Shen Qiu was startled for a moment, then raised his head and saw Zhao Lian standing beside him with a smile on her face.
“Your coffee.”
"Thanks."
Shen Qiu replied with a smile.
Zhao Lian was just about to open her mouth to talk to Shen Qiu when Huang Li, who was sitting inside, suddenly shouted.
"Waiter, give us two free cups of coffee, with more milk and sugar, and not too bitter. Do you have anything else for free?"
"Ma'am, coffee isn't free."
Zhao Lian was slightly startled, then responded politely.
"It's not free. That's impossible. He was sitting next to me the whole time and I didn't see him paying or buying anything."
Huang Li was immediately unhappy.
"Look, we are friends, and I paid for his drink. If you need it, you have to buy extra."
Zhao Lian explained very politely.
"We know each other."
Shen Qiu also spoke at this time.
"Tsk, if it's not free, then it's not free. It's just a cup of coffee, how much is it?"
Huang Li asked arrogantly.
"500 Alliance Coins per cup. Would you like two cups?"
Zhao Lian asked politely.
"500 a cup? So expensive?"
Huang Li's face changed. The price was a little beyond her expectations.
"We have a unified price, you can rest assured."
Zhao Lian replied very professionally.
"500 for a cup of coffee. How could you be so kind as to treat him to such an expensive cup of coffee? I don't believe it. You must have taken advantage of your position and secretly provided it to him."
Huang Li's expression changed immediately.
When Shen Qiu heard this, his face twitched slightly and his eyes turned cold. He wanted to confront her.
But she still held back, because it would be fun to confront him, but the consequences would be serious. These two people were so mean, if they went back and complained to Xiaolian maliciously, she would be in trouble.
"Exactly. Are you so generous? There must be something fishy going on."
Not only did Sun Li not dissuade his wife, but he also started to question her.
Zhao Lian was also stunned, and then explained.
"That's right. We employees all have our own free quotas. This was exchanged for my own free quota."
"You already have a free quota, so why can you give it to him but not to us? We don't want more, just give him one cup and give us one cup, that's all."
Huang Li became even more confident.
Zhao Lian didn't know how to answer for a moment and was a little hesitant.
Shen Qiu said at this time.
"I'll give you this cup, okay?"
"We don't want your cup, we want a new one."
Huang Li said with disdain.
At this time, a young man sitting in the front couldn't help but turned his head and said.
"I've seen thick-skinned people, but I've never seen anyone this thick-skinned."
"None of your business."
Huang Li started yelling immediately.
Seeing that a quarrel was about to break out, Zhao Lian quickly spoke up.
"Ma'am, calm down. I'll get you a drink. Please wait a moment."
"That's more like it."
Huang Li's expression softened when she saw Zhao Lian had given in.
Zhao Lian left immediately, and soon she came back with a cup of hot coffee and handed it to the middle-aged woman.
“Your coffee.”
Huang Li also took it proudly.
Shen Qiu then picked up the backpack with one hand and put it on his back, holding the coffee and said to Zhao Lian.
"Let's go talk over there."
"OK!"
Zhao Lian replied with a smile.
Shen Qiu then walked towards the connection between the carriages with Zhao Lian, and he said to Zhao Lian with a smile.
"I didn't expect you to work on the train and we met by chance."
"I'm also surprised. Are you going to the City of Sunken Stars?"
Zhao Lian replied in a very good mood, seemingly not affected at all by what had just happened.
"Yeah, I'm going to do something and will be back soon. By the way, that cup of coffee must have cost you a lot."
"How could that be? I have a free quota. But thank goodness you didn't argue with her, otherwise I would be in trouble."
Zhao Lian responded in a relaxed and cheerful tone.
In fact, Shen Qiu saw through Zhao Lian's cover-up at a glance. This coffee is so expensive and the free quota benefits are limited.
If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a cup for everyone to refresh themselves.
The cup that Zhao Lian gave to herself was her quota, but the one she gave to the woman was paid for out of her own pocket.
"I know, that's why I didn't argue with her. By the way, I haven't thanked you yet. It was thanks to you that I was taken care of during my last hospitalization."
Shen Qiu replied with a smile.
"Huang Dan told you, that guy is really loose-lipped. Actually, I didn't do anything, I just accompanied him for a while."
"Haha, with that kind of mouth of his, do you expect him to be strict?"
"Too."
Zhao Lian smiled and responded.
"By the way, is it okay to work here?"
"It's pretty good. Although it's a bit tiring, it's decent and the pay is good."
"That's fine."
Shen Qiu nodded.
"Shen Qiu, how about you? Are you okay lately? Are you still single?"
Zhao Lian tried to use a natural and relaxed tone to chat with Shen Qiu. However, her eyes still looked elsewhere uncontrollably, not daring to look directly at Shen Qiu.
"It's OK. There's just a lot to do, and I'm used to being alone."
Shen Qiu didn't care and replied subconsciously.
While the two were chatting, several of Ling Fei's sisters came over and said with a look of surprise.
"Zhao Lian, you are here. Who is this?"
Shen Qiu turned his head and saw several tall, young and beautiful female flight attendants walking towards him with smiles.
"This is my friend Shen Qiu. We grew up in an orphanage."
"Brothers and sisters."
Ling Fei said with a smile.
Zhao Lian also quickly introduced Shen Qiu: "This is Ling Fei, and Jia Jia, Lin Zhu, and A Xiao, they are all my colleagues and best friends."
"Hello."
Shen Qiu replied politely.
"Mr. Shen Qiu, what do you do?"
Ling Fei asked with a smile.
"Well, I'm currently working as an external editor in a large company."
Shen Qiu thought for a moment and said.
"Wow, it's a big company, the salary must be very high."
"Not bad, 5,000 Alliance Coins a month."
"5,000?"
Ling Fei and the others were stunned. You know, their basic salary, not including bonuses, is 9,000 a month, and after taking all the miscellaneous things into account, it is 13,000.
"5,000 is pretty good. I make about that, and I often have to switch between day and night shifts."
Zhao Lian spoke before Ling Fei and the others, smiling.
Seeing Zhao Lian say this, Ling Fei and others didn't know what to say.
At this time, a young man who was dressed in a blue shirt, a black jacket, and a gold watch and looked very energetic came over, followed by two big men wearing sunglasses.
"Ling Fei, you are here."
"I'm here to chat with my sisters. Let me introduce you to my boyfriend, Mo Chi."
Ling Fei reached out and took Mo Chi's arm and introduced him.
"Wow, Ling Fei, your boyfriend is so handsome!"
When Jia Jia saw it, her eyes lit up and she praised in surprise.
"No, it's just that I know a little bit about dressing, so I look more pleasing to the eye."
Mo Chi smiled and waved his hand in response.
"You are not just good at dressing! Apart from anything else, this watch of yours could be that Baifei."
Ah Xiao said with a smile.
"It's not worth much, just a decorative watch."