Chapter 1967

Ye Chen saw that this Claudia was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and her appearance seemed to be of mixed East and West descent.

Blue eyes, long eyelashes, a high nose bridge, paired with brown-black hair, her facial features looked almost impeccable.

However, although her facial features were very beautiful and her face shape was perfect, only the area from her right cheek to her neck had a burn scar. The scar was very obvious, and the entire skin had been completely twisted into a ball, which was shocking and even looked a bit terrifying.

Claudia also deliberately turned to the side, trying not to let Ye Chen see the scar on her right side, and even involuntarily pulled up her collar, wanting to block it as much as possible.

Ye Chen looked at Claudia and said politely: "Hello, Claudia, your Chinese is very good!"

Claudia nodded slightly and said softly: "Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Ye..."

Li Xiaofen on the side introduced: "Brother Ye Chen, this is our shop's second employee, Claudia DiNoccio. Claudia's mother is Chinese, and her father is Italian. She has half Chinese blood and learned Chinese from her mother since she was a child, so her Chinese is particularly fluent, almost no different from ours."

"So that's how it is." Ye Chen nodded gently, thoughtful in his heart.

Claudia was a bit nervous at this time and said to Li Xiaofen: "Sister Xiaofen, there is no more sliced bread, I'll go to the back warehouse to get some."

Li Xiaofen nodded hurriedly: "Alright, go quickly."

Claudia turned and entered the inner warehouse. Li Xiaofen lowered her voice in Ye Chen's ear and said: "Brother Ye Chen, Claudia has a relatively introverted personality. Plus, her family had a fire before, and her parents and two younger brothers were all burned to death in that fire. Her own face and neck were also severely burned, so she has always been a bit unconfident. But she is still a good person, kind-hearted, and particularly able to endure hardship!"

Ye Chen nodded and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems this girl's life experience is quite miserable..."

"Yes..." Li Xiaofen sighed lightly and said: "She is the only one left in her family now. Her classmates at school often bullied her, so she dropped out of school. She had no source of income and no fixed place to live, so she came to the shop to work later."

Ye Chen asked curiously: "Did you recruit her?"

"It was Auntie Li." Li Xiaofen said: "When her mother was alive, she was occasionally too busy, so she sent her youngest brother to the nursery class. After coming and going, she became friends with Auntie Li. Moreover, her mother came out of Jin Ling many years ago, so they were truly fellow villagers. Therefore, Auntie Li and her chatted very well, but I didn't expect that she would suddenly encounter an accident..."

Saying this, Li Xiaofen added: "After Claudia's family had an accident, she disappeared for nearly half a month. Auntie Li had been looking for her. After she came back, Auntie Li kept her at home."

"During that time, Claudia didn't dare to come out to see people, and she didn't go to school either. Later, she wasn't willing to eat for free at home every day, so she insisted on coming to the shop to help. Auntie Li felt that this would also help her walk out of the shadow as soon as possible, so she let her come over."

Ye Chen nodded thoughtfully.

At this time, Claudia walked out holding a pile of sliced bread, and Li Xiaofen also hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Ye Chen saw that the workload was not big, so he didn't go up to help, but turned and paced to the door of the convenience store.

Ye Chen stood at the door, took out the chewing gum he had just taken, gently pulled out a piece, peeled it, and put it in his mouth. While chewing, he looked left and right.

The life atmosphere of Hastings Street was very strong.

Everywhere were all kinds of shops with Chinese signboards, mostly Cantonese restaurants and wine buildings.

In the pedestrian area on both sides of the road, there were also many mobile food carts. Some people were selling Jianbing Guozi, and some were selling Northwest Roujiamo.

Although it was past lunch time, the business of the vendors was still good.

Ye Chen stopped and watched for a while. The only feeling was that the life here was comfortable and peaceful, and he couldn't see where the danger was at all.

At this time, several boys and girls in their teens, looking like middle school students, came to the door of the convenience store in a group. They brushed past Ye Chen and pushed the door to go in.

Ye Chen looked back. The leader was a girl with dyed golden long hair, and beside her was a trendy, flashy Asian boy, the two holding arms like a couple.