Inside the café, the strong aroma coming from the freshly brewed coffee graced everyone in the coffee shop. Zhen Wei had her eyes attentively at the customer as she smiled.
"One large java chip and a slice of blueberry cheesecake please."
Zhen Wei's fingertips navigated swiftly on the screen as she tapped the corresponding orders of the customer.
"Would that be all, maam?"
The customer nodded as she reached over for her priority number and find herself a seat afterward. The café wasn't busy at the moment so Zhen Wei offered her coworker to make the order. After making it, she made her way towards the customer at the far end of the café with her order at hand. She strode across the room and placed the java chip on top of the table. The customer smiled and thanked her in return.
As she turned her body to excused herself she ran onto a well-built body. Luckily she was able to balance her weight after the sudden impact. Zhen Wei quickly bowed as she asks for forgiveness because she wasn't able to see the person right in front of her.
"Xiao Wei?" A deep familiar voice resounded. Her head immediately shot up to see the owner of the voice, it was Gu Chenbai. Her eyes widened in shock but she was quick to mask her expression right away. Zhen Wei didn't want for the person right in front of her to misunderstand.
Her gaze shifted on to the person next to Gu Chenbai. The woman was wearing a body-con dress and was clamored with jewelry and had a thick makeup on her face. Regardless, she was beautiful. The woman was Jun Shu Tian, the woman Gu Chenbai replaced her with way back senior years when they were still in a relationship.
Zhen Wei's beauty is natural, she usually doesn't wear a lot of makeup but she was already pretty without it, aside from her poor fashion sense. While Jun Shu Tian is the complete opposite of Zhen Wei, she was always flashy and loves to follow the trend when it comes to fashion. Thus, she was labeled as a fashion icon back when they were still in their senior years in high school and was pretty famous in their campus.
Gu Chenbai and Zhen Wei were lovers in their senior years. They met each other and became friends since Zhen Xiu Ying and Gu Chenbai's grandmother were friends. They became a couple after spending a lot of time with each other. Gu Chenbai was that prince charming every girl in their high school would die for. He was also a part of the varsity that made him even more attractive, making girls swoon every time they watch his games.
Even though Zhen Wei was pretty in her own way, Gu Chenbai still cheated on her with Jun Shu Tian. Back then, when Zhen Wei learned about them seeing each other secretly, Gu Chenbai didn't have to hold himself any longer and immediately dumped Zhen Wei. The whole school knew about it and ever since it came out, Gu Chenbai and Jun Shu Tian started dating publicly. Of course, Zhen Wei felt devastated and was laughed at for most of the population. People thought she was the wall that kept the two separated, knowing she was out of the picture people started degrading her even more. A lot of rumors circulated the campus and it became a hot topic for a month.
Zhen Wei felt wrong in every way possible. Even if she was to hate Gu Chenbai, she still can't erase the fact that she loves him. Luckily Tang Yiyi was with her the whole time or else she would be suffering by herself alone with no one to talk to.
"Such a coincidence!" Gu Chenbai's eyes widened in shock. He didn't expect for Zhen Wei to appear right in front of them.
'I see, they're still together.' Zhen Wei never thought that her ex and Jun Shu Tian would still be together. She remained silent and didn't bother herself to retort which Jun Shu Tian find quite amusing.
'Don't tell me she hasn't gotten over yet?' Jun Shu Tian had a lopsided smile on her face as she hooks her arm around Gu Chenbai's.
Zhen Wei almost rolled her eyes inwardly. She wanted to hiss at them but she thought she wouldn't benefit in doing so she remained calm.
"Look at that, we didn't expect to see you here. Such a small world indeed." Jun Shu Tian said. She had always been bitchy towards Zhen Wei from the start, and she was still.
"Right. If you'll excuse me, I need to go back." Zhen Wei wanted to excuse herself but she was held back on her arm by Jun Shu Tian. She didn't have any choice but to face her.
"That does mean you work here?" Jun Shu Tian pried, she was mocking Zhen Wei as she eyed her from head to toe. Zhen Wei was wearing her usual uniform with an apron tied on her waist. She looked fine but Jun Shu Tian looked at her with disgust. She didn't expect for her boyfriend's ex to end up being a waitress at a coffee shop.
"Yes." Zhen Wei said calmly. She wasn't even affected by her. Her heart became numb after what she had suffered. She carefully removed Jun Shu Tian's hand on her arm.
Zhen Wei didn't immediately notice that a man that was clad in a black suit had come inside the café. He strode towards them and stopped just right beside Zhen Wei. She looked at the man and found that he was the man who drove them to the ancestral house.
"Young madam, boss told me to pick you up. He is already waiting for you at La Premiere." He said making the couple in front of him confused. Did he mistake Zhen Wei for someone else? How could a waitress be a young madam? On top of that, she has been picked up to go to a three-star Michelin restaurant!
Jun Shu Tian scanned the man in front of her. Her eyes landed on the crest that was embroidered on the man's chest, it was A1's. Impossible!
A1 is one of the top three most efficient security internationally. If you were to base in China, A1 is sitting right at the pinnacle of the security hierarchy. Moreover, A1 is owned by the renowned Li Corporation. If one is to hire a person from A1 that person must be super rich! Their salary costs a fortune, they are paid five times more than the average wage of a manager from a company. Usually, it depends on the man's capabilities. The higher the rank, the higher his salary gets! The typical client of A1 are politicians and rich businessmen.
"I'm still at work, I haven't finished my shift yet." Zhen Wei answered, making Gu Chenbai and Jun Shu Tian's brows furrowed.
"Boss has already notified miss Tang."
"Oh." Zhen Wei muttered. She then removed her apron and the man simply took it from her as he escorts her towards the car that was parked right at the entrance of the café.
Seeing Zhen Wei walk out of the coffee shop just like that made Jun Shu Tian fume in jealousy. A1? Ha! She must be dreaming.
"She obviously crawled her way on someone's bed! It must be a rich old man or someone from politics!" Jun Shu Tian sneered.
"I never expected for Zhen Wei to turn out this way. If only I knew I should have shown her sympathy long ago." Gu Chenbai uttered in concern. He was slightly guilty to find out Zhen Wei was living off on an old man.
"Don't bother baby, let her do what she wants. She's too pitiful to look at. Her husband must be treating her poorly that she was forced to work for additional money instead." Jun Shu Tian comforted.
If only they knew that the rich old bastard they assumed Zhen Wei's husband was actually Li Shen, the heir of Li Corporation himself.