Scolded

Finally, the long day ended. Chen Waan was ready to just plop down in her bed. She wished she could just fly to the villa or get to sleep here in the office building. Alas, even though it was almost 9 pm now, she was called in Wang Zenghao's office again.

She went up hurriedly, with Tuo Tuo of course. Her body had started aching, she was not sure if she would be able to get out of the bed tomorrow. She needed to sleep, like right now.

"Director Wang," she said as she entered his posh room. Mr. Fan was pouring him some tea. Why would he drink tea at this time? Was he planning to keep awake the whole night?

"Ah! Waan'er. Come, come, sit here," Director Wang pointed her to the chairs in front of his desk. He did not even throw a glance at the assistant. Tuo Tuo had been happy at first, for she was finally going to see her boss. But having treated like dirt once again, she was not too happy.

"Director Wang, what did you need to see me for?" Chen Waan asked straightforward. She did not have strength nor brains anymore to even think about anything.

"I just wanted to see how your lessons went. Were you able to handle today?" Wang Zenghao asked, calmly sipping his tea and waiting for a response from the girl who was frowning. He glanced at Tuo Tuo in the process, indicating he was more curious about the dynamics between the two.

Chen Waan was on her periods, she was hungry, tired, and losing blood. Plus, there was an annoying pest right beside her. What did people think her day would go like?

"It was good. I really loved my instructors. I just feel sorry that they have to teach someone with zero knowledge," she just responded with normal answer, keeping her eye contact with the Director. She wanted to let him know that she was more than capable of handling things on her own here.

She already knew that assigning Tuo Tuo to her had twofold purpose. He was testing her skills to survive in the industry, and he wanted to teach a lesson to this assistant. She would accept all the challenges he was throwing her way, for she had a bigger purpose to infiltrate this company.

"Ah! Don't worry about it. You are like raw gold, it will be easier to mold you however we want. Kim Su Won was very impressed with you. Good that your language skills came handy there. Feng Jie gave a good feedback too. So, keep working hard," he got up from his seat and patted her shoulder from the side. He was actually proud of this girl's intelligence. Not only did she pick up his hints, she knew how to reply too.

Tuo Tuo on the side was understanding the subtle hints of them talking about her. She could not speak anything in front of the intimidating presence of the boss though. The boss was strolling in the room with his hands clasped on his back.

"Tuo Tuo, I hope you are doing everything in your power to help our Chen Waan," Wang Zenghao finally addressed the assistant, looking straight at her, his eyes so sharp that Tuo Tuo felt like her neck was being sliced slowly on purpose. She almost could not breath for a second.

"Y-yes, boss. I thank you for the opportunity you have provided me after so long," she managed to utter. The pressure was too immense, sweat rolled down her forehead.

"Good, good. I have high hopes of Waan'er. I hope you will be the person instrumental in her success," he replied and went back to his seat, calmly sipping his tea again.

"Director Wang, if there is nothing else, we will take out leave," Chen Waan urged, for she would have dozed off right here.

"Oh, yeah yeah. Go, you must be tired. I am sorry I did not realize. Fan Fan is waiting for you downstairs," Wang Zenghao ushered her out. Tuo Tuo also wanted to leave, but Mr. Fan closed the door behind.

"D-Director Wang?" Tuo Tuo trembled.

"I know you will not mend your ways just yet. I still want to warn you, she is a precious child to me. Don't you dare lay a finger on her. This will be my last warning to you," he said sternly, and then directed her to the other exit from his room. Basically, he did not want her to meddle in the affairs of Mo Yifan and Chen Waan at all, and leave them alone.

Tuo Tuo hurriedly escaped from the monster den that she feared the most.

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Outside, Chen Waan looked behind and saw that the door had been closed, she understood that she was to go alone.

Why would Mo Yifan come to pick her up? What was going on? She headed down with all the material she had got from the two instructors. Her bag had become quite heavy. When she was about to step out of the elevator, her shoulder felt light suddenly and she was shoved back into the elevator.

"Chen Waan, why are you so late?" Wang Zibo carried her bag full of disorganized papers.

"Uhh… late?" she checked her watch. It was 9:30 pm. Was she late? She had already told herself that she would reach home by 11pm. And by whose standards was she late anyway?

Finally, having come into the normal atmosphere, she realized she was stinking right now. She sniffed herself and saw the two people staring at her amusingly.

"What? I had dance practice for eight hours. I feel so gooey," she snarled.

"Wait for an hour. It's not safe here," Mo Yifan suggested her. Not safe here? Why? Did they have people put cameras in the bathrooms here?

Wang Zenghao had equipped this building with most of the necessities the trainees required. This included a high-tech gym, heated indoors swimming pool and a locker room where there were multiple baths.

But if there was a problem of hidden cameras and an issue with security, why would they not do anything about it? She thought and thought but could not find an answer.

Mo Yifan sighed looking at her lost in thoughts. "You don't understand how popular you are, do you?"