Serenity once again walked out of a job interview in failure. She smiled wryly.She had thought that she was mentally prepared for this. She was even willing to take a delivery job that did not even come with a basic salary, but even there, her application was rejected.Serenity glanced at the time. It was almost noon now, so she stopped by a small restaurant where she ordered a bowl of noodles that cost barely more than a dollar—the cheapest item in the restaurant.There was an old television in the restaurant with the news on it. It was a rerun of yesterday's news, so Serenity did not pay much attention to it at first, but when she heard a familiar company's name, her head instantly shot up.That... was the company where she had gotten an interview for a delivery job previously. It was the same company whose boss had called Jackson to tell him about her interview. Jackson had told her off-handedly that he would eliminate this company.And now... the news reported that the comp

"He wasn't disturbing me at all," said Serenity. "Besides, your son is really cute. I think he wants to try the noodles because he's been staring at the bowl the whole time.""He might not eat it even if you offered it to him," said the woman. "This boy just likes to join in on the fun."As the woman spoke, Serenity noticed that she was making hand gestures in front of the boy. She was taken aback for a moment when she realized that those gestures were... sign language!"Is this boy..." Serenity blurted out."He can't hear," the woman replied. "But he knows a little sign language now, so if I tell him something in sign language, he's able to understand me."Then, the woman slowly said the words "Apologize to Auntie" while simultaneously using sign language to say the same thing.Following that, the boy turned to Serenity and bowed to her, signifying that he was saying sorry to her.Serenity could not help but ruffle the boy's hair affectionately. The boy was so young, yet he cou

"By the way," the woman added, "my name is Clara Wells. You can just call me Clare. What about you? What's your name?""Serenity Lewis," she answered, the dark clouds in her eyes now dissipated. "You can call me Serenity, Clare."Clara's eyes trembled as she looked at Serenity.After giving her name and contact number, Serenity left. A woman over 50 then walked up to Clara's side and asked her, "What were you talking about with that person?""She applied for the rider's job with us just now," Clara replied, "and I've given her the job. She'll start working tomorrow.""That young woman, a rider? Something's fishy here. Women like her would usually apply for office jobs, wouldn't they?"Because of the low salary, only people over the age of 50 ever asked about the job, and even they decided against taking the job because the wages were too low and the working hours were too long."She has a criminal record," Clara explained. "She was in a car crash that led to someone's death. Sti

Serenity's first reaction was the thought that Jackson might attack that small restaurant. If he could destroy an up-and-coming company to the point of bankruptcy, there was certainly no limit to what he could do to that small restaurant."No..." she stammered. "No, I never thought of it that way."She did not want to see the small restaurant suffer because of her. Besides, she could tell that Clare was a decent person, and she even had a disabled son to take care of, so Serenity was sure that Clare must have a lot of burdens to bear."That's good, then," Jackson smiled. "So just keep on living here and don't worry about anything."Serenity pursed her lips and said nothing. Jackson took her hands and placed her palms against his cheeks. "Since you insist on finding your own job," he said, "I'll give in and let you have your way. But remember, no matter how late you get home, you must wish me good night every day, okay?"She was slightly stunned, having never expected that he w

"I'm so sorry," Clara said, "Yanny's never like this usually. He seems to like you very much.""It's okay," Serenity assured her before picking the boy up in her arms. "I like him very much too."The boy did not struggle when Serenity picked him up. Instead, he happily went along with it and even smiled at her when he was in her arms. But that smile was a mixture of timidness and admiration, which made her feel inexplicably sad.She tousled his hair and said to him, "Hello, Yanny!"But the little boy could not hear her, so he had no idea what she was saying to him. All he did was look up at her with eyes full of curiosity.Clara, who had been watching her son interacting with Serenity from the side, suddenly looked gloomy as a look of heartache flashed across her eyes. Did Yanny... regard Serenity as that person? Perhaps that was why he liked her so much... It was a pity that... they could never meet that person anymore.Serenity turned to Clara and asked her, "Can you teach me

