Chapter 9 (1/2)

T/N: Everything in bold are written as is in English

Happy New Year! I wish you all will be happier, healthier, wealthier this year!

After a few days, Zhuang Dong Na who had returned froratitude, the general idea being that she had co Chen did not properly express his thankfulness towards htful Her original words were, ”You know this, our fa Chen doesn't really care for the ways of the world, but this is also his strong point, I kinda like it, hehe” (T/N: ”our family's” is kind of an inti like ”our”) (T/N: ”ways of the world” - ie how to be diplomatic, how to establish relationshi+ps and connections, how to conduct yourself in society etc)

Zhuang Dong Na graduated lish, she always liked to intersperse her speech with English, in the past, she also loved to oing for a business trip this weekend, we'll have afor a business trip this weekend, we'll have awhen I'm back”

Later on there was once when Situ Mo said that she siuiltlessly asked Zhuang Dong Na, ”You are always switching between input ood advice and corrected this foible of input ratified about this

Zhuang Dong Na suggested that to express their gratitude and to make amends, they would like to treat me to a meal I rebuffed the offer tactfully, but perhaps I was too tactful, to such an extent that she was totally unable to understand ness In short, she self-involvedly announced the ti up the phone at once

As I was going to be forced into being treated a meal, I was therefore in a very bad ues were unfatho Situ Mo to be so angry that she said that she wanted to resign and go home and have her husband support her I keyed in to thisout her husband as a backer and reviled her once again, and finally forced her to ad/education that our ave her, and that she was a parasite utterly devoid of a heart and a conscience Only then did ly improve

Before I got off work, I received a phone call from Su Rui After the banquet, we somehow inconceivably became friends

I had thrown the dress for that banquet into the washi+ng machine, and after it came out, no matter how I looked, I felt that it looked like a etable leaves, hence I carried the dress to go and find Su Rui He used a machine that looked like a vacuureen floaty appearance He told arment steamer, I told him that in ot into an argu a ued till it was tihtI paid the cash, he then announced that we had now becoinal phrase is 不打不相识 which literally ht, you won't become friends)

Su Rui said that he was running errands near our office, and asked if I wanted to eat together after I got off work I told hi Chen's girlfriend He expressed his sympathy towards me, and volunteered to accoo to help e a free meal

I considered it for a while, and thought that it was really a little desolate to go and meet the 'husband and wife' pair of

When the two of us reached the restaurant, they had not yet arrived We chatted for a while till we discovered that we couldn't see eye to eye and nearly ended up in a fight Hence Su Rui then borroo pens from the waiter, we both separately unfolded paper napkins to draw designs, he drew costu, Jiang Chen and co still hadn't arrived, therefore as such we then exchanged our drawings for evaluation Su Rui said my illustrations were childish, and were for little children to see; I said his clothes were ugly, and weren't forNa arrived before we broke out into a terrible fight

”You guys have co myself to move my eyes away fro Chen's arm ”If you were any slower you would be just in time to collect my dead body”

Zhuang Dong Na laughed as she explained, ”I said ere to co a detour to the office to pick up er roundabout route, sorry” After she finished speaking she paused, looked to Su Rui and asked, ”This person is?”

”I a are colleagues too I originally wanted to arrange to have a e to coht?” Su Rui fought to reply before I did

”Of course no, it'sNa replied and turned her head back to s her to pull out her chair

After we all were seated and had finished ordering our food, suddenly nobody opened their ain, the scene solidified/condensed for a moment I looked towards the two persons opposite me, it seemed like they didn't have any intent to rescue the situation As someone whose back would turn numb when faced with aard silences, I could only look at Su Rui pleadingly for help

Su Rui easily grabbed the paper napkin on the table top and passed it to Zhuang Dong Na, saying, ”This is the drawing of the design I custo to her measurements”

Zhuang Dong Na took it, looked at it in detail for a while and praised, ”You are so talented, this dress is very beautiful and fits Xiaoxi very well” After she finished speaking, she even pushed it till it was in front of Jiang Chen and said, ”What do you think”

Jiang Chen's gaze swept over it indifferently He nodded and said, ”Mm, not bad”

As soo saying that it was not for mankind to wear, in the face of such coh and echo in agreement

Su Rui rubbed his head and laughed bashfully, ”I drew this at random I don't knohy, but Xiaoxi is really suited to the fashi+on style that I design, I discovered this already the last tiht her to ht that they were a couple”

I hurriedly explained to Zhuang Dong Na, ”That was the time when you had me accompany him to the banquet on your behalf”

Zhuang Dong Na s Chen who lifted his head and swept his gaze over me This was the first time he had looked at me directly since he ca bullied by him for ave a fawning saze, I then thought, as I so fing subservient……

The dish that Jiang Chen ordered was the very first to be served The medium-well steak sizzled on the slate plate He took a fork to prick and break open the poached egg that was still undulating by the side The egg yolk slowly flowed into the plate that was giving off smoke, and the hot oil spurted once and crackled and splattered all over Jiang Chen smoothly picked up the paper napkin beside his hand to block the splattering drops of oil, and after it was all over he even used the napkin to wipe the edge of the plate all around

I knew that that paper napkin was Su Rui's design drawing, seeing Jiang Chen conveniently knead that paper into a wad, I inexplicably felt a sense of satisfaction in my heart

Su Rui and Zhuang Dong Na were chatting about everything under the sun, I would also join in and say a few sentences fro Chen was practically silent, even if the topic of conversation shi+fted to be about him, he would also flatly divert the topic of conversation away

However, eating this h Jiang Chen didn't talk, yet Zhuang Dong Na from time to time would lean beside his ear to whisper privately, as she did so her eyes would spinningly gaze atat the sainal phrase is 堵心 which literally translates into stifled/suffocated heart)

Su Rui was so upset he couldn't stand it, and i besideyou She really has no moral character”