Chapter Ten: Goddess in Dreams

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  "Shut up! Get out!"

  Wang Zhan Kui's ancient bronze face was red with anger, and he stormed out of the room. As he passed by Ma Tong, he stuck out two fingers from his sleeves and pointed to his own eyes, then pointed to Ma Tong's eyes, meaning: "I'm watching you, kid!" He had just left the room when he stood at the door like a guardian deity, with his back to the two of them.

  Unfortunately, Wang Zhan Kui's series of actions were all unnecessary, because Ma Tong didn't even glance at him with the corner of his eye...

  At this moment, Ma Tong was like a cloud falling from the sky, and he couldn't help but wonder: Am I dreaming? The goddess in his heart, the most noble one, actually bowed to him and apologized?

  Until Ling Wanqing asked for his forgiveness again, Ma Tong didn't come to himself, stuttering and saying: "Director Ling, please don't be like this, if you are... I... I..."

  Ling Wanqing finally stood up straight and smiled cleverly: "So you accept my apology?"

  "Accepted! I accept your apology!" Ma Tong didn't dare say no, he had always been the kind of person who would return a foot of respect with a yard, and the other party was his heart's goddess after all.

  "Then don't call me 'Ling Zong' anymore! Just call me by my name! Besides, you're not an employee of our group now, and we're no longer in a superior-subordinate relationship!"

  Ling Wanqing's smile carried a hint of mischief, and with one sentence, she drew closer to him, making Ma Tong feel that she was even more beautiful and real. He no longer stuttered, and his usual quick wit returned: "No problem, but you can stop calling me Mr. Ma or sir too, just call me Ma Tong!"

  "Alright then, I'll call you Matong!" Ling Wanqing smiled and said: "Are we going to stand here talking like this all the time?"

  "Miss...Ling, please sit down!" Ma Tong choked for a moment, still unable to utter the three words "Ling Wanqing".

  Ling Wanqing covered her small mouth and giggled: "How can we sit like this? Qian Kai, please ask someone to clean up here and prepare the dishes!"

  Ling Wanqing's smile was breathtakingly beautiful, and it made Ma Tong feel like he had been suddenly enlightened, as if he had seen a magnificent sight of millions of flowers blooming together in the desert.

  "Yes! Young lady!" Wang Zhan Kui responded in a low and depressed tone from outside the room, then took out his phone and started dialing.

  Before long, several restaurant staff arrived, led by a man who looked like the restaurant manager. He nodded and bowed to Ling Wanqing, saying: "Hello, President Ling!" His attitude was extremely respectful.

  Ling Wanqing didn't put on airs as the president in front of the staff, but instead spoke softly: "Sorry about that, Manager Sun. Something unexpected happened here just now. Just have someone clean up and charge any damaged items to my account."

  Manager Sun wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought to himself, "You're breaking things in your own store, do you still need to keep track of it?" He hastily said, "No need, no need, this little thing doesn't need to be accounted for, consider it on me, consider it on me!"

  Ling Wanqing said unequivocally: "No way, one code for one code, later we will also handle the cost of our meal in the same way!"

  "Hey, hey, it was me who broke it, I'll pay for it!"

  Ling Wanqing smiled and said to Ma Tong, "Ma Tong, don't argue anymore. You are my guest, and you were mistreated in our restaurant. How can we still ask you to pay?"

  Oh, so the Lingyun Restaurant is also one of the Ling family's businesses! Ma Tong suddenly realized: he was indeed foolish, the young lady of the Ling family invited him to dinner, of course she would choose her own family's restaurant, why would they let their wealth flow into someone else's field?!

  The restaurant staff were extremely efficient, and in just a few minutes, the Tianfeng Pavilion was restored to its original state. As soon as Ling Wanqing and Ma Tong sat down face-to-face, the waiter began serving dishes.

  Two people, yet they ordered ten dishes, many of which were dishes that Ma Tong had heard of but never eaten before. In the middle of the table was placed a more than one-foot-long Australian lobster, which left Ma Tong speechless.

