"The thing you want me to promise you is to pick out furniture for you?"
The next day, Lorna, who was brought to the mall by Issou, raised her eyebrows and looked at her. "Are you sure you didn't pick the wrong person?"
"What?" Issou turned her head to look at Lorna. She reached out her hands, revealing the metal bracelets on her wrists, and then motioned for her to look down at the steel-toed boots she was wearing.
toed
Boots.
Lorna asked, "Don't you think my taste is a little off?"
"Who said so?"
"Marcus."
"Okay, you can ignore the comment of a straight guy." Issou said with a smile, "After all, choker is no different from a dog collar in their eyes."
When Lorna heard Issou's example, she couldn't help but laugh. She said, "So you believe in my taste?"
"I think it's pretty cool." When Lorna heard Issou's words, she gave her a meaningful smile and said, "In fact, it's cooler to use them."
After all, she wore steel-toed boots and metal bracelets to fly.
Issou: "…???"
Somehow, he felt that there was a strange meaning behind her words of "using it".
When she met Issou's puzzled gaze, Lorna had no intention of explaining. Instead, she changed the topic. "Have you made a list of the things you want to buy?"
"Of course." Issou didn't press the issue. After all, even close friends had their own little secrets. She took out her phone and opened the memo. There was a list of items she needed to buy.
Lorna leaned over and glanced at Issou's phone. She saw that the list of items she needed to buy was filled with xn. She understood and said, "You're planning to buy tables and chairs for your Chinese restaurant today?"
"Yeah." Yi Su nodded. "Previously, I was busy getting a license and contacting food suppliers, so I kept delaying the purchase of tables and chairs."
Issou had come to New York alone to open a Chinese restaurant. No matter how well she adapted, she could not hide the fact that —
She was alone in New York.
Moreover, it was her first time opening a Chinese restaurant and she had no experience to speak of.
Therefore, with so many things piled up together, she was a little flustered.
"Alright." Lorna and Issou walked into one of the furniture stores and glanced at the variety of furniture in the store. "You can cross off the item of dining tables and chairs in your schedule. We can get it done today!"
"I hope so." That was Issou's answer to Lorna. But at this moment, she felt that the possibility was not high, because she felt that her inability to make a choice would drag her down.
However, during the selection process, Lorna's decisiveness played an important role. Not only did she greatly reduce the possibility of Issou's difficulty in choosing, but she also successfully avoided wasting time.
"Lorna, you're amazing!" Issou could not help but reach out and hug Lorna when he swiped his card to pay the bill. The smile on his face was brighter than the sun. "If you weren't here today, I wouldn't have been able to get it done even if you gave me another afternoon."
Lorna, who allowed Issou to hug her, said, "If you weren't so distracted, you could've gotten it done quickly by yourself."
"No, no, no." Issou shook his head at Lorna. "If you weren't here, I wouldn't have been distracted at all."
The black-haired girl could not help but smile as she leaned her head on Lorna's shoulder. "That's why I'm so smart to bring you along to pick out the tables and chairs."
Issou's words made Lorna raise one of her eyebrows. "I thought you would say that you're glad that I agreed to pick out the tables and chairs with you?"
"Hmm." Issou pretended to be dumb. "Isn't it about the same?"
Lorna, "…"
How is it about the same?
It's two completely different meanings, okay?
But when she met Issou's sparkling black eyes, Lorna did not say anything and just smiled.
Seeing Issou filling in the delivery address and contact number, Lorna, who was standing by the side with her arms crossed, asked casually, "Is there anything else?"
"Today's mission is complete." Issou tilted his head and glanced at Lorna. "Lorna, is there anywhere you want to go?"
Lorna said, "I heard there's a pretty good restaurant nearby."
Hearing this, Issou made an OK gesture to Lorna. "Then we'll go and try it later."
Lorna smiled. Seeing Issou continue filling in the form, she could not help but think of the house that Issou obviously lived in alone. She asked, "So you're the only one dealing with the Chinese restaurant?"
