Chapter 26.2 Bai Duanduan smiled and looked at Ji Lin before saying, “Beg me.”

She used to feel that as long as she persisted, no matter how cold the ice was, it would melt one day; She used to think that people like Ji Lin were just not enlightened. Once he understands her hint, then as the person who accompanied him closely everytime, she would be the first to be seen, and then again, the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first¹ to benefit from an intimate relationship with an influential person……

It was a pity that it was all only she felt. Ji Lin seemed like the most stubborn stone, forever selfish and completely unaffected by others.

Li Min had just celebrated her 27th birthday. She now saw no hope in waiting, and finally gave up not willing to wait any longer. Ji Lin was very good and very handsome, however she cannot work with him anymore. Resigning was a relief for herself. She was not young anymore. She wanted a stable relationship and then a stable marriage.

It’s a pity that things have come to this point. Ji Lin surprisingly still had that dead look on his face. He raised his eyelids, his face was obviously full of incomprehension about Li Min’s emotional breakdown at the moment, but he calmly corrected, “No, I also know other information about you besides the fact that you’re a female and your name is Li Min …… “

Although Ji Lin didn’t make any moves to comfort her even at this moment, Li Min couldn’t help but feel her heart beating violently after hearing the beginning of his sentence. 

Despite being a workaholic, perhaps she has subliminally entered his life in the past two years, unknowingly leaving traces on his heart. He had unconsciously actually known a lot about herself and was silently watching herself, only he didn’t even realise it until this moment when she broke down on her own and he finally looked straight inside himself and had the realisation?

Just as Li Min was tense with apprehension and complexity, a faint smile spread on Ji Lin’s face, “I also know that the car you drive is black, it’s a …… Ford.”

“……”

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“This Bai Duanduan is not human! She actually locked my snack cupboard!”

“Lin Lin, mum can’t stand it! Can we fire this Bai Duanduan? She says I can’t eat watermelon because I’m diabetic, and then she irritates me by buying a watermelon for herself and sitting across from me to eat it! Is she even a human?”

“I have to walk 10,000 steps a day before she lets me eat chocolate! I told her that my knees would not be able to take it, after all I’m an old woman. So the next day she took me to the swimming pool and made me walk 10,000 steps in the water! She said I wouldn’t have to worry about hurting my knees because of the buoyancy in the water! Is she sick?! I can’t believe she actually did that!”

…..…

“Lin Lin, mum underestimated Bai Duanduan, she really did get a hotel gym pass and forced me to walk in the pool a dozen times a day! And doing cheerleading on the shore herself! Pulling shameful banners for me, something like ‘Celebrating Ms Meng Xin’s water walk’, has caused me to go to the pool now without being able to hold my head up ……”

“Bai Duanduan threatened to spoil every detective book I wanted to read in order to force me to exercise! It’s insane! It’s uncouth to the extreme!”

“Bai Duanduan is always rummaging around the house, and the Hokkaido White Lovers² Shiroi Koibito (白い恋人, literally “white lover”) is a European-style cookie manufactured and sold by Japanese confectionery maker Ishiya Co., Ltd. in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It consists of chocolate sandwiched between langue de chat. There are two main types: Shiroi Koibito White with white chocolate in the centre and Shiroi Koibito Black with milk chocolate in the centre. I managed to hide were found by Bai Duanduan again ……”

“Why does Bai Duanduan have more Birkins than me? Why is she a VIP at every counter and why does she have so many bags?!”

“Bai duanduan got the charity limited edition necklace that i didn’t get!!! She must die!!!”

……..

Almost every day, Ji Lin received frantic complaints and grievances from his mother against Bai Duanduan. However, the more these complaints, the more at ease Ji Lin was. It seems that his mother could only be passive and obedient when she took on Bai Duanduan.

Although Ms. Meng Xin curses Bai Duanduan a hundred times a day, yet the harder she curses, the more miraculously she gets in better spirits.

Ever since Bai Duanduan has started to look after her, Ji Lin’s mother’s blood sugar level has been well controlled all the way, and all the seven exercises of Qi Gong³ Qi gong (pronounced chee-gong) is an ancient Chinese exercise and healing technique that involves meditation, controlled breathing and movement exercises have returned to normal levels. She had lost weight, her skin had improved, and she had become more energetic in her scolding.

Even Ji Lin couldn’t help but feel happy every day when he saw his mother’s accusations against Bai Duanduan. The only thing that made him less happy was that he still hasn’t found an assistant, and because he doesn’t have one, he has no one to sort out his own piles of case files, and usually no one to plan his schedule and take care of extra client reception and some complicated work coordination, which led to Ji Lin being a bit frazzled.

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It’s just that Ji Lin’s side was full of bruises and batter, but Bai Duanduan’s side was happy with the spring breeze. She had finally made peace with Ms. Meng Xin on her own merits, and on the other hand, she had finally received a job offer that afternoon.

After being rejected by so many large and medium-sized firms, a small firm finally accepted Bai Duanduan. Although the firm was small, it was quite sincere in offering Bai Duanduan a package and a share. The interpersonal relationship of the small firm was simple, and Bai Duanduan was quite satisfied with it. All she needed to do was to wait for the expiration of the one-month agreement with Ji Lin, and then she would go to work in the small firm promptly.

