When Shen Lingqing returned to Savory Alley the next Monday along with Fu Shuren, she was surprised to see that the staff she left over the weekend had already started working without her. Some were busy installing the new appliances that were delivered last week, while the others were replacing the lighting at the diner's area.
"What happened to them?" Shen Lingqing asked her assistant. She narrowed her eyes suspiciously at Qiao Lian. "You didn't promise them anything, right?"
"What? How could you accuse me of something like that, Qingqing?" Qiao Lian gasped and acted like she was being bullied by her boss. "How dare you, Qingqing. After all that we've been through…"
Shen Lingqing stared at her assistant and raised a brow.
"Continue acting like that, and I won't share with you the food my mother asked me to bring today."
Qiao Lian dropped her act and adjusted the glasses on her face.
