The Billionaire's Partner
By Pearl Mulberry
Date: September 3, 2024
Ch. 3A gift


She sighed, got up, and put half her fried noodles into the older man's bowl. She also gave him two pieces of roast beef. Scarlett lowered her head, seeing the older man slowly walking away while eating meat.

'This portion is not enough for me.' Scarlett thought sadly.

Half a serving of fried noodles cannot fill the stomach of a nearly 20-year-old woman. Scarlett touched her unsatisfied stomach and gnawed the meat in the lunchbox clean.

She even licked the rest of the dust in the box. There is a saying that a young person's appetite suddenly increases due to physical need. Moreover, that is quite true.

On the day Kristin left, Scarlett missed her very much. Scarlett thought of roast pork, milk tea, and beef steak meat.

Scarlett got up and threw the box into the trash. Scarlett took a deep breath and prepared to head back to the hotel to sleep.

Recently, the production crew was rushed. The following two days were her shooting schedule to match Kristin's schedule.

She took two steps and could not help but look back at the street where the popular snack stalls were. She wanted to return for a noodle soup with fragrant beef chunks.

Unfortunately, she only had a little money, so Scarlett should not spend it just for snacks in the middle of the night.

The streetlight pulled Scarlett's shadow into a long, lonely shadow to the black car parked by the side of the road. The shadow shook and followed its owner slowly.

The black car window slowly descended. The window rose again after the black shadow completely disappeared in the corner.

"Master, you haven't eaten for ten hours."

"Hmm." The man sitting in the back of the car is a shadow. Only the white hand was visible in the yellow light of the street lamp. Then, the hand immediately returned to the darkness. The car is quiet again.

Two days later, Scarlett's manager, Frank, dragged a large suitcase and approached the crew. He acts as Scarlett's assistant and has quick hands, feet, and a sweet mouth. Whenever a crew member shared a snack, he helped Scarlett get his share.

Kristin's vacation ended today, and the staff's mood was slightly low. They hated this life, where they had to keep smiling. That is hard. So, as soon as Kristin entered the crew, Scarlett was the first person to greet her warmly.

"Kristin's sister is back."

"Kristin's sister has worked hard." Scarlett ran to Kristin while Frank moved some plastic stools behind him. Then he asked Kristin's assistant to sit down.

"Scarlett, during the two days I was shooting the commercial, the company provided support products," Kristin asked her assistant to give Scarlett a box of chocolates.

"Take it and eat slowly. If that's not enough, I still have more at home." Kristin was satisfied with the thought that she started shooting commercials while Scarlett was still unknown.

Kristin probably would not believe that so much high-calorie chocolate could not make Scarlett fat.

"Thank you, Kristin Sister, you are a good woman." Scarlett took the box filled with chocolates and looked into Kristin's eyes happily, which looked like there was a shining star.

Kristin felt a little guilty facing this gaze.

She turned her head to avoid Scarlett's line of sight and snorted. She closed her eyes so she would never see Scarlett again.

Frank saw the chocolate in Scarlett's hand and opened his mouth to say something. Then he saw the smile on Scarlett's face and fell silent again. Scarlett was taken out by him so that no one knew better than him how much Scarlett was afraid of starving.

The days passed, and filming was almost over. Scarlett also finally celebrated her 20th birthday. The crew was busy and chaotic with shooting, so no one remembered the woman's birthday.

After filming ended in the evening, Frank dragged Scarlett out to eat her favorite spaghetti.

"Scarlett, I apologize to you. I said I would take you out to live a good life. I did not expect the company to close." Frank placed the small cookie box on the table and pushed it before Scarlett. He opened the package, enthusiastically set one candle on it, then lit it, "Happy twentieth birthday."

"Thank you, Brother Frank." Scarlett scratched her head, then added, "Brother Frank, do not worry about what you say. If not for you, I would have lived a worse life than now."

Frank smiled bitterly, "Come on, make a wish before blowing out the candles."

Scarlett thought seriously with her hands together, silently making a request. She hoped Brother Frank would not lose his job and that they could eat a lot in the future.

Frank only ate a little cake, and the rest went into Scarlett's stomach. They left the ordinary restaurant and saw a high-end restaurant nearby with many beautiful flower baskets.

Seeing this, Frank could not help but turn to look at Scarlett.

"Brother Frank." Scarlett pointed, "There is someone over there selling balloons." She finished speaking and running.

Frank followed and heard Scarlett haggling with the seller. A minute later, Scarlett gets a balloon that initially costs five to two dollars.

"I am happy." Scarlett tied the balloon properly to her wrist.

"This bodes well for my future. I will be able to eat countless delicious dishes."

The orphanage had only one TV for a child, and Scarlett and the other kids loved watching cartoons the most. Everyone is drooling, watching dishes in cartoons, and dreaming about eating good food when growing up. To make this dream come true, Scarlett needs to make more money.

"You are right." Frank patted Scarlett on the shoulder, "That will come true once you are popular." He stared at the uneven color of the balloon, indicating that it was a very cheap product, and felt a glimmer of hope for the future.

What if that happened?

That evening, the state news media released a roadside CCTV video on Twitter. In the video, a young woman gives half her food to a homeless older man. After distributing the food, the young woman sat back in her chair and looked hungry.

The official state news media sent this video to promote human kindness. Unexpectedly, many netizens continued to discuss it.

[Liking visual people: The video is not HD, and I cannot see the younger sister's appearance. Still, my intuition tells me that this is a beautiful young woman]

[Rose flower: Watching that little sister sit alone to eat, I felt a little depressed. She looks so young]

[A hard worker: Was not I the only one who noticed the little sister licking the meat-filled box? There is an urge to give her food]

[Lily at night: After watching this video, I immediately grabbed my picky eater brother at the restaurant and hit him]



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