Chapter 6: When You Grow Up, Will You Be Afraid?

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The next day, Ning Ruxing woke up early. After tidying up, she went downstairs to buy coffee and went to the chairman’s office on the top floor. The entire floor was Jin Yebei’s office, and at this time, only the cleaning lady was working. Ning Ruxing quickly went up to her and asked with a smile, “Good morning, Auntie. May I ask if Chairman Jin is here?”

Since Ning Ruxing was so polite, the cleaning lady’s mood was also quite good. Many employees would not speak to them so politely. Moreover, this girl was able to come to the top floor, so she should be in a relatively important position. She must not offend this young lady. The cleaning lady smiled and quickly said,

“Chairman Jin isn’t here yet. He usually sleeps in.”

Ning Ruxing’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch. Was she really talking about Jin Yebei? She even started to think that it was a little cute that such a cold person would actually sleep in. Usually, a chairman would wake up especially early, run, have breakfast, and then come to the office to work seriously.

After the cleaning lady left, Ning Ruxing walked into the office and saw that Jin Yebei was indeed not there. Ning Ruxing looked around the office again. She realized that she didn’t even notice a door to a bathroom on one side of the bathroom. The large floor-to-ceiling windows allowed the first ray of morning sunlight to fill the entire room.

Ning Ruxing put down the coffee and saw that the desk was a little messy. So she tidied it up. When she turned around, she saw the little golden python flicking its tongue at her. How naughty of it! Then, she noticed that the food was almost gone. So, she picked up the feed that was placed next to the enclosure and filled up the food bowl. She also went to the bathroom to add some water for the little snake. When she reached in to pour water for it, the little snake wrapped around her wrist. At this time, Jin Yebei also pushed the door open and came in. Ning Ruxing saw Jin Yebei and immediately greeted him with respect.

“Good Morning, Chairman Jin.”

Ning Ruxing tried to remove the little snake off her wrist. However, for some reason, the little snake seemed to be deliberately bullying her. It wrapped tighter and kept flicking its tongue. Fortunately, Jin Yebei didn’t care about this as he walked to Ning Ruxing’s side and bitterly said, “It’s still young now, but it will grow bigger as time passes. Will you be afraid then?”

Ning Ruxing shook her head and thought of her childhood experience. If it weren’t for that giant python, there wouldn’t be Ning Ruxing today. That was the reason she liked snakes. She also remembered that she had a pet at home and unknowingly blurted it out.

“Don’t worry, I have a pet too, and it’s very big.”

Jin Yebei was suddenly very interested. Of course, there was no problem for a girl to have a pet, but she said it was very big. What could it be? Even the biggest dog was not as big as a python, so why did the little girl say that she was not afraid? Could it be that the little girl also had a golden python at home? Was it an adult? Jin Yebei curiously asked, “Is that so? What pet?”

“An ostrich.”

Ning Ruxing answered so quickly that Jin Yebei was stunned for a moment, then he chuckled. He had seen all kinds of pets, but this was the first time he heard of someone keeping an ostrich as a pet. Besides, wasn’t this girl living in a school dormitory? Why would they keep ostriches? Jin Yebei thought it was funny and said, “Are ostriches allowed in the school now?”

Ning Ruxing’s face darkened when she heard this. Even the big boss had times when his brain wasn’t working well. How could anyone keep pets at school? Even if the school did allow it, her roommates would never agree. Besides, the dormitory was so small. There was no place for an ostrich. Ning Ruxing helplessly said, “Of course not at school. I keep him at home.”

Jin Yebei didn’t ask any more questions. He sat in the chair and nodded with satisfaction when he saw that Ning Ruxing had replenished the python’s food and water. Among so many assistants, only Ning Ruxing dared to do such a thing. No one else dared to even approach the enclosure. Jin Yebei sat on the chair and said, “It’s a little hot, help me take off my clothes.”

Ning Ruxing was stunned for a moment. She suddenly felt that she was not an assistant at all, but a maid or servant who served the Emperor in ancient times. However, there was no other way. She was his assistant. Now that the chairman had spoken, as an assistant, of course, she had to be obedient and do her job well. She couldn’t be fired on her first day of work because of such a small matter, right?