ATLAS TRANSLATES

At 10 am the next day, Jiang Zhi Chun arrived at the Sway Hotel.

She entered the lobby and asked the receptionist: “Where is your lobby manager?”

The receptionist saw she was well-dressed, everything from accessories to clothes and shoes and bags were Chanel. Feeling this was a guest who could not be offended, he pondered and then told her: “Our manager is in a meeting, please wait a moment, I’ll get the supervisor.”

The receptionist called over Xu Mi Yu.

Xu Mi Yu looked over the girl in front of her. Full Chanel set plus body, young and beautiful, long hair draped over her shoulders. Her temperament and speech were the kind of noble elegance cultivated from growing up in favorable conditions.

She smiled and greeted her, asking how she could be of help.

Jiang Zhi Chun looked at Xu Mi Yu and said: “I’m here looking for your hotel owner Ji Feng. Take me upstairs.” She paused, then hesitantly added another sentence, “But if you’re only a supervisor, do you have access to go upstairs?” As she spoke, she laughed, “That’s why I said I wanted to directly find your manager.”

The receptionist beside helpfully laughed and answered Jiang Zhi Chun: “What you don’t know is that actually even our manager doesn’t have access upstairs, but our supervisor Xu does.”

Jiang Zhi Chun immediately looked at Xu Mi Yu again. Letting out a soft “oh?” she then said: “Then please take me up.”

Xu Mi Yu apologetically said: “May I please contact upstairs first, is that okay?”

Jiang Zhi Chun was slightly unhappy, but her good manners made her immediately rein in the unhappiness. She smiled at Xu Mi Yu saying: “Of course, not just anyone saying they’re going up to find Ji Feng can go up. You go ahead and confirm with upstairs first then.”

Xu Mi Yu felt this girl was really not simple, speaking in an impeccable manner, yet seemingly implying other meanings —— as if saying she didn’t recognize Mount Tai.

Xu Mi Yu immediately contacted Xue Rui, saying a Miss Jiang had come visiting.

Before she could finish speaking, Xue Rui hurriedly said: “Oh right, a Miss Jiang is coming to find Boss Ji today, I was busy with other things yesterday and forgot to inform your front desk. Sister Mi Yu, please help bring the person up now, I’m accompanying Boss in a video meeting and can’t get away to come down.”

Xu Mi Yu responded with an “okay”. In a flash, she caught a detail in what Xue Rui said —— according to him, if Ji Feng wasn’t in a video meeting now, they might have personally come down to receive this Miss Jiang themselves.

She silently looked over this Miss Jiang again, confirming once more, she was no ordinary person. Suddenly she thought, perhaps in the future she might become Ji Feng’s wife.

She immediately became even more respectful, striving to serve this potential future boss’s wife well.

She led this Miss Jiang into the VIP dedicated elevator, swiping for the top floor.

In the elevator, standing behind Jiang Zhi Chun, Xu Mi Yu continued silently sizing up this Miss Jiang.

Looking at the figure in front of her, she clearly sensed that she and the other party were not people of the same world. She walked on soil, growing up with her feet on the ground. While this Miss Jiang was delicate, beautiful, spotless, possessing aloof nobility far removed from the hardships of the mortal world.

The elevator reached the top floor, the doors opened, and Xu Mi Yu led Jiang Zhi Chun out, walking to the suite entrance.

This Miss Jiang and Ji Feng were people of the same world.

While she was not.

After recognizing the gap between herself and these people once more, Xu Mi Yu silently told herself deep down, don’t have even a shred of improper thoughts between herself and these people. Don’t think anyone would look upon her differently, she should just live her days properly with her feet on the ground.

Thinking this, she had arrived at the suite entrance. After knocking and opening the door, she smilingly told Ji Feng and Xue Rui inside: I’ve brought Miss Jiang up.

Then she stepped aside, letting Miss Jiang elegantly and beautifully like a swan walk into the room.

She saw Ji Feng ending the video call.

She saw after Jiang Zhi Chun walked in, her temperament subtly changed, from the previous aloofness to becoming soft and delicate.

Once inside the suite, Miss Jiang looked left and right, full of curiosity poking her head around everywhere: “Wow! This suite is too amazing! You can see the view of almost the entire city from these windows! Heavens, I’ve been to many countries on tours, stayed at many hotels, but never stayed in a room this great, the view is awesome!” As she spoke she turned to look at Ji Feng, excited, the faint flush on her beautiful face deepened again, “Can I come often from now on?”

