48 MY Help (1/2)
Ren Daiyu: ”I've messaged Xǔ Junjie.” She put her phone down on the table.
Ren Daiyu: ”Do you want to watch a movie?”
Li Xiuying: ”Okay.”
Ren Daiyu started flicking through channels; she couldn't find anything worth watching.
Ren Daiyu: ”There's nothing on, we'll probably have to buy one from a movie channel.” Ren Daiyu started looking through the list of romantic comedies.
Li Xiuying: ”Ice cream?”
Ren Daiyu didn't take her eyes of the television as she spoke: ”2 scoops of strawberry, one vanilla please.”
Li Xiuying went to the kitchen to get ice-cream.
A few minutes later she returned carrying two bowls of ice cream, strawberry & vanilla for Ren Daiyu and chocolate & pistachio for herself.
She put Ren Daiyu's bowl on the coffee table and sat back in her seat and started eating.
15 minutes later; Ren Daiyu was re-looking at movie options. She had said that she narrowed the options down but wanted to be sure she didn't miss any.
Li Xiuying: ”Do you have work tomorrow?”
Ren Daiyu: ”Nope, I'm on annual leave for the next 2 weeks.”
Li Xiuying: ”Guest room is free.”
Ren Daiyu finally looked away from the TV, she looked like a kid on Christmas day: ”I can stay over?!”
Li Xiuying nodded.
Ren Daiyu jumped up from the sofa: ”I'll have to get some things from my car.” She rushed to the foyer to put on her shoes.
Li Xiuying loudly said: ”Key card on foyer table.”
Ren Daiyu managed to stop the front door closing behind her; she re-entered and grabbed the key card before dashing off to her car again.
Ren Daiyu always had an overnight bag in her car; due to her work. She often had late nights at the office and she would stay at a hotel nearby because she would be too tired to drive home. Ren Daiyu also had to travel depending on the cases she would have to work.
She saw the elevator doors open revealing a man leaning on the wall.
Ren Daiyu shouted: ”Hold the lift!” She started rushing towards the lift.
The man looked at her, smirked and pressed the button which closed the elevator doors.
Ren Daiyu was met by a closed set of doors: ”Argh, what an A**hole.”
She pressed the button and waited for the elevator.
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Ren Daiyu returned back to Li Xiuying's apartment building 20 minutes later.
As she entered through the main doors of the building she was approached by the receptionist.
Wang Juan: ”Miss. Ren, there is a parking space available within the garage for guests. I can have someone pick up and park your car for you in our facility.”
Ren Daiyu: ”That would be great; I didn't know there's guest parking here. My car is parked on South Chang'an Street, it's a white Audi Spyder licence plate is Daiyu.” She handed her keys to Wang Juan and set off for the elevator.
Wang Juan took the keys from Ren Daiyu. What Wang Juan didn't tell Ren Daiyu was that only Dr. Li Xiuying had a parking space specifically designated to her for her guests as requested by Madame Qin.
Ren Daiyu went up in the elevator to apartment 5. She opened the door and left the key card and her overnight bag in the foyer. She changed back into her slippers.
When she entered the living room, she found Li Xiuying eating a slice of strawberry gateaux. On the coffee table she saw that her ice cream bowl had been refilled with fresh scoops of ice cream and there was a piece of gateaux next to it.