Gate of Memories (I)

  Everyone who heard the sound rushed over in surprise and was stunned by what they saw, too frightened to speak.

  Sparkling and dazzling, with countless crystal glasses hanging between the shelves...

  Jiang Tiankuai held Tang Ke Xin tightly in his arms, with a cold face and together they stretched out their hands, holding the white jade champagne cup. The strong aura emanating from his body surrounded her tightly, just like three years ago!!

  Tang Ke Xin was so nervous that she leaned into his arms, afraid to speak stiffly, and only held the champagne glass tightly in her hand, looking at his fingers, which were tightly attached to her own fingers. The ring on his index finger sparkled with a domineering color, and she couldn't help but think of the woman he had waited for that night many years ago after he had forcibly kissed her!

  Jiang Tiankuai's facial expression was tense, his hands clenched into fists, his eyes slightly lowered, gazing at the girl leaning against his chest...

  Tang Ke Xin took a deep breath, gripping the champagne glass tightly in her hand, swallowing hard to quench the dryness in her throat, and subconsciously lowered her head to avoid his gaze.

  Jiang Tiankuai's beast-like eyes reflected a strong light, and he lowered his head in confusion, trying to get a clear look at the girl in front of him...

  Tang Ke Xin felt his firm face approaching her right cheek, and even sensed the sensual heat of his breath, she was so scared that her heart almost jumped out as she turned her face to avoid his gaze...

  Jiang Tiankuai felt her fear and evasion, so he slightly retracted his gaze, but still held her tightly, asking in a low voice: "Who are you? Why are you so careless?"

  "I..." Tang Ke Xin suddenly felt a chill run down her spine...

  "President!!" Chen Manhong suddenly came over, tensely forcing a smile on her face, and said: "She's the new employee in the wine department, it's her first day of work today. Because she's timid and inexperienced, please forgive her! She's so careless with her work, I'll definitely give her a good scolding later!"

  Jiang Tiankuang's eyes flashed sharply and he said slightly suspiciously: "A staff member from the wine shop? Turn around!"

  Tang Ke Xin was shocked, her eyes wide with fear as she stared at the cup in front of her, reflecting Jiang Tian Kuai's cold and ruthless face, just like it had been all those years ago. Her heart trembled with fear, three years of hardships and setbacks had once dealt a blow to her confidence. She had finally managed to walk out of that cold warehouse, grasping onto a thread of hope, this job was something she had worked hard to get, so close to the red wine, so close to the hotel, so close to her father's expectations. Her eyes trembled with tears as she understood that if she turned back now, she would once again have nothing...

  Jiang Tiankuai still stared tightly at her back!

  Tang Ke Xin's tears rolled down, and in desperation, she grasped the cup holder. She had just thought of turning around when a flurry of panicked footsteps came from outside, leaving her stunned.

  "Director!" Dong Ying rushed in anxiously and said to Jiang Tiankuai, "The Premier has arrived ahead of schedule and is now heading towards the Cui Zhu Xuan!"

  Jiang Tiankuai's face slightly turned sideways as he looked at Dongying and said, "So soon?"

  Dong Ying nodded immediately and said: "Because Miss Su Ling suddenly felt a bit unwell, possibly due to catching a chill from going out to sea earlier, so the Premier is extremely anxious about this matter and arrived ahead of schedule!"

  Jiang Tiankuai's eyes drooped slightly, and he thought for a moment before silently leaving the wine room with Laurence.

  Lawrence left with a smile and said to Jiang Tiankuai: "You suddenly came today, scaring all these kids half to death, almost knocking over the cup..."

  Jiang Tiankuai's face floated with a smile, and he glanced at Tang Kexin's still trembling back before walking out of the dining hall with Lawrence. Before leaving, he turned around to say to Chen Manhong and Cao Yingjie: "Today was very enjoyable at Yuzun, thank you for your hard work."

  "Thank you for the compliment, President! We will continue to work hard!" Chen Manhong and Cao Yingjie bowed simultaneously to express their gratitude.

  Jiang Tiankuai didn't say much more, just slightly raised his hand and walked into the elevator with Lawrence. Dongying led three secretaries to immediately accompany him by his side and pressed the elevator door close button!

  Chen Manhong and Cao Yingjie stood in the center of the elevator, bowed their heads respectfully and said: "President, slow down!"

  Jiang Tiankuai slightly nodded. 14887356

  The elevator doors slowly closed!

