"Bitch." A guy with the funky red hair spat and Yu Yan ignored him again, looking straight ahead as she walked away. That's his problem, not hers.
"Hey, he's talking to you." Another dude whom she didn't know his looks and obviously don't care, calls out. Highest they can do is try to harass her, then she'll spare them a glance and some beatings.
"Bought a phone just for pictures...." Her phone rang out and she rejected the call immediately. The men snickered. Why the hell did Ying Yue set her ringing tone as WAP by Cardi B. Not like she cares anyway, she'll change it later.
"You're late, again." Her other boss, Zee yelled at her. Yu Yan brought out her phone and flashed it in her face. She was a minute early. Zee rollled her eyes and walked off.
Actually, Ying Yue got her this job too. In exchange of Ying Yue getting her manicure and skin treatment here, Yu Yan got a job. The main reason why Zee hasn't fired her yet.
"Aiya, what's up?" she heared her best friend's voice and turned quickly.
"Why are you here?"
"Manicure, duhh. We're leaving together for my tattoo." Ying Yue said and Yu Yan's expression changes. She's definitely going to regret this, Yu Yan just hoped she'll be there for her. That was if she's not already swallowed by her debts.
Speaking of debts, Russo would start to threaten her in probably three days time. She bit her full, round lips hard, how would she raise enough in a few days?
"You'll wait for all the customers to leave?" She asked Ying Yue who had already made herself comfy, fumbling with the wrapper of a milk candy.
"You'll only attend to me. We'll waste time till your shift's over." Ying Yue replied dismissively and Yu Yan just stare blankly. Zee was almost going to slaughter her.
"Yu Yan!! Get to work." Zee yelled. Yu Yan just stared at the nail polish, figuring which would go better with Ying Yue's style. She already had the design figured out.
"You're always a chatterbox whenever Jenna comes here." Zee addes but Yu Yan ignored her. Why didn't they get tired of this? She's never going to answer her, never.
"She's just building relationships with your customers." Ying Yue yelled back and the woman looked up in anger from her small office. Customer relationship her ass.
"Excuse me, does this color match each other?" Hailey, super rich, super model asked Yu Yan, frowning at her nails deeply.
Pfft, if Hailey wanted her to answer, she should get her nails done by her. Not sparing her a glance, Yu Yan ignored her, taking a look at Ying Yue's nails while Hailey hurled insults at her.
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At the tattoo shop;
"Ying Yue, why are you here?" Qing Qing, Ying Yue's creep of a boyfriend asks.
'Great, so now he's stalking her.' Yu Yan said in her mind.
" I came to get a tattoo."
" Really? That's nice." He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and Yu Yan resisted the urge to attack him. In due time, she'll take lots of pleasure in destroying his stupid face.
"Yu Yan, looking beautiful as usual." He complimented, using his spare hand to play with Yu Yan's hair. She turned around and walked away. Beautiful? She was just wearing a white embroided top, black short skirt and a black sneakers.
"Wait for me outside, okay." She heared Ying Yue tell Qing Qing as she walked inside. It was late at night, Yu Yan just hoped she's fast enough. All she wanted to do is sit and calculate how much more she was owing people.
"You must be wondering how I knew she's here?" Qing Qing asked. Was he expecting a response from her? If yes, boy he had it coming. Just like other men, he's an annoying, manipulative asshole.
" I tracked her phone, smart of me, huh?" He asks and Yu Yan tapped on her phone. Her paycheck should be soon. She should be able to settle Russo a bit. She could hear Qing Qing spouting nonsense in the background.
When he's tired, he'll probably keep his stinky mouth shut.
Yu Yan however, didn't feel her attitude towards people was bad, she was used to it, closing up on strangers, men in particular, due to her horrid past.
"Are you mute?" He asked. That intrigued her a bit. Did people think she was mute? No, they'll probably think she's deaf. A mute would at least make gestures of hearing what they say. She pretends not to hear and honestly, most times she zones out.
As for Qing Qing, he's never heard her voice and she doesn't plan on him hearing it anyway. Whenever he's around Ying Yue, she doesn't say a word, not because she couldn't but her mind's always thinking of seventy different ways to kill him.
Today's an exception as the only think she could think about is Russo. He's one of the scariest monsters here. What if he kills her? It's stated that he can't but what if he gets pissed?
"... right?" Qing Qing asked again. Did he say something? Yu Yan felt very thankful she didn't hear, makes her pretense more valid. She wouldn't have answered anyway.
"Hi, Yu Yan." One of the staff greeted her as he walked past her. A handsome bloke with long, very long raven hair and lots of piercings. She breathed out deeply. Get your shit together, Ying Yue. It's already eleven. One hour to midnight, Yu Yan had to hack into a website tonight.
Plus, she had a match to play. If she doesn't show up, they'll say she chickened out. She plays online games, out for the money of course. A lot of people had bet in her favor and she had to win, more money for Russo.
"You know, you're very very beautiful. The only problem is that you're mute." Qing Qing pressed on, trying desperately to annoy her. The dude wasn't getting anywhere. She wondered why he kept trying to make a conversation. He already said she was mute.
"It's quite pitiful, you can hear people but can't speak." He added and she just stared at the beautiful designs on the wall. He was trying to annoy her, she knew. He knew she could speak, she's sure of that.
The only problem, he didn't know her well. Before you can annoy someone, they have to care about you or at least what you're doing. Unfortunately, she didn't. Even if he touched her, she wouldn't be mad.
She'll just be happy she had an opportunity to beat the life out of him and God, if she wouldn't use that opportunity. The only way he can annoy her is by messing with Ying Yue.
"Woah, You're more beautiful than Zhi Ruo." A deep husky voice said and she fought the urge to roll her eyes. Concentrating deep on the designs, she tried to think about what tasks she'll be given in the game that night.
"You're so beautiful, like an angel. Did you miss your way? You're supposed to be in heaven." The body stood in front of her and said. He smelt of alcohol, it was terrible. Yu Yan was so sure he was dead ass drunk, however, she didn't care.
"Hey, look at me, I'm talking to you." He grabbed her chin and forces it up. She looked at him. His eyes looked beautiful, almost black with white specs that twinkled, looking silver under the bright light rays emitting from the gold chandelier in the center of the room, those eyes had the ability to drown someone in them. With a perfectly sculpted jawline, rose pink lips and ruined hair. He looked so handsome.
"Your eyes are pretty." He commented again. Yu Yan kept wondering why she was not beating the life out of him. She didn't like strangers touching her .
"I didn't think I'll ever see someone more pretty than her but here I am." He slurred. Good for him, however, she didn't care. He was lucky she had a bit of humanity in her. She would have beaten him up if he wasn't drunk.
"Zhi Ruo is pretty, but you're the prettiest."
" Bro, give up, already." Janice, the foreign woman who did Yu Yan tattoo the last time said to him. She had one, a tiny bird on her left shoulder.
"He's clearly drunk, why's he here?" Qing Qing asked but Yu Yan refused to break her stare from those designs. She didn't want to look into those gorgeous eyes again.
" Why can't she be you?" The guy asked again, pulling Yu Yan closer as he pressed his lips against hers.
Drunk or not, Oh boy, she was going to destroy him.