Century Mall is just separated from Joyno's former workplace by an intersection.
On the first floor, there are mainly jewelry stores, as well as Watsons, a Starbucks coffee shop, and a McDonald's restaurant. Upstairs are a furniture city, clothing stores, and stationery stores. The top floor houses a Haidilao restaurant. There's a convenience store on the basement floor.
When Joyno used to get off work, she often went to the nearby McDonald's to buy a bento for dinner.
After getting off at the bus stop, Joyno looked back at the newspaper office behind her, filled with both hatred and regret. Back then, her supervisor had been extremely vicious when scolding her. He often said things like, "Look at Ah Hai, then look at you. Can't you see the obvious gap between you two?" Well, now she'd finally left and cut all ties with the newspaper office.
In terms of education, Joyno clearly had an advantage over Ah Hai. Joyno was a journalism major, while Ah Hai was just a vocational school graduate working as an errand - running assistant.
The reason the supervisor favored Ah Hai was that he was extremely ambitious. That was why he worked ten times harder than ordinary people. Moreover, his parents had connections with the supervisor, so it was only a matter of time before he took over the supervisor's position at the newspaper office.
The traffic light turned green. Joyno took the opportunity to quickly get away from the newspaper office.
After crossing the road and turning the corner, she saw the sign of the mall.
There stood Luo Yize, holding a coffee, waiting for her in front of Starbucks.
When he saw Joyno approaching, he nodded slightly as a greeting.
Joyno looked at him, then down at her watch, and said, "You're here so early?"
Luo Yize handed her a latte and said, "I bought it for you specially."
"This..." Joyno was about to say "It's not quite appropriate", but quickly swallowed the words back.
"I know you like the same things I do."
She still remembered the first time they met in a restaurant. Joyno had specially paid to buy Luo Yize his favorite latte, which was also her favorite.
Inside the Haidilao restaurant, it was as crowded as ever.
Joyno's mother was a VIP customer here. All the private rooms in the restaurant would be reserved for them.
Joyno found a two - person table and sat down. Luo Yize put down his phone and latte and said he was going to the restroom. Just then, the store manager walked over to her with a big smile.
"Little girl, long time no see."
Joyno replied awkwardly, "Er, yeah, yeah!"
She didn't want the store manager to know that she was having dinner with a big - name star.
Then the store manager turned on the tablet and said, "Log in as a member. Order whatever you like."
Before the manager finished speaking, Joyno took the tablet, entered her membership number, and patiently waited for Luo Yize to come back from the restroom.
When Luo Yize returned to the table, he caught the store manager's attention.
"Haha, I never thought you'd have a boyfriend!"
Joyno, who had been carefully looking at the menu, involuntarily dropped the tablet on the table after hearing what the store manager said.
She was about to explain when she heard Luo Yize say beside her, "She's an old classmate of mine."
"He looks like a movie star."
Joyno smiled at the store manager and said, "Yeah, yeah, he does look like that... guy." She made up a name on the spot, and her nervousness came back.
The store manager nodded with a smile, quietly walked up to her, and whispered in her ear, "If you like him, confess your feelings quickly!"