Daisy quit her job at the boxing club and successfully applied to a security company.
Her championship titles from boxing matches, along with her ability to subdue several large men by herself, made the company's负责人 treat her like a treasure, offering her a higher salary and benefits than ordinary bodyguards.
On her first day after work, she proactively contacted Susu, wanting to treat her to a meal.
Susu happily agreed. Hearing the joy in her voice on the phone, Susu also felt happy for her.
Tianyi was right; Daisy wasn't the kind of woman who could be easily defeated.
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Susu arrived at the restaurant Daisy had mentioned as agreed, finding it to be a newly opened high-end Western restaurant.
She looked around and immediately spotted Daisy sitting by the window. She waved and walked over.
Daisy had cut her previously short hair even shorter and was wearing a black suit.
Susu was taken aback by her new look. With such a neutral style, one could hardly tell her gender without a close look.
Daisy saw her too and gestured for her to sit down, asking, "Why are you looking at me like that? Is there a problem?"
"No problem," Susu replied with a smile. "Is this how bodyguards dress? You look quite sharp."
Daisy handed her the tablet for ordering and said, "The security company I've joined now offers even better treatment than my previous one. Order whatever you like, don't be shy."
Susu glanced at the menu and then at the restaurant's decor. She felt it was unnecessary for Daisy to spend so much and said, "This place is too fancy. I don't really like lobster or foie gras, I'd rather just have regular food."
"I told you not to save money for me. Besides lobster and foie gras, there are other dishes and desserts."
Seeing her insistence on eating there, Susu only ordered pasta and a small cake, saying, "I don't want to eat too much for dinner, this is enough."
Daisy also ordered her favorite sweet soup and fried chicken, smiling as she said, "Me too. Even in fancy restaurants, I don't like to order the big dishes."
"Actually, it doesn't matter what we eat, as long as we like it and are happy."
While waiting for the food, they chatted about trivial matters. Susu carefully avoided bringing up anything that might upset Daisy.
The restaurant was decorated like a garden, with artificial greenery and flowers separating each table.
Susu was drinking lemonade, and as she chatted with Daisy, she saw a couple sitting at a table in the corner through the leaves in front of her.
The man was unmistakably Huangfu Shaohua, and the woman sitting with him had a fair, round face and was speaking softly to him.
Susu's heart tightened. Daisy had just started to pull herself together. If she saw this scumbag Huangfu Shaohua again, she might become sad and depressed again.
In a moment of absentmindedness, she drank more than half of her lemonade. She quickly looked away, wishing the decorative greenery was denser, enough to completely block Huangfu Shaohua and the woman. She desperately hoped Daisy wouldn't see them.
"Susu, are you very thirsty? Would you like to order two more glasses of juice?" Daisy noticed she had drunk a lot of water.
Susu looked out the window and hurriedly said, "No, I'm not thirsty. Let's go somewhere else to eat. I feel a bit restricted eating here."
"It's fine, we've already placed the order," Daisy said, noticing Susu's unusual expression and wondering what was wrong.
"Oh, oh." Susu just wanted to distract her and said, "Look how many cars there are outside at this time, it's completely gridlocked."
"Yes," Daisy followed her gaze out the window, then turned back to the restaurant's decor. "It's actually quite ironic. We're in an artificial garden, and outside is still the city's steel and concrete..."
Before she could finish, she also saw Huangfu Shaohua sitting at the corner table.
That particular spot in the entire restaurant had special romantic lighting, clearly the most suitable seat for couples.
From her angle, Huangfu Shaohua's profile was full of tenderness as he whispered to the girl beside him.
Susu truly regretted mentioning the traffic outside. It would have been better to talk about something else; perhaps Daisy wouldn't have noticed Huangfu Shaohua dining there.
"Daisy," Susu extended a hand to block her view. "How about we move somewhere else? Seeing that person makes me lose my appetite."
Daisy concealed the turmoil in her heart and said indifferently, "It's fine. He eats his meal, we eat ours. We don't need to pay attention to him."
Susu had intended to let it go if Daisy hadn't noticed Huangfu Shaohua, but Daisy still saw him.
When she saw Huangfu Shaohua laughing and chatting with the girl while they ate, a surge of anger ignited in her heart.
By her calculations, it had only been a few days since he divorced Daisy, and he was already involved with another girl.
When Daisy went through such a ordeal, he offered not a word of comfort. The moment he appeared, he was disgusted with Daisy and divorced her. Was this something a decent person would do?
She asked Daisy, "He wanted to divorce you, so you divorced him and left with nothing. You were too accommodating. Did he ever tell you where he went during those days he was out of sight?"
Daisy shook her head with a bitter smile. "He never said, and I don't want to ask anymore. None of it matters now."
Susu felt indignant for her and looked towards Huangfu Shaohua's table. "What do you mean it doesn't matter! He might have been out carousing. I think he's bullying you because you have no one to back you up!"
"Since we're divorced, I have no relationship with him anymore. If I meet him, he's just a stranger..."
"No!" Susu felt she couldn't let Huangfu Shaohua get away with this so easily. She stood up and walked directly over. Since they had run into him, why should Daisy suffer alone?
"Susu, Susu, what are you doing?" Daisy quickly followed her.
Susu walked straight to Huangfu Shaohua's dining table and said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "Second Young Master, long time no see. I didn't expect to run into you here of all places."
Huangfu Shaohua looked up at Susu, surprised. "Mrs. Qin..."
Before he could finish speaking, he saw Daisy following behind Susu. His heart ached and felt heavy, but he quickly regained his composure.
"Shaohua, do you know them?" the youngest daughter of the Luo family asked.
Before he could answer, Susu quickly interjected, "We don't just know each other, we're very familiar."
As she spoke, she moved aside and pointed to Daisy, saying to the Luo family daughter, "She is the Second Young Master's ex-wife, and I am her good friend."
The Luo family daughter looked at Daisy in astonishment and asked Huangfu Shaohua, "You were married and divorced? Why didn't my mother tell me?"
Huangfu Shaohua calmly explained, "Perhaps my mother didn't tell your mother about my past marriage. But it's not worth mentioning; being too naive and ignorant led to mistakes."
"Yes, Daisy was indeed too naive and blind to fall for a heartless and unrighteous scumbag like you," Susu said, smiling at the Luo family daughter. "You should be careful. Men like this are extremely selfish; they only care about themselves. Don't be blind too, or you'll end up ruining your life."