  A waitress, who was also very beautiful but appeared dull and faded in the presence of Ling Wanqing, took out a red wine from the ice bucket and handed it to Ling Wanqing with both hands, asking respectfully: "Director Ling, an '85 IPSIS, would you like it?"

  Ling Wanqing nodded to the waiter to bring the red wine in front of Ma Tong, smiling and saying: "Ma Tong, can you see?"

  Ling Wanqing's respect made Ma Tong extremely grateful, and he hastily said: "Miss Ling... just take care of it yourself, I don't understand this either!"

  Ling Wanqing smiled and said, "Then let's get started!"

  The waiter then skillfully opened the red wine and poured some into the high-footed cups in front of Ling Wanqing and Ma Tong, finally bowing respectfully to the two: "Please enjoy your meal!" After doing all this, the waiter turned around and walked out of the room, bringing the door with him.

  In Tianfeng Pavilion, only Ma Tong and Ling Wanqing were left.

  Ling Wanqing elegantly stood up, raised her high-heeled cup and smiled at Ma Tong: "Ma Tong, this cup is to thank you for your selfless act, I toast to you!"

  Ma Tong hastily stood up and imitated Ling Wanqing's gesture, pinching the foot of the cup with his hand and lightly clinking it against Ling Wanqing's: "Thank you!"

  Ling Wanqing brought the wine glass to her lips and took a light sip, then picked up a paper towel and gently wiped the corner of her mouth. Her movements were noble and elegant. Ma Tong, on the other hand, gulped down his drink in one go, "Bottoms up!"

  Ling Wanqing smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be a straightforward person, Ma Tong. Alright, I'll do it too!" As she spoke, Ling Wanqing surprisingly imitated Ma Tong's actions, picked up the high-footed cup, tilted her head back, and downed it!

  Ling Wanqing's clever smile and charming appearance left Ma Tong stunned once again, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

  Fortunately, Ling Wanqing broke the deadlock, smiling lightly as she took out a paper the size of a receipt from her LV bag and handed it to Ma Tong, saying: "Ma Tong, since we've already gotten to know each other, I won't say much more in thanks. This is just a small token, I hope you can accept it!"

  Ma Tong took it over and took a look, and it was actually a 100,000 yuan bank draft!

  Ma Tong was stunned, it seemed that he and the number 100,000 were indeed fated. Yesterday, he had just lost 100,000 to a subsidiary company of the Ling Shi Group, and today, the CEO of the Ling Shi Group had unexpectedly returned it to him?

  "No way! I won't take this money!" Without any hesitation, Ma Tong pushed the check back: "I just did what I should have done, and it's not worth 100,000. Please take it back, Miss Ling!"

  Ling Wanqing said in surprise: "Ma Tong, are you sure you don't want this money?"

  Ma Tong said very solemnly: "Yes, I'm sure!"

  "Why?" Ling Wanqing said with some confusion, this was the first time she had seen someone push away money that they already had! Moreover, 100,000 yuan, even in Xi Hua City where the cost of living was quite high, wasn't a small amount of money!

  Being able to discuss this issue face-to-face with his idol, Ma Tong felt a kind of inexplicable pride surging in his chest: "Just like I don't understand why you rich people always like to use money to solve everything, you may not understand my perspective on money as someone living at the bottom of society. Yes, 100,000 yuan is a huge sum, it can solve many of my problems! But I know this money doesn't belong to me, I only take what I deserve, otherwise I won't be able to sleep at night!"

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to this point, Ma Tong paused for a moment and said in an even more sincere tone: 'However, you mustn't misunderstand me either. I'm not like that bodyguard of yours said, putting on airs to intentionally get close to you. I know my own weight, I'm almost thirty years old now, I don't have any great skills, yesterday before I was just an ordinary security guard at the Ling Enterprise, and now I've become an unemployed vagrant. I know my own worth, a big beauty like you is like the bright moon in the night sky to me, it's enough to just look from afar, as for reaching the moon, I haven't even thought about it! Being able to get to know you through this kind of method and still be able to sit together drinking and eating, I'm already very happy! This is my true feelings!"