She blinked her eyes, looking at Ji Feng full of expectation.

Xu Mi Yu silently and quietly closed the door from outside.

Ji Feng inadvertently glanced towards the door. He narrowed his eyes slightly.

He watched as Xu Mi Yu seemed to be on mute, leaving without even saying goodbye. Simply outrageous.

He turned his gaze back to look at Jiang Zhi Chun, meeting her expectant eyes.

What did she ask just now?

Oh right, if she could come often.

He nodded at her.

“When I’m not busy, you can.”

From that day onwards, Xu Mi Yu discovered that Jiang Zhi Chun really did come to the hotel often as she said.

Sometimes she stayed for a long time, even having dinner with Ji Feng and Xue Rui before leaving. When Ji Feng was free he would personally send her off, but most times he was busy, so he would arrange for a driver to send her home.

Now many people at the hotel knew that there was a beautiful, noble young miss who was the love interest of Ji Feng. They gossiped and guessed whether this Miss Jiang would become the future Mrs. Ji in the future.

Every time Jiang Zhi Chun came, it was Xu Mi Yu’s responsibility to take her upstairs. After taking her up several times, this Miss Jiang asked her in the VIP elevator: “How did you get access cards to go up and down the top floor?”

Xu Mi Yu answered her: “So I can conveniently bring up documents and such, Assistant Xue gave me a card.”

Jiang Zhi Chun tilted her head, looking thoughtfully at her and said: “From what you’re saying, it doesn’t seem too difficult to get a card. Then I’ll ask him for one today too, so I don’t need to trouble you to take me up every time I come.”

Xu Mi Yu replied with a polite smile.

She actually hoped she didn’t need to take Jiang Zhi Chun upstairs every time.

She didn’t know what bug had bitten Ji Feng, after she took Jiang Zhi Chun up the second time, she was berated by Ji Feng for no reason, saying she was arrogant, not asking for instructions whether coming up or going down.

So she had no choice but to specially call out and report to Ji Feng after sending off Jiang Zhi Chun each time: Boss, I’m going back down since there’s nothing else.

Sometimes Ji Feng was in a good mood, directly letting her go downstairs. Other times he was in a bad mood, telling her: “Who said there’s nothing else? Didn’t you see I’m in a meeting? Stay here and chat with Miss Jiang to entertain her.”

Then she had no choice but to awkwardly keep Jiang Zhi Chun company. But she could feel that Jiang Zhi Chun didn’t want her company either.

She felt extremely uncomfortable caught between these two people.

It would be liberating if Jiang Zhi Chun could get an access card.

But the next day when Jiang Zhi Chun came again, she still asked Xu Mi Yu to lead the way.

In the elevator, Jiang Zhi Chun looked at her and laughed. Her laugh contained some profound, unfathomable meaning.

“Yesterday I asked your Ji Boss for a card for the VIP elevator to the top floor. Guess what he said?”

Xu Mi Yu smiled and shook her head.

Jiang Zhi Chun recalled asking Ji Feng for an access card yesterday. She thought that even a front desk supervisor could have one, so she as the future quasi-girlfriend should definitely be able to have one.

So she said to Ji Feng: “Can you give me an access card? That way I can come up by myself next time, instead of troubling Supervisor Xu every time.”

But Ji Feng frowned and bluntly told her: “What, her coming up to see me is troublesome to her? She’s just a supervisor for now and already putting on such airs?”

Jiang Zhi Chun was slightly stunned for a moment. Ji Feng’s focus seemed a bit off.

She pulled the focus back: “After all, Supervisor Xu is the front office supervisor, not the suite housekeeper upstairs. Having her take me up and down means she often has to leave her post right? It’s not good for her.” Trying to curry favor, she tentatively went to tug on Ji Feng’s sleeve, gently shaking it, requesting: “Then just give me a card, okay?”

But Ji Feng saw her shaking his arm, after shaking a few times he imperceptibly pulled his arm back, then directly told her: “Zhi Chun, to be honest, I’ve only given the access cards to people I trust the most for now. But we just met recently, don’t know each other well yet, still in the stage of getting to know each other. To tell the truth we’re still far from the level of trusting each other. What’s more, I’m actually a boring person, perhaps in a few days you’ll get tired of me, and won’t need the card anymore. Or perhaps after some contact and understanding each other, we’ll find we’re perfectly suited, then I’ll give you one. For now, we haven’t reached that level.”

Jiang Zhi Chun thought about Ji Feng’s blunt and straightforward manner yesterday. Her heart swelled with some sourness.

