Becoming a Confidence Coach to an Arrogant Director - Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Gifts

Their fitting rooms were limited, and the two of them had been in there for a while. There were customers waiting in line outside. The sales associate was getting impatient and started to subtly urge them.

“Ma’am, do those clothes fit?”

“Do you need me to get you a different size?”

“Ma’am, are you two doing okay?”

The sales associate didn’t get a response. When she called out for the third time, she finally vaguely disturbed the two who were entangled inside.

Director Gu’s consciousness returned, and she pushed her out with all her might.

The Encourager Yuan took a quick breath and shouted loudly to the people outside.

“Oh, it fits, coming out now!”

Director Gu hurriedly picked up her clothes and put them on. Her cheeks were flushed with a faint cherry blossom pink. She glared at Little Yuan with annoyance and shyness, then hugged her clothes and walked out.

The Encourager Yuan also slipped out.

The sales associate looked at the two strange people and asked tentatively.

“Ma’am, do you need me to bag it for you?”

Director Gu’s face was cold, and she nodded faintly. The sales associate quickly bagged the clothes.

Even after they had paid and walked out of the store, half of her face was still very hot.

The Encourager Yuan was, after all, a non-human. She had no shame and no heart. She was very carefree. She ran over and reached for Director Gu’s hand.

Director Gu didn’t let her hold her hand, and she walked faster.

The Encourager Yuan chased after her, calling out “Sister, Sister.” There were a lot of people in the mall, and Director Gu couldn’t bear the shame. In the end, she compromised.

…

Since it was about shopping and eating, how could a candlelit dinner be missed? Even if she couldn’t eat, she had to take Yi Yi through this process. She liked lively things and a sense of ceremony so much.

Director Gu took her little core machine to a high-end Western restaurant upstairs. She ordered some simple things. The restaurant was full of Christmas vibes.

When everything was ready, the candles were lit, and the atmosphere was set. As soon as the waiter left, the Encourager Yuan immediately became active.

“Sister, Sister, quick, quick, close your eyes. I have a gift for you!”

Gifts, the most anticipated thing as a child. She hadn’t heard this word in almost twenty years. When the little one said it so suddenly, she was a little slow to react.

“Hurry up, Sister!”

The Encourager Yuan’s voice was sweet and childlike.

At her urging, Director Gu finally obediently closed her eyes. She thought to herself, She’s a machine. She accompanies me all day, and I’m the one who pays for everything. What kind of decent gift could she have?

While Director Gu’s eyes were closed, the Encourager Yuan quickly held the confiscated red apple, which she had been hiding for a long time, in her palm.

“You can open your eyes now, Sister!”

Director Gu slowly opened her eyes at her command.

“Tada!”

The Encourager Yuan presented the apple in her palm.

“Merry Christmas Eve, Sister!”

The orange candlelight shone on her smiling face. Director Gu’s heart was instantly melted by something. Her gaze lingered on the blushing apple for a long time.

After giving the blessing, the Encourager Yuan felt it wasn’t formal enough. Her sweet electronic voice spoke one word at a time.

“From now on, I will be with you, Sister, and I will make sure you are safe and happy every day!”

She handed the apple to the other person.

“Here, Sister, take it! You’ll be happy on Christmas Eve if you eat an apple. When I’m successful in the future, I’ll buy you a more valuable gift!”

Although she said this, she knew that as long as she was in this world, she would never be successful.

Her salary was paid in the form of points. The money in this world had no practical use for her. Even this apple, without the user’s need, could only be confiscated from others.

Director Gu held the apple she had handed over. She was trying her best to restrain herself, but her eyes still turned red.

Seeing this, the Encourager Yuan’s cheerful electronic voice quickly tried to distract her by talking about something else.

“Hurry and try it, Sister. It’s so sweet!”

At the little darling’s urging, Director Gu took bites of the apple one after another. The liquid in her eyes wet her long eyelashes, and her chest heaved.

It was so sweet! After all these years, if it weren’t for her, she would have forgotten that there was a food in this world that was sweet.

“Don’t be sad, Sister. I have a more important gift for you! If you cry, I won’t dare to give it to you!”

Director Gu ate the apple and used the back of her hand to wipe her wet eyelashes. She returned to her usual cold and indifferent demeanor.

“Am I going to cry at the drop of a hat like you?”

The waiter served a plate of pasta.

“Ladies, here is your black pepper beef tenderloin pasta. Please enjoy!”

Director Gu finished her apple and unhurriedly picked up her knife and fork and started eating, acting so calmly as if the person who was just moved to tears was the machine.

…

After experiencing the sisterly bond of holding hands and going shopping, the two girls arrived home a little late.

The Encourager Yuan took advantage of Director Gu going to wash up. She rummaged through her closet and found a sock. She stuffed the confiscated White Rabbit milk candy into it. The sock was bulging.

She also poured liquid on the paper Christmas tree and hid it in a place that was not easily noticeable. She planned to give her a pleasant surprise when she woke up tomorrow morning.

Ever since the little spiritual entity transmitted its internal mechanism to her, the sound of the points being happily reported every day was gone.

