"How was it?" Gabi asked Tina, her hairstylist. She stood in front of the full-length mirror, looking at her bob pink hair.
"I think it looks different." Tina frowned. "Young Miss, if you don't mind I have been your hairstylist for eight years now and this is the first ti that you asked to cut more than two inches of your long, blond hair. Did sothing happen?"
Looking at Tina's reaction, Gabi only smiled. "I am fine. I am just looking for ways to relax my mind." In the past, she never did anything to her hair. It was straight, shiny, long and boring. And everyone thought it looked nice, innocent.
Tina pursed her lips. "The style looked good on you. But your wardrobe all of them have pink clothes. If you keep on wearing pink with your pink hair"
"Ah I decided to throw everything away."
"Young lady?"
"I was planning to donate it." Pink and pastel blue were her go-to colors. Be it her skirt, shirt, blouses, and even her suits and dresses were all in different shades of pink and blues.
"I already asked the head maid to take care of it," Gabi added. "It would be a waste to just throw it so I decided to sell it online and donate the money to so charities."
"Eh?"
"Tina you have been working for for eight years, no?"
"Ah yes young miss. Almost nine, actually. I ca here when you were eleven. I was just nineteen at that ti but you really liked my styling so you asked to co back and maintain your long blond hair." A smile appeared on Tina's face. "Because of the young miss, I have gained a steady inco and so clients from rich families. I opened my salon three years ago. This is all thanks to the young miss."
Gabi removed her eyes from her reflection and turned towards Tina. "I want to invest in your company."
"Eh? Young"
"You are very talented, Tina. I want to help you open a few more salons all throughout Du Empire."
"Really?" Tina's eyes sparkled. She clapped her hands together. "Really?"
"Yes. I want you to give a business proposal. I will take care of the rest."
"Young Miss I I can't thank you enough!"
"Don't thank . This is going to be a partnership, Tina. I provide the money and you provide profits." Gabi smiled before she walked out of her walk-in closet. Tina imdiately followed her.
She didn't do it out of her kind heart. A few years from now, she knew Tina would stop working for her because she found so investors and was going to open a few more salons in the other cities of the Empire. Soon after that, she would beco a big na in the hair and makeup industries.
However, Gabi wasn't doing this for the profits. She doesn't need more money.
What she needed right now is information.
Gabi believed that the best way to gain information is by using gossips.
And the best place to talk about gossips is naturally a salon!
Rich wives, celebrities, politician's wives, and fiance. All of them would visit a salon one way or the other. And she was planning to take this opportunity to gain so information about their husbands.
"Tomorrow afternoon, co back here with your business proposal. Let's talk about the details of this partnership."
"Thank you, Young Miss. I will never disappoint you."
Gabi nodded before she asked Tina to leave for now. All that hairstyling made her head hurt. She needed to sleep.
The next day, Gabi woke up early and did so simple stretching before having her breakfast. She was planning to make this body stronger and to do that, she needed food and so activities.
"Young miss, young master Alfons said that you should eat so porridge every morning to keep your stomach warm. He also"
"Mr. Jonathan." Gabi halted her steps. She was walking towards the garden where she was planning to have her breakfast. It was still six in the morning, so the heat is still manageable. "Thank you for your words, but I already instructed the head maid to cook sothing for ."
"Yes Miss, I saw the Head Maid instruct the chef to cook so protein-rich food. But I believe Young Master Alfons' words are "
"Mr. Jonathan "Gabi interrupted him again. She fought the urge to tell the butler to shut up. "Stop nagging." She said. "I eat what I want to eat. As the master of this house I think I have the right to choose my food. Is that right, Mr. Jonathan?"
She didn't miss the surprise in the butler's eyes. Right. Since her father was dead, she was already the master of the house. How could a re butler reprimand the master of the house?
"This old man made a mistake. Please forgive "Seeing the calmness in Gabi's eyes, Mr. Jonathan bowed and hid the confused expression in his eyes.
Gabi snorted in response. "Bring all the newspapers in every language."
"In In every language?"
"Yes." She nodded and continued walking. Everyone in this house knew how she loved reading. Every morning, she would read newspapers while analyzing the movent of the market. However, this would be the first ti that she asked to read other newspapers in different languages.
Gabi knew how absurd it sounded. However, she wasn't planning to hide her ability just to make 'so' people around her feel better about themselves anymore. As she arrived in the garden, she thought about so mories where her father told her not to tell anyone else that she could speak and read other languages.
His reasoning?
He didn't want to hurt Alfons' confidence.
"What the fuck!" Gabi uttered before she kicked a pebble towards the flowers.
Not long after, she took a seat at the iron chair and tables and received the first batch of newspapers for the day. The breakfast that she asked the head maid to make also arrived, along with her tea.
Then she started reading
At first, nothing in particular caught her attention.
The sa chaotic world, the sa greedy people.
"Hm?" Her eyes squinted when she opened the newspaper from Plaria. As one of the biggest continents, Plaria has a lot of nations and states. However, it only has one language that newspapers use.
But this isn't sothing that concerns her.
What concerned her, however, was the headline of the business page.
'Shen Group and the Evolution of AI Technology'
She stared at the white-haired woman in the image below the headline. She had a confident smirk on her face. Her long white hair was in a ponytail. It was simple, yet it wasn't enough to hide the elegance of the woman. Various microphones were placed in front of the woman. It was as if she was answering so questions. Perhaps a press conference?
She looked like she's in her late thirties or early forties; she was beautiful! Even Gabi, who is a beauty herself, couldn't deny that this woman was more beautiful than her.
However, this wasn't the thing that surprised her the most. What surprised her was the fact that this woman looked exactly like her son Luca.
White hair, straight nose, small heart-shaped face. She looked like the older version of Gabi's son!
Her gaze drifted towards the woman's na.
Lyca.
It's Lyca Shen.
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