The motherly yaksha, with a smile akin to an aunt's, watched as Lin Ziqian, holding brown sugar water in her left hand and driving the Bentley with her right, took Yan Shouyi away.
"Wait..."
The building manager, the motherly yaksha, realized belatedly:
She thought this was an ordinary romance, but it turned out to be a story of a rich woman keeping a young male security guard!
Sitting in the car, Yan Shouyi thought for a moment and said,
"I'll buy a car myself someday."
Lin Ziqian, driving, asked in surprise,
"Do you need a car? Then I'll give you this one."
Yan Shouyi shook his head, "I don't need a car for anything, I just don't want to ride in your car every time."
"Oh, so you have some machismo after all," Lin Ziqian teased.
"Is this machismo?" Yan Shouyi asked, confused, "I just want to give you a place to shelter from the wind and rain."
"Then it's better to buy a house," Lin Ziqian replied casually.
Yan Shouyi also seemed thoughtful, as if a house was indeed more important than a car.
Moreover, his father would be released from prison soon, and he would need a place to stay.
Lin Ziqian didn't know that her casual remark was taken to heart by Yan Shouyi.
It was time to find a way to get a house.
...
The two arrived at the company building. It was the peak hour, and a long queue had formed outside the elevators.
The building had many employees, but not enough elevators, so employees had to queue up to enter the elevators during peak hours.
However, this was not a problem for Lin Ziqian; she had a private elevator.
As they were about to walk in, Yan Shouyi suddenly asked,
"Haven't you eaten breakfast yet?"
Lin Ziqian was stunned, "I don't have the habit of eating breakfast."
"No, you must eat breakfast!" Yan Shouyi was exceptionally serious.
Then he said, "I saw a steamed bun stall on the roadside just now. You go upstairs first, and I'll go buy you steamed buns and soy milk."
Actually, Lin Ziqian wanted to say that if she had to eat, she could ask Jiang Yun Ning to get it.
After all, they had eaten beef noodles late last night.
But seeing Yan Shouyi's serious and earnest look, Lin Ziqian felt happy.
Let him go then!
So she nodded, "Then I'll wait for you in the office. You can take the executive elevator straight up. When you get upstairs, look for Sister Yun Ning."
Now that they hadn't exposed Jiang Yun Ning's plan, they could still ask her to handle some minor matters.
The two parted ways. Lin Ziqian entered the building and smoothly took the executive elevator upstairs.
All the way, it attracted the attention of many employees.
She was the eldest daughter of the Lin family in Licheng, a well-known strong woman in the financial circle.
Now, she had taken over the company with high profile and completed a quarter's target in just a few days.
What was even more infuriating was that such a perfect woman also possessed a face that could topple cities.
Compared to Lin Ziqian, everyone felt like they were just scrap materials casually discarded by God during the creation of humans.
Girls wished to be like Lin Ziqian.
Boys wished to have someone like Lin Ziqian.
In short, Lin Ziqian was radiant wherever she went.
However, all her radiance would be hidden in front of Yan Shouyi.
Beside Yan Shouyi, she was just the dirty, smelly girl who had accidentally fallen into a pit back then.
On the other side, Yan Shouyi went to the roadside steamed bun stall and bought two vegetable buns and a cup of hot soy milk.
After packing them in a plastic bag, he hurried back.
As soon as he entered the building, he saw the queue outside the elevator.
The executive elevator was empty.
But Yan Shouyi hesitated for a moment; he still didn't want to use such privilege.
Moreover, the queue was moving quite fast, and it would only take less than five minutes to get upstairs if he queued.
So Yan Shouyi randomly joined a queue.
He looked around. Those queuing were white-collar workers, dressed and groomed elegantly, but they all looked very busy.
They were either looking at their phones, making calls, or even handling business with their laptops.
In comparison, he seemed a bit too casual, even though he had deliberately changed his clothes.
If he were wearing his security uniform, he would be no different from the security guards maintaining order outside the elevator.
Only Yan Shouyi was standing there, holding buns in one hand and soy milk in the other, lost in thought.
It seemed like his time was moving much slower than others.
As Yan Shouyi was spacing out, the queue suddenly surged forward.
He didn't notice for a moment and inevitably bumped into the woman in front of him.
Who would have thought that the woman would turn around and slap Yan Shouyi, yelling,
"What are you doing touching my butt? Are you a pervert?!"
Yan Shouyi stared at the woman in front of him, completely bewildered.
This woman looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, but only about 1.5 meters tall, and likely weighed around 200 jin.
Her eyes were pitifully small, and her face was covered in pockmarks.
Her chin was like a thousand-layer cake, and the silver necklace around her neck was barely visible.
She wore a white jacket that could rival the Michelin Man mascot.
From Yan Shouyi's knowledge of physiognomy, this kind of woman was the true motherly yaksha.
The slap didn't hurt, partly because Yan Shouyi's body was strong. If it were an ordinary man, he might have suffered a concussion.
Yan Shouyi innocently held up the breakfast he was carrying and said,
"Big sister, look closely. I'm holding things in my hands, how could I have touched your butt?"
The passers-by queuing behind Yan Shouyi also knew it was just a misunderstanding.
Besides, Yan Shouyi didn't look ugly; he was even a little handsome. Why would such a man want to touch a pig's butt?
However, the fat woman continued to pester him,
"I've encountered plenty of perverts. Holding things in their hands is just a prop to conceal their misdeeds. You shameless thing, you still deny it after being exposed! Believe it or not, I'll call security to deal with you!"
Given her unreasonableness, Yan Shouyi's expression also turned grim.
"What are you doing? Are you threatening me? Take a look at yourself in the mirror, you delivery guy, and you're still so arrogant!"
Yan Shouyi was dressed ordinarily and carrying buns and soy milk, which indeed made him look like a delivery person.
The fat woman shrieked, "Don't you even look at where this is, the most famous financial building in Rongcheng. I'm an employee here. My daily wage is more than what you earn in a month! Can you afford to offend me?"
Not only was she slandering his character, but she was now escalating to personal attacks.
Even with Yan Shouyi's good temper, he couldn't stand it anymore.
"What the hell do I care who you are? If I didn't do it, I didn't do it! If you don't believe me, check the surveillance footage. I'll see it through to the end!"
The bystanders nearby couldn't help but chime in, "Brother, we can testify for you. You really didn't touch her butt!"
Some also quipped, "How desperate would someone have to be to touch her butt!"
Even a delivery driver, enjoying the show, said, "Stop looking down on delivery guys. Don't delivery guys have aesthetics?!"
It seemed everyone mistook Yan Shouyi for a delivery person.
Yan Shouyi was too lazy to explain, as he didn't have any particular status anyway.
Should he say he was Lin Ziqian's boyfriend?
He could, but there was no need!
Cornered by the crowd, the fat woman started to panic.
But she still retorted stubbornly, "Do we still need to check the surveillance footage? Don't you know your own character, you delivery scum? You don't even deserve to enter this building! Security! Where is security? Hurry and escort him out!"
At first, their argument only affected a small number of people.
But with the fat woman's shout, everyone looked over.
Security guards also rushed over.
However, as soon as the security guards arrived and saw Yan Shouyi, they were stunned.
"You're just in time. Quickly, escort this delivery scum out. He just molested me!"
The fat woman pretended to be the victim, despite her voice being louder than a broadcast just moments ago.
Unexpectedly, the security guards did not escort Yan Shouyi out.
Upon seeing Yan Shouyi, their expressions changed, and then they respectfully said,
"Sir, why are you queuing here? I recognized you yesterday. You should be using the private elevator."