When Ruan Cunyun walked over, Qin Fanglu casually dragged a document to cover the Live broadcast interface with its rolling barrages, the tablet’s screen was also turned off and the unfinished drawing was replaced with darkness.
“Kiki has compiled a list of company team building activities. Have a look at it and see if you have any suggestions.”
And with that, Qin Fanglu handed Ruan Cunyun a piece of paper.
Ruan Cunyun thought it’s still better than being told to work overtime.
But when he took the list, the more he looked, the more stifled he felt.
[Zhufang’s Technological Department’s Team Building Activities Preliminary Selection List]
- Private party in a Villa
- Wilderness Hiking
- Outbound activities
- Baseball / rugby / tennis matches
- Outdoor drinking party
……..
This kind of thing is really something that could make anyone with social anxiety go on a self-isolation for three days just by a glance.
After choking down his urges for quite some time, Ruan Cunyun finally squeezed out a sentence, “There are so many activities.”
Qin Fanglu was noncommittal, “Do you have any other ideas?”
In working culture, when they are faced with a trivial matter unrelated to work, the subordinates ought to compliment the boss as much as possible. Or to put it bluntly, it’s ass-kissing1Bootlicking/flattery here is literally “patting the horse’s ass” hence the following paragraph relating to horse..
Unfortunately for Ruan Cunyun, he had never ridden a horse, let alone ass-kissing.
He only thought that this was his one and only opportunity to express his thoughts. Otherwise, those social butterfly colleagues of his would definitely cheer and choose from this list.
Ruan Cunyun tried to express it as tactfully as he could, “I think everyone has already been busy enough with work usually, so team building activities could be something more relaxing and light.”
Qin Fanglu then clicked something on the files-covered desktop and said, “Go on.”
Ruan Cunyun, feeling encouraged, continued on, “I saw online that people don’t really like activities that take up their rest time and those that consume energy. The most important part of team building should be that it could make everyone happy, which would boost their morale better.”
Qin Fanglu nodded, his black-framed glasses making him look like a good student attentively listening to lectures, “I agree.”
Ruan Cunyun was suddenly at a loss for words——Who exactly is the boss ah?
He was also a bit eager to pursue a retreating enemy2like taking advantage of the “opportunity” and wanted to tell Qin Fanglu ‘Why don’t we just forget all of it? No need to do any team building activities, it’s too troublesome.’
But he only dared to think about it in private. He had no guts to voice it out.
Qin Fanglu was relaxedly sat leaning on his seat, but his countenance was still as neat as ever. He pulled out a pen and then wrote the word “travelling” in the last line of the list.
“Then let everyone go on a trip, we will just be having fun,” Qin Fanglu said.
Ruan Cunyun ‘En’-ed in response, feeling a bit happy.
Although travelling is also a group activity, it’s still better than going to drinking parties or home parties.
Qin Fanglu then capped his pen and said, “Thank you for your input, it’s really useful advice.”
Ruan Cunyun quickly replied “No problem,” and then turned around to Sister Rain’s desk to arrange the documents.
For a while, the office was filled with only the sounds of paper rubbing on another.
“It’s really late,” Qin Fanglu’s voice suddenly rang out, his voice rough and hoarse.
“Be careful when you go back.”
Qin Fanglu coughed a bit after speaking.
And Ruan Cunyun, stunned, turned his head to the sound in surprise.
Qin Fanglu’s figure was half shrouded in darkness and half basking under the light. He reached out his hand to pick up the cup on the table only to find it empty, so he could only put it back, a light frown adorning his face.
Qin Fanglu often forgets to drink water, especially when he was drawing. He would be so absorbed in drawing that he could go without drinking for a few hours.
Maybe it was the darkness that made one lose themselves, or maybe it was because of the boss’ hoarse voice that garnered his sympathy, Ruan Cunyun’s heart became softer that he carried his untouched milk tea to Qin Fanglu’s front.
“Mr. Qin, would you like to drink it?” Ruan Cunyun said as he was holding the milk tea with both his hands, “The sugar is 30%, not cloying sweet, the taste of the tea is quite strong, quite refreshing to drink.”
Qin Fanglu tilted his head up, his gaze fell on Ruan Cunyun. His bangs fell loosely on above his eyebrows, making him look gentler and softer.
The cup of the milk tea was made of plastic, the cup itself was very colorful, the straw was a neon fluorescent blue. In short, the entire thing looks cheap and unhealthy.
Ruan Cunyun suddenly regretted his actions. Leaving aside whether Qin Fanglu would drink this kind of cheap beverage, the company actually has a water dispenser, isn’t it clearly more proper for him to fetch his boss a glass of water?
Just as Ruan Cunyun couldn’t help but want to say “it’s fine if you don’t want to,” Qin Fanglu reached out his hand and said, “I will.”
Qin Fanglu took it with one hand, his well-defined big hand gently grasped at the cup firmly. Ruan Cunyun once again took a look at the faint red mole on his protruding wrist bone.
The milk tea has already fallen into the other’s hand, but Ruan Cunyun could still feel some warmth on his palm.
Qin Fanglu said, “Thank you.”
Ruan Cunyun replied with “no problem” the second time that night, and as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his mind, Ruan Cunyun held onto the documents and went out of the company livelily.
