9 If you don’t mind

Hearing her story makes me sad, but what can I do for her? I'm not in a position that can help her financially with this rundown restaurant.

"Miss Li, then what your plan for the future?"

"I don't know, maybe find part time job and raise my child as the single mother. But right now I need a place to stay and job to keep this baby"

"Why don't you just do abortion like he said?"

"This child is innocent, I can't kill my child by doing abortion. This is my fault, not my child fault"

I'm silenced by her words. Ming Er that used to be my wife also a kind woman like her. Seeing Li Ming Er remind me how they so similar to each other.

"Miss Li, it's not that I don't want to hire you, but you should see my restaurant condition. Do you think this kind of restaurant can give you a decent salary?"

Ming Er looking around and see how my restaurant's condition. After seeing how bad the condition is, she looks at me with apologetic looks.

"I'm sorry mister You. I'm so desperate till not realize it. You also have your own difficulty, I can't add more difficulty to you. Please forgive me and excuse me, I should find a job in another place"

After saying that, Ming Er grabs her bag and stand up.

"Miss Li, please wait a moment. Although I can't hire you to work here, I have something to offer. If you don't mind, you can stay here. I have some empty rooms upstairs, and if you don't mind, you can use one of them. I don't take charges for that"

Ming Er looks at me with disbelief eyes

"Mister You, you really let me stay here for free?"

"Yes, in fact, I am also the victim of Bao Chain Restaurant. Can be said we're a comrade in the unfortunate event"

Then I start to tell her about the cause of the rundown of this restaurant from the memory of the previous You Ben. When I finish tell her my story, she looks at me with teary eyes

"Mister You…. I thought I'm the most unhappy person in this world, but after hearing your story I think my suffering is nothing compared to you"

"Ah it's okay, I still have something I want to do in this world. And I won't give up easily until I can do what I want to do"

Of course, I'm talking about my revenge to Bao and Hong, although I don't know how to do that.

"So, do you accept my offer or you still want to look for a job in another place?"

The time right now is about 9 p.m, shops along the street already closed and the road become deserted with only one-two people passing by.

"Mister You, if I'm not troubling you, I will accept your offer. A place to stay is what I needed most right now. I can't afford to stay in a hotel and I'm afraid if I must spend the night in the park or street"

"No problem at all. Let's go upstairs and I'll show you your room. Ah let me help you with that bag, it seems heavy and you already carried it all the day, don't you?"

Without waiting for her to reply, I take her bag and lead the way to her to the upstairs. She follows me silently from behind. We stop at the room that used to be my ex-wife room.

"This is the room. It may be a bit dirty but I hope you don't mind"

I open the door and show her the room. The previous owner never enters this room again after they divorced because it gives him a pain in his heart. So it's a bit dusty but still a neat room.

"This is more than enough mister You, I'm really grateful for this"

"Hmm. Here's your bag, you can use the closet there to put your clothes. The bathroom is at the end of the corridor if you want to take a bath. But I don't have hot water in there"

"That's doesn't matter mister You, I already have a place to stay and clean myself is already a great blessing for me. I can't ask for more"

But after saying that, suddenly a growl comes from her belly, which makes her face become beet-red

"Hahaha, if you hungry you still can ask for food. How about this, you take a bath first, after that you can get down and eat. I'll make something for us to eat"

She nodded shyly after hearing my proposal. I left her to make something to eat at the kitchen below.