331 Call Me Maybe (1/2)
There were many talents working under Madam Grace. With great money to throw around, there were many who were willing to throw their lives away for her. She could even get professors to swear loyalty to her, much less two underlings who were good with Chinese. Since they were expanding in China, other than knowing how to communicate herself, how could she not have a few underlings that knew Chinese?
Therefore, when Brother Shuang ordered his lunch and gave an excuse to make a call, without even an order from Madam Grace, the bodyguard who had been following them from a far moved to Brother Shuang's corner to eavesdrop on the man.
To help his boss get into his pants… no, to collect more information on the handsome man, this kind of order did not need to be said—it had already become a part of his work habit. In reality, the bodyguard's Chinese was so good that he would have no problem understanding Chinese opera, much less a simple phone conversation. So, Madam Grace had no issue letting him follow up on such recon work, but…
”Madam!” The underling almost erupted into tears. ”My Chinese is not bad, but… but the gentleman is speaking in local slang!”
”…” Madam Grace.
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China had fifty-six different races, more than eighty local languages, and thirty alphabet systems. Do you think with an understanding of Standard Chinese, you could wander all over China? Having watched a few Hong Kong films, do you think you've understood Chinese local slang? Such childish thoughts…
Brother Shuang finished the conversation with Han Chu without any pressure, and she pretended not to have noticed the idiot who was trying to eavesdrop on her. She smoothed down her shirt and returned to her seat.
She pulled the chair back and sat down across from Madam Grace, who had recovered from her earlier explosion. The latter raised her head to smile. With one hand holding her chin, the other grabbing the spoon and stirring the coffee mindlessly, she asked in a casual tone, ”Was that a call to your girlfriend?”
”No, just a friend.” Brother Shuang's hand that picked up the cup was stable—there was no trace of hesitation or shuddering. He was as natural as if they were conversing about a topic that was not that important. ”I came to Feng Yuan City with my friend, and we rented rooms that were close to each other, so we normally have lunch together. Since I'm eating out today, I had to make a call to inform him, and I guess the conversation got carried away. Apologies for making you wait.”
Madam Grace nodded internally, believing that the man was not lying to her. Therefore, she also started to relax, and the alarm from the inability to understand his phone conversation was abandoned. She even made a joke to lighten the mood. ”No, it should be me who needs to apologize. However, I believe our lunch should be more exciting than you having your lunch at a rental home.”
”Of course, it is my pleasure to enjoy a meal with a beautiful lady.” Ye Shuang smiled without adding much. No matter what the woman's intention was, she was not going to recklessly offend her before she showed herself as a threat.