"Hmm, not really." Issou answered Lorna without looking up. "Just like today, Lorna, didn't you help out too? My mom also gave me some information, which saved me a lot of time. "
Just providing her with the information of the ingredient supplier was enough for Issou to take a lot of shortcuts.
While they were talking, Issou had already filled in the address and contact number. After putting down the pen, he looked at Lorna. "I'm going to the bathroom. Lorna, do you want to come with me?"
Lorna smiled. "Why? Are you afraid that you'll get lost? "
Hearing her words, Issou pointed at his face and asked, "Do I have a face with no sense of direction?"
Hearing Issou's words, Lorna pretended to look at her seriously. She could not tell if she had a face with no sense of direction, but …
The fair and tender Issou did indeed have a face that made people feel uneasy, especially her eyes that occasionally revealed a trace of childlike innocence. It always gave people the feeling that she was easy to fool.
“Emmm。” Looking at Issou, Lorna suddenly asked, "Issou, are your parents both from China?"
"Do you think I look like a mixed-race person?" Issou smiled. "But I'm not sure, because I've never met my father. I only heard from my mother that he's very handsome."
As for the rest, her mother never mentioned it. It was not that Issou was not curious, but every time she asked, her mother would always tell her about the romantic history between them.
Issou was speechless.
She wanted to know who her father was, not to be fed dog food, okay?
So over time, Issou stopped asking.
"Sorry." Lorna did not expect to receive such an answer. After all, Issou, who had a simple and happy smile, looked like a child who grew up in a honey pot and was protected by his parents.
She changed the topic. "I don't think you need your mother to say it. I can guess it just by looking at your face."
"Haha, Lorna, if you praise me more directly, I'll be even happier." Issou smiled at her, then stuffed the backpack into Lorna's hands. "Then wait for me."
Lorna took Issou's backpack and waved her hand at her. She did not know what would happen to Issou after she went to the bathroom alone. In fact, even Issou did not expect that she would be dragged away by someone from behind when she turned the corner.
Issou, who was not prepared at all, "…!!!???"
The danger came so suddenly that Issou's mind was almost blank at that moment. When she came to her senses, she subconsciously struggled with her hands and feet.
However, it was futile. Even the other party could not help but laugh at her for overestimating herself. "Save your strength, you b * tch."
This voice …
Issou's eyes widened. When she was pushed into the utility room by the man, she turned her head and saw a familiar face. "It's you?!"
The man in front of her was none other than the burly man who wanted to molest Lorna in the supermarket but was stopped by her.
Issou looked at him, pretending to be calm, and asked, "What do you want?"
"What do I want?" After the man locked the utility room door, he looked at Issou. "Of course, I want to teach you a lesson for ruining my plans."
"Are you sure you can afford to teach me a lesson?" Hearing the sound of the door being locked, Issou's heart sank. She compared the size of the two and desperately gave up the idea of going head-to-head. "I haven't gone back for so long, my friends will definitely come looking for me. Do you think you can beat so many of them?"
"Them?" When the man heard Issou's words, he unceremoniously exposed her bluff. "It's her, isn't it?"
Issou's expression changed slightly. "Are you following us?"
"No, God gave me this opportunity."
The man was supposed to deliver goods to the mall today, but he coincidentally bumped into Issou and Lorna in the furniture store. After delivering the goods, he stayed behind.
Unfortunately, Issou and Lorna were both in the furniture store, so he could not find any opportunity. Just as he was about to give up, Issou went to the bathroom alone.
"Last time, you ruined my plans and caused me to get beaten up. How are you going to pay for this?" The man touched his cheekbone that was punched by Marcus. Although it had been a few days, he could still feel the pain when he gently pressed on it. This made his expression even more unpleasant. But …
The man's gaze swept back and forth on Issou several times, then fell on her face, and suddenly revealed a malicious smile. "Why don't you compensate me with your own body?"
Looking at the man approaching her step by step, Yi Su turned around and grabbed the things in the utility room and threw them at him. She was not stupid. She knew very well that if she did not resist, what terrible things would happen next.
However, there was nothing lethal in this utility room. The man easily approached Issou, reached out, and pulled her to his side.
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