Chapter 84


    "Sleeping Beauty, is that you?"


    Christina suddenly received a friend request, so she hung up Charles''s phone, and logged in the


    WhatsApp.


    Pig Is Rising, "Sleeping Beauty? How can I have such ame name?"


    The person was a little agitated and sent several messages in a row.


    Pig Is Rising, "Christina, you''re so cruel. Don''t you remember me? I am Crystal."


    Pig Is Rising, "I used to be your roomie in high school, you used to skip sses all day. I was forced to


    pretend to be you to sign in."


    Christina suddenly remembered that she had a softrade in high school, Crystal.


    Invincible Tina, "Why don''t you change your name to Pig Is In Love? Didn''t you go abroad? Did you


    return to your country''s arms?"


    Pig Is Rising, "Bah. I don''t even have a boyfriend. How can I be in love?"


    Christina watched her send a bunch of growling expressions of pain and she chuckled. It was as if she


    was back in high school. She and Crystal used to be close friends, and then after attending the


    university they had lost contact with each other for some reason.


    Pig Is Rising, "Christina, are you married?"


    Christina replied expressionless, "Twice."


    The woman on the other end of the phone was about to copse. "Are you kidding me? You''ve married


    twice. Why can''t I have a boyfriend?"


    Invincible Tina, "Men are shit."


    Pig Is Rising, "Who are you married to? What do they look like? Are they one-tenth as handsome as


    our former teaching assistant?"


    Invincible Tina, "Who''s the teaching assistant?"


    Christina remembered that her high school had its directly affiliated college. In the second half of her


    senior year, the school would ask some professors from that college to give the top students extra


    lectures. Most of them were bald middle-aged men.


    Pig Is Rising, "Christina, I bet your husband must be a super fat nerd... You dare not to remember that


    handsome teaching assistant."


    Christina felt that her roommate''s temper had not improved at all after all these years. She was still as


    optimistic as before and favored pretty men.


    Christina had a slight impression since Crystal was so excited.


    In the second half of senior year, there seemed to be a male teaching assistant who was even fairer


    and more handsome than an international model. The most important thing was that the assistant''s


    background was very strong. It was said that even his voice was very charming, and all girls in the


    school were crazy about him.


    However, Christina had never met the legendary handsome assistant because she was busy working


    part-time at a milk tea shop in the second half of her senior year.


    Pig Is Rising, "Christina, I''m working in a very outstandingpany now. You can go to meet me


    tomorrow, and I''ll treat you to lunch..."


    Invincible Tina, "Where?"


    Pig Is Rising, "I''ll treat you to a feast in Gordon Hotel! Remember to dress better. The waiters there are


    a little bit supercilious. I got my sry today. Tomorrow, let''s have fun."


    Christina looked at "Gordon Hotel" with a thoughtful expression...


    Crystal added arrogantly, "I work for IP&G Group now. Am I really awesome?"


    Sure enough.


    Thergest hotel near the Hopkins Group''s IP&G Group is Gordon Hotel. "Patrick usually has meal


    there..."


    She put down her phone and was surprised that this good friend was working at the Hopkins Group.


    She turned to look out the window. It was still raining, and the sound of the rain made her sleepy.


    Holding the soft quilt, she closed her eyes.


    She couldn''t help but mutter, "What is he doing now..."


    He still did not return to the Hopkins Family.


    Christina went to bed earlyst night and woke up early in the morning. She was energetic, but she


    turned her head to look at the empty bed, feeling inexplicably disappointed.


    "Grandpa, I''ll have lunch with an old ssmate." Now she had to report wherever she went.


    Mr. Hopkins did not care much about where she wanted to go but just reminded, "Don''t eat anything


    you shouldn''t eat."


    "Got it."


    As she went out with the driver of Hopkins Family, the old man seemed to suddenly think of something


    and shouted at her back, "Christina, if your ssmate is a man, be smart and don''t let Patrick know."


    Christina paused, her expression startled.


    Mr. Hopkins continued saying, "That bastard will be angry."


    "Oh." She replied with an embarrassed expression.


    Christina was a little nervous. She didn''t know if it was because she was meeting her best friend she


    hadn''t seen for years, or... Because the entire IP&G Group building was right in front of her.


    The driver sent her to a coffee shop across from the IP&G Group building. Crystal had a 12: 00 lunch


    break and Christina arrived here 15 minutes earlier.


    She had never been to the IP&G Group, and she guessed that Patrick''s office should be on the top


    floor.


    Subconsciously, she raised her head. It was so high.


    The building was solemnly styled, its dark ss walls reflecting light, and its striking metal logo, IP&G


    Group, was too dazzling, which made people fear.


    It was almost lunchtime, and the wide road was gradually crowded. Thesemuters rushed out of


    theirpanies, chatting and discussing some things at a fast speed.


    "Now over 70 % of Dickens Family''s projects are backed by the Hopkins Group. They messed up a big


    projectst week, but the president didn''t lose his temper today."


    "I don''t know what that Donald is capable of. Why is our president helping Dickens Family..."


    Christina looked down at her phone. It was already 12: 03, and most of the employees had already


    been off work. Crystal was still nowhere to be seen.


    "I haven''t seen her for so many years. She won''t have stic surgery, will she?" She looked up at the


    building across the street and suddenly froze.


    The man standing across her recognized her at a nce, and his grim face was slightly startled.


    "Here for me?"


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    He strode over and said something in a deep voice that sounded casual.


    Christina looked at him with a nervous expression. She didn''t expect to meet him.


    He thought she wasing here for him?


    She turned her head away, not daring to look into his deep eyes. "No." She decided to tell the truth.


    She whispered, "I have a date with my old friend today..."


    But before she could finish her sentence, the man in front of her frowned slightly, his face not looking


    very good, and in the end, he was impatient. "Christina, you really like to piss me off." He grabbed her


    wrist and dragged her away.


    "Patrick, where are you taking me..."


    Christina was dragged away by him, afraid that he would take her to that horrible basement likest


    time, and hurriedly exined, "I really have a date with a friend, a former high school ssmate, a girl!"


    The man in front of her suddenly stopped. Christina was rushed forward so the tip of her nose hit his


    back.


    She lowered her head and reached out to rub her nose, feeling innocent. Patrick turned around, looking


    down at her, and pursed his thin lips, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn''t.