He knew what she thought about. He knew her well but hurt her severely. She gritted her teeth and whispered, “I’ll pay you back.” She would return all the money to him, but, fifty thousand yuan was not a small sum of money. As a tutor, she only earned more than one thousand yuan a month.
She worried about it but she had to return the money back to Natalie.
“Halle, I didn’t like her, but I wanted to stay in T city.” He thought for a while and said it out. She didn’t respond anymore, and now she had nothing to do with Hunter except for giving him the fifty thousand yuan.
As soon as she limped into the dormitory, Milena came up to her and asked, “Halle, what happened to you? How did you get hurt?”
“I accidentally broke my leg. Milena, could you help me ask your cousin if the job of selling wines in the bar she introduced last time is still vacant?”
“Ok, I’ll ask her about it. So is it true that your mother got money from Hunter?” Milena immediately thought of the reason she wanted to make more money.
She felt too grieved to respond but said, “Please tell the teacher that my led got hurt and help me ask for leave.”
“Halle, what are you going to do tomorrow?”
“I’ll go to the hospital.” She answered with a smile. She wanted to go to the hospital and sell blood. She always got a nosebleed. It was better to sell it than to lose it in vain. She can also earn some money to pay off her debts.
“That’s good. Halle, you finally know how to cherish yourself. I will ask for leave for you tomorrow. Remember to ask the doctor to check the leg injury carefully.”
Regardless of her leg injury, she changed the clothes and went to work as a tutor. When she came out of the dormitory, she saw Hunter sitting on the tree-lined road where she had sat before. Natalie did not stay with him. Halle listened to the old song he was singing. It was his favorite song to sing for her before.
I fall in love with you
for no reason.
I fall in love with you
from the first day I saw you.
Do you know I’m waiting for you?
If you really care about me,
how can you leave me with the endless nights?
Do you know I’m waiting for you?
…
Did he wait for her? Or did he really love her? She had no idea.
The past would never come back. She had no future with him.
She turned away from the tree-lined path, not willing to listening to the song which began to sound harsh for her.
After finishing two tutoring jobs, Halle came back to the dormitory and felt exhausted. Unlike others, she had no time to lament and grieve for her terrible love experience. She wanted to make money and she wanted to pay back the fifty thousand yuan owed by Agnes. She was not qualified to grieve.
Fortunately, she received a good news that Milena’s cousin said that there was still a need for a bartender in the bar.
She decided to take the job; it was her only option now. It was said that the commission of this job was very high, and she can make money in a short period of time. The reason that she hesitated to work there in the past was that a girl working as a bartender was often subject to sexual harassment. But she can’t care about that now.
After washing up, she went to the bed. What she got from work was not only income, but also sound sleep. She fell asleep quickly as soon as she lay on the bed.
In the early morning, after the roommates rushed to wash up and went to the classroom, Halle got up lazily. After washing up, she went to the hospital with a lame leg.
She sold 300 CC of blood. She watched the red blood flow into the transparent bag with an indifferent expression as if what flowed into the bag was not her blood but clear water.
Coming out of the hospital, Halle went to the park and sat under a palm tree, basking in the sunshine. She had better walk less. What Milena said to her was right and she should know how to cherish herself.
She sat in the park all day. Although she only bought a dried bun to eat, she still felt satisfied. Actually, as long as people are content with their life, they will be happy. Without Agnes’s adoption, she might be a homeless girl now.
For the first time, she found the day was too long to spend. Finally, when it was getting dark, she got up and went to her destination: FJ Club.
The bar was just about to open. There weren’t any customers.
“Excuse me, what can I do for you?” A beautifully dressed woman approached her and looked at her up and down.
“Hi, I’m Halle.”
“Oh, I’ve heard of you. Come in please.”
The woman led her to sit on a set of sofas in a corner of the bar. She raised her hand and a waiter brought a tray of tea and coffee. The woman smiled and asked her, “Tea or coffee?”
“Thank you. I want coffee, no sugar, please.” She suddenly wanted to taste the bitter coffee, which, in fact, was the real taste of coffee.
“You’re welcome. Just call me Scarlet Cook. What’s wrong with your leg?”
“Don’t worry about it. I accidentally fell down from the stairs. It’s just a skin trauma and it will heal soon.” She smiled and said lightly, but she still felt painful as she said that.
“That’s good; do you want to be a bartender?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Your appearance was good, but, as you know, this job requires you to deal with all kinds of customers. Sometimes it is inevitable that…”
“I understand. I don’t mind.” She replied with a bitter smile. She had known this a long time ago; otherwise, she would have come to work here before.
“Now that you know everything, you can come to work a few days later. By that time your leg will be healed and you will be able to walk more easily. The leg injury is not easy to recover if you walk too much.”
She knew what she meant and looked at her frankly. She gritted her teeth and said softly, “I’m short of money, so I want to go to work as soon as possible.”
She took a sip of tea and said with a smile, “Okay, you can start working from today. Let’s go to the dressing room together. I will bring you work suit.” After listening to her words, Scarlet didn’t make her embarrassed but let her go to work directly. When Scarlet handed her the work suit, she really wanted to refuse the job at a moment. It was a swan-style miniskirt.
She thought that skirt was beautiful the first time she saw it on TV.
It was a classic ballet costume.
But at this moment, seeing this swan-style miniskirt, she just felt disgust. But it was her work suit, and she had to wear it.
“Halle, as long as you can sell three bottles of these wines a day, you can get your minimum wage. If you sell more than three bottles a day, you can get half of the selling profits.”
She smiled and she knew that was a lie because the profits were set by the owner of the bar. How much money she made depends on the owner of the bar, rather than the number of wines she can sell.
In other words, she can only get a small amount of money.
“Ok, I see.” She replied.