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Chapter 36: Finishing an Order At around nine in the morning, Ji Qingzhou carried his bag and hopped off the tram, walking into the bustling little lane. He called out a 'morning' to Zhu Renqing, who was holding a wooden ladle watering the Chinese roses by the doorway, then covered his mouth and yawned, walking into the shop without much energy. At the dinner table last night, he'd been asked by Jie Linglong again when her skirt would be ready to wear. So as not to keep the little one waiting too long, he'd worked the sewing machine pedal a bit late into the night; if Jie Yu'an hadn't woken him up this morning, he might not even have managed to get up for work. He stood by the long table looking over the work schedule for a while, and before long, Zhu Renqing took his teacup over to the cafƩ diagonally across the street, and brought back a cup filled to the brim with hot coffee, setting it by his hand. Ji Qingzhou instinctively took the cup, lifted the lid and t...