CHAPTER SEVEN : Zhao Ting Xin Yan's Late.

Zhao Guan Yi Nuo was about to close her eyes and relax when she heard a knock on the door.

Zhao Guan Yi Nuo snapped her eyes and sat up straight while still facing the window.

"Come in." She said and when she saw the other person, she stiffened her shoulders and a smile appeared on her face.

"You need to stop scaring the hell out of your employees once in a while Yi Nuo."

Zhao Guan Yi Nuo twirled her swivel chair around and saw her assistant, Yan Wei Wei closed the door behind her and walked towards her desk with a white marble cup full of coffee in her hands.

Zhao Guan Yi Nuo took the cup from her assistant and took a sip,it was creamy and delicious.

"Sigh...you should hear what your employees are saying about you. "Yan Mei Mei said lazily.

"What nonsense are they spreading again?" She inquired from Yan Mei Mei as she looked up to her face.

"You're too fierce and too serious at most times. They are scared of you." She whispered.

Zhao Guan Yi Nuo smiled slightly exposing her milky white teeth then pulled back her original serious face once more.

"I am not surprised,you ran into manager Zi han on your way here. What did he say about me? Never mind." She waved her hand in the air.

"I am never interested in what those people say about me all day.

As long as they work and not ruin anything they are not supposed to,I do not really mind and moreover I do not care what they say behind my back." She added.

"Yi Nuo..."Yan Mei Mei shook her head.

"I just wish that you could be a little gentle." She added.

"I am not here to make friends." Zhao Guan Yi Nuo answered boldly.

"I know,everything that includes ZAHE is strict business." Yan Mei Mei said.

"Exactly. "Zhao Guan Yi Nuo said as she turned to her computer.

"If I'm a bit gentle then they will take advantage of me. Think of this,a king who is too gentle cannot be respected by his people." She said as she held her mouse.

"What about me?" Yan Mei Mei inquired.

"What about you?" Zhao Guan Yi Nuo thought for a while with her eyes arched.

"An a friend of yours aren't I?"

Zhao Guan Yi Nuo sighed as she once again leaned on her chair.

"You are different, we have known each other for several years and even studied in the same university."

"Mei Mei,you are the most trusted person I have in this company save for my father." She answered truthfully.

Her and Yan Mei Mei had always been friends even at university they slept in the same room, ate together and even studied the same courses.

They were like sisters from different mothers and fathers, inseparable.

"You are framing it like I'm a different species of the Homo sapiens." Yan Mei Mei said as she shook her head disappointedly.

"I can never convince you to change your mind set,can I?" She asked.

Zhao Guan Yi Nuo nodded her head in approval. "Not a slight chance."

Yan Mei Mei held her hands up admitting defeat.

It was not the first time trying to get her to change her mind and neither the last.

Always and always she got the same results.

Zhao Guan Yi Nuo looked directly in her eyes as she placed the cup of cofffe on the working desk.

She opened her second drawer and picked up a file from which was written the company's name in initials and flipped the file open to the page where there was a gap left for the CEO to sign.

She afterwards picked up her midnight blue bentley pen and sighed on the space then closed the file and placed her pen back on her desk.

"Here take this to the receptionist desk. These are all the names of the members to be present on the banquet to be held the day after tomorrow. She should mark them when they arrive."

She said as she handed her secretary the file which was received with open arms.

"Is there anything else I can do for you Miss Zhao?" The Yan Mei Mei inquired.

Zhao Guan Yi Nuo thought for a while and then said, "No,you can leave now and start on your work."

She waved her hand to dismiss the Yan Mei Mei from her office.

Zhao Guan Yi Nuo browsed through the files on her desk whole-heartedly and leaned against the chair with her hands crossed on her chest.

Her sister was coming back soon and she had to prepare a welcome party.

Yan Mei Mei was seen to disappear from the corner of the building as she headed to the receptionist desk by the entrance of the company's door.

She made her way down the stairs and towards the hallway.

Soon a soft beep alerted Yan Mei Mei that the lift was ready. The glossy silver doors with their black stripes parted and revealed a roomy lift.

The same marble that lined the halls of the lobby and the second floor lines the walls of the lift as well.

Once in the elevator she noticed there were only sixty five floors of access, from this lift at least. The ground floor through sixty five were the only floors accessible from the lift.

Once in the lift the next surprise was the speed of the lift. It was a sensation that was felt as the ride was very smooth and comfortable, the only indication of the speed was from the red LED floor indicator hovering above the door.

The lift moved so fast the LEDs didn't have the pace to indicate every floor they passed.

Once the trip was completed the silver polished doors parted once again and all those in including Yan Mei Mei moved out onto the ground floor.

Flowers seemed to be the major basis for the design of the room. Aside from the border and the seats at the entrance there were also potted plants located in strategic places around the room.

She herself headed to Chao Ke Xin and Xin Si Yu who were at the receptionists desk.

"Excuse me? These are all the names of the members to be present on the banquet to be held the day after tomorrow. Miss Zhao asked you to mark the members as they arrive."

Yan Mei Mei delivered the orders as asked by Zhao Guan Yi Nuo as she handed Ke Xin the file.

Yan Mei Mei looked out the glass doors only to hear noises accompanying the flamboyant red signs that stood tall and proud, enticing innocent shoppers towards them with sweet words and tempting promises.

There were some company employees giving out free samples while advertising for their newly manufactured product.

Aisles braced themselves against the pulsating throng of vibrant colours.

Customers pushed and shoved as they tried to squeeze past one another trying to gain access to the many bargains.

The sun's scorching golden rays outside would have been sorely tempting to many if not for the cool breeze of the air conditioner oozing through the gaps.

The sleek, automatic, glass doors slid smoothly open, only to divulge a cacophony of noise.

Employees discussing some matters amongst themselves in groups. Elevators beeped. Sound system boomed.

Floor polishers whirred. In comparison, the rumbling cars and chattering birds of the outside world were nothing.

Yan Mei Mei could almost see the heat of blasting out the glass doors through the face of the man who walked into the building.

A prominent almost motionless man looking like a guard,stood outside the building seeking for bother.

A young woman with a baby who was yelling like there was no tomorrow seemed to look extremely distressed and although her age, few wrinkles seemed to appear on her forehead.

After admiring the outside world she decided to get back to work.She again took the lift back to the floor she was working in.

Sitting quietly on the soft sofa in her small office by the corridor.

Yan Mei Mei could listen to the classical music. It was a clear guitar sound, performing a slow nursery rhyme in the speaker in the room.

People liked reading magazines, newspaper in the office at their free times, but she enjoyed relaxing herself by closing her eyes there.

Although some whirring and sounds of computers and other office machines interrupted her timely, she still loved the place so much when she ever feel stressed.

She would just listen to the music.

Next to the frosted glass doors was the coat rack.

Then there was a desk and a pink swivel chair at the corner of the room by the large window which allowed sunshine into the room.