Cong Xiaoxiao had no choice. Her position wasn't secure yet, so she could only swallow her anger for now.
But the longer she held it in, the angrier she got. Taking a step back only made her want to kill someone.
"Xie Zhu, I made all your favorite dishes this time." Cong Xiaoxiao changed tactics, looking sweetly toward him.
Xie Zhu nodded. "My favorite thing to eat is sitting beside me. Watch what you say from now on."
Cong Xiaoxiao: ?
Gu Luosheng held back a laugh, nearly spraying the drink in her mouth.
"Careful." Seeing this, Ye Nanshen hurriedly patted Gu Luosheng's back.
Cong Xiaoxiao hadn't expected Xie Zhu to be so impervious to her advances. For now, she lowered her head and ate her rice.
"Hey, these ribs are pretty good," Gu Luosheng praised. "You really do know your way around food, having worked as a restaurant server."
Gu Luosheng gave Cong Xiaoxiao a thumbs-up.
It sounded quite a bit like a compliment.
But Cong Xiaoxiao considered her time as a restaurant server a disgrace and hated having it brought up.
"I was just helping a friend at that restaurant," Cong Xiaoxiao explained instinctively.
"Oh." Gu Luosheng nodded.
"You wiped this table down pretty well, too. That must have something to do with your old cleaning job, right?" Gu Luosheng added.
Without waiting for her to explain, Gu Luosheng continued, "And you have plenty of energy, Miss Cong. You usually worked nights, so... you must have made quite a lot?"
There was no shame in honest work, but Cong Xiaoxiao had been a server at a restaurant with private rooms-the kind that offered special services. Once she went in, she generally stayed all night.
As for cleaning, she had cleaned at hotels, also spending the entire night on