He evidently didn’t like her yet, not even to the level of having good feelings. Although she had come every day these days, he treated her as politely and rationally as a client. A man who liked a woman wouldn’t possibly be so polite and rational and blunt with her.

She looked at Xu Mi Yu, suppressing the sourness in her heart. She smiled and told Xu Mi Yu: “He actually bluntly told me that I haven’t reached the level of trust to be given an access card yet.”

Xu Mi Yu didn’t know how to respond upon hearing this. Come to think of it, such a straight male answer was indeed something Ji Feng would say.

Suddenly she saw Jiang Zhi Chun leaning close, staring at her own face.

“Turns out it’s not easy to get an access card. Ji Feng said he only gives them to people he trusts the most. Supervisor Xu, looks like you’re really not just anyone.”

The elevator reached the top floor.

Xu Mi Yu hurriedly said very self-awarely: “You praise me too much, I’m just someone who runs errands.”

Jiang Zhi Chun looked at her again, smiling once more: “It’s fine, I’ll have it soon too.”

Xu Mi Yu took Jiang Zhi Chun to the top floor suite.

When going back downstairs, she heard Xue Rui calling the kitchen to order increased portions for dinner.

She knew Jiang Zhi Chun was staying for dinner with Ji Feng and Xue Rui tonight.

Returning to the lobby, she suddenly felt a little empty.

Everyone else had people accompanying them for meals, while she had been eating alone ever since her divorce.

No family, no man, no friends either.

She suddenly realized how lonely she had made her own life. Other than work, she actually didn’t have a shred of leisure activities or social life.

This realization struck her.

She considered that perhaps she should also look for some relaxation and fun after work for herself.

She should start from tonight, she thought. What should she do after work?

But what should she do after work?

She suddenly remembered she always had a wish before the divorce, which was to go clubbing at a bar at least once. She had never gone before. When she was single she didn’t have the money or courage, after getting married her ex-husband said proper women don’t go clubbing and didn’t allow her to go.

So she never went. But from the online pictures and videos, it looked extremely lively there.

After thinking about it, she decided she might as well go clubbing at a bar tonight. To fulfill this previous wish of hers.

Screw “proper women don’t go clubbing”, words from a cheating man, what’s to believe.

Having made up her mind, nearing the end of work, Xu Mi Yu went to the front desk to ask Lu Xiao Yan and Shi Huan Huan: “Are there bars for clubbing nearby?”

Her question made both Lu Xiao Yan and Shi Huan Huan’s eyes light up.

“Sister Mi Yu, you want to go clubbing?” Lu Xiao Yan asked first, “Haven’t gone before?”

Xu Mi Yu smiled and nodded slightly embarrassed: “En, never gone before, wanted to try relaxing.”

Shi Huan Huan chimed in: “You really should relax. It’s peak tourist season recently, and groups coming one after another. You’ve been watching the lobby every day, while we get shifts and breaks, you’ve been working the frontline constantly, really tiring. You should indeed go drink and dance, relax.”

Lu Xiao Yan nodded along: “That’s right.” Then she introduced a bar to Xu Mi Yu, “The most popular bar in our city now is definitely ‘Yu Yue’. That boss lady there isn’t just super pretty, she’s also very seductive and sexy. ‘Yu Yue’ isn’t far from here, sister Mi Yu you just need to take a ten minute cab.”

Xu Mi Yu memorized the bar’s name.

Yu Yue (T/N: Night Encounter).

Really a somewhat realistic yet illusory name.

Everyone going there was having a night encounter. Not knowing who they would meet, not knowing what would happen. The unknown made this night encounter full of anticipation and charm.

Lu Xiao Yan urged Xu Mi Yu: “When you go don’t wear your uniform, go back and change first. Remember to dress sexier, otherwise you’ll seem out of place and weird there.”

Xu Mi Yu smiled and nodded: “Got it, I’ll remember.”

Shi Huan Huan was a little conflicted beside: “If Lu Xiao Yan and I didn’t make appointments to get our hair done a week in advance, we’d go to ‘Yu Yue’ with you. So you’re not too nervous for your first time there.”

Xu Mi Yu also felt she might be nervous, but she told herself, just treat this trip to “Yu Yue” as a challenge too. If she could walk boldly into “Yu Yue” tonight, relax and enjoy herself to her heart’s content, then she probably wouldn’t be nervous going to other places in the future either.

“It’s fine, I can handle it myself.” She said this to Shi Huan Huan, and also to herself.

