Translator: Cinder Translations
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The Fatty didn't even have time to stop her before the woman walked in.
Carrying a basket of vegetables, the Fatty quickly ran up the steps, but as soon as he entered the studio, he was stunned by the sight in front of him. He saw Jiang Cheng sitting on the sofa with a woman in her 50s, who was like an aunt to him.
The two were embracing, and Jiang Cheng was occasionally patting the woman's back while whispering something.
In that moment, the Fatty felt like he was falling apart.
Perhaps too focused on what he was doing, Jiang Cheng didn't immediately notice the woman in a qipao and the Fatty walking in, which led to the former realizing it only when it was too late.
Jiang Cheng seemed fine when he saw the Fatty, but when his eyes landed on the woman in qipao, his expression changed. He immediately let go of the 50-year-old aunt who was crying lightly.
However, he overlooked one thing—the aunt, in the midst of crying, clung to Jiang Cheng and wouldn't let go.
The scene became somewhat awkward.
After sending off the affectionate aunt, Jiang Cheng stepped back, and throughout all of this, the woman in qipao and the Fatty hadn't moved at all.
The former remained calm, while the latter was in shock.
Jiang Cheng pouted and after a long pause finally squeezed out a sentence, "Did you just arrive?"
"I've been here for a while," the woman replied, her voice as clear as the stream beside a cold pond. "I saw you were busy, so I didn't disturb you."
"Hiss—"
The Fatty took a sharp breath. The tone... sounded a bit strange.
Jiang Cheng then turned his gaze back to the Fatty, who quickly reacted.
The Fatty, showing great tact, grabbed all the vegetables and rushed to the kitchen. A series of "clinks" rang out as he seemed to be signaling that he wasn't interested in whatever they were talking about, as he couldn't hear it anyway.
Despite that, his ears were perked up, worried he might miss something juicy.
It was now obvious that the beautiful woman in qipao was the doctor's girlfriend!
It would be a lie to say he wasn't envious, but the Fatty was more happy for the doctor.
The doctor had a good job, was handsome, and smart. Aside from a little bad habit of making flirtatious remarks, everything else was perfect.
He hid in the kitchen, busy for almost an hour. He even held off going to the bathroom just to give the doctor and the qipao beauty enough space.
The fish soup in the pot was bubbling, and the Fatty was carefully preparing dinner.
Finally, when he felt it was almost done, he carried the dishes out of the kitchen.
That's when he suddenly realized the woman in qipao was sitting at Jiang Cheng's desk, and Jiang Cheng had pulled up a chair to sit opposite her.
The Fatty had seen a similar setup before, when his company's leadership faced an inspection. It looked almost identical.
Moreover, the sharp-eyed Fatty also noticed several stacks of money neatly arranged on the desk.
"This month's income is not as much as last month's," Jiang Cheng admitted voluntarily.
"Hmm," the woman in qipao nodded. "Why?"
Jiang Cheng thought for a moment. "Recently, some rich female clients have gone on a group tour to Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. They'll probably be back next month."
"Names," the woman in qipao picked up a pen and casually wrote on a blank page in Jiang Cheng's cherished notebook.
"Cai Mei, Sun Youcai, Fang..."
The woman recorded the names expressionlessly, in a completely businesslike manner.
The Fatty observed Jiang Cheng's reaction, and it seemed that if he didn't explain things clearly, there would be serious consequences.
Suddenly, the Fatty's pupils trembled.
He remembered what Brother Pi Ruan had said when he came for the second time today. The gist of the question was: "Has Boss Lin come yet? I saw her car outside."
Boss Lin!
The woman in qipao was the doctor's boss!
The Fatty had been so haunted by nightmares lately that his mind had started to wander. He had found many qipaos in the studio earlier and had completely forgotten about this.
So those qipaos were... The Fatty swallowed and glanced at the woman in qipao, realizing their demeanor was a perfect match.
But at first, he couldn't really blame himself for getting it wrong. This Boss Lin and the doctor looked so good together. Anyone who saw them standing side by side would think they were a perfect match.
The Fatty carefully placed the dish in front of the small table by the sofa, where he and the doctor usually ate.
Just as he was hesitating about whether it was appropriate to call them for dinner, Jiang Cheng noticed the situation and spoke up first: "Dinner's ready."
The Fatty echoed, "Yeah, yeah, should we eat first and talk after?"
Before the Fatty could finish, the woman in qipao sat down at the table with Jiang Cheng and started eating with chopsticks.
The two of them acted so in sync, like they were one person.
The Fatty felt embarrassed. He only brought two sets of chopsticks, so he had to go back and get another set for himself.
This dinner turned out to be the loneliest meal the Fatty had ever had. The doctor and the qipao beauty didn't talk, and he didn't dare start a conversation either.
So, they finished the meal in silence, not saying a word.
After dinner, the Fatty was alone in the kitchen washing the dishes.
They ate quite late, and by now it was almost 10 PM. Outside, the night was as dark as ink.
As he wiped his hands with a napkin, the Fatty began speculating about the relationship between the doctor and the qipao beauty, Boss Lin.
It couldn't be just a simple employer-employee relationship; otherwise, how could someone as stingy as the doctor be living like this?
As he thought about it, his mind wandered back to the first time he met the doctor, when they spent their first night in the nightmare world.
The luxurious villa hidden in the dense forest.
The family there had a twisted obsession with imprisonment, especially the two girls in their 20s. The Fatty could still shudder at the thought of the distorted figure crawling out from under the bed.
Could it be that the doctor was forcibly imprisoned by Boss Lin?
Although it seemed absurd, the thought clung to the Fatty's mind.
Maybe it was a deal after all.
A strange thought began to creep into his mind, and he suddenly remembered the clothes Boss Lin had left behind here.
It seemed that some of them were very intimate.
"Glurp," the Fatty's throat involuntarily moved.
"Fatty!" Jiang Cheng's voice called from upstairs, sounding a little distant.
The Fatty quickly dropped the napkin in his hand and hurried upstairs. He found the doctor and Boss Lin in the bedroom. His expression turned odd.
"Fatty," Jiang Cheng said, "You should sleep downstairs tonight. You—"
"I understand, doctor, I'll sleep downstairs," the Fatty nodded vigorously.
He still had some sense.
"No," Jiang Cheng shook his head, adding, "We'll all sleep downstairs and leave the bedroom empty."
He thought for a moment and then added, "My neck's been bothering me lately, and I want to try sleeping on the sofa. You can sleep on the floor. It's cooler."
(End of the Chapter)
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