  Chen Manhong suddenly lifted her head, looking at the tightly closed door, and let out a sigh of relief. But then she immediately thought of the thrilling scene between Jiang Tiankuai and Tang Kexin earlier, and her anger flared up again. She turned around and walked into the wine room, where she saw Tang Kexin slumped on the ground like a deflated balloon, without any strength left, with cold sweat still beading on his forehead. Chen Manhong let out an impatient sigh, then looked at Tang Kexin unkindly and said: "I really don't know if keeping you here is right or wrong! You made me nervous all day today! I hope that after this matter is over, everything will calm down. If not, no one can protect you!! Remember! If you want to stay here safely, be more careful!"

  Tang Ke Xin was still shaken, listening to these words, and looked up apologetically. Chen Man Hong had already left the wine room in a huff. Earlier, Jiang Tian Kuai's noble identity swept through the wine room like a typhoon, calming down just as suddenly. However, she couldn't shake off the lingering fear of thinking about Jiang Tian Kuai entering the wine room with everyone surrounding him, exuding an air of royalty. And to think that she had such an encounter with him three years ago was utterly shocking.

  She let out a deep sigh, leaned against the back of the chair, closed her eyes and tried to calm down for a moment... with some unease.

  Someone patted me on the shoulder!

  "Ah!" Tang Ke Xin suddenly fell beside the cup holder, lifted her head, and saw that it was Xiao Rou, staring at her with wide eyes, looking foolish. She let out a heavy sigh of relief, wiping the sweat from her forehead, saying: "You scared me to death."

  Xiao Rou's face was tense with a serious and solemn expression as she crouched beside Tang Ke Xin, staring at her like she was some kind of freak!

  Tang Ke Xin turned her face and saw Xiao Rou's strange gaze, so she stretched out her hand with a bit of apprehension to gently stroke the bangs on her left cheek, worried that she might have discovered something...

  "Who... are you?" Xiao Rou asked in a low voice, looking at Tang Ke Xin with an air of mystery.

  Tang Ke Xin widened her eyes, looking at Xiao Rou with a bit of caution, wondering if she knew something. Despite being worried, she still smiled calmly and said: "I... I'm Ke Xin... Liu deputy manager found this job for me... Didn't you know?"

  "Impossible!" Xiaorou immediately stared at Tang Ke Xin, and then foolishly said: "You just understood so much, why are you here counting cups? I was scared to death earlier, this question, ordinary people can't answer it! How did you know? You must not be an ordinary person!"

  Tang Ke Xin turned her face and looked at Xiao Rou's stubborn, tight and silly expression. She couldn't help but smile a little and said: "That problem is very simple..."

  Xiao Rou took a deep breath of cold air and stared at her, shocked speechless!

  Tang Ke Xin looked at Xiao Rou with a bit of helplessness and said: "The year of that champagne, was when the manager took me to the wine area today, I took a glance and remembered it... then... isn't the information about that champagne on our office desk? I took a look while counting the cups today, very memorable!"

  Xiao Rou was stunned for a moment, then looked at Tang Ke Xin and said in surprise: "You only saw it once and you remembered it!"

  "Really..." Tang Ke Xin looked at Xiao Rou's trusting expression, and smiled again: "It's not many years, and a long time of data, it's easy to remember!"

  "My goodness! You're amazing!! You saved all of us!" Xiao Rou almost worshipped Tang Ke Xin like a god, and she quickly sat down beside her, then whispered: "Just now, if it wasn't for you, I would have been in trouble! Don't worry, I won't take credit for this. Later, I'll tell the manager that you were the one who answered the question, and it has nothing to do with me! Let the manager reward you well!!"

  "No!" Tang Ke Xin immediately stopped Xiao Rou, saying somewhat nervously: "Absolutely not! Because I'm just reading from the materials, there's nothing worth praising. Moreover, when I came to work here, the manager instructed me not to interfere with other departments' business. If I do, either I or the other party will be punished!"

  Xiao Rou was frightened and stared at Tang Ke Xin with wide eyes, lowering her voice to say: "Really?"

  "Uh-huh!" Tang Ke Xin looked at her like that and immediately held back her laughter, nodding!

  "I won't say anything!!" Xiao Rou hastily agreed, but then looked at Tang Ke Xin with a grateful smile and said: "You really are our benefactor! You're the benefactor of our restaurant! All of us have gotten raises and vacations because of you!! You're really amazing! To thank you, from now on I'll wash all the cups in this wine room!"

  Tang Ke Xin was slightly surprised and lost her smile, looking at Xiao Rou this honest and lovely colleague, said: "You wiped it?"

