Shen Lu got ho to find the lights in the house blazing; Father Shen and Mother Shen were sitting on the couch watching a television drama.
Mother Shen was wiping away tears, looking toward the entryway at her, "You’re back?"
Shen Lu was startled, "Seeing , you seem rather upset."
Mother Shen pointed at the heroine on the screen, "This poor leading lady, she truly is too tragic, clearly so in love with the male lead, yet in the end, they still have to part. I really want to send the director razor blades, it’s so infuriating. Look how miserable the heroine is, leaving the male lead and even having his child, it’s simply a sin!"
Shen Lu looked over, "Then why did they split up?"
"It’s all because of so lodramatic misunderstandings!"
"And what happened to the male lead in the end?"
Mother Shen huffed angrily, "The male lead didn’t even know the heroine had his child. Later, he married soone else and had both a son and a daughter! I tell you, this male lead never truly loved the leading lady."
Father Shen teased her, "It’s just a TV show, why get so worked up? This is life, isn’t it realistic? Who can really wait for soone their whole life!"
Mother Shen, annoyed, hit him, "Look at us won, so faithful, but you n, you really are lower beings who can’t control your lower half!"
Father Shen grabbed her wrist, "You can get angry at if you like, but don’t lump in with those kind of n. I’m so faithful to you."
Mother Shen scoffed, "Just last night you were talking in your sleep."
"What did I say?"
"You were calling out to Xiao Hua, ’Wait for !’" Who’s Xiao Hua?"
Father Shen protested his innocence, "Xiao Hua was the dog at the entrance to our village when I was a child."
Shen Lu watched her parents bicker with a slight smile on her lips, then she walked into her room.
Soon after, there was silence outside; they had probably gone to bed.
Shen Lu, holding her pajamas, went into the bathroom and took a shower.
After blow-drying her hair, she yawned and went back to her room to sleep.
Lying in bed, she found she couldn’t fall asleep, her mind full of Mu Shaoci opening his eyes.
Shen Lu attributed this to her worrying that Mu Shaoci had been awake, her conscience was guilty.
But was her conscience guilty enough to make her heart race?
Shen Lu pressed a hand to her heart, feeling as if there were little deer bumping around inside.
Surely it was.
Right now, she was just praying that Mu Shaoci had been unconscious last night.
The cell phone on her bedside table lit up, a ssage ca in.
She glanced at it, it was Su Chen asking if she had gotten ho.
After replying that all was well, she turned off her phone.
That night, she still didn’t sleep well, tossing and turning like flipping pancakes, until dawn’s first light, when she finally fell asleep.
The consequence was that Shen Lu was late for work.
When she arrived at Mu Shaoci’s office, he had already gone into a eting room.
She sent Su Chen a ssage, asking if Mu Shaoci had eaten breakfast.
After Su Chen replied no, Shen Lu felt her wallet was going to suffer again.
She asked when the eting would likely end and hurriedly prepared breakfast.
At nine thirty, Mu Shaoci returned to his office.
He saw Shen Lu standing in front of his desk, a sandwich and a cup of hot milk laid out on it.
He was indeed hungry; Su Chen had offered to buy him food, but he didn’t want it.
He realized now he was only interested in food made by Shen Lu.
Looking at the woman’s flustered appearance, he circled past her and sat in the executive chair.
"President Mu, I’m really sorry. I didn’t get ho until almost midnight, so I didn’t wake up this morning."
Mu Shaoci spoke calmly, "It doesn’t matter."
Shen Lu asked, "What would you like for lunch? I’ll prepare it in a bit."
Mu Shaoci considered for a mont, "You decide."
Shen Lu acknowledged, "Then I’ll be heading out."
Mu Shaoci nodded slightly, watching the woman gently close the door behind her. He put on disposable gloves and began to eat the sandwich.
"""It was just ordinary food, but why did Shen Lu’s cooking taste so good?
He glanced toward the small kitchen beside him; when he didn’t want to go out in the past, he had made a point of installing a small kitchen in his office.
Looking back on it, it was truly a wise decision.
After Shen Lu left the office, she returned to her own desk, feeling a bit thirsty. She picked up her cup and headed toward the water room.
Before she even entered, she could hear the chatter of won inside.
"Who would have thought that Shen Lu would beco President Mu’s personal assistant? How do you think she climbed up the ranks? She looks so stupid and ugly—is it possible that President Mu likes that type?"
"Maybe this is her tactic for getting close to President Mu. These types are the most scheming; they seem dumb on the surface but are sharper than anyone else."
"Yeah, and have you seen any other woman stay so long by President Mu’s side? She even cooks for him—that’s clearly trying to catch a man by getting to his stomach."
Shen Lu didn’t listen to the rest; she turned around and went back to her desk, set her cup down, and left with her bag in hand.
The supermarket wasn’t far from the building, so she walked there.
The words of her colleagues replayed in her head, but she hadn’t thought of it that way at all.
The taste of being misunderstood wasn’t pleasant, yet it wasn’t important to her.
Being able to lay roots in Jiangcheng and ensure her parents led a good life, as well as bringing Grandma over, was her ultimate goal.
Where else could she find a job that paid over a million a year?
Thinking this, Shen Lu’s mood brightened, and she strode toward the supermarket.
With the ntality of ignoring gossip, Shen Lu’s work flowed smoothly. Before she knew it, a month had passed, and it was payday.
Looking at the zeroes in her account, she was elated.
Mu Shaoci had a dinner engagent that evening and had given her ti off.
So, she booked a table at Wanjiang Banquet to treat her parents to a al.
Driving her own car, she took her parents to the restaurant and ordered six dishes.
"I’m going to the restroom," Mother Shen stood up.
"Do you want to accompany you?" asked Shen Lu.
"No need, I’ll be right back."
Mother Shen was in good spirits; her daughter was doing well and could provide a good life for them.
After freshening up, she stood at the sink washing her hands.
From the next stall, she could hear the conversation of two won.
"I just saw Shen Lu; she seems to be eating with her parents."
"Do her parents know what job she’s doing now? She’s like a full-ti nanny!"
"They probably don’t know, right? After all, it’s not a dignified job—it’s no different from an old housemaid."
"Shen Lu wouldn’t be aiming to beco a president’s wife, would she? Look at how ugly she is; could President Mu really stomach that?"
"Maybe she’s great in bed though?"
...
Two impeccably made-up won exited the stall and saw an enraged woman glaring at them.
"What are you people to insult my daughter like this?"
The two won realized they had been caught red-handed talking bad about soone behind their back.
"Didn’t we speak the truth? With the nature of her job, are we not allowed to comnt?"
"Yeah, a good dog doesn’t stand in the way!"
Mother Shen wasn’t embarrassed by the insults flung at her; she was upset her daughter was being deaned.
She grabbed a broom nearby and started swinging it at them.
In the main hall, Shen Lu was arranging and taking pictures of the dishes; she thought the dishes at Wanjiang Banquet were both visually appealing and delicious.
Father Shen muttered, "Why hasn’t your mother returned yet? She hasn’t gotten lost, has she?"
Shen Lu put down her phone, "I’ll go look for her."
At the sa ti, a waiter ran over, looking anxious, "The lady who ca with you is fighting with soone in the restroom—you better go check it out."
Shen Lu and Father Shen hurried toward the restroom upon hearing this.
Just entering Wanjiang Banquet, Mu Shaoci happened to see all this and called over the waiter, "What happened?"
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