me."
Ye Ming found it strange. Although he had the title of manager, he was actually just an ordinary company employee, and he was also the B side that undertook the project. No matter what, it should be him, the B side, who was trying to please the A side, right? How did this girl make it seem like she was seeing the top boss when she saw him?
"Am I able to fire you, or dock your pay?"
Ye Ming chuckled inwardly. However, judging by the girl's appearance, he knew she must be new to the workforce, and her naivety was normal.
Afterward, Ye Ming tried chatting with the girl to ease her tension, but after a long while, he still felt that the way she looked at him was a bit strange.
Getting out of the car, Ye Ming entered the Liyue International office building under the girl's guidance, took the private elevator next door, and stopped at the top floor.
At the office door at the end of the corridor, Zhou Keke knocked and said, "President Ke, Mr. Ye is here."
"Come in." A sweet voice came from inside the office.
Ye Ming was stunned, vaguely feeling that the voice was a bit familiar.
Before he could think too much, Zhou Keke had already opened the office door. Ye Ming looked into the office. At the end of the lavishly decorated office, behind a large desk, sat a charming young woman with gorgeous long purple hair.
The young woman was wearing a professional suit, black stockings on her legs, and black high heels, looking dignified and beautiful. At the same time, the young woman's pretty face looked somewhat young, and the combination of the two created a unique and indescribable charm.
Ye Ming was stunned.
This person was none other than Keqing!
"It's you!?"
When Keqing saw Ye Ming, a surprised expression appeared on her face as well, but soon, the surprise turned into delight.
"Great, I was worried about whether the person coming to communicate would be easy to get along with. I didn't expect it to be you. Now, our work together will definitely be smooth and pleasant in the future."
Keqing got up and walked to Ye Ming, extending her right hand: "Keqing, project manager of Liyue International, nice to meet you."
Ye Ming came back to his senses and was also very surprised. While shaking hands, he said, "I didn't expect to meet you in this kind of setting."
"Ye Ming, I look forward to working with you in the future."
"Let's all take care of each other."
Keqing smiled happily, "Keke, quickly look for any vacant offices and arrange one for Ye Ming."
Keqing wasn't being distant and called Ye Ming by his first name familiarly.
Zhou Keke looked embarrassed: "Um, President Ke, there have been many new employees joining recently, and all our offices here are full."
Keqing was very angry: "Why didn't you tell me about this sooner? If someone who doesn't know the situation hears this, they'll think we're deliberately embarrassing people!"
"Fortunately, this time it's an acquaintance."
Saying that, Keqing smiled apologetically at Ye Ming, thought for a moment, and asked, "Otherwise, how about you temporarily share an office with me?"
"That's not very appropriate." Ye Ming didn't expect this to happen.
"What's inappropriate? We're not strangers, so it's settled."
Keqing didn't give Ye Ming a chance to object: "Keke, find someone to add a desk and office supplies to the office."
After giving these instructions, Keqing looked at Ye Ming with a smile and extended an invitation: "It's already noon, would you like to go down for a drink together? Let's treat it as a good start to our cooperation."
"My pleasure." Ye Ming nodded. This was a normal business engagement, and he naturally couldn't refuse.
Hearing this, Keqing winked at Zhou Keke on the side. Zhou Keke understood and left silently.
With everything under control, Keqing smiled even more happily.
Chapter 38: Herbal Wine Down the Hatch
Keqing was very enthusiastic, but Ye Ming vaguely felt that something was not quite right. Although he wore the same enthusiastic smile as Keqing on his face, he secretly raised his vigilance in his heart.
Having been a corporate slave for several years, Ye Ming was no longer the newbie he was when he first left campus and had passed the age of simplicity.
If Ye Ming had thought that Zhou Keke's strange attitude was just because she was inexperienced after just leaving campus when he first got in the car, the encounter after meeting Keqing now made Ye Ming understand that the behavior of Keqing and Zhou Keke was really a bit abnormal.
You should know that according to Sister Wang, Liyue International is an international group with strong capital. This project is Liyue International's first attempt to enter the mainland market. Facing a huge market of over a billion people, it would be no exaggeration to say that the first investment should be as cautious as possible. Liyue International's theoretical partners should be large companies and enterprises with strong strength and deep networks, but in the end, they chose Ye Ming's private company with only a few dozen employees.
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