Chapter 325: Please hire me

Nana raised her voice in a higher pitch than normal, and the crowd around looked at her in confusion.

Jinhai just gave one threatening sideways glance, and everybody scurried away to their own work.

Nana stared at them like she completely didn’t understand what was going on.

“I don’t have time for your jokes, so please step aside.”

Serena quickly said, “I am not joking. I am serious about working here.”

Jinhai’s gaze turned warm as he looked at Nana. “I don’t know about her, but I really want to work in Natsukashi.”

Am I stupid? Why am I not still getting the situation? Nana wondered.

Some of the people outside were still peeking a little at them, who expected that there would be a scene.

Nana cleared her throat and silently glared at them.

What are these two planning!?

“Let’s go inside first. You are making a scene out here.”

They obediently nodded.

As they were about to step inside, the usual locals called out to her as they saw her.

“Hey, Nana! Are you back!?”

“Oh, it’s so long! We will finally get to eat Nana’s cooking!”

Nana smiled and greeted. “Hello.”

One older woman smiled. “Ah dear, we missed you so much.”

“Hey, Serena is here too!”

She also smiled.

They curiously stared at Jinhai.

“Is he…”

Jinhai smiled. “Nice to meet you. I am Nana’s husband.”

They were beyond shocked. His smile even managed to make the hearts of the older women flutter.

They knew Nana was married and to some big shot, but some of the locals hadn’t seen him.

The ladies instantly surrounded him. “Oh, dear! So you are her husband! You are so handsome!”

“I can already imagine how beautiful your children would be!”

“Our Nana is so lucky!”

Nana didn’t comment.

Jinhai smiled. “It is not her but me who is lucky to have her.”

He stared at her, and she looked away.

The women were impressed. “Ah, such a sweet tongue. You both look so perfect together. You must be so happy.”

Nana stiffened. “Not everything that seems perfect actually is in reality,” she mumbled.

“Ah, what?”

The women didn’t catch what she said, but Jinhai clearly did.

“And I will soon make it a reality once again,”Jinhai confidently said.

Nana didn’t expect that he heard her.

One of the women looked at Serena. “And where is your husband? You never introduced him to us.”

Serena’s smile faltered a bit, but she regained her poise. “Soon. I will bring him to meet you all very soon.”

They nodded. “Both of the best friends are pregnant at the same time. I am sure your kids would be just as close as you two.”

Nana said nothing.

“Yes! Of course, they will. They will share the same friendship as we do,” Serena grinned.

Nana frowned a bit.

“Is Natsukashi open now?”

Nana said, “Ah, actually…” she glanced at both of them. “I need some time to set things up. It may take a while.”

They nodded. “No problem. Just take it slow and safe. If you need anything, we neighbors are always here.”

“Thank you, Uncle.”

As they left, Nana and the duo went inside. It was still quite early in the morning, so there was no staff.

Nana turned and asked, “What is going on?”

“Please hire me.”

“Please hire me.”

Both said at the same time yet again.

“Okay, enough talking in chorus, both of you.”

Nana looked at Serena. “Why are you here?”

Jinhai pursed his lips as he clearly didn’t like that she asked Serena first. Nana simply ignored him.

Serena said, “You know that Jia Se is in quite a trouble because you already know what happened. I want to revive it back. But right now I am in lack of *cough* money. So I really want to work here so that I build up that corpus.”

Jinhai narrowed his eyes.

Nana blinked her eyes rapidly. “Revive Jia Se?”

“Yes.”

“By working here?”

“Yes.”

“Do you know what kind of money you need to do that? You think a job at Natsukashi will help you in anyway?”

Serena said, “I have some savings of my own, and a job here will make my ends meet faster.”

Nana scrutinized her every expression. She already knew that there was some catch in it. They had known each other for years.

She asked, “Why aren’t you looking anywhere else for a job? There are thousands of companies out there who can hire you as an interior designer. This is a restaurant.”

Serena lowered her head. “I…my reputation has taken quite the hit after Jia Se crashed. Nobody wants to work with me now. I applied for jobs, but all my applications got rejected.”

