Chapter 45 - "Vintage"

6:30 a.m

As usual, Lai Jiayi cleaned the corridor. This time, she brought along a dryer machine to dry the floor right after she moped it.

"Huft. Okay, now we swipe the floor first." Lai Jiayi trotted over to the edge of the corridor. Her ponytail swayed, and the sight of a girl in an orange uniform could be seen from afar.

"Good luck, quack. You can do this!" Yaya encouraged Lai Jiayi as he floated around Lai Jiayi's head. The duck whistled happily, seeing that Lai Jiayi was already healthy.

The girl didn't look like someone who had just got a high fever yesterday.

"Mmm, I wonder when Zhao Yang will come out, though." Lai Jiayi started cleaning from the floor near the elevator as she asked Yaya.

'Zhao Yang rarely departs early in the morning now, but I heard that he goes home at 9 p.m nowadays.'

"Humm, I can't predict it, quack. But it will be before 8 a.m. I'm sure, quack, " Yaya tried to reassure Lai Jiayi so the girl won't overthink when suddenly, a BIP sound echoed through the silent corridor.

!

Lai Jiayi turned around with sparkling eyes, thinking that it was Zhao Yang. Sadly, what she saw was a twin-tail girl with lavender hair just came out of her house.

The girl was wearing a dark brown vintage shirt with ruffles around the chest. The little girl combined the long-sleeve shirt with a suspender mini skirt. The mocha-colored plaid skirt really suits the autumn vibe.

As usual, to add a 'lolita' vibe to her style, the little girl wore a cream-colored beret on her head. She looked ready to go to school.

"Geez, that's Xiu Mei. Not Zhao Yang." Lai Jiayi sighed in disappointment. The girl hurriedly hid behind the pillar as she watched Xiu Mei walking to the elevator.

"It's been a while since we last saw Xiu Mei, right, quack?" Yaya tilted his head. He also watched over the black cat hanging around Xiu Mei's neck.

'Since it's been a while since I saw these two...I wonder if their barometer is already high or not now.'

"Mmm, I think I haven't seen them around two days ago? Or three days? Dunno." Lai Jiayi shrugged, but then the girl abruptly paused.

She stared at the little girl entering the elevator and couldn't help but get curious.

"Yaya, can you check Xiu Mei's barometer? She wins the tournament, so she should get a high barometer, right?" Lai Jiayi slowly came out of her hiding place and resumed her work.

Yaya nodded. "Okay, I'll deduct your point first, quack."

TING! [Checking Xiu Mei's barometer. -10 points. Total points left: 490 points.]

Right after the notification sounded, Yaya got access to Xiu Mei's barometer information. The duck squinted, but he didn't show any strange reaction.

Lai Jiayi silently guessed that Xiu Mei's barometer might not be that high.

'If Yaya doesn't react, it means the barometer is still normal?'

"Hmmm, Xiu Mei's barometer is at 25%, quack, " Yaya spoke calmly without panicking. Usually, whenever they checked Xiu Mei's barometer, they would panic.

But today, both Lai Jiayi and Yaya were already mature enough to control their emotions.

"Oh. 25%." Lai Jiayi rubbed her chin. A flash of doubt could be seen in her eyes. "I thought the last time we checked her barometer...it's also around that."

"True, quack."

"So, how come she still stayed at 25% when she raised her barometer by 4% yesterday?" Lai Jiayi squinted. The girl aimlessly swiped the floor with the broom.

"Could it be...Xiu Mei's barometer drops?" Lai Jiayi tilted her head. She looked at Yaya with curiosity in her eyes.

"According to her barometer history, indeed, quack. There are a few times when her barometer drops, quack, and that is mostly because she is too touchy with Zhao Yang, quack.

Lai Jiayi paused. The girl peeked at Zhao Yang's house.

"Too touchy, huh? I think Zhao Yang's limit is only patting others' heads. Other than that, he might get angry." Lai Jiayi inhaled deeply and sighed.

'So, when he pats me or such, it's still not special.'

Lai Jiayi had just mentioned Zhao Yang's name when another BIP sound echoed in the corridor.

!

This time, the girl knew for sure that the one coming out was none other than Zhao Yang.

"He's here, quack!" Yaya pointed at a young man coming out of the house at the edge of the corridor, near the huge glass wall.

The young man was wearing three layers of clothes with a short-sleeve white shirt as the base, covered with a striped mustard vest, and lastly, an asymmetrical black-white coat.

The coat looked short from the front, only touching the man's waist, but from behind, the edge was quite long.

Upon seeing the man, Lai Jiayi tilted her head. She subconsciously stared at the guy tucking his hand into his black trousers.

[Isn't this...the first time Zhao Yang wears vintage clothes?] Lai Jiayi gulped.

'Those clothes he wears now have a vintage vibe without futuristic style at all!'

[Maybe today is a special occasion, quack? I don't know…] Yaya just guessed randomly as his eyes were on the swan floating next to Zhao Yang.

Today, the swan wore a mini round hat plus a similar black coat like the one Zhao Yang wore. She looked like a wizard or something.

Yaya subconsciously averted his eyes and hid behind Lai Jiayi. The duck looked down on his bare body and secretly sighed.

'I know I'm ugly. Hmp!'

Lai Jiayi, who didn't know Yaya's thoughts, smiled from ear to ear as she approached Zhao Yang. The girl hurriedly bow while shouting,

"G-good morning, boss!"

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