"Does that need a reason?"
"Definitely. People do everything with reasons."
"Then... Probably I have no big ambitions. " She raised her eyebrows, "I just wanted to live a peaceful, ordinary life.
What was she saying? "So you mean working in a big company is extraordinary?"
"Yes. Because I don't like schemes."
"Who told you a large company would be full of schemes?"
She smiled, "The TV dramas."
"Then you should watch less TV dramas."
Indeed the TV dramas she watched could be counted with one hand.
"Alright. I hot it. So can I go now?"
She turned to walk away.
He raised his eyebrows unhappily for Wendy seemed to defend herself from him.
From his view, her choice to be a teacher in the school has something to do with Gorman.
And he felt unhappy for this.
The next day, Wendy and Henson took the same car and left the mansion.
On the way, Henson asked, "Got any plans for tonight?"
"Working."
"Then cancel it. I have a business dinner. And I want you to attend with me. You can think it as a return for me to get you out of the trouble at the bar last time."
"Didn't I buy you coffee as a thank?"
"It was not a thank but a torture to me. Thank me in a comfortable way, and then that is a real thank."
She pursed her lips unhappily. Are capitalists always so shrewd?
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