180: Show your sincerity - 1

January 10th, Saturday.

Early in the morning, Su Ning sat cross-legged on the sofa, holding a Mug in both hands, sipping hot water in small gulps, her eyes firmly locked on the two people on the Yoga Mat.

Jiang Ye had been learning yoga from Lin Wanxing for several days now. As for progress... it couldn't be said there was none, but it certainly didn't look very obvious.

His movements were still stuck on the three most basic poses. According to Lin Wanxing, this was called "laying a solid foundation is very important."

As for Su Ning herself, relying on the astonishing perseverance of the "Guardian Big Brother," she managed to overcome the bad habit of staying up late and waking up late brought on by her streamer profession, successfully cultivating a healthy routine of sleeping at 10 PM and waking up at 7 AM.

But today was Saturday, and Lin Wanxing was off work, so she got to sleep an extra hour, not coming out to "supervise" until 8:30, rubbing her eyes.

At 9:10 AM, the private yoga lesson was nearing its end, entering the daily relaxation segment.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch—Wanxing, be gentler! Who starts off so rough? Be gentle with my delicate skin, or I won't give it to you next time."

"Huh? Just stop your hand right there. Go any further and I might get so excited I'll bounce you right off."

"Ahem... Wanxing, your technique reminds me of eye exercises... Hey, hey, hey? I have a pimple there, go around it!"

Su Ning looked at Lin Wanxing's utterly confused expression, then caught a glimpse of Jiang Ye's deliberately wandering gaze, and couldn't help but blush lightly and let out a soft "pfft."

She realized that Sister Wanxing actually couldn't understand these flirtatious remarks at all—this guy was clearly saying them for her to hear!

Hmph! Dog man!

So you like seeing a young girl blush, huh?! I've seen right through you!

After the relaxation was done, Jiang Ye slowly got up, stretching with a big yawn.

He turned his head to look at Lin Wanxing, who was doing stretches on the mat beside him, and put on a face full of eager curiosity:

"Wanxing, we've been laying this foundation for several days now. When can we go a bit deeper? It's so boring staying in the same place all the time. How about switching to... um, playing with some props?"

"Props? What props?"

"Like... a Yoga Ball! The big kind you roll around on, or squeeze between your legs... Ahem, I'm just too eager to learn!"

As soon as Lin Wanxing heard the words "Yoga Ball," "roll around," and "squeeze between your legs," she instantly became alert and decisively raised a hand to cut him off:

"Stop! This course doesn't involve those auxiliary tools. Master these basic poses first before talking about anything else!"

With that, she didn't give Jiang Ye a chance to keep pestering her, directly getting up and heading back to her room to change clothes.

"Little Brother, Little Brother!"

As soon as Su Ning saw Lin Wanxing leave, she immediately slipped off the sofa: "Tired? Come sit down and rest~"

"..."

Jiang Ye was feeling a bit down about his "Yoga Ball proposal" being rejected. He glanced at her, raised an eyebrow, and didn't say a word.

This girl's enthusiasm over the past few days had been off the charts—checking on him, bringing tea and water, providing emotional support like nobody's business.

But... damn it!

Lately, he'd been so engrossed in female charms that he hadn't seriously made money in ages!

His WeChat balance was just over 400,000 yuan. If Ye Cheng hadn't gifted him a laptop on New Year's, it might have been down to just over 200,000 by now.

Hmm... he needed to refocus and seriously make some money!

Today was this girl's Hall Battle—no matter what, he had to squeeze her dry!

Jiang Ye stroked his chin, ignored her, walked over to the sofa, sat down, and struck a pose that said, "This master is in a mediocre mood right now, don't bother me."

Seeing him act like this, Su Ning gritted her teeth in anger, mentally adding another big mark against him in her little notebook.

Hmm... this notebook was almost full; she needed a new one.

"Little Brother, you..."

"Ahem..."

Jiang Ye cleared his throat, his gaze falling on the cup in front of him: "My throat's dry, don't feel like talking..."

Su Ning secretly rolled her eyes, mentally cursing him as a "spoiled brat," but her body honestly picked up his cup, walked to the Water Dispenser, filled it with water, and handed it over:

"Little Brother, have some water, quick, moisten your throat."

"Hmm..."

Jiang Ye took it, took only a small sip, then immediately frowned, looking disgusted: "It's so cold, how can I drink this? Trying to freeze me to death?"

"..."

Su Ning quickly took the cup back: "Oops, I didn't notice. I'll get you some hot water!"

Just as she was about to head to the Water Dispenser, she suddenly felt that running back and forth like this was too subservient, damaging the dignity of "Little Sister Su."

After thinking for a moment, she brought her own cup along too, filling both with hot water to prove she was just "incidentally" getting water for him, not deliberately trying to please him.

Handing over the hot water, Su Ning blew on the steam from her own cup and steered the conversation back on track:

"Little Brother, what are your... plans for today? Are you... going out tonight?"

Seeing her cautious, hesitant-to-speak demeanor, Jiang Ye chuckled inwardly and deliberately snorted:

"Why are you only blowing on your own? This water's so hot, aren't you going to blow on mine for me? What if I burn my mouth? Not drinking it! Going back to my room!"

With that, he made as if to get up.

Su Ning was instantly startled.

Damn it! Why is this Dog man so hard to please?! Just leaving like that?!

"Little Brother, don't go, don't go, don't go! I'll blow on it for you, I'll blow on it for you, okay?!"

"...Oh? Are you sure?"

Jiang Ye was instantly delighted, sat back down on the sofa, loosened the elastic waistband of his shorts, spread his arms wide, and leaned back comfortably:

"Then... please begin your performance."

Su Ning: "..."

Oh your head!

Do you think I don't get what you mean, you big lazy pervert!

Damn it! Sometimes I really hate how quickly I understand!

She subconsciously glanced at his shorts, her face slightly reddening, and decided to stop beating around the bush, getting straight to the point:

"Little Brother, since you usually take such good care of me, I... I bought you a little gift, just to show my appreciation, show my appreciation, haha~"

With that, Su Ning bent down, pulled out a small box she'd hidden under the coffee table long ago, and handed it to Jiang Ye.