The receptionist looked at Qi with curiosity.
She remembered this girl.
She had applied for a job before, worked for two days, then the store closed.
The new boss took over from the proprietress, and she was temporarily moved to the front desk.
Now it seemed the salon’s acquisition by the new boss was related to this exceptionally beautiful girl.
She actually liked this position now.
The pay was the same but the work was much lighter, and she even had time to slack off.
She felt much brighter, and her goodwill toward Qi had also increased.
“Boss, may I ask what the relationship is between you two?” the receptionist asked curiously.
Bai Qiaoyu gave her a smile.
“Don’t ask what you shouldn’t, okay? Just do your job well.”
The receptionist fell silent and obediently led the black-haired girl to the shampoo area.
“Qiqi!”
Liu Linlin, who was resting, stood up in pleasant surprise.
“You’re back! I thought you quit!”
She quickly approached Qi.
“I’ve missed you so much these days!”
But just then, a displeasing voice came from the other side.
“Dressed up like that, you want to come back and be a vase again?”
That annoying female clerk still had a bad attitude.
She looked Qi up and down, feeling very displeased.
Last time she was wearing a plain T-shirt and long pants, but now she’s even wearing a skirt and white silk stockings.
What a shameless little vixen!
“If you can’t speak nicely, just shut your mouth, okay? I don’t know why some people are so full of hostility every day!”
Liu Linlin glared at her fiercely.
“Me, hostile? Aren’t I telling the truth?”
The female clerk crossed her arms.
“That mute who doesn’t talk gets transferred to the front desk. Why can’t I have a lighter job?”
The receptionist who had brought Qi in realized she was being caught in the crossfire, but she didn’t retort.
She quietly glanced toward the back door.
“What does your dissatisfaction with your job have to do with others? If you’ve got the guts, go ask the boss yourself!”
“What dissatisfaction could I have? I fully support all the new boss’s decisions.”
The clerk chuckled.
“The former store manager must have lost it, hiring this vase just because she was pretty. She sat around doing nothing all day. Good thing the new boss kicked her out!”
She got more and more worked up.
“I see this vase hasn’t been around these days. Probably the new boss found out and kicked her out—”
“Cough, cough.”
A light cough came from the back door, drawing everyone’s attention.
Bai Qiaoyu stood leaning against the doorframe, watching the scene with a faint smile.
“Qiqi, did someone upset you?”
“No, just normal small talk.”
The black-haired girl glanced at the female clerk whose expression kept changing, then turned to look at Liu Linlin.
“Sister Liu, I came to get a haircut today. Could you wash my hair?”
“Ah… I see, no problem, I’ll make sure to wash it clean!”
Liu Linlin patted her chest.
“Come lie down over here, and I’ll wash it for you.”
Bai Qiaoyu watched as Qi was led away by Liu Linlin, then turned her gaze to the remaining two.
“You.”
She pointed at the receptionist.
“There shouldn’t be any customers right now. Go change the sign at the door. We’re not taking any more customers until we leave.”
“Oh, okay, boss.”
The receptionist nodded quickly and hurried away as if escaping.
Then Bai Qiaoyu turned her attention to the clerk who had been nervous ever since she spoke.
She walked slowly to her side and patted her shoulder with a light laugh.
“This is the first time I’ve known you support me so much. You even know exactly what I’m thinking.”
“I’m sorry, boss, I just now—”
The clerk tried to explain, but Bai Qiaoyu raised a hand to stop her.
“Do your job well. Next time, don’t yell in the store. It would be bad if you disturb the customers.”
Hearing this, the clerk immediately looked grateful.
Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she heard Bai Qiaoyu lower her voice and add:
“If you get a complaint from a customer, pack your things and get lost.”
As if encouraging a subordinate, Bai Qiaoyu patted her shoulder again and turned to walk toward Qi, leaving the stunned clerk behind.
“CEO Sister, aren’t you going to wait outside for me?”
Hearing the sound of heels approaching, Qi, who was lying down, asked without even opening her eyes.
“You stood me up for so many days. Can’t I look at you a little more?” Bai Qiaoyu countered.
“What’s there to see while washing hair?”
“Everything is beautiful. In my eyes, Qiqi, you’re just beautiful in every way.”
“So cheesy…”
Bai Qiaoyu chuckled but didn’t argue.
‘What’s going on?’
Liu Linlin, who was washing Qi’s hair, listened to the new boss’s ambiguous words and looked bewildered, but she didn’t dare ask more.
Seeing the little one lying there, her body seemed stiff and not relaxed, so she pressed the massage button.
The black-haired girl lying on the beauty bed suddenly felt something pressing against her lower back.
She was startled at first, then realized what it was.
“Wait! Turn it off!” she hurriedly said.
“Ah?”
Seeing her such a strong reaction, Liu Linlin was at a loss.
Qi was panicking.
She tried to get up, but by then the massage device had clamped onto her legs.
Mmm~
She instantly went limp on the bed, her body losing all strength.
“Sister Liu, please, mmm…”
Liu Linlin finally sensed something was wrong with Qi and quickly reached out to stop the massage, but Bai Qiaoyu grabbed her wrist.
The black-haired girl saw this from the corner of her eye, and her heart went cold.
She was instantly overwhelmed by unease.
In her current state, if Bai Qiaoyu intended to do anything, she had no strength to resist at all—she was completely like a fish on a chopping block.
‘Damn it, mm…’
The massage device clamped around her legs kept writhing, and the continuous stimulation assaulted her mind and brain, leaving her unable to think.
Her consciousness gradually became hazy and blurred.
Until Qi felt as if an eternity had passed—actually, it was just one minute—the massage device gradually stopped with a beep—, and her legs were freed.
The black-haired girl lay limp on the bed, gasping for air, feeling like she had survived a catastrophe.
“Are you okay, Qiqi?” Bai Qiaoyu asked with feigned concern.
“…I’m fine, thank you, CEO Sister.”
Qi gave her a resentful look.
This was clearly all her doing, and now she was still pretending to be innocent.
“I didn’t expect your body to be so sensitive, Qiqi.”
Bai Qiaoyu laughed amusingly.
“But that’s not a bad thing. Once you get used to that feeling, it can become one of your strengths.”
The black-haired girl closed her eyes and didn’t answer.
She didn’t want to pay this person any attention.