Chapter 62 - Does She Seem More Pleasant Today?

"What if I say no?" Xu Xiaoyou said."What’s so good about here?" Bai Youyou was displeased, "And what’s wrong with me?"

"Am I too fierce, not good-looking? Not really."

"Or did you do something that let me down, feeling guilty?"

"My personality isn’t particularly great either, don’t be fooled by how I seem now, it seems like I’m easy to talk to, very understanding, a great listener." Xu Xiaoyou continued, "Maybe I actually have a lot of ’Heart Eyes’?"

"Heart Eyes?" Bai Youyou was taken aback.

"What you see is what others want you to see."

"Maybe once you really get to know someone, you’ll end up disliking her?"

Xu Xiaoyou said calmly, "Actually, I’m no different from others, it’s just that I was the first person you encountered in this world who left a strong impression on you."

The sound of the sea gradually faded.

"I don’t care if you like it or not, before I leave, I’ll make sure to knock you out and pack you in a suitcase."

Bai Youyou thought.

"Xiaoyou, Anya, it’s time to eat."

Lin Ran’s voice called from the living room.

The three of them sat around the dining table.

Lin Ran wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but Xu Xiaoyou suddenly seemed much more pleasing to the eye than yesterday, a truly strange feeling.

Anya also seemed to be sitting closer to Xu Xiaoyou, as if unintentionally.

Lin Ran’s gossip-loving and inquisitive radar kicked in, she considered herself to have a keen sense of insight, there must be something fishy here!!

She quietly ate a piece of bread, planning to continue observing Xu Xiaoyou.

"Ha~" Xu Xiaoyou yawned without any image, saliva almost dribbling onto her clothes.

Inside, Lin Ran was slightly moved.

What is with me, why have my thoughts become so weird all of a sudden.

She even found this guy’s manner quite endearing, feeling an urge to wipe off the drool from the corner of her mouth.

"Why are you looking at me like that...?" Xu Xiaoyou asked.

Lin Ran silently withdrew her gaze, "Tch, I’m not interested."

Xu Xiaoyou: "?"

Looking at the bacon on her plate, Xu Xiaoyou frowned slightly, then turned to Anya, "Anya, do you eat bacon."

Anya was startled, then shook her head.

Then she saw Xu Xiaoyou quickly fork the bacon from her plate into her mouth.

Anya: "!"

After chewing the bacon, Xu Xiaoyou looked at the bread on Anya’s plate, "Anya, do you eat bread."

Anya guarded her plate vigilantly, firmly nodding her head.

Xu Xiaoyou happily transferred the bread from her own plate into Anya’s.

"I just happen to not like bread."

In Anya’s small head, a big question mark emerged.

"Hey, that’s enough! This child is still growing!" Lin Ran waved her fist.

"Hehe."

After finishing breakfast, Xu Xiaoyou went to work at the company for the first time in more than half a month, no longer sending her Substitute instead.

As soon as she sat down in her chair, she started daydreaming, pondering about the next A-level commission.

Just then, she heard something around her.

"What did you design here? Aphra, are you still asleep? Are you dreaming?"

Gloss rarely lost her temper and threw a stack of design drafts onto the Siren girl’s lap.

Aphra’s sheep horns on her head subtly twitched as she shrank back into a corner, remaining silent while the reprimands continued in her ears.

"Look at the things you’ve designed in the past half month, only I can bear to look at them."

"Any other teacher would have kicked you out long ago; go back! Redesign!!"

"Uh-huh." Aphra feebly nodded.

As if to calm her anger, Gloss got up and walked out of the office.

The large office was soon left with only Xu Xiaoyou and Aphra.

Aphra shrank in the corner, almost bursting into tears with how wronged she felt.

Unwilling to see the Siren girl alone in the corner hurting, Xu Xiaoyou waved her over to come closer.

"Senior Xu Nian..."

Due to previous incidents, Aphra was still a bit afraid of the blonde girl before her.

Moreover, in recent days, the other party had completed so many orders in a row, which only strengthened Aphra’s belief that surely under that seemingly gentle exterior, a wild heart was hidden!

Surely she used a bunch of perverse methods to force those people to repay obediently!

Aphra, don’t be deceived by her again!

"Haven’t you realized that you’re always too submissive in front of Gloss?" Xu Xiaoyou asked.

Aphra was slightly taken aback.

Upon reflection, it did seem to be the case.

"You’ve been workplace-PUA by her," Xu Xiaoyou said.

"PUA?"

Aphra didn’t understand what this meant.

"Simply put, haven’t you noticed she’s always belittling you with strict words, elevating herself, making you feel awe towards her?"

"But... the teacher isn’t wrong, my designs are indeed too poor." Aphra said quietly.

"But is there not a single redeeming quality in your designs?" Xu Xiaoyou intensified her tone.

Aphra opened her mouth slightly.

The words of the girl before her reverberated in her mind as if possessing Magic Power.

The other party, the other party was right!

Isn’t there truly any merit in the things I’ve meticulously designed?

Is it really all completely worthless like the teacher said?

No matter what, there should at least be a small aspect that can be optimized and improved upon from the original design!

"Senior, what should I do?" Aphra asked for help. "I feel many of my ideas are right!"

It’s so strange, even though I’ve already prepared a mental block, I still instinctively wanted to lean towards Senior Xu Nian’s idea.

Has there been anything different about her compared to a few days ago? She seemed suddenly more beautiful, her gaze softer, her voice more pleasant.

Instinctively, I want to put aside my animosity towards her, to approach her.

"If you don’t want to be too passive, you need to toughen up and learn to refute others."

"Refute..."

Aphra repeated the word as if trying to chew it, to understand it thoroughly.

"Refute... yes, I need to refute."

"The teacher isn’t entirely right, I must learn to refute."

Seeing the Siren girl walk off as if obsessed, Xu Xiaoyou suddenly had a bad premonition.

I hope I haven’t planted any incorrect thoughts into this kid.

Not long after, Gloss returned and saw Aphra standing by the desk, looking lost, like experiencing a major blow, and her gaze softened a bit.

Was I too harsh, Gloss thought.

I’ve been too impatient, it seems I really should give my disciple some room for tolerance.

"Help me bring over the chair, Aphra," she said.

Only to see Aphra, as if making some preparation, take a deep breath and puff up her chest:

"This isn’t a chair at all!"