Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 1170: Chapter 1142: All Unusual Signs Point to Something Strange

This kind of progress in Dalong seemed extremely incredible to other department managers. Some even privately asked Yu Minglang what method he used to make Dalong seem like a different person. Yu Minglang only replied with one sentence.

Dalong’s success is not replicable.

Not everyone has a cunning and divine-like older sister behind them. This child couldn’t have reached where he is today without the tailor-made educational methods from his sister.

Qian felt gratified upon learning about Dalong’s performance. Recently, she took on a new psychological consultation about hospice care, which paid well, with only one session a week. Along with Qiuqiu’s dad, Qian only needed to work two days, but she felt she was running low on energy recently, and even these two simple cases exhausted her.

That day, after ending the session and saying goodbye to her new client, she walked to the door. Seeing the sun outside made her dizzy, and she staggered forward with a feeling of wanting to faint, but she fell into someone’s arms instead of collapsing to the ground.

”Mr Chen, are you alright?”

Supporting Qian was her client’s daughter this time, a thin woman who seemed weathered beyond her 40-plus years into her 50s, yet she had great strength. Fortunately, she held onto Qian, preventing her from falling.

”Thank you, Mrs. Mu,” Qian expressed her gratitude.

”No worries, Mr Chen what happened to you?”

”I may be too weak after having a bout of gastroenteritis, I need to nourish myself.” Qian felt like ever since she had gastroenteritis, her body has been weak. She often can’t wake up fully and feels tired after working a little.

It seems like I should take on less work and rest more, Qian pondered to herself.

”Mr Chen, wait a moment!” the woman addressed as Mrs. Mu asked Qian to wait outside for a moment. She quickly went inside and came out with a gift box.

”This is ginseng I brought back from outside, take it home to nourish yourself.”

Seeing the size, Qian knew it wasn’t cheap, so she declined.

”This isn’t necessary, it would be too costly for you.”

”You’re being too polite, Mr Chen. My father’s condition has truly improved with your help, I don’t know how to thank you. Please make sure to accept this.”

Mrs. Mu forcibly shoved the gift box into Qian’s hand. Her fingertips weren’t as soft as usual women, with a thin layer of callus, making Qian a bit surprised.

”What, do you dislike my gift?” Mrs. Mu took advantage of her daze to put the gift inside Qian’s bag.

”No, in that case, thank you, Mrs. Mu. I’ll add more time for Mr. Mu in follow-up to show my gratitude.” Seeing that she couldn’t refuse, Qian accepted it.

Yu Minglang had already told her today he’d be working overtime, so when Qian got home, the part-time worker, Little Ayi, was brushing the Fur Beauty.

After the chili pepper incident, the Fur Beauty was somewhat aloof to Qian, who used to groom and bathe it, but now it resisted.

”Mr Chen, you’re back!” Little Ayi greeted Qian warmly.

”Yeah, thanks for your hard work today, I’ll have to trouble you to make dinner.”

With Yu Minglang working late, Qian could only handle her own dinner.

”You’re too polite, I’ll go make it right away. What would you like to eat today, Mr Chen?”

”Spicy fish— never mind, the fishy smell makes me uncomfortable, just make something spicy, I’m feeling tasteless.”

”Mr Chen, your gastroenteritis has been cured for quite some time, why hasn’t your appetite returned to normal yet? You didn’t seem to like spicy food this much before.”

”Yeah... maybe it’s a leftover symptom from the gastroenteritis, Mrs. Liu, my bag is a bit dirty, could you send it for cleaning?” Qian chatted with Little Ayi for a bit and felt tired, wanting to lie down for a while.

”Alright — Mr Chen, what’s this?” Little Ayi took Qian’s bag and saw the box inside.

”Ginseng, right, Mrs. Liu, can you use some ginseng to make a chicken soup? I want it for a late-night snack with my husband when he returns.”

”No problem, I can do that. Speaking of ginseng, it reminds me of a funny incident from when I was pregnant with my first child. My father-in-law dug one up, and not knowing better, they cooked it for me, nearly causing me to lose the baby. It was only later that I learned pregnant women shouldn’t consume ginseng!”

Listening to Little Ayi chatter on, Qian felt dizzier and thought she really needed to lie down.

The Fur Beauty ambled up, curiously leaning towards Little Ayi, sniffing away to figure out what was inside. Yet, after a sniff, the Fur Beauty suddenly became uneasy. Qian had never seen it this way before and reached out to check what was wrong, but as soon as she touched it, the Fur Beauty let out a sudden loud bark.

Qian was startled.

Although she often played around with the Green Tea Beauty, the Fur Beauty never really showed hostility towards her. At this moment, the Fur Beauty’s demeanor truly seemed as if it was about to attack, hunched, circling Qian, and barking nonstop.

The housekeeper, Little Ayi, quickly came over to drag the Fur Beauty to a small room.

Qian found it very strange, what was wrong with the Fur Beauty?

She went back to her room, washed her hands, and changed clothes. Little Ayi came in to collect the clothes for washing, and the Fur Beauty followed in, warily circling around Qian and continuously sniffing.

After a while, it seemed like it couldn’t catch that scent again, so the Fur Beauty turned away out, trying to find that strange smell just now.

”What’s up with the Fur Beauty today, why did it bark at you? Fur Beauty is the most gentle and well-behaved dog I’ve seen, it’s really strange today,” Mrs. Liu said.

Qian also found it odd, it seemed like when she first came back, the Fur Beauty became abnormal after smelling her. After washing her hands and changing clothes, the Fur Beauty was normal again.

”Maybe I brought back a scent from outside that it didn’t like.”

”I couldn’t smell anything on you, just that there’s a rather pleasant fragrance,” Mrs. Liu thought Qian was the most cultured employer she had ever seen. Whenever she saw her, she was always clean and fragrant, any family would be thrilled to have such a daughter-in-law, just looking at her made one happy.

”I didn’t wear perfume, just applied a little skincare product. By the way, Mrs. Liu, I have an unopened bottle of toner, if you don’t mind, you can take it home with you, I have too many products to finish.”

”Oh, that’s so kind of you,” Mrs. Liu knew Qian’s things were expensive, she received such a high salary and still often received gifts from Qian, making her feel a bit uncomfortable.

”It’s nothing much, the item isn’t valuable, I just want to thank you for your contribution to my household.” Qian was quite generous with people; she had observed the housekeeper for a long time and found her very clean-handed, never taking things from the house when Qian wasn’t looking. Qian would occasionally offer small tokens of kindness, but always maintained the employer’s mystery and authority, without getting too close to prevent any entitlement from arising.

Mrs. Liu was delighted, happily taking the gift Qian offered and planning to cook outside. She saw the Fur Beauty sniffing around the ginseng Qian brought home, and Mrs. Liu quickly coaxed the Fur Beauty.

”Fur Beauty, go play in the little room, don’t get dirt on this, it’s quite expensive. Aha, it seems some lotion spilled in Mr. Chen’s bag, no wonder it smells so fragrant, better check to make sure it didn’t soak the ginseng.”

Mrs. Liu opened the ginseng box, seeing that it was only slightly tainted, still sealed inside, and hadn’t affected the ginseng, she let out a sigh of relief.