Chapter 189: Delicious, Love It, Eat More

Although wearing a look of disdain on her face, Ji Ya honestly opened her mouth and ate the food he fed her.

She seemed to have little defense against him and would take whatever was offered.

After consuming several pieces of beef in a row, she also drank quite a bit of cola.

Ji Ya touched the slight flesh on her belly and joked, "After a meal like this, how many steps will I have to run to burn off all this fat?"

"I don't care, you made my belly big, so you have to take responsibility!"

Hearing this, Lin Yu slowly formed a huge question mark in his mind.

Wait a minute... why does that phrase sound so bizarre?!

Though he felt it was strange, what could he do?

When faced with a boss acting spoiled, what is the only option?

Naturally, it is to indulge her!

"Alright, alright, I'll accompany you wherever you want to go."

He looked her up and down, pondering carefully.

"However, Boss, you already have curves in all the right places, is there still anything you are unsatisfied with?"

...

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Lin Yu rubbed his round belly.

He smiled and looked at Ji Ya.

Since she blamed him just now for her being overfilled, shouldn't he... also hold her accountable?

Seeing his mischievous smile, Ji Ya curled her lips: "Don't even try that. You're a man, it's impossible for you to get pregnant."

"Hmm... how could it be impossible?"

Lin Yu imitated the tone of a certain later-generation female celebrity, wearing an innocent expression.

With one hand, Ji Ya pinched his ear, and with the other, she paid the bill directly. Then she domineeringly dragged Lin Yu out the door and questioned him fiercely: "Does you being stuffed with food have anything to do with me anymore?!"

Lin Yu howled in agony: "Nothing to do with you at all! I just couldn't control my own mouth! My fault!!"

When the proprietress was having someone clear the stall later, she noticed there was still plenty of uneaten meat left on the table.

She glanced at the two figures who had already walked far away and vanished, then looked back at the homeless person standing by the table and swallowing hard.

It seemed that Lin Yu's kind act last time had made the homeless man realize that food on Lin Yu's table should never be taken without asking.

Understanding Lin Yu's intention, the proprietress felt a warmth in her heart. She pulled out a chair and invited the homeless person to sit down.

"Eat up. This is a gift left behind by an angel."

...

The two had just parked and returned to the hotel when Lin Yu, preparing to wash up, suddenly heard a knock on the door.

He opened it to take a look—well, what a rare guest!

"Sister Xiaolin, what an honor it is for you to visit my humble abode!"

Su Xiaolin's entire face read: *Do you think I even want to deal with you right now?*

Rolling her eyes dramatically, she rubbed her aching knees from standing too long and barged straight into the hotel room.

"Pour me a glass of water."

Lin Yu instinctively glanced toward the inner room. Su Xiaolin's sudden intrusion caught him off guard—he definitely couldn't let her discover his secret!

He quickly poured a glass of water for her and motioned for her to sit.

"Sister Xiaolin, what brings you here so late?"

"When the two of you went out to dinner, did you ever stop to think if you had forgotten something?"

Seeing Lin Yu's attitude of completely forgetting about her, Su Xiaolin felt anger flare up from the depths of her heart!!

*Bring my hometown Gotham City over here!! I'll play the Joker right now!! Nobody stop me!!*

After all, she was his manager, and furthermore, she had come specifically to deliver his contract.

Did a manager who considered her artist's interests so wholeheartedly not deserve even a shred of presence?! Did she not deserve it?!

Yet, upon second thought, she remembered the relationship between Lin Yu and Ji Ya.

Offending him was equivalent to offending Ji Ya.

Pouting, Su Xiaolin could only swallow her shattered teeth and gulp down her grievances.

She took out the document, placed it on the table, and tapped it lightly.

"The contract for the next schedule with the variety show production team has already been negotiated. With your current traffic and popularity, your appearance fee is worth this much."

Su Xiaolin quickly made a hand gesture and just as quickly pulled her hand back.

Lin Yu froze.

Wait... was she doing magic tricks? He completely missed it, dammit!!

Su Xiaolin felt a slight sense of satisfaction from taking her petty revenge before continuing.

"Since it's the final round of competition, the difficulty will be increased this time."

Su Xiaolin noticed Lin Yu looking at her with eager eyes and an expression as if he had more to say.

Guessing what he probably wanted to ask, she didn't give him the chance to speak, directly invoking Ji Ya's name to explain.

"Why are you just staring at me? When participating in a competition, the most important thing is the ranking! Getting a ranking means infinite fame and traffic, which brings countless income!"

"Right now, you should focus on your competition. As for the appearance fee, go negotiate it with President Ji yourself."

Lin Yu: ...

May I ask, are you a roundworm in my stomach?

How could she guess he wanted to ask when his appearance fee would be paid?

Besides, what did his appearance fee have to do with Ji Ya? Doesn't the company normally transfer money directly to the artist's account?

"As for the relationship between you and her, well..."

Su Xiaolin didn't even know how to describe it—a purely innocent relationship where they had kissed?

"Anyway, President Ji plans to manage your money for you, just in case you have too much cash and spend it recklessly."

Sigh~ They haven't even officially started dating yet, and his finances are already being managed~

That's what you get for flirting with President Ji in front of me for no reason. Look what happens when you overdo it!

Seizing a man's money is equivalent to seizing his lifeline. President Ji, I support this move!!

Lin Yu turned his head to look at the woman emerging from the bathroom. "Boss, I heard you're going to be my financial controller?"

Ji Ya wiped her hair. "Huh?"

Lin Yu recounted the whole sequence of events.

Upon hearing this, Ji Ya burst into a chuckle.

"Oh, that? I was just thinking that the interest rate for leaving so much money in the bank is too low. If you let me hold onto it, I can give you triple the interest, settled once a month, with a permanent deposit term. How does that sound?"

Oh, oh, oh, a permanent deposit term?

Wasn't this simply planning to tie Lin Yu by her side for a lifetime?

Seeing Lin Yu nod in agreement and then turn back to look at her, the smile at the corner of his mouth seemed to mock: *You single dogs wouldn't understand, right? Having someone manage your money, plus getting a hefty interest payment every month as pocket money.*

Jealous? Well, too bad, you can't have it~ Hah!

Su Xiaolin was practically at her wit's end.

I yield to the two of you!

Why don't you guys just hurry up and pierce that window paper, and openly admit you're together.

On one hand, they shoved dog food in her face until her head ached.

On the other hand, they still expected her to listen to their nonsense about how they were purely innocent.

If those two were purely innocent, then she... she would just... never look for a man in her life, alright!

...

Su Xiaolin was utterly exasperated.

She had been running around for work and hadn't even had time to eat, leaving her stomach rumbling with hunger, yet she was forced to swallow a mouthful of romantic displays. Her head genuinely hurt!

She took a long, deep breath and tried her best to calm her mood.

"The director is providing an extra 500,000 in funds, allowing contestants to find their own backing vocal guests—they can be amateurs or mainstream artists."

"However, there is a special requirement: the person cannot be anyone involved in the singing industry."

What on earth?

A singing competition show requires contestants not to find singers?

For real or fake?

Director, did you pull this planning concept straight from Planet 213?

This idea is quite unexpected, isn't it? It completely doesn't look like something a carbon-based lifeform could come up with!