Because of his momentary impulse then, he now had to lose his time and milk tea. Ruan Cunyun could only buy another cup by the roadside and hurriedly click back to Teacher Balls’ Live broadcast room.
Only to then exclaim in confusion.
Usually Teacher Balls’ sketching speed was really fast, but right now, when Ruan Cunyun returned to the Live room after having left the broadcast for so long, the drawing hasn’t changed much, only several strokes have been added.
So Ruan Cunyun pulled back the progress bar to replay the broadcast and found that Teacher Balls had yet to make a single stroke for quite some time. The barrage was also filled with question marks all over.
At first, the audience all thought that Teacher Balls’ network was lagging, but the screen was suspended for too long that some began to call on Teacher Balls to hurry and come back in the bullet screen. There were also some who guessed that Teacher Balls was currently going back to the world of immortals, there were also others who were afraid, wondering whether Teacher Balls was encountering some danger.
Ruan Cunyun’s brows furrowed, feeling a bit flustered. It couldn’t be that Teacher Balls actually encountered some accidents, right?
The bullet screen sunk in dread the more time has passed. Then suddenly, the cursor that had long gone still moved again. One stroke to another precisely outlined the folds of a skirt.
The bullet screen abruptly surged.
[Wohoooo Teacher Balls is back!!!!]
[Scared me to death, thankfully nothing happened.]
[God, a little later and I would have called the police!]
[What happened QAQ? Us Balls fans were really worried for you.]
Ruan Cunyun looked at the appearing lines once again, feeling relieved.
The flowing strokes of the sketch stopped once again, then an announcement box with its words appeared one after another, reading: [There was a pressing matter just now, sorry.]
[Waahh, Teacher Balls actually said sorry wuwuwuwu. You don’t have to apologize ya.]
[It’s good that nothing happened! You can deal with the urgent matter first!]
Ruan Cunyun, wielding a Live broadcast account that no one knew was him, sincerely sent out his heartfelt thoughts: [Sure enough, Teacher Balls is only cold on the outside, but is actually someone really warm. You would actually think and care for us, you are really my Goddess wuwuwuwu!]
The “Goddess” Qin Fanglu only glanced at the bullet screen a little before minimizing the interface, then he went back to concentrating on the sketch.
Beside Qin Fanglu’s hand was his phone, its screen still on. In his memos, there were two more check marks was added.
[Approachable and Friendly Leadership de Fighting Plan]
……
- Encourage or guide employees to speak out their true thoughts. Wanting to know their true thoughts are the most valuable thing ya~
- By the way, could your employees leave the company so late at night? If it is, you should pay them more attention and remind them to be more careful!
……
Qin Fanglu thought: I’m so amazing! I can make use of every second and opportunities to complete the Fighting Plan!
After this little episode, Teacher Balls’ drawing strokes gilded very beautifully, Ruan Cunyun enjoyed it a lot.
Little by little, the outline of a charming little succubus could be seen.
Silver hair and pink eyes, her lacy straps slid down to her upper arm, her eyes seductive and coquettish as she leaned in the bathtub. Her small black wings flapping lightly, a fair and tender calf stretched out from the bathtub. Water droplets formed on her skin, winding and trickling down, entangling endlessly.
The colors, the shade and light, gradually filled the image, arousing the calmed-down barrages.
[Fuck, so ambiguous.]
[Fuck, so ambiguous.]
Ruan Cunyun sent out: [Incredible_I’m_going_to_lick_now.jpg]
The little succubus’ jade-like arms rested on the bathtub edge. Then Teacher Balls made several strokes, adding a cup of milk tea on her hand.
The colorful plastic cup and neon fluorescent blue straw felt quite inharmonious with the ambiguous ambience.
[The picture suddenly became a sand sculpture?]3Pretty sure those who reads chinese novels are familiar with this sand sculpture (沙雕), it means something or someone comical, especially if the object/person looked normal or even dashing at first
[Hahahahahaha, Teacher Balls never play her cards normally!]
[Why, succubuses don’t only drink ***! What’s wrong with changing the flavor occasionally la! I also want a sand sculpture succubus drinking milk tea!]
Ruan Cunyun stared at the milk tea in the drawing: [???????]
This looks too much like the cup he had just given out!
Do milk teas all over the country look like this now?
Teacher Balls proceeded to add delicate details on the image. She adjusted the saturation of the straw, and then the original brown of the milk tea was changed into red, then in the cup….. She added a few eyeballs as the boba pearls.
The image suddenly became eerie. The charming little succubus instantly transformed into an innocent-looking-but-savage Yandere.
The response of the barrages changed again.
[Sure enough, this is indeed Teacher Balls’ style.]
[Ah Balls4the Ah in ah balls here isn’t an exclamation. It’s like an addition to the name to make a nickname. You know, kinda like Qingqiu becoming Ah Qiu or something along like that., as expected of you.]
[Ah Balls, as expected of you.]
Ruan Cunyun let out a sigh of relief he didn’t know was holding: [My treasured Balls, as expected of you.]
What’s there to think about, this must be a coincidence.
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Translator’s note:
Hi! Sorry for disappearing. Updates would be sporadic from now on since I am quite busy now :”) Please pray for stability to come to my life and my sanity remain intact. I will try to post a chapter at least once a week though haha, and I also have a plan to pick up the sequel to this one, though when I’m not very sure. Hope you enjoy the chapter!
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