The Board Meeting - 2
"Munchen!" Zhi Ruo yells at the top of her voice.
"I don't know if I'm going to get fired today and all you tell me is calm down? Do you know I'm the only vessel left in this company, and in the plan for us to get GJP at the end" Zhi Ruo heaves several heavy breaths before she finally let her palm relax on the sweat on her forehead.
Somehow, she got through the security and sent them away and now she's at the company's store room, where they are no CCTV cameras anywhere.
She explained everything that happened between she and Ai Mi earlier to Munchen, but the guy is unexpectantly taking it gentle, like it means nothing to him.
"The baord meeting is in five minutes, don't you have anything to tell me?"
Munchen cackles softly and says over the phone.
"You are not the only vessel, Beautiful"
***
Munchen is seen in a bar. No one except him, of course.
He walks to the refrigerator in the bar's kitchen and got a bottle of beer. Taking it out, he also got a shot on his way.
His beautiful face seems all sad and unhappy. He opens the bottle with the available opener on the counter's desk and gulps down the beer seemingly forgetting that he brought a shot.
Is Ai Mi so obsessed with that guy that she wants the so-called peace of mind by not relating, even with her own brother anymore? Does that not seem pathetic?
He lowers the bottle and takes his phone out.
Staring at the wallpaper like a lost soul.
It's a photo of him and Ai Mi back when they were dating about four years ago when he was twenty, and she was eighteen.
He chuckles silently thinking about how they both changed so much. If anyone told him that she'll be as cold hearted as she is now to him someday, he would have killed that person.
He sighs deeply, his phone is still in his hand and so with the bottle of beer in the other hand.
Ever since she caught him and Zhi Ruo, things changed between them.
Ai Mi has always been like this, but not around him. She'd joke, play with him... She'd cry until she felt okay... But now...
They're sworn enemies. He made it that way.
God... Ai Mi...
Suddenly, the phone in his hands starts to vibrate and a loud tone emerges from the phone.
It's Zhi Ruo.
Didn't he speak to her before entering the bar? Oh...
Has it happened yet?
With a nasty smile on his face, Munchen answers the call and places it on speaker.
"What's up?"
"The perfume... Did you spray it well" Munchen clenches his jaw in a childish manner.
"I wouldn't have allowed you to leave if I didn't spray it well, right?"
"Enough with the lies, Munchen! Ai Mi didn't react like anything possessed her"
"Are you saying you want her possessed?"
Zhi Ruo loud breathes can be heard even through the phone. What does he mean by that?! She may be thinking.
"What?" She manages to voice out and Munchen then says "A perfume is not enough to make Ai Mi fall to the ground, sweetheart. I just wanted to make you happy when you said I just buy the spell spray. Ai Mi is more than a spell spray"
Munchen raises the bottle to his mouth and gulps in one more time. Taking the bottle away from his mouth after a gulp, he belches loudly, the stench of the beer.
"You are no match for her, Ruo"
****
"…Ai Mi is more than a spell spray"
Zhi Ruo's face turns white, pure snow white like she has the leprosy disease.
More than just a spell spray?! So all the women that fall for the spell spray are what?! Just at the level of it?!
"You are no match for her, Ruo" the loud belch brought Zhi Ruo back to her senses and restored her colour.
She shouldn't be talking to someone who is drunk and depressed.
He's only going to make her day worst for her.
Zhi Ruo hangs up and swipes through her contact list to get someone who she will call that will relieve her of her heart attack.
Who? Who? Who? Who? Who?!
"Argh!" She groans and stamps her feet like a stressed teenager.
"Um, Ma'am?"
Zhi Ruo jumps in fear!
Someone followed her? Did they hear what she said?
She turn to stare right into the eyes of Bella.
"What is it?"
"It's time for the board meeting"
What?!
The board meeting?! It's starting 12pm, she entered the company around...
11:30...
30 minutes has gone so fast! Why didn't she come here an hour ago?!
"Sh*t" Zhi Ruo quickly ran past Bella, bumping into her but still kept on running.
"Don't be late!" Zhi Ruo yells at her without looking back.
Bella, who heard the whole discussion Zhi Ruo had, stares at her back in shock and awe. She chuckles lightly as she bent down to pick a paper that had dropped down when Zhi Ruo ran past her.
What is this?
***
"Good day, Elders of the Board, the ladies of honor and men of dignity… Welcome to Global Japan Products where creating with determination is our motto, we ask that you make yourself comfortable as we proceed"
The old men and women sat in front when the young people sat at their back. The meeting stadium is filled with so many people being that the employees of GJP is not even amongst them.
Seeing that everyone had their seats, the main speaker, who is the third assistant to Ai Mi, continues.
"With that being done, may we please welcome…" he turns to Ai Mi, who is seated at the front seat by the leaders row.
"The CEO of Global Japan Products, Miss Ai Mi Bao"
The whole stadium applauds for Ai Mi as she took the stage.
Haoran, watching from the TV placed in the hall where they asked them to stay, didn't hold back the small smile that wanted to spread across his lips.
She looks gorgeous.
When the applause died down, her voice almost melted the hearts of the young men seated both at the meeting and at the hall where the employees are.
"I am so glad to have you all, including the new members of the meeting, join us at such a great day... Like this"
Everyone smiles widely as she continues.
"I thank you all once again" she states and the older people at the front row, nod and smile at her.
Her smile as a response to theirs made Haoran's heart to beat the more.
"Today being GJP's lucky day, we have gathered today for the designation of the new members, who have joined GJP recently, into double posts alongside with their posts at Global Japan Products"
Everyone continues to stare, listening attentively.
"Therefore, we welcome the-"
Just as Ai Mi opened her mouth to say the "New Employees", the door made a banging sound on the wall from the back and Zhi Ruo rushed into the hall.
The hands of Haoran and the rest at the hall flew to their mouths in shock and fear.
Panting Heavily, Zhi Ruo looked up just to see Ai Mi and everyone in the massive hall staring at her.
In the eyes of Ai Mi are a pair of burning infernos, so visible that even from the TV, Haoran could tell that Zhi Ruo is doomed.