  "Uh-huh!" Xiaorou immediately nodded and said: "My mom says, if someone does you a favor as small as a drop of water, you should repay them with a gushing spring! And how much have we benefited from your kindness?! Moreover, the work here isn't even tedious! Don't worry, I'll definitely help you keep this secret safe and sound, so you can live a carefree life here!"

  Tang Ke Xin's heart warmed up as she looked at Xiao Rou's lovely and kind appearance, and she smiled sincerely: "Thank you."

  "Don't be polite!" Xiao Rou immediately raised her small mouth, smiled sweetly, and took out a candy from the small pocket of her uniform, saying: "I'll treat you to candy today, after I get paid, I'll take you out for a big meal!"

  Tang Ke Xin raised her head slightly, glanced at the monitor, and then whispered: "There's a monitor here. I looked at the employee manual earlier, we're not allowed to eat things."

  "Don't worry! We've actually studied this, the position we're sitting in is just out of sight of the monitor! So we often hide here and sneak food!" Xiao Rou smiled smugly, then handed a piece of candy to Tang Ke Xin's mouth and said: "From now on I'll listen to your orders, you tell me what to do and I'll do it!"

  Tang Ke Xin couldn't help but smile and had to bite down on the Swiss chocolate before softly asking, "You're told to do something, so you just do it?"

  "Uh-huh!" Xiao Rou nodded quickly again, looking at Tang Ke Xin's oval face with a goose egg-like complexion, especially her big eyes, which sparkled and were very lively and romantic. She couldn't help but think of the scene just now and leaned in close to Tang Ke Xin, saying: "Were you scared just now?"

  Tang Ke Xin didn't understand what he meant and just chewed on that Swiss candy, asking: "Afraid of what?"

  Xiao Rou looked at Tang Ke Xin again and exclaimed in surprise: "When the cup fell down, it was so thrilling! I heard that cup, one of them costs 3,000 yuan!"

  Tang Ke Xin listened and remained silent, lowering her head with a faint smile.

  Xiao Rou suddenly grabbed Ke Xin's arm, tense and excitedly saying: "You have no idea!! When that cup fell earlier, we were all so nervous, thinking you hadn't caught it and that you were done for! Who knew the CEO would rush up, swiftly and manly embracing you, and together with you catching the cup!! How romantic!"

  Tang Ke Xin was speechless and turned her head to look at this person.

  Xiao Rou's face showed a silly expression, and she leaned in close to Tang Ke Xin, her voice filled with excitement as she asked: "Did you feel your heart racing just now? Do you know that he is the most handsome man in our Asian hotel?! He is the dream lover of all us female colleagues!!"

  Tang Ke Xin couldn't help but think of three years ago, on a certain dark night, he held himself in his arms, the feeling of being forcefully kissed, at that time, and now, was the same, overbearing, plundering, numb...

  "Why aren't you saying anything?" Xiao Rou looked at Tang Ke Xin and asked strangely.

  Tang Ke Xin just smiled faintly, lowered her head and said in a slightly dull tone: "I'm not used to dreaming, especially some illusory dreams... someone like the president isn't something people like us can fantasize about..."

  Xiao Rou said with great enthusiasm: "Don't worry, you look so beautiful and are so smart, in the future at our hotel, you will definitely have a bright future!"

  Tang Ke Xin's eyes sparkled, thinking of herself in the past three years, wandering from one dark workplace to another, with no one willing to hire a disfigured girl, except for underground warehouses or perhaps some shoe store's odd jobs. Even on rainy nights, she would carry boxes of shoes, drenched and shivering, while everyone else had gone home, alone with a hair dryer, blowing dry pair after pair of wet shoes. Those were lonely nights, days of red wine, getting further and further away from herself...

  Xiao Rou continued to stare at her, slightly dazed and asked: "Why aren't you speaking?"

  Tang Ke Xin didn't make a sound, she just lowered her head and smiled slightly before looking at Xiao Rou and saying in a somewhat weak tone: "I'm only worried that the manager will be mad at me. She must have been furious with the mistake I made earlier!"

  "Pffft!" Xiaorou suddenly covered her mouth and burst out laughing!

  "What's so funny?" Tang Ke Xin looked at Xiao Rou and asked strangely.

  Xiao Rou couldn't help but laugh smugly and say: "Don't look at the manager scolding people fiercely all the time, but she's actually very kind to people! In her life, there is only one enemy! Apart from that person, she won't hate or get angry with anyone!"

  "Who is it?" Tang Ke Xin looked at Xiao Rou with some curiosity and asked.