52 Brother-in-law, Look
“Sister Yun.”
“Mhm, Little Qin.”
When Qin Ren saw Yun Wanhe in the elevator hall today, he felt that she was somewhat different, so he studied her carefully.
“Wh… what’s wrong?”
Yun Wanhe was uncomfortable being stared at so boldly by her junior. She turned her face slightly and pressed her legs together.
“Is there something on my face…”
“There is.”
Really? Then this is embarrassing.
“What is it?” Yun Wanhe started to rummage through her bag for her small mirror.
“There’s a small nose, two big eyes, and a red mouth.”
“Qin Ren, how old are you?”
A senior being teased by a junior, a superior being teased by a subordinate. Yun Wanhe glared at Qin Ren in annoyance. Then, Qin Ren had a flash of inspiration and knew what was different about Yun Wanhe today.
“Sister Yun, did you comb your hair today?”
“What are you talking about!” Yun Wanhe’s face flushed with anger. “Which day do I not comb my hair!”
This guy is going to drive me crazy this early in the morning. In his eyes, am I that kind of unkempt woman?
…
In fact, Yun Wanhe, of course, combed her hair every day, and her hair was clean and smooth enough. It was just that today, the topknot on the back of her head was no longer as messy and casual as usual, but had been properly smoothed, giving her a delicate and well-behaved feeling.
In addition, after many days, she had once again put on light makeup. Set against her small, oval face, her entire temperament had a touch of gentleness compared to her usual capable demeanor, which was why Qin Ren felt she was different.
“Don’t tell me you’re going to another wedding?”
“Where are there so many weddings?”
The last time Yun Wanhe wore makeup was for a wedding, but this time it was definitely not.
After all, most of her classmates and friends of the same age who were going to get married were already married. Thinking about it, Yun Wanhe felt a little depressed. She sighed silently, and her sidelong glance at Qin Ren unknowingly carried a hint of resentment.
“Anyway, I’m going to be like this from now on. What’s wrong with wearing a little makeup? Do you have a problem with it, Little Qin?”
“No, no.”
Qin Ren didn’t dare to, and he really didn’t.
“Anyway, you sit behind me. It doesn’t affect me.”
“What do you mean?”
Is he implying that my makeup doesn’t look good? Yun Wanhe was quite nervous. Qin Ren just grinned.
“Without makeup, Sister Yun is a beauty. With makeup, she’s a femme fatale. If you didn’t sit behind me, you’d definitely distract me and affect my work.”
“Flatterer…”
Why isn’t the elevator here yet? Yun Wanhe felt her face turning redder and redder. She couldn’t find anything to distract herself with and could only stare intently at the advertisement next to the elevator.
“You make me sound like Medusa, like I can’t even be looked at directly…”
“There’s a difference from Medusa. Looking at Medusa will turn you to stone. Looking at Sister Yun will make you… uh… cough cough…”
“Stone what?” Yun Wanhe was a little anxious. Why did he stop after just one compliment?
“Nothing. I can’t think of anything else,” Qin Ren said with a laugh.
That was close. I almost went too far with the flattery and said “stone hard” to my female superior. The crisis of social death is truly everywhere.
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However, when it came to social death, it had to be Zhou Chi.
As soon as he got to the office, Qin Ren saw him looking gloomy with a long face.
“What’s wrong, Brother Chi? Lost another online argument?”
“No, sigh…”
Zhou Chi let out a long sigh and roughly described what had just happened in the bathroom.
There were a total of four urinals in the men’s restroom at the IFS Center. When Zhou Chi went to the bathroom just now, there was no one else, so he very casually chose one in the middle.
But just as he was about to unbuckle his belt, two directors came in, laughing and talking.
One was Director Li, the other Director Zhu.
One stood at the first urinal, the other went to the last one.
With only four urinals in total, no matter which of the middle ones Zhou Chi switched to, he would have to take out his tool next to a leader.
And so, he froze.
It would have been fine if just Zhou Chi had frozen, but the key was that little Zhou Chi had also frozen.
Seeing that the leaders were already letting it flow, the invisible pressure from the leaders beside him made him unable to pee no matter how much he dawdled.
