Chapter 6.

Five Years Later...

He wasn't a male model but he should have been. The lush, mother lode -dark hair he groomed so carefully had a ripping quality, a sign of his rude health. His only blemish was that he was beetle- browed and they sometimes knitted in frustration.

The Aquiline nose he sported complemented his prominent cheekbones. Handsome in an understated way, his basalt jaw and Spartan shoulders spoke of strength. He possessed latent, leonine power and always walled with purpose and authority.

"Get the car" he ordered, Wei Guowei his errand boy, who dashed out of the gigantic gold wide doors of the house.

People had always remarked that his best feature was his entrancing, way farer -blue eyes. Sloe -shaped, they could shine as bright as the evening stars when they were a light with joy. At other times, two liquid -blue pools of flashing fires . It was well-known in the vicinity that Young Master Li had a short temper which was not good for any one around.

From the pocket of his Stuart Hughes diamond edition, he brought out a white handkerchief and mopped the sweats that beamed on his face.

He glared in to the mirror. Li Lian took a close look at his favorite suit. The diamonds on it sparkled gray and white when he was inside and outside the gem, it will reflect rainbow colour on to the surfaces.

Just when he was about to go out of the house, a maid ran to where he was and knelt before him.

In her hands were his Hallucination wrist watch that caused him more than fifty millions dollars. It's featured hundred and ten carats of diamonds in a variety of colors, all set in a platinum bracelet.

To Li Lian, his watches were important to complete the dressing of the day. Taking the watch from her, he looked at the time. It's was seven thirty in the morning. He was supposed to be at work before seven o'clock. This was unlike him.

"Thank you" was the only word he uttered to her.

Outside the house, a white Bugatti La Voiture Noire was parked in front with three black Lykan Hypersport cars. Six body guards stood besides the white car waiting for him.

"Impressive" Li Lian muttered to himself. He did not have to tell them what to do today. There was no time for giving out instruction since he was late for work. Quickly, he walked to where the car was parked and the guard opened the door.

He sat and wished for faster but safe ride to office.

After twenty minutes of drive, the cars skipped to a halt in front of a very tall multistoried building, which had a name tag : The Li(s) Chocolate Company.

The men came out of the car immediately and opened the door for him. His personal assistant an average height man in his thirties, was waiting along side with two other staffs of the company.

"Shouxi Zhixing Guan" ( means CEO in Chinese) they all bowed, when he got out of the car.

"Are they here?" Li Lian asked.

"Yes Shouxi Zhixing Guan" Fei Hong answered.

"Then , what are you all doing out side here?" his asked with his eyes darting from one person to another. "Nobody seemed to do the right thing when I am not around."

They kept quite as he lashed out on them.

Li Lian went in to the building while they followed quickly maintaining their paces.

The workers in the open office on the first floor stood up when they saw him. Li Lian stopped for a second and looked around to see if anyone was not dressed the way he or she was not expected. He was impressed with them. But only for now, they might do something stupid later to upset him.

He preferred when his workers follow all the ethics of office and obey rules and regulations without asking questions. He looked at his wrist watch , its was already eight.

"Morning Shuxi Zhixing Gun" their voices echoed in the room as they greeted.

He rolled his eyes and said "get back to work".

Their faces did not changed or dropped like expected. They were used to their master's rude behavior.

He made his way to the lift, ignoring the people following him behind.

Li Lian was disappointed with his personal assistant . There was supposed to be a board meeting this morning without informing him , he went ahead and fixed a meeting with the investors.

Li Lian had a dream. He wanted to create a place. Not just a place, but a big writing company where people would come and tell their life experience or stories to authors, who would write them down and if a particular book sells well. The story teller gets a payment at the end of the year.

That was the reason he asked wanted a meeting with the investors. But scheduling a meeting behind his back without informing him was wrong. Fei Hong was going to receive his punishment later.

"Sir, we are at your office" Fei Hong Interrupted his thoughts. Shaking his head, Li Lian walked out of the lift. His office was on the last floor thus, wasting more of his time.

"Send all the files to my secretary immediately" he said as they walked in to his office.

In the big room of the office was a ergonomic office chair which was positioned closed the window.

In front of his table were two executive black leather chair. At the left side of his office was an adjourning parlour.

"Tell the investors that I will be with them shortly. Also Fei Hong, cancel the board meeting."

"Yes sir" He answered, as he watched the young master going through a file. Fei Hong was praying that he doesn't find any errors in the files. Li Lian was already angry and it won't take much time for him to explode.

There was a second door at the right side of the room. It had a transparent walls that anyone could see what was going on there. Li Lian titled his head to see if the chair was occupied but it's was empty.

"Where the hell is Zhi Ruo?" He frowned throwing the files on the floor.

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