After dinner, Su Yanyi returned to her bedroom. A number of shopping bags were sitting on her bed. She opened them.
Bunny pajamas, panda pajamas, tortoise pajamas, and monkey pajamas, some twinset and others onesies, were inside. One word could sum up all of them: Cute.
These were the things she had ordered Kang Zhong to prepare for her.
Now then… which one should she wear first? Would she be able to make Qin Jiran smile with this? For the sake of his smile, Su Yanyi had really gone all out this time. She understood that some sacrifices had to be made.
【 Master, this tortoise one is so cute. Can you wear it first, please? That green shell is just too cute! 】001 chimed in, the fictitious little girl’s voice small and excited, leaving Su Yanyi speechless. She could only hope that Qin Jiran had the same tastes as 001.
She changed into the tortoise pajamas and made her way into Qin Jiran’s study. The man was talking to someone on the phone. His eyes darted instinctually over to the door when he heard it open, and the moment he saw her, his eyes widened, and his body froze.
The voice of the person speaking on the other line suddenly became background noise.
“You, you…” Qin Jiran suddenly felt that all words had failed him.
When the person on the other line raised their voice to ask Qin Jiran what he said, the man finally snapped out of his daze. He hastily said a few words into the phone before hanging up.
“You may continue doing your own thing, don’t mind me,” Su Yanyi said. As she spoke, she calmly made her way to a nearby sofa and sat down.
Qin Jiran ran his gaze over her attire, cautiously taking in her green tortoise pajama set. He struggled internally for a bit before finally saying with feigned composure, “It’s nothing. Did you need something? How about we have corn porridge for breakfast tomorrow? Fresh corn tastes very good.”
The mention of food made Su Yanyi feel pretty happy, but disappointment replaced it when she saw that Qin Jiran’s expression was cool.
Why wasn’t he smiling? Could it be that not even this ridiculous getup was enough to make him smile?
Sulking, she got up and walked over to stand in front of him. Then, she lifted her head and stared unblinkingly at him. Her stare was so unnerving that he felt goosebumps rising on his skin.
He took an uneasy step back but kept his gaze fixated on her face, afraid that if he looked down and saw her tortoise pajamas, he would laugh.
That would be bad.
His lack of response filled Su Yanyi with more disappointment. It seemed that her decision to wear such a ridiculous outfit really was… quite ridiculous.
“Continue working,” she tossed out before turning around to leave. Since this tactic was ineffective, she would have to think of something else.
Leaving behind the oblivious Qin Jiran, she returned to her room and changed out of the tortoise pajamas. Then, she threw them, and the other pajama sets, into her closet. She decided to never play cute again; it was much too ridiculous.
Meanwhile, back inside of Qin Jiran’s study room…
He seemed to be making sure Su Yanyi was really gone, and only then did he allow the corners of his lips to turn up. Finally, a laugh slipped out from between his lips.
Right then, Su Yanyi —who had just finished tossing everything into the closet— heard the System beep.
<blockquote>Congratulations on accomplishing the task once!</blockquote>
<blockquote>+1 Point.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Progress: 7/10</blockquote>
<blockquote>Please continue working hard!</blockquote>
I’ve been meaning to say this since like chapter 5, but I kept forgetting. So, in the raws, the words 'smile” and “laugh” are kind of used interchangeably in Chinese. They’re both under the character “笑.” And yeah, that’s all.