The lady boss greeted me warmly. “You are here, do you want the same hot pot as before?”
I smiled and nodded.
In fact, I also liked to eat hot pot here.
Errol brought me here once, on my birthday.
Although he didn’t want to order more meat dishes, I was really happy that night.
The boss specially sent me longevity noodles.
It had been a long time since anyone celebrated my birthday.
When I worked with Errol, I didn’t earn much.
My money supported the family and his money supported Judy’s education, so we always lived frugally and only dared to put two more eggs in the noodles on her birthday.
I didn’t know at the time that Judy was not his biological sister, but I was a little envious of her.
If I also had such a brother who loved me, I would be able to continue my studies.
When I was 2 years old, I had been working outside for 2 years.
I had never seen anything good, Errol was good to me, so I was good to him.
With him, I always thought I had a family again.
Later I realized that his kindness to me was just a little bit of crumbs flowing out of the cracks.
His full heart had long been given to others.
Errol didn’t bring me here again because Judy was going abroad for graduate school.
Life became frugality again.
The boss brought the hot pot, which was greasy and hot.
The doctor said that I looked weak due to miscarriage and I didn’t recover well, so I needed to supplement more.
I ate one bite after another. I clearly asked for non-spicy food, but it was still a bit choking.
I ordered two more plates of mutton. From now on, I was my own family.
The next morning, I found Neil to discuss the sale of the store.
When I bought this store, I took out all the savings I had accumulated from working for several years. But it was still not enough, so I had to pawn the bracelet left to me by my mother to the gold shop.
Fortunately, I worked hard and finally managed to keep the store going after stumbling.
The sale of the store went smoothly.
The housing prices had risen a lot in recent years and I had earned more than when I bought it before.
I signed my name on the contract.
Neil took it happily, sucking on the cigarette in his mouth.
“Are you sure you want to sell the store?”
I smiled. “Neil, I am sure.”
“Harper?” A voice suddenly came from behind.
Turning around, Errol looked at me in surprise.
It was really strange that he would come to the store.