My Best Friend is Actually a Cat-eared Maid at a Cafe! – Chapter 78

Chapter 78: Pink Letter
“Ah~ so sleepy.”
In the afternoon, Xiaomuqing got out of bed, stretched and yawned, then casually picked up the Jade Pendant and put it on herself.
Before her nap, she had been restless in bed, her mind solely on the campus belle rankings.
In the end, Xiaomuqing thought of a brilliant solution: to become a salted fish.
As long as she was a complete slacker and pretended to know nothing, troubles wouldn’t find her, and this matter would have nothing to do with her.
The so-called campus belle was just a beautiful girl who looked a bit like her. What did it have to do with a ‘tough guy’ like her?
With this thought, Xiaomuqing tidied herself up, then pushed open the door and walked out of the living room.
“Boss, good afternoon.”
She casually greeted her good brother and then put on her shoes together, preparing to go out.
“Mm.”
After her nap, Ye Ziming didn’t bring up the campus belle rankings again. He simply replied, acting as if nothing had happened.
After all, he was a man who had been there for a year. He was almost indifferent to such matters and didn’t think there was anything worth talking about.
Moreover, his attitude was the same as Xiaomuqing’s. They both felt the rankings were useless and that only those with too much time on their hands would bother with such things.
“Boss, I want to discuss something with you.”
On the way to school, Xiaomuqing poked her good brother beside her. After a brief moment of hesitation in her heart, she slightly raised her head to look at him.
“What is it?”
Based on his understanding of Xiaomuqing, Ye Ziming knew very well that when she looked at him like that, she was most likely asking for a favor.
However, he didn’t mind and followed her lead, asking further. He was quite happy to help this cute girl who called him ‘Boss’ every day.
“It’s about work… can I not wear that uniform from now on?”
“No.”
The answer was immediate, so fast it surprised Xiaomuqing, who almost didn’t react.
“This… Look, I’m your secretary. What’s the difference whether I wear it or not? And it doesn’t affect my work…”
“I disagree.”
No matter how Xiaomuqing explained, from any angle, using any method of argumentation, that wearing a uniform was unnecessary, Ye Ziming disagreed. And he clearly stated that if she didn’t wear the uniform, she would be considered absent and would forfeit her perfect attendance bonus.
“Sigh~”
Xiaomuqing felt helpless about this. She had originally hoped to seize this opportunity to completely sever ties with the cat-eared maid outfit.
But she hadn’t expected her good brother’s attitude to be so firm, with no signs of relenting after all her talk.
So, after all that, for the sake of this high-paying job, she still had to wear the shameful outfit.
Even though she was used to it, she still felt a little awkward.
“No need to worry, no one will be able to guess it’s you.”
Looking at Xiaomuqing beside him, and recalling their conversation before the nap, Ye Ziming roughly guessed what was bothering her.
So, he patted her shoulder, gave her a reassuring look, and said with a smile.
He admitted that Xiaomuqing made a lot of sense, but being reasonable didn’t mean it was useful. He wouldn’t give up such a good welfare opportunity.
Xiaomuqing in the cat-eared maid outfit was extraordinarily cute.
“Hmm~ Alright then.”
As they said this, they had already reached the entrance of their classroom. About half the class had already arrived.
Reaching the classroom signified the end of their conversation.
Their conversation couldn’t be known by any third party, otherwise, their identities could be exposed by accident.
In the end, it was still this job that was too good, making Xiaomuqing unable to find any reason to give it up.
Even at the risk of her secret being discovered, she would still go to work (to earn money)!
Seeing that Xiaomuqing had compromised, Ye Ziming said nothing more and walked towards the classroom entrance.
In a short while, the two people had arrived in the class and walked towards their respective seats.
When Xiaomuqing arrived at her seat, she suddenly saw a pink letter lying on her desk.
And coincidentally, the letter was slowly moving towards the edge of the desk under the effect of the fan, about to fall off.
“Wow~ it’s pink.”
Before it could fall to the ground, Xiaomuqing reached out, pressed it down, and then feigned surprise, letting out a shout of exclamation.
Looking at the letter’s movement trajectory, she felt it wasn’t meant for her. It was likely blown over from her good brother’s desk by the wind.
Recalling the events of her first year of high school, similar things had happened many times, which made her even more certain of her guess.
“Tsk tsk tsk, Boss already has a girlfriend, and someone’s still sending you this? Incredible.”
Seizing another opportunity to tease her good brother, Xiaomuqing wouldn’t let it go easily. So, on the spot, she began to taunt him.
As she spoke, Xiaomuqing sat down, handed the letter to Ye Ziming, and gave him a meaningful smile.
(*￣︶￣)
“Maybe it’s for you.”
Hearing Xiaomuqing tease him, Ye Ziming couldn’t help but frown. He felt a pang of discomfort and didn’t take the letter immediately.
In the past, he would usually take it without expression and then reject it or hand it over to the homeroom teacher.
In this situation, he felt very conflicted and displeased with Xiaomuqing’s reaction.
But he couldn’t say anything, because they were a ‘fake’ couple.
“Really? Someone would send me something like this?”
Seeing that her good brother wasn’t taking the item from her hand, Xiaomuqing retracted her hand and said with some surprise.
After speaking, she looked at the big heart on it, wondering if she should open it. This way, she would know who it was for.
She acted on her thoughts. Xiaomuqing glanced around furtively and found that no one was looking her way. So, she quietly placed the letter under the desk.
However, just as she tore open the letter and before she could take out the paper inside, a large hand suddenly appeared and snatched the letter away.
“Hey~ You didn’t want it, did you?”
Having her letter snatched away, Xiaomuqing didn’t feel angry. When she tore open the envelope, she had already intended to do it for her good brother to see.
Now that Ye Ziming reached out to snatch the item, it was within Xiaomuqing’s trap, and he was about to be teased further.
Finally winning once, Xiaomuqing felt triumphant and exhilarated!
“Casually opening other people’s letters is a very impolite behavior.”
He turned his head away, looking in another direction, and at the same time put the letter into his schoolbag, in a place Xiaomuqing couldn’t reach.
At a crucial moment, he suddenly realized something. If this letter was indeed for Xiaomuqing, then he definitely couldn’t let her see its contents.
Besides, everyone knew he had a girlfriend now, so theoretically, such a letter shouldn’t appear.
Even if it did, it shouldn’t be so simple. It was obvious that the sender’s skill level was very low, with nothing but a pink letter.
Therefore, he believed that this was most likely for Xiaomuqing!