CH 3

Chapter 3 – Room 202

The moment Luo Bei stepped into her apartment, she heard Grandma’s voice from the kitchen, “There is sour plum soup in the refrigerator, drink it if you are thirsty.”

“Got it!”

The furniture was the same as it was ten years ago. She sat on the mahogany sofa and faced the electric fan. Ah, feels nice.

This city was always extremely humid and stuffy in the summer.

Grandma came out of the kitchen, holding a plate of cut watermelon, and said to Luo Bei, “Beibei, there is something I want to discuss with you.”

Grandma Luo was a very traditional woman. In the past, when her husband was still alive, she listened to her husband. Later, she followed her son, but now that both husband and son were gone, she trusted in her granddaughter.

She only studied up to elementary school, but her granddaughter was a college graduate, so it must be that her granddaughter was smarter than her.

With such a mentality, from the time Luo Bei entered high school, Grandma Luo listened to her granddaughter no matter what.

“What’s the matter?” Luo Bei asked casually, staring at the TV.

“It’s about Miss Zhao in Room 202. It’s not very convenient for her to move around now. After she gives birth and enters confinement1 [javascript:void(0)]In China, women have to undergo postpartum confinement for a month as women are advised to stay indoors for recovery from the trauma of birth and feed the newborn baby., there won’t be anyone at home to give her a hand. So she asked me for a favour. I’ll be responsible for her three meals a day and in addition to the monthly rent, she’ll pay me 2000 more for living expenses. When her child is born, I’ll take care of her during confinement and she’ll give me 4000 a month for that.”

Luo Bei had gone to collect the rent a few times and was no stranger to Miss Zhao from Room 202.

She had a petite figure, a beautiful appearance, and a gentle personality, with her only flaw being that she was having a child out of wedlock.

When she first started renting the place, Miss Zhao was about four months pregnant. Now a few months have passed, and if she calculated correctly, the baby would be born in about two months.

The old ladies in the neighborhood were too idle and bored and loved gossiping about this single mother, but Luo Bei and her grandma never asked and never participated so Miss Zhao got along well with them.

Luo Bei knew that her grandmother was very kind, and she was very dedicated to their tenants.

“Okay.” Luo Bei didn’t refuse, “Miss Zhao is also struggling. Since we’re also her neighbors, it’s a given that we help her. And I got a job now, too, it’s great that there will be people to accompany you at home.”

Although Luo Bei had a lot of shortcomings, under the guidance of her grandmother, she had kindness that not many people have nowadays.

***

That night, Luo Bei had a dream.

She dreamt of a novel that she had never read before. She watched the plot of the whole novel as a bystander.

The story went like this: the male lead was the president of Lei Corporation, the female lead was his secretary. The female lead had an unrequited love for the male lead, but the male lead had no feelings towards the female lead. The two were strictly on sleeping terms. One day, the male lead’s mother looked for the female lead and gave her a five million yuan bank cheque to make her leave the male lead. And at that time, the female lead had gotten pregnant. It so happened that the male lead was engaged to the second female lead and married her. The female lead was devastated and accepted the male lead’s mother’s cheque.

After the female lead left and completely disappeared, the male lead slowly realized that he had fallen in love with her long ago. He looked for her everywhere, but was unable to find her.

One day two years later, the baby of the female lead became ill. In short, the male lead was needed. The female lead had no choice but to contact the male lead to save her baby.

Finally, after a period of dog blood torture and struggle, the family of three was reunited, and the ending was also very fulfilling.

When Luo Bei woke up, she stared at the ceiling dumbfoundedly–

She stared and stared for a long time. But, wait, someone please tell her, why was this female lead who ran away pregnant Miss Zhao from Room 202???

What in the world was going on??

Ah, the classic CEO-Assistant pairing, the classic FL runs away pregnant, the classic ML realizes too late. What do I do with all these tropes? >.<

P.S. It’s hot outside, isn’t it? Here’s Grandma’s sour plum soup (it’s more a drink TBH) and watermelon to cool you off~