276— Bunny Transforming Into A Fox
Pei Yueran sat behind her desk, eyebrows furrowed in concentration. She had not changed her posture in more than an hour, and already, her neck had started to hurt.
When the words swam before her eyes, she closed them for a few seconds, massaging her neck.
Today was supposed to be one of the more relaxed days, but one of their partners suddenly called to make a last minute change in plans, and although it was entirely the other party's fault, they had to adjust the data on their end as well.
The good thing was that the other party would bear the full cost and responsibility.
After making sure she wasn't going to be seeing double letters again, she opened her eyes and focused once more. She wanted to get it over and done with as soon as possible, since Li Chuanmo was coming to take her to lunch.
An hour later, she was finally done. She heaved a sigh of relief after sending it out. Finally free, she checked the time, only to see that she had some minutes to spare before the agreed time with Li Chuanmo.
Thinking about him reminded her about his birthday in a couple of days. The plans were already coming together, and she had already invited all the guests she had planned on. The twins and the boys had returned to school, so they would not be around.
Of their friends, Su Qianhua and Jiang Philip couldn't make it because Su Qianhua was going to give birth any moment. Therefore, the guest list had shrunk even further, but it gave the whole affair a cozier feel.
She was going to finalize the menu via phone with the chef later this evening. The DJ to be in charge of the music had been contacted, and the MC too. Everything else was ready, save his birthday gift.
She had already chosen a gift before— a luxury watch with their initials engraved on it that cost her three months' worth of her salary. She winced at the memory, but felt it was worth it. Although the price wasn't important, she wanted to give him something valuable.
But now, she wondered if that was enough. The disadvantage of loving someone so wealthy was precisely this. What do you give a person who has everything?
That was why she decided to ask him what he would like to receive, at least to give her a better idea of what she could add, but his answer was just—Pei Yueran shook her head and went back to contemplating.
She was usually good at choosing suitable gifts for people, but on this occasion, she was stumped. What did one give someone she loved with her whole heart?
She had even considered asking Su Qianhua, but immediately dismissed the idea. Not only because she wanted to think of it herself, but also because she could already guess what her friend would say. Her friend's mind was even dirtier than the most polluted river in the world!
But somehow, a dirty idea didn't sound so bad, since the birthday boy in question was a dirtyminded fellow too. It does bear thinking about—
She shook her head again as if to clear it. Yueran, focus!
As she thought hard, her hand held her phone idly. Just before a knock sounded at her door, she settled on an idea. Since one gift didn't seem enough, she would just cram a box full of stuff!
It was simple enough, and just the prospect of picking out each gift made her bubble.
And if it was still not enough, she didn't mind borrowing Su Qianhua's idea and shocking him further.....
A girl had to do what she had to do.
Li Chuanmo entered to see her smiling like a satisfied cat. While wondering what made her so happy, he leaned down to plant a kiss on her lips.
"What's the good news?"
"You'll get to know in time."
Li Chuanmo raised a brow, but let it go.
"It's time for lunch, isn't it?"
"Yeah, but maybe we should spend a few minutes here first?" Li Chuanmo's suggestive voice didn't gain her attention until it suddenly clicked.
She bit her bottom lip. What in the world made her promise him a tryst in the office that day? Now everytime he came into her office, he made sure to remind her.
Her resolve was already weakened, but today was really not the right time. So she gave her standard answer, "Not today, later."
Li Chuanmo didn't bother to hide his disappointment, making her laugh, "Chuan, we still have many days ahead of us, don't be in such a hurry."
Since that didn't make him perk up, she added, "Besides, your birthday is almost here."
What she meant to say was that she had a lot of planning to do and it was keeping her quite busy, but when she saw his face light up, she knew his thoughts had turned crooked again. She sighed.
Let him think whatever he liked.
She got up, wore her jacket and started to move towards the door, "We can go now, right?"
Turning her back to him was apparently not a good idea, because the reply she got was a warm breath on her neck and hands that were restlessly groping her person.
"Chuan!"
"I'm only—"
She knew he was going to say something about collecting some interest, so she forestalled him by twisting around and kissing him soundly, "That should be enough interest right? Now follow me."
She sashayed away, leaving Li Chuanmo stunned. A few moments later, he shook his head and smiled roguishly.
Slowly but surely, his little bunny was transforming into a fox.
*****
After that short trip to City M— which mostly no one knew about, Han Leifeng visibly changed.
He had always been cold and indifferent before, putting people in awe of him, but now he had become decidedly ruthless, so much so that even the few opponents— mostly backers of the Liu family— that were underestimating him before had to sit up and take notice.
The projects that had been dragging for weeks due to the minor delays they were putting in his way immediately went through in a matter of hours.
When they tried to reach out to their contacts, they either could not contact them, or those contacts gave them the advice not to fight against the new heir. It was a major crisis for their camp.
They gathered for secret emergency meetings and discussed various strategies, but it remained to be seen how useful those would be.
His father and grandfather were alarmed at the sudden battle atmosphere in the company. Han Jianfeng in particular, had always tried to maintain a balance between the three company factions throughout his career, so Han Leifeng's style of directly crushing any opposition was terrifying.
Did they make a mistake taking him in?