Chapter 106
\nIn My Desperate Time novel Chapter 106<\/p>\n
Frances Louis will be back in the evening, so I must solve it during the day.<\/p>\n
I call Steven Song and tell him I’d be late. I get the leave permit so easily. It\u2019s nice to have a boss buddy.<\/p>\n
Then I call Mindy Sue. She tells me a shop that restores antiques, and I go there excitedly.<\/p>\n
The boss is a woman of about thirty, not glamorous, but graceful, who looks very comfortable.<\/p>\n
When I get in, she is cleaning an inkstone.<\/p>\n
She sees me come in and gives me a soft smile.<\/p>\n
\u201cHello.\u201d I go up to her and take the bag out. \u201cMs, please have a look at this vase and would you repair it?\u201d<\/p>\n
The boss puts down the inkstone and takes over the bag.<\/p>\n
She frowns when she sees the pieces.<\/p>\n
My heart suddenly stops and I ask her hurriedly, \u201cCan it be repaired?\u201d<\/p>\n
Oh no. It must be repaired. Or I can\u2019t pay it off even if I die one hundred times.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will try my best but I can\u2019t promise.\u201d The boss replies.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen? Can it be repaired today?\u201d I ask anxiously.<\/p>\n
If this vase can’t be fixed today, I would definitely die.<\/p>\n
The boss, perhaps touched by my expectant and eager eyes, looks at me and says, \u201cSince you’re in a hurry, I’m not going to do anything else today and will focus on this. But I’m not the boss. I’m just an employee.\u201d<\/p>\n
She smiles at me and dumps out the pieces.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember this blue-and-white porcelain vase. It is not very big. But it must be difficult to be repaired because it has been broken into forty or fifty pieces now.\u201d<\/p>\n
If she is not guilty, why does she go back so quickly without a word? It’s not in keeping with her usual arrogance.<\/p>\n
My work goes on smoothly without May Wilson’s prying eyes. I am still working when it is time for lunch.<\/p>\n
Once I get into work, I would forget about food and sleep.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t you have lunch?\u201d<\/p>\n
Someone taps me on the shoulder when I am working wholeheartedly.<\/p>\n
I look back, and Steven Song is looking at me leisurely with his hands in his pockets.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. I am working. I can only get free when I earn enough money.\u201d I say to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrinding a chopper will not hold up the work of cutting firewood. A full stomach gives strength to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steven Song says, pulling me out without asking my willingness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-130","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}