Chapter 15: Work
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"Mom, I've already found a job. The newspaper wants me to start work as soon as possible. So, I want to move to Taipei tomorrow."
Catherine never had much luggage. So after packing all her things overnight, she took the earliest train to Taipei in the morning. By the time she arrived at Rose Wen's place, Rose had just gotten up.
Rose tidied up the guest room for Catherine, and then they went to the breakfast place at the entrance of the alley. After ordering their food, they found a quiet corner to sit down.
"How was yesterday's blind - date dinner? Is Ryan Long someone with extraordinary abilities?" Rose Wen deliberately brought up the topic.
"He looks about thirty - something." Catherine was considering whether she should tell the whole story.
But if she did, Rose would surely call her an i***t.
After all, just the idea of finding a man she liked in the pub and giving her first time to him was enough to make Rose scold her severely.
"Eh? Quite young!" Rose smiled as she watched the owner of the breakfast place bringing their food over.
When the owner put the things down and walked away, Rose asked with a smile again, "Since his conditions are so good, there's no reason to accept the conditions set by your greedy parents. Tell me, does he look like a tyrannosaurus? Or a winter melon? Or is he bald and buck - toothed?"
Catherine was amused by her exaggerated words and expressions. After stopping her laughter, she said, "It's not that bad. If we just rate him by his appearance, I think that man can reach a standard of ninety points."
But if his inner qualities were taken into account, it might become a negative score!
Rose's eyes lit up. "A high - quality man?"
It was so unfair. Rich, capable, and extremely handsome. How could God bestow so much on him?
"High - quality..." Catherine was thinking carefully in her heart about how to tell Rose about that man's bad deeds.
"Both inside and outside are good. Can't he be called high - quality?" Rose glanced at Catherine and couldn't help but complain. Her standards were too high!
"How are 'inside' and 'outside' defined?" Catherine picked up the disposable chopsticks on the table, picked up a piece of omelette, but then put it down again.
"Hey! Don't be too greedy. Be careful of divine retribution!" Rose thought that she was still not satisfied with such a man.
"Wow! What divine retribution? You don't even know." With a deep sigh, Catherine decided to be honest. Even if Rose would scold her for being stupid, it was better than being misunderstood.
So, she slowly told the whole story.
Of course, she omitted those passionate scenes.
"You i***t!" Sure enough, before Catherine had even finished, Rose couldn't help but stand up and curse.
The overly sharp tone quickly attracted the attention of others in the breakfast place. Rose quickly sat down and lowered her head.
"By the way, speaking of your mother, she's really too much!" Although it was impossible for all five fingers to be the same length, she was too partial, wasn't she?
Catherine smiled indifferently. She was already used to it. "I'm more worried about Sophia."
"Leave her alone!" Rose couldn't help but shout again.
All the people in the Shang family were snobbish. No one had been taking kind - hearted Catherine seriously. So, why should she worry about what would happen to her family?
"That's not how you can say it..." Catherine's voice became softer.
"Catherine Shang, I advise you not to be so soft - hearted anymore. Do your job as a reporter well in Taipei. Don't care whether there's an earthquake, a fire, or a flood at your home."
"Rose, you don't understand..." Anyway, they were still her family!
"Stop!" Rose suddenly leaned forward and held her head with both hands. "Listen to me carefully now. Don't care about the messy things in your family anymore. They may not listen to what you say, so they have to bear the consequences themselves."
This time, Catherine was silent.
Rose was not unreasonable. Her mother and Uncle Shang really wouldn't listen to her words.
"However, there's one thing that I'm really a bit suspicious about." Rose withdrew her hands and suddenly dropped this sentence inexplicably.
"What is it?" Catherine picked up her chopsticks and played with the omelette on her plate.
"Did that man really say that to you?"
"What words?" Catherine didn't understand which sentence she was referring to.
"He said he promised to marry you?" Rose thought about it and raised an eyebrow high.
"You're crazy!" Catherine reached out and pushed her head.
At that time, Ryan Long's words did scare her, but as it turned out, he didn't really mention it.
"Who says I'm crazy?" Rose was full of dissatisfaction. "You'd better be careful with this kind of man." She herself had also met one.
"I'm careful enough." Catherine pouted. It was just that God liked to play jokes on her, that's why she met Ryan Long.
Rose picked up a piece of turnip cake. When she brought it to her mouth, she stopped. "I'm thinking this time your mother will surely be disappointed. She underestimated Ryan Long too much!"
Although she had only covered the business news for a few months in the past, she thought that Ryan Long was definitely someone not to be trifled with.
"..." Catherine didn't speak, and her worry was written all over her brows.
"Do you know... what they call him in the business world?" Rose opened her mouth to eat the turnip cake, and her voice sounded muffled.
"What?" The omelette in front of Catherine was almost poked to pieces by her.
"The Crown Prince of the Long Family." Finally swallowing the food in her mouth, Rose took a big sip of milk tea.
"Is this strange?" She couldn't see what was special or threatening about this title.
"Of course." Rose swallowed the milk tea and opened her eyes wide. "Have you seen movies?"
Catherine shook her head.
"No wonder you don't know." Rose clicked her tongue. "Ryan Long is a man who will surely retaliate for any grudge, and his methods are comparable to those in movies."
After hearing this, Catherine couldn't even drink her fresh milk.
"Anyway, in the future, keep as far away from him as you can!" Finally finishing the turnip cake on her plate, Rose raised her head and said seriously.
"I don't want to see him again either." Just thinking of his name was enough to make her heart tremble.
"That's the best." Rose tilted her head and thought for a while, then stammered, "Tomorrow... I have to go to Shanghai."
"On a business trip?" Catherine thought there would be someone with her, but she had just come to Taipei, and Rose was going on a business trip.
"Not exactly." Rose rarely spoke so unclearly.
Catherine was too lazy to guess and didn't like to ask further. "How many days will you be gone?"
"A week, or maybe even longer." It was all because the boss insisted that she go to interview that guy.
"I see... " Well, it was work. No one could help it.
"Don't worry. The security in the area where I live is quite good. As long as you lock the doors and windows at night, there should be no problem."
Catherine went to the newspaper to find Victor Xu. Originally, she just wanted to submit her resume, but unexpectedly, he asked her if she could start work immediately.
In order to adapt to the environment quickly, Catherine nodded and agreed.
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