Zhao Shuyao's condition wasn't good all day due to the medication.
She found a job at a coffee shop in Xuhui. Although it was a commercial area, it was usually quiet with very few customers.
Three days after Zhao Shuyao started working, the coffee shop's customer traffic significantly increased.
The majority of customers were men, mostly white-collar workers from nearby offices.
The store manager's eyes were crinkling with joy.
"Ever since Yaoyao joined, our coffee shop's business has been booming. Look at this customer flow, our revenue has increased by three hundred percent. The shop is almost full. It really shows that good looks can pay the bills!"
Zhao Shuyao wore the coffee shop uniform, a dress. While the other female employees wore sizes that fit them perfectly, on Zhao Shuyao, the dress became a revealing short skirt that accentuated her curves. With the apron tied, one might mistake it for a maid cafe upon first glance.
Zhao Shuyao chuckled, clearly accustomed to such treatment, her expression unfazed.
After finishing her shift at three in the afternoon, Zhao Shuyao changed her clothes and walked out of the coffee shop. Her phone suddenly vibrated.
It was an unknown number.
Zhao Shuyao hung up directly, but the phone rang again.
Impatient, Zhao Shuyao answered, "Who is it?"
"Sister Yaoyao, it's me. Where are you? Can we meet?"
Zhao Shuyao would never forget Huo Yanxue's voice.
Back when the Zhao family was in trouble, Huo Yanxue had smiled and said to her, "Fifty thousand, consider it payment for one of your kidneys. No one else can know about you donating a kidney to Qin Yusheng."
Zhao Shuyao let out a laugh. "I heard you woke up. It seems it's true."
"What's wrong, Sister Yaoyao? Aren't you happy to see me awake? I understand, after all, Sister Yaoyao is currently occupying my man. I can understand... but it's been three years, shouldn't you return Yusheng to me by now?"
Zhao Shuyao didn't want to waste words with Huo Yanxue. "I don't have time."
After a busy day, she hadn't even had a proper meal.
"Sister Yaoyao, I'm at the hospital. I hope you can come. I have a big secret to tell you... about you and Brother Yusheng!"
Before Huo Yanxue could finish, Zhao Shuyao hung up the phone.
She found a noodle shop, but discovered that her earlier hunger had vanished.
What was the secret between her and Qin Yusheng?
Ren'ai Hospital, Hai City's best private hospital.
After inquiring about Huo Yanxue's room number, Zhao Shuyao stood at the door for a moment before knocking and pushing it open.
Huo Yanxue was sitting up in bed. Seeing Zhao Shuyao arrive, she seemed to want to get up.
"You lie down," Zhao Shuyao said faintly, closing the door.
After three years, Huo Yanxue looked as if she had merely slept, with only a slightly pale complexion. There weren't many other changes.
"Sister, you're still so beautiful after three years. If only I were half as pretty as you. No wonder Brother Yusheng doesn't want to divorce you. If I were this beautiful, could I also keep Brother Yusheng's heart?"
Huo Yanxue appeared delicate, her envious gaze falling on Zhao Shuyao.
Zhao Shuyao frowned, not wanting to engage in such meaningless and unfulfilling conversation with Huo Yanxue.
"What did you want to tell me when you asked me to come?"
Huo Yanxue smiled. "Sister, you're still as direct and spirited as ever. If I were a man, I would definitely like a girl like you. Unlike me, I was born into a poor family. Before meeting Yusheng, I could barely make ends meet even with your family's help..."
"I used to wear your old clothes that you didn't want anymore. You don't know how much I envied you, envied you for wearing princess dresses, envied you for living in a big house, envied you for having a gentle and beautiful mother, and a loving father. Envy you for being so good-looking and also having such good grades."
"You have no idea how much I envied everything you had... And look at me, I have a rough and uncultured mother, and a father who drinks all day. My father was even your family's driver..."
"I was insecure since childhood and longed to live your life..."
Until that day, in their senior year of high school, Qin Yusheng fell ill, and Zhao Shuyao secretly went out to donate a kidney without telling her family.
If Huo Yanxue hadn't secretly followed Zhao Shuyao, she wouldn't have discovered that Zhao Shuyao had donated a kidney behind her family's back.
She had intended to tell Zhao Shuyao's father about it, but then she reconsidered...
Huo Yanxue visited for a few days and only then learned from Zhao Shuyao that Qin Yusheng didn't know about the kidney donation.
Qin Yusheng still didn't know that Zhao Shuyao was the one who donated the kidney to him.
She began to pay attention to Zhao Shuyao's every move, until the day of Zhao Shuyao's surgery.
After Zhao Shuyao's surgery, Huo Yanxue deliberately injured her head, stayed at that hospital for a day, and then, wearing a patient gown, went to Qin Yusheng's room.
She held Qin Yusheng's hand and said, "The kidney I gave you, are you using it well? I'm relieved that you can recover your health. You must live well."
Qin Yusheng had just regained consciousness from the anesthesia. When he opened his eyes and saw her, in that moment, it was as if he saw an angel.
Later, she naturally became his official girlfriend.
Even though her grades were failing, Qin Yusheng arranged for her to attend the best university, in the same major and class as him.
Qin Yusheng gave her a supplementary gold card, a house, a car, and many luxury items she had never dared to dream of.
Although they dated for four years, their relationship only progressed to holding hands.
He had never even kissed her.
Even a kiss on the forehead or the back of her hand, this man would never do.
Even when Huo Yanxue tried hard to get him to kiss her, or go further, he would refuse with the reason, "I won't do that before marriage."
Huo Yanxue heard that Zhao Shuyao had a miscarriage several years ago, and it was Qin Yusheng's child.
The thought that the two of them had reached that point...
Huo Yanxue was so angry her teeth ached.
Although Zhao Shuyao had been abroad for the past few years, and they had hardly seen each other, who could say for sure about feelings?!
"You're probably thinking too much. Even if Qin Yusheng fell for someone else, it wouldn't be me. I've been abroad for these three years, and I've seen Qin Yusheng very few times. Instead of worrying about my relationship with Qin Yusheng, you should worry about Qin Yusheng kissing or hugging some young model or female celebrity..."
Zhao Shuyao spoke vaguely, as Qin Yusheng had many scandals even after marriage, and was often surrounded by gossip.
After all, a man like Qin Yusheng was rare and sought after. So many women wanted to get close to him. Any woman was more likely than her to succeed.
Huo Yanxue's worries were simply laughable and baseless.
"Is that so?" Huo Yanxue stared at Zhao Shuyao with a faint gaze. "I understand Yusheng the best. I know exactly what kind of person he is, and I know what he likes. You are the type of girl Yusheng likes..."