Chapter 034 (1/2)
The Complete Guide to the Use and Care of a Personal Assistant
Translator: Jury
Editor: NomNom
First Published on Chaleuria
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Chapter Thirty-four
The door to Su Yuyang’s room was ajar.
Ling Miao peered through the crack in the door to observe the situation inside. He saw Su Yuyang sitting ramrod straight in front of his computer, finger rolling the scroll wheel on his mouse like he was browsing a webpage.
Ling Miao took a deep breath and slowly pushed open the door.
Ling Miao carefully walked to Su Yuyang’s side. Su Yuyang heard footsteps, turned his head and glanced at Ling Miao, then turned back. When Su Yuyang glanced at Ling Miao, Ling Miao’s breathing almost stopped. Then Su Yuyang turned his gaze back to his computer, and Ling Miao’s heart suddenly went cold.
What did Su Yuyang call me here for?
Ling Miao didn’t know what to expect. He subconsciously glanced at the page Su Yuyang was browsing, and when he saw the content on the page, his heart skipped a beat: Damn, surely there weren’t mistakes in the update again?
After returning to Su Yuyang’s house after the last time when his mistake had led to Su Yuyang misunderstanding him, every time Ling Miao uploaded a new chapter he would immediately scan it for mistakes. In order to reduce the error rate to a minimum, Ling Miao checked every chapter at least three times. So he was confident that the new chapter was completely free of mistakes. Of course, there was the possibility that his eyes had crossed and he just hadn’t seen clearly, so now he had to stand properly by Su Yuyang’s side.
Ling Miao bowed his head and waited for Su Yuyang to pass judgment, but ten minutes passed and Su Yuyang hadn’t done anything. The wait was excruciating. Ling Miao’s breathing had slowed, but the simmering unease hastened his heartbeat. Worried that his heart would burst out of his chest and he’d die, Ling Miao became resolute. He grit his teeth and raised his head in preparation to attack first, but the moment he did so he was met with Su Yuyang’s amused smile.
I’ve been played? Flashed through Ling Miao’s mind. Before he could react, Su Yuyang laughed lightly: “Ling Miao, you didn’t think I was going to scold you, did you?”
“Aren’t you?” As the words left his mouth, Ling Miao instantly felt he’d been too cowardly. He glared at Su Yuyang and grit through his teeth: “Su Yuyang, why the fuck are you messing with me?”
“Did I say anything?” Su Yuyang blinked, innocence written in his eyes.
He thought it over again. Su Yuyang really hadn’t said anything at all. He had only called Ling Miao over, and Ling Miao, because of past experience, had subconsciously assumed that Su Yuyang was going to scold him, so…
“Fuck.” Ling Miao cursed himself. “This goddamn reflex!”
Su Yuyang didn’t miss Ling Miao’s frustration and dejection. Su Yuyang’s upturned lips pursed and his facial muscles also twitched slightly. Ling Miao caught Su Yuyang’s expression from the corner of his eye. He raised his hand in annoyance, but Su Yuyang had already recovered his usual expression.
“Is it very fun to mess with me?” Ling Miao had already drawn his conclusions about Su Yuyang’s actions. If Su Yuyang didn’t have a reasonable explanation, Ling Miao would probably find something for Su Yuyang to keep him very busy for a while.
Ling Miao’s reaction clearly conveyed his meaning to Su Yuyang, and Su Yuyang also understood. He patted Ling Miao’s shoulder and indicated for Ling Miao to sit down.
Su Yuyang picked up a stack of papers from the table and handed it to Ling Miao. Ling Miao glanced at it: it was a contract. Su Yuyang then picked up another two sheets of paper from the table. He pressed one on top of the contract and instructed: “Mail the contract for me, then go to Feng Ji’s place to find me.” Then he placed the other sheet of paper on the stack. “This is the ingredient list for tonight, look and see if anything is missing. After mailing the contract, go buy groceries.”
“That’s it?” Ling Miao opened his eyes wide and said in a surprised tone.
Su Yuyang nodded.
“Fuck you, Su Yuyang.” Ling Miao jumped up off the bed and held up the contract like he was about to bring it down on Su Yuyang’s head. Su Yuyang smiled serenely and said candidly: “Don’t ruin the contract.”
Ling Miao let out a cold ‘hmph’ and said with annoyance: “It’s just mailing a contract! Couldn’t you have said that earlier? Why’d you have to drag it out? I thought I made some kind of unforgivable mistake!”
Seeing Ling Miao’s reddened face, lips quirked high, and aggrieved expression, Su Yuyang frowned: “Did I take this joke too far?”
Ling Miao caught the remorse in Su Yuyang’s eyes, and the frustration in Ling Miao’s heart died down a lot.
“That…” (Ling Miao)
“Actually….” (Su Yuyang)
Ling Miao and Su Yuyang spoke at the same time. Their gazes, trained on each other, naturally met. In that instant of eye contact, Ling Miao quickly turned his head away. Su Yuyang opened his mouth, a hint of disappointment flashing across his eyes.
“Actually, I asked you here for one more thing aside from mailing the contract.” Su Yuyang cleared his throat and said solemnly, “This morning’s update, please check it again.”
“What?” Hearing Su Yuyang’s words, Ling Miao’s hand shook. The contract almost fell on the floor.
Su Yuyang caught the contract, then directed a long and meaningful smile at Ling Miao and walked out of the room.
Ling Miao’s eyes moved with Su Yuyang. He watched Su Yuyang walk to the front door, then watched Su Yuyang put on his shoes, then watched Su Yuyang open the door and walk out.
The door was about to close when Su Yuyang pulled it open again. He looked at Ling Miao and asked doubtfully, “Aren’t you coming?”