It was only the elevator, the entrance of her penthouse, and Yan Rumei was already very shocked.
She didn't show it, but internally, she has been cursing her heart out since she alighted from the car.
She has dined in Tianlong Hotel's restaurant before.
Some of her clients sometimes invite her for lunch or dinner.
She would try to beat them into paying the bill but for some reason, they would usually get or convince the servers to hand it to them instead. On some occasions where she's able to receive the bill, her clients would then threaten her that they will withdraw their account if she didn't hand the bill to them.
So, 100% of the time, she doesn't really spend even a single fen.
A dinner for two would usually cost about 5,000-10,000 yuan. That's about 25-50% of her monthly salary (~TAT)~ What you expect from a 5-star hotel.
When it comes to her company parties (well... "ex-company"), that d*c*head Si Liwei would only bring them to a 3-star hotel at most.
He and the others even deliberately did not tell her about their year-end party during her first year in the company. She only found out about it after New Year.
But today...
She thought, [Is it the end of the world? Is this my last day on Earth? Did the sun rise in the west?]
Yan Rumei honestly didn't know what to feel.
When Assistant Li explained to him about her mother's marriage to one of the richest people in Country M, maybe even joining the top 100 in the world, she thought of a lot of things in just a short period of time.
[How was her mom so lucky to marry or even meet a big shot like Mr. Gu Feng?]
[Why did they marry first before telling me all this? What about my opinion?]
[This Gu Feng seems so fishy. Why mom? I need to know what he saw from mom. What made him fall in love? Is this dude maybe using my mom for something?! I'm going to castrate him if he's doing this for some shady reason!]
[Wait... This Assistant Li is implying I'm a part of the family now. Is it even legal for his boss to adopt me or consider me as part of the family even though I'm already an adult?]
[If that's the case, does this mean I'm now considered rich? Wait, wait... Hold your thoughts Yan Rumei, you have to calm down!]
[Wait... Am I really part of the Gu family now? Will I be calling him dad? Will I not ever worry about money or mom anymore?]
When that thought brushed Yan Rumei's mind, she couldn't help but tear up. Then she started bawling.
Everything she was bottling up since she can remember all came out.
Ever since she can remember, her mom has always taken care of her and worked hard to earn money to send her to school and for them to get by.
She always wakes up early in the morning and comes home when she's about to go to sleep. She had a full-time job and at least one more part-time job.
It was really very hard for a single mother.
Where are her grandparents on both her mom and deceased dad you say? She doesn't have a clue and she doesn't really care anymore.
All she knew was that both sides were against her mom and dad's wedding, so they cut all ties from them.
Since she didn't have any parents to come to parents-teachers meetings and on parents-children days, she was often bullied when she was a kid.
A lot of kids also looked down on her because she didn't have any good stuff like fragrant stationeries, mechanical pens, cellphone, or a strolling bag (roller backpacks).
She had to burn her eyebrows every night because she had to keep her university scholarship. She usually had to stay at the school library until it closes because she didn't have any computer to use or even money to rent in a net cafe.
After finishing university, she convinced her mother to stop working. She wanted to support her from then on.
Even with an unfair salary, it was still more than enough for her to send her mother's living expenses.
When she thought of all the hardships, how she had to toughen herself all this while... It was just quite heartbreaking.
And now, all this turn of events is really every person's dream.
Instant rich. Instant family.
This is way better than winning a lottery ticket. You don't only get the money but a lot of other benefits too!
[Am I a saint in my previous life? How many good things did I do to the world that God has suddenly decided to put me in this situation?]
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When they finally reached her floor, Yan Rumei felt like she's going to have a stroke. There's just too much amazing stuff she's seen and heard in just a couple of hours.
Assistant Li was very enthusiastic in his orientation.
He showed her how to use the security panel at the entrance. She can deactivate the penthouse's surveillance recording, control the heat, or air conditioner, change the lights' intensity or set it to automatic or set timers, etc. It seems there's also a smaller panel on every room similar to this and even a remote.
It was pretty simple, so it only took her a couple of minutes to learn it.
She nodded and proceeded to walk forward to indicate that she has understood how it works.
Assistant Li was satisfied so he walked forward as well to tell her more things about the place.
But before he could even utter a word, Yan Rumei raised her right hand to tell him to stop.
"Assistant Li, you can continue next time, can you show me where my room and bathroom are, so I can take a shower and get ready for dinner with mom and your boss? That's more important at the moment."
Realizing that what she said was right, Assistant Li sucked in cold air and apologized, "You're right Miss, sorry Miss."
He then raised his hand and pointed to the second floor. "Your room is upstairs on the left Miss."
Yan Rumei then proceeded to walk upstairs to her room.
Bodyguard Bo and Assistant Li were left at the entrance.