"How was your rest, Miss Ye?"
When Xu Shi asked that, Ye Shanshan, who had just been untied and was stretching her stiff limbs, only wanted to stab him to death with her eyes.
And you had the nerve to ask? Was that supposed to be barking?
She had practically been tortured to death last night—being tied up had been bad enough, but she had also had that thing in her mouth, not to mention hearing him making those noises next door.
Her Ability Complication had not been severe to begin with. It simply left her utterly drained and sleepy after using her ability. Usually, a nap and some medicine were enough to fix it.
But with all those factors combined, she had wanted to sleep but could not. She only managed to doze off hazily in the latter half of the night.
There was no way she could have rested well.
You really knew how to torment people... But she had not realized that, tortured as she was, her resentment did not seem as intense as she had expected.
Clearly, she had also become one of the victims of "Victim Will Implantation"—in fact, Xu Shi had not even forgotten "Malice Entropy." If he had an ability, he used it, giving her the full package.
There was no need for the kind of victim dependency Lin Yue had just yet... Thinking this, Xu Shi said gently, "Want something to eat? After that, come out with me."
"...Mmph?"
Ye Shanshan froze for a moment, then shook her head vigorously.
How was she supposed to go out wearing this thing?
"But you're still my secretary."
Xu Shi tilted his head. "Or would you rather stay at the company and attend the afternoon briefing?"
"..."
What else could Miss Ye say? All she