3:00 p.m.
A taxi came to a steady stop outside the grand and imposing gates of Yanjing Sky City.
Jiang You Rong pushed open the car door, stepped out, and looked up at the towering buildings before her. She silently took a deep breath.
She adjusted the carefully chosen dark long coat she was wearing, doing her best to look more professional and composed.
She walked over to the guardhouse. "Hello, I'm here to see someone. Building 1, Room 2001."
The on-duty property staff immediately put on a standard smile and politely asked, "Certainly, ma'am. May I have your name?"
"Jiang You Rong." The staff member immediately rose to his feet, his tone becoming especially respectful. "Hello, Ms. Jiang. Mr. Tang gave instructions in advance. Please wait a moment. I'll arrange for someone to take you over right away."
"Alright, thank you." Jiang You Rong nodded and followed a uniformed property staff member through the exquisitely designed central garden, where every step revealed another scenic view.
After entering the grand lobby of Building 1, the butler was already waiting there. Smiling, he swiped her elevator access card for her.
The elevator ascended smoothly and swiftly.
Within the cramped, enclosed space, the slight nervousness she had been trying to suppress began spreading uncontrollably.
She raised her head and used the blurred reflection in the elevator's mirrorlike stainless-steel walls to quickly check her makeup and hair again.
Then a powerful sense of emptiness rose from her lower abdomen—it was hunger.
To look a little "slimmer" that afternoon, she truly hadn't eaten anything at lunch. Now she was starving enough to easily finish an entire six-inch tiramisu cake.
She had the kind of body with a low basal metabolism but exceptionally efficient absorption.
Though she did not usually eat much, she got hungry