52 NO ONE IMPORTANT

As Dai Jingyao was busy trying to get the list, Xueyan bypassed him, leaving for the day's work was over.

She stood at a spot waiting for Mei Han. 

*

Cui Yao watched this familiar face and figure and couldn't help but call out to her, "Xueyan?" Cui Yao sounded surprised, and had doubts too. 

Xueyan spun around, to the direction of the voice. "Ye..." The face wasn't unknown but very familiar. Cui Yao. "Yes?"

Cui Yao was angered by her tone, "What do you mean? Don't you know how to greet an old friend?"

Oh, we just met and you're already annoyed? 

"Old friend?" Xueyan felt like laughing. "Miss Cui, If I remember correctly, we were never friends..."

"You," Cui sized her up. "work here?"

"Yes?"

"When did you return to Shanghai?" 

"Of what business is that to you?"

"Xueeeyan... You sound really rude! You really sound rude... You don't have to... I'm just trying to say hi but you are making it sound like something bad."

"Miss Cui, you should have ignored me. Without talking to me you would still be okay... Now, you make me feel like I am someone important."

"You're reading too many meanings into this. Why did you return? Oh! Seems like you weren't able to complete your education, if not... Why will you be here?"

"Miss Cui, you are paying me too much attention to my matters. Whether I completed my education or not has nothing to do with you! Now, if you will excuse me." Xueyan turned to walk away but Cui Yao grabbed her by the arm. 

"Where do you think you are going?" Cui Yao asked through clenched teeth.  

"Let go of me!" Xueyan flung Cui Yao hand away, Cui Yao whom wore 8cm heels staggered and almost fell to the ground. 

"Xueyan! How dare..."

"Be quite Miss Cui, this is my working place. Don't you think you're going too far?"

"I only decided to talk to you and you are treating me this way?!"

"Well, I'm nothing compared to you, so why did you decide to talk to me?"

"You're being rude to me, right now."

"Excuse me," Xueyan turned again.

This little b¡tch, how dare she talk to me with no respect? 

She went forward and turned Xueyan round to face her. She lifted her hand into the air. 

"Miss, you will be breaking the hotel rules if you hit her." 

Cui Yao heard the voice and turned around. It was an unfamiliar face, dressed in a very simple cloth. Cui Yao noted immediately.

 Another fool. She thought. She raised an eyebrow, "What nonsense and who are you?" Cui Yao asked the girl. She looked at her name tag, Mei Han. 

She turned back to glare at Xueyan, she opened her purse and passed her card to Xueyan. "Ring me, we still have some unfinished business."

Xueyan didn't accept the card, instead she eyed the arrogant lady. 

"Where are your manners?" Cui Yao was angered by Xueyan's attitude. 

"I left them in the room I just came out from!" She sounded serious. 

Pfft. Mei Han laughed. Something must be wrong with this Xueyan. 

"What's so funny?" Cui Yao eyed Mei Han.

Mei Han felt like rolling her eyes. She doesn't act like a young Miss of a prestigious family. What a shame. 

When Cui Yao didn't receive a response she wanted to slap Mei Han across the face... But then customers had no right to hit the hotel employees. Young Master Xing created does crazy rules, and she wished she could break them but breaking one of them means she was courting trouble bigger than her. She swallowed the fire raging inside her. She lifted her head, her nose almost looking directly at the top floor as she walked away with elegance. 

When she was out of earshot Mei Han walked up to Xueyan, "Who is she?"

"No one, important."1 

"Someone you know,"

"Yes." Mei Han didn't probe any further. 

She exited through the glass doors and Mei Han followed. 

*

Dai Jingyao spent some time trying to convince the young girl but the girl stood by her words. 

"I really can't have you look at it sir. If you don't know her name, why then do you need the list? I'm sorry, but it's not possible."

I thought I was smart... No I'm not. 

He left after people came in lines to lodge. He had to leave or he would embarrass himself in the front all those people. As soon as he came out, he saw Cui Yao, she smiled and took light steps towards him. 

"What took you so long?"

He shook his head and walked away with her trying to keep up with him. 

*

Cui Yao got to her car after Jingyao drove away and dialled her friend's number. 

"Hello Nuannuan, there's someone I saw today."

"Who?"

"Guess."

"How do you expect me to guess. Now tell me please."

"OK, OK. I met Xueyan."

"Xueyan?"

"Yes." Cui Yao was smiling. 

"Bai Xueyan?"

"Haha. Yes. I bumped into her and she works at the hotel."

"The hotel? Which?"

"The Tourist Garden..."

"What the actual f*ck? Are you sure about this?"

"Yes, I really bumped into her. She was very arrogant towards me. I would have slapped her across the face had it not been for the rules..."

"Hmm." Chen Qing sighed. Her eyes and face lit up. "What do you think? We should hang out tomorrow, at the hotel. Let's have some fun..."

"Haha, sure sure."

They hung up but the smile on Cui Yao's face was very bright just like the one of Chen Qing's face. 

*****

Zhaolin arrived at City M airport with his secretary, he decided to drive. He had been sitting for two hours. 

He hit the accelerator and drove onto the road.

*****

Xueyan was caught up in a delimma, first it was Zhaolin and then, the Fengs and now Cui Yao, but the mere sight of Cui Yao annoyed her to the brim. 

*

"Ya! Xueyan let's go have lunch, what do you say?" Cui Yao asked smiling, all her twenty-eight visible. "Please please, don't say no. I really want to be your friend because I like you a lot."

Pfft. Chen Qing was the one that laughed and when Xueyan turned to her she scowled, rolling her eyes at Xueyan. 

They are trouble. She remembered Feng Jiu's warning. But Cui Yao is way better than Chen Qing. 

"Come on Xuexue... Let's go alright." This time Cui Yao acted like she was crying, Xueyan just had to nod and the girl dragged her away.