the penthouse

05 | a good plan, or not.

" mr. ten, is there supposed to be another trainee ? " ji-yoo suddenly asked. she changed into her uniform, and ten made sure to add her a personalized tag with her name on it. " because, you prepared another uniform. "

ten looked up from the computer. he smiled towards ji-yoo, seeing how excited she saw to wear her black shirt and black dress. it was not that, though. it was the fact that ji-yoo was willing to help ten out, and she was very happy about it.

it was rare to see children like her. did this way of thinking make ten seem older than he actually was ? probably, but he had to admit that he had never seen a teenager get so excited about working. back when he was a teenager, he hated work.

" well, first of all, please call me ten. i might be very close to thirty, but i am younger than your father, which makes me very young. " ten replied to ji-yoo, who held in her laughter. " and, yes, but i have no idea when she is coming. "

" ah, i see. well, what should i start with ? " ji-yoo asked, walking closer to the counter. ten finished his work on the computer, turning around to face ji-yoo. " i mean, you should give me a task. "

ten suddenly looked behind her. his eyes widened, until he moved his eyes back to ji-yoo. " miss. dong, i think you should welcome our resident into the building as your first task. " he let out a laugh.

ji-yoo looked at the person ten was previously focused on. she let out a laugh, seeing none other than her parents, standing in front of the counter. they both smiled at ji-yoo, proud to see their daughter.

ji-yoo always loved to see how much her parents were willing to do for her. she knew they had the opportunity and the resources to gave their first daughter whatever she wished to have. their children were the pride and joy or their family.

" welcome to aurora palace ! my name is dong ji-yoo, and i am a first day trainee of the reception. " ji-yoo said, smiling in a strange away. she tried to hold in her daughter, but it seemed like sicheng could not do such thing.

" it would have been perfect, if only we were not leaving the palace. " sicheng told ji-yoo, who rolled her eyes. yeri slapped his arm, but sicheng continued to laugh. " anyway, your brother and sister are with your grandparents. "

" ji-yoo, promise mom that you will go straight back home once you finish work ! you need to rest well. " yeri told ji-yoo. she nodded towards her mother, but she could not understand why yeri would even think she was not going home.

" come on, yeri, she is fourteen ! she knows exactly what she needs to do. " sicheng told yeri. she glared towards him, but sicheng tried to mask it off by smiling. " i did not mean to say that. we should leave, we have a reservation. "

yeri waved towards ji-yoo one more time, before they left. ji-yoo turned back to ten, who threw a stack of papers on the counter. she widened her eyes, seeing the amount of paperwork ten had to go through.

" i need to work on this. you should go and tell the guards to enable the card check. it is past usual visitation from the outside people. it is for the safety. " ten told ji-yoo. she nodded, walking away from the counter, and to the guards.

of course, she knew exactly what the card check was. everyone in the aurora palace knew, and they were the ones that suggested it. because of the amount of wealthy people living in the penthouses, they decided that, after a time, they needed to show a certain card to get in.

to ji-yoo, it was a stupid concept. there were guards taking care of security every single moment, which meant that they should not be the ones to allow anyone to get in. but, she had to adjust to the rules.