Chapter 79 - "Snatch"

Thinking that she did bad, Lai Jiayi also quietly turned her body around, and her left arm grazed Zhao Yang's right arm.

Yet the girl didn't notice it.

Only Zhao Yang noticed. The man instantly flinched. He subconsciously shifted his body away from the girl so that he won't touch her.

This small interaction was nothing, but a certain barmaid saw all of this.

She couldn't help but grit her teeth. Steam rose from her head as her face turned dark.

'What are these two doing? Talking about serious things like that– and they ignore me?!'

Tan Xinya clenched her fists tightly as she watched Zhao Yang and Lai Jiayi quietly stare at their drink without touching it.

There's an ambiguous atmosphere between the two. But it was rather pleasant and had a bit of chemistry.

Tan Xinya couldn't hold it back anymore. She stared daggers at Lai Jiayi and Zhao Yang.

'Are you two flirting?? Why the heck do both of you look like shy little teenagers?!'

Tan Xinya suddenly curled her lips and opened her mouth, breaking the silence between the two birds.

"Mr. Zhao, the drink is delicious when it's cold." Tan Xinya covered her mouth and giggled. "The ice cube will melt soon."

Only an idiot didn't know the meaning behind her speech.

Lai Jiayi instantly tensed up. The girl gawked at Tan Xinya.

'Damn it! This woman is pressuring Zhao Yang to drink! Ahhh, can I switch the glass?! Wait– yeah, I should do that!'

Lai Jiayi was about to ask when Zhao Yang nodded. He took the glass and brought it to his lips.

!

FCKKKK– I can't let him drink that!

"B-boss!" Lai Jiayi suddenly rose and grabbed the glass. She successfully stopped the guy's movement.

Zhao Yang's eyes widened in shock. His eyes were glued to his glass. At this moment, Lai Jiayi grabbed his glass, and at the same time, clasped his hand along with the glass.

"Eh– "

The guy hadn't said anything when Lai Jiayi snatched the glass and drank the alcohol.

GULP GULP GULP.

The girl downed the whole drink in a mere second.

….huh?

Tan Xinya and Zhao Yang gawked at Lai Jiayi with their jaws dropped to the floor. Even Yaya and Tianjin stared eye-wide. None of them could say anything.

The four people were tongue-tied.

Wait, wait, wait. Did...did Jia– just...snatch the glass and drink…

"Pwah!" Lai Jiayi let out a long sigh as she slammed the glass to the table. The girl then slowly sat down while wiping her lips with the back of her palm.

"That's quite sweet, " the girl murmured, not noticing the two people and two AI eyes on her.

Yaya: (っ'-')╮=͟͟͞͞????

[JIA WHAT DID YOU DO, QUACKKK??!!!!] Yaya suddenly growled in Lai Jiayi's mind. His thunderous voice smacked Lai Jiayi to death.

The girl almost fell from the chair. Thankfully, Lai Jiayi managed to grab the table and balanced herself.

She hurriedly fixed her sitting position and looked at Yaya with red eyes. [Y-you. What's wrong with you, ah?! Why did you shout– ]

[ARE YOU CRAZY, QUACK?!] Yaya pecked Lai Jiayi's neck and slapped the girl's cheeks with both of his wings.

PA! PA! PA!

Yaya slapped the girl a few times as he kept shouting, [Why did you snatch Zhao Yang's drink, quack?! You even drink straight from his glass! That's– ]

[Then what do you expect me to do?? If Zhao Yang drinks that, he will 100% cry, and then Tan Xinya will win today's special mission!]

Lai Jiayi grabbed Yaya and pushed him away from her cheeks.

[This is the only thing I can do! You also don't want Tan Xinya to win, right??]

Yaya was speechless. The duck looked at Lai Jiayi with blank eyes.

'That is true. But...isn't it...rude?? What if Zhao Yang– '

Yaya stole a glance at Zhao Yang's face, expecting the guy to look angry, but contrary to his belief, Zhao Yang's face remained calm.

He just casually took Lai Jiayi's glass and drank from that glass instead.

….HUH?? Boss, boss, you aren't going to scold Jia?! Wait, this...what's going on??

Yaya felt like his circuit just blew up. The same as Tan Xinya. The woman's eyes rolled back until one could only see the white part.

She wobbled and almost fainted on the spot.

[Mistress! Hang on, hissss.] Verco instantly dragged his mistress with his mouth, guiding the woman to leave the place for a while.

He knew his mistress just got a massive blow to her heart.

'Who would have thought that girl is so brazen?? She snatched Zhao Yang's drink and downed it in one go!'

With Tan Xinya leaving the place, in that group, only Tianjin still had her rational mind. She stared at Zhao Yang, dumbfounded.

[Uh, master...that...that girl…]

[What?] Zhao Yang slurped his drink from Lai Jiayi's glass. He then slowly put it down in front of him.

[Lai Jiayi just snatched your drink, drank it in front of you, and you…] Tianjin blinked fast. She peeked at Lai Jiayi with astonishment. She then looked back at Zhao Yang as her heart-shaped screen turned red.

[Master, why are you acting so calm, ah?! You aren't surprised?? That girl is rude! Why didn't you do anything– ]

[I was surprised. But thinking again….] Zhao Yang closed his eyes. He touched his bangle and knitted his eyebrows.

[There must be a reason why she did that.]

'I just realized this girl had been trying to prevent me from drinking. She kept interrupting me and distracted me by talking.'

Zhao Yang opened his eyes. He narrowed his eyes into a straight line.

[Something is wrong here.]

...huh??

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