City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 408 - 408 0409 Xiao Hong

408: Chapter 0409: Xiao Hong 408: Chapter 0409: Xiao Hong Xiao Hong had just heard Liu Xia calling her when she rose from the bed, still wearing her pajamas, however, she hadn’t groomed herself yet and looked disheveled with her hair all over the place.

Having just woken up, Xiao Hong still felt like she couldn’t open her eyes properly.

Xiao Hong worked as a junior supervisor in a foreign-owned factory, earning a monthly salary of three to four thousand, but like the other employees in that foreign-owned factory, she worked shift rotations.

In Liu Xia’s view, shift work was very draining, even though Xiao Hong’s salary was stable and much higher than hers.

Because if Liu Xia didn’t sell a single car, without any commission or bonus, her monthly salary would just be a base of fifteen hundred.

But now, Xiao Hong was making three to four thousand a month, and it could go up to four to five thousand if she got a promotion later on.

“Xiaxia, I have to go to work night shift at ten.”

Xiao Hong said.

“So, you’ve been sleeping all afternoon?”

Liu Xia didn’t know what time Xiao Hong came back last night; she only heard Xiao Hong’s door open in the middle of the night, and this morning, when Liu Xia got up to make breakfast and went to work after eating, she saw Liu Xia was still sleeping, thinking she had a morning shift.

“Have I been sleeping for a whole day?

I just ate the breakfast you prepared and didn’t even have lunch.”

Xiao Hong said.

“Xiao Hong, if you continue like this, you won’t have a life left.

My job is a lot more relaxing.”

“Xiaxia, your job may be relaxing, but what’s the use if you’re always just getting the base salary every month?”

Every month now, Liu Xia had to take out five hundred to pay the rent, leaving her with only a thousand, and Xiao Hong didn’t know what Liu Xia did with it.

Eating a box lunch outside costs ten yuan each, twenty for two meals a day, which would amount to six hundred a month.

Liu Xia probably couldn’t even afford a single set of regular new clothes.

But it was different for her.

Working at that foreign company, even though accommodation wasn’t included, meals were provided.

As long as she was at work, the factory would cover meals, and there was even a housing allowance for renting outside.

Xiao Hong felt Liu Xia would be better off working at her factory than at that 4S shop.

After washing up, Xiao Hong returned looking much more refreshed, combing her hair with a brush, glancing at her outfit as she changed out of her work uniform, the short-sleeved shirt, the short skirt, and the black stockings, back into the clothes she usually wore around the rental unit.

She then came out of her room and turned on the large fan in the living room.

“The electricity bill is probably going to be a lot more expensive this month.”

Now during Great Xia, even if you don’t use air conditioning, you still need to have a fan on at home.

Both women had their fans in their own rooms and there was one big fan in the living room.

Xiao Hong sat down on the stool in the living room, looking at Liu Xia and said, “Xiaxia, should I have a word with the HR manager and get you a job in the factory too?”

“Xiao Hong, we graduated from key universities, how can we do assembly line work?”

Liu Xia didn’t look down on assembly line workers; it’s just that she found it too monotonous.

And having studied so much in university, if her parents found out she took an assembly line job in a factory, they would scold her to death.

Although working at a 4S shop wasn’t much more prestigious, Liu Xia knew it was different; people didn’t change like that, and she could learn quite a lot.

If she sold well, not only would the commission be higher, but she could also continue to develop in that direction.

Xiao Hong knew that Liu Xia was unwilling to do those assembly line jobs, but her gaze fell on the fruits on the table and she asked, “Weren’t you going to see a dermatologist?

How could you afford to buy so much fruit?”

Xiao Hong was well aware that Liu Xia was much prettier than her and also kind and enthusiastic, but she couldn’t stand the body odor that Liu Xia carried, let alone anyone else.

So, now that she and Liu Xia were living here, they each had their own room.

However, it was perhaps for this reason that Liu Xia only had one female friend willing to befriend her during her four years of college.

Furthermore, maybe because Liu Xia was very pretty, she had many admirers when she first started college, but gradually, those admirers realized that they couldn’t stand the body odor that emanated from her when they got close to her.

Gradually, throughout her four years at college, Liu Xia earned the nickname “Fox Princess” behind her back, so that even the most average-looking guys dared not pursue her any longer.

After all, if they were to spend a long time together, let’s not even mention doing other things, just being close was unbearable.

Xiao Hong, who had spent a long time living with Liu Xia, had grown accustomed to the smell and it no longer bothered her.

Liu Xia, whenever she had some money, would visit the hospital to try and cure her body odor, or at least alleviate it somewhat.

But, whether it was traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine, dermatology, or any other folk remedies, she had tried them all, and none had been effective.

“Don’t mention it, last month’s remaining five hundred yuan I spent on a kind of ointment had no effect at all, it might as well have been better to buy more perfume to spray on.

That way, others couldn’t detect the smell so quickly,” said Liu Xia.

Xiao Hong looked at her with some sympathy.

Liu Xia didn’t have much money to begin with and had to buy those cheap perfumes to spray on herself, and moreover, she had to use a lot each time; even though it wasn’t very expensive, a bottle would run out quickly.

Now Xiao Hong thought Liu Xia was no longer planning to seek treatment for her body odor, which is why she had bought so much fruit.

However, Xiao Hong also knew that if curing body odor was that easy, there wouldn’t be so many sufferers out there.

From what she knew, even the most advanced medical equipment from Western medicine couldn’t permanently cure body odor.

Surgical treatments using lasers provided only temporary relief, and each session could cost thousands, which ordinary people simply couldn’t afford.

As Xiao Hong reached over to eat a banana, Liu Xia said, “In a while, my friend is coming over.

Save some for him, I’m going to cook dinner.”

“A friend?

Male or female?”

Xiao Hong had known Liu Xia for such a long time but had never heard of her having any friends.

She didn’t expect that now, one would actually come to visit their rental apartment.

“A guy, help me tidy up a bit; he’s coming soon,” Liu Xia said.

Suddenly, this piqued Xiao Hong’s interest; she wondered if Liu Xia had managed to find a boyfriend outside, and if this boyfriend didn’t mind her body odor?

However, hearing that a person of the opposite sex was coming, Xiao Hong naturally knew that she couldn’t just stay as usual.

She hurried back to her room to tidy up, first cleaning her own room, then Liu Xia’s.

Liu Xia’s room, even if the windows were always open, still smelled due to the body odor she emitted; it was a nauseating mix of dried salted fish and dead rats that greeted anyone who entered.

Now, Xiao Hong did just that, tidying up Liu Xia’s room before moving on to clean the living room, making sure it was spotless.

“I wonder if he will dine here when he comes,” mused Liu Xia.

She wasn’t sure if Ye Qiu, coming over, would eat there.

So, although she originally wanted to cook more dishes for Ye Qiu, considering his status, he probably wouldn’t eat there.