When she returned to her post and started working again, Mai Xiaoshu realized that the work progress of the laboratory had been completely delayed during the days she was away. Under the guidance of Jackson, the American director of the laboratory, she saw several piles of documents piled up, which were her next tasks.
“Wow, that’s a lot!”
"Xiao Shu, you have a long way to go!" Jackson patted her shoulder and encouraged her.
"Well... I'll try my best." Mai Xiaoshu nodded to his supervisor, but he was worried inside. It seemed like he would have to work overtime day and night.
Having made up her mind, she rolled up her sleeves and got to work. She first went to the animal lounge to apologize to them one by one, and then returned to her post to help the professor translate documents.
Time passed by unknowingly . When she stood up from her seat to stretch her muscles, she noticed that the clock had already pointed to eight o'clock in the evening. She turned around and glanced around the office, and found that everyone had already left work.
"Gurgle, gurgle..." At this time, the stomach growled with hunger.
After finishing today’s work documents, Mai Xiaoshu decided to go to the restaurant downstairs for dinner before going home.
When she took the elevator to the first floor, a commotion coming from the security registration desk caught her attention.
"Do you know who I am? How dare a security guard stop me! Are you blind?"
From a distance, she saw a well-dressed girl at the registration desk looking up and arrogantly shouting at the security guard at the door.
Mai Xiaoshu took a closer look and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. The girl with an arrogant face and wearing a classic Chanel suit was her number one enemy - Yin Lunmei!
Ever since the last time the two of them had a quarrel in the cafeteria became known to the whole school, she would take a detour whenever Yin Lunmei often passed by in the school.
But... why did she end up in their company's laboratory?
Based on past experience, Mai Xiaoshu knew that nothing good would happen if he ran into her!
While Yin Lunmei wasn't noticing her, she raised her bag with one hand to cover half of her face, and prepared to slip away from behind her like a thief.
But the more you fear something, the more likely it is to come.
"Miss Mai, it's time to get off work. See you tomorrow!" Mai Xiaoshu couldn't believe her ears. The security guard actually said goodbye to her.
"Hey, Mai Xiaoshu! Why are you here?" Yin Lunmei turned around following the security guard's gaze, and when she saw Mai Xiaoshu, her surprise was no less than when Mai Xiaoshu discovered her just now.
"Well, see you tomorrow."
Mai Xiaoshu, who was discovered, awkwardly put down her bag and said goodbye to the security guard, only to see Yin Lunmei walking towards her aggressively in high heels.
When she saw the work badge pinned to Mai Xiaoshu's chest, her arrogant expression was instantly replaced by shock.
Yin Lunmei's performance was not exaggerated. You know, Shiku Technology is a company that even fresh graduates from prestigious universities find difficult to enter. How could she, a student, get into such a big company?
"You... why are you here? How did you get in? Was it Jiang Xingye who recommended you here?" Yin Lunmei asked three questions in a row, with disbelief written all over her face.
It seems that she cares a lot about being able to enter World Cool Technology!
After finally getting back on top of Yin Lunmei, Mai Xiaoshu decided to make good use of this opportunity to dampen her spirit, so he deliberately put on a bright smile: "Oh? Is it difficult to get into Shiku Technology? I don't think so. It took An Chengye three visits to invite me to the company!"
"What?" Yin Lunmei looked incredulous, and suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she burst into laughter, "It seems that your Chinese is not good. Three visits to my thatched cottage? I think you must have begged and used all means to get in! And even if you got in, so what? Aren't you still working for An Chengye? Do you know who he is to me?"
“……” Mai Xiaoshu remained motionless, with a hint of disdain on the corner of his mouth.
"Why? Afraid that you'll be sad if you know the answer?" Yin Lunmei waited for Mai Xiaoshu to ask her a question with a smile, but her heart was full of contempt. Seeing Mai Xiaoshu's indifferent look, Yin Lunmei pulled her hair back and said arrogantly, "An Chengye, Jiang Xingye and I are childhood sweethearts and have a very good relationship! And An Chengye is my true love! No matter how hard you work, you are still working for my boyfriend, do you understand?"
Boy friend?
After listening to Yin Lunmei's words, Mai Xiaoshu felt a little uncomfortable for some reason.
She thought to herself, it must be because just when she had changed her impression of him, she found out that he was with the person she hated the most. That must be it.
Seeing Yin Lunmei's smug smile, Mai Xiaoshu quickly regained her composure. She retorted, "Boyfriend? Just because you say so, is that right? I've been working here for more than half a year, but I've never heard him mention you."
"What?" Yin Lunmei was startled, with a complicated expression, and tried to explain, "That's because he clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs. He doesn't like to discuss our relationship in a work environment. Didn't I come to have dinner with him today?"
Mai Xiaoshu smiled and said, "Whatever your relationship is, it has nothing to do with me. I'm in a hurry. Bye!"
The moment she turned and walked towards the door, the smile on her face collapsed instantly.