Serena lied about that. She just wanted to make herself look more pitiful.

“Why do you think I will give you any work considering what has happened between us?”

Serena sniffled. “Nana. I know that you don’t want to talk to me. But I really need this job. I can’t count on anyone else but you. Please…You know that Jianyu is going to take our child away from me once I give birth. Jia Se will be the only memory left behind of us for me. And I don’t want to lose it.”

She caressed her belly lovingly.

“Please, Nana. You are my only hope. You are the only one whom I can count on. I will do any job you give me, but please just hire me.”

A tear trickled, and she wiped it from her cheek.

Please, Nana…please, please, please agree to it, she prayed hard.

Nana said nothing and turned to face Jinhai. He straightened up.

“And why does the CEO of Liu Corps who earns billions of dollars every minute would possibly want to work at Natsukashi?”

“Ex-CEO,” Jinhai corrected. “Mom has disowned me from the Liu Corps and Liu villa.”

“So?”

“I don’t have a job and a home anymore.”

Nana’s eyebrow twitched.

Serena wanted to puke three liters of blood. But she didn’t understand why Jinhai was doing this. It seemed like they fought about something too, and he was doing this for the same reason as her.

Nana smiled. “Nice try, but I am not going to fall for it.”

“Nana, I am telling the truth. You can call Dad. They have even frozen all my credit cards. I don’t have a single cent with me. And Dad is handling the CEO position in my absence. Mom has even relayed the orders that I cannot use any condos or villas in other locations. So I don’t have money in my wallet or a roof over my head.”

Nana’s mouth dropped wide open.

For real?

She glared at him and took out her phone. She dialed Liu Hai’s number.

“Hello, Nana? I missed you, child!” His overenthusiastic voice boomed in Natsukashi through her phone.

“Me too, Dad. Dad, I want to ask you something.”

“I know, dear. It’s about Jinhai, right?” He sighed. “Chunhua has disowned him from every property belonging to Liu family.”

“W-what?” Nana was shocked.

“Yes. She has even frozen all his credit cards. I don’t know what that brat is doing right now. But you just ignore him, okay? No matter how pitiful he looks, just forget him.”

Nana looked at him, and he shamefully lowered his gaze.

Nana cut the call.

“Now, do you believe me, Nana? I really have nowhere to go. And Natsukashi is my wife’s place. I can only rely on you. I am moneyless and homeless now. How will it look like if as a man I don’t earn anymore?”

Serena wanted to applaud for his acting skills. It may be true what he said, but he was giving her a tough competition in gaining her sympathy.

Jinhai pursed his lips. “You may not want it, but as your husband and as the father of our child, I cannot stay idle and penniless. So please, please hire me. I will do any job you want. Waiter, cleaner, cashier, bodyguard, dishwasher, anything.”

There was a long stretch of silence.

Serena and Jinhai both were internally freaking out. They only prayed that they looked pitiful enough for her heart to melt.

Nana first glanced at Jinhai and then at Serena and said indifferently, “I have been fooled enough by the both of you. So I don’t have any more time for this.”

They stiffened a bit.

“I don’t have any jobs to give you. You are not hired. Please leave.”

—

In the clinic, as Shin held Huian in her arms, he was aghast seeing his ex-girlfriend, Mu Shuchun.

It had been seven years since they parted and on that horrible note. That was the worst fight they ever had and the last fight too.

Shin was the one who broke up with her and completely uprooted her from his life.

So many memories came rushing by. His mind went blank, and he was unable to say anything.

Huian observed the two of them and found it odd.

His acquaintance? But she doesn’t just look like an acquaintance by the reaction they are giving each other.

Mu Shuchun jolted just a bit when she saw them in that position.

“Shin…”

“The fuck are you doing here!?” Shin roared.

Huian widened her eyes and was startled as he yelled.

W-what happened?

Mu Shuchun’s condition wasn’t any better. She paled, and she opened her mouth numerous times in an attempt to say something, but nothing came out.

“Sh-Shin…-“

“GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!”