The more he wanted to pee, the more nothing came out.
In the end, in the silent restroom, Zhou Chi could only stand there silently, holding his tool in front of the urinal, listening to the sound of the two leaders’ flowing water. The few dozen seconds felt longer than ever before.
Even now, he couldn’t forget the meaningful, faint glance the two directors gave him as they left…
“Brother Ren, I don’t think I can face Director Li and Director Zhu all day today.”
“Mhm, I understand.”
As a man, Qin Ren understood that feeling. Just listening to it made his toes curl.
Not enough to curl up a big villa, but a two-bedroom, one-living room starter home was no problem.
“Morning, Engineer Qin~ Morning, Sister Yun. Morning, Engineer Zhou…”
Just as they were talking, Cheng Siyu arrived. She greeted everyone, put down her small leather backpack, took out a large box from it, and started to distribute something, starting from Sister Dong by the window.
“Sister Dong, here.”
“Wow, cherries! Thank you, little sister Siyu!”
“What, what? I want some too.”
…
Several of the sisters in the department who loved fruit gathered around, each grabbing a few. Cheng Siyu then took the initiative to give Yun Wanhe the largest ones.
“Sister Yun, the big ones are for you.”
“Mhm, thank you.”
Faced with the new girl’s sweet smile, although Yun Wanhe particularly didn’t want to be “indebted” to her, it was impossible to refuse a few cherries.
What’s more, she had specially picked the large ones. She took a bite. It was very sweet.
“Engineer Qin~ These are for you.”
“You eat them. I’m not used to these.”
“They’re just big cherries. What’s there to not be used to?”
“I think small cherries are tastier.”
“Tch…”
He actually thinks small cherries are tastier than big cherries. Then what about Little Orange and Big Orange?
Cheng Siyu’s mind went off on a tangent, and she thought of some blushing, heart-pounding little joys.
“Scumbag brother-in-law…”
“?”
When the others weren’t looking, she whispered in Qin Ren’s ear, then still placed the cherries in his empty cup.
“Big and small are both delicious. Engineer Qin is not allowed to be a picky eater.”
“…”
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Qin Ren wasn’t a picky eater, but when it came to lunch, he would be picky about people.
For example, after staying in the female-dominated Department V for a long time, Qin Ren generally wouldn’t go to eat with his female colleagues.
Because they were too much trouble.
A bowl of rice with toppings from a fly restaurant could solve a corporate slave’s hunger, but they would insist on walking a long way to find a “clean and hygienic” place.
It would be fine if they ordered individually, but the worst was when they ordered dishes to share. This was too oily, that was too greasy.
After finishing the meal with a deadpan expression, they would turn around and go buy milk tea.
If you thought she was trying to control her weight, she would add coconut jelly and taro balls to her milk tea. And after a meal, the male colleagues like Qin Ren and Zhou Chi would still be hungry because of all the vegetable dishes they had ordered.
So now, Zhou Chi and Qin Ren both ordered their own takeout.
“Found anything yet, Brother Chi? What are you ordering?”
“I’m looking.”
In terms of ordering takeout, male colleagues and female colleagues were equally troublesome, often taking more than ten minutes to choose.
If you ordered from the same place too often, you could imagine the taste just by mentioning the name, which was unpleasant.
If you tried a new place, you were afraid of what would happen if it wasn’t good. After being hungry all morning, you just wanted to have a good meal and were unwilling to take the risk.
“Huh? Sister Yun, you’re ordering takeout too?” While Zhou Chi was exploring, Qin Ren noticed that Yun Wanhe hadn’t left.
“Mhm, I don’t want to eat with them. It’s too much trouble…”
Yun Wanhe muttered faintly. Qin Ren heard that she was a kindred spirit and went over to look at her phone.
“What are you ordering?”
The sudden proximity of a male scent, with a clean, pleasant smell of soap, made Yun Wanhe’s heart panic. Her fingers slid around randomly.
“I don’t know. I’m looking.”
“Anyway, try not to order pre-made meal packs.”
“Which ones are those?”
Yun Wanhe also knew that most pre-made meal pack workshops were unhygienic, but she didn’t order them often, so she couldn’t tell the difference. Qin Ren took her phone and taught her.
