“You are the owner! Are you back from your studies abroad?”
Jason is confused. Does this man know him?
“I used to come here when this coffee shop opened. Only the female owner was here a while ago. I can’t help but come forward and talk to you when I see you.”
The man seems to know what Jason is thinking and answers him directly.
“Study abroad?” Jason obviously doesn’t know what the man is talking about.
“Yes! The female owner of this shop told us.”
“She said that to you?” Jason smiles and wants to expose Michelle. But after he hears the following sentences, he...
“Why did you leave such a good female owner? After you left, she was alone in the shop, and many hooligans played tricks on her. I saw her cut her hair short. Maybe it’s because she doesn’t want to meet those hooligans.”
Jason just remembers that Michelle had long hair when she was with him. Did she cut her hair because he broke up with her?
Jason knows that Michelle is not easy. He is not a bad guy. She did a lot for him. But he abandoned her and now he even wants her to lose her way of making a living. He shouldn’t do it. He is upset and then leaves.
The man sees Jason leave and goes to Miya at the bar. “Miya, am I right?”
Miya nods. “Thank you. I’ll make you an ice cream.”
“No, no,” the man waves. “I watch Michelle grow up. She is a good girl, but she met this kind of man. I should help her.”
Miya wanted to say these words herself, but she was afraid that she would be too excited to do something drastic, such as slapping Jason. She felt that she might do it.
And the man passed by, so she told him her plan and asked the man to do it. Fortunately, the man did a great job.
“I remember your little grandson likes ice cream. You promised him yesterday, didn’t you?”
Miya has made ice cream and put it in front of the man. The man remembers that he promised his little grandson to give him an ice cream yesterday. He suddenly remembers that he is here to buy ice cream.
Finally, the man leaves with the ice cream.
Miya watches the man leave and thinks of Michelle, who is still in the cubby. Jason leaves this time, but it’s not easy to cheat him next time.
Sometimes, Miya has to admit that Michelle is mighty. She returns to work as soon as she knows Jason has gone.
Miya looks at Michelle and she feels upset. She doesn’t say anything to her this afternoon.
In the evening, a man that Miya didn’t expect comes to the shop.
Alex steps into the shop. Miya hides as soon as she sees Alex subconsciously.
She goes backstage, and Michelle is there. She says, “Michelle, please help me to entertain the guest.”
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