Returning to the dorms, she started rummaging through her boxes for clothes.

She remembered she had bought a fitted black V-neck midi skirt before, very sexy yet tasteful. But after buying it and taking it home, her ex-husband didn’t allow her to wear it out, saying it showed off her figure too much. He said thinking of other people’s eyes all staring at her body made him very uncomfortable. He also told her decent housewives wouldn’t wear clothes like this. Women with a sense of shame would feel embarrassed wearing something like this outside.

At the time she was brainwashed by her ex-husband into deep shame and remorse, directly stuffing this skirt to the bottom of the box. If she didn’t plan to keep it for making a pretty dress for a future daughter, she would have thrown out this skirt.

Now she thought screw being a good woman who wouldn’t wear something like this. She finally understood now that so-called good women should or shouldn’t do this or that, were just moral shackles placed on women by insecure men. It was these men brainwashing women.

Confident men would never care if others looked at his partner’s beauty and sexiness once more.

Xu Mi Yu paused for a moment amidst rummaging through her luggage, thinking back that after the divorce she should have packed this skirt together with her other clothes in a box. She was certain she still had it, it wasn’t thrown away.

So she continued patiently searching, finally finding it in the last luggage box.

She ironed the skirt and put it on.

When she wore this skirt before, she had been slightly thinner. After properly taking care of her body recently, she had gained some weight. This bit of weight perfectly filled out the parts of the skirt that should be filled out. Her chest and hips curved out full yet firm. She did jump rope exercises everyday to keep her waist and legs tight without sagging. So the waist in the skirt was still cinched very slim.

She let down her tied up hair.

A headful of long hair draped over her shoulders.

She curled the ends into big waves with a curling iron, then picked out a bright red lipstick to carefully apply to her lips.

Then she looked at herself in the mirror.

Fair skin, black skirt, wavy hair, flaming red lips.

Stepping into high heels.

She even felt like she had become another person.

A woman of some charm and sexiness in her thirties.

This woman used to live under all kinds of constraints —— from her ex-husband, from flaws in her own personality, from her traditional family oriented towards men over women. She lived under the oppression and restrictions from them. And now she had freed herself, she let go of those oppressive constraints, trying to become uninhibited, become the woman in the mirror.

Xu Mi Yu smiled at herself in the mirror.

The feeling of uninhibitedly being herself now really wasn’t bad.

Nearing the end of work, Xue Rui called the front desk looking for Xu Mi Yu.

A Japanese client would come to the hotel later to discuss business with Ji Feng. Ji Feng didn’t like this person’s style outside of business dealings and didn’t want him coming upstairs, so he wanted Xu Mi Yu who could speak Japanese to receive the person when he arrived, bring him to the executive lounge to wait there, until he came down after finishing dinner.

But the front desk staff told Xue Rui: “Sister Mi Yu is off work already.”

Xue Rui immediately asked: “If she just left, is there any way to call her back for a bit? Boss has a Japanese client coming later, he wants her to receive the client in the lobby then bring him to the executive lounge.”

“Can’t it be someone else instead of having to be sister Mi Yu? Get someone who knows Japanese from the executive lounge to come down right?”

Xue Rui replied: “It’s not just anyone, since Boss is willing to use her, he doesn’t trust others.”

He had already brought up the Boss, he didn’t expect the front desk staff to loyally protect their supervisor, saying to him: “Xue, forget it. Our supervisor Xu has been working hard recently, finally able to get off work on time today wanting to relax at a bar. How about doing her a favor this once, give her a chance to rest.”

Xue Rui weighed it upon hearing this and felt the front desk staff made sense too. Xu Mi Yu really had been busy and tired recently, finally able to relax, if he called her back it would be inhumane.

“Fine then.” He conceded, then asked: “Sister Mi Yu said she’s going to a bar to relax tonight?”

The front desk staff casually replied: “En, Yu Yue.”

When Xue Rui hung up, he thought Xu Mi Yu had arranged her personal life pretty well now. Wanting to go to the currently hottest “Yu Yue” bar, in the city both young people and wealthy people really liked spending their nights there.

Putting his phone away, he turned to report to Ji Feng: “Boss, sister Mi Yu is off work already.”

Ji Feng was preparing to eat with Jiang Zhi Chun. His movements getting the chopsticks didn’t stop as he directly asked: “She’s leaving this early today, something came up?”

Xue Rui pondered and said: “The front desk staff said she’s going to a bar, probably had it arranged beforehand.”

