Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Passerby Xiaolin
Lin Anran was silent for a second, but couldn't help herself. She looked up at her employer and said word by word, "Mr. Zhou, I'm only 22 years old. You can call me Xiao Lin."
She was a college student with a clear and foolish look in her eyes. College students were likely to do anything under impulse. Besides, she was only 22 years old. She couldn't stand the grievance of being called Aunt Lin!
She, Lin Anran, is twenty-two years old this year!
Mr. Zhou was silent for a moment when he met Lin Anran's excited and bright eyes.
"Ahem," Uncle Wang, the considerate butler, intervened, "Yes, sir, Xiaolin is twenty-two this year."
Lin Anran still stared at Mr. Zhou with burning eyes, waiting for him to change his words.
Mr. Zhou nodded slightly: "...Xiao Lin."
Lin Anran smiled slightly. If this man was not the boss who paid her salary, she would have let him know how strong her fighting spirit was in defending her age.
Although the boss changed his words, Lin Anran still felt a chill in her heart. Just because she knew she looked old in the mirror didn't mean she wanted confirmation from others, especially since she was a vain person.
"Xiao Lin, are you really twenty-two this year?" Aunt Li was very surprised, and her eyes kept scanning Lin Anran's face.
Lin Anran couldn't even force a smile, and said miserably: "Yes, I'm only twenty-two years old this year."
Aunt Li was still shocked after receiving the confirmation. She moved her mouth again and again, wanting to say something, but in the end she didn't ask anything. She just comforted him, "It's okay. What happened in the past is in the past. Good days are still ahead of you."
Lin Anran nodded and said that she would love herself well and take good care of herself.
Before the original owner got married, she lived a good life. But after she got married, she had a scumbag husband who was always pua her, a pair of parents-in-law who squeezed and suppressed her, and all kinds of extreme relatives who took turns to cause trouble for her. In just three years, she ruined herself into the horrible state she is now. No, the original owner who just divorced was even worse off. Her current state was the result of being raised in the Lin family for two years. The original owner was sensitive and thoughtful, and the three-year marriage had a profound impact on her, and she had psychological problems.
Not to mention that the original owner was divorced because she had "no children after three years of marriage." Rural people are closed-minded, and many people say that the original owner is a hen that doesn't lay eggs. Listening to these vicious rumors every day, the original owner couldn't get over it even with the protection of her family. Otherwise, Lin's father and mother would not have used their connections to send her out to work. They hoped that the original owner would be able to think more positively after being away from them.
Lin Anran didn't know what would happen after the original owner entered her body, but she hoped that the original owner would open her eyes and see more of the world, and not isolate herself for the rest of her life because of an unworthy marriage.
"Xiao Lin, I want to tell you something from the bottom of my heart. Next time, don't contradict Mr. Zhou so directly, especially in front of everyone. Mr. Zhou has a good temper and won't bother with you, but we can't take advantage of him." Aunt Li warned worriedly.
Lin Anran was embarrassed and had to explain: "Aunt Li, I know my limits. I'm only 22, and I don't want Mr. Zhou to call me aunt."
Lin Anran felt upset when she mentioned the word "aunt".
Aunt Li was stunned for a moment, then smiled. "Yes, twenty-two is very young. You are twenty-two, and Mr. Zhou is also twenty-two this year. It is indeed inappropriate for Mr. Zhou to call you Aunt Lin. What month were you born? Mr. Zhou was born in December. Every time it is Mr. Zhou's birthday, the villa always receives a lot of gifts for him."
Lin Anran: "I was also born in December." Coincidentally, her birthday is the same as the original owner.
"Oh, what a coincidence," Aunt Li asked again, and after getting the answer from Lin Anran, she smiled again, "You are one day older than Mr. Zhou."
Lin Anran just felt that it was indeed a coincidence, but people with the same background had different fates. Look at the 22-year-old other person and then look at himself, a working man. The gap is too big.
Lin Anran and Aunt Li went to the kitchen together to help Chef Zhao. Although they said they were helping, they actually just helped to pick and wash the vegetables, and cut the vegetables. Chef Zhao had to do all these things by himself and did not ask anyone else for help.
Lin Anran, who had nothing to do, looked curiously at the daily menu that Chef Zhao prepared for the boss. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, afternoon tea and midnight snacks were clearly listed on the paper. Every meal was different. Lunch was the most abundant, basically a combination of five dishes and one soup, and every meal had a dessert.
"Aunt Li, does Mr. Zhou eat dessert every day?" Lin Anran pointed at the densely packed desserts and asked Aunt Li who was also sitting leisurely.
Aunt Li explained, "Mr. Zhou likes sweet things. Actually, Mr. Zhao is best at making desserts."
Lin Anran expressed her understanding, and Aunt Li took the opportunity to tell her some precautions, which Lin Anran wrote down one by one.
Before long, Chef Zhao was in control of three woks and cooked five dishes at a lightning speed. Lin Anran wanted to help serve the dishes and be more proactive, but it wasn't her turn to do the job. Chef Zhao, Aunt Li, and Uncle Wang worked together to carry all the dishes in one trip.
Lin Anran could only stare at Uncle Ding. Uncle Ding was a man who would keep quiet if possible, so she started by saying, "Uncle Ding, how's that Clivia today?"
When Uncle Ding mentioned Clivia, he immediately became interested in talking: "It's very lively. When the sun is not so strong in the evening, I want to take the Clivia out to bask in the sun. It's a bit too hot outside now."
