323: Old cow eats young grass

Seeing Li Mengyao fall into deep thought, Ye Su knew that she had taken his words to heart.

"What's wrong? Could there actually be a problem?" Ye Su asked, knowing the answer.

"What problem could there be?" Snapping back to reality, Li Mengyao immediately waved her hand at Ye Su. "Stop being so imaginative, okay?"

No matter how good her relationship with Ye Su was, or how much she trusted him, it was impossible for Li Mengyao to tell him everything about the company's internal affairs without reservation.

Besides, this matter hadn't been verified yet.

What if Ye Su had just looked at the photo and mistaken the person?

Ye Su didn't mind Li Mengyao's excuse.

Knowing from her reaction just now that she would surely find an employee to verify things after he left, Ye Su tactfully stood up: "As long as there's no problem, then I won't keep you from your duties as a female boss. Let's eat together next time."

Hearing that Ye Su was leaving as soon as he finished his business, Li Mengyao didn't try to stop him: "That's what you said. You're paying when the time comes."

"Wow!" Ye Su said with an artificial, slightly exaggerated expression: "Seriously? A rich person like you is still trying to snatch food from a beggar's mouth?"

"What do you mean 'snatch food from your mouth'? That's disgusting!"

Li Mengyao used to think she had quite good self-restraint, and when discussing business with others, she could almost always keep her emotions from showing on her face.

But this man in front of her could always make her chest ache with anger with just a simple sentence!

"Isn't it?" Ye Su said righteously: "Compared to you, aren't I just a poor person? Are you really shameless enough to make a poor person pay for a meal?"

"If you're shameless enough to call yourself a poor person, why shouldn't I be shameless enough to make you pay for a meal!" Li Mengyao rolled her eyes: "You're a man, after all. Would it kill you to treat a girl to a meal?"

"Fine, fine, fine..." Ye Su pretended to look helpless: "I'll pay. You pick the place where you want to eat."

Seeing this, Li Mengyao nodded with satisfaction: "That's more like it."

"Then I'll be going now."

Ye Su didn't want to delay Li Mengyao's important business any further, so after saying goodbye, he left the office.

After Ye Su left, Li Mengyao's brows furrowed tightly: "Embezzling public funds, keeping a male model... could he have actually guessed correctly?"

It was better to believe it than to ignore it.

Li Mengyao immediately arranged for trusted personnel in the finance department to quietly start checking the recent financial status of the entire group to see if there were any problems anywhere.

...

"The message has been delivered; whether you believe it or not is no longer my business."

After getting into the car, Ye Su checked the time—it was 10:49 AM.

"It's too late to go to the vehicle management office for the transfer. Should I go to Xianzushan Amusement Park now to retrieve the safe, or go buy the lottery ticket?"

Bzz—bzz— Just as Ye Su was struggling with what to do during this hour before lunch, his phone on the passenger seat vibrated.

Picking it up, he saw that it was a message from Yan Ran.

[Yan Ran: Little handsome guy, what are you doing?]

When dealing with Yan Ran, Ye Su didn't dare to be as unreserved as he was with Li Mengyao, so he could only reply seriously.

[I just went out for something, I'm still outside right now.]

[Is there something you need, Sister Ran?]

[Yan Ran: What, can't your big sister chat with you if there's nothing going on?]

Just now at the entrance of Li Mengyao's company, he had been brazenly sized up by a middle-aged auntie who kept male models.

Now, seeing a female shopping mall owner send him this slightly teasing message, Ye Su couldn't help but let his thoughts wander: Could she also be trying to keep me?

After all, Ye Su was somewhat susceptible to the three great illusions of boys: [Someone is calling me, I can counter-kill, she likes me].

Although his thoughts wandered, Ye Su didn't dare to reply recklessly.

[That's not what I meant, of course you can.]

[Yan Ran: Alright, I won't tease you anymore.]

[Yan Ran: It wasn't very convenient at the reservoir in the middle of the night, and I didn't get to thank you properly.]

[Yan Ran: I'd like to treat you to a meal, see if you have time tonight.]

[Since Sister Ran is treating me, I definitely have to have time.]

[Yan Ran: [Giggle.JPG]]

[Yan Ran: Alright, I'll send you the location in a bit.]

[Yan Ran: If your girlfriend is worried, you can bring her along too.]

[Yan Ran: Or are you already married?]

[I'm still a student, what marriage...]

[My girlfriend is quite busy during this period, she won't have time to eat together tonight.]

"Still in school?" On the other end of the screen, seeing Ye Su say he was still a student, Yan Ran looked surprised.

She had just offered to let Ye Su bring his girlfriend along in the evening purely because she had nothing to hide and wanted to gossip about Ye Su's relationship status.

She hadn't expected that not only was Ye Su unmarried, but he was actually still a university student.

"No wonder no one's son in the Yangcheng circles matches up with him. He probably came from out of town to attend university."

[Yan Ran: Are you in university, or in graduate school?]

[In university, I'm a junior this year.]

"Only a junior in university? Isn't there an age gap of about ten years between us?" Immediately, Yan Ran smiled mockingly: "Why worry about his age? Don't tell me you actually want to be an old cow eating tender grass."

As she spoke, Yan Ran looked down again: "Come to think of it, even if an old cow eats tender grass, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage, right?"

After playfully teasing Ye Su with her wicked sense of humor, Yan Ran replied to his message.

[Yan Ran: Alright, university student.]

[Yan Ran: Do you have any dietary restrictions?]

[Yan Ran: I don't want it to be that the first time your big sister treats you to a meal to thank you for saving my life, the dishes I order don't suit your taste.]

[No dietary restrictions, I just can't eat food that's too spicy.]

[Yan Ran: Alright, then I'll look into what to eat tonight. I won't keep you from your business.]

[Yan Ran: See you tonight.]

[See you tonight.]

"Well, got another free meal tonight."

Putting down his phone, Ye Su struggled for a moment before deciding to buy the lottery ticket first, and wait until the afternoon when he had more time to get the safe.

Following the address, Ye Su drove to the lottery station at 49 Ningde Street and found that glowing [Good Luck] scratch-off lottery ticket in the display case.

A pack of thirty, 20 yuan each.

Ye Su didn't scratch them in the store; after paying, he took the scratch-off lottery tickets home.

It was already past eleven o'clock.

Ye Su first opened his food delivery app, found his previous single-person order, clicked [Order Again], and only then took out his student ID card to start scratching the opened scratch-off lottery tickets.

"Didn't win... didn't win..."

"There's one for 50 yuan..."

"Sigh, didn't win again..."

Honestly, when he saw the intel refresh in the early morning, it was just a 15,000 yuan scratch-off lottery ticket, and Ye Su hadn't been that interested.

But once he started scratching, Ye Su couldn't help but break into a cold sweat, muttering to himself, wanting to scratch out some prize money, even if it was just a few dozen yuan.

"Got it!"

After scratching a dozen or so, Ye Su scratched out the one with the 15,000 yuan prize.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, Host, you have successfully scratched out a 15,000 yuan prize and received a reward of 3 points in [Charm] attribute. Do you wish to claim it?]

"Yes!"

[Claim successful!]

[The Host's current [Charm] attribute is 62 points, with a rating of — Captivating Demeanor.]