If it pertained to work, Stevens Cheng usually had no problem explaining things to people.
Angela curled her lips in. "I'll ask someone else." She said this to Stevens, but still followed him to his office as if to ask him the question.
"Who? Chuck? Sven? or maybe Arvin, eh?"
"... Why do you ask it like that? Yes I'll ask one of them, what of it?"
Stevens had a completely different view of Angela because of her bottled concoction. "Tell me the reason why you mixed the two solutions..."
Because Angela was no hussy and always told the truth, she gladly revealed her reasons.
When they finished discussing the formula, Angela looked at Stevens with a lot of admiration. "Professor, if I'm your apprentice, I promise I will never bring shame on you! On the contrary, you will be proud of me! When I get the patent, people will know the name Angela. And they'll speak highly of you, my master. What do you think?"
Wait for a moment! Something's wrong!
Was she taking advantage of Stevens' goodwill towards her? "Okay. Let's talk about it differently..."
Angela was being too preachy and it irritated Stevens. She talked with him for a long period; so much so that eventually Stevens felt whittled down with irritation, and he finally gave up. She would become his apprentice.
In fact, it was Arvin who changed Stevens' mind, not her.
Angela called him directly when she thought Stevens would not take her on. So Arvin decided to have a chat with him.
Angela was not privy to the details of their discussion, but Arvin irritated the professor several times, and Stevens scolded him: "This is utterly unprofessional, and I don't want to see you anymore! ...... I'll have to talk to your grandmother if you carry on like this. How dare you and Angela try to bully me!"
Angela watched the conversation on the phone while munching on some pumpkin seeds, sitting on the couch waiting.
After a long while, Stevens finally hung up the phone. When he found what Angela was eating, he was completely irritated again, "You little evil...where did you find my pumpkin seeds? My wife picked them in the mountains and brought them to me! How dare you eat them! How dare you!"
Angela didn't care. She threw them on his desk and ran out of the office at once when she looked at his angry face.
Since that day, everyone in the hospital knew that Stevens finally had his first apprentice, Angela.
Eight o'clock at night.
Since she promised the present for Arvin, Angela came back to the apartment early and waited for him.
When it was eight o'clock and Arvin was downstairs, Angela sent him a message, "Have dinner first!"
She made the dinner for Arvin by herself! Only when he had a good dinner could he truly do well later. "O wow, what an excellent plan."
Arvin came back to the apartment and found delectable food on the table, but no Angela in sight.
He yelled for her, but she didn't appear. A placeholder card was on the table and inside was a message. "Have the dinner first."
...... What a lovely girl!
Arvin made preparations for dinner by washing his hands, and he seated himself at the table.
The food wasn't bad. It was still warm and delicious, so he tried to scoff it down as eagerly as possible. Within ten minutes he was stuffed.
He knew that the faster he finished the faster he would get his present.
So he slipped out his phone and texted her saying, "Well? I'm waiting."
'What a naughty girl!' Arvin thought. 'I'm going to give her a big present too when she returns.'
Angela texted him back at once, "Come to my bedroom and then you will find a big box! Open it! The gift is in the box!"
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