While the Encourager Yuan was choosing a Santa Claus skin in her core machine library, she glanced at the points in her control panel. They went up and down, but overall, if they continued to increase at this rate, she would soon have a chance to return to the real world.

However, in this situation, she couldn’t bear to leave her here all alone. If everything could be perfect, she really wished there was a way to turn Director Gu into a small pendant and take her back to her world.

The optimistic Encourager Yuan couldn’t help but feel sad when she thought about some of these realistic problems.

Director Gu came out after washing up and saw her standing on the balcony alone, getting a cold breeze. She walked over and hugged her from behind. She was no longer as awkward and distant as before. She habitually rested her chin on her shoulder.

“It’s so cold. What are you doing standing here?”

The Encourager Yuan felt Director Gu’s thin body. She turned around and hugged her, activating the constant temperature mode, and protected her in her small embrace. At the same time, she put her porcelain-like face against her sister’s soft spot and lifted her chin to flirt with her.

“I’m waiting here for you to come out and watch the moon with me!”

Director Gu glanced at the dark sky. All she could see were the city’s streetlights. There was no moon. This person was clearly homesick, and she was deliberately perfunctory so as not to worry her.

But what else could she do?

No matter how powerful she was, she couldn’t give her the sense of happiness and belonging from that world. Her family, her colleagues, her friends, everything, she couldn’t give it to her.

But she was selfish. She still wanted this light to never disappear. She was also very conflicted. She should be blessing her and praying that she could return to her own world as soon as possible…

The Encourager Yuan sensed that Director Gu’s mood was becoming sad. She wanted to find a sentence to comfort her. After thinking for a long time, she suddenly thought of a very fitting clip.

That night when she was drunk, Director Gu had rubbed against her and said…

Thinking of this, the Encourager Yuan’s soft electronic voice started to flirt.

“Sister, it’s so warm here. I love it! I’m going to stay here and not leave tonight!”

Director Gu had no idea what had happened before. She deliberately raised her hands and patted her back to comfort her.

The Encourager Yuan found the previous video clip from her control panel and pressed the play button.

“Don’t wear this. I’m so hot!”

“Little sister, be good. What if you catch a cold if you don’t wear any clothes?”

“It’s so warm here. I love it! I’m going to stay here and not leave tonight!”

“Why is it so soft?”

…

The clear dialogue startled Director Gu. This, how did…?

The Encourager Yuan smiled lustfully and deliberately repeated what she had said in her voice.

“It’s so warm here. I love it. I’m going to stay here and not leave tonight!”

Director Gu, who was teased with her own words, instantly pushed the machine away from her and angrily went into the room. She even locked the glass door to the balcony.

The Encourager Yuan quickly wedged her core machine arm in the door crack.

“Don’t, Sister. It’s so cold. If I stand outside alone, my heart will freeze!”

“Then let it freeze!”

Director Gu said angrily, but in the end, she couldn’t bear to close the door completely. She walked towards the bedroom herself.

The Encourager Yuan squeezed in through the door crack and quickly chased after her.

Director Gu sped up, went in, and with a click, the door was mercilessly locked.

The little darling was left outside. She hadn’t spent the night alone in the living room for a long time. At this moment, she sat alone on the sofa and played a sad song for herself.

A machine was humming along to the tune without any restraint, and she turned the volume up so loud that the neighbors next door could hear it.

Director Gu had originally wanted her to reflect for a while, but she didn’t expect this person to be so defiant. If she didn’t give her some house rules, she wouldn’t know how high the sky was and how thick the earth was.

She hugged a comforter, walked out with a cold face, and threw it at the person on the sofa.

“If you make another sound, I’ll pull out your chip!”

When has she ever not just been bluffing? Yuan Yishan’s heart was as clear as a mirror. Even if her internal program was going haywire and threatening her life, her Director Gu wouldn’t have the heart to pull out her chip.

But to save her face, she pretended to be scared and shut up, looking obediently at the person in front of her.

Director Gu was unmoved and went back in with a cold face.

When it was time to sleep, she felt that the bed was empty. She ran out again, opened the door a little, and secretly peeked at what the machine on the sofa was doing.

The Encourager Yuan had already detected the movement in the bedroom. She deliberately curled up in the comforter on the sofa, sleeping soundly.

— We have to sleep separately tonight so that Santa Claus will be more mysterious tomorrow.

Director Gu couldn’t bear to wake her up. She pouted and went in, tossing and turning in bed. She was sleepless until the middle of the night before she couldn’t fight her drowsiness anymore and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, the Encourager Yuan placed the well-grown Christmas tree on the coffee table. The Christmas tree had blossomed beautifully, with colorful flowers and a star on top.

She was busy in the kitchen for a while and made a delicious-looking pizza. She paired it with low-fat milk and placed it next to the Christmas tree.

Then she changed into the Santa Claus skin she had chosen last night, played some Christmas music, and carried the sock. She squeezed through the door crack and went to Director Gu’s bedside.

The person on the bed, who was half-asleep, was woken up by her and was about to get angry.

The Encourager Yuan held a sock in front of her. Her Santa Claus beard shook, and her muffled electronic voice imitated an old Western woman’s accent.

“Oh, Merry Christmas, my girl!”