Ji Feng hmm’ed upon hearing this.

Jiang Zhi Chun beside was sizing him up, carefully observing his microexpressions.

But he only raised his brows, then frowned slightly. At the bottom of his eyes seemed to be a trace of displeasure. But she couldn’t tell if this displeasure was because a subordinate couldn’t work overtime with him, or because a subordinate had a date at the bar.

She timely spoke up: “How about I go down instead!” She looked at Ji Feng turning to look at her, immediately cleverly and charmingly yet innocently said: “I know some Japanese too!” Her intuition told her she didn’t want Xu Mi Yu to have the chance to be called back to work overtime, for this she was willing to humble herself this once.

Ji Feng chuckled, lifting the corners of his lips: “You’re a guest, how can I make you do labor.” He turned to Xue Rui again, telling him: “Hurry up and eat, go down to receive him first after you’re done.”

Xue Rui hurriedly sat down to wolf down food, while feeling some aftereffects of impulse.

Oh right, he could also hurry and eat, then go down to receive the client. Not like it had to be Xu Mi Yu.

Then who was it who first created the atmosphere that it absolutely had to be Xu Mi Yu to receive the client…

Xue Rui rushed to finish eating in two to three bites, just in time to go downstairs and receive the Japanese client. He brought the client to the Hui Feng Loft in the executive lounge, accompanying him in chatting for a bit.

The client was a man in his forties. He should look dignified and distinguished, and treated work cautiously and diligently. When discussing contracts with him, they could also quickly resolve any issues between them.

But he just had one problem, he liked entertainment and women a bit too much. Xue Rui had heard from people who did business with him before that this Mr. Yoneda really liked going places with lots of pretty ladies.

While Ji Feng precisely disliked going to such noisy places, so with this Mr. Yoneda, he only talked business. He declined joining in any extracurricular activities.

Ji Feng finished eating dinner upstairs and told Jiang Zhi Chun: “I have things to discuss later, I’ll have the driver send you home.”

But Jiang Zhi Chun blinked her big eyes, trying for: “I don’t want to go home yet. Can I go with you to the executive lounge?” She pleaded “I absolutely won’t make trouble, you discuss your things, I’ll just be at the bar drinking and looking at the night view. I promise!”

Ji Feng felt it was the same whether she stayed or went home, so he agreed.

Jiang Zhi Chun couldn’t hide her excitement following him together downstairs to the executive lounge, going to the executive bar.

Just as she said, she stayed at the bar drinking, looking at the nightscape outside, while Ji Feng went into his private Hui Feng Loft to discuss things with Mr. Yoneda.

After staying for a while, Ji Feng, Xue Rui, and Mr. Yoneda walked out of the Hui Feng Loft together. It looked like their discussion went well.

Jiang Zhi Chun put down her cocktail glass and walked over to them. Mr. Yoneda’s eyes lit up when he saw her, directly praising her for being beautiful and pretty.

Xue Rui hurriedly introduced that this was Boss Ji’s friend.

Jiang Zhi Chun also greeted Mr. Yoneda in Japanese.

Mr. Yoneda asked Ji Feng: “Since business is finished, how about we find a place to have a drink and liven things up? Are there any particularly good bars around here?”

Ji Feng wanted to decline this additional activity and offered up Xue Rui: “For bars, ask my assistant.”

Xue Rui thought of the aforementioned “Yu Yue” from dinner and blurted out this bar.

Ji Feng turned his head to glance at Xue Rui.

Why did he have to recommend the bar that woman was going to tonight?

Mr. Yoneda was very excited and said to Ji Feng: “Then let’s go together, Boss Ji?”

Ji Feng had wanted to decline. He always disliked going to such noisy places. But for some reason, the woman fleetingly flashed through his mind for an instant, and he inexplicably answered: “Alright.”

Even Xue Rui turned to look at him in surprise when he finished speaking.

He figured he probably just wanted to take a look at what kind of place this “Yu Yue” bar was that it could make a conservative, boring divorcee willing to go there.

He turned to look at Jiang Zhi Chun, intending to have the driver send her home first.

But Jiang Zhi Chun obediently tugged on his sleeve again, trying asking with blinking eyes: “I want to go together too, can I?”

Ji Feng’s brows knitted slightly. This was the second time she had pulled on his sleeve. He finally couldn’t hold back like the first time, he slid his sleeve out from her hand.

Then he thought, she was an adult. Going or not going to a bar was something she should decide herself, she didn’t need his approval.

“Up to you.” So he replied to her.