Chapter 77 - But that's Han Ye!

Han Ye sighed at the misbehaving teenager and said, "We will wait for you at the lift, Xiao Lei." 

Xiao Lei nodded. She watched as they walked toward the lift. Suddenly, Angela Zhang glanced back and glared at her, causing Xiao Lei to raise a brow in surprise. 

"Wait... She thought that I'm a rival? But that's Han Ye!" Xiao Lei mumbled to herself. She then shook her head as she went back into the house to change her clothes. 

....

They went to a restaurant that was famous for Cantonese-style dim sum. Even though it was almost packed full of people, when the manager saw Han Ye, he immediately smiled widely and led Han Ye to one of the private rooms.

"Please call me once you're ready to order," the manager said before he stood aside. 

Han Ye noticed that Xiao Lei, who was sitting next to him, was looking at the menu intently, and so, he smiled and said, "Just order whatever you want. Today is my treat…" 

Xiao Lei looked at him and nodded. It was not the money that she was worried about, as Callum and Luo Guangying had given her a good allowance for the month.

After they finished moving yesterday, they had sat her down and pulled out a contract for her. 

They then explained each and every clause to her. When she finished reading it, she decided that there was nothing wrong with it, and so, she signed right there and then. Once they were done with the contract, Luo Guangying had given her a preloaded debit card.

So, no. Right now, she was thinking about something other than money. 

Xiao Lei was actually thinking about how much she could eat. She was wondering if she should just eat enough to last her until 3 pm, but since he offered to pay, she decided to go all out and eat enough to last her till dinner.

"I want siew ma 1 i! And ' char siew bao 2 ', ' har gow 3 ', egg tarts, pan fried turnip cake, sticky rice in lotus leaf, fried taro dumplings…" 

Han Ye was stunned for a moment as she continued to list down the things that she wanted to eat. Thankfully, Lu Ziyan was more level headed, and he managed to get down everything.

"Is that too much?" Xiao Lei asked when she saw Han Ye's face upon her putting down the menu. 

"Erm… Well, not really. I just didn't expect that a woman can eat so much…" Han Ye said with a chuckle. He then looked at Angela Zhang, who was seated on his other side. She had merely ticked 5 items on her order paper; all of which were steamed food. 

"That's all?" he asked with a worried tone. "You should eat more; you're too thin."

"It's fine. I can't eat that much anyway…" 

Xiao Lei looked at them with a frown. She thought, "Wait... Did he break up with Yuexue?" 

She then shook her head and thought, "No way, most likely Yuexue dumped his a*s!"

"Alright… We can order more if you're still hungry…" Han Ye said. He was still focusing on Angela Zhang.

He shared an order paper with her and once he was done ticking what he wanted to it, he looked at Lu Ziyan and Tian Le. "You guys done?" 

"Yup… and our little guy here ordered enough for an entire village." 

"Stop exaggerating. That's just 10 items." Tian Le rolled his eyes before he snatched the order paper from him. He then handed it to Han Ye. 

"And two sets of each!" Lu Ziyan smirked as he reached over to ruffle Tian Le's hair. 

"Hey! It took me 15 minutes to do my hair!" Tian Le said as he tried to dodge from Lu Ziyan's hand. 

Han Ye chuckled. "Stop that, Ziyan. What if you accidentally hit his head and make him shorter?"

"Ha! As if I'd believe your lies ever again," Tian Le sneered. 

Han Ye shook his head before he called for the manager and handed him the order papers. "Bring them in batch. Otherwise, the table might collapse." 

"Yes, sir." 

After the manager left, there was an awkward silence. 

"Oh yeah, what are you working as, Ms. Xiao Lei?" Lu Ziyan asked in order to break the silence. "And you too, Ms. Angela."

"Just call me Xiao Lei, please. It's weird. We are neighbors," Xiao Lei said with a smile. She thought for a moment before she said, "I guess… I'm unemployed at this moment…" 

Lu Ziyan exchanged glances with Tian Le before he scratched the back of his head and said in with awkward voice, "Oh… Erm, it's alright. You'll find a job soon… If you need help-" 

"Ah, I'd have a new job soon… I just signed a contract," Xiao Lei interrupted him. 

"Oh? And that would be?" Tian Le asked as he reached in to pick up his cup of Chinese tea.

"A surro-"

Han Ye faked a cough and shot a glare at Tian Le. He then said, "Let's not talk about it here. This kind of thing is private and Xiao Lei might be uncomfortable about it."

"But I'm-" Xiao Lei was about to say something, but she stopped herself.

She then thought, "Han Ye's right. I shouldn't divulge the parents' names. Director Shenlong's special background makes this kind of thing dangerous to talk about… There might be a possibility that Tian Le and Lu Ziyan knew about those two men, but based on how awkward they are with Angela, it means that they probably just met. I better be careful with what I say from now on." 

She nodded at Han Ye before she turned to Tian Le, who sat between her and Lu Ziyan. With a wink, she said, "You'll know when the time comes." 

"Oh, a mystery… Alright then." Tian Le winked back. He then turned to Angela and asked, "What about you? Another mystery?"

Angela Zhang smiled before she answered, "I'm a general manager."

Hearing that, Han Ye suddenly recalled something, and as he reached out to pick up a char siew bao, he asked, "Oh yeah, I was a little nervous yesterday, so I forgot to ask. You said you worked in the entertainment sector, but for which company?"

Angela Zhang was about to answer when the manager came in with two waiters. She waited for them to set the food and leave the room before she answered.

"For your question earlier, Han Ye, I'm actually working at the new branch of Fan Entertainment that's currently being set up in Imperial." 

Her answer not only caused Han Ye to drop the char siew bao, but it also caused Xiao Lei to drop a piece of braised chicken feet. 

Taken by surprise, the two of them asked in unison, "Fan Entertainment?!"

When they realized what each other had said, they looked at each other. Xiao Lei then quickly glanced away as she muttered, "I love some of the movies produced by some of the actors and actresses from Fan Entertainment."

"Why? Han Ye, why are you so surprised?" Angela Zhang asked with a curious expression. "Do you know anyone from there?" 

"Ah… Not anymore… I think everyone I knew from Fan Entertainment is… gone?" 

"Huh?"

He smiled. As he picked up a piece of har gow and placed it on her plate, he said honestly, "President Fan's daughter was a friend of mine…" 

"My cousin?" Angela Zhang frowned. pork dumplings (could be chicken as well, but traditionally, it's made with pork+chive fillings) bun with BBQ pork prawn dumplings