In the evening, she watched over Ms Meng Xin as she ate a healthy meal, took her insulin, took her eugenol and did an after-dinner walk before Bai Duanduan left the villa and went back to her small flat.

She had been at home for an hour when the movement of the door lock opening came from next door at last – Ji Lin had finally returned.

Bai Duanduan almost dashed out and caught Ji Lin alive,”Five hundred!”

Ji Lin frowned,”What?”

“Your mother didn’t go out to play mahjong today, so give me my 500 yuan bonus! As of today, she hasn’t gone out to play mahjong for 6 days in a row! That’s a total of 3,000 yuan!”

Bai Duanduan was afraid that he wouldn’t give it to her, so she cautiously added, “You said it yourself, if your mother doesn’t go out to play mahjong for one day, you’ll reward me with 500 yuan.”

Ji Lin gave her a look, “You’ve only been on the job for a few days? Do you still want a daily payment? You’ve already been paid your full salary in advance, these extra bonuses can only be paid on a flat monthly basis. Besides, on the first day, my mother went out to play mahjong and only came home around noon. So it can’t be counted as a full day. I’m not paying you five hundred, only two hundred and fifty.”

Bai Duanduan simply sighed in amazement. This man, Ji Lin’s bargaining power, was always so skilled ……

It just didn’t occur to her that the money hungry iron rooster Ji Lin would ever change his mind after thinking about it, “Forget it, I’ll count you in for five hundred for that day too.”

This premise looks like he wants to ask for something from her, doesn’t it?

As expected, Ji Lin glanced at Bai Duanduan and said as if inadvertently, “Now the market is in the doldrums, the lawyer industry has also tightened, looking for a job is not so easy. I can see that you are barely doing okay in my house. It is not impossible for me to renew the contract with you in advance, you can also continue to ……. next month.”

“That’s not necessary.” Bai Duanduan smiled, “Although the lawyer market is shrinking, there is always no shortage of work for good and talented people. In a month’s time, I’ll be running off to my own ambitious future to continue doing well as a lawyer, and as you know, a successful lawyer doesn’t see these small amounts of money.”

Ji Lin was stunned, “Have you found your next job?”

Bai Duanduan gave Ji Lin a look, “Why are you saying this as if you don’t want me to find a next job? Didn’t you say at the beginning that I couldn’t pester you anymore after a month? Now you don’t want to let me go? You think I’m so good at my job that you want to renew my contract early?” She said smugly, “Then beg me!”

“Nuts, you’re overthinking it.” Ji Lin said briefly and succinctly, and then coldly pushed the door into his own house.

All right, it seemed that one really did over-thought things. But Bai Duanduan had just found a new job and was in a good mood, so she didn’t care as she hummed and went back to her room.

Only five minutes later, there was a knock on the door.

Bai Duanduan opened the door, and outside the door stood Ji Lin, who had just coldly rebuked her.

His face was handsome and cold, with no extra expression on it, and he looked like a typical debt collector.

Bai Duanduan was just about to remember what she had done to offend him or what his mother had accused her of, when Ji Lin opened his mouth first. His voice low, like the sound of a cello as he proceeded to say–

“I beg you.”

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, Bai Duanduan almost couldn’t hold back her frantic laughter.

She stared at Ji Lin, “What did you say? Say it again!”

Ji Lin’s face was expressionless, “I beg you.”

“Speak louder!”

“Bai Duanduan, I’m begging you.”

“What are you begging me for?”

“I beg you to continue to do my mother’s housekeeping work.” Ji Lin’s face was ugly, yet for the sake of his mother, he obviously still endured, “The housekeeper market has also been a bit turbulent recently, and for a while I haven’t found a suitable candidate. Can you take over this job for a while longer, I can ……”

“No.”

Ji Lin paused and said with a blushing ugly expression on his face, “I have already begged you.”

“Yeah, what I said was that you could beg me, but I didn’t say that I would definitely say yes if you did.” Bai Duanduan ruffled her hair, “Ji Lin, do you know what you look like now? How did we agree before? It’s like we’re all mature ‘fück buddies’ now, we agreed to go for the kidney but not the heart, talk about money but not love, and now you’re backtracking and trying to get on my back, that’s not appropriate, is it?”

“How much money do you want? I’ll give you a raise.”

Bai Duanduan cleared his throat, “How to say this, you know I’m a lawyer with a certain degree of qualifications and I’m only doing domestic work for a while. Between lawyer work and domestic work, even if the salary for domestic work is high, I will still choose to be a lawyer. Career choice is not only a matter of money, but also about social status and self fulfillment, right?”

Ji Lin pursed his lips, “Which one are you looking for next?”

“Jin Chuang Law Firm.”

“That’s a particularly small firm, and only small, not a small boutique law firm.⁴ A boutique law firm is a collection of attorneys typically organized in a limited liability partnership or professional corporation specializing in a niche area of law practice. Although a general practice law firm includes a variety of unrelated practice areas within a single firm, a boutique firm specializes in one or a select few practice areas. There’s no point in going to a firm like that. It won’t help your CV at all. The business you can take on there is limited, and it won’t do you any good to improve your skills.”

“That’s still more interesting than doing housekeeping.” Bai Duanduan blinked, “I like challenges and your mother doesn’t challenge me anymore. I need the rest of the excitement and challenge.”

“……”

“You can go back, I’m going to close the door now.”