Chapter 313: The Leisure Times in the HL Area 6


    After all, a peaceful and joyful life was all about those simple little pleasures. I always imagined what


    life would be like for Dennis and me if we could have been fortunate enough to spend the rest of it


    together.


    Probably I would be more family-oriented, guarding the kids every day, learning how to make delicious


    food, and mastering how to take care of the kids and Dennis''s health better.


    However, life wasn’t just all about those pleasant moments - There were ups and downs along the way.


    In the past four years, I had slowly learned to let go. I always thought to myself that he must have had


    been in a difficult dilemma himself and that it hadn’t been his intention to lie to me and hurt me. There


    must be other reasons.


    When you had been madly in love with someone for too long, and one day you might realize the love


    you had had would slide into the hatred and resentment you might have been growing against them.


    And then you would gradually start to let go as if the love and hatred had fused well together and had


    evened each other out - So then you were in peace. Anyhow, we parted and went our separate ways.


    Our lives seemed to never cross one another again.


    Nathan had always been efficient and effective with his work. However, ever since he transferred me


    back to the office, I hadn’t gotten used to the less of a workload yet.


    Probably because there was less work, the staff were idling together in the office. Someone had


    life.


    The staff started gossiping.


    “I heard that the girl’s parents are high-ranking officials in City P. Although it is not our hotel’s


    responsibility. However, the ident did happen here. It’s possible our reputation is in jeopardy.”


    “Right! The business is finally picking up, but now this happened. I am afraid we will have to start


    looking for new jobs again.”


    “Exactly! I heard that the head office is rich and powerful, and they don’t care about how much a small


    hotel like ours would make. The senior staff might not even think about wasting time in handling this


    matter. The easiest way to fix this would just be to shut the hotel down.”


    “Ugh! We are going to be unemployed. It’s terrible. I finally got a job - The sry and welfare are


    decent. With this ident happening, I would just be out of work again soon.”


    Several receptionists in the hotel got together and gossiped before shift-changing. I couldn’t help but


    eavesdrop more. It was true that in a small town like the HL Area, there weren’t many bigpanies.


    There were basically just factories and some small shops.


    This resort hotel wasparatively big, and the sry was much higher than others. If it got shut down


    now, I would have to


    find a new job soon.


    I was afraid that I wouldn’t find a new job with over three thousand a month so easily. I couldn’t help but


    sigh. I was so close


    to finally being able to make a little more sry each month. When this happened, I was out of luck!


    Nathan walked in and saw the few receptionists sighing, he frowned, “You might as well think about


    how to do your current job well when you have time to worry about the unknown here.”


    The receptionists got yelled at by him and scattered away.


    Nathan walked up to me, saw me staring at theputer screen in a daze, and said, “What do you


    have in mind? We are getting off work soon. Shall we pick up rie and Joey togetherter?”


    I nodded. But then I remembered I had to finish some spreadsheets for a while, I immediately shook


    my head, “Can you do me a favor and pick up rie Bear for me? I still have some work to do.


    Thanks!”


    Seeing the unfinished spreadsheet on myputer screen, Nathan smiled and left without saying


    much.


    As soon Nathan left, the few receptionists started gossiping again. But this time, they were talking


    about me.


    Antonia Gilbert stared at me with a displeased look, “ra, you were just a cleaningdy. How did you


    be the person in


    charge of the two most leisurely positions in our hotel? How did you pull it off?”


    Her voice was sarcastic, and someone just joined her in mocking me, “You are right! ra, can you


    share the secret to your sess in getting an eleration in your career? We are still young and


    would love to learn from your experience, you know.


    You are an experienced woman who still looks gorgeous. Is it your working experience or your ttering


    skills?”


    Antonia sneered and said with disdain, “I don’t think it was her toadying skills. Maybe Ms. ra is


    experienced in bed. You know, room service! I heard that women are like cougars in their thirties and


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    forties. It seems that Mr.


    Nathan can’t escape the charm of a grown cougar mom, right? It’s indeed easier to climb all the way up


    to her career''s sess by climbing into our boss’s bed, isn’t it?”


    I looked at these receptionists and listened to their speaking ill of me in my face.


    I couldn''t help but think that being young was amazing - They didn’t seem to care about if what they


    had said would sound rude, or even worse, would hurt the ones they had said these to.


    My eyes fell on the boiled water that was poured into the cup on the table, I stood up and walked up to


    Antonia. I was not angry, but my tone was cold, “Indeed, I’m already thirty, but I’m only four or five


    years older than you. I was thinking about what I had been like when I was your age?”


    I raised my eyebrows and continued, “At that time, I just got married and got my first job ever in my life.


    The workce at that time was much moreplicated than it is now. Of course, I have met amazing


    women that were more experienced and more senior than I was. They were all in higher-ranking


    positions. But all I could think about then was to work hard and hopefully one day soon I would be like


    one of them, instead of how to attack them with a mean and rude speech!”


    “Looking at the way you are now, I suddenly feel so grateful for my family - They raised me to be


    respectful, ssy, and well-educated. They’ve taught me to see the good in people, to work hard, and


    be one of those people that others would look up to, instead of being shallow and rude. And Ms.


    Gilbert, your manner is beyond eptable!”


    Antonia just needed to be taught a lesson.


    After all, she was young and immature. Hearing my harsh words, she got mad and raised her hand


    immediately, trying to hit me.


    I had matured out from the innocence in my twenties. I raised my hand to stop her from hitting me, then


    picked up the water cup on my table and sshed the water in it right at her delicate little face.


    “Ms. Gilbert, next time when you try to make yourself look good by trash-talking others, think twice


    before you let those meaningless words out of your mouth. Or you would get nothing but trouble.”


    Saying so, I was no longer in the mood to finish the spreadsheet. I went straight out of the office.


    “Aargh!” Antonia yelled with anger, “ra Kennedy, you skank! This is not over.”


    I ignored the noise of her freaking out in anger behind me, and went straight back to my yard.


    Nathan picked up rie Bear back from the kindergarten. The little guy liked to follow me aroundtely.


    Probably because of me getting sick in the hospitalst time, she had been worried about me. So she


    always followed behind me, for the fear that something bad would happen to me again.


    During the dinner, Nathan suddenly looked at me and said, “Tomorrow, a developer in City P wille


    to the hotel and stay for a few days. You are his receptionist and you need to arrange his itinerary for


    the next few days in the HL Area. The hotel just had an ident, and ording to what the senior staff


    has said, the developer should be taking over the hotel afterward.”


    I was a bit stunned, and asked with confusion, “What would the developer take over the hotel for?”


    Nathan smiled, “There is basically wastnd near the hotel. And honestly, the purpose of these


    developers is not to run the  hotel! better, but to n the area near the hotel. The HL Area has


    developed well in the past two years, with natural scenery spots and arge foreign poption. It''ll


    probably take only a year or two for it to turn into a small tourism city.”


    That was true. The HL Area wasn’t big, but there was invaluable beautiful natural scenery. Especially


    every year in spring, rapeseed flowers would flourish all over this small town as if it was surrounded by


    a sea of flowers.


    In addition, there were many natural waterfalls and ethnic minorities nearby this small town. Now more


    and more people in big cities were thinking of retirements in a small city with a beautiful environment,


    the HL Area would indeed be an excellent choice.