“Brother, don’t be angry. Shiliu is just like that. She’s a bit slow to react, and her thought process is a little different from others. She didn’t mean it. Can I apologize to you on her behalf? As for your clothes, our boss can compensate you.”
Lin Qiao roughly understood the situation and quickly stepped forward, waving her hand: “No need, no need, it’s just a small accident. He’s not that dramatic.”
When Lin Ji saw Lin Qiao run out to reply for him, he turned around and expressed his dissatisfaction with his eyes, meaning: What right do you have to make decisions for me?
Lin Qiao glared at him, telling him to shut up, meaning: Don’t you even look at whose clothes you’re wearing and whose territory you’re standing on?
Lin Ji looked down at his BW team uniform and the BW rest area beneath his feet and obediently shut up.
After the misunderstanding was cleared up, the atmosphere in the break room shifted from tense to lively.
The guy with the afro, who had his arm around Lin Ji, joked, “Hey, buddy, you look pretty handsome in our team uniform. Interested in joining BW? BW doesn’t have much to offer, just great benefits, no worries about food or drink, and generous bonuses!”
After the afro-haired guy finished speaking, the other male team members in the break room started shouting, urging Ouyang Zhuo to sign Lin Ji as a face of the team, to attract some female fans and advertise for the team.
Lin Ji immediately felt like Tang Sanzang had entered the spider cave; he was extremely terrified.
Seeing that Lin Ji seemed to take it seriously, Ouyang Zhuo patted his arm and said, “They’re just joking.”
The afro-haired guy hadn’t expected this guy to be so easily fooled, so he stopped joking and gave him a fist bump.
“I’m Xi Guang, they all call me Xigua1西瓜, xīguā: watermelon.”
“Lin Ji.” Lin Ji twitched the corner of his mouth.
Watermelon? Pomegranate2石榴, shíliu: pomegranate ?
Lin Qiao asked Ouyang Zhuo curiously in a low voice, “Are all your team members’ nicknames fruits?”
“Not entirely, some are vegetables.”
He then introduced them to Lin Qiao, pointing to the tallest one in the room, “That’s Gan Zhe, sugarcane; next to him is Hu Zilu, gourd; next to that is Han Qing, green vegetable; and the fattest one is Huang Yucheng, orange.”
Lin Qiao nodded in admiration after hearing this. It wasn’t easy to gather all these fruits and vegetables onto one table.
“And you? Do you have a nickname?” Lin Qiao asked again.
Ouyang Zhuo immediately looked very nervous, wiping his hand on his trouser leg as if to cover up his embarrassment.
“I… How could I possibly have one? I’m the team leader, and I don’t have one!”
His unusual behavior immediately attracted the attention of his mischievous team members, who all grinned mischievously, especially the one nicknamed ‘Watermelon’, who laughed the loudest.
“Yes! Of course, he does! Our boss’s nickname is really something else!”
Ouyang Zhuo pointed at him warningly, indicating that he should be careful with his bonus.
As everyone knows, no one in this world can stand the threat of a bonus, so Xigua reluctantly shut his mouth. However, he was always the most eager for drama in the team, nudging Liu Liu, who was engrossed in flexing her wrists.
“Shiliu, what’s our boss’s nickname again?”
“Zhuozi3桌子, zhuōzi: table/desk.” Liu Liu blurted out.
Impressive! It even formed a closed loop.
Lin Qiao opened her mouth, but could only say, “That makes perfect sense.”
Ouyang Zhuo was utterly ashamed, turning his back to the world, unable to face it.
“By the way, beautiful lady, I still don’t know your name?” Xigua asked again.
Although his words weren’t very polite, his tone wasn’t annoying.
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Sam Williams On TYMIMA Chapter 152