Chapter 53   – Insult Me With Your Dirty Money! (2)

Boss Zhou didn’t understand that she was being very protective of her son, but the way she tried to bullshit him in the most serious manner caught his attention. He gave her a very meaningful look and said, “I see…”

Yan Shuyu was still maintaining her just and forceful appearance but deep down inside she was already panicking from his look. She quickly changed the subject, “What would you like today? How about an order of the cake that the kiddo had last time?”

Zhou Yi had been the quiet listener to the “cheerful” conversation between his father and Aunty Yan but was suddenly cued without warning. He didn’t know how to respond right away, so he just looked at Yan Shuyu with a cute and baffled look.

Aunty Yan, “……”

The adult and the kiddo looked at each other for a few seconds and finally Zhou Qinhe was the one who broke the silence. He still had the same warm and vibrant look but it was obvious that he was in a good mood now, “Sure, we’ll take one of those.”

“Alright,” Yan Shuyu quickly wrote that down. She had given up on making him order a table of food this time. She just wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible, “What would you like to order, Boss Zhou?”

“Oh, same as last time as well.”

Upon hearing that, Yan Shuyu’s immediate thought was: Who the hell would remember what you ordered last time?

But as she gave it some thought, she actually remembered that he had ordered a drink last time, the most popular coffee at their shop. It wasn’t cheap either, but, most importantly, the boss didn’t touch it at all. How wasteful was that?!

Grumbling to herself, she nodded professionally and said, “Okay, a cup of Irish coffee, anything else?”

The boss seemed to be very impressed by her memory. His smile deepened as he shook his head gently.“I will bring your order shortly,” Yan Shuyu deftly picked up the menus and was about to take off when the boss smiled and asked, “Will you be the one bringing us our food?”

Yan Shuyu paused for a bit after he said that. Man, this boss man was so petty, she thought to herself.

But, since he had already called it out, she couldn’t possibly slack off again. She could only nod and smile. “Of course.”

After that, Yan Shuyu busied herself getting water and tea for the male lead and his dad, all the way until everything that they have ordered were served. She felt that she had accomplished lots. When the burden has been unloaded, she relaxed and said, “Enjoy.”

After she said that, she was about to slip away, but before she could even take her first step, she heard the boss’s caring voice asking, “Oh, I forgot to ask. How are you feeling now?”

Yan Shuyu remembered her previous lie and had a bad feeling all of a sudden. Losing her courage, she replied, “Perhaps…. I have recovered.”

“Perhaps?”

“…..” Yan Shuyu had no choice but to give a definitive answer, “I feel much better recently.”

Then, she heard the boss politely asking her to perform for the little male lead.

Oh, so you are that interested in “The Little Leaping Frog” huh? She really wanted to ask. But, she had always been inexplicably intimidated and had weakened knees in front of the boss, including today. So she finally chose to remain silent.

More importantly, she worried that the boss was very fixated on listening to her perform “The Little Leaping Frog” again. He didn’t get to listen to her performance last time and said he’d be back, and he had, indeed, returned a week later. If she looked for another excuse today, would the big boss, again, considerably expressed that he would be back again?

Well, that just might go on indefinitely. The boss has both time and money, he could totally afford this kind of entertainment during his free time, but she couldn’t. She needed to pretend to be innocent, unpretentious woman who had no interest in the boss. She needed to hold her ground and not continued to mingle with them. Her best move was to give the boss whatever he asked for, that way he’d lose interest and not return again.

Once she had that figured out, she gave them a very enthusiastically smile and said, “Okay, you want me to perform ‘Little Leaping Frog’ right? Let me go get ready.”