340: Mysterious fairy tales

Because it was his downtime after just waking up, Li Qinghe didn't notice the abnormality in Little Secretary's voice.

After washing up with Chen Daisy, the two sat by the pool, sunbathing and waiting for the brunch Little Secretary was bringing.

About half an hour later, the doorbell of the courtyard gate rang.

Li Qinghe opened his phone and saw Little Secretary standing at the door, holding large food takeout bags.

He remotely opened the gate.

Emily walked in, carrying the takeout boxes. Seeing the two sitting by the pool, she took off her shoes and walked over barefoot.

"Oh my god, Boss, you two are really enjoying yourselves too much. Boss just moves his mouth, and the secretary runs herself ragged."

Emily complained verbally, but her hands opened all the takeout boxes and placed them on the table by the pool, covering it completely.

"dear Emily, what delicious food did you buy? I'm practically starving."

Chen Daisy rubbed her stomach and leaned forward.

Emily looked at Chen Daisy with an ambiguous gaze and whispered in her ear, "Haven't you had enough after eating the Boss?"

Chen Daisy picked up a pastry, threw it into her mouth, and swallowed it in a couple of bites.

"One mouth is full, but the other is still hungry."

Li Qinghe also walked over with a smile, his hand on Emily's shoulder: "What delicious food did you buy?"

"Boss, you asked for Buddha's Temptation, and also glutinous rice steamed red cream crab with lotus leaf, and ginger duck, and seafood satay hotpot, two portions of rice. I couldn't carry any more. I specifically went to a decades-old restaurant to buy them."

Emily presented the various dishes to Li Qinghe as if offering a treasure.

Seeing her complexion wasn't very good, Li Qinghe casually asked, "Your complexion doesn't look too good. Didn't you rest well last night?"

"That's right, of course I didn't rest well. Everyone else has 'things for the secretary to do, nothing *for the secretary to do', but you, you don't even *the secretary. Don't you think it's a waste?"

Emily looked resentful and actually retorted to Li Qinghe, conveying a sense of frustration like, 'Why didn't you 'take care' of me last night?'

Chen Daisy also noticed Emily's abnormality. She put her arm around her shoulder and rubbed her cheek against hers: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Emily pouted, her small face drooping, looking like she was about to cry.

Under Chen Daisy's earnest comfort, Emily gradually poured out her grievances.

It turned out that she was called home in a hurry last night because her family had arranged a blind date for her.

It was brought by her aunt who married into Malaysia.

The man was a 38-year-old Dragon descendant from Malaysia, who owned a small company in Singapore, earning about 800,000 singapore dollar a year.

He wanted to find a local girl in Singapore, and his family happened to have a distant relative connection with Emily's aunt's Malaysian family.

So they acted as matchmakers and approached Emily's family.

His conditions were that after marriage, he would give Emily 15,000 singapore dollar a month for household expenses, but Emily must return home to be a housewife and have several babies for him as soon as possible.

These conditions were completely unacceptable to Emily, who wanted to prove her capabilities in the workplace.

The problem was that Emily's parents actually thought these conditions were quite good.

After the Malaysian man left last night, they talked with Emily for a while longer.

Emily clearly stated that she did not want that kind of life; she wanted her own job, and the freedom to earn money.

More importantly, she didn't want to have children so early.

So, they didn't reach an agreement last night, and they came to persuade Emily again this morning.

Because the man had taken a liking to Emily at first sight.

After her aunt finished persuading her, her parents continued to nag beside her, forcing Little Secretary to finally explode.

Emily directly told her parents and aunt that she was already planning to live with her new Boss.

Her Boss would give her 30,000 singapore dollar in pocket money every month and would also let her live in large bungalows and top-tier apartments.

More importantly, her Boss would not interfere with her freedom to work and even encouraged her to pursue her own career.

Emily clearly told her parents and aunt that she was originally still hesitating whether to agree to her Boss's conditions.

Now that her family had pulled this stunt, she decided to dedicate herself to her Boss today.

After the confrontation, Emily left home directly and then called Li Qinghe.

Thus, we have this wronged Little Secretary sitting by the pool.

Chen Daisy hugged Little Secretary and comforted her softly, but a strange smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Emily, let me tell you, your Boss is a very good storyteller. He tells the Dragon Kingdom's mythological stories in an accessible yet profound way, and it's incredibly captivating."

"Huh? Daisy, don't tell me Boss just told you mythological stories all night long."

"Not only did he tell stories last night, he also told stories this morning. I was so tired from listening."

Chen Daisy's words made Little Secretary look at the two with great suspicion.

She highly doubted that the two of them were really just telling mythological stories for such a long time; she felt there was a very big secret involved.

"Alright, let's not talk so much for now. Let's eat quickly. Emily, have you eaten? Have some more with us."

Li Qinghe urged everyone to sit down and eat.

Little Secretary had indeed not eaten lunch after arguing with her family all morning.

So she sat down and shared a bowl of rice with Chen Daisy.

The dishes she packed had good portions and tasted very good; they were authentic Southern Min flavors.

Perhaps due to the intake of too much protein, Chen Daisy couldn't eat too much, even though she was famished.

Most of the food on the table was devoured by Li Qinghe alone.

Chen Daisy and Emily cleaned up the table together, and then both sat lazily by the pool, sunbathing.

Meanwhile, Li Qinghe went into the villa to make a phone call.

"Daisy, I feel like your skin looks really good today."

Emily finally noticed Chen Daisy's radiant face and supple skin.

"Hmm, you know, listening to stories can really move you deeply, and then you're greatly shaken. The more you're shaken, the better your skin gets, you see."

Chen Daisy spoke nonsense to Emily with a straight face.

"Daisy, do you want to hear what you're saying? You keep emphasizing mythological stories to me. Is this story really that magical?"

"Emily, good sister, listen to me. The ancient traditional culture of the Dragon Kingdom is truly worth understanding, but this culture can only be narrated by your Boss personally."

"If you want to know why it's so fascinating, wait until Boss finishes his call, then go over and ask him to tell it to you."

Chen Daisy encouraged Emily to go and ask Li Qinghe to tell mythological stories.

Chen Daisy's mysterious expression made Emily, who was already fuming, feel even more frustrated.

"If you're not going to tell me, then forget it. I'm going to find Boss now."

Just then, she saw Li Qinghe hanging up the phone from a distance. Emily ran over barefoot: "Boss, quickly explain to me, what exactly is that mysterious mythological story?"