Another person came to eat, and the waiter went to greet the guests. The waiter named Asi turned her head to glance at the room Ning Tianlei had reserved. She also went to attend to the guests. A while later, the dishes Ning Tianlei ordered were ready to be served. Asi hurried to serve Ning Tianlei’s table. Each time she brought in a dish, she would look at Ning Tianlei a few times, but Ning Tianlei’s eyes were only on Li Nuo, not noticing her. She didn’t speak, silently placed the dishes down, and left. When all the dishes were served, Asi left, and Li Nuo said to Ning Tianlei, “Tianlei, the waiter who served us kept looking at you every time she came in, but she didn’t say anything. It felt a bit odd.” Ning Tianlei responded with a chuckle, boasting, “It must be because I’m too handsome. She’s probably never seen a man as good-looking as me.” Li Nuo laughed too. He was indeed handsome. On the street, he turned heads wherever he went. Thinking that the waiter seemed about thirty years old and that Ning Tianlei wouldn’t be interested in her, Li Nuo didn’t dwell on it. For a man as handsome as Ning Tianlei, it wasn’t surprising if someone fell for him at first sight. Ning Tianlei could never have imagined that the waiter named Asi, who served their table, was actually his second sister, whom he had been searching for six years without success.
Ning Siqi had originally fled Dongguan with the money Mr. Long gave her, along with the jewellery and bags she had bought, escaping to a city thousands of miles away where no one knew her. There were no influences from the Zhan, Shang, or Su families there either. She lived in fear for a few months, but when Mr. Long didn’t find her, she relaxed. She bought a house and a car, settling down there. However, accustomed to a life of luxury, having been born with a silver spoon and never worked a day in her life, she was lazy and didn’t know how to earn money. She shopped daily, made new friends, and spent money like water. The money she took was spent in less than three years, and even the jewellery and designer bags she had brought were sold for cash. That money wasn’t enough to sustain her lavish lifestyle either. In the end, she sold her house. Her new friends, seeing she had no money left, gradually distanced themselves because she borrowed money from them and didn’t repay it. They said it was a lesson learned, that they misjudged her, and didn’t ask her to repay, but borrowing more was out of the question. She accidentally learned that Mr. Long’s people were still looking for her. Terrified of being found by Mr. Long, whom she had betrayed, she knew she’d be doomed if she fell back into his hands.
Six years later, she was no longer the young woman in her early twenties. She was almost thirty years old. Over those six years, she had many boyfriends, cohabiting with each one. Now, looking in the mirror, she sighed at how she had become a shadow of her former self, no longer possessing her past beauty. What pained her most was that none of her boyfriends ever considered marrying her. Having spent all her money, fallen out with all her friends, and with her latest boyfriend moving on to someone new, she was left with nothing once again. With no other choice, she used the money from selling her house to get cosmetic surgery, not major changes, just enough to make her unrecognisable at a glance. Afterwards, she returned to Dongguan. She thought the most dangerous place would be the safest. Mr. Long would never expect her to return to Dongguan. Once back, she found a job.