Besides, this boss of hers not only worked behind the cash register, but she also took on the role of a waitress and even cleaned the tables. There was simply no work in the restaurant that she would not do. When it got really busy in the restaurant, she would basically be left with no free time at all.Perhaps because her capabilities were limited, she devoted all her life to giving her child the best that she could afford.At around three in the afternoon, the restaurant received an order for pineapple buns and milk tea. When Serenity read the address of the customer, however, she seemed to be lost in her thoughts."What's wrong?" Clara asked. "Is there a problem?"She had already prepared the food, but when she handed it over to Serenity, she noticed that the young woman was staring at the receipt blankly, seemingly in a daze."Nothing," replied Serenity as she took the food in her hands.The address happened to be the law firm where she used to work. If she was to deliver the

But he immediately grabbed her arm and yanked her into a warm embrace.She instinctively tried to struggle free, but his hands hugged her even tighter."Your "good night" doesn't sound very sincere," he whispered next to her ear.She trembled slightly. She could feel his breath on her ear. She felt like she was being enveloped in his scent."Let... Let go," she said while blushing."Tell me about the first day at your new job," he urged."It's just a normal food delivery job. Someone orders something, I deliver it," she replied. She could feel her heart beating harder and her blood flowing faster."Is that so? Did you eat properly today?" he asked."Yes. I ate with my boss. I get two meals a day at my job." Her face was burning hot. The strange feeling made her panic. Right now, all she wanted was for him to let her go.However, he refused to do what she wanted. He grabbed her face and turned it towards him."Are you nervous?" he suddenly asked."N-No," she denied."But you

In the wee hours of the morning, when Serenity was asleep in bed, the door between the two rooms slowly opened, and a tall figure crept in.The figure's normally cold eyes now looked at the woman on the bed with a lot of affection."Good night, Sis." A deep, elegant voice came out of his mouth. It was filled with fondness, but also desire.The next day at noon, Serenity received a large order at work. The customer ordered more than 30 sets of takeouts.Usually, she would only deliver 7-8 sets at a time. 30 sets was about as much as what their small restaurant would normally deliver every day at lunchtime in total.Clara prepared the takeouts in a hurry. She told Serenity, "I'll have to trouble you to deliver them.""But what about the other orders?" asked Serenity. If she delivered this order, she would not be able to deliver the other smaller orders."Don't worry, I'll take care of them. I'll ask my mom to put Yanny to bed and stand in for me for a bit. The restaurant has anot

After Serenity pushed the trolley into the building, a receptionist greeted her. The receptionist only asked Serenity for her name and did not even ask her to register. She even took the initiative to help Serenity press the elevator button.All this caused Serenity to gradually come to a certain conclusion. When she arrived at the specified address, a tall woman in professional-looking attire came over and said, "Miss Lewis? I'm the one who ordered the food. You can put it down here. Please take these two sets to the CEO's office."Serenity's heart sank. Her questions had been answered.The CEO's office... Jackson was the CEO of Valor Group, so did that mean she was gonna take the two sets of takeout to Jackson's office?Serenity picked up the takeouts and went to the CEO’s office. In front of the dark wooden door, she took a deep breath before knocking on the door twice."Come in." A voice came from the inside.Serenity opened the door and walked in. She saw Jackson sitting at

Serenity took the lunch box and ate it quickly with her head down. Right now, all she wanted was to finish the food and leave as soon as possible."You're eating so fast. Are you in such a hurry to leave?" Jackson's voice reverberated in the office.*Cough cough*Serenity choked on her food. She had to cover her mouth to prevent herself from spitting out the food in her mouth. Her face turned red.After a while, she finally stopped coughing. A few grains of rice got on her palm, so she reached for a piece of tissue to wipe it.But before she could do that, Jackson grabbed her hand and pulled it over.She twisted her wrist uncomfortably but failed to break free. "My hand's dirty. I need to wipe it," she said."Dirty?" He chuckled. "I don't think it's dirty at all." He lowered his head and pressed his lips to her palm, licking away the grains on her palm one by one.Serenity's body turned stiff."Done." He sounded like he hadn't had enough yet.Serenity came back to her senses