Even though Yin Lunmei always yells and cries every time he sees her, she always behaves reserved and cute in front of boys. Coupled with her bright and dazzling appearance, it is possible that An Chengye would have a good impression of her.
She was lost in thought and had unknowingly walked to the door of the restaurant. It was not until her forehead hit the transparent glass door with a "bang" that she came to her senses and screamed in pain.
"Ah——" She rubbed her forehead, and waited for the pain to subside before she realized clearly what she had been guessing all the way.
This is a dangerous signal. What does their relationship have to do with her? Why does she suddenly care about An Chengye?
"No, there's no need for me to care about his affairs. Wake up!" Mai Xiaoshu slapped his face anxiously, trying to dispel his strange thoughts.
"Welcome, how many people would like to have dinner?" came the waiter's enthusiastic voice.
"One."
Following the waiter's instructions and sitting down, Mai Xiaoshu picked up the menu and subconsciously ordered the restaurant's most expensive seafood set menu.
"Are you sure you want to order so much for one person? This set meal is very large..." the waiter asked cautiously.
"Yes!" Mai Xiaoshu looked at the waiter with a "resentful" face, "I'm really, really hungry now. I need to eat a lot to relieve myself... No, to relieve my hunger! Don't worry, serve the food. I brought the card!" As she said that, Mai Xiaoshu took out the salary card that An Chengye had returned to her from her pocket and slapped it on the table.
"Okay, I'll serve you the food right away!" The waiter shook his head and left with a helpless look on his face.
After a while, four waiters, each carrying a corner of a half-meter-long retro dinner plate, slowly came over. It was more like a square tripod than a dinner plate. The "dinner plate" was divided into eight small compartments, each containing different seafood, including spicy crayfish, king crab legs, oysters, shrimps, sea urchins... There were so many things to see that it was overwhelming, and it was as exaggerated as it could be!
As soon as the seafood set meal with an attractive luster was served, it aroused the admiration of other diners in the restaurant. Mai Xiaoshu looked on in amazement. He never expected that the seafood set meal would be so sumptuous, ten times larger than he had imagined.
"Your meal has been served, please enjoy it!" The waiters bowed respectfully and left.
"Wow...it looks delicious." Mai Xiaoshu's smile froze on her face, and she suddenly regretted her impulsive choice.
She consoled herself, I can do it, I will definitely finish it... It's shameful to waste... There must be no leftovers...
Thinking of this, her face darkened, and as if she was going to do something big, she reached out her little hand to the plate, picked up a crab leg, and started eating it with a panting sound.
The seafood on the plate gradually turned into a pile of crab shells and shrimp shells on the table. When she looked at the remaining seafood on the plate, she burped heavily and a surge of stomach acid rose in her stomach.
"I can't eat anymore..." Mai Xiaoshu wanted to cry but had no tears. As he thought about this, his eyes became a little dazed.
The next second, he fell down with a plop.
“Someone fainted!”
The waitress passing by Mai Xiaoshu heard a scream behind her. She turned around and found that her seat was empty and the person had fallen to the floor and lost consciousness.
Everyone rushed towards Mai Xiaoshu, and the noisy sound attracted Jiang Xingye and Yin Lunmei who were led into the restaurant by the waiter.
"President, it's too noisy here. It's not convenient to talk about things. Why don't we go to another restaurant?" Yin Lunmei made an excuse to meet Jiang Xingye. On the surface, she said she was going to discuss student union matters, but in fact she wanted to get close to An Chengye through him. Unexpectedly, An Chengye, the busy man, was not in the laboratory at all. She had no choice but to pester Jiang Xingye to have dinner with her.
Although Jiang Xingye was not as good as An Chengye, he was still better than all the boys in the school. When she got close to him, she would attract many envious glances. She enjoyed this feeling very much, but she didn't expect that as soon as she followed Jiang Xingye into the restaurant, his attention was attracted by something else.
Seeing Jiang Xingye turning his head, she quickly changed into a shy expression again.
"The person lying on the ground, her clothes look familiar. I'll go over and take a look." After Jiang Xingye gave the instructions, he walked towards the crowd. As expected, he was not mistaken. The owner of the familiar bright yellow coat was Mai Xiaoshu.
The boy, who was originally calm and elegant, suddenly became nervous. "Everyone please move aside, the person on the ground is my friend." He pushed aside the onlookers and turned to the waiter and asked, "Excuse me, what happened to her?"
"She was just having dinner, and suddenly fainted while eating." The waiter was a little overwhelmed at first, but he was relieved when he saw an acquaintance.
Jiang Xingye glanced at the food on her table, quickly walked to Mai Xiaoshu, squatted down, picked her up without hesitation , and squeezed out of the crowd: "Please make way..."
"Hey, senior, then I..." Yin Lunmei just came over and saw him rushing forward holding someone.
Jiang Xingye didn't bother to answer Yin Lunmei. He anxiously held Mai Xiaoshu and ran past her towards the hospital.