Upon opening the door to the private dining suite reserved by Yuchen's parents, Elena's face shifted to one of perplexity as she observed the room's vacancy. Yuchen and his parents were nowhere to be seen.
Annoyance crept onto Elena's face. The agreed-upon meeting time was 8 pm, and the clock on the wall indicated precisely that hour.
As a businesswoman who always thinks that time is money Elena found their tardiness irksome, especially since they had chosen this venue themselves.
Sensing his daughter's irritation, Baek Hyeon, a fellow businessman who valued punctuality, suggested, "Let's enter and wait inside."
Elena promptly claimed a vacant chair at the end of the table. The table was symmetrically arranged with two chairs on each side, and two more at the table's extremities. Seated, she extracted her cellphone and dispatched a message to Yuchen, asking about his whereabouts.