“Look, for places like this that have braised pork rice and other rice dishes, and often give away a chicken leg, you click in, scroll down to the merchant details, and look at the merchant photos to see if they have a dine-in area. Here, this photo is clearly a pre-made meal pack workshop… hiss! Who?”
As Qin Ren was imparting his experience, he was suddenly tapped on the head. He looked up and saw Cheng Siyu.
“What do you want?”
“Why so fierce, Engineer Qin…”
Cheng Siyu stuck out her little tongue. It wasn’t as long as classmate Yu Yourong’s, but it was just as pink and looked just as soft and fragrant.
“I brought a salad bento. It’s my first time making it, so I didn’t get the portion size right…”
She shook the lunch box in her hand.
“Engineer Qin, can you help me eat some?”
Before Qin Ren could respond, Yun Wanhe’s hand quietly clenched, and she stood up.
“I’ll help you eat it.”
“Eh?”
Cheng Siyu was stunned.
“Sis… Sister Yun…”
Yun Wanhe also felt that she had been a bit impulsive. The words had come out of her mouth as if by magic. Now she could only force herself to explain.
“I… I just saw the vegetables, fruits, and fried egg. It’s too light. Little Qin… he won’t be full. Right, Little Qin?”
“Huh? Oh, that…”
When Little Qin heard “fried egg,” he was still uncontrollably reminiscing about the two on Luo Yao’s body this morning. By the time he came back to his senses, he saw the department head’s exceptionally kind gaze.
It was the kind of kind that showed no emotion, no joy, no sadness. Qin Ren couldn’t figure out her intention.
If he couldn’t figure it out, then he would just go along with her. Who made her the department head?
“Right! I won’t be full anyway. Engineer Cheng, you eat it. If you can’t finish, there’s still dinner. I’ll just order takeout.”
“Alright… then Sister Yun, let’s eat together.”
“Mhm.”
Cheng Siyu compromised, but the matter wasn’t over. During the lunch break after lunch, when everyone was napping at their desks, Cheng Siyu called Qin Ren to the break room.
“Brother-in-law, you cheated.”
“Huh?”
The sister-in-law’s first words were a huge accusation.
And it was a green hat, placed on her sister’s head.
“Can you speak properly?”
“I can.”
Cheng Siyu stood with her hands behind her back, her eyes looking at the ceiling as she leaned against the wall.
“I was so embarrassed just now. You took that woman’s side instead of mine…”
“Tsk, have some perspective!”
As the brother-in-law, this was the time to educate his little sister-in-law.
“Sister Yun is probably on her period recently. Her mood has been very strange. So for a trivial matter like that, it’s more appropriate in every aspect to just let her have her way…”
Actually, Cheng Siyu, of course, understood the logic Qin Ren was talking about. But she had another real reason for calling him out.
“Brother-in-law, I’ve been observing you these past few days. You’re a pervert.”
“???”
“Don’t look at me like that. I’ve discovered it. Every time Yun Wanhe walks, you’ll subconsciously stare at her legs…”
“Cough cough!”
Qin Ren’s old face turned red, but as a mature man, he was frank about such things.
“If they’re nice to look at, I’ll take a look. It doesn’t mean I have any messy thoughts. There are so many legs on the street. If I take a look, is that also cheating?”
“Oh, so you’ll look if they’re nice to look at? Then you must have looked at me too?”
Cheng Siyu stood up straight. Qin Ren glanced at her formal trousers.
“I have. And then?”
He spread his hands, a clear conscience fears no accusation.
“You’re my little sister-in-law. Even if your legs are as nice to look at as Sister Yun’s, is it the same thing?”
“How is it not the same thing?”
Cheng Siyu knew this certain pervert very well. The only difference was that one was wearing pantyhose and the other was wearing pants.
“Brother-in-law, look…”
Her eyes blinked shyly. She gently pulled up her pant leg, and the tip of her high heel lifted slightly, adjusting the angle. Her instep and ankle shimmered with a hazy, enchanting jade-like color in the light…
Qin Ren’s expression instantly stiffened, and his throat moved.
Pan… pantyhose under pants?
