Chapter 34 (1/2)

Translator: Vicky_  Editor: Vicky_

Before leaving work, Anran received a call from Lin Li, asking Anran to accompany her to dinner that night. She sounded like she was in a bad mood.

Anran originally planned on refusing. Recently, she had spoken to Huang Dexing, but, regarding the drawing design of the government hall, she hadn’t even come up with an original sketch yet; she must spend these few nights catching up on work. Yet, before Anran could even refuse, her “empress” Lin Li had finished speaking and refused to listen any further. In the end, Anran was forced to swallow her excuses.

After graduating from University, Lin Li got employed by a real estate company and focused on sales. She wasn’t particularly ambitious, and since Cheng Xiang’s income was decent enough, Lin Li had never really put her heart into her work, and she ended up working for that company for six years. People who entered the company at the same time she did had now risen to department managerial positions, and only she alone remained a small saleswoman. Her usual sales performance was only enough to meet the monthly bare minimum.

After she got off work, Anran received a text message from Lin Li, saying that she was already waiting for her downstairs at her company’s gates and telling her to come down quickly. Anran didn’t know what had happened. She could only guess that Lin Li probably had an argument with Cheng Xiang. Yet, from Lin Li’s tone and behavior, things seemed to be more serious than she imagined. As she thought of this, Anran quickly packed her belongings into her bag, then headed out without even bothering to close the office door.

After Anran drove out of the garage, she caught sight of Lin Li standing at the door of the company gates. She had a poor complexion, and there was a box by her feet.

Anran pulled down the car’s window and called out to her. As soon as she saw Anran, Lin Li picked up the box and walked toward her. She pulled open the car’s trunk, threw the box in, then went around the car in a fury to open the car door. Then she said with a blank expression, “Drive.”

Sensing that something was wrong from her expression, Anran started the car and left without asking anything.

After the car had been on the road for a while, Anran finally asked Lin Li, “Empress, where are we heading?”

“Youran Cuisine,” Lin Li said resentfully.

Anran almost choked on her own spit and turned to Lin Li to say, “Why don’t we, why don’t we go somewhere else? No matter how delicious the food is, it won’t taste as good if we keep eating it over and over again.”

Lin Lin turned her head, glared at her, and said, “What do you mean ‘go somewhere else’? Where else can we eat without paying?”

Anran was speechless. So she was in the mood for free food!

When they arrived at Youran Cuisine, Anran asked for a seat in the corner. Lin Li seemed to be overcome with rage. She grabbed the menu and ordered pretty much everything on the menu. The waiter standing beside them looked a little dumbfounded, then asked Anran if more people were coming and suggested that they use one of the private dining rooms upstairs if more people were coming.

Anran shook her head a little awkwardly, grabbed the menu from Lin Li’s hand, and handed it back to the waiter. She told the waiter that would be it for them and requested that their order arrive quickly.

The waiter nodded profusely, took away the menu, and delivered the tea.

Anran looked at Lin Li’s unsightly expression and asked as nonchalantly as she could, “What’s the matter? Did the slave do something to displease you, Empress?”

“Hmph, some people are really shameless. Who does he think he is? Did he really think that I would want to work for him? He should get a good look at himself first. Using a woman as his stepping stone to climb up the social ladder… how utterly shameless,” Lin Li said disdainfully.