I knew An Ning couldn't have been doing very well, but I hadn't expected things to be this bad.
I'd been wondering where she'd disappeared to lately and why I couldn't find her anywhere. It turned out the police had arrested her, and she'd only just been released.
"Wait, what right did your landlord have to throw your things away?"
Song Xiaotian frowned. "Aren't you going to make him pay for them?"
An Ning said, "I owed him rent and couldn't pay him back. What's gone is gone..."
She lowered her head and fiddled with the hem of her dress, looking pitiful.
If Du Yuwei knew she was living like this, she'd be heartbroken.
Meng Yifan probably felt sorry for her too. He sighed and said, "How about this? I'll have Chen Mo take you to buy a couple of outfits later, and we'll deduct it from your pay. Does that work for you?"
"Thank you, boss." An Ning blushed. "I caused you trouble before. That was wrong of me..."
"Forget it. Why bring up the past? We're not the police." Meng Yifan said, "Just work hard from now on. We have to build a good life with our own two hands."
Next came the hiring paperwork.
There wasn't much red tape at our little shop, just an employment contract to sign.
An Ning definitely wouldn't be able to start work that day. I had to take her shopping for clothes and help her rent a place. She didn't even have anywhere to live anymore.
As we were leaving the shop, I told her to wait for me in the car.
Only after she went outside did I pull Meng Yifan aside to thank him. "Thanks, Boss Meng. You can deduct the extra base pay you're giving her from my