Chapter 2 (1/2)

Whoot! Xiao Qiu takes her first look at Li Chuan in this chapter and boy is she stunned Take note of what he’s wearing It’s not too important but does come up much much much later Don’t worry, I will reed to translate how he looks properly So afraid of not being able to e, especially in later chapters

Starting in this chapter, there’s so thelish doesn’tthe author wrote in her Chinese translations

[Chapter 2]

It wasn’t until I got to the bus stop that I understood the real reason Lin Qing didn’t want this job Five in the afternoon was rush hour Even though work starts at six, if I took the five-thirty bus, I would be late

After waiting for twenty-five minutes, I finally squeezed onto a bus The bus inched forward hitting each red light I discovered that those ere standing on the bus all looked flustered, even those who had seats appeared utterly exhausted Through the , I really sized up Beijing for the first time I actually watch the CCTV news (official news channel of the governht that I was very faot here, I discovered that every street was so unfas, unfamiliar pedestrians, unfans, everything was so unfa towards an unfamiliar direction

It gets dark very early in Beijing in the fall During the four bus routes, it was as if I went froht

That café called “Starbucks” was located on the ground floor of a luxurious high rise The strange part was that, although it was rush hour, there weren’tspots in the parking lot next to the building They were completely filled I stopped for a bit outside the door, tidied my hair and skirt, and took a peek in the mirror It was fairly tidy Thus, I pushed open the door and entered

The café wasn’t large at all It was really quiet with the slight murmur of people Inside, the servers were all in uniform black t-shi+rts Whether they were uy nae, not to tall, had a bright s appearance

He held out his hand courteously, “hello, Xie…Xiao Qiu Right? I’”

“hello, Xiao Tong”

“Your résumé ritten really well It didn’t actually have to be in English, Chinese would have been enough The boss doesn’t understand English Tonight there are four people here, including you You are frolish Departlish Department freshman”

“Really? I was there to welcome freshmen today How come I didn’t see you?”

“Perhaps you saw me, but didn’t remember”

“Which dorm are you in?”

“North Seventh Dorm”

“North Seventh Dorates It’ll be quite inconvenient to eat laht your textbook?”

“Mmm, so expensive”

“You should have met me earlier I have old textbooks They’re exactly the same I also don’t like to study, so they’re basically new Could have given theht about the one hundred and forty yuan I spend this ret

“Hoould you like your coffee?” He stood behind the cash register si in English I turned around to look, a foreigner was in front of the counter

“Double creaar”

“Sure”

I reveled His accent hardly differed frolish“

“There are lish here However, the boss disapproves of us chatting with customers Only when there aren’t many people, and the customer wants to chat, can you speak with them for a bit Still, it can’t interfere ork”

He proceeded to introduceOne of the Wen M University’s Chinese Department The work at the café wasn’t too hard The first step was to become familiar with the different uses of the coffee machine And then it was to memorize the menu, that is, the recipes for each kind of drink He said, though there were many drinks on the menu, customers normally just drink a couple types It wasn’t complicated, it could be mastered in a day Besides that, the sizes of the coffee couples were different froe, rande, tall

I changed into work clothes Standing on the side, the girl na sideways out theHer stature was refined and slender, and looked extre said she was fro Her parents were both professors She didn’t have to worry aboutends lish skills I though it was really strange Wasn’t she of the Chinese Depart said she tested in froinally, she had intended to test into Beijing University, but by a ot into a university, she should have taken a breather However, she was so used to taking tests that she couldn’t take a break Thus, she took the fourth level English exalish exa to the College English Test taken in China) Only after she took the GRE did she find out her et a visa So she came here to work part-tilish Second so that she could perhaps ration But the boss doesn’t let employees chat with customers, so she still hasn’t found an opportunity “So, that’s why she looks like she’s always laden with grief and disappointment Alas”

Actually, the part thatwith daydrea Yao‘s roe sentimental eyes, ready to be e to be torth hair Her faint lipstick, faint perfume, and even her faint posture all made it seem as if she could disappear fro there for two hours, she only said one word of “Hi” towas easy I had always been interested in electronics and quickly mastered it

“Of all the new eot up to speed the quickest” Tong Yue chuckled in satisfaction A custo Ye Jing was still lost in thought at the counter, Xiao Tong could only sigh and go clean up When he got back, he quietly said, “Don’t ood person It’s just that her crush is here today This is her time to be starry-eyed “ He finished and pointed towards the corner near the

Following his finger, I could only see a skewed profile A young man in a suit sat on the side of a table next to the , looking concentrated at his laptop

“He is a Chinese ly

“An extremely wealthy one” He suppleradually thinned The young man in the suit, however, seearded this place as his office

Xiao Tong said that half a year ago, when this youngand fell in love with hiht shi+ft for hiirl in the café was secretly in love with this irl becaister , the only hed in spite of s for hi When he coood that coirls were eive Xiao Tong the tip on the table as an apology

The café offered simple lunches and dinners, mainly sandwiches and fruit salads Most customers picked up their coffee from the counter themselves, so rarely did anyone tip, especially Chinese people

“Do people coive tips?” I asked

“Not very often Some older men or elderly ladies, who need us to deliver the coffee to their table, will leave a s said, “Only he will give a really high tip every ti to serve hiet aill noro over and ask hi the coffee over to him”

“Why? Doesn’t everyone line up to buy coffee here?”