Secretly sighing, she braced herself and said to the busy manager,

"Manager, I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable. I want to take a leave of absence from my family. Can I ask my colleagues to go over?"

"I say, Autumn Leaf, don't you see that everyone else is busy right now?"

The manager was busy with his work as he glanced at her quickly. Although her face was pale, she was busy at the moment.

"If you don't mind, you should hold on and go over to order dishes for the guests!"

Autumn Leaf was still hesitating, but the manager had already extended a hand to push her out.

"The guest at that table is clearly someone of esteemed status. Hurry up and go!"

Autumn Leaf lowered her head and unwillingly walked over to that table. She was clearly only a few steps away, but she seemed to have walked an entire world.

The people who came were Zhuang Shili and Long Ying. As soon as he entered the shop, he caught sight of the little woman's figure even though she turned around quickly.

Looking at her employee attire, her black eyes narrowed dangerously under her sunglasses. She was actually working here? The woman he left in his old age was not so shabby as to want to work in a coffee shop!

Grasping the notebook tightly, Autumn Leaf stood in front of their table and pulled away her professional smile.

"Hello! May I ask what you two would like to order? "

He didn't say anything, only casually leaning back on his chair. It was unknown where his eyes were looking under his sunglasses, but they were mysteriously frightening.

She smiled mechanically, feeling the muscles in her face stiffen. Then he tried his best to keep his eyes glued to the book in his hands, trying his best to focus all the attention on it.

However, she kept having the illusion that someone was staring at her through a pair of glasses. She felt that the air around her was so thin that it was suffocating, and her already pale face became even more frightening.

Long Ying looked curiously at Zhuang Shili, who was emitting anger the moment she entered. She then looked at the pale-faced girl in front of her. Her fingers, which were painted with bright red liquid, slowly drew across the menu.

"I want a latte, hmm …"

She didn't even look at Zhuang Shili as her beautiful eyes searched the menu.

"Li, what do you want to drink? "It's better if it's Mantenin!"

After this decision was made, she raised her head and smiled elegantly at Autumn Leaf.

"One latte, one mantnin!"

The relationship between the two of them was so intimate that the woman knew what kind of coffee he was drinking, and could even decide on his behalf without his advice.

A bright bolt of lightning flashed past. Autumn Leaf's body swayed, but she endured the waves of discomfort in her chest as she said with difficulty,

"Alright, please wait a moment!"

Then, under the watchful gaze, she hurried back, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and leaned on the bar as she spoke weakly to the manager.

"Manager, after serving this table of coffee, I'd like to take a leave of absence to go back and rest …"

When the manager saw her like this, he knew that she was in a bad situation.

"How can your face be so white? Do you want to go to the hospital?"

She shook her head weakly, and the distant rumble of thunder made her feel even more stifled.

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm a bit tired. I'll be fine after a rest!"

The manager gave her a worried look.

"Alright, then go back and rest early!"

She took a deep breath as the coffee came up, then calmly carried it over to them. When she was done with the coffee, she could look away and not be bothered, even if she didn't have the right to.

She carefully carried the coffee to the back of the woman just in time to hear her sob say,

"Li, I'm pregnant. What should I do?"

"Pa ~ ~"

A clear and ear-piercing sound rang out in the quiet coffee shop. The surroundings immediately fell into a deathly silence. She was already a bit weak and a bit nervous. When she heard these words, her hand immediately trembled and she threw away the tray in her hand.

Ah!

Hot coffee splashed onto his feet, and Long Ying screamed in pain as she jumped up and glared at the culprit.

She only saw the pale waiter standing there dumbstruck and unmoving, two cups of boiling hot coffee falling to the ground and splattering all over her feet. However, she seemed to be completely oblivious, as she just stood there in a daze.

Perhaps the shattering of the cup was too ear-piercing, even the usually calm and composed Zhuang Shili, who sat across from her, stood up abruptly.

The manager of the coffee shop ran over in a hurry. When he saw the cup of hot coffee on Autumn Leaf's feet, he didn't have time to comfort her anymore. He hurried over and called out to her.

"Autumn Leaf!"

Mother! The restaurant manager was wailing in her heart. This little girl was someone her boss had instructed her repeatedly to take good care of. Now that she was so hot, she was very worried if she would be fired tomorrow!

Autumn Leaf was completely indifferent. She just stood there, unmoving, with no focus in her eyes. At this moment, her mind was blank, leaving only the woman's words lingering in her head. She was pregnant! She was pregnant!

She didn't know what had happened to her. When she heard the word "pregnant," a certain place in her heart suddenly sank. It was as if she had been thrown into a bottomless abyss where she was going to drown.

"Hey, Lin Qiuye, what happened to you?"

The restaurant manager turned pale with fright when he saw that she had no reaction. He quickly went up and shook her.

Hearing the restaurant manager call her name, Long Ying suddenly raised her head and looked at her in shock. She had heard Gu Mo City mention the lover he bought once and heard Long Yi mention her in front of him.

She had always wanted to know what kind of woman they were talking about was willing to ask him to pay a hundred million for her. A hundred million was not a small sum; he had always been rational and calm.

At this moment, thinking of the inexplicable anger she had felt at the time in the manor, and seeing the absent-minded look on her face, how could she not understand the relationship between the two of them!

She suddenly understood why Zhuang Shili had stood up from his seat. It was because he was worried about her!

She had accompanied him for so many years, but she had never seen him act in such a gentle manner. Yet, she, who cared about her body, her looks, and her appearance, was able to make him worry for her!

"I'm fine! I'm fine! "

Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. She wasn't a person who liked to cry, but today, her nose seemed to be very sore.

At this moment, she didn't feel Long Ying's resentful gaze at all. She only wanted to escape while her eyes were misty with tears, and bow to apologize to them.

"I'm very sorry, but I'll order two more cups for you!"

and then quickly said to the manager,

"I'm sorry, manager. I'll have to trouble you to get someone else to bring me some coffee later. I'll go back and rest first!"

Then he turned and ran away.

The manager of the restaurant was still shouting from behind,

"Ai ai, Autumn Leaf, if you're so hot, why don't you go to the hospital to have a look!"

But she had already slipped away to the locker room to change.

Autumn Leaf's small face was already pale without a trace of blood. She no longer had the time to think about what had just happened; she just wanted to rush home and seal herself in place.

As soon as she reached the ground floor, raindrops as big as beans came crashing down, accompanied by deafening thunder. The wild fear in her heart made her breathless, and she resisted the urge to scream as she rushed home.

Only when she was shakily taking off her shoes at the entrance did she notice the injury on her feet. Fortunately, she was wearing canvas shoes and was able to resist part of the heat, but the back of her feet was still completely red.

She didn't have time to deal with her foot injury. She rushed into the bathroom and washed herself with a torrent of water. She knew she couldn't stay out of this nightmare forever. She knew she had to learn to be strong.

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