"That's good. By the way, Uncle Ding, can you lend me your book on growing orchids?" Lin Anran asked.
Uncle Ding agreed.
Lin Anran immediately smiled and raised her hand to promise that she would take good care of the books and return them in the same way she borrowed them. She had a golden finger and was not afraid of not being able to grow orchids well, but she only looked at the relevant books to pretend and to have an explanation to the outside world. She couldn't suddenly become an orchid expert.
After the boss finished lunch, Lin Anran and other employees ate together at the kitchen table. This time there were two more people, one was the boss's driver and bodyguard Fang Jie, and the other was the boss's assistant Zhang Tezhu.
Lin Anran picked up his lunch box and started to eat. Today's meal was more delicious than yesterday's. It seemed that the boss was back and Chef Zhao had performed exceptionally well. Everyone ate in separate meals. I heard that this was decided by the boss who loved cleanliness. Thank you, boss!
Lin Anran noticed that Special Assistant Zhang had given her a couple of glances, so she looked back at him openly: "Hello, Special Assistant Zhang, I'm Xiao Lin."
Special Assistant Zhang coughed and smiled politely: "Hello, Xiaolin."
As long as she is not called "Aunt Lin", Lin Anran will always greet people with a smile.
Everyone finished lunch quietly and harmoniously. After the meal, Lin Anran and Aunt Li washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen together. Then he learned some information about Fang Jie and Special Assistant Zhang from Aunt Li. Uncle Fang was a retired soldier with great skills. Special Assistant Zhang graduated from a top domestic university and was a junior of the boss in the same school. It was said that he quit his good assigned job and came to the boss's company to apply for an assistant position.
Aunt Li: "Assistant Zhang has been working at Mr. Zhou's company for two years, and was officially promoted to special assistant by Mr. Zhou at the end of last year."
Lin Anran couldn't help but sigh: "Everyone is really extraordinary."
"The most amazing person here is Uncle Wang. I don't know the details, but he graduated from some butler academy in Country Y. He used to work as a butler for rich people in Hong Kong. He can speak several foreign languages and knows many other things. In short, he is amazing." Aunt Li sighed.
Lin Anran was stunned. Wow, it turns out that all his superiors and colleagues have special skills, and Lin's parents were able to use their connections to find Uncle Wang.
Not to mention others, just Aunt Li, after observing her for the past two days, she found that Aunt Li was no ordinary person either. Just in terms of cleaning, storage, and washing, Aunt Li had done her job to the extreme. In particular, Aunt Li worked very fast without affecting the quality. Everyone was awesome, but she was just a small fry.
Lin Anran skillfully wiped the water stains from the dishes with a cloth. Although she didn't like doing housework, she couldn't be kicked out, so she had to work hard and save money.
"By the way, Aunt Li, what's Mr. Zhou's name?" Lin Anran remembered something she had forgotten. Working for a boss, she couldn't possibly not know his name.
Aunt Li: "Mr. Zhou's name is Zhou Heyuan." Then she enthusiastically introduced Zhou Heyuan's glorious deeds. He entered the top domestic university as the top scorer in the college entrance examination at the age of sixteen, and later went abroad to study at the top university in the United States. He returned to start a company and so on.
Lin Anran had learned to remain calm when hearing about her boss's achievements. It wasn't surprising that the employees were so arrogant and the boss was even more arrogant. However, she felt that Zhou Heyuan's name sounded familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before. "Aunt Li, what are those two characters?"
"The crane of the crane, the far and near are far."
Zhou Heyuan...? !
In a flash, Lin Anran remembered that Zhou Heyuan was not the career benefactor of the hero and heroine in the period novel she read before she traveled through time. Because he was the benefactor of the hero and heroine in the novel, Zhou Heyuan was portrayed as a big boss among big bosses.
Wait, although they have the same name, this Zhou Heyuan is not necessarily that Zhou Heyuan.
"Xiao Lin, what are you thinking about?" Aunt Li called out.
"No, I just think Mr. Zhou is a nice name." Lin Anran continued to wipe the dishes, but her heart was filled with huge waves. She remembered that in the novel, when the heroine and heroine visited a rich family, they were received by a nanny named "Xiao Lin". This "Xiao Lin" was a passerby who only had one line of dialogue: "Please wait, the gentleman is on the phone."
Lin Anran: “…”
Although he had never met the heroine or heroine of the novel, Lin Anran was certain in his heart that he was the passerby "Xiao Lin" in the original novel.
So she not only traveled through time, but also traveled through a book.
Realizing this, Lin Anran inevitably grew excited. Transmigrating into a book could be another golden opportunity for her. But a quick recollection of the original novel's plot immediately dwindled her. In the first half of the novel, the heroine and heroine developed their careers in their hometown, only expanding their businesses to Shenzhen in the middle and later stages. She couldn't possibly go back to their hometown, could she? Furthermore, the heroine and heroine had suffered a lot in the beginning, being unfamiliar with the place. She'd just be delivering groceries there.
Instead of relying on others to get rich, it is better to make a little money by growing orchids yourself. Only when you have money can you pursue other things.
Lin Anran's mind suddenly cleared up. The heroine and heroine worked hard day and night to become the first generation of entrepreneurs. She had the golden finger in her hand. Why should she interfere with other people's fortune? It was best to follow her own path.
After finishing her work, Lin Anran immediately asked Uncle Ding to borrow a book to read. She had to read it carefully and take notes. Making money was not easy, and she could not rely solely on her golden fingers. She always had to have some useful knowledge in her head.
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